Real Man

Chapter 127:

Chapter 127

I was still bothered by the same reason.

“Is there anything else that Nam cut besides this?”

“No. There isn’t.”

‘Nothing?’

Some thoughts flashed through Kim Sung-deuk’s head.

He nodded and said to Jung Eun-hee.

“Then upload this too. I’ll tell Nam about it.”

“Okay. It’s not hard to upload.”

“Thanks.”

Beep.

Yoo-hyun’s phone rang.

-Thank you. The internal score for the contest was good, so you can look forward to the evaluation results.^^

This old man was now sending emoticons.

Yoo-hyun smiled at Kim Sung-deuk’s message.

It wasn’t bad to be friends with him.

Kim Sung-deuk was a decent person in Yoo-hyun’s experience.

He was not greedy and had skills.

More importantly, he was not a person who spoke lightly.

The fact that he mentioned the evaluation meant that he had already checked it.

‘Did Lee Kyung-hoon not play any tricks?’

Yoo-hyun was most worried about the internal evaluation that they did themselves.

That was when the external influence was most likely to affect them.

If Yoo-hyun were Lee Kyung-hoon, he would have used his connections to make him fail at that point.

The reason why he met Kim Sung-deuk and talked about the contest was also because of that.

‘Or, did Kim Sung-deuk do something in advance and pretend not to?’

Anyway, the important thing was that he got into the evaluation.

From Yoo-hyun’s perspective, he had to prepare for the second evaluation now.

If he passed the first one, then Lee Kyung-hoon’s real interference would start then.

He couldn’t expect him to be careless like now.

It was when Yoo-hyun was thinking.

Park Seung-woo caught Kim Hyun-min, who was passing by, and nagged him to practice again.

“Come on, boss. Just listen to my presentation once.”

“Hey, hey, enough. Presentation is a matter of life and death. Just pass the first round and do it.”

“Then it will be too late. The early bird catches the worm, right?”

Yoo-hyun chuckled at the sight.

Seeing him pouring out his passion, he felt like his efforts behind the scenes were not in vain.

“You’re not a bird, you’re a pig.”

“Boss! That’s a reportable offense. You insulted your subordinate.”

“Shut up. Go ahead and report me, bastard.”

“Hey, boss. Don’t go and listen to me.”

“No. I’m annoyed.”

Well, it seemed a bit overdone.

But more than that, his habit of getting too excited was not good for presenting.

Should he correct him again?

He felt like taking care of Park Seung-woo as he watched him fussing around.

He felt like he was looking at his son who was left at the water’s edge.

Then Choi Min-hee came over and asked him.

“Don’t those two look like kids?”

“Yeah.”

“Well, they’re childish, but they make the atmosphere better.”

“Yeah. I feel good too because of them.”

“Yeah?”

Choi Min-hee looked at Yoo-hyun with a burdensome gaze again.

She had been like this since the Hyunil Motors case.

Yoo-hyun changed the subject.

“How are things going these days?”

“It went well with the mid-term report, and the panel is being developed well too. It’s thanks to Navitime being so proactive. No, should I say it’s thanks to you?”

But what came back was praise again.

It was nice to hear it once or twice, but it was burdensome when she kept saying it.

“What did I do?”

“What do you mean? The other day, Navitime’s president said he wanted to see you again.”

“Really?”

Yoo-hyun asked calmly, but Choi Min-hee didn’t back off easily.

“Yeah. He asked me to make some time for him. You’re amazing. Meeting Laura Parker and roasting Navitime’s president.”

“It’s purely luck.”

“Well, if you say so, I won’t say anything more. But I have some sense too.”

Choi Min-hee winked at him with one eye.

Was that really Choi Min-hee who used to be so cold?

She had changed too much.

She had become too expressive for her own good.

Even more than Park Seung-woo.

“It’s amazing when I think about it. Everything changed since you came. Kim getting more confident too.”

“Oh…”

“And Lee focusing on his work too. Well, Park changing is obvious.”

“…”

He wished she would stop there.

“It’s all thanks to you.”

“…Thank you.”

Yoo-hyun eventually bowed his head and closed his eyes tightly.

It wasn’t because he felt bad.

He had always wanted to earn the respect of his colleagues when he started working again.

“They probably all know, right? They just don’t say it.”

“Haha…”

Yoo-hyun just laughed.

They don’t say it?

There was no way.

Of course, it was because of the investment advice, but Kim Hyun-min and Park Seung-woo treated him so kindly that it was embarrassing.

Kim Young-gil said he was fine, but he kept trying to buy him food.

Lee Chan-ho also took care of him from time to time.

He was already loved too much.

Did Choi Min-hee know his feelings or not? She came closer to him.

“Thank you.”

“…”

Don’t do that. He really wanted to say he was fine, but his mouth wouldn’t open.

It was because he felt like she would express more if he did.

Then Yoo-hyun’s savior appeared.

“Hey, Choi. Don’t open your eyes so wide. You’re scaring Yoo-hyun.”

“Boss! What are you saying?”

“You’re married, you know.”

“Oh, come on. Come here.”

“No thanks.”

Kim Hyun-min had no intention of coming.

He ignored Choi Min-hee, who had become venomous, and passed by her.

“Stay there.”

“No.”

Kim Hyun-min, who had no chance, walked away quickly as if he was sounding an alarm.

Choi Min-hee suddenly started running.

It was a sudden chase that unfolded in the office hallway.

Yoo-hyun spat out a snort at the absurd situation.

