STX Shipbuilding’s stock price began to soar at the end of last year, and the rate of return exceeded 100%.
‘It would have been better in the past if I had paid more attention to financial investments such as stocks instead of just working.’
Kim Cheol-soo clicked his tongue in disappointment when he saw that the returns on stocks he had never even thought of, such as ‘Hyundai Elevator’, rose up to 400 percent.
Still, the total stock value to date has exceeded 120 million won.
Because of the 5 million won I received as an excellent employee award and the part-time salary doubled because it was Christmas, I reached the billion mark faster than I thought.
“Wow, crab soup!”
It was Yeongsu’s exclamation that woke Cheolsu from his thoughts.
I thought my mother was boiling something in the morning, and it was a familiar smell.
Youngsu gulped his saliva and fluttered his nose, and Jinsook Yoon sat down and filled a soup bowl with crab stew and placed it in front of Cheolsu and Youngsu’s rice bowls.
“What crab?”
At Kim Cheol-su’s words, Yoon Jin-sook took out the midea duck from the bottom of the pot and placed it on Cheol-su and Yeong-su’s soup bowl.
They both really liked midodeok.
“Ah! You don’t know.”
“huh?”
Kim Cheol-soo looked at Yoon Jin-sook and Yeong-su alternately.
Jinsook Yoon also said as she sat down at the table.
“The boss I saw at Namsan sent it to me as a gift. Cheolsu was on a business trip.”
“Oh, did you?”
“You’re a bit busy on weekdays, so I tried to eat it on Saturday morning. I think they sent me some very expensive crabs that were big and plump. Be sure to tell me that I enjoyed it.”
“I see.”
Youngsu, who was always hungry because he was growing up, quickly cut the crab with scissors and began to eagerly eat the white flesh.
Jin-sook Yoon opened her mouth as she watched Cheol-su eat a spoonful of soup and nodded with an expression that said it was no big deal.
“What is your relationship with the boss? Son?”
“huh?”
Kim Cheol-soo responded without much change in his expression.
“Mom, I think the boss has some feelings for you.”
“What? It’s just the boss and employees.”
“I don’t think so?”
“Hey.. what are you talking about again this morning?”
When Kim Cheol-soo waved his hand and took it away, Yoon Jin-sook said while cutting the crab in Young-su’s soup bowl with scissors.
“Mom, I really like that boss lady.”
“me too!”
Youngsu also shouted loudly while eating.
Cheolsu looked at Jinsook Yoon with a puzzled expression and then turned his gaze to Yeongsu.
“Why you?”
“For giving me crab!”
“ok?”
“Hehe, I’m just kidding. The president’s sister is pretty! At first, I thought she was a celebrity. She’s also nice. And when I was next to my brother during lunch, the two of us got along really well.”
“What does a guy who’s never been in a relationship know?”
“Really me! Have you tried it? You’re such an idiot that you’ve never dated a girl even after going to college.”
“What, man?”
Youngsu shook his head and said.
“And why do you have this prejudice that says you can’t date when you’re young?”
At those words, Jinsook Yoon and Cheolsu looked at Youngsoo at the same time.
“what?”
“huh?”
“Hmph!”
Only then did Youngsu realize that he had made a mistake, looked at his eyes, and quickly lowered his head.
Cheolsu burst into laughter at that sight.
Generation gap.
When Kim Cheol-soo was attending school, the term chastity before marriage was often mentioned, and there were still people in the generation who knew the formula ‘love = marriage’ as an absolute and immutable law.
Of course, there were individual differences, but the majority were like that.
Kim Cheol-soo was one of those people with such conservative views on love, and perhaps because of that, it was not easy for him to meet women.
However, one-year juniors and two-year juniors in college were different.
Although we were only a year or two apart, we had completely different views on love and marriage.
By meeting easily and breaking up easily, I tried to find someone who was a good match for me.
Jinsook Yoon raised her eyes and lowered her voice as she spoke.
It was something you did when you didn’t like something.
