A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 165



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Episode 165 – Is this a trip (3)

This is why it is expensive and not good.

That’s why it’s expensive and can’t be done.

“Oh my – why are you ordering so much! There’s enough leftovers for everyone in the neighborhood.”

My mother frowns as if she feels it is a waste to watch the food that is filling the table like water.

“Mom, when you come to a place like this, you should try this too.”

“Oh my- well, I said it was enough, but I’m full…”

Mother keeps grumbling as if she is not very pleased. My younger and older sisters are watching their mother’s expression.

Director Baek said with a smile, unable to bear to watch any longer.

“Oh my – our staff will have enough to eat too.”

No way.

This might actually not be enough for the men to eat. Since it was a foreign country, there were fewer staff members, but even so, there were six men and two women.

We ordered by type, but in reality, it was only enough food for 7 or 8 people. It was a little too little for our family and the staff.

“Oh my- Stop it! Stop it!”

When I raise my hand, my little sister and big sister start moving again.

“One more of the same thing!”

Either way, I shouted.

My mother shook her head. In the end, we ended up ordering so much food that everyone had more than enough leftover.

“It doesn’t taste good!”

My mother still grumbles, but she keeps putting food in her mouth as if she feels sorry for it.

“But it tastes good, right?”

“Ahem.”

He coughs dryly, but his cheeks are slightly flushed, which shows that he likes the food. Since he came to a famous restaurant, the food won’t be bad, right?

“This is wine, Mom, and this is champagne, and it will give you something to drink.”

“Oh my – I just like soju, but isn’t toad the best?”

“Try it-”

I poured a little wine and a little champagne into my mother’s glass.

My mother tasted them in order, licked her tongue a few times, and then handed me a glass of champagne, as if it suited her taste.

“Well, it’s delicious.”

My younger sister perked up her ears at her mother’s words and handed me a glass of champagne.

“Hey, give it to me too.”

As I filled my younger sister’s glass, my older sister quietly looked at me with her eyes closed and pushed her glass to the side.

I wonder if anyone would say that Mrs. Jeong’s daughters like alcohol quite a bit.

I really like it too.

I licked my lips and filled my eldest sister’s glass, and Taesu and I filled our glasses with carbonated drinks, and toasted.

“Oh, it’s delicious.”

“Oh my – it tastes like a drink.”

The older sisters also sipped champagne, although the more expensive red wine suited their tastes. Thanks to that, Director Baek and the camera director were the only ones who were happy with the red wine.

After a few rounds of drinks, my mother became much more relaxed.

“Oh my – you drank it all. This doesn’t even make you drunk.”

Well, some people drink to get drunk, and it’s true that you feel better when you’re drunk, but drinking is something to be enjoyed.

“Shall I order another bottle?”

Mother smacks her lips as if she regrets it, but her younger sister nods her head.

“Okay, let’s have one more.”

Yeah, this is travel.

I raised the corners of my lips and tried to raise my hand, but my older sister suddenly grabbed my arm.

“Is this it?”

My older sister asked, pointing to the champagne on the menu. How could she have seen that without even knowing German?

“Oh, right.”

“I looked because the name on the bottle was exactly the same… 40,000 won?”

My little sister and mother opened their eyes wide.

“40, 40 thousand won? Oh my, what kind of alcohol is that expensive?”

It was definitely expensive.

Although it was not an expensive champagne, it was still one of the mid-priced champagnes, so you might have thought it tasted good for your first time drinking it.

Whenever money is involved, our sisters and mothers become greedy.

“It’s so funny that everything here costs ten thousand won. It’s just funny.”

In a time when a bowl of Jajangmyeon cost less than 500 won, this might have been a natural reaction. Director Baek couldn’t stand it any longer and quietly intervened.

“Haha, ma’am, we’ll cover some of the cost of your meal from our production budget, so don’t worry about it.”

“Oh my- how did you do that- it’s okay, director.”

My mother doesn’t say anything when she finally orders more champagne. What is this? Even if I want to be a filial son, I have to order it. It’s not usually that difficult.

When we finished eating and Director Baek and I went to the counter to pay, our mouths watering with regret.

“The calculations have already been completed.”

