"GUNWOO-YA, you’re a smart kid, so you probably noticed that your daddy is very rich," Garam said strictly. This ti, he was properly looking at his son. And he didn’t crack a smile. His tone wasn’t that gentle either. "But just because you have a rich father doesn’t an you can act however you want. Plus, you shouldn’t brag about your father to your friends. Where did you learn to talk like that anyway?"
Gunwoo frowned, and the kid was pouting the entire ti he was explaining: "But my classmates keep talking about what their parents do. When I said my dad takes care of at ho, they said we must be poor because I don’t have a nanny."
Aigooya.
Do kids these days really talk like that?
"But then I said my other daddy is rich!" Gunwoo said. "I also said my grandpas live in a big house with a koi pond! Then my classmates said they wanted to go to see the fishies!" The kid’s face bead as if he just rembered sothing important to him. "Dad, can I invite my classmates to my grandpas’ house? They want to play with the fishies, too! And I want to play golf with them! Grandpa’s golf course in the garden is fun!"
Garam pinched the bridge of his nose. "Gunwoo-ya, you can’t invite your classmates to your grandparents’ house when we don’t live there anymore."
"Why is that a problem? I’m sure Appa and Abeoji won’t mind," Song Sihyuk said casually. "They’ll even throw a party for Gunwoo and his classmates. You know what? Let’s just do it. I don’t want those kids looking down on my son."
This is probably why many rich kids grow up as twisted adults.
Hierarchy.
Those poor kids were introduced to social hierarchy early because of the kind of environnt they were living in.
To be fair, Garam didn’t want Gunwoo to be picked on by his classmates either.
But is this really the only way for my son to be liked by his peers? To brag about his father’s wealth? What about the kids who aren’t as wealthy as our family?
Well, honestly, it wasn’t like ordinary kids could afford the tuition fee at that school.
That kindergarten school doesn’t offer scholarships.
So, it was safe to assu that all of Gunwoo’s classmates were rich.
And it seems like my son is in the bottom of the class because people don’t know that he’s the future heir of SG Group.
"Dad? I want to bring my classmates to grandpas’ house," Gunwoo said, giving Garam the puppy dog eyes that he couldn’t resist. "I want to show them the fishies. And I want to play golf with them. Pretty please?"
Garam kept his mouth shut, avoiding his son’s gaze so he wouldn’t cave.
"Socializing is important for soone like Gunwoo," Song Sihyuk said as if to convince Garam. "The people around our son will run the country in the future. It won’t hurt if he gets friendly with them this early."
"Hyung, our son is only in kindergarten."
"Yeah, that’s when socializing usually starts. Networking this early will help our son a lot in the future."
Aigooya.
I know Sihyuk Hyung is a chaebol, but I didn’t think his mindset would be this different from a normal person like .
Ah, as expected.
Chaebols are really a different breed.
Garam couldn’t even rember what he did in kindergarten.
I probably just played with my classmates back then.
But Song Sihyuk, when he was in kindergarten, was already working on his connections.
"Daaad."
"Garam-ah."
Aigooya.
These father-and-son duo is ganging up on , huh?
"Fine, we’ll do it."
Gunwoo imdiately cheered while Song Sihyuk smiled as if he were satisfied.
But I’m not yet done.
"The party isn’t for building connections," Garam said, glaring at Song Sihyuk. That warning was for the Alpha anyway. "It will just be a normal party for kids."
***
"HYUNG, have you called Jung Han-ssi?" Garam asked, slightly worried. "You can’t drive in that condition."
When they got ho, Song Sihyuk’s condition had gotten worse.
I think Hyung is running a fever now.
And the fever was induced by his incoming rut.
That’s why Hyung decided to go back to his penthouse and lock himself up there until his rut disappears.
"Yeah, I already called Jung Han," Song Sihyuk confird. "He’ll be here in five minutes."
"Will you really be fine alone, Hyung?"
"Of course— I’m not a child. And it’s not like this is the first ti I’m taking care of my rut on my own."
Right.
For the past five years, despite Song Sihyuk’s amnesia, he didn’t sleep with anyone.
To be fair, Garam wouldn’t have cared either way.
We’re already divorced, so it’s none of my business.
Having said that, a small part of him was relieved that Song Sihyuk practiced abstinence during their ti apart.
I must have lost my mind.
"Jung Han is here," Song Sihyuk said after checking his phone. "Tell Gunwoo I’ll see him soon."
Gunwoo had fallen asleep after snacking.
Hence, their son couldn’t see Song Sihyuk off.
"I’ll tell him," Garam said while nodding. "Go ho and rest, Hyung."
***
"VICE CHAIRMAN, is Lim Garam-nim not going to take care of you?"
Song Sihyuk scoffed at Jung Han’s question.
If another person had asked such a personal question, he would have snapped.
But Jung Han was soone who had been by his side since he was a boy, and Jung Han would only ask such questions if he was worried about him.
Jung Han is probably worried since he can tell I’m about to go into a rut.
"Why would Lim Garam take care of ? He has no obligation to do so?"
"Ah, is that so?" Jung Han asked, obviously disappointed. "I thought you and Lim Garam-nim were getting along well recently. So, I thought you two were about to get back together, sir."
"Does it look that way?"
"Yes, sir. Lim Garam-nim has been cordial to you all this ti, so I thought he had already forgiven you."
"Lim Garam is actually being more cruel by acting that way, you know? I’d rather he just lashed out at instead of treating cordially."
Jung Han slightly tilted his head to one side. "Why would you prefer that, sir?"
"Because the opposite of love is indifference. It’s not that Lim Garam is being cordial to — he simply doesn’t care about anymore. He can treat like an old friend because he has completely given up on as a partner," Song Sihyuk said, closing his eyes because his eyelids suddenly felt heavy. "To simply put, Lim Garam is only putting up with because I’m Gunwoo’s father."
***
Pfft.
Garam smiled when his group chat with his forr group mbers had beco lively again, all because of Gong Hanseo’s dark joke.
To be honest, Garam was worried because Song Sihyuk clearly didn’t like Gong Hanseo.
But he didn’t want the Alpha to dictate whom he could interact with.
Plus, my friends can be adults who can bring a positive influence on Gunwoo. Despite being rich and successful, all of them have remained grounded.
Garam didn’t want Guwoo to look up too much on Song Sihyuk.
After all, Sihyuk Hyung has the ’chaebol mindset’ that I don’t like.
Hence, he wanted his son to et other adults whom he could look up to.
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