Chapter 157.2: That Would Be Wise (2)

Kang Chan really felt as if he could be comfortable.

“

Phew

! I’m tired!” Seok Kang-Ho exclaimed.

Kang Chan had felt this way over and over again, but it was a hundred times better to have a gunfight than to fight exhausting battles like the one this morning.

“Should we visit a sauna?” Seok Kang-Ho asked.

“Sure.”

Going to the sauna that they had gone to last time should provide them with plenty of rest.

“Huh? I only noticed it now, but your eyes have calmed down,” Seok Kang-Ho commented.

“Really?”

“Ha! That’s fascinating. If your heart is pounding, then something happened to your parents or me, and if your eyes are glinting, then something happened to Ambassador Lanok!”

“Stop talking nonsense and let’s just go to the sauna already,” Kang Chan said.

“Okay.”

Kang Chan stood up from his seat and headed to the sauna with Choi Jong-Il’s party.

“One person has to stay in the car,” Choi Jong-Il said.

No matter how hard Kang Chan insisted that they should all go, Choi Jong-Il didn’t budge an inch.

In the end, Lee Doo-Hee—the most junior of them all—stayed behind as the others headed to the sauna.

They soaked in hot water, enjoyed the wet sauna and the massage from a machine, then went into a hot cave and lay down.

Kang Chan suddenly felt as if he wanted to come here with Kang Dae-Kyung and Yoo Hye-Sook. Not long after, he began to feel himself sweating away the fatigue.

However, just as he was about to fall asleep, Seok Kang-Ho asked, “You’re not going to eat dinner?”

Kang Chan ended up feeling fully awake because of Seok Kang-Ho’s question.

“If you’re not going to eat now, then I’ll just go get some eggs with the guys,” Seok Kang-Ho continued.

Choi Jong-Il definitely would not want to do that either.

However, contrary to Kang Chan’s expectations, Choi Jong-Il and Woo Hee-Seung followed Seok Kang-Ho with a grin on their faces.

Scary fuckers.

***

“I’m back,” Kang Chan said.

“You’re home early. Have you had dinner?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked.

“I’ve already eaten a lot today. What about you, mother?”

“Your dad and I ate together when we got home.”

Kang Chan greeted Yoo Hye-Sook and Kang Dae-Kyung, changed into comfortable clothes, then went back out to the living room.

“Come quickly—the drama is starting,” Kang Dae-Kyung told Kang Chan.

“Ah! The drama is airing today, huh?”

“Yes. It’s getting more and more interesting. Even all my staff over at Kang Yoo Motors find it interesting.”

“My friends like it as well,” Yoo Hye-Sook commented.

The three sat down and watched TV together.

Kang Chan felt as if he was learning about happiness.

***

The next day, Kang Chan called Michelle in the morning and met her two hours before noon to check out the building she had been talking about. It had a nice exterior, but since it was newly built, its interior was basically empty aside.

Kang Chan thought it wasn’t bad overall, especially when considering it was on the side of a large street.

“How many floors does this building have?” Kang Chan asked.

“Seventeen in total.”

It was way bigger than he was expecting. However, considering Michelle was the one who selected it, they would likely have a hard time finding a building even better than this.

“If you decide to buy this building and pay for it within the week, they said that they will change the structure of the elevator and the basement for you. It won’t even go against the regulations since they gave the basement parking lot some extra space, which is quite fortunate for us,” Michelle explained.

“That’s good. How much are they asking for this?”

“About that, since real estate prices have increased a lot lately, it will most likely be at least ninety-two billion won.”

“Will that be enough to guarantee I’ll get ownership of the building once all construction is finished?” Kang Chan asked again.

“Yes, Channy.”

Kang Chan took his time examining the building.

“Michelle, I don’t know much about things like this, so I’ll let you decide on what to do. However, I want you to determine if this building can meet all the conditions I have,” Kang Chan said.

“

Whoo

, there are a few buildings that could meet all your conditions if we expand our scope beyond Gangnam. Otherwise, this is the best building that’s available right now.”

She seemed to be in a predicament, but Michelle clearly already had a clear answer in her mind.

“I see. Let’s finalize this decision, then. I’m going to call Cecile, so withdraw the payment for this building and pay for it. When can I start using this building?” Kang Chan asked.

