＜ Hidden Secret 02 ＞
＜61＞
“Phew, I am so sorry. I told the parish priest about the land some time ago, so it will take some time…”
“no. Sister. Since I decided to buy it, I will donate the land as soon as the sale is over. I can do that much.”
“not. What kind of money do you have?”
“Sister, I really can do that much.”
“I heard that the land price is about 300 million or 400 million won?”
“Well, when I checked earlier, there were a lot of other things besides the building site. I’m fine though.”
Hyunjoon said so boldly.
Sister Veronica was at a loss.
Money of 300 million won or 400 million won can never be said to be a small amount of money.
Hyun-jun, who is now truly independent. Thinking she might be putting a heavy burden on him, she declined over and over again.
Even so, Hyeon-jun’s stubbornness was also very great.
“Noah, it may be a bit difficult for us, but we will still work together with the nuns to go through the procedures and in the parish…”
“Sister! I’m really fine! You don’t have to worry at all. And if money comes from the parish, why not use it elsewhere? For example, you can replace the children’s bed with a new one…”
As Hyeon-jun stubbornly stepped forward, Sister Veronica eventually sighed and held Hyeon-jun’s hands tightly.
Then she bowed her head and prayed for a while.
It was a very solemn moment, so Hyeon-jun stayed still.
and after a while
She raised her head again.
Soon, he was smiling very benevolently.
Meanwhile, Hyeon-jun smiled at her as he looked at her with her whitened hair and wrinkled eyes.
Soon after, Hyeon-jun slowly began to talk about the purpose of his coming here.
#
About 10 minutes after that.
Sister Veronica.
She just silently listened to Hyunjoon.
In the meantime, she even closed her eyes several times.
Also, he looked at Hyeon-jun with exceptionally deep eyes.
Then, as if I knew it, a smile slipped out of my mouth. It was as if something warmly comforted Hyeon-jun, who had become empty.
“…so I wanted to ask the nun, so I couldn’t contact her right away and came suddenly. Sister, I’m sorry.”
In fact, the other day, Kim Byung-soo, the head of the Heungsinso, said that those who are currently in the orphanage would not know much about the check.
With President Kim Byeong-soo’s intelligence, what he said could be true.
Even so, Hyun-joon wants to confirm it directly from Sister Veronica.
So Hyun-joon first told the truth about the information he got from the agency.
After hearing all of this, Sister Veronica looked at Hyeon-jun with deeper eyes and finally opened her mouth.
“Perhaps… the one who greeted you at that time… was Sister Susanna.”
Sister Susanna?
Hyunjoon’s eyes twinkled for a second.
It was because the nun’s name was very unfamiliar to Hyeon-jun.
“Perhaps you don’t know. Now he must be helping those who are dying…”
That is, he was serving in a hospice, a home for the dying.
“Fortunately, he’s still corrected, so if you give yourself some time, you might be able to see him in person.”
Sister Veronica, who had been saying that, thought about something for a while before opening her mouth again. In fact, since she had received help from Hyun-joon a while ago, she was desperate to help as much as possible, so it seemed like she continued to talk about this and that.
So Hyun-jun quietly listened to Sister Veronica’s words.
“…Usually, there are quite a few people who have unavoidable circumstances when leaving their children. That’s why the deep regret and pain are buried everywhere. As I saw, starting with that letter, this and that, earnest love is buried here and there… He leaves even a little bit of it behind. Of course, they must be more desperate to bring their own child later. But again… it’s not easy…”
“…”
“Noah.”
“···yes. Sister.”
“They said that living in our orphanage was very difficult at that time. There was not much support from the government or parish. Even so, when an anonymous grant came in, the nuns could spend it very preciously. Sister Susanna is a very meticulous person, so if what she received was a check, she would have written something down. If you meet him, you will surely find out something.”
Meanwhile, Sister Veronica asked Hyeon-Jun if he would call Sister Susanna directly or visit Sister Susanna in person.
After thinking for a while, Hyeon-Jun decided to visit Sister Susanna personally because he thought it was not polite to talk only on the phone.
“Then I will go myself.”
“Okay, then wait a minute.”
After that, Sister Veronica made several phone calls and wrote down Sister Susanna’s current address and contact information and handed it to Hyeon-Jun.
Hyeonjun took it carefully.
A little later, before leaving, I even had a light hug with Sister Veronica.
In fact, Hyeon-Jun has a separate biological parent, but isn’t Sister Veronica the real mother?
When she patted Hyeon-jun’s shoulder with her frail hand and gently stroked his face again, Hyeon-jun suddenly felt his heart thump and his eyes widened.
If my real mother hugged me, wouldn’t that be how it felt?
It was a sudden thought.
However, Hyeon-jun quickly erased the imagination from his mind as he was afraid to think about it.
The cold Hyeon-jun’s rationality.
It was because he expressed his disapproval of the very idea itself.
#
Moments later, Hyun-jun’s Audi car was speeding along the highway.
The time when the sun is going down.
Even so, Hyun-joon’s vehicle sped off quickly.
long after that.
Hyeon-jun arrived at a hospice hospital in a rural area in Chungcheongnam-do.
At this time, team leader Kim Pyeong-san also chased Hyeon-jun reluctantly and arrived there.
Hyeon-jun again asked team leader Kim Pyeong-san to wait for a while, and then entered the hospice hospital alone.
