Real Man

Yoo-hyun stood still in front of the building after sending Park Won Young away.

Whooosh.

A cool breeze brushed past his nose.

He was briefly lost in thought, but then he picked up his phone.

There was something he had to say to the person he loved at this moment.

Ding-dong-ding-dong.

After a few rings, Jeong Da-hye answered the call.

She sounded cheerful, as if she thought he was worried about her.

-Yoo-hyun, what’s up? You don’t usually call me during work hours.

“No, nothing. I just wanted to hear your voice.”

-Oh, you. Yoo-hyun, you don’t have to worry about me. I’m really fine.

He had only said he wanted to hear her voice, but she said she was fine again.

‘That’s not what I wanted to hear…’

A wall had formed between them, to the point where even a casual phone call felt awkward.

It was also the reason why she found it strange that he called her during work hours.

They were lovers who could just call each other whenever they felt like it and express their feelings freely, but she had drawn a line, saying that he should be considerate of her.

He had called her with the intention of not doing that anymore.

“Da-hye.”

-Yes. I’m listening.

He conveyed his sincere feelings to her, who sounded somewhat tired.

“You can lean on me if you’re having a hard time.”

-I’m fine. Your words give me strength.

“I don’t want to be just a source of strength with words.”

-…

“I won’t leave you alone and lonely anymore.”

All he could hear from the receiver was her trembling breath.

There was no word from her, but he could feel her emotions that had been hard and lonely.

She was silent, waiting for him, when Jeong Da-hye said hastily.

-Yu, Yoo-hyun, someone is calling me. I’ll call you back later.

“Okay. I’ll wait for you.”

-I’m sorry.

Click.

He quietly closed his eyes, looking at the disconnected phone.

A completely different plan came to his mind.

Meanwhile, Jeong Da-hye was very confused after hearing Yoo-hyun’s sincere feelings.

She felt her eyes sting at his words that he wouldn’t leave her alone and lonely anymore.

Why did this happen all of a sudden?

She couldn’t understand her own feelings either.

She should have said that she was fine, that she could do it, and that he shouldn’t worry, but she couldn’t open her mouth.

She felt a strange surge of emotions, and she tried to suppress them.

She bit her lips hard, but her breath still trembled.

She was afraid that she would show him her weak side if she stayed like this, so she hung up the phone quickly.

Thud.

Then she collapsed on the floor of the emergency stairs.

She was alone in a tight space with no windows.

Drip. Drip.

The tears that had flowed without her knowing fell on the back of her hand.

Jeong Da-hye pressed her eyes with her sleeves and muttered.

“Why do I keep crying? I’m really fine. It doesn’t bother me at all.”

Even though she said no, the tears kept flowing.

Drip-drip.

His words that he was lonely kept stabbing her heart.

She leaned her head against the wall and gave up.

“Ha, why am I like this? Like a fool.”

Flutter-flutter.

She covered her face with both hands, but she couldn’t hide her trembling body.

She stayed in the same position on the floor for a long time after that.

It was a weak face that she didn’t want to show to anyone.

Flash.

When Yoo-hyun opened his eyes again, he had already made up his mind.

He had no reason to back down anymore.

He calmed down his restless emotions and picked up his phone.

Then he called Paul Graham right away.

He laughed at Yoo-hyun, who called him again in less than a few hours.

-Haha! You’re really impatient. Have you made up your mind already?

“Yes. I have.”

-Well, I guess your choice is to help Alice, right? Let’s see, 10 million dollars (12 billion won) should be enough, so from your Airbnb stake…

Yoo-hyun spat out a reversal to Paul Graham, who guessed his move.

“I’ll sell all my Airbnb stake.”

-What? That’s more than 100 million dollars (120 billion won). Do you know that?

“You have to add more premium. Don’t you know that the value of Airbnb tomorrow is different from today?”

Recently, Airbnb had achieved both premiumization and globalization that Yoo-hyun had suggested, thanks to the investment of Andreessen Horowitz.

Its value had soared as tangible results came out.

It was growing so fast that it was hard to get a stake even if you wanted to.

Paul Graham agreed with Yoo-hyun’s words.

-Yeah. Of course. But are you sure you won’t regret it? It will double if you leave it alone.

“I’m fine. I have something more important to do than money.”

-What are you going to do?

He had already decided on the method.

He was going to help Jeong Da-hye without regard to the means and ways.

“I’m thinking of doing some money bullshit.”

-What does that mean?

“It means I’m going to spend some money properly. In that sense, you’ll have to help me.”

-Help you?

Yoo-hyun told Paul Graham what he had in mind.

“What I’m going to do is…”

“What?”

Paul Graham was dumbfounded by Yoo-hyun’s unexpected response.

The friends’ gathering ended not too late.

Some people stayed, and Yoo-hyun went home with Kim Hyun-soo.

They wanted to have a quiet drink and talk rather than a noisy atmosphere.

Kim Hyun-soo, who had the same thought, sat across from Yoo-hyun with a drink and said.

“Kang Jun-ki must have felt really sorry for not taking care of Won-seok. He said he would give back the money he got from the kids.”

“Did the kids agree?”

“Most of them seemed to agree. Kang Jun-ki said he would make up for what he lacked, so they followed him. Han Jun said he would pay twice as much and showed his guts.”

