Genius Manager Who Hears Voices - Chapter 37



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Episode 37

The real estate agent and Lee Jeong-sun turned around at the same time at the sound of someone’s voice suddenly popping out.

At that moment, Lee Jeong-sun’s expression couldn’t help but change drastically.

“Hee, Heeseong. How did you get here?”

How did my son, who should have been in Seoul, end up here?

However, when Lee Jeong-sun saw her daughter hiding right behind her, she realized what was going on.

“You’re saying that, Hee-won? You even called your busy brother? If you called your brother who’s working…!”

“No! It wasn’t me who called. My brother just happened to be home! He asked where my mom was, so I had to have something to say… … And my brother needs to know what he needs to know.”

Hee-sung glanced at his mother, who was still glaring at his daughter, and asked the real estate agent.

“I heard the general story, and it seems like the jeonse situation is similar. Then, is it different for sale? It seems like it would be easier to find a property than a jeonse.”

The real estate agent answered hesitantly, rubbing his chin.

“Yes, well. Of course, buying and selling is different, but as you know, house prices are rising rapidly. I heard from your mother that she was having a hard time because she was asking for a rent increase in her current house. It’s a bit difficult to talk about buying and selling within the current budget… .”

I figured out from the conversation a little while ago that he was my son.

But if this is the mother’s situation, how could it be any different for her son?

Moreover, if you want to trade, you will need several times more than your current budget.

His thought was that if his son had that level of ability, his mother would have asked him for help a long time ago.

But I couldn’t help but be very surprised by what he said next.

“An hour would be fine. Show me all the apartment items you have. We’ll go around together and look at them one by one. If possible, I’ll make a decision by the end of the day.”

***

“The price range is better than I expected. I expected it to be much higher because I heard that house prices have gone up a lot.”

“Oh, is that so? Haha. This isn’t a branded apartment, and it’s quite far from Seoul. It’s not all the same in Gyeonggi-do. How do you like this house, boss?”

Before I knew it, the title had changed to boss.

That would be the case, because the budget he had brought out was quite different from his mother’s, and for that amount of money, buying an apartment wouldn’t have been out of the question.

Instead of answering, Heeseong looked at his mother, Lee Jeongsun.

“What do you think, Mom? I heard that this apartment has the largest square footage. I think we can just paint and repaint everything before the move-in date is set. Since this is our house, not someone else’s, let’s do the interior design as well.”

Mother Lee Jeong-sun still felt bewildered.

I had to know what the hell was going on whether I liked it or not, but they were pushing me forward like a bulldozer, so I didn’t know what to do.

“Just a moment. I’ll go talk to my son.”

“Oh, yes, ma’am! Please do so. I’ll be waiting, so feel free to talk. Haha.”

Lee Jeong-sun went to the corner and asked Hee-sung.

“Hee-sung, what the hell is going on right now? How can you possibly have the money to buy an apartment? Are you doing something bad somewhere?”

I thought it was understandable for a mother to think that way.

Heesung looked at the face of the real estate agent from a distance, who he was looking forward to, and said.

“You saw it earlier, Mom. It’s obvious that even the things you could have asked for were ignored. From what I’ve heard from Hee-won, it seems like you have to vacate the house right away. Stop worrying about renewing your contract and live comfortably in the house that’s under our name. Don’t worry about what other people think about even doing a single thing.”

Knowing what his mother was worried about, Heesung took out his cell phone and started searching for something.

And what he handed me was the three letters of his name that he had searched on a portal site.

“Look. It’s not something bad, it’s money I earned legitimately through my own ability and effort. I came here today to talk to Mom and Hee-won about that anyway. Mom, if something like this had happened, you should have told me a long time ago.”

Lee Jeong-sun keeps blinking her eyes while looking at the LCD screen that Hee-sung showed her.

Although the three letters of my son’s name were clearly written in each article, I couldn’t understand the modifiers that came before and after them at all.

Manager? Starmaker? Powerful person? What on earth does this mean?

At that time, Heeseong patted his mother’s shoulder and said.

“I’ll earn more money later and move you to a better house than this one, Mom. Then, it’ll be a bigger apartment than this one, with a well-known brand. I can do it without a loan.”

“… … Hee-sung.”

“I’m sorry for making this happen so late. You always had a hard time raising two children without a father. From now on, I’ll be a proper son. I’ll send Hee-won to college too.”

At those words, tears finally flowed down mother Lee Jeong-sun’s eyes.

***

Sizzling.

“Wow, this place is really delicious! I thought it was just an open restaurant, but it turns out there are a lot of customers for a reason.”

Heeseong said bitterly, looking at the pork ribs sizzling on the grill.

