"Grandpa Boss!" Jae sprang up from his seat and tried to stop the enraged old man from continuing to make a loud ruckus. "Please be quiet. Boss just fell asleep again."
Fortunately, Grandpa listened and stopped. His anger, however, had no signs of abating. He glared at his two grandsons and looked like he wanted to bang their hard heads together to teach them a lesson. Then his eyes landed on the beautiful, sleeping young woman on the bed. Concern immediately replaced the fierce glare on his face. He rushed to her.
"How's Ruby my girl? I want to know!"
"Don't worry, Grandpa Boss. Boss is safe now but the doctor says that she needs complete bed rest for at least half a month."
It was Jae who answered Grandpa. The three other men were completely silent. Both Lisa and Jiyong had already resigned themselves to be scolded by the old man. As for V, he pretended to be invisible, not wanting Grandpa's line of fire to be directed at him as well.
"Good! That's good!" Grandpa nodded in relief as he looked at Jennie. "She looks so pale!" He turned his head to glare at Lisa and Jiyong again. "Useless rascals! Can't even take care of your pregnant wife and little sister! Hmph!"
"Grandpa Boss, please sit down." Jae tried to lead the old man to an empty armchair but Grandpa waved him away.
"Thanks, Wonjae my boy, but this old man is fine!"
Jae pursed his lips but didn't insist and withdrew. He returned to his seat and attacked a box of cookies next. His stress levels were at an all-time high after everything that happened tonight, so he couldn't stop eating.
Grandpa patted the sleeping Jennie's hand before marching to scold the two dunderheads for their reckless negligence.
Upon seeing Lisa's injured state, he only grabbed the younger man's ear and twisted it. Lisa hissed from the pain but otherwise endured it quite well. The sight was too pitiful that V covered his eyes, no, his entire face with a throw pillow while Jae shoved more cookies inside his mouth.
"Hmph! Serves you right, you pinhead! How dare you leave our company's defence to your wife?! I want to know! You know how sensitive her health has become after becoming pregnant! If you act this bloody incompetent again next time, I'll replace you with Ruby and make her the new President-CEO of Manoban Corporation! Leaving your pregnant wife alone to act out a ridiculous play with your fifth brother, this old man wishes that I use a cane so that I can hit you two dunderheads with it! Hmph!"
Lisa groaned in both relief and pain when the old man finally released him. He quickly massaged his abused ear and remained silent, not saying anything to defend himself.
"And you!" Grandpa targeted Jiyong next.
He charged at his flesh and blood grandson sitting on the windowsill and began smacking Jiyong. Grandpa didn't hold back at all. The loud hitting sounds filled the room, making Jae and V wince and sink deeper in their seats.
"Gah! This old man has a bellyful of things to say to you for a while now, you dunderhead! How dare you hide and not show your face to your beloved grandpa for so long?! Do you still treat this old man as your grandpa, huh?! I want to know!"
Jiyong stood there like a statue and let the old man release his pent-up anger and frustrations at him. His body could take it. Grandpa was strong for his advanced age, but at the end of the day, he was already an old man and couldn't compare to the strength of men in their prime like Jiyong and Lisa.
The hard smacks rained down on Jiyong but he was like an immovable mountain who could weather any storm. Seeing him so unaffected, Grandpa hit him harder.
Nobody noticed the slight tremble in Jiyong's expression. Regret, melancholy...joy. These emotions combined into one all flashed in his eyes.
"Grandpa...."
The hits stopped. Grandpa whipped his head up and looked at him.
"It hurts."
Lisa glanced at them, alert. His eyes narrowed, several emotions also flashing within them. However, he didn't interfere and stayed silent.
"Hah." Grandpa gave him a final smack on the head but there was no power in it. Then he chuckled but there was a sad note in his voice. "You silly, stinky boy."
Jiyong's expression turned cold and hard. Then he was suddenly soaked in sweat. His nostrils flared as he breathed faster and harder like he was trying hard to stay upright on his feet.
Grandpa saw all of these but he only sighed. He patted his grandson's sturdy shoulder. "Why are you such dunderheads? Both of you? I want to know. Silly boys."
A deep furrow formed between Jiyong's brows while Lisa looked like he was deep in thought.
"Old man," Jiyong began to speak in a hoarse voice.
The pats on his shoulder became a hard smack.
"Call me Grandpa, you pinhead! How many times does this old man need to tell you this? I want to know!"
"Grandpa," he said, his tone a little stiff.
"Grandpa..." he said again, this time in a more comfortable and familiar manner.
This time, it was Lisa's expression that trembled. Nobody noticed it either.
The old man nodded, satisfied. "That's right! I'm your Grandpa! Don't forget that again or this old man will give you another round of spanking. You hear?!"
Grandpa finally headed to the couch and plopped down his old but still energetic body. He turned to Lisa and announced, "I'll bring Ruby my girl to my mansion in the suburbs where the air is fresher. She'll have her bed rest there."
"My wife stays with me," Lisa objected.
"Hah!"
"Uhm, Grandpa Boss," Jae interrupted. "I think that Boss will want to stay with Sir Boss."
"Hmph! Fine! Then this old man will move to Dragon Palace instead! I'll stay at your place until Ruby my girl gives birth to my great-grandbaby." Then he glared at Jiyong again. "You pinhead come with me, too! No more hiding!"
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The Wife Is A Superstar 6
FanfictionA world-famous hacker and daughter of the most powerful criminal family who ruled the international underworld for many generations is killed when their organization is annihilated in a single night. She is reborn into the body of Jennie Kim, a pop...