"Sir? We can't proceed with your mother's chemotherapy unless you make payments. Please do so as soon as you can, thank you," said the female doctor who then stepped out of the ward after conveying her message to the anxious young man.Ryu said nothing in response to the doctor's words, he let out a slow breath. Although he appeared all worn-out with visible eye bags and pale skin, his blonde hair was a dry mess but he cared less about his appearance as of the moment, his sick mother was the only person that mattered to him.She was all he had after all."I will make sure you get all the treatments you need," Ryu murmured to his unconscious mother, determination dancing in his bright blue eyes while standing beside the bed where she was lying.Quickly, he fished his mobile phone out of his pocket, thankfully he had a huge sum of money in his savings account, and he would use it for her treatment.However, Ryu's phone buzzed loudly in the quiet room just after unlocking it to see a mes
"Reality? I never chose this, I didn't even ask to be here so what are you talking about?" Ryu said, glaring at the older man. Hearing this from Ryu, Drew sighed as he had not expected for things to go this way. "Not everybody is privileged enough to choose their reality. People just find themselves in crazy situations and can do nothing about it. Some get lucky with a better life and some the total opposite. The fun thing about life is, no matter how crazy life gets, you can always get to shape your reality to how you want it. When life hands you a lemon, you turn it to lemonade or whatever it is they say." He explained, hoping for the young man to understand. "Look at you now, being scared and towering away from the reality given to you..." "I'm not scared," Ryu interrupted with an offended frown but Drew ignored him. "But the truth is, you can always change it if you want. The ability to do so is right in the palm of your hands, it's like a power we humans yield. And the only w
Three months flew by with Ryu getting the mentorship he needed from Drew. He was taught everything he needed to know about business and about the company in general. He was given practical tests and theory exams and he passed them to both his and Drew's surprise. One month into the mentorship, Drew could already see Ryu was taking it seriously. One could tell the young man was eager to learn. The way he asked questions out of his own curiosity and the way he answered the questions asked to him, Drew knew he had buckled up. He had a good brain too, he could easily grab onto things, even the ones that seemed like they weren't there and the ones Drew had purposely made to appear so. Every single day that came, it became as if Ryu woke up with a new willpower to learn and this was impressive to Drew. During the three months of mentorship, some of Ryu's practical tests had involved him having to spend his day in the company with the Chairman. He attended meetings with the Chairman and
"I'm interested, I will do it," Ryu stated out of the blue without understanding where the willpower to suddenly do what he never wanted came from.His response took both him and the Chairman by surprise. Chairman Langley wouldn't have guessed it could be this easy to convince Ryu. The young man was human anyway, things like this would definitely excite him no matter how hard he tried to avoid it."Well, that was easy," the Chairman breathed with a small smile on his lips. "It's settled then," he said and made his way to the elevator to return back to his office and Ryu and the others followed with Ryu constantly looking behind him to stare at the brown-eyed janitor one more time.They left the floor through the elevator and returned back to the Chairman's office where Drew was officially assigned to be Ryu's mentor for the time being till he was finally fit to take up his position as the CEO.After a brief meeting, Ryu and Drew left the company and drove back to his apartment. On the
"I'm going to make you the CEO and sole successor of this company Ryu, how do you feel about that?" He asked to see the shock that immediately fell on Ryu's face.The office fell in utter silence as Ryu stood in shock, trying to digest the words he heard from the Chairman, making sure he heard right.Did he hear right? Sole successor and CEO of what? This sounded so absurd to Ryu that he felt a little dizzy.He tried getting rid of the dizziness by shaking his head a bit and stared back at the Chairman, "What?" He asked hesitantly, seemingly still in great shock."I know you heard me and I can tell you this for free," the Chairman said, rising from his chair and slowly walking towards Ryu. "You can't afford to say no to me. No, I mean, you have no choice here, you can't decide. I made that decision and as my son, you have no choice but to comply, or am throwing you back to where I picked you up." He deadpanned, another piercing silence followed his words as Ryu took his own sweet time
