Leveling Up through Eating - Chapter 129: Joining a Guild
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Chapter 129: Joining a Guild

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

At that moment, everyone in the room was frozen. They were not surprised that they were coming to visit, they were surprised that Minhyuk, who seemed like he wanted to hide from everything, was finally trying to get back out in the world.

Minhyuk-ah!

Changwook grabbed Minhyuks hands with a delighted expression on his face. The others also had the same expression on their faces. To them it felt like My child is finally changing for the better! or something like that.

I cant stay alone in my room forever!

When he attacked Rumad back then, he had finally decided.

Lets be confident from now on.

Changwook nodded his head.

Thats right, you punk!

Wait. This is not the time for us to do this!

His diet manager, Hyejin, almost ran wildly.

Minhyuk-ah, lets decorate the place and fix you up! Youre going to meet with your friends, is the place going to be like this?!

Aha!

Everyone began to move busily.

A sports car stopped between two white vans in front of a hair salon in Cheongdam-dong.

Hey, hey. Isnt that sports car the one made by Bentel Corporation? The one that has only 200 of its kind?

Heok? That single car is worth over 1 billion

No matter how rich the people who lived in Cheongdam-dong were, they would still admire someone who owned a spectacular car made by the Bentel Corporation.

A woman came out of the car. She was at least 165cm tall, with sunglasses covering half of her face and a voluptuous, sexy body.

Once she took off her sunglasses

Pure.

Beauty.

All of the men in the vicinity couldnt keep their eyes off of her.

W, wait. That person. Isnt she!

Legend Guilds master?!

The users in the area had recognized her. Right now, the rankers had more popularity than the celebrities. And she was the person that was currently most talked about these days.

It was Genie or Im Jihye.

Kyaaaaa! Unnie, youre so pretty!

Wow. Shes really pretty!

She has a lot of money, a pretty face, the master of Legend Guild she even plays well she has everything in the world. How envious.

She promptly entered the hair salon.

Even though the hair salon was frequented by celebrities, Jihye still drew the attention of most of the people inside as she sat down on one of the chairs.

What can I do for you?

She tapped her lips with the tips of her sunglasses and gave a small smile.

Im going to meet someone special today.

Ah. A sseom guy?

Yes.

The woman smiled at her as she moved her hands to arrange her hair.

Jihye made sure to ask Minhyuk to meet outside of the game before they logged out.

We just want to hear your story Minhyuk-ah, we even forgive you for hiding from us for all these years.

Minhyuk, who looked like he thought about it deeply, finally nodded his head.

Its a bit difficult for me to go out right now. So would it be fine for you guys to go to my house?

Your house?

Yup.

Is that so. Okay.

If you meet me there then you will know my story.

So Minhyuk gave them his address.

As her hair was being fixed, Jisoo and Seoktae came inside.

Jisoo, who sat down on one of the chairs, said

Do it like Kang Dongwonbin.

Ka, Kang Dongwonbin? T, that Customer-nim you know youll need plastic surgery for that.

The hairdresser was left in an embarrassing situation.

She even had a nervous expression on her face!

How can they turn you into Wonbin when your face looks like a stone on the street

Sh, shut up!

The two of them were quarrelling again

Then, Jisoo said

But Minhyuks house address Its in Gapyeong in Gyeonggi-do? Isnt that a very remote place?

I know right? Does he have a lodging business?

Then, Jisoo said

Isnt Minhyuks house condition a bit on the difficult side?

Yeah.

Ah. Thats right

Uhmm

There was only one reason why they thought that way. The reason was because they saw Minhyuk entering an orphanage before. In addition, there were many classmates who saw Minhyuk going to class with the children from the orphanage before. And Minhyuk did not even wear any of the commonly made shoes. They even heard that his mother died before. When Jisoo, Seoktae and Jihye heard about what their parents were doing compared to Minhyuk, they were a bit humbled. They believed that his parents were gone because he was always seen in the orphanage. It was completely unexpected but Minhyuk had told them that he had a father. So they thought that due to Minhyuks familys financial difficulties, he was staying in an orphanage while his father was working hard. When the story about his father and his work came out, Minhyuk looked at them with a solemn look and told them seriously

He does this and that. He does a bit of construction work, selling food and he also sells electronics. It seems like hes also selling milk these days

The three of them finally realized

Ah! Minhyuks dad is doing everything to make a living!

