“Gyu-Min, from now on, you'll have to watch over the boy," said Hwang Jeong-Hu.

“As in monitoring him, sir?” Jo Gyu-Min cautiously asked.

“Think of it as being his personal secretary.”

“Then... monitoring him as a secretary?”

Hwang Jeong-Hu shook his head. "Even if you're monitoring him, the task itself isn't that complicated. Just keep an eye on him to make sure he doesn't wander off too far. And serve as a contact between us in case of emergencies, that's all. I'm assigning you to Jin-Ho's side because I want you to assist him."

"...?" Jo Gyu-Min was slightly confused as he looked back at Hwang Jeong-Hu. Assist the boy? What would a high school kid need assistance for?

Wait, could it be...?

“Sir... Is he a potential heir?”

"What?" Hwang Jeong-Hu exploded in laughter. "Hahaha. Haha... ha... An heir, is it? An heir..."

The chairman's laughter indicated how dumbfounded he was. However, Jo Gyu-Min discovered something odd about that laughter. Hwang Jeong-Hu initially laughed as if he heard a funny joke, but his expression gradually changed the longer he laughed. The initial flabbergasted expression was gone from his face, only to be replaced by the look of serious pondering.

"An heir, you say?"

Jo Gyu-Min was justified in making such a leap of logic. In any other circumstances, Kang Jin-Ho being a potential heir would be unthinkable. However, the current situation made that scenario a distinct possibility. And that situation was with how Hwang Jeong-Hu had cut his three sons out of his life.

It wasn't simply his sons, however, Hwang Jeong-Hu had also completely severed ties...