Chapter 199 – Everything I Want to Do – Part 10

At their words, Kim Taehyun scratched his head.

If it was Woojin… it was possible.

Leaving aside his eccentricity, he had imitated dramas and movies more than once or twice.

He had even solved cases that way in reality.

It was the same when it came to Lee Hyerim’s older brother, Lee Yohwan.

He understood the situation and really staged it like a movie, leading to the arrest.

Soon, Kim Taehyun, Kim Cheolung, and Choi Gicheol approached Woojin.

Woojin, with a smile, welcomed the three of them.

“You’re here?”

“Wow… you look even better today.”

“Congratulations, Woojin.”

“Live well!”

“Yes, I will.”

After exchanging a few more words with Woojin, the three disappeared elsewhere, and Woojin continued to greet the guests.

Among them was Han Bora.

“Uncle!”

“Bora, you’re here.”

Next to Bora was Grandmother.

“You’re here. Thank you for coming.”

Grandmother waved her hand.

“It’s only right to come when our benefactor is getting married. Congratulations. Live well and raise the children who will be born healthily.”

“Yes. I’ll come visit to play Go-Stop sometime. Let’s raise the stakes to one hundred then.”

“Oh dear… I don’t have that kind of money.”

“Bora does.”

Woojin then put his hand on Bora’s shoulder, who was smiling broadly.

“Bora, Grandmother has protected you all this time, so now you have to protect Grandmother.”

Bora nodded her head.

But it was strange, she felt a little sad on the day her uncle was getting married.

However, she smiled once more and spoke with all her heart.

“If… a niece or nephew is born, can I give them a stroller as a gift?”

Woojin stroked Bora’s head.

It was a very warm touch.

“Of course. Thank you.”

***

Lee Hyerim, sitting in the bridal waiting room, looked like a white flower in bloom.

She seemed to glow faintly, like the aura said to emanate from famous celebrities.

“She’s truly beautiful.”

“Let’s take a picture. One, two, three.”

Friends and guests exchanged bright greetings with Lee Hyerim, and the venomous looks in the eyes of Lee Hyerim’s older brothers and sisters vanished as if they had never been there.

“Our Hyerim is truly beautiful.”

“Congratulations. I’ve always wished you happiness, and I still do.”

“If you need anything, be sure to tell me.”

Among them, Lee Yohwan created the biggest laugh.

“I know the groom is handsome, but compared to Hyerim, Hyerim is much too good for him. Oh, Hyerim, about the Director position at SH Construction this time…”

Lee Hyerim, with a smile, cut off Lee Yohwan’s words.

“Brother, not now.”

“Yes, I understand. Hahaha! My mistake. Bringing up work at such a wonderful occasion. Anyway, congratulations!”

Not only them, but her cousins also fawned over Lee Hyerim.

This was because she was the one holding the reins of the Shinhwa Group.

The real power of the Shinhwa Group was shifting to her, and no matter how much they schemed and calculated, there was nothing they could easily grasp.

It was like the office was locked.

It couldn’t be helped but to feel that way because measures had been put in place.

The only person who could open the blocked door to the office was Lee Hyerim.

This was because Woojin had moved SH Strategy to build an impregnable fortress.

Woojin could not tolerate any weakness.

Soon after, the announcement of the wedding ceremony played through the office, and the scattered people began to gather in one place.

“The groom will now enter.”

The wedding march played, and Woojin appeared.

Woojin’s steps, with a gentle smile, were light and cheerful.

Kim Taehyun, who was watching, smiled gently.

The memory was still vivid.

The boy with the slurred speech had even written down that person was Criminal Ira.

He didn’t have a younger sibling, but it felt as if his own younger sibling was getting married.

Not only Kim Taehyun, but everyone who had watched Woojin for a long time also felt the same way.

Sometimes he did strange, incomprehensible things, but he was righteous, and sometimes he spouted professional jargon that gave them a headache.

He was a person with many facets, but if Woojin were to be defined in one word, he was pure.

The word ‘pure’ suited Woojin perfectly.

However, most of those who opposed Woojin and were dragged to the Police Station felt their teeth clench.

To a Righteous Path they never wanted to see again.

Then the bride entered, and the officiant began his address.

Woojin had made a request to the person who came from Lee Hyerim’s side.

He asked for it to be as simple and short as possible.

However.

“Finally…”

Woojin’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

“May you live happily, respecting each other. Also, finally…”

Woojin controlled his micro-expressions and maintained a smile as much as possible.

“Finally, to all the esteemed guests…”

Woojin’s lips moved very slightly, silently mouthing words.

However, the officiant’s gaze was fixed on the address he had prepared, so he couldn’t see Woojin’s lip movements.

“I wish you a happy and prosperous life together.”

As the officiant’s address ended, Woojin’s expression brightened again.

He almost let his Unconscious take over and stood with his legs crossed.

But that wouldn’t happen.

He cherished and treasured Hyerim very much.

It’s the crystallization of hormones, what people commonly call ‘love’.

Woojin didn’t analyze this feeling from a neuroscientific perspective; he simply accepted it fully without interpretation.

So, he was completely engrossed in the emotion called love.

That’s why there was nothing he wanted to do right now.

No, he was doing it.

He was, like others, ordinarily getting married to her.

Furthermore, this was,

‘I’m happy.’

Woojin thought it was the perfect phrase to describe the current situation.

The wedding ended smoothly, and Woojin and Lee Hyerim immediately left for their honeymoon.

***

The destination was the Maldives.

It was also a place Woojin and Lee Hyerim had talked about in high school.

It was a place where the beach glowed like fluorescent light at night, creating a spectacular view, and Woojin remembered Hyerim saying she really wanted to go there again.

