Chapter 59: The Beginning of the 90s (1)

Premise 3 is correct, but that doesn’t mean I know what to do or who the culprit is.

‘If I knew the culprit, I would have brought them here with Sihyeon a long time ago.’

Maybe Chairman Yu Seongpil has connections in New York that I don’t know about, and he heard about it from there. If so, I’ll never know.

“…Perhaps, it’s another employee of Daeha Securities.”

Lee Sihyeon carefully raised a question. It was a reasonable question, but…

“Hmm, I don’t know. If it’s a low-level employee, I wouldn’t know, but there are only a few people who know about Alpha Fund in detail, right? A few managers or directors…, they know a little more.”

And if Chairman Yu Seongpil knew everything, he would have interrogated me more.

-Clatter.

After eating some ramen, I put down my chopsticks and swallowed the broth. The spicy broth was stimulating and good.

“…At first, when we came to the hotel, I thought Miss was really going to bury me.”

Lee Sihyeon carefully used her chopsticks so that the broth wouldn’t get on her white dress shirt. The dress shirt, which was a little dirty, though not as much as the pants, was rinsed once with water and clung tightly to Lee Sihyeon’s body.

Perhaps because of that, her underwear was completely visible through the chest area of the dress shirt. I stared at her bursting chest and said.

“Huh? Why, am I that untrustworthy?”

“No, it’s Shin Ramyun. I thought you might be holding a grudge against me for acting arrogantly before…”

Ah, that incident?

Our Sihyeon has a good memory.

“I said I’d shed a few tears if you died? It’s okay, I won’t shed tears over this anymore. I’ll have to bring Buldak.”

I chuckled.

‘She’s so cute.’

“But what is Buldak…?”

Tilting her head.

“Just figure it out. There is such a thing.”

-Slurp.

Sitting on the floor and eating with a folding table, there was something of a sentimental feeling.

It’s an old-fashioned feeling that you can’t really feel in a chaebol family. Lee Sihyeon blushed slightly and pulled down her dress shirt as I stared at the tin pot.

-Pervert.”

Ah, she’s not wearing anything underneath.

“What are you talking about, there’s nothing to see. If I’m going to look, I’ll look at the top, the bottom is not much…”

After all, don’t I have it now too? And an upgraded version at that.

‘…What’s the upgraded version?’

In terms of functionality? I don’t even use that?

Slightly blushing, I pouted and turned my head away.

“Hmph, forget it.”

Lee Sihyeon, who looked at me with mysterious eyes for a moment, continued to use her chopsticks without saying a word.

-Clatter.

After a while.

Lee Sihyeon, who carefully got up, glancing at me, cleared the pot and cleared the table.

“Um, but. Miss. If there’s another traitor besides me, isn’t it Grandfather’s person? Is it okay to just get rid of them like me?”

What is it, is she sulking?

She has a point. There are cases where you know but can’t get rid of a spy. Besides, it’s questionable whether a person dispatched by the group chairman should be called a spy.

It’s Grandfather’s in the first place?

But it was okay.

“Ah, Grandfather said. It would have been better if I hadn’t been caught in the end. So… it’s okay to deal with it by demoting or firing them. It’s allowed.”

It may be unfair from the perspective of the person being targeted…

But what can you do, that’s life.

If Grandfather likes them, he might transfer them to another department.

***

Due to several factors, we stayed at the hotel for another day.

The biggest reason was the aftermath, because obviously, it was a bit much to consider purging your closest subordinate and then declare it was a joke.

Of course, not many people know.

Well, so I made it look like a secret date. They know I have a crazy personality, so they’ll understand even if it feels a little strange.

-Gasp. Then a love triangle with Young Master Seonjun…!

…I have a feeling that strange rumors will spread, but it’ll be okay.

“…But, that and not buying me new clothes are unrelated, aren’t they?”

Lee Sihyeon stared at the not-yet-dry laundry with unfocused eyes.

Perhaps judging that being topless, wearing at least a bra, was better than being bottomless, Lee Sihyeon took off her dress shirt and tied it around her waist.

Using that as disposable pants, she’s so rich.

“Hey, I gave you something to cover your top instead?”

There was a sign hanging on Lee Sihyeon’s chest. It’s a very precious item that I wrote myself, so she can’t refuse this.

What was written on the sign was…

(Congratulations) Didn’t betray all day (Celebration)

That’s right.

“I think I’ve seen something like this in the back alleys before…”

-Flap flap.

Sihyeon, who poked the sign on her chest, sighed and sat down.

“You’re not going to do this at home too, right? I’ll be really hurt.”

