Suddenly, something snapped.
It felt like the thread of reason had completely broken.
He knew this person had always been like this, but this crossed the line.
That aspect was a sore point for him.
Jaehyuk’s expression hardened terribly at his uncle’s indiscriminate attack, which not only included the complex family matters he detested most but also extreme insults toward Junghyun.
And with that, the air began to ripple.
As if electricity was flowing through the air, creating a tingling sensation on the skin and making hair stand on end, Junghyun stopped using his chopsticks and looked up.
But in that interval, the feeling grew stronger.
Sensing something like a well-sharpened razor blade scraping across skin, Junghyun hurriedly called out to him.
“Hyung?”
“…”
“Hyung, I’m in pain.”
Since they were in a small restaurant, concerned that other Omegas might be affected if there were any present, Junghyun quickly grabbed his hand, and instantly the murderous aura subsided.
And a few seconds later, the knife-like air softened.
Finally feeling relieved, Junghyun, still holding his hand, asked.
“Is it your uncle?”
“…”
“Is he asking how you can believe it’s your child?”
At Junghyun’s question, reciting exactly what the message said, Jaehyuk raised his head in surprise.
His eyes seemed to ask if his uncle had really sent such a message to Junghyun too, but Junghyun released his hand and casually picked up his chopsticks.
“Don’t worry. Before we left, he kept contacting Director Jang, so I answered and provoked him.”
“…Provoked?”
“Your grandfather and uncle said they wanted to come to the hospital directly to check the ultrasound and blood test results, so I told them it would create strange rumors if I went to the hospital with either of them because of your family’s reputation. People would say the Hanju heir is raising his uncle’s child. I said I clearly knew they would attack us questioning if the baby is really yours, so why should I add to those strange rumors? It seems the Chairman then got angry at your uncle, asking if he has to miss seeing his great-grandchild because of him.”
As the story unfolded like a panorama, Jaehyuk finally realized why his grandfather had been so furious.
While he was always hot-tempered, today seemed excessive—now Jaehyuk understood the complicated process that had led to this.
And then, when Junghyun wouldn’t show him the ultrasound photos, he became even more upset.
“…You really are a megalodon.”
“It doesn’t matter what I am. Anyway, from what I can see, once I have the baby, the Chairman will probably get rid of your uncle. The Chairman mentioned he’s been waiting a long time for your child.”
“…That’s true.”
“If I offer to give him the baby’s ultrasound video in exchange for removing your uncle, would he do it? That uncle is really annoying.”
“No need to send anything. I’ll take care of him before that.”
All preparations were already in place.
If everything proceeded according to plan, his uncle would be in critical condition by this afternoon.
Originally, he had planned to half-kill him and then revive him, but now it seemed only life support would be necessary.
In this situation, even without his intervention, his grandfather would likely remove his uncle anyway.
“I’ll leave that to you, hyung.”
“Okay…”
Realizing that Junghyun was also the source of this situation, Jaehyuk felt somewhat deflated.
With the concern of what to do with him, Jaehyuk started moving his hand again, and Junghyun, who was eating a piece of dong po pork, spoke again as if something had occurred to him.
“Since we’re on the topic, I think we should clearly divide our roles.”
“What roles?”
“I’m merciless even with children. Whether it’s an elementary school student or even a kindergartener, I fight with all my might. So I’ll be in charge of education. But in exchange…”
Jaehyuk paused with his chopsticks full of jajangmyeon and gestured for him to continue.
At that look, Junghyun met his eyes seriously for once. Then he carefully selected his words.
“You should raise them with only love.”
“…That’s the easiest thing in the world.”
“It might be harder than you think.”
“It’s easy. I already feel like I could die for this child.”
As Jaehyuk said this, glancing at the baby kicking its feet on the screen, Junghyun smiled as if pleased with the answer.
“Why die? You should kill instead.”
Realizing that was right, Jaehyuk immediately agreed.
“Right, I should kill. I need to see this child grow up, get married, and have children. I can’t die first.”
“Of course. I’ll bite through anything that gets in the way.”
“No, don’t. You really might bite someone and end up at the police station.”
“I only do things to the extent that I won’t be legally punished.”
As Junghyun implied that Jaehyuk still didn’t believe he went to law school for that reason, Jaehyuk looked at him with worried eyes.
The series of events that had unfolded so far would have happened eventually anyway. Even if Junghyun hadn’t provoked him, his uncle would have moved. That’s why he had evacuated his brother and Yeonwoo, anticipating this.
So the incident itself was fine.
The problem was that Junghyun had a very special talent for turning small issues into big ones.
When that guy gets involved, a problem that could be handled with a hoe requires a excavator.
And he can make people angry to an extraordinary degree.
If someone wanted to take over a company, there would be no need for complicated strategies—just deploy this guy for a month, and he could annihilate the entire company.
“Please, I’m begging you, don’t cause any more incidents. No, I don’t mind if you do, but please tell me before you do.”