They thought that the construction work he was doing was manual labor, and that the selling of food was him selling meat in the corner of the food section. They also thought that his father had a part-time job as a salesperson and a milk delivery boy in the morning.

Ahhhh! Hes the most sincere house head! His father will do everything just to make ends meet!

And Minhyuk was someone who grew up with such a father. And because they were friends, they never ignored Minhyuk who was poor(?).

Can we just bring an expensive and foreign car like this?

Seoktae came near Jihye as he asked this.

Because they havent seen each other for a long time so she wanted to present her most beautiful self to him.

I, is that so? If we came out so fancy

Hey. But Minhyuk made a lot of money this time right? He would be rich if he sold that.

He even said that he was going to buy something delicious.

Hmm

Jisoo tilted his head in thought then nodded his head in agreement. Then, Jihye spoke

That Im sorry unnie.

Yes.

Can you do it less fancy What do you call it? Normal look?

?

Just make it look like I will go for an interview.

Yes? B, but youre going to meet with your sseom guy?

L, lets just do it this way.

Even if she did not look that beautiful, Jihye thought that it would be better if he felt comfortable with them. Would they even drag a foreign sports car and a fancy look just to dig on their friends sore spot? There wasnt any need for that.

Then, Jisoo also spoke.

Shit. Do it like Im someone whos unemployed. Please.

Y, you already look like

OMG? Noona! Why do you think that I look like Im unemployed!

Jisoo looked at the mirror with a shocked expression as he nodded his head.

I dont need makeup.

He, hehe

This way, all of them changed their makeup to look like they were a bit poor just for the sake of Minhyuk. The people, who had their makeup done in a normal way, moved out of the salon.

Well then, shall we go?

Ah. What about the car?

Lets just call for a taxi.

Yeah.

At the same time, a text message came in Jihyes phone.

Guys. The meeting place has changed.

Really? More than that, Im a bit nervous to meet with Minhyuks father.

Yeah. A man like Minhyuks dad is a cool man.

Hes the one who raised Minhyuk while doing all the hard work alone! He was a truly great and awesome dad. They had quite a good idea on how he would look, they believed that he would be a not so rich but cool person.

Soon, they got in a taxi.

Ahjussi. Can you please take us to this address?

The taxi driver took the address.

The destination appeared on the navigation app.

Ilhwa Group Headquarters.

Ilhwa Group Headquarters? Isnt that the largest building in the country? Why are we going there?

The three of them were quite confused.

Then, Jisoo said

Usually, when you go to Gangnam, wouldnt you say Lets meet in front of Ilhwa Group. right? I guess they chose it because its easy to go meet there?

Aha.

Jihye nodded her head along.

The three of them moved along in the taxi without knowing about who was waiting for them.

Minhyuk made a Hmm sound.

It was clear that his Hyejin noona had fixed him up nicely. She trimmed his hair and even sprayed perfume on his wrists. She even dressed him up in a nice suit. But when he looked in the mirror, all he saw was a fat guy in a suit.

As he looked in the mirror, his eyes brightened as if he was reminded of something.

Ah, thats right. Im not fat anymore, right? Im just chubby so lets be confident. Lets go!

He still believed that fact as he looked in the mirror.

Then, Changwook whispered to Hyejin

What kind of coordination is that? Why are there octagons in his suit Why didnt you put on those sunglasses over there!

Hyejin, who was filled with guilt, was left speechless.

Then, Minhyuk grumbled

Aaaaah. Wait. Father too! My friends are just coming over, why is he making such a fuss?

He didnt know how, but his father immediately contacted him when he learned that his friends were coming over. Currently, Minhyuk, Lee Jinhwan, Oh Changwook and the others were living in his house with a total area of 500 pyeong in Gapyeong. They recently moved here since they believed that this was a good place for a better treatment.

Haha. Im sure your father will like them. After all, Minhyuk is finally meeting with his friends after 5 years!

Minhyuk nodded at Jinhwans words.

He lived those days of his life alone and trapped in the darkness because he did not know when he would die. He believed that he had no more hope. But now, he was slowly letting himself know the outside world again. He was even willing to meet with his friends again.

