Chapter 284 – (Abduction) Persuasion 2
The day Lee Hee-yeon and the women persuaded Lee Ha-young.
They had many conversations to solve Jung Sung-min’s problem, and after many conversations, they came up with a plan to bring out the original Jung Sung-min.
And the beginning of the plan was to take him to the ‘place of memories’.
“You want to go to the beach?”
“Huh. We’ve been there before, you know. That… When I was in college.”
“…Ah. There.”
Jeong Seong-min recalls the past for a while.
After a while, he looked at Lee Hee-yeon and replied.
“Okay. It wouldn’t be bad to take a break after a long time.”
“Huh. Because I’ve been working too much lately.”
Lee Hee-yeon succeeds in making an appointment with Jung Sung-min.
After receiving a confirmation from Jung Sung-min that she would go to the sea in a week, she immediately informed the result in a group chat room.
Then, the group chat room members started talking about what they could do.
[Ha Yoon-sister]
[Okay. Heeyeon, you only set the stage. Don’t worry, I’ll recruit the actors.]
[Jiyeon]
[Leave security and security to me. I will make sure that no civilians approach.]
[Bitch]
[A week later? Okay. I will be preparing too.]
[Helena]
[I have empty hands. I’ll stick to the lacking side.]
Each of them do what they can do well on their own.
In this way, the women of Jeong Seong-min thoroughly prepared a plan under the leadership of Lee Hee-yeon, and D-DAY approached at once.
“Honey, are you ready?”
“Uh. Shall we depart?”
A week later, at 11:00 in the morning.
Lee Hee-yeon and Jung Sung-min went out of the mansion alone for the first time in a long time.
They went to the beach with at least their guard, and Jeong Seong-min himself did the driving.
This is because Lee Hee-yeon begged her to bring out her old feelings as much as possible.
-I love you~♪ I only love you~♬
A song from five years ago was playing in the car.
These were the playlists picked and picked by Lee Hee-yeon in order to stimulate Jeong Seong-min’s past so that she could be immersed in her memories.
“I haven’t heard this in a long time. I remember the old days.”
“Huh. It’s been a while since I tried to feel better.”
Jung Sung-min reacts immediately upon hearing the first verse.
As it was a song he heard at the happiest time of his life, Jung Sung-min immediately fell in love with music.
As much as Lee Hee-yeon chose and chose the music as much as possible, she didn’t have too much trouble listening to the music even if it was 5 years ago.
“Oh. See. Can you see it over there?”
It must have been about three hours since I drove like that, recalling old memories.
At last they could see the infinite blue horizon.
It was the sea.
“It’s been a while here”
“I know. You came five years ago, isn’t it your first time?”
“Yes.”
“Hi-Hi. It’s good to think of the old days already. Ah! You can see the entrance over there.”
Lee Hee-yeon pointing to the entrance to the beach.
Jeong Seong-min immediately turned the car and entered the entrance.
Buildings with the unique smell and atmosphere of the seaside welcomed the two.
“…”
Jeong Seong-min searched for his memory as he drove.
The atmosphere of the beach, the appearance of the roads, and the nearby shops were almost the same as they were five years ago.
Because Lee Hee-yeon spent a lot of money to set the atmosphere similar to that of almost five years ago, Jung Sung-min was instantly sucked into memories of the past just by looking around the place.
“Uh! Honey! Remember there? We ate hot dogs over there.”
At that time, Lee Hee-yeon pointed to a food truck parked on the side of the road and said.
Jeong Seong-min nodded his head, recalling the memories they had made while eating snacks together.
“Haha. I don’t remember. You bought one over there and ate it.”
“Huh. It was very tasty then. Shall we eat one?”
“Will you?”
Jung Sung-min raised the corners of his mouth and drove to the food truck.
After he parked near the food truck, he took Lee Hee-yeon, who was humming his song, to the food truck and ordered her signature dish.