Director Baek and I looked at each other at the owner’s stiff English.

“When did you do it?”

“When did you do it?”

“Huh?”

“huh?”

If not us two, then who?

When I turned my head, my eldest sister smiled faintly and pointed at my mother with her finger.

It was a waste of money, the food was not tasty, and after making a fuss, she ended up paying the bill herself. It must have been a lot of money for my mother to spend. For my mother, who saved every penny, no, even a single penny, the meal bill must have been in the tens of thousands of won, so it wouldn’t have been strange for her to have trembled and even fainted.

“This is…”

Director Baek scratches the back of his head.

My mother, who said she wouldn’t eat peaches because they were too expensive, ended up paying for the food for the broadcasting station staff.

Director Baek took out one of the many envelopes from his bag and approached his mother.

“Oh my, ma’am, why did you do this to us too?”

“You’ve worked so hard, I should treat you to a meal. Thanks to you, I ate delicious food and saw many good things today, Director.”

As Director Baek smiles cheerfully and takes out an envelope with money, the mother hurriedly turns around and gets into the car.

“No, this…”

“Oh, that’s enough – that’s enough!”

“But still, it’s not just a penny or two…”

“Oh! I told you, it’s done!”

I caught Director Baek trying to get on the vehicle.

“Put it away.”

“Ugh- that’s a bit.”

“You can take me to a better place later, since you saved money on production costs.”

Director Baek chuckled and nodded.

I got into the car with the thought that even though the trip wasn’t smooth sailing, it was at least somewhat cruising.

“Oh my – I’m drunk.”

My mother would never have gotten drunk on champagne with such a low alcohol content, but maybe she was intoxicated by the atmosphere. The exotic night view outside the car window was definitely intoxicating.

“Mom, what are you looking at?”

“Just here, there.”

My mother looks like she has a lot on her mind.

We were all a bit tipsy and full, and on top of that, we had been taking photos since morning, so everyone was either quietly sleeping in the car on the way back or resting while looking out the window.

I was wondering what to do if I got out and took a picture because the night view was so beautiful, but it was funny because the inside of the car was so quiet and peaceful.

“son.”

“Yeah, Mom.”

My mother smiled brightly and grabbed my hand, which was resting on her thigh.

“thank you.”

It’s nothing special.

Something blooms in my chest.

“what.”

“I can live this way because my mother raised me well. I can’t tell you how lucky I am.”

My mother, who said that, had a really happy face, but behind it, I could see a hint of sadness.

My little sister told my mother that she had not fallen asleep.

“What’s wrong, why does the face of someone who says they like you look like that?”

My mother answered with a brighter smile.

“No? Mom, you’re feeling really good right now?”

“Anyway, our Mrs. Jeong has no talent for lying.”

My older sister and I both burst out laughing at my younger sister’s words. My mother certainly doesn’t know how to lie, so even now she’s avoiding my eyes and my older sisters’ and looking somewhere over there.

“What is it? What are you thinking of that makes our mother sad?”

“I do that because I like it.”

“Tell me, Monyagu!”

“Oh my- this! Haven’t you been getting enough of it lately?”

“Hey, why are you talking to me again!”

“Because I like it! Because I like it! Because I—like it so much! Yeah!”

“So, why does a person who says he’s good have such a face?”

“Why are you doing that? It reminds me of your father!”

I’m really sorry for the mother who suddenly came out.

“Why did you go first and leave without even trying this wonderful experience? I feel sorry for you! I feel sorry for you because I deserve to be the only one blessed like this!”

Suddenly, tears were gathered at the corners of my mother’s eyes. It seems that my mother really missed my father a lot. My father, whom I don’t even remember.

The older sister sighs and buries her head on her mother’s shoulder.

My younger sister came in between my mother and me, shoving her butt in and burying her head on my other shoulder.

“This is a big deal.”

My sisters and mother, who had been reminiscing about their longing for a moment at my words, looked at me as if asking what I meant.

“What’s the big deal?”

I shrugged my shoulders at my little sister’s question.

“Dad, I’m going to take medicine.”

Mother chuckles.

“so?”

“huh.”

“Why would Dad go so far as to ask for medicine? He’d probably just say that our kids and their wives are doing well.”