“A guy who should be studying is dating during this time?”
Of course, Yoon Jin-sook, who is more stubborn than Kim Cheol-soo, would not be able to understand.
Kim Cheol-soo felt like something was going to spill out at the breakfast table, so he quickly looked at Yeong-su and said.
“Are you pretty?”
Youngsu looked at Kim Cheolsu and Yoon Jinsook and nodded.
“Yes. But not as good as the president’s sister.”
“so?”
“I think it’s right to break up if you want to meet someone prettier.”
Yoon Jin-sook made a bewildered expression at those words.
“Once we meet, we have to meet each other earnestly. Should we break up just because we’re not pretty?”
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“Oh. Mom doesn’t know anything.”
“What doesn’t Mom know?”
Kim Cheol-soo opened his mouth at Jin-sook Yoon’s words.
“Youngsu might be right, Mom. The world you lived in, the world I live in, and the world Yeongsu will live in might be completely different. If Yeongsu’s grades fail, let’s talk about it then. If he keeps coming in first, don’t make it a problem. And he’s been meeting women since he was young. “If you look, you can meet a good woman.”
Even after entering high school, Youngsoo continued to be ranked first in the school.
At those words, Jinsook Yoon opened her sharp eyes.
This was because what Cheolsu said was not wrong.
Youngsu nodded as if he greatly agreed with Kim Cheolsu’s words.
“That’s right, that’s right, Mom. You’re right.”
“Just these.”
Cheolsu was thriving at work, and Yeongsu was also thriving at school.
Since she was at least living a much better life than her past self, Jinsook Yoon decided to stop nagging.
As Yoon Jin-sook held the crab again and started cutting with scissors, Young-su looked at Cheol-su and said,
“From that perspective, my brother must have been secretly dating during his school days.”
“Why is that so?”
“Otherwise, there’s no way you could have stolen the heart of such a pretty CEO’s sister, right? I’m sure you’re an expert at dating than me.”
“What is he saying now?”
“To me, it seemed like the president’s older sister liked my brother. It didn’t seem like he disliked me, did he?”
“what?”
When Kim Cheol-soo clenched his fist, Young-su reflexively pulled away.
“Ugh! If you hit me, you’re admitting this!”
However, Kim Cheol-su just grabbed Yeong-su’s head.
“Don’t be funny and just eat.”
Kim Cheol-su immediately turned his attention to Yoon Jin-sook.
“I don’t think I can come home today because of work.”
“Day?”
“Yes. I’ll be home on Sunday.”
“Why does that damn company make them do that much work even on weekends?”
“I do it because I like it.”
Youngsu quietly intervened.
“Aren’t you dating the boss’s sister?”
At those words, Cheolsu clenched his fist again, and Yeongsu stood up in horror.
“Ah! Cancel, cancel!”
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When Kim Cheol-soo’s live stage ended, Choi Hye-na left the rest of the work to the store manager and went outside with Kim Cheol-soo.
“Oh, that’s right! Thank you for the crab. Boss.”
At the mention of blue crabs, Choi Hye-na remembered the blue crabs she had bought at a department store a few days ago and had been delivered to Kim Cheol-soo’s house.
“Oh? Really? Did it taste good?”
“Yes. I found out today. If I had found out earlier, I would have expressed my gratitude sooner.”
“Hahaha. It’s okay. Anyway, today is my first time going to a sauna, so I’m looking forward to it.”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded at Choi Hye-na’s words.
“If it’s your first time going, it’ll be pretty fun.”
Could you please hold my hand?
Choi Hye-na, who had visited a jjimjilbang for the first time, found it very strange and awkward to bathe naked with complete strangers in a communal bathhouse.
So I just took a quick shower as fast as I could and came out.
Wearing a brown sauna uniform over her underwear, she looked around at the crowd of people with no room to step.
I saw people sitting in groups of twos or threes talking or eating a baked egg in front of the TV, and I saw couples making sheep heads out of towels and wearing them on their heads.
