Absolute Glasses Midas — Episode 5
Yuhan thought to himself, dumbfounded.
‘They compliment each other and suddenly become close?’
[Women are weak to compliments about their looks.]
[These two are especially severe.]
[If you wish to become close to the two of them, offer many compliments on their looks.]
Yuhan immediately put the glasses' advice into practice.
"Now, now! You two beauties, put your hands together over here!"
Yuhan, who wanted to count the money, was eager to return to the fortune-teller shop quickly.
Yuhan stretched the back of his hand out and waited for the two to place theirs on top.
Lee Dahui and Kim Seon reached out and stacked their hands on top of Yuhan's outstretched hand.
"On the count of three, we say fighting."
And so the three shouted "Fighting!" at the top of their lungs.
* * *
After the meal, Kim Seon returned to her own home.
Meanwhile, Yuhan and Lee Dahui went back to the fortune-teller shop and immediately began counting the money.
"Two million five hundred, two million six hundred…."
The two diligently counted the money.
The total came to 9,800,000 won.
Yuhan and Lee Dahui met eyes.
"……."
"Wow~ This is insane."
The fact that they had earned nearly ten million won in a single day sent the two into an uproar, hugging each other.
"You have an incredible talent for this?"
"Right? I only just realized it myself!"
"Don't you dare go off and do this alone somewhere. You know I get a big cut for recognizing your talent, right?"
"Yes! Yes! I'll make sure to serve you well."
Yuhan had absolutely no intention of doing this work by himself.
Of course, Lee Dahui had only been joking as well.
"But what should we do with this money?"
"Let's split today's earnings in half for now, and starting tomorrow, let's ask Mrs. Kim Seon!"
"Yeah, that's a good idea."
Yuhan and Lee Dahui had never earned or saved such a large sum of money before.
So they were worried from the start.
After some thought, Yuhan figured that someone like Kim Seon would be good at managing wealth.
They decided to look into it the next day.
"Ah! That's right, I have to go to my convenience store shift!"
"Huh! The time... Hey! It's already been an hour!"
But Yuhan didn't want to go to work.
He really, really didn't want to.
‘I'm making good money now; should I just not bother going in?’
Come to think of it, given the current situation, it seemed he didn't necessarily have to go in.
It was only natural to think so, having earned in a single day what he would have had to work a whole year at the convenience store to save.
"Maybe I'll just take a rest today! No, I think I can just quit!"
"But shouldn't you go in until they find a replacement? I think your boss will say something."
"Ah! I don't care—!"
"Still, you should do the right thing!"
"The right thing? Noona, if you knew what I've been put through, you wouldn't say that!"
"Huh? What do you mean!"
He explained everything that had happened to Lee Dahui.
She couldn't help but be convinced immediately.
"What? There are still people like that these days......?"
"See? Even you think it's terrible, right?"
"Shouldn't we make sure he can't do that again?"
"Anyway, I don't want to go!"
But skipping work without a word didn't sit well with Yuhan either.
In the end, he got ready and entered the convenience store with Lee Dahui.
"Wel.... Huh! You! Why are you only here now? Do you know how many hours it's been! Are you crazy?"
"Boss. I'm here to quit!"
Of course, the reason he had come to the convenience store was not to work.
"What? Suddenly? Did you get hired somewhere else? Or did you hit the lottery?"
"It's not that. Please wire my salary and meal allowances for all this time to my account. And since I've worked here for over two years, even if it's not the legally mandated severance, I'd like severance pay as well."
"Has this punk eaten something wrong? You should be grateful I've been giving you work and treating you well. Or at least feel sorry. You barge in here and quit just like that?"
"You treated me well?"
"I treated you so well! That's why you should keep coming until I find someone new."
"You fed me expired goods instead of meal allowances, never paid my hourly wage properly, never kept your promises, used casual speech! And abusive language! You don't remember any of that?"
"W-when did I?"
"Wow~ That's unbelievable!"
"What? Unbelievable?"
