Come to think of it, Sucheol seemed to have grimaced too. So Ian tried to take the food back, but Sucheol snatched it away asking why he was giving then taking, and ate it all without leaving anything. Since Sucheol, who could never give empty compliments, had even praised it as delicious, that’s why he served the pasta first.
“No. I should try it. The little one made it with such care.”
Ganghyuk stabbed a chicken foot with his fork and brought it to his mouth. Cream sauce and chicken feet. He inevitably felt repulsed, but when he tasted it, it wasn’t as bad as he thought.
The unique spiciness of cheongyang peppers neutralized the cream sauce while reminding him of the spicy taste of the chicken feet he usually ate.
Then when he also rolled noodles around his fork and ate them, they definitely went well with the noodles too.
At how well he was eating beyond expectations, Ian smiled proudly and successively transferred other foods onto Ganghyuk’s small plate. Ganghyuk smiled at the gradually piling food.
To think he’d even experience bizarre food in his life. Ian had just entered his life, yet he was experiencing things he never thought he’d do in his lifetime.
The face happy watching him eat food looked more delicious than any food, so he couldn’t resist and lightly stole a kiss.
As they ate food like that and kissed from time to time, they naturally headed to the bed. The bedroom air quickly heated up with warmth.
Since they’d had sex yesterday too, Ian swallowed Ganghyuk’s member without difficulty. Sitting on Ganghyuk’s thighs leaning against the headboard and frantically shaking his body, before he knew it, he’d shot cloudy semen on Ganghyuk’s abs.
Actually, he only moved his body himself in the beginning, and from the middle on, he just moaned with his waist and pelvis caught in Ganghyuk’s hands.
After one ejaculation, he moved his languidly sinking body and leaned his cheek on Ganghyuk’s chest. Thump thump thump thump. The rapidly beating heart sounded pleasant.
The movement of the chest rising and falling with each of Ganghyuk’s breaths also relaxed his mind comfortably. It was then that the member filling the inside of his belly moved.
“Mmh…”
Knowing Ganghyuk hadn’t ejaculated yet, Ian rubbed his cheek on his chest and then touched his protruding nipple like Ganghyuk had done for him.
When Ganghyuk, who had paused momentarily, shook his waist crazily as if the brief rest had been a lie, Ian fluttered like a paper doll again until he ejaculated.
Feeling the inside of his belly grow hot, Ganghyuk slowly pulled out his member. Ian’s body trembled at the empty feeling. Warm hands swept down his lower back.
He saw the condom full of semen tied at the end and flying into the trash can. It seemed like it was just tossed, but it was amazing that it went in, so he just blinked blankly.
“I found the culprit.”
Strength entered his slackened body. Ian raised his head and looked at Ganghyuk. The face with sweat-dampened hair naturally flowing down over his forehead was calm.
But Ian faced the emotions rippling small within those pitch-black eyes. Right now, Ganghyuk was worried about him.
Who on earth was the culprit that he was acting like this? Could it be someone he knows?
At the thought that suddenly occurred, his body grew cold. Having taken off all their clothes during sex, he quickly felt chills. Ganghyuk clicked his tongue lightly and pulled the blanket over to cover Ian’s body.
“It’ll be shocking if you hear it. Do you still want to know?”
The calm voice gave a warning. One person’s face came to mind. He really didn’t want to believe it, but there were few people Ganghyuk would warn about like this.
It couldn’t be Soyeon and Okjeong, so only one person remained. The person who had the most to gain from Grandfather’s death.
“…Was it Dad?”
The end of his voice was soaked with moisture. His eyes also reddened. He rolled his trembling lips into his mouth in the blurring vision.
Ganghyuk silently caressed Ian’s cheek for a moment. He lowered his head and kissed the moistened eyes while telling him the cruel truth.
“Yeah.”
Ian squeezed his eyes shut and tried to steady his rough breathing. How could a person do such a thing? He was the person who gave birth to him.
Moreover, Grandfather was someone who showed kindness to so many people that they came to the funeral home, and had never lived harming others his entire life.
Just looking at what he did for Ian, his grandson, you could tell how devoted he must have been to his father.
He was once said to have been a promising talent who ranked first in his entire school, but Ian couldn’t understand, nor did he want to understand, how he became such a subhuman who killed his own parent.
“I found CCTV footage with Yeon Sangmin’s face captured. If we hand it over to the police, the investigation will resume. Jaehyun says there’s a high possibility of at least 5 years in prison or life imprisonment. Since it’s no different from killing an ascendant, not just any other person.”
Of course, if Ian wanted, Ganghyuk could kill him even more horribly than Yeon Cheolho. He would do everything according to Ian’s wishes.
However, knowing Ian’s personality, he knew Ian wouldn’t be able to ask him to kill his biological father no matter how evil he was, so he didn’t bother adding those words.
“…Please have him judged by the law. Even now.”
After thinking for a moment, Ian spoke in a heavy voice. What would Grandfather have done? He was someone who loved both his child and grandchild terribly, but he was absolutely not someone who would tolerate murder.
With those words, Ian closed his eyes and buried his face in Ganghyuk’s nape. Tears flowed down ceaselessly.
Sniff. As he let out a suppressed sob, Ganghyuk comforted Ian silently for a while. Then when Ian cried too much, he went to the kitchen, brought a water bottle, and made him drink water.
After crying until both eyes were puffy and swollen, his body had no energy at all. It was even more so since they’d had sex just before.
Ganghyuk washed Ian and even dressed him in clean pajamas. He also changed the dirtied sheets, laid Ian on the clean bed, and lay down next to him, patting his chest.
Ian fidgeted with the edge of the blanket while glancing at Ganghyuk. His eyelids were heavy as if rice cakes had been placed on them.
“What would have happened if the Executive Director hadn’t come to Grandfather’s funeral that day?”
Grandfather’s death was sad, but because of it, he met Ganghyuk. It would have been even better if he’d met him while Grandfather was alive, but while he felt regretful, he also thought he was fortunate to have met him.
“And if the Executive Director hadn’t come to the club that day… I would have been completely ruined by now, right?”
Would it have just been ruined? He might have died. Ian’s psyche was already devastated just from what happened with Hongdo. If he’d gone through more terrible things, he wouldn’t have lasted long.
“It’s like Grandfather made me meet the Executive Director.”
Ian turned toward Ganghyuk and fidgeted with the hand that had been patting his chest just moments ago.
“If it weren’t for the Executive Director, I wouldn’t have known Dad was the culprit either. I wouldn’t have been able to escape from that scary person either.”
Was there a total amount of luck given to one person’s life? If so, the greatest luck Ian met was Ganghyuk.
When he raised his eyes, Ganghyuk met his gaze gently. At first, he was scared. Just making eye contact made him tense.
But now the sadness that had filled his chest heavily was being dyed a different color.
“When will I finish repaying the debt I owe the Executive Director?”
You shouldn’t be a burden to others. If you receive a favor, you should repay it twice over.
This was the life philosophy Grandfather taught Ian. Ian not only owed Ganghyuk his life but also owed him an enormous amount of borrowed money.
It was money his father had blown, but in the end, Ian had to repay it. Even being able to continue living in this house was all thanks to Ganghyuk’s consideration.
Working hard at the store was because he wanted to repay the favor he’d received even a little. Even that would become impossible if the building collapsed due to redevelopment. Even if he went to school and tried to get a proper job, it would take a long time.
Various thoughts came to him. Lovers should be people who could lean on each other, but it felt like only he was one-sidedly living hiding in Ganghyuk’s shadow.
