The Highest Level Son of a Chaebol Family - Chapter 358



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358. Christmas with family

I stood in front of the living room window and looked out.

The backs of my father and the southeast skunk sitting side by side on the garden bench were captured in a photographic manner.

A cold wind blew through my father’s hair, and dazzling sunlight poured down on his head.

My father laughed like a boy and hugged the southeast skunk.

The southeastern skunk shed tears secretly like a child.

‘They say my father entered the Jeong family when he was six years old.’

After that, I heard that my father grew up like a brother to the southeast skunk.

When his father wrote a blood oath and ran away from the Jeong family, the Southeast Skunk, who had even sworn allegiance, was not allowed to return to his country as if he were exiled to Japan.

We’ve been apart for over 10 years, I guess.

‘I guess I need time to shake off the past.’

I watched my father’s laughter and the tears of the skunk in the southeast through the glass window.

It ends with my father patting the shoulder of the southeast skunk.

The southeastern skunk arched his back and laughed heartily.

They look at each other with faces like fathers and pat each other on the shoulders.

Both of them had relieved faces.

‘Yes, this is correct.’

Honestly, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t fancy the Southeast Skunk.

It’s not like I don’t know what a great gentleman the Southeast Skunk was in his past life.

When it comes to being greedy for talent, I am just as greedy as anyone else.

‘But I want to leave the Southeast Skunk as my father’s man.’

The person that the Southeast Skunk followed his whole life was not me, but my father.

It was not Elder Jeong Dong-jin who swore loyalty, but our father.

When I heard that, unlike in his previous life, he had first requested independence from Elder Jeong Dong-shin.

I’ve already made up my mind to some extent.

‘You look happy.’

It was a mischievous boyish laugh.

Like someone who had gone back in time, the Southeast Skunk happily thumped our father in the chest with his fist.

‘I think it’s the same for our father.’

Always with a poker face.

My father, who rarely smiles, is smiling openly, honestly, without pretense, and freely.

It was a face I was seeing for the first time.

My father used to smile with a sweet face in front of my mother, with a gentle face in front of me, and with a trustworthy face in front of my grandfather and other people from Taesung Group.

The smile he showed to his friends was different.

‘If Dad likes it, then that’s fine.’

I was pleased.

It was nice just watching from afar.

‘She’s the perfect secretary to faithfully assist my father. It’s a good coincidence.’

Secretary Lee Gyeong-seok, who assisted his father, was appointed as the president of Taesung Construction.

Thanks to that, my father, who became the vice president of Taesung Group, was using the person assigned to him by Secretary Kim.

But in my eyes, it was not spiritual.

‘It would be much more reassuring if the Southeast Skunk was there to guard Dad.’

Is it good?

Should I give it a push?

But there is a catch, so it is a problem.

‘If I still have feelings of resentment, it would be like I’ve placed a time bomb next to my father with my own hands.’

It was when I was wiping the glass window, which was becoming increasingly foggy due to the steam, with my palm.

“What are you looking at like that?”

My mother came to my side, looked at the same place, and opened her eyes wide.

“Is that guy by any chance Skunk?”

“How did Mom know?”

“Oh my, that’s right. Oh my god.”

Unexpectedly, my mother was delighted.

“I heard from my dad. He’s just as cool as I heard.”

That’s not cool at all.

“Of course, the coolest man in the universe is your dad. You know that?”

Mother laughed, covering her mouth with her hand.

“Your father always feels sorry for you, and you are always in my eyes. I am so sorry.”

Sorry?

Are you sad and in the eye of the beholder?

Isn’t it bitter and disappointing?

My grandmother definitely said this.

-He declared that he would definitely destroy Taesung when he returned to Korea.

-On the surface, it was because he was running the Japanese real estate company that Seongjun had abandoned.

– Actually, I think Dong-jin kept me in Japan the whole time, saying, ‘I’ll call you when things cool down a bit,’ because there was a good chance that we would have a very strained relationship.

I just thought it was like that.

So that wasn’t true?

“Your father was able to escape safely thanks to a guy named Skunk.”

what?

“I just found out recently. That guy pledged his life as collateral in exchange for letting your father go.”

this.

“Anyway, that’s probably why Skunk was so loyal, risking his life like a fanatic and taking on all kinds of dirty work.”

It was something I had heard a lot.

I remembered what my grandfather had told me about skunks.

