After finishing his time with Miran, Cha Daehyuk returned home.
He had earned a fortune running a massage parlor and had established a strong network by meeting influential clients. As a result, he was living in a luxurious apartment.
His apartment featured large windows made of solid tempered glass, offering a breathtaking view of the sparkling night lights outside. The space was spacious enough for someone living alone, but it didn't matter much to him. He often invited different women over for fun.
Daehyuk sat down on the sofa, turned on the TV, and began watching the news. He then took out his cell phone and checked his messages.
He noticed a message from someone who wasn't in his contacts yet. The message contained information that Daehyuk had requested from Kim Jisan earlier that day. It seemed the message was from Kim Jisan.
[000XXXXXX00 is my number.]
[I will upload the information written in the memo.]
He scanned the content, realizing it was about Kim Jisan's wife—Kim Heeyeon. He had asked for details on her activities and hobbies. Additionally, he had requested information about where Kim Jisan and Kim Heeyeon currently lived.
As Daehyuk reviewed the basic details, he remembered his conversation with Kim Jisan.
Kim Jisan had explained that the relationship between him and Kim Heeyeon was not as Daehyuk had originally thought.
Out of curiosity, Daehyuk had asked why he felt that way. Kim Jisan shared that he and Kim Heeyeon had gotten to know each other not through dating, but through introductions by their families.
Kim Heeyeon's family owed a great deal to Kim Jisan's family. Because of this, Kim Heeyeon's family felt indebted and could not comfortably face Kim Jisan's family. There was no romantic love between them.
Her family had made the decision for her, and neither Kim Jisan nor Kim Heeyeon had any feelings of affection toward one another. To Kim Jisan, Kim Heeyeon was simply the mother of his child and the one raising his successor.
Despite this, Kim Jisan did not treat Kim Heeyeon harshly. He provided for her living expenses generously and refrained from interfering in her life. Though his family's status was higher, he never brought it up or emphasized it to Kim Heeyeon.
However, Kim Heeyeon eventually had an affair with Seorina, an employee at Cha Daehyuk's massage shop.
Kim Jisan found out about the affair in a rather trivial way—he overheard a conversation among the employees at work. They were discussing how many women had affairs due to their husbands' unkind attitudes.
Kim Jisan, a man who could look at himself objectively, realized that although Kim Heeyeon didn't completely shut him out, she had been cold and distant.
He also recalled a remark he had heard, stating that women who have affairs often appear very happy and take more care in grooming themselves.
Recently, Kim Heeyeon had been wearing more makeup and smiling more than usual.
Of course, Kim Jisan knew that he couldn't jump to conclusions based solely on this. So, he asked Park Bongpal to investigate Kim Heeyeon. If nothing suspicious came up, he would dismiss it as an unfounded doubt. If she was indeed having an affair, he planned to warn her to be cautious and use proper contraception.
Kim Jisan, who had no affection for Kim Heeyeon, was willing to tolerate the fact that she might be seeking warmth and affection from another man, as long as she bore a proper heir.
However, Kim Jisan was stunned when he discovered that the person Kim Heeyeon was having an affair with was a woman.
A woman, not a man.
This revelation filled him with a deep sense of humiliation and made him feel as though he had lost everything. While Kim Jisan had always been repelled by Kim Heeyeon's less-than-ideal character, it was this specific betrayal that caused him to feel a disgust he could hardly bear.
What troubled him even more was the fact that his wife, Kim Heeyeon, had chosen a woman over her own husband.
He found her values—what he saw as repulsive and wrong—to be something that, as her husband, he felt obligated to correct.
Kim Jisan, who was able to view the situation objectively, decided that it would be better for an expert to handle the matter rather than having his wife, Kim Heeyeon, trained by him.
He believed that Kim Heeyeon, with her strong personality, was someone he didn't want to intervene with directly.
Through Park Bongpal, Kim Jisan learned about Cha Daehyuk and made a request.
He no longer had any affection for Kim Heeyeon and hated her, so he had no intention of reuniting with her.
He believed that Kim Heeyeon, with her flawed sexual values, needed to change—especially into a more proper woman. As a bonus, he also wanted to see her transform into someone who, despite her unfaithfulness, would become a "proper" female.
Kim Jisan asked Cha Daehyuk to keep a video record of the training sessions and hand it over later.
Daehyuk, observing this request, found it rather unique. He thought to himself, "I can't believe he don't even want trained females. I must be out of touch."
As he reflected on it, he checked the information sent to him via mail and was surprised by what he saw.
"Huh?"
His eyes widened in surprise as he read the details.
"It's right upstairs?"
The house where Kim Jisan and Kim Heeyeon lived was located directly above his apartment.
"This... This makes training so much more convenient," he thought, realizing that the plan he had in mind for the training would be much easier now.