As a father, Kang Minhoo would definitely be delighted.

Why did he say that he would give them a ride

He wanted to meet with your friends first. Its your fathers care for you, Im sure you understand.

Minhyuk was a bit sulky but he still nodded his head.

The chairman of the Ilhwa Group, Kang Minhoo, was now more excited than Minhyuk.

Secretary Park, how do I look?

Extremely handsome, president!

Im really nervous. Im meeting with my sons friends. Haha!

Kang Minhoo was smiling happily. His son was going to meet with his friends so he was feeling a bit happy. This was common for any parent of a child. For some parents they would say Dont play with them anymore, they will disturb your studies! but Kang Minhoo was different. His son was willing to let his friends visit him. Someone who had lived alone for how long. Was there anything more delightful than this? He even took time out of his busy schedule just for this.

Then, his phone rang.

Ahem, ahem.

He cleared his throat before answering the call.

Haha. Yes. Hello, Miss Jihye.

Ah. Is that so? Then, I will be right down.

Kang Minhoo hung up the phone happily as he boarded his exclusive lift and pressed the first floor. He was going down from the 78th floor, the top floor of this huge building.

Jihye, Jisoo, and Seoktae arrived in front of the Ilhwa Group Building. They looked up at this majestic and tall building.

Every time I come near here, I always think that the building is so nice.

Is the building the only thing that looks nice? Kang Minhoo, the chairman of Ilhwa Group is also cool!

Kgghk! A man of integrity, the chairman who has never had any bad gossip and has never been talked badly!

They all burst out in admiration.

Then, Jihye suddenly thought about something.

But dont you think that Minhyuks father sounded familiar?

Jihye tilted her head in thought while Jisoo and Seoktae were struck dumb.

Heok!

Ch, chairman Kang Minhoo!

Wow. Hes really cool. Wow, wow! Did you see that? Its the 6 billion dollar limousine that Benz only sold to the 50 richest people in the world!

Jihye, Seoktae and Jisoo were all rich people but if they were compared to Kang Minhoo then they would only be able to be compared to his blood, no, his toenails.

Chairman Kang Minhoo, who got out of the building, was walking in style. He seemed to be talking to someone on his phone.

Then, at that exact same moment, Jihyes phone rang.

Dududududu. Baby Shark~ Dududududu. Mommy Shark~ Dududududu. Daddy Shark~

What kind of ringtone is that?

None of your business.

Jihye snorted at him as she answered her phone.

Yes. Father-nim. Weve already arrived. Ah. Yes, yes. A description? Im wearing some jeans and a cardigan while our other friends are wearing casual suits. Can you see us?

Jisoo and Seoktae straightened their clothes and buttoned up their shirts to meet with Minhyuks father.

Where are you?

Jihye kept on looking around but no matter how hard she looked she couldnt see him.

Then, Seoktae suddenly said

Hey, hey. Jisoo-yah. Why Why is Chairman Kang Minhoo coming this way and waving his hand? Hey. What is this Why is he smiling widely at us?

Heok W, whats this? Did we do something wrong? O, or maybe the Chairman of Nanhwa Group is standing behind us?

They tilted their heads in confusion as they looked around.

At one point, Chairman Kang Minhoo walked up and stood right in front of them.

Yes. Father-nim. Where are

Jihye, Seoktae and Jisoo were all rendered speechless.

Kang Minhoo shutdown his phone as he smiled softly at them while reaching his hands out for a handshake.

Nice to meet you. Im Minhyuks dad.

The three of them were frozen stiff.

Jisoo finally realized.

Th, the manual labor is Ilhwa Construction. The milk delivery is Ilhwa Distribution. Selling electronics is Ilhwa Electronics. And the selling of food was a restaurant franchise? Keok?!

TLs corner!

It seems like theres a lot of misunderstanding with Minhyuk. Kek. I know that Minhyuk wanted to be lowkey and didnt want to flaunt his wealth but BOY YOU DOWNPLAYED IT TOO MUCH! Even I would think about it differently. LMAO. Im glad that Minhyuk had finally realized what he did wrong to his friends before. I hope that he could explain it to them well.

PRs corner!

Somehow, Im not surprised Minhyuk downplayed it like that. He probably didnt consider it important.