Mun-jong and the others gathered in the living room reacted fiercely upon hearing Tak-hyeon's words.

"What about me? I'm doing nothing at all right now, so why is Gyeong-eun being given the department store on top of the hotel?"

Jeong-eun, who still hadn't been put in charge of anything after Ilhyeon Fashion was sold off through the restructuring work, backlashed especially hard.

"If it's a department store, it should be entrusted to me. Have you forgotten I was at Ilhyeon Fashion? When it comes to department stores, I know better. What does she know, that you'd entrust her with a department store too?"

"Chairman. I'm inclined to think entrusting even Ilhyeon Department Store to the youngest is too much. As Jeong-eun says, wouldn't it be better to entrust it to Jeong-eun instead?"

"Chairman. Not only the eldest brother—none of us siblings has a track record of holding two affiliates at once. The third and fourth haven't even sat in a president's chair. And yet for the youngest alone to take on Ilhyeon Department Store on top of Ilhyeon Hotel is unjust."

When, following Jeong-eun, even Mun-jong and Sang-jong put forward opposing views, Tak-hyeon, who'd only been quietly listening, said to Sang-jong, who'd offered the last opinion,

"What's unjust about it?"

"It's just… I wondered if it wasn't too much of special treatment…"

Sang-jong finished and glanced at Seong-ho.

He'd gotten the feeling that the reason Gyeong-eun was receiving special treatment was, after all, because of Seong-ho.

At that Sang-jong, Tak-hyeon snorted a laugh and said,

"Then will you take it on?"

"What? Me?"

"Yes. You take on Ilhyeon Hotel and Ilhyeon Department Store together. Though I'd have to seat Gyeong-eun in the Ilhyeon Construction president's chair instead."

"I…"

Sang-jong couldn't answer right away.

Because however much he'd hold Ilhyeon Hotel and Ilhyeon Department Store together, it wasn't to the level of trading them for Ilhyeon Construction, a core of the Ilhyeon Group.

At Sang-jong, who avoided his gaze unable to answer, Tak-hyeon let out a snort once more.

And he said to Mun-jong,

"I've been thinking for a long while…