Chapter 41 – The 2nd Store.
After school, I looked after my brothers homework and studies at home, then left the house to go to the gym.
I like Yeong-hee noona, whom I’m dating these days, and I like Kyung-mi, but the best thing for me is, of course, my mother.
I had such a hot night yesterday, but now I suddenly missed my mother so much.
So, before going to the gym, I decided to stop by a food stall to see her mother.
I missed it so much that I ran to the food stall.
I went to the stalls, but the atmosphere was strange.
Normally, at this time, there would be a lot of customers, so I would see people standing in line.
As I got closer, I heard something breaking and a woman screaming.
“Madame! Aren’t you going to have to pay rent to do business? Who gave permission to do business here?”
When I quickly went to the stall, there were three kkakdugi in black suits. One was sitting in the corner dipping and eating tteokbokki, and the other two were screaming.
As if the three kkakdugi were making a fuss, a plastic chair was on top of the tteokbokki plate, and a lot of dishes were falling on the floor.
Inside, a mother and a woman were hugging each other and crying and screaming.
People stood at a distance from the stalls and watched the commotion.
“Fuck, did you see? Aren’t they all off? I’m going to pluck out all the eye colors..”
One kkakdugi standing there came out of the stall and harassed the customers who were watching.
Then, most of the guests hurriedly left their seats, and a few young-looking female guests moved further away and went near the school gate to look around.
I had just arrived while they were messing with customers.
A murmur was heard from the school gate.
“Yaya! This is Seongjin Lee. Seongjin Lee is here. Oh my god?”
It seemed that the young-looking female customers watching were probably students from our school.
The moment I saw the situation at the stalls, I was stunned and froze.
Soon, anger exploded and the lid opened.
Kkakdugi, which had just been bullying the customers, was seen trying to enter the stall again.
“Oh, these bastards.”
I screamed and ran and kicked the guy in the face with a flying kick.
Despite its enormous size, my kick with all my strength made the diced radish roll roll away.
“Uh? What… What is it?”
The other kkakdugi standing in the stall immediately ran out, as if embarrassed.
“You guys, think of today as a memorial day.”
I approached growling.
“Sungjin-ah, no.”
Mother shuddered and screamed.
I immediately folded my fist into my chest and rushed towards the radish radish that was coming out.
As I rushed in, Kkakdugi reflexively punched me.
I naturally threw my fist behind my head and dug into my chest, straightening my lowered body and raising my chin.
“Ew..”
Kkakdugi’s upper body was pushed up and he naturally took a couple of steps back.
I instantly measured the distance, moved my right foot one step forward, bent my upper body forward, and put my left hand straight into the face of Kkakdugi.
I heard the sound of “Bakak” And the feeling came to my fist properly.
Kkakdugi flew backwards.
I jumped forward as if bouncing right away, and just as the kkakdugi fell to the ground, I raised my right foot high and struck the falling kkakdugi with my heel.
Kkakdugi let out a “Guk” Sound, threw his head to the side, foamed at his mouth, and passed out.
Kkakdugi, which had been kicked and flew away earlier, suddenly rushed at me.
I glanced at the guy sitting inside the food stall and measured the distance from the radish radish radish radish that came running.
Then, turning his left foot on an axis, he inserted the right foot into the temple of the running kkakdugi.
Kkakdugi staggered as it bounced to the side at the same speed as it was running.
I immediately caught up and kicked the sideways face up and down with the instep of my left foot.
Kkakdugi’s body bent in the opposite direction and fell to the ground without moving.
At the school gate, the girls were screaming, clapping, and making a fuss.
I slowly turned around and glared at the radish kimchi coming out of the stall.
Even though his colleagues were knocked down, he had a very calm gaze.
He seemed to be in his early to mid-twenties now, but his momentum was amazing.
“The young guy is quite good.”
First of all, the eyes and movements were unusual.
I didn’t think I would lose, but I did think I should be careful.
“You don’t look like someone who would do this, so why are you messing around here? And what time is it now, are you doing this here? Aren’t you supposed to take care of yourself?”
First of all, I was cautious and raised my words.
When I spoke cautiously, Kkakdugi made a surprising expression and smiled.
“I guess there is a reason. By the way, your skills weren’t unusual. Can I ask who you learned from?”
“I have a man named Jang Gwang-sik as my older brother.”
Thinking that he might be related to the Chunshik faction, I brought up Kwangshik’s name.
Kkakdugi startled and stared at me as if it would pierce through.
“Gwangsik hyung’s younger brother? Ah! Are you Seongjin Lee?”
“Yes, it is. I am Seongjin Lee.”
Haha! My name is Yoo Seong-ryeol of Chunshik-pa. Was this your mother’s store?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Ah! I am really sorry. We didn’t know this was your mother’s store. If I had known, I would never have touched her… I’m really sorry.”
Suddenly, Seong-ryeol Yoo approached his stall and bowed 90 degrees to his mother, saying he was sorry.
Then he took out his wallet, took out all the money in it, and laid it on the table.
“I’m sorry, mother. Here is the price of tteokbokki and the price of broken items. I’m really sorry today. This will never happen again.”
My mother was only nodding her head as she was greeted by Yoo Seong-ryeol with a bewildered expression.
“Lee Seong-jin, I heard rumors, but your skills are no joke. If you have a chance later, come hang out with me.”