“I said let’s go eat Korean beef, but why are we having pork ribs? On a day like today, I can feel good.”

“Hey, why~ It’s because pork is much tastier than Korean beef! Our family prefers pork over beef. Didn’t you say that you like pork belly better than beef?”

Yum yum yum.

Heeseong asked, looking at his younger brother’s face as he was tearing at the ribs with both hands.

“But why is your face so red? Did you cry?”

“Cry, cry! Who said you cried? It’s because there’s a grill in front of you. The smoke is all coming towards me right now. Anyway, they say pretty people all flock to you. Do you want to live tired?”

This is Hee-won who cried at the house I saw earlier.

As soon as I heard my mom and brother’s conversation behind the door, tears started to flow and I ran outside first.

I washed my face and let it cool down, but it looks like it’s still there.

“By the way, I don’t know if it was really a good thing. I didn’t do it with my own money, and I ended up taking out a loan. How am I going to pay it back?”

Heeseong smiled as he looked at his mother, who was still full of worries.

“It’s a few tens of millions of won, you know. These days, all office workers live with that much debt. Having debt motivates you to work harder. I’ll work hard and pay it off soon, so don’t worry, Mom. Just prepare for the move. I heard the landlord asked me to move out this week.”

“Oh, that’s what I mean. But how can you be so cold-hearted after living in this house for so many years? If it weren’t for you, I would have ended up on the streets, Hee-sung.”

Hee-won asked, as if she had a lot of questions already.

“But oppa. Is it true that everything in the article is about you? How can there be so many articles about your manager? When on earth did you become so famous?”

Heeseong asked back with a snicker.

“I’m more curious as to how you didn’t know anything until now? Don’t you even read the article?”

“Hey, when would I have time to read articles! You don’t know what the lives of high school seniors in Korea are like? They are such pitiful beings who spend their days looking at textbooks and workbooks from morning till night. If I had known, I would have contacted you a long time ago!”

Mom looked at Heeseong, as if she was curious about many things.

“Is the job worth it? I heard that being a celebrity manager is a low-paying job with a terrible work environment. Do you just eat and sleep? How did you end up on that path? Oh my, you don’t know that even after becoming a mother. I’m sorry, Heesung.”

“He does it again. He eats well and is doing well, so he comes down to see his mom and Hee-won. It’s different from the typical manager life, so he makes a lot of money. Don’t worry.”

“Tell me more in detail, oppa. How did you end up doing that and what makes it different? If you don’t, won’t mom still be worried after you leave? If you explain it clearly, she won’t have any useless thoughts.”

It was the diagnosis of my younger brother, who knew my mother’s personality better than anyone else.

Heeseong also agreed, so he began to explain in detail what had happened.

Meanwhile, meat was added, cold noodles were served, and finally, soybean paste stew and rice were placed in front of each person.

“Wow, you’re really cool, oppa! How can you be like that? You’ve never worked in the entertainment industry before, right?”

“It’s not like there isn’t anything at all. If you work at an advertising company, you can’t help but be interested in it. In fact, that helped me a lot.”

“That’s why there is no such thing as high or low in jobs. Because you have been diligent in whatever you do, Heeseong, you have had opportunities and have been able to show off your abilities. You’ve worked hard, Heeseong. Always take care of your health.”

“No matter how busy I am, I’ll make sure to come by your house often. Since it’s a three-room house, you’ll give me one of the rooms, right?”

“Of course. If you’re busy, don’t push yourself too hard. Come down whenever you have time. Got it?”

“Yes, Mom.”

My younger brother, Heewon, is in his third year of high school and his appetite is constantly growing.

I picked up the ribs I had been saving to eat with rice and said to my mom and brother.

“Wow, that’s great. Since our house problem has been resolved, I guess I can go see it now? My brother will be in Seoul then too.”

“That? What is that?”

“Volleyball game! Han Sang-yi oppa invited us because he’s debuting this time. So we were going to go with my aunt, but then suddenly a problem arose at home. Now that everything’s been resolved, we can go. Hehe.”

“Hansang? Really?”

Han Sang-i was the second son of his mother’s younger sister.

That is, my aunt’s youngest son.

We have been close friends since we were young, but since Heeseong started working, we have been contacting each other more often than we have seen each other face to face.

My younger brother, who boasted exceptional growth, chose the path of a volleyball player, and since he also played sports, it was not easy to see him except during holidays.

It’s so amazing that such a person like Han Sang made his debut on the professional stage.

Heeseong asked Heewon about the good news he had not known about.

“When is the date? Han Sang’s first debut match.”

Genius Manager Who Hears Voices