Ho Tae stood in front of the room Yoo Gun had entered, tilting his head.

“Is the blind date’s name somewhat gender-neutral?”

No matter how much he mumbled, it was a name that exuded a strong masculine feeling.

“Ah, is it not? What is it… It sounds like a name I’ve heard somewhere.”

Could Yoo Gun be sick or something?

Entering without any procedure, it doesn’t seem like he went in for a medical examination.

“Ah, what is this, really.”

Holding back the urge to rush to the bathroom, he continued to follow, but he didn’t gain any information about the blind date.

Feeling like he had come up empty-handed, Ho Tae bit his lip and frowned.

He tried to eavesdrop by putting his ear to the door, but he couldn’t hear any specific words.

“Ah, this is driving me crazy. Oh!”

As the voice grew louder as if about to open the door, Ho Tae quickly ran away.

Click, sure enough, the door opened.

Ho Tae, his heart sinking, turned his back and pulled his hat down even more.

“Then, I’ll ask a favor.”

“Don’t worry, I got it.”

Ho Tae glanced back slightly and realized it wasn’t the blind date but a male doctor, so he turned his head again.

And not long after, he recognized who he was.

“Ah, I just remembered who that elder brother is.”

No wonder the name was familiar.

Ho Tae had seen him a few times when he was young.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Grandmother too. Make an appointment for a weekday next week and tell her to come.”

At the doctor’s words, Ho Tae tilted his head.

What reason would Kim lady, who was still healthy except for weak knees, have to meet a doctor and make a hospital appointment?

“But can something like dementia be treated?”

“Well, we’d have to do tests to know the details, but if it’s early, it’s not impossible to treat.”

Ho Tae, who had been listening with all his senses focused behind him, opened his eyes wide.

“…Dementia? Grandmother?”

Ho Tae covered his gaping mouth with both hands and blinked his eyes.

It couldn’t have been better news.

It was a golden opportunity to overturn her asset distribution conditions using dementia as a reason.

How happy would father be if he knew this fact?

Father, who could only receive the inheritance if he presented a university diploma in his fifties, would surely smile broadly upon hearing this news.

“Hehe, there’s always a way out. Hehehe.”

As Ho Tae chuckled and dialed his father’s number, he inadvertently turned around and met Yoo Gun’s eyes.

“…Ah, damn it.”

Ho Tae hastily ended the call and walked straight ahead quickly.

Should he go down by elevator or emergency stairs? He was walking without being able to make up his mind.

“Ack!”

“What are you doing here?”

Ho Tae turned his head as Yoo Gun grabbed him by the back of his neck.

“Oh, Elder Brother Hyeo.”

Looking at Yoo Gun’s expressionless face, Ho Tae flailed, hitting his arm as if asking to be let go.

Thud. As Yoo Gun lowered the clothes he had lifted, Ho Tae finally breathed smoothly.

“Ah! Elder brother, we met here again? It’s really, really amazing. No, I came because someone I know was hospitalized.”

Ho Tae hurriedly explained without being able to look at Yoo Gun’s face.

“Is that so?”

“Yes, that’s right. But why are you here, elder brother? Are you sick or something?”

Pretending as if he hadn’t heard the conversation earlier, Ho Tae opened his eyes wide.

“I also have someone I know who’s hospitalized.”

As Yoo Gun answered not sharply, Ho Tae felt relieved that he hadn’t been caught.

“Ah, I see. Oh my.”

Since it wasn’t the first time he couldn’t read the expression, he was sure that Yoo Gun didn’t know at all that he had heard.

“Well then, elder brother, go ahead with your hospital visit. I should get going too. Let’s see each other at grandmother’s house soon, okay?”

Ho Tae finished his greeting with an awkward smile and turned around.

“But Ho Tae.”

Ho Tae’s steps, which were quickly moving away, were caught by his words.

“Why did you stop by my company?”

“…Ah. That?”