“It’s a good-looking couple. Wait a minute~”
The owner puts the sausage on a skewer with a nice smile.
Jeong Seong-min felt as if he had returned to that day five years ago at the unchanging appearance of the owner.
The sound of hot dogs frying, the cool breeze blowing, the small TV inside the food truck, and the yogurt provided as a service.
All of that stimulated Jung Sung-min’s nostalgia.
It kept bringing him back to the past.
“By the way, did you come alone this time?”
Then, a meaningful question from the owner.
When he asks if they came “Just the two of us,” Jeong Seong-min’s expression goes blank.
My heart sinks, and I think of someone who was there then but is no longer there.
“…And. President. Do you remember us?”
Because of this, Lee Hee-yeon answered on behalf of Jung Sung-min, who was flustered.
The owner said to her with a huh-huh-laugh.
“Cancer. I remember~ How many years ago…? They are so striking that it is impossible to forget them.”
The owner smiles while frying hot dogs.
Lee Hee-yeon smiled and replied.
“Khehehe. You have a very good memory. It was already five years ago.”
“Ah~ Good memory. It’s just that at that time, I was so envious of this customer, and I still remember it because it was impressive to see beautiful women on both sides. Haha.”
The food truck owner expresses envy by pointing at Jeong Seong-min.
However, Jung Seong-min did not respond as if he was still recalling the past.
By the time the atmosphere became embarrassing, Lee Hee-yeon grabbed Jung Sung-min’s hand and showed her the ring.
“I’m done with him now. Instead, the two of us got married.”
“Oh. That’s it. Congratulation.”
While eating, the food truck owner and Lee Hee-yeon talk about the past.
Eventually, when the frying was over, the food truck owner gave each hot dog to Jeong Seong-min and Lee Hee-yeon.
Lee Hee-yeon said goodbye and left the place.
“It’s still delicious~ Sell a lot~!”
Jeong Seong-min and Lee Hee-yeon got back into the car after leaving appropriate greetings.
Afterwards, Lee Hee-yeon continued to take Jeong Seong-min to a place where he could recall the past.
Starting with the restaurant, the place where we took pictures, and the places where we had special memories, we went around all the places of memories.
It was when the sun was slowly going down after 4 hours.
“Honey. Let’s rest over there.”
Lee Hee-yeon pointed to Jung Sung-min at a bench where he could see the sea.
As soon as Jeong Seong-min saw the bench, he began to be overcome by unknown emotions.
He felt a strange, inexplicable sensation of anger, sadness, affection and longing mixed together.
“Quickly before it gets hot! I think the picture will come out well there.”
However, Lee Hee-yeon seemed to be unconcerned.
It seems that she was just frantic to leave this moment with Jung Sung-min as a picture of her.
‘It seems to remind me of the past.’
However, it was only for her appearance, and everything Lee Hee-yeon had done was calculated.
It was her ploy to bring out the good Jeong Seong-min who was sealed inside her husband.
“Hurry! Just take a two-shot here and I won’t bother you anymore.”
So, Lee Hee-yeon continued to drag Jeong Seong-min onto her bench.
She put her phone down with the selfie stick and patted the seat next to her, glancing at Jeong Seong-min.
“…Okay.”
So, reluctantly, Jung Seong-min sat next to Lee Hee-yeon.
And she was he who, in this place, was contemplating her words, her words he had spoken to her.
-Click. Click.
However, Lee Hee-yeon seems to have completely forgotten what the ‘dream’ she was talking about here is, and she seems to be preoccupied with leaving all kinds of concept photos and couple photos.
“…”
It was about 10 minutes after the one-sided shooting continued.
Lee Hee-yeon looked at the picture in her phone with satisfaction, and she reported to Jeong Seong-min that she would go to the bathroom for a while.
“Uh. Go.”
A situation where dedicated security guards came to play here.
