"My friends, who came to the wedding, were envious of me for having a son-in-law like you. I am so happy to have you as my family, and also, I'm happy for my daughter."
Young-Eun's father finished two bottles of Cheongha* himself that evening.
"I gotta go to the bathroom. It's one of the symptoms that old people are experiencing. We have to go to the bathroom pretty often."
Young-Eun's father went to the bathroom while staggering on his feet. When Young-Eun's father left the table, Young-Eun wiped her eyes with a white handkerchief.
"Are you crying? What did I do?"
"No, I'm not crying. It's just that something got in my eyes."
Young-Eun stood up saying she wanted to go to the bathroom as well.
Gun-Ho knew that Young-Eun was crying because of her father.
When Gun-Ho noticed sliced raw flounder was almost gone, he ordered more seafood dishes like sea cucumbers and sea squirts.
Young-Eun's father came back from the bathroom. Young-Eun also came back to the table, and she seemed to feel better.
Gun-Ho filled Young-Eun's father's glass with liquor and said, "Father, why don't you move in with us to our home? We have plenty of rooms you can occupy."
Young-Eun's and her father's eyes widened in surprise in response to Gun-Ho's unexpected suggestion.
"Thank you for your offer, but that's not possible. I can still live by myself. If I become physically incapable of living alone, I might consider moving somewhere close to your home, but before that happens, I will live here by myself."
"Come and visit us at our home then in the near future."
"Sure. I want to see how you two live."
"Let's fix the date then. What about next week?"
"Next week works for me."
"Since I haven't really drunk, I will drop you off at your home."
"I feel so safe since I have a son now who I can rely on. Our family usually doesn't have many children. I hope you two have many children."
"Thank you, sir."
After dropping off Young-Eun's father to his Dongbu condo in Sillim Town, Gun-Ho and Young-Eun headed back to their TowerPalace condo in Dogok Town. While driving home, Gun-Ho said, "Your father looked lonely."
Young-Eun didn't say anything. She was just staring outside the window.
"Since he doesn't want to move in with us, maybe we should ask him to move somewhere close to us."
"I don't think he will. My father is a proud man for his independent and self-sufficient life. Also, he is stubborn."
"I think we should visit your aunt in Yangpyeong District too."
"Let's just invite her over to our home next week when my father comes. Maybe we want to invite President Jeong-Sook Shin as well."
"As long as they said okay, I'm good with it."
"I will talk to them."
Gun-Ho was concerned about Young-Eun's emotional status that day. Even after they came back home, she looked gloomy. She was like that for the entire evening since she met her father. Gun-Ho knew he wouldn't have any chance to make love to her that night.
"Oppa, let's sleep separately tonight since we drink and all."
"Okay. You must be exhausted after visiting both parents. Sweet dreams."
Gun-Ho gave a good-night kiss to Young-Eun on her cheek before going to his room.
The next day was Sunday. After breakfast, Gun-Ho and Young-Eun took a walk at Yangjae riverside.
Many residents in Gangnam District went to Yangjae riverside for jogging or taking a walk. While walking with Young-Eun, Gun-Ho was lost in thought, and so was Young-Eun.
'It's the end of March. Starting tomorrow, I will receive financial statements from all of my GH companies.'
Each year's financial report came out at the end of December in the same year; that was an internal financial report. However, the official financial report, which would be open to the public, required an external audit, so that financial report would be issued after March 30th in the following year.
There was no single GH company that suffered loss, but GH Development still worried Gun-Ho.
'I know it makes me look good to have a large building in Gangnam District, but given the amount of money that I invested in GH Development, it's not generating enough returns. I invested 40 billion won into that company to acquire and manage the building, but it doesn't give me much back. I want to merge it into one of my companies that makes enough revenue, but I don't have that kind of company yet.'
Gun-Ho continued to walk along the Yangjae riverside while continuing to think about his business.
Note*
Cheongha – one of Korean brands of clear and refined rice wine.
Chapter end
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