Baekseong Group (2)
Baekseong Group (2)
Yuseol's parents were a very close couple.
It was the complete opposite of Dohyun's case.
The couple's affection for each other was excessive.
To the point where they had seven children under their roof.
"...Fucking hell."
But there was no responsibility.
Love is supposed to come with responsibility, but they didn't know that.
"Yujin-ah, didn't Noona tell you not to run around the house!"
"Oh, seriously!"
Childcare was a task that fell entirely on the eldest daughter, Yuseol.
While her parents were out working, Yuseol did everything from the mountain of dishes to cooking and cleaning.
Cleaning up after the little brats was always her share.
She was only a high school student at the time.
At an age when her peers were out having fun with friends, Yuseol had to play nanny to her siblings.
Her second younger brother helped out a bit, but the ones below him were the real problem.
As for the people called her parents, they didn't even think to help, always going off on trips whenever there was a holiday.
Even though they received government support for having seven children, the household budget was always tight.
Her younger brother, who had just entered high school, even started a part-time job to help pay for the youngest's school field trip.
Her insides were slowly rotting away.
Maybe she would never get married in her life?
The final blow to her mental state was a note left by her parents.
[ Mom and Dad are going on a world tour. We'll leave the house to you! ]
"...Fucking bitches."
She couldn't help but curse.
That day was the day Yuseol became an adult.
They left with peace of mind because there was finally an adult in the house.
And of all times, that was when her third younger sister caused an accident.
She said she was pregnant.
She was so in love with her boyfriend that she threw a tantrum, saying she couldn't even think about having an abortion.
Life was already hard enough; was she supposed to raise another kid?
Yuseol was so exhausted that she just walked out of the house.
She wandered the city without a destination.
She walked down the street as it started to rain, without even an umbrella.
She couldn't tell if her wet face was due to tears or raindrops.
Then, by chance, she met her.
"I want that one."
"What?"
"For my birthday present, I want that one."
"...Harin-ah, didn't Dad tell you not to call a stranger 'that one'?"
"Why are you doing that to a random person in the first place?"
"Mom, you said you picked up a stray cat that looked pitiful and raised it when you were a student. I'm doing the same thing."
It was Baek Harin in middle school.
She had decided to get a pet to celebrate her birthday.
Harin's parents suggested adopting a cute cat from a pet shop, but.
She remembered a video she saw on Shorts about someone taking in a stray cat, so she blindly insisted on raising a stray cat herself.
The cat she was looking for was nowhere to be seen, and a random woman was crying in the rain instead.
But Harin liked the pitiful beautiful girl more than a pitiful cat.
"...I'm sorry, our child is still immature."
Harin's mother bowed her head in apology.
At the time, Yuseol didn't even know who the three of them were, and she thought it would just remain a simple happening, but.
That meeting became the biggest turning point in Yuseol's life.
One day, an employee from the [Baekseong Group] knocked on Yuseol's front door.
The employee said this:
You have been selected as Miss Harin's birthday present, so you must become the elite of the elite.
Therefore, you must receive professional training right now to take on the role of a [Personal Assistant].
What kind of strange person is this?
Yuseol, who was naturally going to refuse, thought otherwise.
"...How much is all this?"
Seeing the astronomical amount of money the [Baekseong Group] was offering, she had no choice but to change her mind.
It was a salary a high school graduate entering the workforce could never receive.
It was enough to even hire a housekeeper to take care of her siblings.
It was too much money to refuse, so Yuseol decided to quietly become Baek Harin's birthday present.
She completed the [Baekseong Group]'s professional curriculum.
Perhaps it was because Yuseol had been cleaning up after people for over ten years?
The work suited her better than she thought.
Years later, Yuseol became the exclusive attendant for Harin, who had become a high school student, but.
"I haven't seen that face before? Did Dad hire someone new?"
She didn't remember.
Well, that was fine.
Yuseol tried countless times to repay the grace she received from Harin.
She even put up with Harin's frustrating whining by her side and did her best to become the best attendant.
In particular, Yuseol was a great help in the relationship between Harin and Dohyun.
A third-generation chaebol who grew up in a good family couldn't understand Dohyun.
So, by explaining the feelings she felt having grown up in a dysfunctional family, Yuseol taught Harin how to treat Dohyun.
Perhaps if Yuseol hadn't been there, the relationship between Harin and Dohyun might not have deepened so much.
Even after the murder case broke out.
Yuseol persuaded Harin, saying now was the opportunity.
Though the stubborn girl had no intention of listening.
Then, one day.
Yuseol's parents, who were always neglecting their home and running around, crossed the line.
"...Seol-ah, could you give us some pocket money?"
"What?"
Parents asking their child for pocket money.
"You're doing well these days, aren't you? You know Mom and Dad haven't been able to find work lately."
They had long since retired from the companies they used to work for.
It seemed they intended to leech off their retirement funds from the seven children they had abandoned.
"We raised you, so shouldn't you at least do that much?"
She didn't know what kind of bastards they were.
Yuseol grew up on her own.
She was the one who took responsibility for the seven children they irresponsibly spawned, not them.
And now what? Give them money?
This money was meant for her siblings' education.
They wanted her to waste the money she received from the young lady's goodwill on them?
Yuseol stiffened.
Her parents had to face their daughter's cold face for the first time.
"Seol-ah, do you know that what you're doing right now is unfilial?"
"It's illegal!"
They blabbered on without even knowing the law properly.
She let those words go in one ear and out the other.
She mobilized all the know-how she learned at the [Baekseong Group] to teach her two parents a lesson.
