Chapter 53 – Episode 53
After hearing what the boss said, I couldn’t reply.
Really? I couldn’t be surprised.
To me? Why? I couldn’t even express doubts.
My mind just stopped at that stage, wondering how to interpret this ridiculous proposal.
Hehe, you must have been very surprised.”
Of course I’m surprised, boss.
No, is this person strange?
Is this the sense of someone who works ‘lightly’ and buys an office in Gangnam ‘lightly’ to relax?
Are you the kind of person who goes to a valley somewhere and buys boiled rice with a smile even if it costs 500,000 won?
“I’m not just giving it away because I’m a person with a lot of money.”
The boss continued speaking as if he had read my thoughts.
“And it’s not because I’m a good person that I’m this kind to Jun-seok.”
“Uh, yes…”
“Junseok, you can’t usually lie to people around you, right? Are you prone to getting caught?”
No, how did you know?
Whenever I was bored with Nayu and Gahye, my true feelings would be revealed.
“All your thoughts are visible on your face.”
“Gasp.”
“It’s a joke.”
“Boss…”
“Giggles, it’s really fun to see so many different facial expressions in just one joke.”
After saying that, the boss backed away and started walking around.
“So, you don’t like it?”
“I… It’s great. It’s a huge benefit to me. But…”
“But?”
“I don’t know if I can just accept a gift like this.”
Hehe, as expected, Mr. Junseok is that kind of person.”
What does that mean?
“First, let me tell you something. This is what I came up with after calculating in my head.”
“That means…”
“I asked Jun-seok for the blueprint, and he has to pay me 20 million won for it, right?”
“Yes.”
“But the money to pay for the repairs must now be raised for the third floor of this villa. I was planning to receive money from the client and pay you 20 million won with that money.”
I nodded quietly.
“But what I received from the client is a villa that is a bit troublesome to process. The price is probably in the hundreds of millions, given the location, but if I sell it for hundreds of millions, when do you think it will sell?”
“Wouldn’t it sell out quickly?”
Still, it’s Gangnam.
Real estate speculators will buy it soon.
“No, it takes a little longer than I thought. There are a lot of troublesome things to do, and this is a really ambiguous location.”
When I heard that, I thought about it in my head.
Iffy? If it’s Gangnam, wouldn’t speculators buy it all?
The current location is an ambiguous location, having to walk for more than 10 minutes from Seolleung Station, but it is still a land of yolk.
“People who invest in real estate consider how much money they can make as the most important thing. However, the returns in these places are not very good compared to the money invested.”
I started to understand what the boss said.
Let’s say I have 1 billion.
If you invest in real estate with that 1 billion, you will want to buy a building that will later cost 2 billion if possible.
Rather than a building where 1 billion becomes 1.2 billion.
In the owner’s opinion, this villa currently falls into the latter category.
“Still, won’t people buy it? Even if the rate of return is low, if the profit itself is large, there will be people who invest their spare money.”
“Is that so? I stole this from the client, but why couldn’t the client sell it? Rather than giving it away, it would have been better to sell it and raise 20 million won?”
“Ah.”
After hearing those words, I realized.
You only have to pay 20 million won, but they gave you one floor of a villa worth hundreds of millions, right?
That means that this one floor was sold very poorly.
Here, it might not even be worth 20 million won, let alone 100 million.
‘No, is this a bit of speculation? Still, where is it…’
“That’s how I finished the first calculation. This place is not as valuable as I thought. Raising money using this would be quite a hassle. Do you understand this?”
“Yes.”
“And secondly, I thought you might need it.”
After saying that, the president laughed.
“Yesterday, I saw that there was someone living with me.”
“Uh… That’s…”
I felt heat rising to my face.
“Junseok, your skills are perfect. Hehe.”
“Ha, haha…”
It’s a shame.
Anyway, I’m so embarrassed.
“But as far as I know, I heard that Jun-seok lives in a small studio… Is that correct?”
When I was talking to my boss, I told him where I live.
Of course, I didn’t say anything about Gahye or Nayu, but…
“Uh… That’s…”
It was discovered that he was living with two women in a small studio.
No, well, it doesn’t matter if I get caught, um, yeah, there isn’t one, but um, that’s okay.
“It is very difficult for three people to live in a small space. This is the second reason.”
“But that’s just because you looked at my situation…”
“Yes, that’s right. It’s a favor.”
The boss laughed again.
“But I plan to use you properly. So, Jun-seok, if I pile up a lot of debt in his mind, it will benefit me. What’s more, saving 20 million won by making it a hassle to deal with? It’s killing two birds with one stone.”
Haha…”
Hearing that, I feel like I’ve been treated like something.
“Of course, I gave this reason so that Jun-seok could understand it. As Jun-seok knows well, you received more than the 20 million won you initially promised.”
Is it showing on your face again?
“Okay, now I ask you what would you do? Would you rather receive 20 million won, or would you rather receive this building and work a little harder?”
The president asked with a smile.
What can I do with these options?
I paused for a moment and then opened my mouth.
***
“So you got this place?”
The next day, in front of the villa again.
This time, Nayu and I came here alone.
“Uh.”
Nayu, who had listened to my story to the end, was looking at me with suspicious eyes.
“Can you trust that person?”
“Maybe…?”
