Chang-jong Lee knew the temper of Sang-jong Lee and of Jeong-eun Lee as no one else did, and so how the two of them would take it seemed plain enough to him.

"What did he say? Crawl in under him?"

"Has he lost his mind? Who does he think he's telling to crawl in?"

And it was the reaction he had expected, naturally.

"Has the man eaten something bad? Did he pick up food poisoning in that cell? Where has this nonsense come from all of a sudden?"

"We were going to take him in out of pity, and what? Crawl in?"

Jeong-eun Lee waved a hand as though she did not want to hear another word of it, and spoke to Sang-jong Lee.

"Brother. Let's just go without Eldest Brother."

"You mean go without Ilhyeon Construction?"

"Yes, just go without it. We've done well enough so far, haven't we? What changes so much now if Ilhyeon Construction comes in?"

"It changes plenty."

Angry as he had been, Sang-jong Lee had not shifted on bringing Ilhyeon Construction in. He turned to Jeong-eun Lee and spoke.

"Ilhyeon Construction is necessary, without question."

"Why?"

Jeong-eun Lee looked back at Chang-jong Lee and then spoke to Sang-jong Lee again.

"What reason is there that it has to be with Eldest Brother?"

"It isn't that I want to do it with him as a brother, it's that Ilhyeon Construction is necessary. I told you — to do the work properly up there you have to have a construction company."

"Then set one up."

Jeong-eun Lee spoke as though it were exasperating.

"Start a Solar Construction, take that up with you and it's done, isn't it? Why does it have to be Ilhyeon Construction?"

"Do you think a construction company springs up overnight because you hang a sign on it?"

"And why wouldn't it? What's so different about a construction company?"

Exasperation showed on Sang-jong Lee's face.

"What am I supposed to do with these children……."

The days ahead had gone black, and Sang-jong Lee shut his eyes tight.

Jeong-eun Lee's face screwed up, her…