“I heard it’s going to take a little more than a month. Channy, have you really decided to buy this building? That’s really quick.”

“I doubt I’m going to find a better building even if I look into it.”

Michelle seemed dumbfounded, perhaps because Kang Chan reached a decision so easily. Nevertheless, she called someone about the building, then headed to Bangbae-dong with Kang Chan.

They went to the small French restaurant that they dropped by last time and ordered some food and wine. When the wine was served, they poured themselves a glass.

“Right, Michelle—the school that I went to will be holding a festival soon. Even events like that have competitions now. Anyway, Is there something that we can do for the festival?” Kang Chan asked.

“A festival? In high school?”

Kang Chan nodded.

“I would have likely already given you an answer if we were talking about university festivals, but I'm not as familiar with high school festivals, so I’m going to need more details about this, Channy.”

“I heard that there’s a competition among schools about who can hold the best festival. The school next to ours is going crazy since they have a celebrity coming over. The father of one of their students is a President of an entertainment agency.”

Michelle cocked her head. “Channy, can I meet with the student that’s in charge of the festival?”

“Do you have time for that?”

Michelle smiled softly. “This is for the school that the President is attending, right? You’re the President of the drama production company we work for, so we should do a great job on anything you’ve tasked us to do.”

“Kids are participating in the festival, so don’t overdo it.”

Michelle burst out laughing as she raised her wine glass. “At times like this, you really seem older than me. How is that even possible?”

Clank.

After having a toast, Michelle had a sip of the wine. She then looked at Kang Chan with a sly look in her eyes.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” Kang Chan asked.

“Is the student that’s preparing the festival the pretty student that I saw at the hospital, by any chance?”

Kang Chan cocked his head. “Heo Eun-Sil? Yeah, that’s right. She’s the girl that the employee from D.I. picked clothes for last time. But you’ve got the wrong idea—the girl that I like is Kim Mi-Young. You’ll get to meet her soon.”

𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

“Hmm!” Michelle sighed deeply. French women often expressed their intentions with such sighs.

“You hesitated to tell me who you liked in the past, but now you look confident,” Michelle added. The appetizer was served not long after.

“Channy,” Michelle called out to him calmly as she picked up a shrimp with her fork. “You two haven’t slept together yet, have you?”

French people were quite profound. How could they eat shrimp while asking that kind of question?

“You know how it works in France, right? It’s fine with people over there if their significant other has a lover even if they’re married. Some married couples even give their better half allowances that they can use to go out with their lovers,” Michelle continued.

“I can’t do that.”

Michelle smiled as if she found Kang Chan funny.

Not long after, the main dish was served. Kang Chan changed to a new fork and knife.

As they ate, they talked about multiple topics, including drama production, reactions to the drama, requests for Eun So-Yeon and the other actors to make an appearance, photo shoots, and requests for the actors to appear in commercials.

“About the school festival… Introduce me to that female student,” Michelle said, changing the topic again.

“I don’t know her number, so I’ll give her your number.”

“Okay, Channy. Should we go somewhere else?” Michelle nodded toward the small bar at the back. It had picturesque umbrellas in the yard.

Kang Chan went to the bar with Michelle. He ordered coffee, then smoked a cigarette.

“I’ll leave the whole matter about the building to you. If possible, it would be best to allocate a space for D.I. over there as well, after we decide the space that it needs in the building” Kang Chan said.

“I see no reason to keep paying rent if we can move to a building that you own. We still have a month anyway. I’ll make sure D.I. is ready to move out and transfer to your building by then. There’s a lot of demand for the building that D.I. is in right now, so it should be easy to terminate the lease.”

Kang Chan just stayed silent, not knowing what else to say to that. He sat back against the chair and looked up at the sky, which seemed completely different from the one he saw in Switzerland even though they were part of the same sky.

“What on earth have gotten you so deep in thought?” Michelle asked.

Kang Chan smirked while looking at the sky. “I just thought that I want to get stronger.”

“How much stronger?”

Michelle’s question made Kang Chan sigh, but it did need to be answered.

“I want to be strong enough to protect those that I find precious and achieve everything that I want,” Kang Chan replied.

“What do you want?”

Do I have to reach an answer to that as well?

Kang Chan stared at Michelle. It felt as if the sky was the one asking him that question.