Ho Tae had stopped by Yoo Gun’s company this morning.

Thinking he might find out something, he first asked the receptionist about Yoo Gun, but heard that he was out for an external meeting.

Not wanting to miss this golden chance, he revealed that he was a cousin and got tea in his office through Secretary Ahn, whom he was familiar with.

Although he didn’t get any specific information, it wasn’t a completely fruitless visit.

“Well, I was passing by and thought I’d have a meal with you. But you weren’t there, so I just had a cup of tea and left.”

“Ah, to have a meal?”

“Yes! A meal!”

“But Ho Tae.”

“Yes?”

“Are we close enough to have a meal just the two of us?”

As Yoo Gun pointed out accurately, Ho Tae hid his embarrassed expression and laughed awkwardly.

“Come on, elder brother, don’t be like that. Ahem, I should get going now. See you next time then!”

Ho Tae cursed as soon as he turned around, but it didn’t reach Yoo Gun’s ears.

Watching his back disappear quickly through the emergency stairs, Yoo Gun straightened his neck with a cold gaze.

‘Sir, your cousin brother visited the office this morning. He seems to have been snooping around, asking who the blind date is and prying into details about the woman you’re meeting, even when I wasn’t there. He said he’d compensate if I told him…’

After receiving Secretary Ahn’s call earlier, he changed direction just in case.

The fact that he was asking about the blind date enough to offer compensation meant he was digging around to claim the Seongsu-dong house.

No matter how he thought about it, he was truly a stupid guy.

If Ho Tae wanted to track perfectly, he shouldn’t have left traces by visiting the company.

Feeling a vibration, Yoo Gun put the phone to his ear.

“Yeah.”

− As you said, I thoroughly searched the office, and found a listening device under the desk.

He had asked to check just in case he felt uneasy, but he didn’t expect it to actually be there.

Yoo Gun let out a sigh of exasperation.

How could he choose only such stupid and ignorant actions?

“Choi Ho Tae. Put him on the blacklist in the visitor log and manage it so he can never enter again. Especially my office, prohibit entry to everyone except Secretary Ahn. If there are any exceptions, have Secretary Ahn judge and handle it.”

− Understood.

After ending the call, Yoo Gun turned his head towards where Chae Won and Hee Joo would be.

As long as Choi Ho Tae knew her as Kim Hee Joo, he needed to be careful, no matter how ignorantly Ho Tae acted and showed it.

Standing still and thinking deeply, Yoo Gun turned his steps in a different direction from his destination.

*

“So you’re saying I just need to press this button?”

Kim lady looked at her phone while wearing the magnifying glasses she only used for sewing.

“Yes, even during a call, you can start a video call right away by pressing this button.”

“Let’s see if it works. I’ll call Butler Gong now.”

With the help of her personal butler Gong, she had mastered phone messaging and mobile banking until now.

But after seeing an actor making a video call on an entertainment channel just now, she was learning like this, holding onto Butler Gong.

“Oh. It’s ringing, so I just press this here, right?”

“Yes, press it, madam.”

“Alright. Wait a moment.”

Kim lady placed her finger on the button with a lively expression.

As Butler Gong’s face soon appeared on the screen, Kim lady’s mouth corners rose brightly.

“Oh my goodness! It’s showing, I can see!”

“You can hear the sound well too, right?”

“Wait, go out to the hallway for a moment and try talking.”

As she said, Butler Gong immediately went out the door, and Kim lady, who had mastered video calling by testing various things with her, nodded her head with a satisfied expression.

“Good, now I can check on my son and grandchildren like this.”

Excited, Kim lady called her sons and daughters-in-law and requested video calls.

“Oh, Soon Mi? It’s me. Can you see me? Haha. I can make video calls now, you know?”

Watching Kim lady who was especially excited, Butler Gong also smiled with a satisfied expression.

When she said she would call Yoo Gun next, Butler Gong said “Oh!” and stepped closer.