“Ugh, trash. You’re saying that Sihyeon, who had no choice but to betray, was more hurt than me, who was betrayed? Wow, this is a great shamelessness. I didn’t know our Sihyeon was like this.”

I pretended to cry, and Lee Sihyeon bit her lip and shook her head.

“Ah, no. Miss.”

“It’s okay. I won’t do this at home. The nanny is there, so it’s not good to create a sense of incongruity.”

“Ah…”

The nanny knows almost nothing about me. To be precise, she has almost no knowledge of the business I’m doing.

The reason is simple. The more you know, the more dangerous it becomes.

It’s not like I’m a Cthulhu-like outer god, and gaining knowledge about me won’t make you go ‘Aaargh, what is this knowledge’, but I hid it because I was worried that the nanny would worry about me for no reason.

It’s not like I’m doing something I can be proud of.

‘Is it…? Looking at Seonjun Oppa, knowledge itself might be dangerous.’

Sometimes he looks at articles related to UFOs with serious eyes, so he seems to have a special ability to make people fall into conspiracy theories…

Ahem, anyway.

“Sihyeon, you’ve been through a lot this time.”

“…No, it’s nothing.”

I need to gaslight Sihyeon a bit and say this is your fault.

“But now that I’ve told you, you need to be more careful with your words from now on?”

Lee Sihyeon, who was staring blankly at the void and holding the ‘Didn’t betray all day’ sign, muttered.

“…Yes.”

“I was very worried about our Sihyeon. Yes, yes, that’s right. Let’s do well from now on?”

…Yes.”

Yab yab hypnosis app.

“Ah! That’s right. Our Sihyeon is turning thirty soon, right? Shall we go see a movie together to commemorate the end of your twenties?”

“What movie?”

“The Godfather 3! It’s a very famous movie, isn’t it?”

Lee Sihyeon’s arms and eyes trembled violently.

“I’m fine.”

Hey, the hypnosis app is off.

***

Daeha Investment Bank’s office.

Employees were busy analyzing the rapidly changing global economy due to the reunification of Germany.

[The correlation between the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM) and German reunification, focusing on the possibility of a German interest rate hike]

‘Phew, there’s still a long way to go, but I need to prepare in advance.’

In about two years, a big issue will arise in the financial world.

It’s called the ‘pound short-selling incident.’

I was also planning to participate in this. Wasn’t this why the reunification of Germany was necessary, so I even destroyed the Berlin Wall.

It’s money, but it’s not a matter of money.

It’s a matter of honor.

I can’t give up the coveted title of “The Man Who Broke the Bank of England.” How much did Soros milk this awesome title?

-Stretch.

I stretched and finished my report roughly and got up.

Because there was good news.

I looked around and saw that everyone was busy, so I grabbed Sihyeon, who was tired from being harassed by me lately, and told her the good news.

“A positive issue caused by the betrayal of someone who is definitely not Sihyeon! Now, listen.”

Lee Sihyeon, a soon-to-be thirty-year-old traitor who never betrayed me, looked at me with tired eyes.

“What is it now?”

“Do you know what it means that Alpha Fund has received Grandfather’s unofficial recognition?”

“Ah… so it’s okay to reveal it now.”

“No, no, that’s not it. There’s no way to give information directly to Grandfather, is there? All the information goes to the Chief of Staff.”

“Then…?”

I showed the documents that Ha Youngil sent by fax.

“Ta-da~ Grandfather’s slush fund!”

“Yes?”

“Alpha Fund is already very, very famous. Even if I don’t announce that I’m managing it, it’s not strange for someone like the chairman of Daeha Group to invest!”

Asking his granddaughter to grow his money.

Grandfather really loves money.

***

Daeha Group chairman’s office.

The old man, who had put on a suit again after a long time, pointed to one side of the newspaper and said.

“Here, it’ll be fine. I don’t think I’ll need to use money for a while, so put it here.”

The chief of staff looked at the tip of his finger with a puzzled look and asked.

“Alpha Fund? That’s… a hedge fund, isn’t it. You can’t put it in because of government regulations.”

“Yeah, so not the group’s money. The slush fund in a foreign country, you know? I’m getting old these days… It’ll be a bit difficult to make a slush fund now, so let’s actively invest with money that has been laundered for a long time. I have a good feeling, this one.”

It was a lot of money to invest just because he had a good feeling…

“Yes, I understand.”

He didn’t question it and wrote down what he had to do in his notebook.

At least, when Chairman Yu Seongpil suddenly said something like this, there was a reason.