Since it was night when they arrived, Woojin and Lee Hyerim could immediately enjoy the magnificent scenery.

The travel time was quite long, so they should have been tired, but no such fatigue could be seen on their faces.

“It’s beautiful.”

Woojin, with a gentle smile, also nodded.

Within the cytoplasm of a protozoan belonging to the Noctilucales order of Noctilucidae, various granules emit light when stimulated.

That substance is called luciferin, and fireflies also belonged to this category.

Woojin instantly erased that fleeting thought.

There’s a saying, ‘too much of a good thing,’

and a honeymoon should be a joyful time where you only see what you want to see. With Hyerim, of course.

“Shall we go in?”

They walked towards the hotel they had booked.

After passing through the lobby, they entered their room, and Woojin swept Lee Hyerim up into his arms.

“Screech!”

She was surprised for a moment, but then she smiled.

Woojin plopped Lee Hyerim onto the bed.

As Lee Hyerim looked at Woojin with a bewildered expression, Woojin scratched his head with one finger.

“What was the second step again…?”

Lee Hyerim chuckled.

Her face was flushed.

“You’re tired, aren’t you? Go wash up first.”

“Should I?”

Woojin turned his body towards the bathroom.

And he walked stiffly. He looked very awkward, like a robot following the Righteous Path.

That’s how the two of them ended up lying under one blanket.

The lights were off, but Woojin and Lee Hyerim’s eyes kept blinking.

It couldn’t have been more awkward.

It felt like ten minutes had passed.

Lee Hyerim slid closer, resting her head on Woojin’s chest, and whispered,

“We’ll be able to do well from now on, right?”

Woojin’s hand touched her face.

“It will be a happy ending until the very end.”

Lee Hyerim’s hand moved to Woojin’s shoulder.

She could feel the now-healed scar with her fingertips.

How difficult and painful it must have been at such a young age.

Now, she would protect him.

Both of them thought the same thing at the same time.

‘Until the end, forever.’

At that moment, Woojin’s lips met Hyerim’s.

Lee Hyerim closed her eyes, placing her hand on Woojin’s shoulder.

***

Two months later, Lee Hyerim found out she was pregnant.

The child’s胎名 was ‘Kkuldari.’

It was a胎名 chosen by combining ‘Honey’ and ‘Moon.’

As time passed, photos began to fill Woojin and Hyerim’s home, one by one.

A picture of Hyerim holding the newborn, and then, as more time passed, a picture of the child riding on Woojin’s shoulders.

The child gradually grew, captured against various backdrops, not just the zoo.

And today, after the world had changed its attire several times and time had flowed on.

She, who was conducting the end-of-day class in a classroom of second-year middle school students, spoke her final words.

“Shin Jinwoo, please see me for a moment before you go.”

At the teacher’s words, Shin Jinwoo, who had a prominent nose and kind eyes, replied briefly.

“Yes.”

As soon as the class ended, Shin Jinwoo moved his seat and sat facing the teacher.

The teacher swept her long hair back and began to speak.

“Jinwoo, there’s nothing bad happening at home, is there? Or are you worried about something?”

Recently, Shin Jinwoo’s grades had plummeted.

The student who was once first in the entire school suddenly dropped to the middle, and now he was last in the entire school.

From what she observed, he was an exceptionally bright student. It was undeniably puzzling that such a brilliant mind was at the bottom of the class.

“Nothing like that is happening.”

“Hmm… It doesn’t seem that way to me. Jinwoo, your grades have dropped so much recently that I’m worried. I’ll keep it a secret from others. You can tell me.”

“Bad things. He said that as long as it doesn’t deviate from legal, moral, or ethical boundaries, experience is important.”

“Huh? What does that mean?”

“My Dad said that. The more experiences you have, the better.”

“Huh?”

Just then, Jinwoo’s cellphone in his pocket vibrated.

It’s okay. Go on and answer it.

Driver Jeong

At the teacher’s words, Shin Jinwoo put the cellphone to his ear.

-Young Master, I’m waiting. You haven’t gone somewhere else, have you?

“I was in a meeting with the teacher. I’ll go to the Gold Room. And I prefer it if you just call me by my name…”

-No, it’s just what I’m comfortable with.

Shin Jinwoo sighed deeply.

No matter how much he asked them to call him by his name, they wouldn’t.

Even when he told them not to pick him up, they always came, saying they couldn’t.

-Then I’ll be waiting.

“Yes. I’ll reassure the teacher and then go to the Gold Room.”

After the call, Jinwoo spoke again.

“Teacher, thank you, but I’m really okay. I’ve experienced coming in last this time, so next time I’ll show you I can come in first so you don’t have to worry.”

“Oh?”

“My driver is waiting, so can I get up? I’ll get scolded by Mask Mom if I’m late.”

“Oh… alright. If anything happens, be sure to tell the teacher.”

“Yes. Then I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Shin Jinwoo bowed and then exited into the hallway.

As Shin Jinwoo walked down the hallway, his steps gradually slowed to a halt.

Through the window, he could see the classroom next door.

And even the empty seat where chrysanthemums were placed.

After standing there for a moment, looking at it, Shin Jinwoo started walking again.

The driver waiting for Shin Jinwoo was checking the time.

Even after another 30 minutes, there was no sign of the Young Master.

In the end, Driver Jeong went to find the homeroom teacher.

“Jinwoo left a while ago, didn’t he?”

At the teacher’s words, the knight rubbed his face as if performing a dry wash.

It seemed he had run away again, avoiding his eyes.

Had he climbed over the school wall this time?

Or…

Truly, if hide-and-seek were an Olympic sport, he would have easily won first place.