On their way home from the mall, Drew noticed the slight change in Ryu's demeanor, he couldn't quite understand what had happened or why his mood changed so drastically. Was his Young Master bipolar?That could possibly be the case. After all, they met today for the first time, there was so much he didn't know about his Young Master, and being bipolar could be one of them.What Drew didn't know was that Ryu had seen his wife together with the man who had tried to kill him, they appeared to be intimate with each other.The thought of Richard and Belle conspiring to kill him in the disguise of wanting to help him made Ryu chuckle in self-mockery. How had he been stupid enough to go to Richard's office that day thinking he was going to be offered help? The whole time he had walked into his own death trap.Ryu didn't even want to think of what would have happened if nobody showed up to save him. His enemies would have been living a happy and fulfilling life while he would have been dead a
Ever since Ryu left and was never seen again, life became a lot more better for Belle. Who would want to deal with a lazy broke husband when they could have a rich boyfriend anyway?Richard had been treating her way better than Ryu would ever in his entire existence. Richard was way more romantic, considerate, and rich too.She was enjoying this little life of hers and now she wanted more, she wished to be married to Richard now but she was still married to Ryu which made it impossible.And to make matters worse, nobody knew where Ryu was at the moment. After being thrown out of their house, he was nowhere to be found. His phone wouldn't go through. But Belle had not been searching for Ryu all these while because she missed him or was worried about him, it was mainly because she wanted to hand him a divorce letter and call their marriage quits.She wanted nothing to do with him and didn't want anything of his attached to her or around her. Now that she couldn't find him, she hoped he
"Are you crazy?" Ryu asked, his gaze now staring deeply at her with a subtle glare. "Well, maybe you could be right that my father gave me a fake black card to use," Ryu said, slightly looking back at Drew who cleared his throat with a nervous smile. "But you can't just jump to a conclusion like that, swipe the card first."By now, every ounce of playfulness in Ryu had vanished. The cashier was being ridiculous and crossing boundaries at this point. She was being discriminative towards him because she thought he was a poor man with a fake black card.With the drama now going on, Ryu was thankful the mall wasn't a crowded place. It had just a few people in, it roaming around."And who is your father?" The manager asked, his small self looking up at Ryu dead in the eyes, waiting for a response.Ryu, however, looked at the manager and sighed, this wasn't what he was here. "That's not the issue right now, don't you think so?" He questioned the manager to notice him look away, seemingly ge
Ryu quickly went straight to shopping, picking up whatever caught his eye. Ranging from shoes to watches to outfits.It was a fun experience for him, having to buy whatever he wanted without holding back. He could recall in the past how he had always wanted something but never got it for himself because he couldn't afford it.He spent a good thirty minutes shopping. He would pick up outfits, try them on, and sometimes change his mind to pick another outfit. It went on till he was finally done.By the time he was done, he ended up spending three million on the things he bought and two million on the salon section. This made his chest thump fast because who in their right senses would spend that much money on clothes and salons?He turned to stare at Drew and inwardly glared at him, why would he bring him to such an expensive place? And not to mention, the clothes had no price tags on them.He felt they were being cheated, this was definitely a rip-off."Excuse me, are you sure you aren
The following morning, Ryu was woken up by the constant ringing of an alarm, he grumbled while rolling from side to side on the queen-sized bed. For some odd reasons, he slept way better than he had in a long while and as the alarm kept ringing, Ryu could recall not ever placing an alarm. He never did his whole life.Forcibly squeezing his eyes open, he yawned with a stretch. The harsh rays of the morning sunlight fell on his face, forcing him awake.He yawned for the second time, his eyes now fully open. His bright blue eyes stared at the huge chandelier on the ceiling just right above him, his mind preoccupied with the weird dream he had last night. The more he tried to recall the dream, the faster it left his memory."Good morning, Young Master," The voice of a man seeped into Ryu's ears, distracting him from his thoughts.Young Master? Ryu wondered to himself with a deep frown on his eyebrows, wondering if he was beginning to hear things. He slowly looked to his side to find two u