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The Promise | Completed
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Irene woke up early as usual. She had a good sleep last night so she opened her eyes with a fresh feeling this morning. After stretching her body and tidying up the bed, she goes to the bathroom to wash up. 30 minutes later, she exited the bathroom wearing a long sleeve shirt and jogger pants since the weather is chilly. She tied her hair to a ponytail. Once she was satisfied with her look, she left the room to join the Kang family downstairs.

As she descended the stairs, she heard a sound from the kitchen. She walked to the sound resource and found Sunmi, Yoona and grandma Kang were cooking in the kitchen.

“Good morning” Irene greet the ladies with sweet smile

“Good morning, sweetie” say Grandma Kang

“Morning” Yoona and Sunmi said

“Have a good sleep last night, sweetie?”

“Yes grandma, it has been a while since I have had a sound sleep. These days our department is getting busy plus we need to finish the annual report so I often sleep late. Sometimes need to work overtime”

Grandma Kang caressed Irene's head softly “Poor thing. Get enough rest while you’re here, okay?”

“Okay grandma” Irene helping Yoona to chop the veggies after that

“Your workload has increased since Seulgi started working, am I right?” Yoona chuckle

“Yes unnie, we have meetings with him twice a week and need to submit a weekly report. Usually we only write monthly but our manager said he want it every week” Irene pouting

“I know right. I also getting busy since he come”

“Seulgi is really a perfectionist” say Sunmi

“You’re right, if our report not satisfy him, he will return it back”

“Irene unnie, is he strict with you too?” Sunmi looking at Irene

“Yes, he also does the same to me. Seulgi not giving chance at all” all of them laughing at Irene remarks

“My grandson is strict, dedicated and hardworking like his grandpa” say the grandmother

“Is grandpa also strict like him before?” Sunmi looking at the elder

“Yup, he is stricter than Seulgi and Siwon. During his era, a lot of his staff resigned because they couldn't deal with his attitude. He almost went bankrupt due to major losses after mass resignations from his staff. Not showing off but if he don’t meet me, KS will not exist today” Grandma Kang reminisce her old days with her husband

“Tell us more, grandma” the girls sit at the stool to listen to the elder story since they already finish cooking

Grandma Kang folded her arms on the table and leaned comfortably. “When I heard about the KS crisis, I quickly went to find your grandfather. I have known him since the news about his company facing financial problems and a lot of investors and business partners cut connection with them. I study the cases from the beginning and find out the root of the problem. When I meet him, I offer to buy all shares of KS. At first he rejected it. Your grandpa is on the verge of giving up. He doesn't see the future of his company. I take a week to convince him then at last he agree”

“What makes you decide to invest in his company when others run away from him?” Yoona asking

“Because the real business person will not give up easily and will find a way to solve the problem in any way possible. As I said earlier, I secretly send my people to KS and investigate the source of the issue. Once I get the report, I study it carefully. I find out that his short-temper, impatience and dictatorship make his staff can’t stay longer with him. When I succeeded in convincing him, I bought entire shares of KS Company. I became the owner of the company. I hired him to be my staff and I gave him options. If he can change his attitude within 12 months, I will give some of my share to him but if he can’t, he will never get anything. Since that day, he slowly changed. No more scolding the staff for nothing, can control his emotions, hearing his staff opinion and everyone has a chance to share their ideas. KS stocks are also rising higher than ever. Lot of investors come again and what makes me proud is he is able to attract foreign investors to the company. We gain more projects whether in the country or overseas. I’m really impressed with his hard work within a year. As I promised, I give 1/3 of the shares to him. I am not giving it all because I want to see his progress. After a few years, we started to build the KS tower that we have now. During the tower opening, he proposed to me to be his wife in front of so many people. If you read the company history at KS Archive, you can see that my name is written as the owner of KS while he is only the founder. Until we retired, the hierarchy remained above him. That is also the reason I am still the biggest shareholder of KS until I give it to all of you. I divided equally to everyone because I don’t want you guys envy each other especially my grandchildren including Jennie. Jeno is exception because he born late but he will give his share when he is old enough”

The girls clapped their hands happily “You’re the best, grandma”

“Daebak”

“Grandma, do you say yes to him?”

