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Ang Ang Chapter 1
Ang Ang Chapter 1
Ang Ang Chapter 01
A man, more handsome than a woman, smiled broadly like a flower. Seeing the man’s face, Gyuwon lowered his head. His expression looked even more guilty, enough to make him want to quit his job right now. But getting plastic surgery required a lot of money, so he had no choice but to take a job as a bodyguard.
Good thing he stopped being a mercenary for personal reasons. But it was impossible for him to work a job where there weren’t men with a face like his. At 197 cm tall, he was not burly, but because of the many trainings and missions he had undertaken, his muscles were naturally lean and he had a face that needed no words. Thick eyebrows, narrow eyes, a pointy nose and a thick cupid’s bow. Tanned skin. With a body and face like his, the only jobs he could accept were bodyguards, gangsters, or jocks. At 29, it would take him a long time to become an athlete, so his only options were to work as a bodyguard or gangster. But because he looked horrible as a bodyguard, the only job he got was with the Yoon Group’s third son, Yoon Hwayoung, a bodyguard.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Yoon Hwayoung.”
Yoon Hwayoung had a perfectly handsome face to go with his name. Her upturned eyes with slightly raised points were arrogant but innocent, her beautiful, slanted nose was sharp and her slightly plump red lips were sensual. He looked more like a model than a gangster, but he was a little too short to be one. The 180 cm tall man had moderate muscles, which made him nothing short of a sculpture. His elegant East Asian face with his immaculate, not-so-Oriental body would make anyone who saw him exclaim aloud.
Also, he was very polite.
“My name is Kim Gyuwon. I will be at his service. ”
Gyuwon said with his head down, and when he secretly looked up, Hwayoung’s expression was subtle. He then smiled softly and said in an invigorating voice, “Thanks for introducing me to a strong bodyguard”, to his father. Yoon Soohyeop of the nationwide gang syndicate, ‘Group Yoon,’ nodded, looking proud. Seeing a father’s pride for his son in his expression, Gyuwon wanted to smile but held back. Because his smile has been dubbed the ‘smile of a serial killer’.
When Yoon Jinyoung, the eldest son of the Yoon family and the current head of the Yoon Group that hired Gyuwon, was interviewing him, he spent about 15 minutes praising his younger brother before asking any questions.
“Hwayoung’s name uses the Chinese characters for flowers (hwa) and flower petals (young). My father wanted a daughter, but as he had already registered her birth while the mother was in labor, he was called Hwayoung, but he had no regrets. Because Hwayoung was even more handsome than his name. Handsome, wise, polite but firm. He is the pride of our family. He also went to a good university, and what was his major? It was accounting… What is that accounting certificate used in the US…? Oh shit … ”
“Are you talking about the AICPA?”
“Sim, de qualquer forma, ele também entendeu, e ele é lindo, parecido com sua mãe, uma atriz famosa. Ele é realmente o orgulho de nossa família. Ele é um cara que nunca tem um único fio de cabelo fora do lugar. Mas tem havido muitos problemas acontecendo ao seu redor atualmente. Ele também não disse nada. Ele não quer nos preocupar. Ele é um cara incrível. É por isso que queríamos contratar um guarda-costas … ”
Gyuwon got general information about Hwayoung in 15 minutes. Yoon Hwayoung. 27 years old. Graduated from the Department of Business Administration at Seoul National University. CPA and AICPA certificate holder. He trained for a while at the largest accounting firm in the country and was recently hired. And his problem that’s been plaguing him, completely disregarding his family’s elite – as far as his brothers knew – was chasing him.
The eldest son, afraid of his caring and surprising brother who looked like he was about to fall with the wind blowing, placed a bodyguard, originally a mercenary, on his brother. And Yoon Soohyeop, Hwayoung’s father who even rearranged his schedule to see what kind of guy the bodyguard was, looked very pleased.
For the first time in a national gang family that spans four generations, a sunny person was born. Gyuwon could understand the affection his father and brothers had for him. And the moment he saw Hwayoung’s face, Gyuwon had to press the sigh he naturally wanted out. He was a handsome man who seemed to be able to make a living from just his face. But he also had a good education and found a good job, so he felt the world was really unfair.
After following Yoon Hwayoung for the past two days, Gyuwon asked him a question. Yoon Hwayoung was an extremely busy man, stuck in some company most of the time. As it was the time of accounting audits, he went back and forth between companies with documents and a laptop in his hands. He never saw any sign of the Stalker, his life following its usual pattern.
“Oh, stop a minute.”
Gyuwon slowly stopped the car at Hwayoung’s words. The car was a Mercedes, bought by Hwayoung’s second eldest brother as a gift from his college admission. In fact, Hwayoung said that he doesn’t usually ride this Mercedes. He smiled, saying that the flashy Mercedes with its high repair costs was far from his taste, but that he had no choice but to use it as Gyuwon was following him. When asked how he normally behaved, Hwayoung openly replied that he took the bus, clearly showing what a nice person he really was.
Leaving the Mercedes, Hwayoung went into a 7-11 and came back. In his hand was a plastic bag with the 7-11 logo.
“May I ask what you bought?”
When Gyuwon asked, Hwayoung replied, “Tonight’s dinner and tomorrow’s breakfast.” He shrugged too.
“I probably look pathetic, but…I don’t really have time to cook. In fact, I don’t even know how to cook. ”
Gyuwon drove the car without saying anything. He looked in the rearview mirror and saw Hwayoung sitting in the back seat with a triangular kimbap in his mouth and checking documents with his hands. He looked much thinner than he had two days ago. Gyuwon hesitated a bit, and after confirming that Hwayoung had placed the documents in his bag before entering his apartment’s underground parking lot, he slowly opened his mouth.
