Actually, It’s a Messy Melodrama Chapter 111

He was a returner who had repeated regressions countless times, yet he couldn’t help but laugh, wondering how knowing the future could be this unhelpful. The future Taejun knew was utterly useless in protecting Cha Haeshin.

Even right now was a prime example. Han Taejun did not know, nor could he be certain of, what kind of consequence his visit and warning here today would bring back. He was simply doing what he believed to be the best course of action at this moment.

“By the way, Mr. President…….”

“Huh?”

It was Secretary Choi’s call that broke Taejun’s deepening thoughts. Turning his gaze reflexively, he saw Secretary Choi’s eyes looking at him through the rearview mirror. They were eyes that seemed filled with complicated thoughts.

“Why are you suddenly setting such a serious mood?”

“Could it be that you’re really…….”

“Really what.”

“Thinking of even marrying Mr. Cha Haeshin?”

The question that followed from Secretary Choi was of a completely unexpected variety. At most, Taejun had expected a question along the lines of whether he truly intended to fight with his aunt.

Taejun let out a light laugh and opened his mouth.

“Why? Are you worried I’ll marry someone who has nothing to their name?”

“Rather than being worried…… will the Chairman really allow it?”

“What. Have you already thought that far ahead?”

“Shouldn’t I always move one step faster than you, Mr. President.”

Though he replied like a joke, neither of them took this conversation lightly. Secretary Choi continued.

“Seeing as you came all the way here to speak up, it seems you have no intention of hiding Mr. Cha Haeshin anymore…… on the contrary, it seems like you’re taking the lead to proclaim him as Mr. President’s person so that no one can dare touch him carelessly.”

“Yeah. That’s right.”

“I figured you wouldn’t go this far unless you had marriage in mind. Of course, I am unconditionally on your side, Mr. President, but the thoughts of the others might be different.”

Secretary Choi’s concern was extremely reasonable in a way. Since Cha Haeshin would not be a marriage partner who is universally welcomed.

But that was the case for ordinary people.

Taejun shrugged his shoulders lightly and spoke.

“That might be so. But well…… do the thoughts of other people matter?”

Only then did Secretary Choi realize that his concern was truly useless. This wasn’t just anyone; it was Han Taejun. To begin with, there weren’t many people—elders of the family or otherwise—who could fiercely oppose his words.

At best, Chairman Han was the only person who could stop Taejun, but even that was just as fine.

“It’s not like Grandfather would dig my name out of the family register for doing that.”

After all, Chairman Han himself was the very person who had handed Taejun absolute power.

“That is also true, but…….”

Secretary Choi said with a small laugh. With just that one word, his heart felt much lighter.

Secretary Choi was one of those who had watched from up close just how weak Chairman Han was toward Taejun. He couldn’t imagine Chairman Han cutting ties at all just because Taejun was meeting someone who didn’t meet expectations.

“The important thing is my heart.”

“I suppose so.”

Ultimately, just as Taejun said, the important thing was his heart. If he made up his mind to marry Cha Haeshin, there was no one who could stop him.

Secretary Choi did not continue speaking further and kept reading Taejun’s countenance. It seemed as though he was waiting for Taejun’s next words. Taejun noticed that sign, but his mouth didn’t open easily.

In fact, Taejun’s heart had been pounding wildly from the very moment he heard the word ‘marriage.’ He had always been drawing a future together with Cha Haeshin, but when that was actually replaced by an extremely realistic word, it felt like facing a completely new world.

He had never once in his life seriously thought about marriage. The family elders seemed to think he would naturally do it when he got older, but Taejun himself had grown further and further apart from marriage as time passed.

He wasn’t desperate for the help of another family, and even without such a thing, he had the confidence to lead the company well. At any rate, even if it wasn’t him, there were already plenty of businesses connected through the marriages of his family members.

“Marriage, huh…….”

But after meeting Cha Haeshin, Taejun could finally understand why people regarded marriage as the fruit of love.

Simply eating and sleeping in the same house with Haeshin wasn’t enough. Even if they overcame all the hardships and Haeshin opened his heart to become real lovers, it felt like he wouldn’t be completely satisfied.

Becoming Cha Haeshin’s legal guardian, becoming his fence that no one could trespass against, a relationship that could only be recognized with just one person.

Taejun so clearly wanted to be in that kind of relationship with Cha Haeshin.

“That is also something Cha Haeshin has to accept.”

“Ah…….”

At Taejun’s low voice heard from the back seat, Secretary Choi let out a low groan. For Secretary Choi, it was a response he hadn’t anticipated at all.