He quickly devised a rough training plan and then sent a message to Kim Jisan.
[Is it okay to talk now?]
[Yes, it's okay.]
And he immediately called Jisan Kim and explained his training plan.
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Two days later...
[Director, a guest has arrived~.]
"Okay, Miran."
He heard from Yoo Miran on the phone that a customer who had made a reservation for the day had arrived. He got up from his chair and headed to his private massage room.
"Welcome, Mr. Kim Jisan."
In the massage room, Kim Jisan was dressed in a thin t-shirt and shorts, appropriate for receiving a massage. The plan Daehyuk had mentioned two days earlier required Kim Jisan to personally visit the massage shop on the weekend.
"I came as I said. But do I really need a massage?" Kim Jisan asked.
"If you're going to recommend my shop to your wife, it would be more credible if you try it yourself, right? And I assure you, getting a massage from me is never a bad experience," Daehyuk replied.
"It certainly seems famous. Then, please take good care of me."
Jisan lay down on the massage bed, thinking he had come here simply for a massage.
As he continued to use his natural abilities, Daehyuk applied his skills in his own way, manipulating them at will.
Normally, when massaging a customer, the pink hue representing pleasure wasn't visible, only the blue or purple tones that indicated pain. Daehyuk often used this technique because he didn't particularly want to focus on the more intimate parts of his male customers.
After preparing everything, Cha Daehyuk immediately began the massage.
And then...
Kuuk!
"Ugh… !"
The moment Cha Daehyuk massaged Jisan's shoulders, Jisan felt a wave of coolness spreading throughout his body.
"Oh, it looks like you're quite busy with work. You're pretty put together," Daehyuk remarked.
As usual, he moved his hands, focusing on the blue parts that were visible to his eyes, and very easily and refreshingly relieved his tense muscles.
Jisan had researched Daehyuk's massage shop in advance. All the reviews were glowing, with many praising the experience of receiving a massage from the director, Cha Daehyuk, claiming it was almost like experiencing heaven.
Jisan initially thought these reviews were just typical advertisements meant to attract customers and boost the shop's reputation. However, the more massages he received, the more he realized that those glowing reviews were not exaggerated.
With each press, a coolness spread clearly throughout his body. Jisan felt a sense of liberation, as though the mental and physical stress he had accumulated from his work at the company was slowly being relieved.
"This… ! Ugh! It's so… good!" he exclaimed.
"Yes, I hear that often," Daehyuk responded. "This time, I'll focus on clearing the fatigue in your body and the waste that's built up in your blood vessels."
"Yes… Uhhh…" Jisan replied, the words flowing naturally as the refreshing sensation took over his body.
"Uh…uh..."
'Sleep…'
Jisan easily drifted into sleep, overwhelmed by the extreme coolness and the relief from his fatigue.
Normally, he was a person who worked with a blunt routine, always waking up at the same time to go to work, whether he had been working overtime or not. But after falling asleep deeply, the exhaustion he usually fought off with coffee or energy drinks was released by Daehyuk's massage. It brought a wave of drowsiness, as though the sleep fairy had visited him.
Daehyuk had seen such reactions many times before, so he spoke in a calm, measured tone.
"Are you sleepy? People who are very tired often say that. The massage will continue. Please sleep comfortably."
'Even if you sleep… it works,' he thought, continuing the massage.
As soon as he heard Daehyuk's words, Jisan let go of his consciousness.
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"Uhm…"
It was some time after the massage had ended that Kim Jisan woke up.
"Ah~ are you awake?"
As Jisan sat up, stretching and rubbing his eyes, he noticed that the massage was over. Daehyuk, who had been passing the time playing a social game on his cell phone, spoke up.
"Yes. Hmm!?" Jisan replied, still blinking in surprise.
He immediately felt the changes in his own body.
Kim Jisan, who was used to constant fatigue, had always felt a bit drowsy and tired. However, now the exhaustion that he had simply accepted as normal had completely vanished. He felt a surge of vitality.
"I can't believe it… Wow, this is truly amazing. It feels like all the fatigue has disappeared from my body," Jisan exclaimed.
"I put my heart into it and gave you a full fatigue recovery course while you slept. This is a course not available to everyone. I'm offering it as a service because you made a very interesting request," Daehyuk replied with a grin, turning off his phone for a moment.
He then asked, "So, Mr. Jisan, was my massage good enough that you would recommend it to others?"
Jisan nodded and responded, "Yes, it was truly… a heavenly massage."
"If you say that, it's really rewarding for me as a massage therapist," Daehyuk said, his grin widening. "Then, when you get home, please recommend my massage shop to your wife. If you do that…"
He raised the corner of his mouth and added, "I will film the preliminary training and send you a video the day your wife comes to the store."