Chapter 210
Theatrical Regression Life
Episode 210
Lee Jae-heon was a person who lived his life pretending to plan a lot of things, so this meeting with Choi Min-hong was not that strange. From the beginning, didnât you try to talk to the one you met first, the main character or the Choi family?
Nevertheless, Lee Jae-heon couldnât help but be a little embarrassed by the current situation.
âCome in!â
ââ¦I donât think Iâm causing a needless nuisance on the weekendâ¦â
âNo, what can I say? You also saved our Minhong. On the contrary, I felt really bad because we broke up like that last time. âI couldnât even thank you properly, but you donât know how happy I am to meet you like this.â
âHahaâ¦.â
There was a sunfish here too.
As can be seen from the conversation, the woman who dragged Jaeheon Lee almost by the collar was the person who ran to Minhong Choi from the previous car accident. Lee Jae-heon sat me down on a chair in front of the table and looked at the woman serving tea, stroking the head of Choi Min-hong, who was massaging one of his hands.
âI thought they were my parents, but maybe they were relatives?â
When Jaeheon Lee called âMinhongâs mother,â the other person shook his head. She was Choi Min-hongâs aunt, not his mother, and in other words, the younger sister of President Choi Jeong-man. I thought she was my mother because she looked like Choi Min-hong, but she actually looked like Choi Jeong-man.
ââ¦.â
Anyway, I guess the situation here is not normal.
âMister, this hand too.â
âYouâre so opinionated, Minhong.â
âThey said that in order to survive in this harsh world, I had to take care of my share.â
âWho gave me such wise teachings?â
He obediently extended his other hand to the child. Lee Jae-heon, whose hands were suddenly restrained, pretended to be calm and calmed his rumbling stomach, and a woman who brought strawberries and oranges in a large bowl sat across from him.
She tied up her curly hair and opened her mouth.
âI contacted my brother and my childâs father. Iâll give up my business and come back soon, so could you wait a little while? âI was really surprised that Minhong almost got into an accident and said I wanted to say hello.â
âIs that so?â
This guy also went to work. Itâs like these crazy modern people.
âI told him to get some rest because he seemed to be in a bad mood these days, perhaps because of the almost-accident with the baby, but he didnât listen. âIf I had been sitting here, I would have played with Minhong and met Jaeheon Lee right away.â
I roughly understood that my condition was not good.
âThe accident was an accident, but wasnât it because of the aftereffects of the other side of the world?â
Nevertheless, it was surprising that the business did not close down. Lee Jae-heon had nothing to be afraid of because of his past life, and Ha Seong-yoon was already used to it thanks to his friend who was a survivor of the underworld, so even if he went to work, what on earth are the other survivors doing? Are they truly talented people who were able to maintain their sanity even in the hidden world?
As he was muttering to himself, Choi Min-hong grabbed Lee Jae-heon and shook him.
âuncle Uncle.â
âWhat is happening?â
âThis is a gift.â
Rustling.
A crumpled piece of plastic came up in his hand.
ââ¦.â
No, I correct myself. It was a pretty neatly folded plastic ticket.
âUh⦠well done. âDid Minhong make it himself?â
âYeah, no. yes. âI did well.â
âWow, it was folded up nicely. thanks.â
As expected, it was difficult to understand the mental world of young children. Anyway, it was given as a gift, and Minhongâs guardianâs face was also filled with surprise, so it probably meant something good. It didnât seem like he had given it to me with any intention of disposing of the trash, so I quietly put the plastic ticket in my inner pocket.
The woman who was staring at Lee Jae-heon smiled happily and said.
âDo you have any self-control?â
âNo, not yetâ¦.â
âThen youâll be a good dad.â
Probably not.
âThank you for a good look. âMinhong is very friendly.â
Jaeheon Lee drew the smile of an ideal guardian on his lips. Something that could easily have been overlooked must have been rejected or a sense of duty to the extent of saying, âI am not your mother,â but judging from her attitude of caring for Choi Min-hong, who is not even her own child, it seemed like it was probably the latter. My intention was to leave a good impression in case I saw him often as I traveled back and forth between the two worlds.
The woman smiled softly and continued speaking, as if Lee Jae-heonâs intention had worked.
âThatâs because Minhong has an eye for people. âThis is the first time Iâve seen someone receive that ticket as a gift.â
This person seemed to have a lot of thoughts, too, as he was humble and praised the child by saying things like âhe is not friendlyâ or âhe is very shyâ, but rather complimenting him by saying âhe has an eye for peopleâ. Lee Jae-heon, who became âa good person who passed the standard for a child with an eye for peopleâ, smiled awkwardly.
âThe child has excellent manual dexterity.â
âThatâs right, heâs versatile. Heâs smart⦠but sometimes he does clever things, and thatâs how cute he is. But heâs not the kind of kid who gets close to anyone easily.â
âAhaâ¦.â
âThat kid suddenly ran out and said, âMister!â And then we catch just who.â
A cheerful and bright smile spreads across the womanâs face.
âMinhong has good observation skills, and I think he also has a good memory. I never thought I would recognize the person who helped me at a glance. âIâm so glad I got to greet you officially like this.â
âIs that so.â
âThank you so much.â
And for a brief moment, the smile faded.
âJae-heon Lee not only saved Min-hong, but also two other people.â
He is probably referring to the woman in front of him and President Choi Jeong-man.