The boss grabbed Yuhan by the collar as he spoke in disbelief.
"Boss, you can't do this! Let's talk!"
Lee Dahui, who was beside him, tried to intervene upon seeing things escalating.
Then the boss shoved Dahui aside, causing her to fall.
Yuhan completely exploded at the sight.
The much taller Yuhan stepped forward and shoved the boss back.
The boss toppled backward with a crash.
However, his reaction looked severely exaggerated.
"Wow~ I took in a nobody with nowhere to go, and now he hits me! Oh dear~ my arm! I think it's broken."
It was an obvious overreaction to anyone watching.
Naturally, Yuhan first helped up Lee Dahui, who had fallen to the side, and checked if she was okay.
"Noona! Are you okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine! What about you?"
They checked that neither was hurt.
In the meantime, seeing the boss continuing to feign injury, Yuhan spoke in an angry voice.
"I wasn't planning to go this far!"
"What? This punk?"
"Boss! I know everything about your affair with the lady from Haengun Real Estate, and about losing money on stocks recently! Plus the fact that you relieved yourself at the entrance of the shop next door!"
"H-how do you know that? So what? You punk!"
The flustered boss bluffed and threw a tantrum, pretending to be in the right.
Yuhan's brow furrowed.
"Punk? Am I your punk? Why are you using such foul language! Should I tell your wife everything?"
"W-what? You can't do that!"
"Why not? I have your wife's phone number…."
"W-wait! Even if only for old times' sake, let that go!"
When the boss's weak point struck home, Yuhan's anger subsided slightly.
"Then apologize to Dahui-noona and do as I say!"
"Fine! I'm sorry there! Miss!"
"You need to apologize to me for everything you've done wrong all this time, too!"
"I'm sorry! I'll calculate the severance pay and all the meal allowances and deposit them for you. Please, keep it a secret!"
"And stop speaking down to me!"
"A-alright. Y-Yuhan-ssi."
It was a very reluctant reaction.
The boss calculated all the meal allowances, hourly wages, and severance pay that Yuhan hadn't properly received while working there, and transferred them right in front of his eyes.
"Thanks to you, it's been hard. Please treat your part-timers better from now on!"
"Understood! No, I understand. Please, please keep it a secret! Yuhan-ssi!"
Without looking back, Yuhan took Lee Dahui's hand, opened the convenience store door, and stepped outside.
At the same time, he spat in front of the door with a loud "Hawk!" and said,
"Don't live like that!"
Yuhan felt refreshed.
It was a place he had worked at for two years, so he also felt somewhat bittersweet.
But breaking free from this place felt as light as flying.
It was as if all the humiliations he had suffered at the hands of the convenience store boss had been washed away at once.
‘So refreshing! Glasses! Thank you. Now the hardship ends and happiness begins.’
Yuhan thought that today was one of the happiest days he could count on one hand.
* * *
Kim Seon dragged her tired body back home.
The moment she opened the door and came in, she threw her handbag onto the sofa and flung her tired body onto it as well.
Today was another day that had strayed far from how she had imagined things would unfold, she thought while massaging her cramped calves.
‘Did I end up helping unintentionally?’
Something didn't feel quite settled, but she felt good about Yuhan telling her to invest.
Being able to continue watching over him by his side wasn't bad at all.
Strangely, whenever she looked at Yuhan, a happy smile came to her face.
‘If I had had a child right after getting married, would they be around his age now?’
Kim Seon had married a husband four years her senior when she was twenty.
‘Shall I draw up plans for the future?’
Wondering how to invest in him and help Yuhan, she opened her social media.
Kim Seon was startled and froze.
The number of people following her had been one hundred thousand until yesterday.
Now it was exactly double: two hundred thousand.
"How can there be this many [Likes!] in just one day?"
As she scrolled down, Kim Seon stopped again, her face filled with surprise.
"Oh my! Chairman Park from Seocho-dong who owns twenty buildings, and Chairman Hwang who owns the buildings for five Starbucks stores, followed me?"
