Hwang Jeong-Hu put the phone down and could only groan loudly. “Urgh...”

“Sir, I did warn you this might happen,” said Director Baek Yeong-Gi as he offered his boss a glass of cold water.

“But! I wasn't telling him to quit the army, was I?! I only suggested a way for our lives to be easier, that's all!”

"Sir, that is the same thing as interfering..."

"How can you say that! I'm not interfering, just being considerate!"

“Too much consideration tends to become interference, sir.”

"...Khmm." Hwang Jeong-Hu wordlessly chugged down the cold water as if he also agreed with that sentiment. After emptying the cup, though, he got going again. "Even if that's true! He knows I had been trying so hard to take care of him. So, at the very least, he could have said, 'Thank you for your consideration, but no thanks.’ He didn't even bother to do that!"

Baek Yeong-Gi grinned brightly. The sight of Hwang Jeong-Ju throwing a tantrum was rather unfamiliar, but it was also quite entertaining to watch. How could he not be entertained when he knew how much crushing charisma this old man had always emitted during the meeting of the board of directors? And the same old man was throwing a childish fit right now solely because Kang Jin-Ho had flatly refused his goodwill. What an amusing sight this was!

Hwang Jeong-Hu loudly tutted. “If only he knew how worried I am, Jin-Ho wouldn't have acted that way!”

Bake Yeong-Gi chuckled softly. “Now, you finally understand what it feels like to raise a child, sir.”

“...A child?”

“Always feeling anxious—worried that your precious child might...