âWell, in the original novel⦠President Choi Jeong-man was quite sensitive from the beginning.â
Choi Jeong-man was a man with a large body and an energetic personality that suited his physique, but the story would have been a little different if it had been right after his beloved son had suffered a cruel accident. I havenât had an accident yet, but I almost did. Then, it was explained why CEO Choi Jeong-man, a relatively ordinary human being, was able to come to his senses in the secret world. It means that you care about your family that much.
As Lee Jae-heon was thinking about the Choi family, the woman who was wiggling her fingers and rolling her eyes cautiously opened her mouth.
âBut⦠after you left like that.â
âOh yeah.â
âThey said the driver had a bandage with someone elseâs blood on it.â
Oops.
âItâll be a pain if you meddle again.â
When he made a slightly embarrassed expression, the woman nodded, wondering what she thought. When I felt relieved that there was no sign of going too deep, the other person smiled softly again.
âI just thought he was a very kind person.â
ââ¦.â
âIâll tell you again when my father comes, but thank you.â
The woman said that and took out an envelope.
ââ¦What⦠are you doing?â
âStill, you saved my childâs life, so I have to thank you like thisâ¦â
âPut it away. âNo need.â
âWe are also shameless, and although we are weak, if you accept itâ¦.â
âI will only accept your heart.â
As expected, he is a stubborn person who pretends not to be the case. Those bloodshot eyes, as if they were saying, âIf you look away, Iâll just put my sleeves in,â were enough to give me goosebumps. Lee Jae-heon didnât bother to hide his strange expression and closed his coat with pockets. It was a declaration that he would not accept it.
The woman who had narrowed her eyes at him smiled again.
âYouâre so stubborn.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Whoâs going to say anything?
âI canât help it. Itâs rude to keep imposing only my opinionâ¦â â
â¦Thank you?â
âBut can you avoid my brother?â
Why are you doing this?
* * *
And right after CEO Jeong-man Choi came into the house, Jae-heon Lee had to be held in the arms of a man who didnât even exist.
âOh my gosh, teacher!â
Please donât do this.
ââ¦Really calm downâ¦.â
âOur Minhong! âI miss our Minhongâ¦!â
âNo, please.â
Lee Jae-heonâs physique was large, but to be exact, it was because of his long stature and thick bones with muscles on top, and he was not very meaty. If I were to be honest, Jaeheon Lee, who was on the thin side, was hugged by CEO Jeongman Choi, who had a sturdy physique, and his body started shaking in an instant.
Of course, it wasnât a very pleasant situation since he had the dignity of a grown man.
âLetâs start with thisâ¦â
âThank you so, so much. Reallyâ¦what I really have to sayâ¦.â
ââ¦.â
Aha.
Jaeheon Lee belatedly realized the cause of the current situation.
âI guess it was only after I escaped from the other side that I realized that I had saved Choi Min-hong.â
The car accident that Choi Min-hong and Lee Jae-heon experienced was discussed in the last episode, and there was no mention of it in the episode just before. It is said that as soon as Choi Min-hong first encountered him in the secret world, he let go of his guard and embraced him, but that did not give details about the situation. At most, the only story that came out was that âwe met on a bad note.â
Moreover, the ones who know about the traffic accident are Lee Jae-heon and Choi Min-hong, who are directly involved, and Jung In-ho, Ha Seong-yoon, and Kang Min-ah, who remember the last episode where they heard about the situation⦠Theyâre not the kind of people who would bring up a topic like this. At least Jaeheon Lee kept prevaricating, so the others must have been similar. It was understandable that President Choi Jeong-man did not know Lee Jae-heonâs identity until the end.
âIâm so sorry and thankfulâ¦â
I guess he feels indebted to the fact that he used that person as bait to take several laps around the park. To be honest, it seemed closer to guilt, but President Choi Jeong-man had not done anything wrong, so Lee Jae-heon erased the word âguiltâ from his mind.
He blinked slowly and whispered quietly so that the woman could not hear.
ââ¦Iâm glad you look healthy.â
ââ¦Hmmâ¦.â
âThank you for your hard work.â
Although the woman watching from behind was embarrassed, Lee Jae-heon maintained a calm expression.
The burden of having to survive in that harsh world with your beloved child must have been considerable. It must have felt like a very heavy burden compared to other people who had to protect themselves, or teacher Lee Yun-byeol, who only had responsibility as a teacher. He eventually decided to understand President Choi Jeong-man, who was shedding tears.
âBecause the first survivor I meet after returning to reality must have been special.â
In short, we are friends who share secrets. That was also what Jaeheon Lee needed.
âOh brotherâ¦! Jaeheon Lee, youâre embarrassed. âSuddenly rudeâ¦â
In fact, the behavior of the woman who grabbed Lee Jae-heon by the collar and dragged him to his home was not without rudeness, but this too was overlooked leniently. It was Lee Jae-heon, who was also an old guy.
âIâm sorry, that guy isnât such a mean person.â
âitâs okay.â
âOh really. âIt was like a grown cub cryingâ¦â
The woman clicked her tongue but pulled out some tissues for her brother. President Choi Jeong-man, who was crying, whether he was naturally very sensitive or because he had a lot of hard work these days, accepted it naturally. I was able to understand the relationship between this family as they didnât even deny the younger brotherâs criticism.
Lee Jae-heon glanced at Choi Min-hong, who was starting to rub his hands again, and was inwardly worried.
âOh really, stop cryingâ¦! âWhat can Minhong watch and learn from?â
âOff⦠Men are supposed to be very sensitiveâ¦â
âWhat are you talking about? âMinhongâs level is perfect. Why are you trying to teach me something like that?â
âDo you like me just fine?â
How should I control this chaotic family?
If you buy the right trust, there will definitely be a time when it will be put to useâ¦