“Incidents I cause after thinking about them aren’t really incidents—they’re the ones that happen accidentally, and there could be quite a lot of those… Would that still be okay?”
“I don’t care if there are thousands, just tell me. That way I can respond.”
“Well… I’ll do that.”
“You must.”
“Yes.”
After seeing Junghyun raise his right hand and make a pledge, Jaehyuk finally started eating.
The noodles were already getting soggy, but he had to eat.
Today’s afternoon would probably be chaotic.
Especially to carry out his plan, he needed energy, so he had to eat.
“I’ll be late today.”
“Then I’ll wait until you return.”
“Why?”
“We need to choose a prenatal name.”
At those words that would make him come home even if the company were collapsing, Jaehyuk solemnly changed his statement.
“…I’ll finish as early as possible. And…”
About to say something, Jaehyuk shook his head as if changing his mind. Then he started moving his hand again.
“We’ll talk in the evening.”
“Okay.”
After finishing the conversation with a face full of things he wanted to say, Jaehyuk hurriedly stuffed the swollen noodles into his mouth.
Junghyun also said nothing more and quietly watched him.
He seemed to roughly understand what Jaehyuk had been about to say, but deliberately pretended not to know and focused on the dong po pork again.
And inevitably, it happened.
* * *
“Please sign here.”
“Yes.”
In the spacious but sparse bedroom that had only a bed and a bench, a projector was suddenly installed.
On the ceiling, no less.
Plus, large speakers were installed.
Those were on the floor.
Having more or less anticipated this since seeing Jaehyuk stare at the monitor at the hospital as if he wanted to devour it, Junghyun wasn’t surprised.
The only surprising thing was that the installation was possible even though the installation technicians’ working hours had already ended.
Judging by how quickly they had rushed to install it, it seemed Jaehyuk planned to display the baby’s ultrasound video here all night…
“Will you be alright with this?”
At Director Jang’s question as she watched the projector and speaker installation alongside him, Junghyun casually replied as he returned the signed receipt.
“I fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow, so it doesn’t matter to me.”
The problem is that sensitive person, Junghyun thought, wondering if Jaehyuk could sleep well in this chaotic room.
But the answer came quickly.
He had installed this because he had no intention of sleeping.
It seemed he thought that as long as he had this, he would be fine without eating or sleeping until the baby was born.
Jaehyuk was not in his right mind due to excessive dopamine release.
“Things seem to have gone well.”
In the room after the technicians had left, Junghyun scratched his neck awkwardly at Director Jang’s comment.
“Yes. Luckily. But…”
Director Jang urged him to continue as if to say he could say anything.
“Go ahead.”
“…Is he really okay?”
“In what way?”
“It was easier than I expected.”
When Junghyun asked with a rather serious face if such a person should be in charge of a company, Director Jang smiled.
“He’s only easy for you, Junghyun. Even the Chairman finds his grandson difficult to deal with.”
“The Chairman was easier though.”
Of course, that was probably because he had Cha Jaehyuk as a shield, but still, the Honorary Chairman of Hanju wasn’t such a difficult opponent. CEO Cha Jinwoo was also unexpectedly simple to handle.
Wondering if the people in this family were simpler and easier than expected, Junghyun turned on the projector and connected it to the television.
A screen appeared on the white wall, with image quality that seemed excessive for displaying black and white ultrasound images.
“…It looks good.”
After saying that—omitting “unnecessarily”—Director Jang also nodded as if pleased with the image quality.
“It would be good for watching movies. And baseball too.”
“This will probably be exclusively for ultrasounds.”
As he said he probably wouldn’t have any channel selection rights while flipping through channels, she laughed out loud for once.
Surprised by Director Jang’s laughter, which he was hearing for the first time, Junghyun turned his gaze, and she immediately continued.
“I was just thinking how different he is now that he has his own child. He disliked children so much when he was younger.”
“He disliked children?”
“Yes. He said he disliked them because they’re noisy, do whatever they want, and you can’t communicate with them, so he didn’t know how to interact with them. So when relatives’ children would visit, he’d just greet them and then not go near them. The children seemed to sense this and never came near him either. And now such a person with a child…”
As she was talking about Jaehyuk’s personality while looking at the large screen, she suddenly stopped speaking. Then her expression hardened.
At her sudden change of expression, Junghyun also turned his gaze to look at the screen.
After checking the news headline that had appeared on the large screen, he quickly turned up the volume on the speakers.
[“…Hanju Chemical CEO Cha Jinwoo was detained this afternoon on charges of embezzlement and breach of trust related to slush funds. The prosecution estimates the amount of embezzlement and breach of trust at 800 billion won, and the court determined there was concern about destruction of evidence. This is reporter Seo Juwon.”]
After the anchor’s clear briefing, a handsome, well-built man in a black suit could be seen getting out of a car. Reporters crowded around him, but the man climbed the stairs without even blinking.
His attitude was very dignified.
At a glance, he looked more like a prosecutor than a criminal.
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
