Devil Returns To School Days - Chapter 8

2. Myeongjin Construction (3)

A few hours ago.

Go Chang-beom was troubled.

After going outside for a while, he smoked a cigarette in the street where people were passing by.

Dull.

“Whoa, my head is going to explode.”

Conversation with Kim Hyun-seong.

I couldn’t make a hasty decision.

Although it was plausible, I couldn’t just trust the words of a 17-year-old high school student and go forward. If something goes wrong, isn’t it all your fault? Go Chang-beom, who had inhaled almost all of his cigarette in an instant, threw the smoking butt on the floor and took another cigarette.

Squeak.

“…Hey, customer. “This is a non-smoking area.”

He was a cafe owner.

At first glance, Go Chang-beom was a gangster.

Go Chang-beom’s eyebrows rose as he spoke as carefully as possible.

“Go in without touching anything. “Because they could destroy the whole fucking cafe.”

The cafe owner is very surprised.

He noticed and quietly entered the store.

Go Chang-beom.

He was a human being who lived as he was born.

Born as the eldest son of Myeongjin Construction, he lived as an anonymous person and was famous for being a time bomb that should not be touched at the bottom of Daesan Mountain. Kim Hyun-seong did not approach him because he was the right person. I judged him to be a suitable person because he was corrupt enough to gain power even by overthrowing his younger brother.

The difference with Go Chang-seok was clear.

Still, Go Chang-beom was a person born with an unusual sense of loyalty who did not like people messing with his family.

“Changseok. “Shouldn’t you have done it in moderation?”

recent.

I was suspicious of Go Chang-seok’s conspiracy.

So when passers-by started arguing with him, he tried to avoid him as much as possible, but his fiery temper could not hold back his anger and he ended up in an accident. That was the characteristic of Go Chang-beom. By simply looking at the situation in front of him, he was swayed back and forth and ended up being pushed to the edge of a cliff.

Kim Hyun-seong’s remarks.

It was quite annoying.

He openly described himself as the bottom and put himself down.

Normally, he would have overturned his position as a benefactor or something, but Kim Hyun-seong did not simply make accusatory remarks.

‘The reason I ended up like this is because I only have babies with honey on their tongues around me. What Hyunseong Kim said was not wrong. I have nothing compared to Changseok, and if things continue like this, it is clear that I will be helplessly deprived of the position of successor. And Changseok won’t give me even a single bit. In this situation, would it be right for me to listen to the words of a kid I’ve never seen before in my life with no blood on his head?’

It was a dilemma.

If the other person was of a similar age.

No, it would have been okay if he had become an adult.

No matter how much I thought about it, 17 years old was too young to be trusted.

I thought about it for a while.

As cigarette butts were piling up on the floor, Go Chang-beom suddenly remembered what his father had told him.

“Changbeom. If you are not capable, surround yourself with someone who is capable. “You will be able to lead Myungjin Construction if you surround yourself with people with the skills you need, regardless of age or gender.”

Many years ago.

This is what I said to him who lives like a man.

The words I said with a sad heart somehow now felt like a revelation from God.

“I fucking don’t know.”

Tuk.

I threw the grass on the floor.

After entering the cafe, Go Chang-beom returned to his seat and sat across from Kim Hyun-seong.

“First, tell me your plan. “I will listen to everything and judge.”

* * *

Go Chang-beom and Go Chang-seok.

It was David and Goliath.

It was a fight in which he was no match, so Kim Hyun-seong judged it to be meaningful.

‘If Go Chang-beom had laid the same foundation as Go Chang-seok, he wouldn’t have cared about what high school students said. That’s one of the reasons why I chose Go Chang-beom. It’s not because Go Chang-beom is less trash, but he still has the mental space to accept new people. I have to become the person that Go Chang-beom needs.’

It was a deal.

Giving away one’s abilities and receiving something in return.

Kim Hyun-seong spoke calmly about the situation of forming a first relationship.

“Three conditions are necessary to win the successor competition. The first is the background. Mr. Go Chang-beom lost from this background. Although he had the advantage of being the eldest son of Myeongjin Construction, Go Chang-seok established his own power by marrying into a prestigious family in Daesan. Due to the presence of a background that blindly pushed Go Chang-seok, Go Chang-seok was able to gain an upper hand in the succession race. So what about the second condition? The second is reputation. Do you think you won in terms of reputation?”

“…no.”

I shook my head.

Unlike himself, who was called Myungjin Construction’s bully, Go Chang-seok had a very good external reputation.

“This second condition is also directly related to the third condition. Third is ability. Ko Chang-seok, who graduated from a prestigious foreign university and is working at Myungjin Construction, is bound to have a good reputation within Myungjin Construction due to his already proven personal abilities. Whether he is actually a capable person is a separate issue. “If the candidate is better than Go Chang-beom in the relative evaluation narrowed down to two, then the matter is over.”

Defeat was evident.

Three conditions.

Everyone was defeated.

Go Chang-beom’s face was red with pride, but he suppressed his anger in order to hear a solution for now.

As long as the results are sweet.

You will take bitter medicine in your mouth.

Go Chang-beom was not smart, but he had his own beliefs.

If it worked, definitely.

I listened to Kim Hyun-seong’s words because I made a decision to send the passers-by who were arguing with me to the emergency room.

“We need to overturn the three conditions of succession one by one. So let’s go back to the first condition, the background. What can we do to overturn this backdrop? “Right now, Go Chang-beom cannot marry someone with the same level of background as Go Chang-seok or attract the same level of influence, so there is only one way.”

I laughed.

That laugh somehow felt creepy to Go Chang-beom.

“What separates Go Chang-seok and his wife. “If their relationship breaks down, Go Chang-seok will lose his background just like us.”

* * *

Back to the present.

