“Chairman Hwang?” Jo Gyu-Min responded, surprised.

Kang Jin-Ho contemplatively nodded. "Yes. Humans tend to stop acknowledging their mistakes as they get older. Especially when the person does not think they are in the wrong. In such a case, the person in question would be disinclined to show generosity toward others around them."

“Well, yes. That is true, but...”

“Chairman Hwang's sons were in the wrong. And the chairman punished them appropriately for that.”

“Yes. They were clearly guilty.”

"And so... Who walked away 'happy' from that event?"

"...!" Jo Gyu-Min clamped his mouth shut. He... never thought about that before. Who walked away happy? Happy, as in...?

'...No one, that's who.'

No one walked away from that ordeal and reached a 'happy' conclusion. Hwang Jeong-Hu's sons had fallen into the pit of hell, while Hwang Jeong-Hu now found himself living alone in that huge mansion of his as his price for returning to his rightful position.

With his ties to his children severed, he also no longer had connections to his grandchildren. And he didn't have other relatives to call either. Hwang Jeong-Hu's father was originally from North Korea, and he escaped the Communist regime with Hwang Jeong-Hu's older brother during the Korean War. As for Hwang Jeong-Hu's older brother, he didn't leave behind any offspring...

'...Huh. Chairman Hwang is completely alone, isn't he?'

Jo Gyu-Min suddenly realized why Hwang Jeong-Hu was so obsessed with Kang Jin-Ho.

Kang Jin-Ho quietly took...