The mother chuckles at the little sister’s words.

“What is a wife to you, Mom? A wife!”

“No, that’s what Dad thinks – that’s what I’m saying!”

I shook my head.

“No, Mom.”

“huh?”

“If we travel like this, I don’t think my father will get better.”

“huh?”

“I have to work harder and travel more.”

“Huh?”

“Let’s be super-super-super-happy and make Dad sick!”

My mother blinked and then smiled.

“Yeah! We should have more fun by leaving the person who went first alone and said it was okay!”

The eldest sister lifted her head from her mother’s shoulder and shouted.

“Yeah! I was going to study criminal law today, but I passed! Have fun!”

No, why study while traveling?

The younger sister nodded her head vigorously as if she had made up her mind about something, and then she took something out of her bag.

“oh?”

The mother is surprised to see what came out of her younger sister’s pocket.

“Did you bring some soju?”

“Mom, there was something like this among the things the neighbors gave me.”

“Oh my! If I had something like this, I should have taken it out a long time ago! Then I would have had another drink at that restaurant earlier!”

“So, Mom, you don’t drink?”

“You have to drink!”

Suddenly, the three mothers and daughters start to show their support and their eyes light up brightly.

Well, I brought it up to lighten the mood, but I don’t know if it’s working.

“Big, ahem ahem!”

Suddenly, Taesu looks at me and coughs in vain.

The guy must have been upset that he was left alone. And he smiled and said to Taesu, wondering if his older sister had seen the same thing.

“Taesu, let’s play with your sisters all night today.”

“Uh, um, ah.”

What the heck, his reaction is strange.

“Hey, puppy.”

Then he calls me cautiously.

“uh?”

“That, this way…”

He gestured to me as if he wanted to whisper, so I unconsciously put my ear to him.

“Well, we’re here.”

“uh.”

“That… with Mr. Herchan… mixed bathing…”

“ah…”

I blurted it out without thinking, wanting to comfort my mother. The men had a strong determination.

And surprisingly, Director Baek, the camera director, and the assistant director heard Taesu’s tiny whisper, and they gulped and waited for my answer.

“What is this? What is the atmosphere like? What is this between guys right now!”

At the little sister’s shout, everyone let out an embarrassing cough and turned their heads here and there like scattering cockroaches.

“What are you talking about? Just tell me! I’m so quick-witted!”

You’re just being quick-witted for no reason.

And at the little sister’s words, the two female staff members also quickly turned their heads here and there and wiggled their eyebrows.

“Hye-ri, what are these men up to?”

“Right? Sister?”

“Yeah, definitely!”

Director Baek discourages such steps.

“Oh, Writer Yang, why are you saying such sad things? What are you up to?”

“Huh? Huh? Huh? Is that right? Is it there?”

The woman called Writer Yang turns around and looks at our mother.

“Madam! What are the men up to today? Can we women just sit still?”

The mother shouts as if it can’t be done.

“That can’t be!”

“Right?”

“then!”

“Shall we throw away our useless servants and unite as Kyushu people?”

“That sounds good!”

No, why is there a split here?

“Mom, mom.”

The younger sister calls her mother urgently.

“Yeah, why little girl!”

“Hey, hey, the corners of your mouth are going up right now.”

Oh, before I knew it.

I immediately started controlling my facial expressions.

“These.”

Looks like it’s already been discovered.

Taesu was rolling his eyes and looking around. He seemed ready to go alone if necessary.

“Okay, let’s get together as girls today!”

But it seems like mother has already decided to run today.

“Yes, ma’am! I already found a bar with lots of nice guys!”

I bit my lower lip hard.

Shit.

Mixed bath.

I have to go.

“Where do women go to risk their lives by going to bars? There are plenty of good snacks and drinks at hotels, I’ll order for you.”

“Is it okay?”

Taesu and Director Baek look at me with pitiful eyes.

shit.

I keep thinking about the white guys giggling around my sisters and mother.

“Taesu.”

“uh.”

“Whew- Go away.”

Taesu nodded and tapped my shoulder. It seemed I had no choice but to volunteer to be my mother’s bodyguard.

Is this a trip?