“Of course” Grandma Kang nods her head “I also have feelings for him. You know after so many years close with each other, it is impossible if we do not develop romantic feelings plus if that man is as sweet, loving and caring like your grandfather. He already show affection even before he confess his love”

“You’re so lucky”

“When you meet the right person, you will be the luckiest person. The right person will make your life complete. That is why I always advise all of you, if you want to date someone make sure you are confident about that person's attitude. Don’t desperately confess just because of their look. Good looks can’t guarantee good behavior. It's just a bonus. I proudly said that I’m the right person for your grandpa. Look how much he changed right now. If he is still the old Kang Shijin, we’re not here right now. KS tower will not exist. KS will not appear in the stock market. KS will not dominate the Asia and Europe market. Now he is a good person. He is not a dictator anymore”

“True, grandpa is caring and loving to us. He still spoiling us even we’re grown up now” say Yoona

“Hm, he sleep with the boys last night”

“Seriously?” the girls shout in shock

“Yes, Junho, Seulgi and Jeno carry him to their bedroom to sleep with them. He not able to fight since the boys are stronger”

“Aigoo, I thought he go out with daddy, Changwook oppa and uncles to catch chicken at Yoo ahjussi farm” say Sunmi

“I don’t know what time they sleep last night until they still not appear right now” Grandma Kang groan

“Where is Eomma and Aunty Jessi?” Irene asking

“Both of them go to the morning market to buy some fresh meat, fish and veggies. Chaeyeon also go with them” say Yoona

“Jennie and Sooyoung?”

“Those girls are still sleeping. Jennie said they wanted to watch a movie last night in their room. They invite me but I’m really sleepy so just both of them” say Sunmi

“Aigoo, now serve the food so that we can eat before it gets cold. Save some for your appa and eomma. I will wake those sleepyhead” Grandma Kang give command to the girls before she leave the kitchen

Upon hearing Grandma Kang's story, Irene concludes that Seulgi inherited some of his grandfather's attitude but thankfully did not inherit everything. Seulgi is still better than his grandfather. At least he did not scold his staff for nothing or being a dictator. After a few months leading the company, Seulgi treated everyone kindly, humble and very professional. He gives everyone a chance to generate ideas and listen to their explanations seriously. If the idea is not good, he will let them know which part they need to fix. KS staff really respect him because of his classy attitude. Even none of the staff know their relationship, Irene still proud at him as someone dear to her

………………..

“Seulgi, this is not how you cut the veggies. Look! It is too thick. This one is too small. Potato also not peeled properly”

Irene nagged for 30 minutes now because of the chaos that Seulgi created in the kitchen. The female members are cooking a New Year's Eve meal tonight. Seulgi volunteers to help since he has nothing to do. In the end, he only make a mess

“Seulgi, you made Irene nagging a lot today” say his mother come to the kitchen to check their progress

“I just want to help her, eomma” Seulgi pouting

“He is not helping at all, eomma. Look how he cut the veggies” Irene showed the vegetables that Seulgi cut earlier

Mrs. Kang laughed “No wonder Irene scolds you. You will make your grandparents choking these veggies if you cut in big size”

“Hmm” Seulgi slump his shoulder

“Instead of disturbing Irene, why don’t you make hot drinks for u

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Mapas7616
#1
Chapter 40: Thank you ❤️ It's a great story author-nim!❤️❤️❤️
lfeitosa
#2
Chapter 39: Such a nice ending! Thank you very much for this great story author-nim!
And the joyri in the ending was such a good surprise! It’s one of my favorite ships
gomtokki_23
#3
Chapter 39: great story. thank you authornim :)
Axseul
#4
Chapter 40: Thank you ♥️♥️♥️
neuneu24
#5
Chapter 39: Thank you <3
dancesunny1531
#6
Chapter 40: It's really beautiful. Thank you for your hard work on writing a great story! Looking forward to the next new story.
Axseul
#7
Chapter 38: Wooow wonderful family ☺️☺️
lfeitosa
#8
Chapter 38: Ah Kang family is so cute!! 🥰
lfeitosa
#9
Chapter 37: Ah double baby! That's nice, my family was like that too and is nice to have came age cousins.
Get well soon Wenseul!
GG_sone_sz
#10
Chapter 37: Congrats.. double baby on the way.. lets enjoy the mood swing and craving journey wenseul.. 😏😏