Seol Ah forgot what she was about to say for a moment and looked at Seung Jun.

Words that I never even thought of.

Seung Jun was not the kind of person to say such things.

“Why, are you surprised that I’m saying this?”

Seung Jun smiled.

“I’m surprised at myself too. And the one who made me like this is you, Yu Seol Ah.”

When Seol Ah confessed in front of everyone and tried to persuade people to become a mother who is not ashamed in front of her children, Seung Jun felt like he was hit on the head with a hammer.

That is a mother.

Those are words spoken with a heart that truly thinks of her son and her son’s generation.

“No. What have I done?”

Seol Ah spoke with her eyes downcast. Seung Jun silently looked at her.

“It’s the Vice Chairman who helped. Thank you. For protecting Yu Min. Now no one will dare to do anything to Yu Min.”

“Do you mean it?”

When Seol Ah raised her head, she saw Seung Jun staring at her.

Suddenly, her heart started pounding.

Seol Ah couldn’t give any answer and lowered her gaze. Then, as if to save her, the door opened.

“Mom.”

It was Yu Min and Jin Cheol who entered. Seol Ah looked at Seung Jun. He lightly shook the cell phone in his hand.

“The cake I ordered just came out.”

Instead of the crushed cake from before, a newly ordered cake had arrived. He unhesitatingly opened the cafe door and went out, followed by Yu Min and Jin Cheol.

“Where are you going?”

When Seol Ah followed them out and asked, Seung Jun winked and answered.

“I made a restaurant reservation. I’m the type to pay back exactly what I received.”

It seemed he was referring to when Seol Ah had invited Seung Jun before. What was that about? It sounded like an excuse, but she couldn’t stop Seung Jun either.

It seemed Yu Min and Jin Cheol already knew everything.

“Get in.”

If she got in this car, it felt like she wouldn’t be able to turn back. But she couldn’t stop Yu Min who was excitedly getting in the car.

The child was already excited about his promise with Seung Jun.

“Alright.”

Seol Ah opened the back seat to get in the car.

And in that moment, she saw that Yu Min and Jin Cheol had already taken up the entire back seat.

Even lowering the armrest that didn’t need to be lowered.

“I’ll sit in the back.”

“No, please sit in the front. I don’t like it when many people sit in the back.”

Jin Cheol said that and put his arm on the armrest. Now that she looked, he seemed to have become Seung Jun’s loyal subject at some point.

Yes, Han Seung Jun was a genius at making people his own. And if it was the naive and kind-hearted Jin Cheol… He may have already made up his mind to give his liver and gallbladder.

Seol Ah shook her head and had no choice but to sit in the passenger seat.

After closing the door, Seung Jun pressed the car audio. Soon, Pororo music started playing.

“This happens to come on.”

As if he hadn’t prepared it on purpose, Yu Min shrugged at the nonchalant voice.

“I don’t really like Pororo.”

Seung Jun silently bit his lip, and Jin Cheol, who noticed, said,

“I really love Pororo, elder brother.”

At this rate, he might even receive the ‘Child of the Day’ award. Seol Ah glanced back at Jin Cheol and thought.

“Didn’t Pororo exist since we were young? I really liked it. How about you, elder brother?”

“Me, not so much. It didn’t exist when I was young.”

“Really? It seems like there’s not much of an age gap between us.”

“I’m thirty-seven.”

“Whaaaat? Thirty-seven? Not twenty-seven? Wow, you really have a baby face.”

You’re the one who’s really trying hard.

Seol Ah glanced at Jin Cheol again and let out a small sigh.

Seung Jun smoothly turned the steering wheel and said,

“You don’t need to force yourself to say that. I know everything I need to know.”

“No, I mean it.”

Jin Cheol glanced at Seol Ah and said,

“And before, when Yu Min was sick, you took care of him so sincerely. I still can’t forget it.”

Jin Cheol wanted to connect Seung Jun and Yu Min somehow. The more he saw Seung Jun, the more he seemed like a good father who would be great to have by Yu Min’s side.

He didn’t know what the circumstances were, but Jin Cheol sincerely hoped things would work out well between Seung Jun, Seol Ah, and Yu Min.

Seol Ah didn’t give any response, and instead Yu Min opened his mouth.

“By the way, what is your relationship with my mom?”

Seol Ah unknowingly covered her mouth that almost let out a hiccup.

“What do you think?”

Seung Jun asked in a nonchalant voice. Seol Ah looked at him. What was he trying to say? She wanted to cover his mouth, but she couldn’t because he was driving.

“I’m chasing your mom to death.”

At Seung Jun’s words, Jin Cheol clapped his hands.

“A true romantic!”

“Then, you kept coming because of my mom, not me?”

Yu Min’s expression turned sullen.

“Of course.”

Yu Min pouted his lips and looked out the window. Seol Ah saw that he seemed thoroughly upset.

“Why would you say that to a child?”

In response to Seol Ah’s words, Seung Jun chuckled and retorted,

“I can’t lie.”

“Mister, you’re a butthole!”

Then Yu Min glared at Seung Jun and shouted. It seemed like quite a thoughtful remark in his own way.

“Butthole?”

It was the first time he had been called that by anyone. Seung Jun found this situation amusing.

