When Your Pain Becomes Mine

“These days, young girls like Sun would put tattoos on their lips and eye lines,” Ojae explained the situation in detail to make Gyeonhui feel a little better.

“Hah…” Gyeonhui put his two hands on his waist and exhaled a long sigh. He was feeling a little better than before, so the pain was manageable.

“Are you okay?” Ojae asked.

“No, it still hurts.”

Being able to bear the pain didn’t mean that it didn’t hurt.

Moreover, his eyes weren’t the thing that felt a bit sensitive, so it bothered him more.

“I guess Sun is trying to be more attractive for you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“She’s doing this to look good. Guess who she is going to be looking good for?”

Gyeonhui smirked when he understood Ojae’s intention.

“She doesn’t need to do all this.”

All of a sudden, he wasn’t angry anymore and started smiling like a fool.

“It should be done soon,” Ojae said while peeking inside.

“Why isn’t she coming out?”

“Is there something more left? Wait here. I’ll go and ask.”

Ojae opened the door and went inside and started talking to the staff at the front desk.

Gyeonhui stayed outside, so he couldn’t hear their conversation.

After a moment, Ojae came out with a severe face.

“What did she say?”

“That’s…”

“What’s taking you so long? Just say it.”

“Well… she said that they still had to do one more thing.”

“One more left? Huh. Okay. It wouldn’t be more painful than having a tattoo.” Feeling better, Gyeonhui said it casually.

However, Ojae still couldn’t start speaking with a firm expression.

Soon, Gyeonhui also felt something ominous.

“Hey… something’s strange here…”

“…” Ojae was only biting his lips without saying anything.

“Is it something more painful than a tattoo?”

Hearing Gyeonhui, Ojae just nodded quietly.

“What the hell is she going to do? Just tell me. Now.”

Ojae involuntarily said, “… Waxing.”

“What?”

“Sun is waxing now…”

“Wa… xing…”

Gyeonhui couldn’t imagine what waxing was. However, after a moment, he felt a burning feeling on one of his legs, and he realized exactly what it was.

“Ouch!!!”

He grabbed his own legs and collapsed on the spot.

“Ouch!!!”

After a moment, he grabbed the other leg too and screamed.

His cold shouting echoed throughout the hallway.

***

The event hall of the future forum.

Famous politicians were having a keynote address while mentioning the fourth industrial revolution.

It was meant to be a fancy forum, but it was actually a meeting for connecting the politicians and the business CEOs. If the conference was just a performance for them, the senators and their executive assistants were basically the writers of the show.

Mrs. Shin was watching the speeches as if she were enjoying a play that she invested in.

“Hello, Aunt,”

At that moment, Chunduk approached her with a high tone of voice.

When she looked at him without saying anything, Chunduk quickly switched the way he addressed her as if she were waiting for it.

“The Vice President.”

“It’s been a long time, Mr. Choi.” When he called her using her official title, she finally answered him.

“You look great. I’ve heard your company is doing great?” One of the senators who noticed Chunduk greeted him.

“Yes, but I still have a long way to go to be as successful as you, Senator Cho. Congratulations on your reelection.” Chunduk also greeted the other senators that he had known and sat beside the Vice President.

“By the way, isn’t Mr. Woo coming to this forum today? Did he drink a lot again?”

Thinking it was a joke, a few senators laughed out loud.

They all had read the article that criticized Gyeonhui last time, so they knew.

Mrs. Shin still had an unchangeable smile on her face and said something to everyone.

‘Let’s see if she still stays calm this time.’

Chunduk started speaking again. “Or, is he busy because he is dating a pretty girl? I’ve certainly heard that he’s got a girl.”

All of the senators’ eyes went to Mrs. Shin. No matter how old or young they were, rumors about others always made them curious.

“Yes. He’s been seeing Chaekyeong.” Holding a cold smile on her face, Mrs. Shin said.

“Chaekyeong? That’s not what I’ve heard. I’ve heard that she’s just a normal woman.”

Hearing Chunduk, the senators looked at Mrs. Shin again. Mrs.Shin looked at Chunduk quietly.

“Who is she?”

“No, please disregard it. I must have heard something wrong.”

Chunduk stopped talking from there.

Chunduk knew that if he threw a topic to them, they would create a whole new story about it. Moreover, the more he spread a bad rumor about Gyeonhui, the better it would be for Chunduk.

Although he targeted Gyeonhui’s ability to run the company, his private relationship, or any story about his family, Chunduck was always looking for an edge. Whatever was available for him to use against Gyeonhui, Chunduk had to extract to step over Gyeonhui.

When Chunduk became more greedy, he wanted to swing the last punch against Gyeonhui.

“However, if that’s the truth, then it’s going to be really fun. Because you, the Vice President’s love story are a legend in this industry. The romance with a prince and a poor girl. I guess Gyeonhui must have been your true son after all. Haha.”

Hearing him, people looked at Mrs. Shin again. However, Mrs. Shin was still smiling peacefully with a calm face.

However, it took two to tango, so when Mrs. Shin totally ignored him, Chunduk didn’t know what else to say.

His last punch to finish Gyeonhui turned into nothing; his face immediately hardened.

“Anyways, how are we doing these days?” To brighten up the mood, Senator Kang asked everyone.

He was the sponsor for the forum tonight, and he was in his third term as a senator from Gangnam. He was one of the most influential senators in the party.

Smiling faintly, Mrs. Shin started speaking. “Companies are in a tough situation in the aftermath of China.”

“We’re doing everything we could do to stop them, but since it’s so sensitive… Hmm, hmm..” Senator Kang blurred his words in embarrassment.

“As you know, because of the law that bans Korean culture in China, the damage has been accumulating. Please remember it.”

Hearing her explicit request, Senator Kang nodded.

“So that a distribution industry like us, Lasung, can stay in business.”

Hearing Mrs. Shin, Chunduk frowned.

“I don’t quite understand that. We, Lasung, will be just fine and stay strong in business.”

“Oh, will you? That’s not what I’ve heard. I’ve heard that your profit margin has been dramatically dropped since your last sales revenue decreased.”

“What, what are you talking about?”

Chunduk’s face froze immediately.