***
Gyeonhui hurriedly opened the door and entered the room to see Dr. Seo.
The doctor saw him and said, “You’ve come sooner than I expected.”
“What happened to my grandpa?”
Gyeonhui looked at Dr. Seo and asked, seemingly outraged.
It didn’t make any sense to Gyeonhui that the president who was unconscious due to dementia would look for him.
“Sometimes, he is unconscious. Come on. We don’t have much time.”
Dr. Seo pointed to president Woo, who was lying on the bed.
Gyeonhui turned and slowly approached the president Woo.
He was one of a few family members he had who was still alive, and the owner of one of the largest groups in Korea.
In short, the giant that dominated the Republic of Korea’s economy had become a shabby elderly man with dementia. His sick and runty appearance had changed a lot since before the time he was ill.
Chairman Woo had not seen much affection from Gyeonhui, but Gyeonhui’s heart was hurt by looking at his own family member dying.
“… Chairman…”
Gyeonhui carefully called President Woo.
Gyeonhui was more familiar with uttering the president’s title rather than calling him his grandfather.
When Chairman Woo heard Gyeonhui’s voice, his eyelids faltered.
“Gyeonhui…” A sputum-filled voice leaked.
President Woo flinched his rough hand, but it couldn’t reach Gyeonhui as if his strength had been stricken.
Gyeonhui read his intention, and he reached out before gently holding Chairman Woo’s hand.
“… Gyeonhui… You’ve all grown up now…”
President Woo struggled to speak, relying on his respirator.
“… President.”
Gyeonhui could not say anything other than that since he knew better than anyone that saying that he would be okay meant nothing anymore to President Woo.
“Where is your mom?”
Chairman Woo looked for Mrs. Shin.
Gyeonhui looked at Dr. Seo with a firm expression.
“We’ve contacted her… but…”
When Gyeonhui watched Dr. Seo blurt the end of his words, Gyeonhui looked back at Chairman Woo.
The chairman looked at him with sympathy, and he struggled to open his mouth.
“… Don’t blame your mom.”
“… Sorry?” Gyeonhui couldn’t understand the chairman’s intentions even after hearing his words; Gyeonhui asked him while furrowing his eyebrows.
“Everything is my fault, and I deserve this… So Please… don’t blame… your mom…”
Breathing roughly, the chairman’s neck fell weakly.
“Dr… Dr. Seo!”
Gyeonhui panicked and called Dr. Seo in a hurry.
Dr. Seo and the nurses rushed to check Chairman Woo’s pupils.
When they checked his vitals and heart rate, he started speaking with a sinking expression.
“He lost consciousness.”
Chairman Woo managed to speak at least but fell asleep again, and no one knew when he would awaken.
“Hah…” Gyeonhui exhaled a heavy sigh.
Then the door of the room opened, and Mrs. Shin entered.
“Has he passed away?”
As soon as Mrs. Shin saw Dr. Seo, she first asked him if the chairman had passed away.
“No, He just lost consciousness again.” Dr. Seo answered cautiously.
“I’m glad.” Her response was filled with relief, but it somehow had a strange feeling.
“He should not leave us yet. Dr. Seo, please take care of him more.”
“Yes, I understand.” Dr. Seo answered with a firm expression.
Mrs. Shin quickly turned her head and started speaking to Gyeonhui.
“And, can you just leave us here for a moment?”
Hearing her, Dr. Seo and the nurses left. The only conscious people left in the room were Gyeonhui and Mrs. Shin. When she saw that they were all out, she slowly started speaking.
“Has your assistant not delivered my message, or do you not want the position as the CEO of Consencio anymore? Which one is it?.”
Hearing her cold voice, he felt like she always pierced his heart at every chance she could make.
“… It’s not both.”
“Then why didn’t you come to me?” She asked again, not knowing the answer.
“I have to do something more important rather than to visit you.”
Hearing his answer, Mrs. Shin smiled. “Because of her?” He didn’t answer. Mrs. Shin was still looking at him and started speaking bitterly. “… You’re thoughtless, like a child, same as your father.”
Her eyes were full of pain, one that Gyeonhui had never seen before. However, her sad eyes did not last long.
In an instant, she returned into her own cold-eyed self.
“There will be an official meeting with the board of directors soon. I think the position of a CEO doesn’t suit you well.” He couldn’t say anything to her.
Mrs. Shin was a person who could really fire him with her power.
“Get out.”
Hearing her cold words, Gyeonhui turned and exited the room.
When he came out to the hallway, he leaned against the wall.
“Do you really not want me to blame her? Hah…” His face was full of resentment as he sighed.
He clenched his fists and raised his head up before breathing for a long time and looking towards the ceiling.
After a moment, he quickly turned and stepped out to the hall.
He still had to see someone.
***
“There is no sign of recovery, but he still has consciousness…”
When Ojae explained what had happened to Gyeonhui, he carefully looked at Sun’s expression.
It was the first time she had heard about his father, who passed away, and his grandfather that was in critical condition.
‘What did we do for three years…?’
They didn’t even know each other’s blood type, their family, or their own wounds.
She closed her eyes with a heavy heart.
Sun was about to stand from her seat because of this unbearable suffering.
“Hey, Sun. He’s coming soon. Please wait for him…”
“… I’m sorry. Mr. Kwon.”
When Ojae saw her heavy face, he knew that he could no longer stop her. When she was silenced in honor of Gyeonhui’s grandpa, Sun turned and got in a taxi that had just arrived.
Ojae had no choice but to look at the taxi that was going away while biting his lower lip.
“Hah. Why is he so late?”
Ojae frowned and scratched his hair vigorously, seemingly outraged.
‘Geeeek.’
At that time, a car stopped in front of him.
It was Gyeonhui.
When Gyeonhui got out of the car, he hurriedly approached Ojae.
“Where is she?”
“She just took a taxi. Why were you so late?”
Instead of answering, Gyeonhui quickly got in the car and left.
‘Buaang.’
With the loud sound of the engine, the car moved away at high speed.
“Hah…”
Ojae watched Gyeonhui’s car going away with sympathy.
“I hope you find a way with her…”
Standing there for a long time anxiously, Ojae watched the car disappear. Soon when Gyeonhui’s car was not visible anymore, Ojae slowly turned.
He looked up and noticed that the Consencio building was still brightly lit.
“… Would she still be there?”
He thought for a moment with a firm expression and started walking to the other side of the building.