Han Taejun was a person who had never once in his life lost the upper hand to someone else. It was still fascinating to see such a person giving in to someone else over a momentous issue like marriage.

But to Taejun, this was only natural. The condition that was more important than anything else was precisely Haeshin’s heart.

Even if they overcame all the current hardships and Haeshin finally accepted his heart completely, marriage was yet another realistic problem.

Haeshin was a person who had already experienced a horribly failed marriage. He had even repeated that failure infinitely, and every time it repeated, he was even murdered by his spouse.

He was worried that asking such a person to step into the institution of marriage again might perhaps feel violent.

“For now, the important thing isn’t that kind of issue anyway.”

Taejun quickly sorted out his thoughts before his mind sank any deeper. Literally, there was a bigger problem right now. It was no time to borrow trouble and worry.

“Anyway, please pay extra attention to the security on Haeshin’s mother’s side as well. If Cha Haeshin doesn’t show up, there’s a high probability they will do something to that side.”

“Yes, I understand.”

Marriage was something to think about later, a really long time later.

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The problem was that human beings were creatures who, when told not to think of an elephant, conversely could not escape from thinking about elephants.

“What are you thinking about so deeply?”

“Huh?”

“Did…… things perhaps not go as intended?”

Haeshin asked in a very cautious voice. And with good reason, because ever since they came back from Jin Youngmin’s house, Taejun kept zoning out like a person who had a screw loose.

He clearly said there wasn’t much of a problem. Perhaps he just hadn’t spoken because he was afraid he would worry, but it seemed there was a problem.

“No. What is there to cause a problem. You don’t have to worry.”

“Then why do you look so deep in thought?”

“Look deep in thought, my foot…….”

Even while replying like that, Taejun stealthily avoided Haeshin’s gaze.

This was all because of Secretary Choi. If he hadn’t brought up the topic of marriage out of nowhere, thoughts like ‘marriage, marriage, I want to marry Cha Haeshin, ah I want to get married’ wouldn’t be constantly storming through his head.

“That’s not true, there’s definitely something.”

Without knowing what was inside his heart, Cha Haeshin narrowed his eyes and approached as if trying to pierce through all of Taejun’s inner thoughts.

“I told you there’s nothing, and yet you’re acting up again!”

“It’s no use even if you say I’m acting up. Let me make this clear. Hiding difficult things or hard things just because you’re thinking of me doesn’t make me happy at all.”

Haeshin spoke firmly while putting on a thoroughly upset expression, as if he was now completely convinced that Taejun was hiding something from him.

“You said we’re a team. Then we should share everything, whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing. Isn’t that what a team is?”

It was even such a correct statement that he couldn’t even refute it. Taejun opened his mouth with a somewhat glum face.

“I know. You’re right. But I’m really not hiding anything.”

But even so, he couldn’t tell Haeshin about marriage and whatnot. There was no need to deliberately bring up the things Haeshin had gone through in the meantime.

No matter how special the circumstances were, strictly speaking, Han Taejun and Cha Haeshin were people who hadn’t known each other for very long. But out of nowhere, marriage. Even a person without any particular negative perception of marriage would be startled and run away.

“Then why is your expression so bad?”

“It’s just because I have a lot on my mind. It’s troubling because it’s not easy to predict what Jin Youngmin will do next, and it’s also questionable whether the choice I made was right.”

Taejun poured out his heart as honestly as possible, excluding only the marriage talk. Cha Haeshin was a quick-witted person, so if he didn’t give him the truth, he might notice that Taejun was making excuses.

“Hmm, we already predicted that Jin Youngmin wouldn’t give up easily no matter what we do anyway.”

Whether the response was natural or not, fortunately, Haeshin seemed to let down his suspicion and easily followed Taejun’s words. Taejun grabbed Haeshin’s wrist, pulling him closer to his side as he spoke.

“That’s true, but…… I don’t know. After seeing the way that bastard acted today, it’s hard to escape the thought that it might be better to just get rid of Jin Youngmin altogether.”

“Ah…….”

“I’m scared that a day might come when I regret not doing so.”

At Taejun’s subsequent confession, Haeshin’s expression became a bit more serious. That was also a dark desire that Haeshin himself had been floundering in for a very long time.

At the same time, feeling Taejun’s heart as he honestly admitted to being ‘scared’ made him feel a sudden surge of emotion.

I’m scared that because I didn’t act more aggressively, you might be hurt again, get injured, or by some chance, I might even lose you.

Taejun’s words meant exactly that. Even though he knew that Cha Haeshin came back to life time and time again from death, Taejun was still fearing Haeshin’s death.