Nayu crosses her arms and worries.
“Uhm…”
“Are you worried?”
“Of course. Can you believe that a favor is given without reason? … No, it exists.”
Nayu speaks alone and immediately answers alone.
“There’s no way there’ll be another guy like you… No, there shouldn’t be another one like you. That’s ridiculous.”
“Was I such a strange person?”
“Isn’t it enough to have such an amazing woman? Isn’t it okay to have someone who is both young and pretty at the same time?”
There might be an oil prince in the Middle East or a place where bigamy and harems are legal…
“Don’t think strange things.”
I guess I should be more careful with my thoughts from now on.
No matter what you think, everything gets caught.
“Can you trust that person who is the boss? Ha, it doesn’t make sense if you can’t trust him.”
“That’s right. He’s a world-class person.”
“Class doesn’t matter. Even the better guys are good at cheating. No, in fact, the higher they are, the better they are at mischievous behavior.”
“Nayu…”
I felt like I was seeing Nayu’s past for no reason.
Her sad heart soared.
“But that person already has a connection with you, a high-ranking person at the law office, and is friends with the professor who taught you. It’s hard not to believe that.”
“That’s right.”
“I just don’t understand. Is it true that only rich people are strange people?”
“… Maybe?”
You have to have been rich to know that.
I don’t have any rich friends.
“I don’t know. What’s good must be good, right?”
“Yes.”
After saying that, Nayu threw her travel trunk in one place and lay down on the floor.
The floor where Nayuman was lying large was so wide that it felt empty.
If it were my room, Nayu would have taken up half of it just by lying down…
“Nayu, you don’t have to worry too much.”
Saying that, I lay down next to Nayu.
“I don’t think he handed this over to me because he had other thoughts, and…”
“Again?”
“There are more good people in the world than you think.”
When I said that, Nayu just turned her head and looked at me.
“… Hmm.”
“Why?”
“You really like people. Really. Is that why you’re so naive?”
“Haha, are you naive?”
“He’s a pervert, but maybe he’s innocent.”
“…”
Leave out the word pervert, pervert.
“I’m worried for no reason because you’re so naive. I’m afraid I’ll lose money and get scammed again.”
“Are you worried?”
I placed one hand on Nayu’s cheek.
Nayu accepted my hand without any resistance.
“Yeah. I’m afraid I’ll get in trouble later.”
“It’s okay. It’s not that I’m naive and think that there are many good people.”
Really?
Nayu asked back with just her eyes.
“I suffered a lot when I was young. As you know well, my previous job wasn’t a good place. I suffered a lot, right?”
“And yet you are so naive…”
“That’s not it.”
I placed my hand on Nayu’s cheek and stroked her face.
“I couldn’t trust people, but I thought I had no choice but to trust them.”
“What does that mean?”
“If I doubt people every time I do something, the cost I have to pay becomes too high. I get tired and in the end I can’t do anything. So, even if I end up being bullied by others, I have no choice but to trust people at first. I have come to a conclusion.”
“…”
Nayu looked at me quietly.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Haha, I don’t know either.”
She thought she had brought up something pointless, so she gave it a vague look.
Then this time Nayu puts her hand on my face.
And then I buried my face in her arms.
“Huh?”
“Oh my, you’re so kind.”
“Hey…”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Are you comforting me? It’s nothing.
Still, I just accepted Nayu’s touch.
I felt like if I said anything more here, the atmosphere would become completely strange.
Nayu consoled me for a long time.
“How are you feeling?”
“Good.”
“How much?”
“Very.”
“You’re such a pervert.”
No, how did you know it was about breasts?
“Have more fun.”
But Nayu didn’t mean to sell me.
He only gave me a scolding word and hugged my face even more.
Thanks to this, my face was completely buried in Nayu’s chest.
Hehe…
***
When evening came, I went with Nayu to pick up her Gahye.
And when I returned to this villa with Gahye, Gahye immediately let out an exclamation.
“Wow, it’s really spacious!”
Gahye enjoys the spacious room while spinning around on the floor.
I was worried that it would be noisy because I was so excited, but then I remembered that the stores below were closed at night.
Yes, there is no need to worry about making as much noise as you want.
“Go to the bathroom too!”
Gahye said that and immediately checked the bathroom.
She said she loved that there was a bathtub as well.
It was worth it.
The room we were in last time, when Gahye and Nayu went into the bathroom together, it was just full.
“At this level, I can lie down here and sleep~”
“Someone sleeps in the bathroom!”
Gahye laughed at my tackle and said, “Hehe.”
“There’s something I want to try!”
“What is it?”
“So wait at home, Junseok!”
“Huh?”
With those last words, Gahye took Nayu outside.
I even took my credit card with me, saying I would spend a little.
‘What on earth are you trying to do…’
After watching Hye leave with a smile, she stayed alone and slowly packed up her luggage.
Since the luggage I brought was small anyway, I ended up using 3 travel trunks, but it would be a good idea to lay down blankets in advance.
While we were sorting things out for a while, Gahye and Nayu returned.
And I was speechless when I saw what Gahye was holding.
“What is that…?”
“Tube!”
Tube? Why is that?
As I looked at Ga-hye’s face, I could only see her question mark floating above my head…
As Gahye looked at me like that, she started laughing with a meaningful expression.