What method she used is a secret.
At the final moment, the two parents were clinging to their daughter's pant legs and crying.
Is that why?
Yuseol found Dohyun fascinating, as he had a similar past to her but produced the exact opposite result.
Dohyun was unimaginably kind.
And many people's gazes were drawn to that kindness.
Yuseol had observed Dohyun for a long time for Harin's sake.
Even she herself developed strange feelings for that kindness.
'...Let's exclude personal feelings.'
He is the man of the master she serves.
He is a face that she, a subordinate, should not look at.
It was the first romantic attraction for Yuseol, who had been too busy with life to ever have a man, but she put it aside for her work.
'Because the young lady's happiness is my happiness.'
Yuseol worked hard to prepare for the wedding for Harin, her greatest benefactor in life.
*
Finally, the day of Yoon-seo's return arrived.
I went to the airport early in the morning to wait for her flight.
Before long, Yoon-seo arrived under the escort of the [Baekseong Group].
Her condition had improved quite a bit, and she was able to walk around.
Walking for a long time was still impossible, though.
Still, she was able to step on the soil of her homeland with her own two feet.
"Sshiba, Hell Joseon, I've arrived!"
Yoon-seo jumped one big step, then spun around like she was doing ballet and landed.
Then, she struck a pose.
I thought it was amazing that she had the confidence to do that when the place was full of strangers.
"...."
"...."
Our eyes met.
Usually, you meet your party after finishing security checks.
But because I was waiting right in front of where she got off the plane using the power of money, Yoon-seo didn't know I was watching.
"...Um, Yoon-seo-ya."
She looked better than I thought.
Just as I was about to say something.
Suddenly, she turned her back to me and went back toward the plane.
One minute later.
Supported in a frail posture by a female employee of the [Baekseong Group], she walked down the stairs as if she would collapse if the wind blew.
Soon, she stood in front of me again, barely straightening her legs as if to show she could stand on her own.
She looked up into my eyes, and with tears welling up, she opened her mouth.
"...Dohyun-ah."
As if she were a heroine who had left her country in an anime having a fated reunion.
"I'm home."
A touching atmosphere flowed through the airport, but.
"...."
"...U-uh, yeah."
Maybe it was because I had just seen her "Hell Joseon, I've arrived" moment, but it didn't really move me.
"Ah, aren't you going to say 'Okaeri'?"
"Okaeri?"
"Don't you know that when someone says they're home, you're supposed to hold back tears, stay quiet for a moment, and then after about 10 seconds, say 'Welcome home' while holding back the tears?"
"Is that anime talk?"
"Yeah, I watched it because I was bored while in the States, and it was fun. It was touching."
Yoon-seo showed me the ending scene of an anime on her phone.
I didn't know anything about the previous plot, but just looking at the scene, it felt touching.
"Anyway, yeah. That's how it is."
My daily life had finally returned.
I held Yoon-seo's hand tightly to support her.
Yoon-seo asked.
"Have you been okay lately? Your expression looked really bad when I saw you last."
"We saw each other in the game a few days ago."
"That's that, and reality is different."
"Hmm."
There were a hell of a lot of things going on.
Meeting my mother, meeting my half-sibling, meeting the [Baekseong Group] chairman, whew.
There was even a wedding schedule set with Harin-noona.
I still didn't know how to tell her that.
To think that a life of just eating, shitting, sleeping, and [Ssal-muk] would become this busy.
I guess the position really does make the person.
"Let's talk while we go."
After finishing Yoon-seo's entry procedures, I sat her in the passenger seat.
"Car, sshiba, look at that shine. How much is this?"
"3.6 billion won."
"Ugh, that's insane."
"The maintenance costs are also astronomical."
Yoon-seo, who still couldn't feel that I had become a chaebol, was even cautious about eating the snacks I handed her in the car.
It was quite cute how she was careful not to spill any crumbs.
"It's fine if you spill it, I'll just clean it up. Just eat."
"...It's too much pressure, I can't bring myself to do that."
If she's like this already, I look forward to seeing her reaction when she sees the house.
"You'll be even more surprised when you see our house. It's seriously fucking huge."
"You said it was 18.5 billion won?"
"Yeah."
"Is it spacious?"
"One room is much bigger than the house we used to live in. The bed is queen-sized, too."
"Perfect for rolling around in."
"Exactly. You could roll three times and still not fall off...."
"Perfect for rolling around with you, then."
Yoon-seo slid her hand onto my thigh.
"Want me to give you a quickie?"
"...Right now?"
"Yeah."
I thought about it for a moment and said.
"I'm driving right now."
"Then just stop at a rest area for a moment."
Did her 1,000-day-old sexual desire explode or something?
Yoon-seo kept touching my pants with a face that was completely flushed red.
She knew where the line was, only doing it when the signal was red, but.
The stimulation was bigger than I thought.
"...You said you couldn't put a strain on your body."
"We can just take it slow."
"Even so."
"Why, don't you want to?"
It's not that I don't want to.
I'm also a person overflowing with sexual desire.
Recently, I was on the verge of becoming intimate with Harin-noona, but it fizzled out, so I was full of regret.
Of course, I could do it now if I wanted to, but.
A-yeon is moving her stuff in, Yuseol-ssi is sitting right there, and there's a security guard stationed outside the house, so.
I couldn't set the mood even if I wanted to.
"Don't you have any shame?"
"We've already done everything there is to do, so what shame?"
Yoon-seo pointed to a motel we passed by.
"Want to stop by?"