"You're late, aren't you?"

Seong-ho took off his shoes and greeted Min-yeong Oh, who had come out to meet him.

"Why did you come out? I'd have found my own way in. Is everyone here?"

"Of course. Everyone's waiting for you, Kim. Come on in."

Min-yeong Oh confirmed that Seong-ho had changed into slippers, then turned and went back inside first.

Seong-ho followed her in and joined the weekly family dinner held at Pyeongchang-dong.

"Sorry I'm late."

"It's fine."

When Seong-ho bowed his head to the people seated at the table, Tak-hyeon said it was fine and picked up his spoon.

"All right, now that everyone's here, let's eat."

Tak-hyeon took the first taste of soup with his spoon, and one by one the others followed, beginning the weekend meal at Pyeongchang-dong.

After a stretch of silent eating passed, people began finishing their meals one by one and setting their spoons back down on the table.

And the moment the meal ended, the talk began.

"How's Gyeong-eun doing?"

Mun-jong, having just finished eating, wiped his mouth and asked Seong-ho, who sat at the far end of the table.

Seong-ho, who had just finished a glass of water, swallowed and answered.

"She's recovered a great deal. The doctor says her recovery is faster than expected and her discharge date might even be moved up."

"Is that so? That's a relief."

Just as Mun-jong finished speaking, Sang-jong glanced at Jeong-eun and said to Seong-ho,

"Head Kim. When you go into the Blue House this time, why don't you pick up a card company for us?"

"A card company?"

"That's right."

Sang-jong's mouth twitched at the corner as he jerked his chin toward Jeong-eun.

"We need to get Ilhyeon Card's subscriber count up to 10 million, don't we? Isn't acquiring a card company the easiest and fastest way to make that happen? So think of it as helping out—go into the Blue House and pick one up for her."

Sang-jong said this while watching for Tak-hyeon's reaction.

Seong-ho looked back and forth between Sang-jong, whose mouth kept twitching, Tak-hyeon, who showed no reaction…