Paladin of the Dead God

Chapter 824

A few days later.

Yoo-hyun and Jeong Da-hye went to work together at Future Tower after spending the weekend.

They felt excited in the elevator going up to the office, as it had been a long time.

Jeong Da-hye asked.

“You look so eager, don’t you?”

“It’s been a really long time.”

“I know. I wonder how everyone has changed.”

Yoo-hyun was also very curious.

Creak.

As they opened the door to the 20th floor office, they saw no sign of the employees.

They must have not arrived yet.

Did they come too early?

Yoo-hyun was about to hide his disappointment and turn on the office lights when it happened.

Bang! Pop! Pop! Pop!

He was startled by the sudden sound of fireworks.

“Wow.”

“Wha, what is this...”

Jeong Da-hye looked at the colorful confetti flying in the air with a bewildered expression.

Then they heard a familiar chorus of voices.

“Welcome back, our two CEOs!”

Jang Manbok, Won Gijun, Gong Hyunjun, Lee Jiyeon.

The four team leaders and the employees who filled the third floor cheered.

“Woohoo!”

Where did they come from?

There must have been at least a hundred of them.

The employees from the 19th and 18th floors also seemed to have come up.

There was also a banner fluttering.

-Han Yoo-hyun, Jeong Da-hye CEOs, thank you for your hard work. We love you.

“Thank... you, really.”

With moist eyes, Jeong Da-hye stepped back and Yoo-hyun looked around.

He felt like there was someone missing.

That’s when it happened.

Rumble.

They heard the sound of wheels rolling and a clinking voice.

“CEO Han, who are you looking for?”

“Team leader Yoon.”

Yoo-hyun blinked his eyes when he saw Yoon Bomi.

She was pulling a metal cart with a five-tier cake that he had only seen at weddings.

He could feel the sincerity from the welcome messages and the cute decorations on each tier.

“That’s quite a scale.”

Yoon Bomi winked at the surprised Yoo-hyun.

“You gave us a generous bonus, didn’t you? This is the least we can do.”

“Ehehe, I wish I could have given you a hundred-tier cake.”

“Hahaha!”

Jang Manbok joined in and the employees laughed loudly.

They could feel the lively atmosphere of the employees in the laughter.

Gong Hyunjun, who had been responsible and leading this place in the meantime, pointed at the cake and said.

“What are you two doing? You have to blow out the candles.”

The candles were flickering on top of the five-tier cake.

This is something.

Yoo-hyun scratched his head awkwardly and looked at Jeong Da-hye.

She looked up at the sky with a grateful expression and blinked her eyes.

He felt like he knew how she felt.

Thankful, proud, and touched.

He also felt the warm emotions from his precious people.

‘It’s been a while, my people.’

Squeeze.

He held her hand and Jeong Da-hye nodded at him.

They blew the wind towards the candles.

“Whew!”

Clap clap clap clap clap clap.

The office was filled with applause.

Yoo-hyun and Jeong Da-hye had happy smiles on their faces.

Yoo-hyun greeted the employees who had worked hard in Korea.

He exchanged a few words with the unfamiliar employees as well, making eye contact.

He didn’t just ask how they were, but also gave them gifts one by one.

As he did so, time flew by, and soon it was time for his appointment.

“It’s already 3 o’clock.”

Yoo-hyun muttered as he looked at the clock in the CEO’s office, where he had changed into a white shirt.

Jeong Da-hye approached him in front of the full-length mirror and asked.

“Do you look reluctant?”

“I am. We should have had a dinner party on a day like this.”

“We can do it next time. We can’t help it today.”

Swoosh.

She looked into his eyes and wrapped her arms around his neck.

Yoo-hyun closed his eyes as he felt the strong scent of lavender.

He offered his lips to Jeong Da-hye, who looked incredulous.

“This is the office.”

“I just closed my eyes.”

“Liar.”

She pouted her lips and tied his navy tie.

At first, her touch was awkward, but now he could feel the love from her skillful fingers.

‘I used to push her away carelessly.’

He had refused when Jeong Da-hye tried to tie his tie.

He didn’t know that there was love in such small gestures.

What if he had appreciated her feelings?

Instead of making a useless regret, Yoo-hyun gently stroked her hair.

“I’ll do well and come back.”

“Don’t be nervous in front of those great people.”

“They are the ones who should be nervous. A lot of things will change from now on.”

He was talking about the CEOs of the conglomerates who would attend the Federation of Korean Industries.

His eyes sparkled.

Yoo-hyun left the Future Tower and got into the luxury car that was waiting for him in front of the building.

It wasn’t far from Gwanghwamun to Yeouido, but he had no reason to refuse the other’s favor.

He felt like he had gone back to the past as he sat on the soft back seat.

‘He was so excited when he got his first car with a driver.’

That was when he became an executive, something he had always dreamed of.

He felt like he had everything in the world, but his joy was short-lived.

His life became miserable in the fierce competition where he could fall at any moment if he couldn’t endure.

He stepped on his colleagues to climb up, and bowed his head to the chairman as his master.work.

“You two seem to be excited because a young friend came, but please restrain yourselves.”

“Hmm.”

The two chairmen didn’t flinch because of his words, who was the fourth in the business hierarchy.

There was one person who sat at the top seat.

Choi Jincheol, the chairman of the Korea Business Leaders Association and the first in the business hierarchy, the chairman of Ilsung Group, was staring at Yoo-hyun quietly.

The atmosphere became tense because of his weight.

He was short, but his body looked solid, and his eyes were very sharp.

He had a strong charisma that suited a person who had ruled at the top for a long time.

If it was before?

He would have shrunk in front of Chairman Choi’s dignified expression.

But strangely enough, Yoo-hyun’s heart wasn’t shaken much.

‘I’m not here as a subordinate, what.’

He even felt comfortable.

Yoo-hyun smiled calmly and greeted him with his eyes.

“...”

Oh, look at him.

Chairman Choi’s lips twitched slightly for a moment.

He had never met Yoo-hyun, but he knew a lot about him.

Was it when Hansung’s succession structure was suddenly overturned?

He heard about the background of Shin Kyungsoo’s sinking and Shin Kyung-wook’s rise, and he first encountered the name of that young friend.

He was just a section chief at that time.

The more he heard, the more absurd his career was, so he told his son, Chairman Choi Minyong, to meet him once.

But his son got rejected when he offered to recruit him.

The old man who retired because of that, how much he teased him...

Since then, every time he met that stiff old man, he mentioned Yoo-hyun, and he invested 500 billion won in the venture foundation, not to mention, and now he asked him to take a good look at him.

-Don’t be angry and step on the young sprout with passion, and listen to his story. It will help you too.

How dare you try to teach me!

Honestly, he was annoyed, but on the other hand, he was curious.