Lee Hee-yeon moved away from her with her own escort, leaving Jung Seong-min lost in her contemplation, leaving her alone.
“…”
Jeong Seong-min’s contemplation was a story that began with the family law.
What if she hadn’t had Mr. Choi in her own life.
If so, will she become a married couple like her parents, build a comfortable family, and slowly realize her dream of becoming the world’s best chef?
Would she be living that kind of life with Lee Ha-young, who had left her side by now?
Would I have been happier than I am now?
“…What’s the point?”
But like I just muttered, I wondered what the point was.
It can never be reversed, it can never be fulfilled in the future, so it hurts so much, so it must be thrown away. I wondered what would be the use if I recalled such a dream.
-Dump.
It was then that someone sat next to him.
Jung Sung-min thought it must be Lee Hee-yeon, and he looked around.
But there-
“…”
Lee Ha-young, the same as she was five years ago, was sitting next to her.
Without a word, without expression, in the fading twilight, she was just sitting beside herself and looking straight ahead at her.
“…?”
Did you see the shit
Jeong Seong-min blinked his eyes.
Vigorously shook his head.
But the welcome did not disappear.
It was still looking straight ahead.
Then she opened her mouth.
“It is very lonely when the sun goes down. Right? It’s like an old dream is losing.”
“…”
Jeong Seong-min looks at Lee Ha-young with a blank face.
However, he eventually understood everything and said with a blank smile as if it was absurd.
“It was a good catch. What are you doing? Didn’t you say you’d never come back?”
“…”
“Well, the attempt was fine. It was quite refreshing to involve Hee-yeon and sell her old sensibility. But that’s it. Haven’t you decided to become a complete stranger now?”
Jeong Seong-min raises the corner of her mouth and glares at Lee Ha-young.
His face, which had softened while visiting this place with Lee Hee-yeon, returned to its original state in an instant.
Lee Ha-young looked back at his face and said.
“Yeah, right. I was determined never to come back But, the reason I left you is because I thought I was only a hindrance to you… I kept trying to bring up your past, thinking that I was only a hindrance to you. That’s why you left.”
“…”
Jeong Seong-min listens to Lee Ha-young with an expressionless face.
He said.
“Okay. I know you well. Then keep your promise until the end. Don’t appear in front of me again You… You who keep presumptuously trying to bring me back… Are only a hindrance to me.”
Jeong Seong-min’s firm will to never go back to the past.
Jeong Seong-min, who is keenly aware of what he has lost from his weakness in the past, tries to keep his current cruel and strong figure to the end.
Lee Ha-young said.
“How come nothing has changed since then. This time, your own happiness is completely behind the scenes. Why do you keep trying to shoulder everything by yourself?”
“…”
Jung Sung-min wriggles his forehead at Lee Ha-young’s remarks.
He said.
“If you’re here to give a sermon that doesn’t sound like it, get out of here. It looks like you expect me to cry in your arms like I did back then, but now again—”
“Sungmin.”
However, Lee Ha-young conveys his will no matter what Jung Sung-min says.
She was already the one who was prepared to be abandoned by Jung Sung-min, so she was no longer afraid of Jung Sung-min.
She said.
“Then how about this? I’m well aware of your parents’ problems. If I can help you solve that, will you listen to me?”
“…”
Jung Sung-min shows interest right away when he talks about his parents.
He said.
“…Have you heard from Heeyeon? But I can do it without your help. The reason the two of them went on a trip in the first place was for a stronger marital relationship, and now it’s just—”
“Your mother is lusting after you.”
“Temporary…”
Jeong Seong-min stops talking and blurts out behind his back.
He belatedly reacted to Lee Ha-young’s bombastic comments.
“…What, what did you say? What did you say earlier?”
“My mother is lusting after you. And I think her father has a problem too.”
“…”
Unbelievably, he looks at Lee Ha-young with a blank face.
Lee Ha-young said.
“So listen to me. It’s important.”