“If it’s okay with you… Only if it’s okay with you… I can cook.”
‘I’ll do it,’ Gyuwon was embarrassed to say it, so he tried to say it another way. He thought saying that sounded too condescending. He looked into the rearview mirror embarrassed, not knowing what to do to correct himself, but Hwayoung was beaming.
“Are you really going to cook for me?”
He looked very happy, so Gyuwon thought what he said was good. The man cheerfully asked a few times, “Wow, really?”, packing his bags and documents, and left. Seeing Gyuwon standing so respectfully while holding the door open, Hwayoung whispered, “I’m looking forward to it” and walked towards the elevator. His receding figure was beautiful as ever. The next morning, Gyuwon woke up early and went shopping. He could hear Hwayoung’s voice saying, “I’m looking forward to it.” In fact, one of the things he liked to do was cook, but no one expected that from him and because everyone would tease him – it’s a waste of his skills, or torturing people can get him in trouble – he never showed his skills to nobody. His heart was pounding and he felt a little embarrassed.
He wished he had asked what he wanted to eat. He first decided on something normal. Something that many people do even though they are easy to make – in other words, normal dishes. Rolled omelet, radish soup, fresh kimchi, rice, grilled seaweed, fish, vegetable side dishes… Is it too much? While wondering if he should throw the half away and just pretend he didn’t do it out of embarrassment, Gyuwon heard a “Wow” behind him.
“I heard you were an ex-mercenary, did you cook? These are so good”
Upon waking up, Hwayoung came to the dinner table right after washing his face, but his hair was still disheveled with blush on his cheeks. Gyuwon stared at him, eating as he shook his head from side to side in a comfortable training suit. Gyuwon stared at him so much that Hwayoung stopped eating, asking, “Why are you looking at me?” and he replied, “I-I wasn’t,” and bowed his head. After looking at Gyuwon’s whorl of white hair, Hwayoung went back to eating. The meal was delicious, but other than that, it was delicious.
Gyuwon started taking care of Hwayoung. Hwayoung had a beautiful face, an amazing body, a great job and impressive charm, but that had nothing to do with his daily life. He was busy, so he neither had the time nor the power to take control of his life. That’s why Gyuwon decided to get involved a bit, taking responsibility for preparing breakfast.
Since he was making breakfast first, he also decided to make him dinner. Hwayoung’s house uses an automatic lock, and Hwayoung gave him her number the day he offered to prepare her breakfast, but it wasn’t natural for him to go in and out of it as if it were his own house. Which is why Gyuwon decided to do whatever he could to prepare Hwayoung’s breakfast in an hour and a half.
He first started making him dinner, did the dishes and after that, he even secretly washed his towels. When he had some time, he cleaned the next room, and when he was done, Hwayoung’s house began to glow.
A week after starting his job as a bodyguard, Hwayoung smiled as he said:
“If I were a woman, I would marry you. But then again, that would be a little difficult for you, wouldn’t it? ”
He then added after taking a sip of the coffee Gyuwon gave him.
“If you were a woman, I would have kidnapped you.”
Hwayoung’s piercing gaze swept over Gyuwon in a peculiarly calm manner. In fact, Gyuwon barely noticed Hwayoung’s gaze. What he was looking at was Hwayoung’s lips. The full, scarlet lips that said, “If you were a woman, I would have kidnapped you.”
“You say very interesting things… I believe it’s time for you to prepare.”
‘Yes,’ Hwayoung said as he stood up, and then muttered, ‘Hell, my end is finally approaching. It was nice meeting you.” Knowing what that meant, he could easily see how unhappy Hwayoung was when he left for work.
“Sorry, but you can proceed later today.”
At Hwayoung’s words, Gyuwon shook his head and said, “I can’t do this.” He was hired, but the person who hired him was not Hwayoung. Therefore, Gyuwon could not obediently accept Hwayoung’s order for him to move on.
“Well, that’s troublesome.”
Hwayoung said, his eyes smiling, and rolled his eyes a little without getting into the Mercedes. The man still smiled even when he was worried. With more vitality than usual and his handsome face, Hwayoung asked, “So before we go, I’d like to ask you in advance: How did you get hired? Bodyguard or lookout? ” It sounded like an arrogant question, but Gyuwon wasn’t offended at all.
“As a bodyguard.”
“Hmm, so you wouldn’t tell your employer anything about my personal life.”
“If you don’t want to, then yes. I wasn’t hired to watch you. ”
Hwayoung hesitated a bit. While he thought, “What should I do with you?” the red glow of the setting sun shone behind him. The sunset spreading across the skyscrapers was beautiful and moving, making Gyuwon stare at him. Seeing her gaze, Hwayoung turned around.
“Do you like the sunset?”
Gyuwon quickly came to his senses at Hwayoung’s question.
“I’m not particularly interested, but they’re beautiful. Nowadays everything looks very beautiful. ”
Hwayoung smiled at his answer. Her smile stole Gyuwon’s attention. Hwayoung’s smile slowly blossomed, but it was a smile that looked merciless yet touching. With a smile as seductive as the sunset, Hwayoung said, “Alright. That’s what we’ll do then. You come with me, but you’re keeping a zipper on my personal affairs? OK?” as he tapped a long thin finger on Gyuwon’s lips. Gyuwon bowed politely at the waist.
“Understood.”
Two hours later, he intensely regretted ‘walking away when Hwayoung was trying to send him away’. Sometimes humans don’t realize the moment when their lives would change and they make careless decisions. It was the same for Gyuwon. Hwayoung is ‘okay?’ it was no different from God asking him. But he didn’t notice, so the night when everything would change came.