“Do you know how important the butthole is?”

“What?”

“Do you know what happens if we don’t have a butthole in our body? We die. Excretion is one of the most important activities in our body. You need to excrete well to eat well and make your body strong. Are you saying that I’m that important place?”

If a contest for the most annoying remark was held by gathering people from all over the world, Han Seung Jun would undoubtedly take first place.

“I really hate you, mister!”

“You don’t directly say you hate someone you really dislike. Because there’s no need to. Saying that means you’re craving affection. You want love from me.”

Seol Ah finally intervened at his words that didn’t back down at all.

“Stop it already. With a seven-year-old child.”

“I’m also seven years old. Thirty-seven years old.”

It wasn’t even funny anymore.

In the midst of the argument or whatever it was between the two, Jin Cheol kept laughing and Seol Ah kept sighing. Before long, the car arrived at the restaurant.

Seol Ah couldn’t stay still any longer, so she intervened again.

“Enough. From now on, Vice Chai- no, Seung Jun and Yu Min, both of you don’t say hurtful things to each other.”

“I don’t think mister gets hurt no matter what I say anyway.”

At Yu Min’s pouting remark, Seol Ah turned her body and lightly pinched Yu Min’s lips.

“Enough. Do you understand what Mom is saying?”

“Yes.”

Yu Min replied with a sullen face.

At the restaurant, a man who seemed to be the manager was standing outside as if he had been contacted in advance. When guided inside, there was a large room with a single table in the center.

“What is all this? Why a place like this…”

Although she knew the scale at which Seung Jun did things, it was still burdensome. Seol Ah directly made reservations at places like this and paid the cost, so she knew roughly how much the meal would cost.

Just today’s meal would be about the same as Seol Ah’s monthly salary.

“I’m not the type to live without paying back what I received.”

“This isn’t paying back. Can that store-bought sauce pasta even compare to this place?”

“If you really feel burdened, you can pay me back later.”

After saying that, Seung Jun turned to Yu Min and Jin Cheol and said,

“Sit down.”

As the two sat down, Seol Ah had no choice but to sit as well.

“Isn’t this place really expensive? I hope you’re not overdoing it, elder brother.”

Jin Cheol also looked at Seung Jun with worried eyes. Seung Jun smiled brightly.

“The easiest thing for me is what can be done with money.”

“As expected, I thought from the beginning that you had a different aura, elder brother.”

Yu Min lightly tapped Jin Cheol, who was looking at Seung Jun with a gaze of reverence, with his palm.

“Uncle, you’re not supposed to do that.”

“What do you mean?”

“Mom said it’s people who really don’t have much that brag about money.”

At Yu Min’s words, Seung Jun’s face, which had been completely relaxed, stiffened again.

Seol Ah held back her laughter, lightly patted Yu Min’s shoulder, and said,

“It’s not polite to say it so blatantly like that.”

This mother and son duo are making a fool out of me together.

Seung Jun was fanning himself, at a loss for words, when…

He saw someone entering through the door, and thinking it was the food coming out, he looked, only to face an unexpected woman and furrowed his brows.

Who was she again?

He couldn’t remember her name, but he remembered where he had met her. She was one of the women he had a blind date with.

“Han Seung Jun, do you remember me?”

The woman smiled brightly.

“I’m afraid I don’t remember very well. I meet so many people.”

Seung Jun said, thinking there was no need to pretend to know her. The reason for speaking to him in a place like this was obvious. She must be trying to somehow connect a twisted relationship.

During his school days and even after getting a job, there had been constant courtships from women, whether he knew it or not.

It wasn’t anything new, so Seung Jun showed a peacock-like languid smile and waited for her to say hello and leave.

“Is that so? I’m Hong Mi So. We had a blind date. Though we only met for thirty minutes before parting ways.”

At that time, neither Mi So nor Seung Jun were interested in each other, so they just passed the time roughly. So Seung Jun had even less reason to remember her name.

Mi So smiled and looked to the side.

But when Jin Cheol saw Mi So, his expression seriously crumpled. He was trembling, not knowing where to put his hands.

“I see. Anyway, I’m currently here with acquaintances. I would appreciate it if you could step aside.”

Seung Jun politely refused and picked up the glass of water in front of him to drink. Mi So, who was blankly watching him, clickety-clacked over to Seung Jun.

Was she tactless? Just as Seung Jun was about to straighten his back to speak more directly…

“I understand what you mean, but actually, I know someone among your acquaintances. If you don’t mind, I’ll excuse myself for a moment.”

Mi So’s hand rested on Jin Cheol’s shoulder. What was going on? The surprised gazes of the three people gathered on Jin Cheol’s shoulder. Jin Cheol was trembling with a pale face.

“What?”

Seung Jun raised one eyebrow and alternately looked at Jin Cheol and Mi So.

Could they possibly have a debt relationship? If Jin Cheol was the one being chased, Seung Jun was willing to fully compensate for him. Handling things with money was what he did best and was confident in.

“I’ll talk to him for a bit and come back. Let’s go.”

Mi So looked at Jin Cheol and spoke.

As Mi So turned her body, Jin Cheol wobbled to his feet. Seung Jun, who thought he could no longer leave them alone, abruptly stood up. He approached Mi So and looked straight at her.