Famous real estate investors with whom one couldn't easily connect had followed her first.
And there were not just one or two of them.
Thanks to Yuhan the Seer, Kim Seon felt she had become more famous.
Kim Seon, who had been thinking that Yuhan was truly incredible, smiled slightly in anticipation of the new future that lay ahead.
* * *
Now partners, the three began dividing the work.
First, Kim Seon took charge of money management and promotion.
Lee Dahui was in charge of receiving money from customers and guiding them, just as before.
Naturally, Yuhan sat at his seat and dealt with people all day long.
The fortune-teller shop gradually became more famous.
As a result, many people lined up in front of the shop.
The income that came with it was becoming too significant to ignore.
A month passed by quickly.
After closing, it had naturally become a routine for them to count the money together and share their opinions.
Kim Seon, who had been gathering the money into bundles with rubber bands, soon spoke as if reporting.
"Today we made about fifteen million!"
"Wow~ We'll be rich in no time?"
Lee Dahui was overjoyed, but Yuhan wasn't satisfied yet.
"I can't be satisfied with this! We need to make about a hundred million a day!"
Was his greed growing excessive because of his ability?
Yuhan wanted to earn money quickly.
He had already prepared enough for his father's hospital fees.
But for the future, he needed to earn much more than that.
On the other hand, Lee Dahui spoke as if content.
"A hundred million? That's greedy....... I'm satisfied with where we are now!"
To this, Kim Seon spoke as if agreeing with Yuhan.
"If we do as Yuhan-ssi says, we can't do it here! We have to move to a bigger place!"
"Is that so? Then what should we do?"
"I have something planned, so please wait a bit!"
It seemed Kim Seon was preparing something.
Curious about what her plan was, Yuhan thought while wearing his glasses.
‘What kind of plan is it?’
[Secured a large, nice house! Under construction. Planning to work and live together there.]
‘Oh! That's great!’
Kim Seon stood up and spoke with a bright expression.
"Tomorrow is our first day off! Recharge well and see you the day after tomorrow!"
"Ah~ hell yeah! Tomorrow is shopping day."
Lee Dahui seemed excited, happy to have a rare day off.
"Yuhan-ssi, you'll take your father to the hospital tomorrow, right?"
When Kim Seon asked, Lee Dahui became quiet and Yuhan's expression darkened.
"Yes. It's the day he's being admitted."
"Take care! If you need anything, contact us!"
Worried about his father's surgery, Yuhan got up first, said his goodbyes, and returned home listlessly.
* * *
Yuhan visited the hospital with his father.
It was to know exactly what his condition was.
Now, after completing the admission procedures at the hospital, he was waiting to see the doctor who had made the cancer diagnosis.
Ding-dong!
[Lee Jeonghwan]
His father's name appeared on the screen.
The two opened the door and entered the examination room.
They greeted the doctor and sat down in front of him.
"Lee Jeonghwan! We've scheduled the surgery for three days from now. Understood?"
Without another word, the doctor only stated the surgery date and tried to go about his own business.
Yuhan didn't like his insincere attitude.
No matter how busy he was, it was disappointing for a doctor to speak so perfunctorily.
He was the doctor who would be operating on his father.
So, worried and simultaneously curious about how he viewed his patients, Yuhan took out and put on his glasses.
[Not thinking much. Glorious history of medical malpractice. Makes frequent mistakes and rarely admits to them.]
‘Huh, what? Why did it have to be someone like this handling Father? This is unsettling......!’
While Yuhan was lost in thought, the nurse tried to guide them out.
He stopped the nurse for a moment and spoke.
"Please wait a moment!"
"Yes?"
"I came here because I was called in as a guardian, but I was wondering if there isn't supposed to be an explanation about the surgery and about how serious my father's illness is."
It was a question directed at the doctor.
When Yuhan asked, the doctor raised his voice.
"I already told you everything during the previous biopsy results. What were you doing if you weren't listening?"
"Excuse me? What do you mean by that?"