Real Man-Chapter 802
Thud.
Sitting on the sofa, Yoo-hyun searched his phone contacts and brought up Paul Graham’s number.
He had something to ask him before he went to Japan.
‘And something to tell him.’
After sending a message, Yoo-hyun scrolled down the screen.
Among the countless names that passed by, his finger paused.
Chairman Shin Kyung-wook.
He had a lot to say to him, but he had no way to convey it.
It was then that Yoo-hyun was staring at his phone screen.
Clank.
The door opened and Jeong Da-hye came in.
She looked at Yoo-hyun’s phone screen on the table and asked.
“Did you contact the chairman?”
“Not yet.”
“Did he contact you separately?”
“No, the last message was all.”
-I got your point, so I’ll call you later.
A few days ago, when Yoo-hyun contacted him about the Japan expansion, he got a curt reply.
He seemed to be avoiding him deliberately since then.
He knew why.
He was angry because Yoo-hyun had proceeded with the deal through the former chairman, Shin Hyun-ho.
Maybe he resented him.
Like Vice Chairman Yeo Tae-sik, he was also a human being, so Yoo-hyun understood his feelings.
He just wished he could see him before he left.
Jeong Da-hye comforted Yoo-hyun.
“Don’t be too upset.”
“What’s there to be upset about? He’s not someone I’ll never see again.”
“Right. The chairman will understand your heart eventually.”
Yoo-hyun thought the same.
He was also a person who wanted a better future, albeit in different circumstances.
He believed that someday he would have a chance to walk with him again.
Yoo-hyun smiled comfortably as he put down the burden on his shoulders.
“Thanks. It’s the beginning from now on.”
“What beginning?”
“The globalization of Rebirth. I don’t have much time left until I leave.”
“Right. Time flies really fast.”
He had a tight schedule overseas, so he planned not to come back to Korea for a while.
Yoo-hyun nodded to Jeong Da-hye and said.
“I want to see my parents before that.”
“Oh… You should. I haven’t seen the new house either, so I’ll let them know.”
“Did your mother move in too?”
“Yes. I was going to see her today.”
“Okay. Then I’ll take you there.”
Yoo-hyun got up from his seat and reached out his hand.
Vroom.
Yoo-hyun listened to various stories from Jeong Da-hye, who was sitting in the passenger seat.
“This time, my father bought a house…”
Jung Min-gyo had bought a house near the neighborhood where his family used to live.
The old house had burned down completely and turned into a commercial site, so he couldn’t get it back.
Why did he buy a house in the old neighborhood?
It was for his wife.
Jeong Da-hye didn’t understand and Yoo-hyun said.
“He said it was happy back then. Your mother wanted to make up for what she couldn’t give you in your childhood.”
“What does the location of the house matter?”
“He must have wanted to correct the past that went wrong. He’s always been a regretful person.”
As Yoo-hyun answered, he remembered the moment he faced his mother-in-law in the past.
He had met her only a few times, so the atmosphere at that time was quite clear in his mind.
‘Was it about eight years later?’
-Young man, Da-hye grew up without her mother’s love, so she lacks emotional expression. It’s all because I was lacking, so don’t misunderstand and take good care of her.
His mother-in-law had held Yoo-hyun’s hand for the first time and begged him earnestly.
Looking at her regretful eyes, Yoo-hyun just nodded his head perfunctorily.
He didn’t care why she said that at the time.
He thought it was just a common thing to say and ignored it casually.
He only found out later that she was suffering from a serious illness, but Yoo-hyun didn’t pay much attention and devoted himself to his work.
That was the decisive reason why he drifted apart from his wife in the past.
Jeong Da-hye looked at Yoo-hyun, who was lost in thought, and asked curiously.
“You talk like you know her well.”
“You told me last time.”
Yoo-hyun dodged the question and Jeong Da-hye tilted her head.
“I don’t remember telling you about her personality.”
“You said something similar.”
“Did I?”
Yoo-hyun quickly changed the subject before he got more suspicious.
Fortunately, the navigation showed that the destination was near.
“It looks like this is the neighborhood. Do you remember?”
“I don’t know. I left a long time ago, so I’m not sure.”
“Right. You left when you were young.”
Jeong Da-hye left this neighborhood when she was in the lower grades of elementary school.
She was separated from her parents at such a young age.
How did she feel?
As Jeong Da-hye nodded, she blinked her eyes as she looked at the scenery outside the window.
“Right. The only thing I remember from then is… Oh? That hill.”
“What?”
“There was a school behind the shopping complex. I ran every day because I was afraid of being late.”
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“About 2 kilometers? It felt really far back then. There was no bus, so I wanted to develop a teleportation device so badly. That’s why I dreamed of becoming a scientist. And…”
Jeong Da-hye chuckled and chattered as she recalled her old memories.
She looked very excited as she recalled the scenes of her forgotten past.
‘She was a troublemaker too.’
It was the first time he had heard her childhood stories for so long.
He had heard some snippets, but he never went into depth.
She had a big trauma from the time she was abused and scorned by her relatives.
The wound from that time showed up in her cold personality sometimes.
She had brightened up a lot compared to the past, but he still felt the pain in her heart.
He wished she would shake it off for her own happiness.
Jeong Da-hye muttered awkwardly after talking for a while.
“I had some fun childhood memories too. I didn’t know.”
Her expression felt somewhat bitter.
