Chapter 151.1: I missed you (2)
Kang Dae-Kyung and Yoo Hye-Sook left their hotel room, got on the elevator, and got off on the first floor lobby. The swimming pool and the gym were to the right of the lobby, and the buffet restaurant was to the left. They had a free pass that the hotel offered to guests, so they had actually already eaten breakfast at the buffet yesterday.
Their plane landed at the hotel on Friday night.
Yoo Hye-Sook grumbled that they would not be able to get their money’s worth if they stayed in their room for too long, so they headed out early on Saturday morning. However, the complicated layout of the hotel caught them by surprise. Hence, today, they decided to take their time leaving the room.
Now that they were already familiar with some of the areas, they leisurely walked past the hallway, then turned left toward the buffet restaurant.
They just had to confirm the guest list at the information desk, and they would be able to head inside without trouble.
Kang Dae-Kyung and Yoo Hye-Sook had been in the midst of turning around when they stopped dead in their tracks. Unable to move, all they could do was stare blankly at the person before them.
“I tried calling your hotel room, but since no one answered, I came over instead.”
“Channy?”
Kang Chan was right in front of them, wearing a black suit and a shirt. Smiling brightly, he approached his parents.
“You should have breakfast first,” Kang Chan continued.
“When did you get here?”
“A little while ago.”
Four of the hotel staff quickly came over and prepared a table for them.
“What happened?” Yoo Hye-Sook did nothing but stare at Kang Chan. It was as if she had completely forgotten that they came down to eat.
“Honey, Channy has to be hungry. Why don’t we talk over breakfast?” Kang Dae-Kyung interjected.
“Ah, right! What’s wrong with me? Quickly now, let’s eat.”
Kang Chan was left with no other choice but to have breakfast again. Nevertheless, he was happy to see Kang Dae-Kyung, who gave him a knowing look, and Yoo Hye-Sook, who looked both happy and surprised.
“We got here last Friday. It would have been really nice if you could join us on this getaway,” Yoo Hye-Sook said. She quickly changed her expression when Kang Dae-Kyung gave her a glance and cleared his throat.
“Still, thanks to you, we got to see a lot of amazing sceneries,” Yoo Hye-Sook added.
As he smiled, Kang Chan subtly gestured at Kang Dae-Kyung, thanking him.
“Can the two of you head home late today?” Kang Chan asked.
“Today? Our flight is at one o’clock this afternoon.”
“I can change that. If the two of you are okay with it, we can head home together later in the evening.”
Kang Dae-Kyung met Yoo Hye-Sook’s eyes for a moment, then nodded. “Okay, let’s do that. We can leave our luggage with the hotel until our flight.”
“Channy, try this. Eat this as well,” Yoo Hye-Sook said.
The point of a buffet was that customers could eat as much of their favorite food on the menu as they wanted. However, Yoo Hye-Sook just kept filling Kang Chan’s plate with different dishes.
Kang Chan had no choice but to force himself to eat.
After about an hour, they ended their meal with cups of tea.
“Let’s go to our hotel room and grab our luggage,” Kang Dae-Kyung said.
“Those can be left in the room—I asked the hotel to keep them there.”
“You didn’t have to pay more fees?”
“No, I didn’.”
Kang Dae-Kyung looked at Kang Chan with a puzzled expression; his expression soon turned strange.
“Let’s go. There’s a place that I want to go with the two of you,” Kang Chan said.
“Where are we going, Channy?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked.
“I have a surprise prepared for you both.”
Kang Chan left the restaurant and walked past the lobby with his parents. Standing in front of the entrance of the hotel, they noticed a taxi, a rental car, a private car, and a white limousine parked before them.
As Kang Chan walked onward, the employee standing in front of the limousine opened the door.
“After you, Mother.”
“Oh my!”
In front of the people who were blatantly looking at them, Kang Dae-Kyung and Yoo Hye-Sook got on the limousine. They both looked dazed.
Bam.
As soon as Kang Chan sat across from his parents, the employee closed the door and drove off.
“What’s this?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked.
Naturally, they weren’t asking that question because they didn’t know that they were in a limousine.
“This is the beginning of the surprise I have for you.”
Kang Dae-Kyung gave Kang Chan a look that seemed to say, ‘Aren’t you overdoing it?’
However, Kang Chan still seemed amused by Yoo Hye-Sook’s reaction.
“Where is this limousine taking us?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked.
Kang Chan couldn’t help but smile brightly. She looked exactly like Kim Mi-Young.
“I’m happier that I get to be with my son than I am about the limousine ride.”
“Me too.” Kang Chan really missed this moment.
Jeju island and the limousine aside, he had sincerely hoped for a moment when he could be with his parents like this.
Yoo Hye-Sook was looking outside with a curious expression when the limousine stopped. “Are we getting out of the limousine here?”
“Yes.”
Unlike Yoo Hye-Sook, who was flustered and excited, Kang Dae-Kyung had a mischievous expression on his face. He appeared to be thinking, ‘What is that kid trying to do this time?’
However, he soon began to look flustered as well.
“Getting to serve all of you is an honor.”
It seemed even Kang Dae-Kyung didn’t expect the yacht with five employees in uniforms lined up in front of it. Dumbfounded by the plan, he eventually burst out with laughter.
Kang Chan’s parents kept checking and asking him multiple times if they were in the right place. After a while, they finally boarded it. Only then did the yacht set sail toward the sea.