“Madam. You have a health check-up next Wednesday. I just got a call from young master Yoo Gun, and he said he made the reservation himself.”

Kim lady, who was blinking her eyes slowly, smiled with a not unpleasant expression.

“Is that so? Then I should go. That Yoo Gun, what do you call it these days, that thing Butler Gong taught me, something like blood sausage or what?”

“Tsundere?”

“Yes, that’s it. He’s like that. He acts cold in front but takes care of me thoughtfully like this behind my back.”

As Butler Gong nodded in agreement, Kim lady grinned and raised her phone to her eyes.

“I should try a video call with our Yoo Gun too.”

Kim lady, who was about to press the button, suddenly stopped her hand in mid-air as she remembered something.

“Wait a minute, is today their consummation day?”

Butler Gong quickly opened his notebook to check the schedule.

“Yes, that’s right. The two of them should be at the hotel together today.”

Kim lady, who blinked her eyes several times while thinking, soon smiled brightly and stood up.

“I shouldn’t interfere unnecessarily. Come to think of it, this is not the time! I should at least set out some water and pray.”

“Oh my, madam, please go slowly.”

Butler Gong, who was about to help her up, waved his hand in the air while following Kim lady, who was walking unusually fast.

“Butler Gong, don’t follow me and bring some candles.”

“Alright, I understand, but please walk carefully. Your knees are not good.”

Butler Gong, who was watching with a worried expression, soon followed Kim lady’s instructions and brought candles.

Today is the day received from a famous university professor who majored in fortune-telling.

If the two of them embrace each other today, it’s an auspicious day among auspicious days where even the fortune of having children is added before marriage.

As it was the consummation day that Kim lady had been eagerly awaiting, even circling the calendar, her prayer was sure not to end in a short time.

*

Chae Won, who entered the hotel, crossed the wide lobby.

Yoo Gun, who said he was almost at the hospital, had no contact for a long time and then called to say to just meet at the hotel.

She was momentarily confused as he didn’t explain what happened, but somehow felt like she should be cautious.

Chae Won, who got off on the 17th floor while watching her surroundings, tapped the key card and entered the room.

Only then did Chae Won take off her sunglasses and mask and breathe comfortably.

“I feel like I’m in a 007 movie.”

Had she ever lived so crouched down like this?

She was as vigilant as possible, thinking that she absolutely must not be discovered yet.

It’s never bad to be too careful.

“But… why is it so small here?”

Chae Won blinked her eyes several times as she looked at the room, which was completely different from what she had imagined in size.

She had already heard rumors that Yoo Gun’s grandmother was a big hand owning considerable real estate in Gangnam.

Wasn’t this the ticket given by that big hand for Yoo Gun to date?

“…Did I come to the wrong room?”

She went back to check the room number, but it was correct.

The structure with one bed and a dressing table visible as soon as you enter. It was such a small room that you could see the whole room at a glance just by standing at the entrance.

Has something happened to the finances of the Gangnam big hand?

Or has Yoo Gun done something wrong to Kim lady?

It seemed that all you could do in this very narrow place was look at that small window or sleep.

Chae Won, who was looking at the bed with a perplexed expression, turned her head at the sound of the door lock being released.

As the door opened, Yoo Gun appeared in a sophisticated navy suit.

Chae Won, who was appreciating how well the freshness of navy blue matched Yoo Gun’s graceful face, soon came to her senses and looked into his eyes.

“I have a lot to say, but I’ll say this first. How about we change rooms? It seems too small here.”

At her words, Yoo Gun rolled his eyes and began to look around the room.

Chae Won straightened her neck and waited for his answer.

Even though it’s a day of deceiving Kim lady, it’s still a vacation in its own way, so this isn’t right, is it?

He surely wouldn’t like this cramped room either.

“I like it.”

Chae Won’s eyes, which had staggered, turned towards Yoo Gun.