Young women secretly apply basic makeup in dark corners.
Many families came and saw many children.
I lost track of time as I watched the children lying on their mother’s legs as if they were pillows and eating the eggs that their father cracked.
Kim Cheol-soo, who entered the sauna, saw Choi Hye-na watching people at the agreed upon place and headed there.
“are you not hungry?”
Choi Hye-na turned her head and looked at Kim Cheol-soo.
Perhaps because of his slightly wet, slightly curly, long brown hair, he looked exactly like a wild horse.
Choi Hye-na nodded slightly at Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“I’m a little hungry.”
“Which of the sauna foods do you like?”
Kim Cheol-soo said as Choi Hye-na looked around to see what was around her with an awkward expression on her face instead of answering.
“Ah! I said it was my first time in a sauna.”
Choi Hye-na nodded at those words.
“yes.”
“Then I guess I’ll have to suit my taste today.”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Choi Hye-na nodded and followed him.
“Cheolsu, do you come here often?”
“I come here every Sunday. When I take a bath here, all the fatigue from the week goes away.”
“Oh yeah?”
Kim Cheol-soo pointed to a steam room built in a dome shape.
“That’s right. They say that if you apply a compress for just 15 minutes, it expands peripheral blood vessels, promotes blood circulation, and improves heart function, showing a similar effect to exercise. But it’s better not to do more than that.”
“Oh really?”
“Yes. If you use more than that, your skin will not improve and electrolyte imbalance can be fatal to your health. Everything in moderation is good.”
“Cheolsu, you know a lot about this and that, right?”
“If you want to sell, it’s good to know a lot.”
Kim Cheol-soo, sitting at the restaurant table occupying one side of the sauna, spoke to Choi Hye-na.
“Personally, the best menu item at the sauna is seaweed soup. Is that okay?”
When Choi Hye-na was young, the food that the nanny who raised her liked best was seaweed soup.
Although she had not particularly eaten seaweed soup since returning to Korea from France, Choi Hye-na felt saliva welling up in her mouth, perhaps because of past memories or because she had not eaten dinner.
“Ah! I love seaweed soup.”
“I don’t know about anything else, but I think the seaweed soup here was made by my mother. Auntie!!”
Jang Suk-ja approached Kim Cheol-soo’s words.
“Oh, so you came today on Saturday?”
“Yes. I have work to do.”
Jang Suk-ja looked at Choi Hye-na sitting across from Kim Cheol-soo and asked quietly.
“girl friend?”
At her words, Kim Cheol-soo glanced at Choi Hye-na and opened his mouth.
“I know the boss.”
“Ah! So, what you usually eat?”
“Yes. Two servings, please. Just a little seasoning.”
“Well, you know.”
After receiving the order, Sookja Jang turned around and smiled.
‘I’m not denying it.’
The seaweed soup came out soon, and Choi Hye-na took a spoonful, opened her eyes wide, and nodded.
“Hmm! Are you okay?”
“Yes?”
“Yes. It’s delicious.”
Since he was always hungry after an evening performance, Kim Cheol-soo quickly ate seaweed soup, and Choi Hye-na, who watched him eating frantically, also filled his stomach with satisfaction.
“Normally, the family would come to the sauna once or twice. I guess you like bathhouses, don’t you?”
“The shower facilities in the house are well-equipped, so I didn’t really think about it. How are you, Cheolsu?”
“I come here about a couple of times a month. My mother likes the steam room.”
Although she did not ask directly, Choi Hye-na guessed that Kim Cheol-soo did not have a father.
“Oh yeah?”
“Yes. My knees are bad, so I really like the steam.”
“Your knees?”
“After my father passed away, he had a hard time raising my siblings.”
Choi Hye-na nodded with a sad look in her eyes and sighed lightly.
“Oh, I see. I’m sorry.”
“It’s okay. I don’t think anyone can avoid the moment of loss. I faced it earlier.”
“So did you give up music because of that?”
Kim Cheol-soo nodded lightly at Choi Hye-na’s words.
