The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary

Chapter 46

The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c46

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“Ihyeok, hyung!”

Ihyeok was about to take out a cigarette from his coat when he heard a voice from behind. It seemed Lee Sihyeon had followed him, panting and catching his breath.

“Do you think what people say sounds like a dog barking to you? I told you to drop that title.”

At the sharp tone that showed anger had not subsided yet, Sihyeon slightly shrank his shoulders.

“Then, should I call you CEO? No, we’ve known each other for so many years, it’s too distant...!”

“What nonsense. If someone heard, they’d think we were friends for a decade.”

Ihyeok took out a cigarette and lit it.

“That... Ara has bad habits. When she likes someone, she goes all out recklessly.”

“What, did you chase after me to defend her?”

“N-no, that’s not it. I had something to ask. Do you know a company called Seohyun?”

Ihyeok’s gaze, which had been deeply pulling on the cigarette filter, turned to Sihyeon for the first time.

“Seohyun Corporation?”

“Yes.”

“Why there?”

“No, a few days ago at a drinking party, there was a person named Kim Sangmu from Seohyun, and he was bragging that he was really close with the former Taesung’s CEO Kwon...”

A deep sigh burst out of Ihyeok’s mouth along with cigarette smoke. It was true that he had ties with Seohyun. Back in the Taesung faction days, they had jointly hit an organization. Since then, they had maintained a connection, but it was closer to a non-aggression pact where they agreed not to touch each other rather than an alliance. He had heard that they were still maintaining the organization under the name of Seohyun Corporation, but he never imagined they would use his name like that behind his back.

“Forget it. I don’t know them.”

“Yes. I already told the people at that party. It was obvious he was a thug, so it bothered me that he was using your name.”

Sihyeon smiled brightly at Ihyeok as if wanting praise, like a kindergartener. Ihyeok, who had finished his cigarette, threw the butt on the ground. Then he looked at Sihyeon, who was wriggling and trying to stick close to him, with a meaningful gaze.

“Uh... why?”

Sihyeon’s face turned red at the blatant look. But Ihyeok’s gaze remained fixed on him, who was smiling awkwardly, regardless.

“If only Hyeseong was a little friendly to me like you, I would have no regrets.”

When another person’s name came out of Ihyeok’s mouth, Sihyeon’s face was colored with disappointment.

“Go inside.”

As Ihyeok turned his body, Sihyeon suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled himself close.

“H-hyung. Let’s go somewhere quiet and have one more drink. I know a place with great ambiance, just for a moment...”

Before Sihyeon could even finish, Ihyeok strongly shook off his hand and pushed him away.

“You bastard. Do you guys not have learning abilities?”

Ihyeok tapped his arm with an annoyed face and coldly turned around. Left alone in front of the club entrance, Sihyeon’s face grew more and more crestfallen.

“When that secretary touches him, he’s fine with it...!”

It was when Hyeseong got off the bus and was trudging home.

“What’s so hard for a young man that you’re walking while only looking at the ground?”

At the sound, he looked up and saw the only grandmother who remembered Hyeseong.

“Ah, Grandmother. Hello.”

Hyeseong greeted her with a forced smile. The grandmother stared at Hyeseong’s face and soon nodded.

“Where are you coming from?”

“Yes. I had some business so I went to the city.”

“But Hyeseong, are you really okay with that gangster bastard from last time?”

“Yes, of course. I told you it was resolved well, didn’t I?”

To the villagers who had seen Kim Doo-sung causing havoc, Hyeseong had gone around telling each of them that it was handled well, so they didn’t need to worry. He also apologized to Mr. Kim, whose cell phone Kim Doo-sung had broken, and replaced it with a new one.

“But if it was resolved well, why do you look like that? Don’t tell me that bastard is still harassing you?”

“No, it’s not that. It’s just... because of other things.”

Perhaps because the grandmother remembered Hyeseong, or maybe because he was the youngest among the villagers, she tried to take special care of Hyeseong.

“I see. Then go on. I need to go grocery shopping too.”

“Yes, take care.”

“Hyeseong.”

“Yes?”

“If you hold things in, it becomes an illness.”

The grandmother patted Hyeseong’s slumped shoulders a couple times and then walked off. He wasn’t sure if she said that because she noticed something or if the wisdom of elders was just that amazing.

“Oh? Hyeseong, you’re back!”

“Yeah.”

Upon returning home, Park Dohyun was coming out of the kitchen eating the ice cream they had gone to buy in the middle of last night.

“But where did you go?”

“Ah... I went to the city for a bit. I had some urgent banking to do.”

“Then you should have gone together when we went to buy seedlings.”

“I didn’t think of that. It was something I had to take care of by today. Should we go buy the seedlings in the evening? Since we’re going out, let’s have dinner too.”

“I’m good with that!”

Hyeseong naturally shifted the topic to something else so Dohyun couldn’t ask more. Dohyun was excited, saying he would decide what to eat.

Hyeseong said he would rest in his room until then and went inside. He changed into comfortable clothes and sat in front of his laptop when his cell phone rang shortly.

[Hyeseong-ssi, this is Lee Pilhyun. How can I help you?]

It was a message sent by Manager Lee.

Translation Notes:

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