-You were able to save your family thanks to Dongjin?

-After that, he risked his life like a fanatic to be loyal to the Jeong family.

Could it be that that family… was my father?

Mother smiled bitterly.

“I must have worked day and night alone to complete the best intelligence organization in the country, encompassing the back alleys.”

for a moment.

Wayla Minute!

‘The best intelligence organization in the country?’

There was one organization that suddenly came to mind.

‘The moonlight of Namsan Chargeomeori!’

Namsan Chargeomeori colluded with the political world by using Wolyeong.

He runs a top-class bar and salon and scoops up information from the political and business world.

That’s how he became one of the five biggest names in the underground financial world.

“After I was discharged from the army, about five years ago, I went to see my brother Skunk in secret.”

It was the first time I heard about it.

“He said he was begging for help because there was a woman he absolutely had to find.”

My father searched all over the country to find my mother.

Why else would he have knelt down and begged Secretary Kim, with whom he was not on good terms, for help?

“I guess that almost killed a guy named Skunk.”

I looked back at the window in surprise.

My mother wiped the foggy glass on the road with her palm.

The backs of two men laughing beyond the wiped, wet glass window caught my eye.

“It was my father, your maternal grandfather, who saved that man who was hanging upside down in the basement, covered in blood, and about to die.”

oh my god.

Is that how it happened?

Now that I think about it, my maternal grandfather said something similar.

-Skunk? He owes me his life too.

-That’s why I trusted him and entrusted him with the real estate company.

My mother gently stroked my head.

“Because of that, he was banished to Japan and was not allowed to set foot on Korean soil until he died.”

shit.

My stomach churned as I recalled the old man Jeong Dong-jin’s mischievous smile.

That guy clearly didn’t say anything on purpose!

-I’m not so shameless as to not know the favor of being spared from the court.

-I will never hit Sungjun on the back of the head.

I held back a sigh that was about to burst out without me realizing it.

But what the heck?

It was his mother who was sighing instead.

“Do you understand now? Why your father feels sorry for that skunk guy?”

“yes.”

I nodded.

It was a moment when arguing about this and that became meaningless.

I smiled broadly.

“I guess this was another family of our father’s.”

“He’s my only brother, whom I’ve trusted and relied on since I was little, so he’s family.”

Mother also smiled brightly.

I glanced out the window.

“Christmas was originally meant to be spent with family.”

“then.”

“I told you not to just let guests who come to our house go, right?”

“of course.”

“Mom, please prepare a big meal for me. I want to treat you to something delicious.”

“Really? I came out to call you because I just finished preparing dinner.”

My mother messed up my hair.

Then suddenly his expression changed to a serious one.

“But there is one problem.”

“What is it?”

“Grandma Okbun ran out to catch Mr. Cheolgu, and I stabbed her.”

“… … !”

This is a serious problem!

When I went back in time and ate my mother’s food for the first time, I realized that my memory was beautifully retouched.

Mom’s home cooking? It was inedible.

Every food asserts itself with its own unique taste.

The food workers’ strike has begun!

“I put sugar in the spaghetti.”

What the heck is sugar in spaghetti!

“It was a bit too sweet. I had no choice but to pour a lot of water, so it looks a bit like that.”

“What does it look like?”

“Um, Han River Ramen?”

Are you screwed?

“While wrestling with it, I ended up burning some meatballs and hamburgers.”

“How long did you ride?”

“Um, chocolate cookies?”

Oh my, mother!

“Oh, that’s okay. I poured some sauce on it as a first aid, and it turned out pretty good.”

“Which sauce did you pour on it, tomato sauce or demi-glace sauce?”

“Huh? You made soy sauce and gochujang?”

I shouted quickly.

“Mom, I want to eat Jjajangmyeon!”

I am serving the first meal to someone I am grateful to, but I cannot serve my mother’s food.

Before we discuss the remaining resentment against our father, I will first ask you about your own resentment!

“I also ordered tangsuyuk, yangjangpi, palbochae, nanjawanseu, rajogi, yusanseul, kkanpunggi, and fried rice!”

I banged my coin purse.

“When it comes to welcoming guests, there’s nothing better than exquisite Chinese food!”

My mother gave me a high five on the palm of her hand.

Crack!

“I want Jjamppong!”

* * *

There was constant laughter at the table throughout the meal.

