The driver made a dumbfounded expression at the sight of Min-jun, who had absentmindedly given an American-style greeting, as he went into the house.
He was a brat whose arrogance knew no bounds from being raised on a pedestal, but he was strange today.
“Did he lose his mind after his head got busted?”
However, Min-jun’s eccentric behavior didn’t stop there.
When he went to the kitchen with the milk, the housekeeper was preparing breakfast.
He greeted her there as well.
“Good morning.”
“Ah, yes… Oh my, I’ll pour that for you.”
“I can do it myself.”
At the sight of Min-jun picking up a cup himself and pouring the milk to drink, the housekeeper also made a dumbfounded expression, just like the driver.
The housekeeper was rather flustered by this behavior, which was completely different from his past self, who had a habit of bossing people around without lifting a single finger.
While he was sitting on the sofa reading the newspaper, the master bedroom door opened, and Woo Hee-yeong, dressed in a homedress, came out and paused.
She didn’t know how long it had been since she last saw Min-jun at this hour.
The only times she occasionally saw him were when he was coming in after staying out all night.
Every time that happened, she had to lose sleep out of worry.
Perhaps because he was a son she had with great difficulty after ten years of trying everything since she couldn’t conceive after Yeong-jun, her affection for him was special.
“Did you sleep well?”
Fortunately, this time he gave a Korean-style greeting and asked.
“Where is Father?”
“He said he had a lot of work and would sleep at the company.
He needs to think about his health.
Your brother came in late and left at the crack of dawn.”
“I know.
He needs to take care of his health…”
Before Min-jun could even finish his sentence, the door burst open.
Yeong-jun, with disheveled hair, rushed in frantically and called out to Woo Hee-yeong like a scream.
“Mother!!
Father… Father has passed away.”
“What?!”
Yeong-jun spoke with red eyes, looking as if he would burst into tears at any moment.
“I went to greet him as soon as I got to work, but he was slumped over his desk.
I thought he must have fallen asleep because he was tired from working, so I tried to wake him… but he couldn’t get up.”
“No, no.
That absolutely can’t be true.”
“We rushed him to Taesan Hospital, but the doctor said he had already passed away…”
“Ah…”
“Mom!”
As Woo Hee-yeong lost consciousness and collapsed to the floor, Min-jun urgently ran over and caught her.
* * *
Jang Do-myeong’s cause of death was revealed to be an acute myocardial infarction.
Excessive work stress, frequent drinking, and smoking had blocked the arteries leading to his heart.