Yoo-hyun chuckled as he imagined the two friends competing loudly.

“Anyway, those guys, they have loyalty.”

“I’m thinking of going to visit Won-seok tomorrow with everyone.”

“That would be nice. It would be good to see him before the surgery.”

“Yeah.”

Kim Hyun-soo nodded and clinked glasses with Yoo-hyun.

His face was quite red, maybe because he had drunk a lot at the reunion.

He emptied his glass and called Yoo-hyun.

“Yoo-hyun.”

“What?”

“Did you pay for Won-seok’s surgery?”

Yoo-hyun’s eyebrows twitched at the sudden question.

“Who said that?”

“No, just. I thought it might be you, since you’re dating Won-seok’s sister.”

He seemed to be sure, so Yoo-hyun admitted it.

He also had a reason why he didn’t want to hide it from Kim Hyun-soo.

“Just. I found out by chance. I had some spare money, so I helped him.”

“I see. I thought so. You’re that kind of guy.”

“What do you mean?”

“You also paid for my mother’s hospital bills, and my car center. I owe you a lot.”

“What are you talking about? I got more from you.”

Yoo-hyun had a lot to thank Kim Hyun-soo for when he thought of the past.

Kim Hyun-soo had lived a life of giving to others, just as he had done to Yoo-hyun.

His friend’s life had given Yoo-hyun a big direction for his own life.

But Kim Hyun-soo praised Yoo-hyun instead.

“No. I was really inspired by you. I thought I should live like that too, when I saw you taking care of the people around you.”

“What did I do?”

“The other friends will also be grateful to you. They all got a lot of help from you.”

“People will think I did something amazing if they hear you.”

“It’s not easy to care for your friends like that.”

It was a flattering thing to hear from Kim Hyun-soo.

He put that thought aside for a moment, and a bitter smile appeared on Yoo-hyun’s lips.

“Then what? I couldn’t take care of the most important person who was struggling.”

“Who? Do you mean Da-hye?”

“How did you know that?”

When Yoo-hyun looked at him curiously, Kim Hyun-soo added the reason.

“I saw you fiddling with your phone all the time. It looked like you were booking a flight ticket or something.”

“You’re observant.”

“It’s because you can’t hide it. You looked anxious, why?”

He pretended not to, but he was anxious.

It was very important to him whether there was a flight at the time he wanted, since he had confirmed the date with Paul Graham.

Yoo-hyun nodded and admitted it.

“I was anxious. That’s why I booked it quickly.”

“Are you going to the US?”

“I have to.”

“How are you going to handle the company?”

“I’m thinking of wrapping it up.”

Kim Hyun-soo was shocked by Yoo-hyun’s sudden answer.

“What? You’re not taking a vacation?”

“No. I don’t think I can do that.”

Yoo-hyun realized it clearly when he heard Park Won Young’s words.

-The really important thing was to live happily with the people I care about.

What was really important to Yoo-hyun was not to fix the company, but to fix his life.

And at the center of that was a happy life with Jeong Da-hye.

He had missed that fact because he was obsessed with the small fence of the company.

He had to act if he knew.

He saw the determination in Yoo-hyun’s eyes and Kim Hyun-soo blinked and asked.

“What are you going to do there?”

“I’m going to be by Da-hye’s side. I have to take care of the person I love too, now.”

“Is this, something I should say is like you?”

Kim Hyun-soo was flustered by Yoo-hyun’s words.

“I have another thing to do, too.”

“What is it?”

“I have something to tell those people over there.”

Don’t mess with my woman, or you’ll see what happens.

He swallowed the next words and Yoo-hyun curled his lips.

Yoo-hyun was thinking of wrapping up his life in Hansung, as he had told Kim Hyun-soo.

It might seem sudden, but it wasn’t something he hadn’t thought of.

He had prepared himself as he watched his colleagues grow.

He had stepped back a little bit for that reason.

And at some point, he was sure.

If they became the center, the ship called Hansung would be able to move forward without being shaken by the waves.

Of course, there were some uncertain parts.

It was forbidden to be careless until the end, since the opponent was Shin Nyeon-su.

Yoo-hyun was thinking of preparing a contingency plan for that.

He sat down in front of the computer.

Kim Hyun-soo was asleep, and the window was dark.

The sound of typing echoed in the quiet atmosphere.

Tadadadadak.

On the monitor, the crisis and countermeasures that would hit the innovation strategy room in the future were written down.

It also contained Yoo-hyun’s vision for Hansung’s future.

Could Hansung become the global number one if they followed this?

Yoo-hyun couldn’t be sure either.

But at least they could make a better Hansung.

It was the conviction that Yoo-hyun had drawn with many colleagues.

He put his heart into it and worked for a long time.

When he got up from his seat, the darkness had already lifted.

His life at the company changed after that day.

Yoo-hyun, who had always been one step ahead, came forward.

He analyzed the reports made by his colleagues carefully and pointed out the shortcomings one by one.

He checked the external trends through Oh Eun-bi, a reporter, and contacted Laura Parker to confirm the collaboration.

He also discussed the next plan with Hyun Jin Geon.

He sped up the schedule of the things he had to do someday.

He didn’t have much time left in Hansung.

A man who called him told him that.

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