Choi Min-hee said that the atmosphere in the part was lively because of Park Seung-woo and Kim Hyun-min.

But in Yoo-hyun’s opinion, Choi Min-hee’s own change had a bigger share in making the atmosphere lively.

Who would have known that she would become such a good talker who expressed herself well?

Then Park Seung-woo came over and asked him.

“They look so immature, right?”

“…”

It wasn’t something Park Seung-woo should say, even if it was someone else.

Yoo-hyun just shook his head instead of answering.

Beep.

Yoo-hyun’s phone rang.

It was his mother’s call.

His mother, Kim Yeon-hee, was at the front of the bus.

People of her age surrounded her.

Kim Yeon-hee asked.

“Will it be okay?”

“Why are you worried? My smart son is coming.”

“I’m just afraid I might bother him.”

She was really concerned.

But the reactions around her were only annoying.

“Oh my, Yeon-hee. You’re lucky to have that as your worry. I have to worry about my son who can’t get a job and whines all the time.”

“I’m so jealous. I wish my son worked in a place like that.”

“I saw him in person and he’s so handsome. And his personality is so nice too. I envy you, Yeon-hee.”

“Didn’t you say your son bought you this hiking outfit? When will my son ever do that?”

Did she say something wrong?

She always received envy whenever Yoo-hyun was mentioned.

Kim Yeon-hee tried to hide her expression and said.

“Then I’ll go ahead. Be careful on your way down.”

“Have a good time.”

She received greetings from the hiking group members who came by bus from Seoul and headed to Hansung Tower.

When she arrived at Hansung Tower.

Under the tall building, she looked at the people in suits moving around. They all looked like her son.

As she was about to call him with her phone, she heard a voice calling her from somewhere.

“Mom, you came early.”

“You told me to come when you call. How long have you been waiting?”

“I just came out too.”

“Isn’t it before your quitting time? I’ll wait for you at the coffee shop in front of here.”

“No, it’s okay. I got permission.”

He got permission?

Was that easy?

Kim Yeon-hee felt burdened for a moment, when a big man appeared behind Yoo-hyun and said.

“Hello, ma’am. I’m Yoo-hyun’s mentor, Park Seung-woo.”

“Huh? Mr. Park.”

Another man appeared next to Yoo-hyun, who was surprised.

“I’m Yoo-hyun’s part leader, Kim Hyun-min.”

“Why are you here…”

“What do you mean why? It’s natural to take care of our part member’s mother who came here.”

Kim Yeon-hee hid her surprised expression and quickly greeted them.

“Hello. I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“What did he say?”

Kim Hyun-min seemed to be a witty person.

He asked with a smile.

“Boss, please!”

His son looked embarrassed and his face turned red.

Was he like this at work?

Kim Yeon-hee answered pleasantly.

“He said he met really good seniors and he’s having a lot of fun working here.”

“Hahaha, of course. That’s true.”

The two laughed as if they were in sync.

She bowed her head with gratitude.

“Thank you for taking good care of him.”

“We’re more grateful. We owe a lot to Yoo-hyun.”

“You have a really good son.”

Kim Yeon-hee thought they were just saying that for her son’s sake.

She had no idea that Yoo-hyun had saved them from losing big money in real estate and stock investments, or that he had helped a lot with the part work.

She felt like her son was very loved at work.

She was sincerely glad.

That was when.

“Hello, ma’am. I’m Yoo-hyun’s colleague, Lee Ae-rin.”

A pretty female employee came over and greeted her next to the two men.

Her bright smile was beautiful like a flower.

More female employees came over and greeted her.

“Hello.”

“Mom, hello.”

How could they all be so kind?

They pushed each other’s shoulders and looked very close.

As Kim Yeon-hee greeted each one of them, Yoo-hyun pulled her arm.

“Mom, let’s go. I’ll go ahead.”

“I’m fine…”

“No. They have work to do too.”

“Thank you all so much. I’ll repay you later.”

Kim Yeon-hee turned her head and greeted them as she was dragged away.

They were all really nice people.

They came out and took care of her like this.

“Sigh…”

As Yoo-hyun sighed, Kim Yeon-hee teased him.

“Yoo-hyun, is the person you said you liked among them?”

“No. There isn’t.”

“They’re all so pretty? I like them too…”

“Mom, I’ll show you later. Have you eaten yet?”

Yoo-hyun changed the subject, but Kim Yeon-hee kept turning her head to look at the company.

Kim Yeon-hee was more curious about her son’s work life.

She wanted to know what he ate and what food he liked.

“Hmm. Should we eat here?”

“Here? You can eat near home.”

“No. I’m curious. Didn’t you say there’s a good rice soup place here?”

Yoo-hyun answered without much thought to his mother’s question.

“Yes… You can go this way.”

“Wow. This place is nice. Hahaha.”

Yoo-hyun glanced at his mother who was humming as she walked.

He felt good seeing her in a good mood.

Had he ever spent time like this with his mother before?

Definitely not.

He never met her in front of the company, let alone go home with her.

“Ah, Jae-hee seems to be very busy these days?”

“She needs to be busy.”

“Haha, I guess so.”

He had never talked about his sister like this either.

“Did dad cut down on drinking?”

“Don’t even say that. My stomach is bursting, really…”

“He must be stressed.”

“Is it because of my son? Or my daughter asking for money? When did we ever have a comfortable day like this, really.”

He had never had a pleasant conversation about his father either.