The yacht was fairly large. It had comfortable chairs at the back and sophisticated decorations inside. The interior was so elegant that it reminded them of a fancy restaurant.
The three sat outside the yacht.
The female employee brought over champagne and filled their glasses.
“Alright! Since Channy has gone through all the trouble to surprise us, let’s enjoy this gift to our heart’s content! Thank you, Channy.” Kang Dae-Kyung held his glass out for a toast, and Yoo Hye-Sook and Kang Chan clinked theirs with it.
Clink!
The long and narrow glasses rang clearly when they clinked together.
“This is good!” Yoo Hye-Sook complimented. If she knew the cost of the champagne, she never would have said that. Kang Dae-Kyung seemed aware that it was expensive, but he didn’t complain.
Strangely, Yoo Hye-Sook kept checking Kang Dae-Kyung and Kang Chan’s moods.
“Mother, do you want another glass of champagne?” Kang Chan asked.
“Can I have another one?”
When Kang Chan looked at an employee, a female employee quickly approached them and filled up Yoo Hye-Sook’s glass.
The sky was clear, the sunlight was warm, and the blue sea was brilliantly glinting.
“Honey, I’m so happy!” Yoo Hye-Sook said as if she was talking to herself. As Kang Dae-Kyung started massaging her shoulders, the yacht stopped. Not long after, the captain brought them three fishing rods.
Kang Chan put his fishing rod down and stayed near Yoo Hye-Sook, who had already caught a fish. The employee helped her collect the fish and put another bait on her hook.
“Oh my! I think I just caught another fish!” Yoo Hye-Sook exclaimed. She was catching so many fish that it was fascinating.
“You seem to have amazing luck when it comes to fishing, madam!” Even the employee looked surprised.
It looked like Yoo Hye-Sook didn’t hear them because she was too distracted by the fish.
They spent two hours fishing.
“Phew! This is so much fun.” Smiling brightly, Yoo Hye-Sook wiped her hands on a wet towel and sat on a chair. An employee cleanly sliced the raw fish that they had caught a little while ago and brought it to them along with side dishes such as abalone and sea cucumber.
“Mmm!” Yoo Hye-Sook didn’t have to exaggerate her exclamation since it really tasted amazing even for Kang Chan, who was full.
They rested for a bit, then returned to where they first got on the yacht.
The three got on the limousine that had been waiting for them and dropped by the glass park, which Kang Chan’s parents couldn’t go to yesterday. They then had abalone bibimbap in a hot stone pot and sea urchin soup for lunch.
Afterward, for the first time, they took a photo together.
His parents had likely done this before, but this was Kang Chan’s first time taking photos with them since he reincarnated. With the sea as their background, they took a photo with all three of them. Afterward, Kang Chan took a photo with Yoo Hye-Sook, then with Kang Dae-Kyung.
It was a luxurious day, but Kang Chan just thought of it as a present to himself.
It was actually Kim Hyung-Jung that had prepared all of this.
Kang Chan didn’t exactly know who was paying or how much everything cost. He just wanted to leisurely enjoy this moment.
At around four in the afternoon, they ate what was said to be the most famous melon bingsu on Jeju Island. By then, Yoo Hye-Sook already looked tired.
Taking a yacht out to sea and fishing seemed to have exhausted her.
“When’s our flight, Channy?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked after finishing her bowl of bingsu. She seemed to be saying that she now wanted to go home and rest.
“Want to head back to Seoul now?” Kang Chan asked.
“Can we go?”
Kang Chan realized that Yoo Hye-Sook was pretty and that he felt thankful toward her. He felt grateful to have a mother who was so considerate of him that she was afraid telling him she wanted to go home would hurt him because he made time for them for the first time in so long. He was also grateful to have a father who pushed down his curiosity and surprise so he could pretend to be calm at all times.
“We should be just in time for our flight if we head back now,” Kang Chan said.
“Yeah?”
The three returned to the hotel and dropped by their hotel room to brush their teeth. Afterward, they headed out again.
The limousine took them to the airport. As soon as they arrived, an employee who had been waiting for them greeted Kang Chan.
“Do you have our plane tickets?” Kang Chan asked the employee.
“It should be ready.”
They headed deeper into the airport until they reached the runway where the private plane Kang Chan had ready for them was waiting.
Yoo Hye-Sook looked like she was at a loss for words. Meanwhile, Kang Dae-Kyung burst out with laughter.
“Let’s go! This is a part of Channy’s surprise for us,” Kang Dae-Kyung said.
They calmed the startled Yoo Hye-Sook before they all boarded the plane. As soon as they were in, the plane took off.
“Was it you who flew to the hotel on a helicopter this morning, by any chance?” Kang Dae-Kyung whispered to Kang Chan.
“You saw that?”
“Phuhuhu,” Kang Dae-Kyung laughed again, finding Kang Chan’s answer funny.
“There isn’t more to this, is there? We’re not moving to a mansion or anything like that, right?” Kang Dae-Kyung asked again.
Kang Chan also laughed loudly—which he hadn’t done in a long time—at Kang Dae-Kyung’s joke.
“What’s so funny?” Yoo Hye-Sook asked.
“We’re talking about secrets that are strictly for men only,” Kang Dae-Kyung responded.
“You always tease me!”
Even without the yacht, the private plane, and other luxuries, Yoo Hye-Sook would have still been happy to see Kang Chan.
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