Go Chang-seok drove the car in a hurry.

He couldn’t hide his nervousness when he received a phone call saying that his wife had broken into the Hanseong officetel.

“Fucking fucking damn it!”

his wife.

His marriage to Kim Ji-hye was devoid of love.

Of course, Kim Ji-hye said that she truly loved her, but Go Chang-seok chose her based on the conditions.

Kim Ji-hye’s family.

Her family, whose father was a prosecutor, had considerable influence in the Daesan area, and Go Chang-seok actually received a lot of help during his practical work. It was as calculated. When I returned to Korea after completing my studies, I decided that I needed a solid background to take the position of the eldest son.

Jihye Kim was the perfect solution.

Although her appearance was ordinary, she believed that her family would put wings on her back.

It was a breeze.

I thought that the high point was just around the corner, but it turned out that my sponsor girl was discovered by my wife.

‘If my wife finds out about the existence of my sponsor, everything is over. My father-in-law told me. No matter what I, my son-in-law, do, he will take my side from now on, but the moment tears come to Ji-hye’s eyes, that will be the end.’

The child was riding.

My father-in-law was not a very clean person.

It was moderately rotten.

He was the best father-in-law for Go Chang-seok, who was a former prosecutor but had no intention of living cleanly, even owning a building in Daesan. So, as much as possible, I tried to put up with the women issue. However, his desire to change women countless times before marriage was an unbearable problem. Moreover, because his wife, Kim Ji-hye, had an ordinary appearance, he had no choice but to satisfy his desires by secretly going to and from the business.

Then I met a businesswoman.

I sponsored her because she looked like most celebrities, and I thought I should never be caught by Jihye Kim, so I found her an officetel. It was perfect. I thought that as long as I was faithful to my wife at home, there would be no problems in our current relationship.

however.

I got caught.

Every time there was a traffic stop, I wanted to ignore the people passing at the crosswalk and just step on the accelerator.

‘First of all, Jihye wouldn’t have been able to enter the officetel. When I get to the officetel, I have to somehow get the woman out while I have some time. Anyway, the name of the officetel is a borrowed name, and if they just pretend that it is an employee accommodation, there is nothing Jihye can do about it. Confidence and doubt are different things. Only if I arrive on time will there be any chance of resolving this situation.’

When the call came.

The officetel door was not opened yet.

An employee waiting there discovered Jihye Kim, and the sponsor chose to hold out by quickly locking the door.

There was a chance.

A chance to rectify the situation.

I felt like my blood was drying up.

As time passed, he finally arrived at the officetel and was faced with a terrible scene that he had hoped would never happen.

“…iced coffee.”

Door locks scattered on the floor.

And the door wide open.

When I checked inside, I saw Go Chang-seok’s wife, Ji-hye Kim, holding a woman’s head and punching her in the face.

Crack, clap!

“Hey you bitch. How dare you play with someone else’s husband?!”

finished.

Go Chang-seok closed his eyes tightly.

* * *

The next day.

The two sons of Myungjin Construction.

Go Chang-beom and Go Chang-seok were called by their father.

Seeing Go Myeong-jin’s cold expression, Go Chang-seok admitted his mistake before he could say anything.

“…sorry.”

“Tsk tsk you pathetic bastard.”

Go Myung-jin turned his gaze.

I thought he was a child who could function as a person in his own way, but due to the wind problem, he was completely messed up.

“I contacted my in-laws outside. My son made a big mistake, but I will strictly encourage him to make sure it never happens again, so let’s not go through with the divorce. Still, considering my reputation in Daesan, my in-laws decided to follow my advice, but I couldn’t stop them from saying that they would stay apart for the time being and see how you apologize.”

“I’m really sorry.”

“I’m sorry. This father must have told God that if a male cub teases his lower body the wrong way, the family will be ruined. “If you’re going to be a bitch, you should have lived like an old bachelor like your older brother Changbeom!”

I had nothing to say.

Ko Chang-seok bowed his head and repeatedly said he was sorry when he saw his father using a rather strong vocabulary.

“Wow, my child’s farming is all ruined.”

Go Myung-jin pounded his chest in frustration.

In-law’s family.

This is a family that considers their only daughter to be their golden daughter.

Now that they have been caught with the affair so that they cannot make excuses, they will not blindly help Go Chang-seok like before. It was truly pathetic. It would have been better if he had not been caught, but it was pitiful to see Go Chang-seok ruining his own opportunity at this important time of deciding on a successor.

This wasn’t the only problem.

According to the secretary, I heard that Go Chang-beom also had an accident recently.

“And Go Chang-beom. “What are you doing, going to the police station?”

I knew the truth.

The other party started the argument first and Go Chang-beom was unilaterally involved in the matter.

Normally, this would have been overlooked, but when Go Chang-seok’s problem arose, Go Chang-beom also seemed undesirable. If the eldest son of the Go family was a proper human being. Go Myeong-jin would not have had to worry about the successor issue.

I was angry.

I also felt skeptical.

He thought that his two sons had grown up this way because he had not lived a proper life as a father.

‘He’s probably going to insist that he didn’t do anything wrong, like usual. And without thinking about how pathetic he is, he will enjoy watching his only brother fall. ‘The future of Myungjin Construction is truly dark.’

however.

Go Myeong-jin, who was expecting the same reaction as usual, found Go Chang-beom lowering his head with a face of sincere reflection.

This situation.

This was the scenario Kim Hyun-seong expected.

Go Chang-beom swallowed his trembling heart and recited his planned message in the most apologetic voice possible.

“sorry. “I will be careful to prevent something like this from happening next time.”

“As expected, it was your fault…huh?”

Moment.

Go Myeong-jin’s eyes widened.

A reflective attitude.

That was quite an unexpected development for Go Myung-jin.