It was a dinner party attended by the four big shots of Jeon Dae, as well as the bodyguards of Taesung Group, President Shim, the skunk from the southeast, and even his mother and father.

Yoo Jong-tae raised his thumb.

“As expected, the best dumplings are the ones that come as a service!”

I knew this would happen so I didn’t order military dumplings, hoohoo!

Instead of a health pack, President Shim was fiddling with the liquor and whetting his appetite.

“Drink this, okay?”

“Why? It’s quite high in alcohol for a daytime drink, so it’s a bit burdensome.”

“I don’t know if it’s okay to drink alcohol while taking health supplements.”

President Shim smacked his lips as he placed the liquor on the table.

“I have a mountain of work to do, so I can’t give up on the supplements.”

“You worked hard, so take a break! Spend Christmas with your family!”

“JH is one family!”

President Shim smiled brightly.

“Is family a big deal? We’re family because we share meals at the same table.”

President Shim swallowed his saliva as he poured the liquor for his teacher.

“Does the food suit your taste?”

“Of course! It’s expensive food with free drinks. I’m going to have a real feast today!”

“What do you like best?”

“Hehehe, if I say ‘everything!’ will you make me do it again?”

The talkative Maldari quickly handed over the glass.

“How about a bet?”

“Anyway, that kid is just thinking about making a deal and gambling. Tsk, what’s with the betting on free drinks!”

Swish.

I reached under the table and placed a bottle of liquor I had snatched from the basement in my teacher’s hand.

The teacher opened his eyes wide.

“1926 Macallan Fine & Rare?”

As expected, eagle eyes!

This liquor was sold at auction for approximately 2.3 billion won in the 21st century.

About 51 million won per glass!

Gulp!

The teacher swallowed his saliva and stabbed the bottle of alcohol into the back of his waist.

So, even while drinking strong liquor, he is always smiling brightly.

Anyway, they say that even a rich gentleman would jump out of his sleep and do something if he got drunk.

“Eat lots.”

My father busily placed various foods on my mother’s and my plates one by one.

Swish.

Mrs. Kkachisan Bang pretended not to notice and pushed her plate towards Jongno Geumchiat.

Jongro Geumtooth nonchalantly picked up the sweet and sour pork on his plate and ate it.

Bam!

Mrs. Kkachisan Bang couldn’t stand it.

The hand that struck the back of Jongro Geumtooth’s head was sharp.

“Oh my, human!”

“Oh, when I eat, even the dog doesn’t touch me!”

But when Jongno Geum-tooth picked up the dumplings, Ms. Kkachisan Bang’s face brightened.

I twist my body around as if I’m embarrassed, but oh no!

Instead of putting it in the plate of Mrs. Kkachisan Bang, it should be put in the bowl of Jajangmyeon of the Southeast Skunk.

The skunk from the southeast flinched while eating the jajangmyeon.

Jongno Geumtooth was furious and dropped Nanjawans into the jjambbong bowl of Ms. Bang, who was shaking in anger.

“This guy is real!”

Bam!

Of course, the second head fell off.

Jongno Geumtooth smiled brightly, holding on with his strong neck.

“So, you’re thinking of working under Master Seongjun?”

Everyone’s chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

“Like Secretary Kim?”

“Learning secretarial work under Secretary Kim will come after I take care of other things first.”

“Something else?”

The southeast skunk glanced at his father.

My father simply placed the Palbochae on my plate without saying a word.

“I’m thinking of reviving the shadow line.”

Everyone gasped in surprise.

“Isn’t this an information line that the Jeong family has painstakingly built?”

The southeastern skunk took a bite of a dumpling dipped in jjajang sauce.

“This information network is too valuable to be left as is. The money, time, manpower, and effort that has been invested so far has been so little.”

The atmosphere that had been filled with laughter, chatter, drinking, and eating suddenly became serious.

“The secret agent used every means and method to gain control of the Shadow Line, but ultimately failed.”

“When you left, key intelligence agents also disappeared underwater.”

“It’s made up of a tangled network, so it won’t be easy to revive it, right?”

widely.

The southeastern skunk dug through his pockets and pulled out a notebook the size of a child’s palm.

It was an old, worn-out, tattered, and wrinkled notebook.

‘What is that? It’s flashing such an unusual golden light?’

The skunk from the southeast pushed a golden notebook toward me.

“This is the Christmas present I prepared.”