He felt like he knew how she felt, so Yoo-hyun held her hand.
Squeeze.
“We can make more memories from now on.”
“Right. We can.”
Along with Jeong Da-hye’s smile, a green roof caught his eye among the rows of houses.
He could tell that it was the house that Jung Min-gyo had bought, just by the unique color of the roof.
He had heard it several times from him when he signed the contract for the house.
Yoo-hyun remembered his words that there was no parking lot and parked on the left side of the vacant lot.
Clank.
He got out of the car and walked with Jeong Da-hye to the front of the house, intending to come back.
As he turned around the vacant lot, he saw Jeong Da-hye’s house between the narrow alleys.
He tilted his head as he saw a man standing in front of it.
“Huh? Isn’t that your father?”
“Right. It looks like your mother is out too…”
As Jeong Da-hye said, the woman next to the man turned her head slightly.
Her hair, which reached her shoulders, moved away and revealed her elegant face.
It overlapped with the face of his former mother-in-law, Seol Mi-jin.
She looked a bit younger than when he saw her at the wedding, but Yoo-hyun couldn’t mistake her.
But why did her expression look so dark?
Thud.
Yoo-hyun walked a little further with curiosity and caught a glimpse of a middle-aged couple’s faces behind a hidden wall.
They seemed to be familiar with each other, judging by the close distance they were facing.
“Da-hye…”
As he was about to ask, Yoo-hyun stopped at Jeong Da-hye’s pale expression.
Her eyes, which were always confident, were shaking uncontrollably.
Along with a creepy feeling, a sharp female voice came to his ears.
“What do you mean, you bought my house with the money you hoarded? Don’t you have any money?”
“Sister-in-law, why are you doing this here? I told you I don’t have any money to lend you.”
Sister-in-law?
Come to think of it, the man who was arm in arm with the woman had eyebrows and a nose that resembled Jung Min-gyo’s.
He looked quite old, with a sharper chin and protruding cheekbones than Jung Min-gyo, and thick wrinkles on his forehead.
He had a stubborn face and a grumpy expression.
As he frowned, the woman who was wearing a pearl necklace pushed her palm and nagged.
“How ridiculous. What do you mean, lend? Pay me back, pay me back!”
“What do we have to pay you back?”
“Ha, really! Did you forget that I raised Da-hye when you abandoned her? Do you know how much money I spent?”
As the woman clicked her tongue, Seol Mi-jin snapped back with anger.
“I gave you money. No, I gave you money regularly for Da-hye. You didn’t even use the money for Da-hye, and now you’re doing this?”
“Dong-seo, you ran away after abandoning the kid, and now you’re ungrateful. You’re making up lies. When did you ever give me money?”
Yoo-hyun realized too late as he watched the arguing people.
This was not the time to calmly assess the situation.
He had to get away as soon as possible so that Jeong Da-hye wouldn’t relive her childhood trauma.
As he was about to move, the woman turned her head and saw Jeong Da-hye and brightened her hardened face.
“Oh my! Da-hye, it’s been so long.”
“…”
“How come your childhood face is still the same. You don’t know how happy I was when I heard you came to Korea.”
The woman approached him with a smile and raised her eyebrows as she saw Yoo-hyun.
“Is he your boyfriend?”
“Hello.”
As Yoo-hyun greeted her briefly, the woman looked at Jeong Da-hye up and down with a displeased expression.
“Da-hye, you have such a handsome boyfriend and you didn’t even contact your big mom?”
Shiver.
The woman opened her arms to Jeong Da-hye, who was trembling.
“Ugh. It’s okay, it’s okay. Come here. Let me hug you, it’s been so long.”
“Uh, how can you…”
“You’ve been living abroad for so long, you talk weird. I’m not you, I’m your mom who raised you with love. You can’t forget that favor.”
“…”
Jeong Da-hye was frozen in shock as the woman who had abused and tormented her in her childhood shamelessly brought up the favor.
Jeong Da-hye, who was stronger than anyone, shrank more and more as the woman approached.
As he watched her, Yoo-hyun’s teeth clenched.
-One day, she was beaten severely because there was no money in the house. It was her own child who did that, but Da-hye took all the blame. How hard it must have been for the young one…
Yoo-hyun didn’t know that Jeong Da-hye had such a miserable past until he heard Jung Min-gyo’s ramblings.
The people who had inflicted such terrible wounds on his beloved were right in front of him.
He wanted to knock them down right away, but Jeong Da-hye came first.
“Sister-in-law. Talk to me.”
“Why? I’m happy to see Da-hye.”
“Don’t do that. You said earlier…”
As Jung Min-gyo averted his eyes, Yoo-hyun grabbed Jeong Da-hye’s slender wrist and hid her behind his back.
The tremor in his fingertips seemed to show her anxious mind.
What should he do?
He couldn’t put the spilled water back, but he had to fix it properly.
That way, the wound that had risen again could heal properly.
Before he could finish his thoughts, Seol Mi-jin ran over with a worried face.
Tap tap.
“Da-hye, I’m sorry.”
“…”
Seol Mi-jin’s eyes were red with remorse.
Nod.
As Yoo-hyun bowed his head and stepped back, Seol Mi-jin took Jeong Da-hye’s hand.
“I’m sorry. I’m so sorry for making you remember the hard times again.”
He felt the mother’s heart that cherished her daughter in her sorrowful voice.
Jeong Da-hye’s tremor also subsided a little.
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