“There were many reasons. Above all, I couldn’t focus on music after my father passed away. That was probably the biggest reason. So I threw away all the instruments I had at home, music… everything I had risked my life for during my school days. “Only after I threw it away did the void of loss become filled and I was able to do something again.”
Because I returned to the past, I was able to sing again.
Because the unstoppable flow of time was truly the gift of oblivion.
“I see. Actually… I don’t have a mother either.”
Kim Cheol-soo opened his eyes wide and nodded lightly as if he was hearing this for the first time.
“I don’t even remember anything because he passed away when I was born. All I had was a picture of my father. At my middle school graduation ceremony, my family was all busy, so only the nanny who raised me came to the graduation ceremony. And that day, I went home and took my mother’s photo that my father had. “I burned all my photo albums.”
“why?”
“It’s just that. I guess I hated my mom for leaving first without asking my permission.”
Kim Cheol-su looked at Choi Hye-na, who sighed lightly, and nodded as if he understood.
While watching her clean up the employees at Blue House and seeing her talking about her family with a bare face and no makeup, she seemed more like a sick woman with a story than a boss.
“I can totally relate to that.”
“Really? But Cheolsu’s eyes are full of longing when he talks about his father.”
“It’s because a lot of time has passed. At first, I also resented it so much.”
“really?”
“Yes, really.”
As nearly 20 years have passed, the resentment has faded, and on top of the faded resentment, the feeling of longing has become colored.
As with everyone.
Kim Cheol-soo and Choi Hye-na briefly shared personal stories.
“The first brother is not good, the second brother is also not good, the third brother is completely evil, and the fourth brother is the best.”
“why?”
“When I was young, I thought my first brother had no humanity because he was good at everything. But I found out that it wasn’t because he was talented, it was because he had money. It’s not good because he pretends to have any ability when he doesn’t have any. My second brother completely wants to be like my first brother. Yes. That’s why I hate it. My third brother is an evil person who tries to beat my first brother by any means possible, but he also has a bad temper, so I hate him the most. My fourth brother lived a truly miserable life until a few years ago, but he started to change after getting married, and he always treats me a lot. “I’m glad you took care of me.”
At those words, Kim Cheol-soo burst into laughter as he recalled the words one by one.
“The more I take care of it, the more I like it, right?”
“Of course. There’s a saying that if you want to be liked by someone, you have to treat them first, right?”
“Aha. I see. I guess I’ll have to treat my boss well from now on.”
Hearing Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Choi Hye-na looked at Kim Cheol-soo with eyes full of curiosity.
“Are you trying to win my favor?”
“Of course. That way, the part-time job fee will also be increased, right?”
At Kim Cheol-soo’s words, Choi Hye-na shook her head with a sigh.
‘This person is real.’
“What! That!”
Kim Cheol-soo chuckled as he saw Choi Hye-na, who was so upset and raised her voice.
“Boss, the sound is too loud. Everyone can see, right?”
Choi Hye-na quickly looked around and blushed.
“Oh, really.”
With Choi Hye-na muttering in front of him, Kim Cheol-soo looked at his watch and said.
“I think it would be a good idea to get some sleep. If you want to drive.”
“Can you sleep when it’s this loud?”
“There’s a sleeping room in the back.”
“Are you sure you’re going to sleep here?”
“Sure. Follow me.”
When Kim Cheol-soo grabbed Choi Hye-na’s hand and dragged her, she blushed and stood up pretending not to be able to resist.
As he said, there was barely enough space for one person to fit into the separate space, and several people were already sleeping.
Choi Hye-na turned her eyes and stopped at two spaces that were stuck together.
However, Kim Cheol-soo pointed to the room on the other side with his finger and said.
“I’ll sleep here. There’s a women-only space on the other side. Go and get some sleep for a while.”
‘ah. ‘Can’t we sleep next to each other?’
When Choi Hye-na hesitated, Kim Cheol-soo pointed upward with his finger and said.
“This is a men-only space.”
“ah······.”
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