Yoo Seong-ryeol approached and gave his words as he held out his hand for a handshake.
“Yes. I will be happy to hang out with you whenever the opportunity arises.”
I nodded and held hands.
The strength he felt in his hand was clearly not an ordinary person’s.
Yoo Seong-ryeol is one of the leaders of the Chun-sik faction.
He was 23 years old this year, too young to be an acting captain.
Even so, the only thing that allowed him to lead the action was his fighting skills.
Originally, Yoo Seong-ryeol was one of the boxers raised by Jang Gwang-sik.
His excellent athleticism from a young age, and his excellent boxing skills, which he had been doing since his freshman year of high school, made him even think of making his professional debut soon.
However, unlike other organizations, Chunshikpa closed down businesses and issued an evacuation order to its members, ordering them to hide for a while.
His single mother was running a business at a restaurant, but she had recently become ill, so she closed the store and went to the hospital.
However, a diagnosis of stomach cancer was made.
Seong-ryeol Yoo felt the sky was collapsing.
He cleaned up the store and hospitalized his mother, which cost him exorbitant hospital bills and medicines.
Seong-Ryeol Yoo, who had no money coming out right away as the organization organized businesses, had no choice but to keep it a secret from Chun-Sik Kim or Gwang-Sik Jang, and come out to Bari to collect money with some younger siblings, prepared to be caught by the police.
However, when I went to the entertainment establishments to collect money, they did not give out the money indiscriminately like before, but rather threatened to report it to the police.
The pissed-off younger siblings overturned a store, and the police special forces were dispatched.
Fierce resistance and fighting took place, and two of his younger siblings were captured, and only he and his two younger siblings barely escaped.
As a result, he had no choice but to come out of such a small stall where the youngest children would normally have gone and paid for their seats.
Because money is her enemy, she came to collect the rent at a tteokbokki stand at the expense of her embarrassment, and met Lee Seong-jin like this.
She usually thought that she was Gwang-shik’s younger brother, but a while ago, she saw Gwang-sik announcing in front of the gang members that Lee Seong-jin was no different from his biological brother.
She was angry, but didn’t she also become Kwang-shik’s younger brother with her skills?
If so, I was curious about how good Lee Seong-jin was and why Kwang-sik hyung talked so openly about Lee Seong-jin’s skills.
And just a little while ago, I was finally able to see Lee Seong-jin’s real skills.
Even though his younger brothers collapsed with crab foam, he was curious about Lee Seong-jin’s skills, so he didn’t step forward.
However, in that short time, he killed the two younger brothers he taught himself.
Goosebumps all over his body.
When I got to that level of skill, I thought that Kwang-sik hyung was so cheap and circulated.
I wanted to have a good match with such a talented person.
But now was not a good time.
He had no choice but to step back after saying that he would see her sooner or later.
Yoo Seong-ryeol went to the fallen Kkakdugi and hit them with his foot to wake them up.
When that didn’t happen, he went to the stall, poured some water, and poured it over the faces of the radish kimchi.
Only then did the Kkakdugi come to their senses and staggered to their feet and looked at me like they were going to kill me.
I didn’t lose, and I made eye contact and glared at him. Yoo Seong-ryeol said a word and made the kimchi turn their eyes.
“Hey! This is Lee Seong-jin, the younger brother of Kwang-shik. Even if you fight again, you won’t win.”
When they heard that I was Lee Seong-jin, the radish radish kimchi widened their eyes.
I was very curious about what the heck Kwang-sik hyung said about me to the Chun-sik faction, so that adult gangsters would be surprised when they heard my name.
“Hey! Say sorry to your mother. Let’s stop.”
It wasn’t until after hearing Yoo Seong-ryeol’s words that the kkakdugi bowed 90 degrees to their mother and apologized.
“Hey, Seongjin Lee, see you again.”
When Yoo Seong-ryeol walked away, I quickly followed.
I only saw him briefly, but Yoo Seong-ryeol left a deep impression on me.
For some reason, I felt like I couldn’t just let that gangster go.
“Here, brother. How are you with Kwang-shik?”
“Like you, I was recognized as a younger brother by Kwang-shik.”
“Ah! You see. Nice to meet you. We will formally greet you. This is Seongjin Lee. Since you are Kwang-shik’s younger brother, I will treat you as my older brother.”
“Okay. OK. Kwang-sik hyung was so proud, so there was a reason. Greet you too.”
Yoo Seong-ryeol laughed out loud as if he was in a good mood, and I shook hands and greeted the rest of the Kkakdugi.
“Me, Sungyeol-hyung. I’m sure the Chunshik faction has been ordered to dive, but why are you still here?”
“Ha! It’s an absolute secret to my brothers. I had my own circumstances, so I couldn’t help it.”
“Brother, although I am young, I have eyes for people. From my point of view, Sungyeol-hyung seems like a person who is definitely going to grow up. Now the police are frantically catching the gangs, so please hide yourself. Then good days will come soon. However, if you wander around like this and get caught, the flowers may not bloom. So please hide.”
“Haha! Is it? Do you think I’ll become a big person? I feel good. I know. But there is something called a situation.. Anyway, I understand what you mean. I will try to be as careful as possible according to your words. Then I’ll see you soon with Kwang-shik.”
Seong-ryeol Yoo waved at me and disappeared with the diced radish kimchi.
I looked at Yoo Seong-ryeol’s party with sad eyes and returned to the food stall.