I've Been Possessed, But What If I Get Pregnant First? - C72
#72
Over the past few years, Kowloon City has been undergoing rapid development and urban renewal. Many domestic and foreign construction companies were actively lobbying to win construction contracts, and Taebeom was also making significant investments and efforts, no less than them.
So when the Macau organization and the Hong Kong organization under Chairman Wang fought a massive territorial battle, Taebeom lent his strength to Chairman Wang’s side. It was all to win this contract.
“I will discuss with Chairman Wang’s side and report back to you with a schedule soon.”
“Okay.”
Taebeom recalled what he had heard from the obstetrician when he went for a prenatal check-up. They said that around 14 weeks of pregnancy, it would be stable enough to fly on a plane, so this time might be a good opportunity to take Yuwon to Hong Kong.
Since Yuwon’s morning sickness disappears whenever he travels, it might be better than staying at home. Taebeom’s lips naturally curved up as he imagined Yuwon jumping around with joy.
“Ah, there are no noteworthy moves from the Hwalong Group side, right?”
“Yes, for now, there’s a huge rumor that they will soon be investigated by the prosecution, so they’ll be busy enough with just that.”
Just as most construction companies have an organization backing them, the Hwalong Group was also a company supporting the Ssang Gon Pa. The Ssang Gon Pa’s movement to expand their power was already bothering him, but with Choi Myungjin’s case on top of that, there was no reason to let it slide.
“Make sure to hand over the documents to Prosecutor Hwang.”
“Yes. And this.”
Junseok handed a few photos to Taebeom and continued.
“These are photos of Cho In-chul, the second son of the Hwalong Group, taken at a room salon in Gangnam last week.”
“Evidence?”
“We secured it.”
Taebeom nodded, looking at the photos showing signs of drug use.
“Send this along with the rest to Prosecutor Moon. It’s best to end it decisively.”
“I understand. I will contact Prosecutor Moon as soon as the documents are organized.”
With this much, they won’t have the capacity to handle the situation at least until the second half of next year.
“And we need to buy some more Hwalong stocks.”
“Wouldn’t that be too risky?”
It’s common for the risk to be high if you push too hard. Junseok carefully spoke to Taebeom as if it was bothering him.
“To take the bone, you need to give up some flesh.”
In other words, it meant he would accept some bleeding to a certain extent. Taebeom had grown the Taeho Group to its current level with cold judgment and decisiveness. Junseok silently nodded.
“Hyungnim. And about Yoon Seolah.”
“Why Seolah?”
“She says she wants to see sister-in-law’s condition sometimes, even if it’s not for counseling. What should we do?”
“Not yet.”
After Yuwon collapsed at Samcheok Port, Taebeom thoroughly blocked all situations that could make Yuwon regain his memories. One of them was psychological counseling, and he didn’t want to create circumstances that could remind him of the past. However, Yuwon’s condition did concern him. Junseok carefully made a suggestion to Taebeom, who was pondering.
“Isn’t Yoon Seolah good at studying? Since she’s a doctor.”
“So?”
“How about having Yoon Seolah take charge of sister-in-law’s studies? I think it’s the most natural way to have contact.”
“…Well.”
Cha Yuwon was full of affection. He easily let people into his side and easily liked people. Never mind someone else, but would it be okay to have the alpha Yoon Seolah by Yuwon’s side? Of course, it wasn’t that he doubted the two, but he was worried about how much he himself could endure.
“Do that.”
But it was a good method for Yuwon’s sake. Irritation was evident on Taebeom’s face as he reluctantly permitted it. Junseok, who watched with a small smile, slowly left the study.
***
I felt a hand gently brushing my hair. Judging by the faint scent of Kwon Taebeom’s pheromones, he must have already come to wake me up.
“Yuwon-ah. It’s time to get up.”
But I was too tired and my eyelids were too heavy to get up. All this time, I had been living as I pleased, sleeping when I wanted to sleep and eating when I wanted to eat. But now, Kwon Taebeom and I agreed that it would be good to maintain a certain pattern…. Indeed, people can’t live as planned.
“Mmm… just five more minutes….”
As I couldn’t easily shake off the drowsiness in a daze, Kwon Taebeom embraced me.
“Are you very tired? Do you want to sleep more?”
Does he even intend to wake me up? Laughter escaped at Kwon Taebeom’s gentle voice. As I laughed in my sleep, Kwon Taebeom kissed my eyelids.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yes…. Ah, what about Chairman-nim?”
I grabbed his arm and told him to put me down. He put me on the floor, following my words this time, and answered with a displeased look.
