The God of Coding, Becoming an IT Conglomerate

20. Mid-Autumn Festival

Hoyoung and Miru were on their way to somewhere.

“Director. Can we go this way?”

“Well···. Wait.”

Hoyeong checked the map again.

At that time, navigation was not yet widespread in Korea, so a map was essential when driving long distances.

“This is fun too.”

“yes. It’s my first experience.”

Hoyoung started driving after the age of 40, when navigation systems were sufficiently popular in his previous life, so seeing a map was an unfamiliar experience.

Miru started driving in the United States because it was almost impossible to live in the United States without being able to drive.

At this time, the number of drivers using navigation (GPS) had already begun to increase in the United States, and Miru was one of them.

“We are almost there.”

“Miru is really suffering.”

“no. But can I really go?”

“sure. You will like it more.”

Miru drove for six hours non-stop.

It was literally a journey over mountains and water.

The car carrying Hoyeong and Miru is headed to Cheongsong, North Gyeongsang Province.

Although Hoyoung was born and raised in Seoul, it was where her parents now live.

“Hey. It’s really nice here.”

As the name suggests, Cheongsong in Gyeongsangbuk-do is a place where many green pine trees grow.

Beautiful Juwangsan Mountain and Jusanji are tourist attractions, and it is famous for mineral water containing natural carbonation and Dalgi mineral water.

Hoyeong went to Seoul in March for the start of the semester and returned to her hometown to celebrate Chuseok in six months.

“This is the house right upstairs.”

Hoyeong’s house was located in Bugok-ri, a little further inside Cheongsong-eup.

Today, Chuseok is also Chuseok, but I came down to tell you Hoyoung’s decision to go the path of computers without taking the bar exam.

‘I tried it once in my previous life, but it’s not easy.’

Hoyoung took a deep breath before entering the house.

Rather, there were things that were difficult to say because I had experienced it once in my previous life.

Because I already know how disappointed my father is.

But it was something I had to do someday.

Hoyeong went into the yard with a stiff face.

“Mother, Father. I am here.”

“Oh, is Hoyoung here?”

My mother, who was cooking in the kitchen, ran out to the yard in a month.

“Why are you so skinny? Are you eating well?”

“sure. How well do you eat?”

Mother said while caressing Hoyoung’s face.

Hoyoung felt like she was about to cry, but she held it in.

It was because, to Ho-yeong, it was the face of her mother who saw her face for more than 10 years rather than seeing her in six months.

However, Hoyeong did not shed tears because she was afraid that her mother would be worried.

“yes? But who is this man?”

Mother saw Miru standing behind Hoyeong and asked.

“mother. It’s called Miru here. How many times have you talked to me over the phone? In many ways, there is an older brother who helps me a lot these days… I owe a lot.”

“Hello mother? It’s called procrastination. Please treat me like a son.”

Miru smiled kindly and grabbed her mother’s hand.

Hoyeong and Miru had been promised in advance to explain their relationship to their parents like this.

“I have heard the word several times. Thank you for taking good care of our Hoyoung.”

Mother said to Miru and bowed her head.

“I didn’t do anything great enough to be greeted by my mother. ha ha ha. Please feel free to talk to me.”

“By the way, how did your family come down here this Chuseok?”

“Because I don’t have parents…”

“Oh, I said something useless… sorry.”

“no. no. It’s really fine.”

Mother bowed her head again, and Miru shook her hands to dissuade her.

“mother. Are you going to keep us standing in the yard?”

“Oh! look at my mind Come in quickly.”

Mother took Hoyeong and Miru into the house and served them simple refreshments.

“did you eat?”

“no. I haven’t eaten yet. Where has your father gone?”

“I went to the military office for a while. He said he had something to do.”

Hoyoung’s father was a civil servant.

When I was assigned to Seoul and worked there, I met my mother, a Seoul woman, and fell in love with her, and even got married.

But a few years ago, my father was assigned to Cheongsong, his hometown.

Thanks to that, my father was enjoying life in his hometown.

“Did you go out even though it was a holiday today?”

“Your father is always like that. It’s my day off and nothing.”

“Aren’t you uncomfortable living here?”

“I couldn’t live for the first two years, but these days seem to have adapted again.”

As Hoyeong and her mother were talking about this and that, I heard my father’s voice from the entrance of the yard.

“Who has come? There is a car in front of the house that I haven’t seen before.”

“father! I came down.”

“Is Hoyoung here? When did you come?”

“I came a little while ago. It’s my car in front of the house, father.”

“Did you get the car because you had money?”

“I’ll explain right away. If you haven’t eaten yet, would you like to eat first?”

Hoyeong, Miru, and their parents sat around the table and ate dinner.

The side dishes were nothing special, but they tasted better than the rice I had in Seoul, perhaps thanks to my mother’s taste.

Of course, he did not forget to introduce Miru to his father.

After Hoyoung finished eating, he took his mother and father to the living room and knelt down in front of them.

“Are you in such a hurry to talk about martial gods?”

He is usually a very blunt father who rarely expresses himself, but he seemed a bit unwell, probably feeling uncomfortable with Hoyoung’s behavior today.

Hoyeong sighed and cleared her throat before speaking.

“father. mother. I don’t want to take that bar exam.”

Finally, Hoyoung closed her eyes and spoke.

In fact, Hoyoung was about the same age as his father now, if you count his age in his previous life.

Still, my father was my father.