First, Hyeon-jun received help from the information desk on the first floor.
That’s how I called Sister Susanna.
After a while, Hyeon-jun met the very short Sister Susanna with full gray hair in front of him.
#
An elderly nun who says that she is currently eighty years old.
But unexpectedly, unlike her age, her eyes were still very intense, and she was an elderly nun who was also very energetic.
It is said that at that age, most nuns will retire.
She was still doing active duty and volunteering.
and after a while
Hyeon-jun moved to the visitor’s lounge and sat face-to-face with the old nun, now having a conversation.
At this time, Sister Susanna kept a very quiet expression and quietly listened to Hyeon-jun’s story.
After listening to the story for a while, she immediately made the sign of the cross and prayed for a while.
Then, only then did the old nun raise her head.
#
“okay. So you are that child. Did you say Noah?”
“yes. Sister.”
“okay. this is a blessing That little child grew up like this… okay. Suddenly thinking about it, I remember a little bit of that time. Maybe when you were 3, I went somewhere else. really! Is Sister Veronica still there?”
“yes. It’s a little uncomfortable, but I’m still fine.”
“Oh, I’m so glad.”
“Oh yeah! It’s late, but thank you very much. Sister! For accepting and raising me like a lump of blood…”
“not. i am more grateful for growing up so well right. Didn’t you say you became a professor?”
“yes.”
“It is really good. Indeed···.”
Then, suddenly, her eyes turned red and she began to weep.
At that moment, Hyunjoon was taken aback.
The old nun, whose eyes were very intense just a moment ago.
But when she suddenly started crying, Hyeon-joon felt his heart throb.
I quickly took a handkerchief out of my suit pocket and handed it to Sister Susanna.
At this time, Sister Noh hesitated for a while, but eventually received Hyeon-jun’s handkerchief.
He wiped away his tears, then opened his mouth again with a bright smile.
“sorry.”
“no. Sister. And I’m so sorry. Now that I can see you…”
“no. no. That’s not it. Just because that little child has grown up like this… I’m really grateful for that alone. You are very blessed.”
Then she slowly recalled the situation and opened her mouth again.
In other words, in addition to seeing Hyeon-Jun at the door of the nursery school, she was also talking about the check that President Kim Byung-Soo had talked about.
In fact, she said that she still remembers the events since she received such a large check. With that money, I was able to solve the finances of the nursery school, which were lacking at the time, for a while.
So, she said that she arbitrarily processed administrative documents to prevent Hyeon-jun from being adopted elsewhere.
At least, she said, she was sure that any parent with that kind of heart would always come back to find her son.
Even so, it’s a pity, but such a happy ending never happened.
“Then was there anything else on the check?”
When Hyeon-joon asked with a question, she thought it over and said that she would go to her room for a while.
So Hyun-joon waited for about 30 minutes.
Finally, Sister Susanna reappeared with a small notebook in her hand.
#
“Wait a minute, I just found it…”
And as soon as she sat down, she immediately took out her magnifying glasses, put them on, and looked around in her notebook.
Then, after finding some letters on the old page, he showed them to Hyeon-jun.
“This is it. this.”
She was pointing at the edge of one side of the notebook with her finger.
At that moment, Hyeonjun’s eyes widened infinitely.
Notebook notes with a certain date in 1991.
In particular, the hard-pressed letters were entering Hyeon-jun’s eyes.
[Choi Hyun-joon, 1-year-old boy]
[A red swaddle jacket, a letter, and…]
[100 million won check]
[On the back of the check, ‘Choi Sang-yoon’]
As such, the letters were written in the form of words.
Hyeonjun stared blankly at this moment.
I barely came to my senses.
Choi Sang-yoon?
who the heck is this
Apparently, on the back of the check, it’s a memo with the words ‘Choi Sang-yoon’ written on it.
However, Hyun-joon has no idea who ‘Choi Sang-yoon’ is.
Meanwhile, Sister Susanna was slowly giving her own explanation, looking at Hyeon-jun, who was increasingly confused.
“It’s my habit to record everything separately, so I wrote it like this, but I don’t know what happened. I remember it for so long. Still, the check helped me a lot, so I remember that, but I don’t know anymore. sorry.”
However, Hyeon-jun immediately shook his hand, saying that he was not sorry.
Isn’t this something to be very grateful for?
In addition, if the report of Kim Byung-soo, the president of the Heungshinso, comes out later, in other words, if the circumstances of his younger brother’s orphanage were added, perhaps things in the past could become clearer then.
So Hyun-jun decided to be satisfied with this level.
“Thank you very much. Sister. But can I take a picture of this?”
“uh. okay. Do you want to do that?”
Hyunjun immediately took a picture with his smartphone.
After that, I gave her old notebook back.
“Thank you very much. Sister.”
After greeting him like that, Hyeonjun continued to chat for a while.
After that, after some time, I got up from my seat.
Meanwhile, Hyun-joon received several phone numbers from the information desk at the hospice hospital and returned to his car with them.
Tomorrow morning, when I go to school, I plan to contact the hospice here first and donate about 1 billion won.
And Hyun-joon decided to donate 1 billion won to Angel Orphanage as well.
In addition, Hyun-jun decided to give Sister Veronica and Sister Susanna a few gifts that could be personally helpful.
Then, Hyeon-jun ran quickly on the highway in the deep night and went up to Seoul again.
