Chapter 130 - Climb One Step At A Time

"Can you guide me more?" Kiaraa hesitatingly asked him as she felt like she was completely using this guy but on the other hand she knows he is the right person to approach.

"Guide you in what?" Song Ji Hun asked.

"I wish to start going to office and learn all the work during my college as I don't want to waste my time" Kiaraa shared her plans with him.

"Start after first term and did you decide which sector you are interested in heading?" Song Ji Hun asked her.

"The whole Lee Conglomerate" Kiaraa's answer surprised him and he slightly frowned. His surprised expression wasn't missed by Kiaraa.

"Is it that shocking?" she questioned him.

"Hmm, a bit. Given the number of cousins you have and Choi Hyuk, who already started visiting the Lee Office made me believe he will take over the whole place." Song Ji Hun is aware of what's going on in the business circle.

Kiaraa chuckled as if she heard a joke, "Choi Hyuk is useless, he can't handle a conglomerate like ours."

"And you can?" Song Ji Hun questioned her.

"Only I can" she confidently answered him.

Song Ji Hun lightly smiled seeing her confidence, "I'll still advise, start from a sector. Select one of the sectors under Lee Corporation. I suggest start from the one, which is doing least good…"

"Least good?" Kiaraa asked him in surprise as she was planning to start from their best sector.

"Yeah"

"Why?" 

Song Ji Hun didn't answer her and after a few seconds he parked the car on one side of the road near a mall.

"Why are we stopping here? You have some work?" Kiaraa asked him.

"Step out" He just said this much and stepped out of the car.

Kiaraa was confused with his actions but nevertheless she too stepped out and went towards Ji Hun.

Song Ji Hun then brought her in front of the entrance of a big mall. There were around 15 steps to climb to the main entrance of the mall as they were standing on the ground.

"Kiaraa, can you jump to the top of the 15th step directly from here?" Song Ji Hun asked.

Kiaraa looked at him as if he is some crazy guy.

"Yeah, if I want to break my leg, I can try" Kiaraa sarcastically answered him.

"Even if you want to break your leg, you can't reach till there directly from here" Song Ji Hun seriously said ignoring the sarcasm in her tone.

"Exactly, then why are you asking me such ridiculous questions?" she asked.

"If instead of jumping from here to there, if you climb one step at a time, will you reach the top?" Song Ji Hun asked her.

"Obviously, why are…" Just then Kiaraa realized what Song Ji Hun was trying to do here. "Are you trying to say, instead of directly going to the top office, I should start from the bottom one so that I'll learn more and then slowly I should climb to the top"

"You are indeed very smart, Kiaraa" Song Ji Hun was glad she understood what he was trying to demonstrate.

"Such a big compliment coming from the smartest man himself is my privilege, thank you Mr Song" Kiaraa smiled brightly.

"When you will start trying to understand the working of the least successful sector of Lee Conglomerate and when you will keep moving to more successful sectors, you will realize what exactly is going wrong where. Then you can go back to those areas and even help improve it" Song Ji Hun advised.

For a few moments, he didn't hear a word from Kiaraa, so he turned to look at her and what he saw was a girl, who was looking at him with sight filled with admiration.

"What?" He snapped his fingers in front of her.

"I have to declare this, I became a big fan of yours, you are the Robert Downey Jr of the business world" Kiaraa excitedly declared.

"Robert Downey Jr?" Song Ji Hun questioned in confusion as he doesn't watch movies at all so he was not aware who Robert Downey Jr was.

"Iron Man / Tony Stark?"

Song Ji Hun: "…"

"Sherlock Holmes?"

"Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character from the books written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" Song Ji Hun replied.

Kiaraa face-palmed herself.

"You don't watch movies at all?" she asked Song Ji Hun and he just shook his head saying no.

"Did you not watch a movie in your whole life?" Kiaraa asked him in surprise with her eyes widened in shock.

"I did" Song Ji Hun answered.

"Which is the last movie you watched?" Kiaraa curiously asked.

"That horror movie which I watched with you guys a few years ago in Ian's home theatre" Song Ji Hun answered her.

Kiaraa looked confused as she didn't recollect which movie he was talking about as over the last few years they watched many movies in Ian's home theatre.

"It was the first movie in that home theatre that was watched" Song Ji Hun added more information as he realized she didn't recollect that day.

"The Grudge?" Kiaraa loudly shouted as she recollected the movie. She at least remembered the first movie they watched there.

"Yeah, that one" Song Ji Hun now recollected the name.

"Are you kidding me? You didn't watch a movie since then? How are you even surviving in this world?" Kiaraa shouted at him shotting back-to-back questions at him.

"Relax, it is not a big deal" 

"It is. What the hell do you do for entertainment?" Kiaraa asked him, still looking surprised.

"I read" Song Ji Hun calmly answered.

Kiaraa: "…"

For a few seconds, this girl went speechless and just stared at this guy, who according to her didn't have a life.

"Song Ji Hun, do you realize how boring your life is with almost no friends and entertainment?" she questioned him.

"I don't think so, I like my life" Song Ji Hun replied, amused at her reaction. He wasn't offended at how she acted, he rather found it cute.

"You don't have a life, what the hell do you even like in it?" she questioned him, still in a loud volume.

"The peace. I have a lot of peace in my life, which I like" Song Ji Hun answered her.

Kiaraa helplessly laughed as she never met a guy like this before, "Fine mister, enjoy all the peace you want but I really hope this peace doesn't last long in your life and it turns into a roller-coaster ride"

Kiaraa casually said this sentence, unknown to her that it is actually going to turn out to be true in the future as years later, since the day Song Ji Hun got married to Kiaraa, all the peace in his life flew out and his life indeed became a roller-coaster ride.

"Wow, you are so cruel. I am helping you here and you are wishing for my life to turn upside down" Song Ji Hun commented.

Kiaraa laughed at his accusation, "I want you to enjoy your life, instead of just living through it like a saint" she explained.

"Why do you care how I live my life?" Song Ji Hun questioned her and suddenly the atmosphere turned a bit intense as Kiaraa too went speechless.

She herself wondered why is she taking so much interest in his life and bothering herself with it.

"You are helping me so much, so I…" she came up with this explanation after a few seconds.

"Fine, I believe you" Song Ji Hun smirked and headed towards his car followed by a confused Kiaraa, who kept wondering what does he mean by 'I believe you' and why did he smirk like that but she didn't ask him.

"Next week where should we meet for my next lesson?" Kiaraa asked Song Ji Hun after he started driving towards the Lee Mansion.

"I'll let you know this Friday, based on my schedule" Song Ji Hun replied.

"Oh yeah, you might also have to check with your girlfriend" Kiaraa teased him.

"Yesterday you accused me of liking your sister and now you are assuming I have a girlfriend. Why are you so hell bent on butchering my character?" Song Ji Hun playfully asked her.

Kiaraa laughed at his question, "Accused you of liking my sister? Is it that bad to like her that you are calling it an accusation?"

"She is a sweet girl but I find her a bit annoying" Song Ji Hun tried to put his feelings forward trying not to offend the elder sister.

Kiaraa again laughed at what he said, "Aera is a star, do you even know how many guys have a crush on her and how many love letters and cheesy gifts are delivered to my home from her male fans?"

"That's a good thing, I hope she falls for one of those fans" Song Ji Hun sincerely hoped for her sister to stop liking him and to move on.

"What?" Kiaraa shouted at Song Ji Hun startling him.