Naturally, I was afraid of my father’s unholy orders.

But my parents didn’t say anything for a while.

Hoyoung opened her eyes in wonder.

I saw my father with a thoughtful expression on his face and his mother looking at Hoyeong from the side.

Hoyoung quietly waited for his father to say something.

After a while.

“Then is there anything else you want to do?”

“yes. I want to get my computer right.”

“Computa?”

“yes. And in fact, I already have a company related to computers. There is no hindrance to your studies. The car in front of the house was also lent by the company.”

And another moment of silence.

“Do you think you have a chance?”

“yes. I don’t think there is a more promising path in Korea than this.”

“okay. Try it.”

“yes?”

Hoyoung was surprised by his father’s unexpected words and asked back.

I never dreamed that he would accept it so readily.

“If there’s something you want to do, shouldn’t you? Instead, school continues to suck. Got it?”

“yes. thank you father.”

Hoyeong continued to look at his father’s eyes hesitantly.

“But father.”

“Wow?”

“Do you have anything to ask?”

“Wow? Was it strange that you could understand so easily?”

“yes.”

In a previous life, when Ho-young told his father that he would study computers instead of taking the bar exam, how hard did he get his approval?

“If you went to college for 3 years or even 2 years and talked like today, I would have said absolutely no. I must have thought it was because I lost my confidence in a place where only smart people gathered. But now, after one semester, I said this, kid. This is not suitable.”

Hoyoung swallowed a laugh inwardly.

Was it for such a simple reason?

“Thank you so much for your understanding. father.”

“done. go and sleep I have to get up early tomorrow morning.’

“yes. Good night, father and mother.”

Hoyeong said goodbye to her parents and left the living room.

In the living room, Miru was waiting for Hoyeong with a slightly nervous expression.

“Director. Did your talk go well?”

“yes. Fortunately.”

“Good for you. I can now proceed with the project comfortably.”

Hoyeong smiled at Miru’s words and nodded.

From now on, Hoyoung had only one thing left to do to advance toward his goal.

It felt as if the only obstacle remaining in my mind had been removed from that advance.

“Wow. The moon is very bright.”

I looked out the window and saw a large, round full moon.

The moonlight illuminated the whole world.

Hoyoung thought that he would only have a bright future.

.

“honey. Are you okay?”

Hoyoung’s father just shook his head in silence at his mother’s question.

“Because your son’s lifelong dream is to become a judge…”

“done. not to be a judge. It means that I want to become a person who lives without being ignored by others.”

My father was a person who had been a civil servant from the lowest level (currently 9th grade civil servant).

That’s why I was well aware of how sad it was to be ignored based on rank and rank.

“What. You will do well. He’s our son…”

Father said and looked out the window at the moon.

Looking at the round and bright moon, he prayed inwardly for it to shine on Hoyeong’s future path.

.

The next day is the day of Chuseok.

Ho-young helped his father to serve his rites early in the morning.

Miru, who spent the night at Hoyeong’s house, was also with them anyway.

After the ceremony and lunch together, Hoyeong decided to leave for Seoul right away.

“okay. Hurry up before the traffic jams.”

“Father, mother. I will come down again soon.”

“Kano, who keeps coming down from afar. Do your best to find out if it’s the computer you said you were doing.”

“yes. I’ll do my best.”

While Hoyeong was saying goodbye to her father, her mother was also saying goodbye to Miru.

“Even when we go up, please take good care of our Hoyoung. Actually, I heard that Hoyeong is a work colleague?”

“On the contrary, I am not in a position to receive help. Your mother knows best how smart Hoyoung is usually, right?”

“Still, please be kind to me.”

At the same time, my mother packed a lot of various ancestral foods, herbs, and side dishes.

Looking at the food in the trunk, Ho-young thought that if he hadn’t brought the car, he would have been in trouble.

“Then mother and father. I’m coming Oh. And I’ve been working lately, so I’ve had some free time. I put in some pocket money. Then let’s go!”

Hoyeong handed an envelope to her mother and immediately got into the car and left the neighborhood.

My parents were looking in the direction where the car disappeared until the car carrying Hoyoung turned into a dot and disappeared.

“Come in.”

“yes.”

As the mother entered the house, she quietly counted the money in the envelope.

One sheet, two sheets, three sheets… There were only twenty sheets of paper in the envelope.

However, all of those 20 were checks for 100,000 won.

“female···. honey!”

My mother called my father urgently and ran after him, who had already entered the yard.

Meanwhile. Hoyeong and Miru are on a long road to Seoul.

“Director. Are you in a good mood?”

“I feel good because I feel like I’ve been filial for the first time in a while.”

“They were really nice people.

“haha. Thank you for looking at me like that.”

It was a sincere feeling for Hoyoung after a long time.

My father’s monthly salary was around 400,000 won, so 2 million won was a considerable sum.

I tried to spend more money, but I only put in 2 million won considering the shock(?) my mother would receive.

Promising to give more often in the future.

In fact, Hoyoung knew very well that even if he gave the money to his mother, he would not be able to use it carelessly.

Nevertheless, the fact that he was filial to his mother made him feel good.

Wasn’t the old Seonghyeon like that? Filial piety is self-satisfaction.

As of today, Hoyoung has cleared the only obstacle he had in mind.

“Procrastination. It will be even busier in the future.”

“Do not worry. I will take you anywhere.”

Like a car speeding along the highway, Hoyoung thought that the only thing left to do was to continue running.