“He’ll be staying in the annex for the time being. But I won’t let him come to the main building when I’m not here, so don’t worry too much-“
“What? What did you say?”
What kind of nonsense is coming out of Kwon Taebeom’s mouth right now? Is he saying he sent his own father to the annex?
As I looked at him with a dumbfounded face, Kwon Taebeom looked down at me with an uncomprehending expression.
“Ha… seriously. Just you wait, Taebeom-ssi.”
The drowsiness completely disappeared. I hurriedly washed my face, wet my messy hair, and finished getting ready. Kwon Taebeom, who followed me as I went downstairs to the first floor, blocked my way when I headed to the front door.
“Where are you going?”
“To the annex.”
At his gaze that seemed to ask, ‘Why are you going there?’, I opened my mouth.
“I have to bring Chairman-nim.”
“Father is-“
“That’s why.”
I cut off Kwon Taebeom’s words and took the initiative.
“He’s your father, Taebeom-ssi. How could you just send him off to the annex like that when I told you to talk it out?”
I scolded him in a sharp tone and quietly muttered, “I’m really disappointed in you, Taebeom-ssi.” His face hardened. I passed by him and went outside.
“Hyungnim, sister-in-law. Hello.”
“Ah, hello, uncles.”
As I crossed the yard and headed to the annex, the uncles, who seemed to be going out, bowed their heads to me and Kwon Taebeom. I brightly smiled and greeted the familiar faces I hadn’t seen in a while.
“Sister-in-law, today you- gasp.”
“Yes?”
“Ah, it’s nothing. Then I’ll see you again next time!”
The uncles seemed to want to say something to me. But after seeing Kwon Taebeom’s face right behind me, they brushed it off, saying it was nothing, and left.
Did Kwon Taebeom curse them with his eyes? Why are they so scared?
I turned around with a puzzled face, but Kwon Taebeom was just standing still. I felt something strange, but soon shrugged my shoulders and moved my steps again, then stopped.
“Where is Chairman-nim?”
“……”
“Taebeom-ssi.”
Kwon Taebeom kept his mouth shut and didn’t answer even though he had come this far. Does he dislike being in the same house as Chairman-nim that much? But as someone who had lived in a country of courtesy for over 20 years, it was something I couldn’t back down from.
“I’ll find him myself. I’ll just have to search one by one starting from the first house. My legs hurt from walking too much, and I’m a bit hungry, so if you have no intention of cooperating, do as you please.”
As I mumbled to myself, Kwon Taebeom eventually walked ahead, passing me by. He stopped in front of a building located farthest from the main building among the annexes and crossed his arms with a displeased face.
“You’ll get tired if Father comes to the main building.”
“Yes. It’s okay.”
Chairman-nim didn’t come here to strongly oppose me and threaten not to allow our relationship. He just said he came to play with me. Perhaps because I heard from Uncle Myeonghoon earlier that Kwon Taebeom’s mother had passed away, imagining Chairman-nim alone in a lonely and large house made me feel bad.
“Shall we just merge households?”
“Stop it.”
“Okay.”
I guess merging households was an overstatement. He turned dead serious, so I backed down.
Ding dong-
“Father.”
Not long after Kwon Taebeom rang the bell, Chairman-nim appeared in very comfortable clothing.
“Why are you here- Oh, the new baby is here too?”
Chairman-nim, who had a cold face similar to Kwon Taebeom, noticed me standing next to him and smiled brightly.
“Ahem. What brings you here, baby?”
“I heard Taebeom-ssi moved you to the annex while I was gone.”
“That’s right. Tsk, they say it’s no use raising a son.”
He must have been disappointed indeed. I felt pity for Chairman-nim, who drooped the corners of his eyes with a bitter face.
“Come to the main building with us, Father!”
I subtly changed the way I addressed him from Chairman-nim to Father and held his hand. Then Father’s face visibly brightened.
“Don’t call me Father so stiffly, just call me Dad, baby.”
I smiled awkwardly at Father, who was grinning, and said,
“I’ll do that sl-slowly in the future. Haha…. Please just call me Yuwon too, Father.”
It would be nice to have a chaebol father, but I didn’t have the confidence to call him that yet.
“Hoho. Let’s do that.”
Fortunately, Father patted my shoulder with a kind face. Kwon Taebeom, who was watching us being friendly, spoke to Father in a blunt voice.
“Haa… Come out.”
“Actually, new baby, no. Our Yuwon, I knew you would do this, so I didn’t even unpack. Hoho.”
It would have been a big deal if we had just let it slide as Kwon Taebeom said. I secretly felt relieved and followed Father, who held my hand. Behind us, Kwon Taebeom clicked his tongue with a ‘tsk-‘.