After a week or two of planning the project by hiring some people, designing the exterior and interior of the shop which was made by two of my friends' woman, hiring an accountant to calculate the budget we used on the project, promoting the shop using Rena and my influence as a streamer to hype up the project, and more. It has been two to three days since my interaction with Rena. We call the builder to renovate the shop and today is the day. The day the renovation begins.
Me and a few of my friends including my younger sister, Erika, and the shop owner are standing in front of the old shop, savoring the moment before they tear down the shop. The builders are preparing all of the machines that are needed to renovate it. Korbachev's fiancee, Krystal, is standing among them as she is needed to explain everything about the blueprint that she makes herself. She's a certified architect, so no one has anything against it.
Talk about the shop owner, he is still in shock even after I explain everything to him half an hour ago. In the morning, I went to the shop to tell him about the renovation. I enter the shop and found him sitting on the pillow behind the counter, he was sleeping while his body is upright. The inside is the same since the last time I visit. I woke him up and told him the news. At first, he was confused, like 'Huh?', then I explain everything about the project that I'd been working on for the past week or two.
His eyes widened with awe, and he said that he didn't believe me when I said that I would restore this shop. Still had a doubt, and he told me to show him the contract and document which I did. He read everything, line by line, and its details, and then, he finally believe me. He gave back the paper and ask why I did all of this. Well... I just want to see this shop live up to its glory era and also kind of I'd like nothing to do.
Then, I told him to go outside to see the final moment but of course, I hired some people to clean up the place first. It would be a disaster if everything in there crushes by heavy objects and here we are.
Krystal comes to us, tells us that they will begin the destruction, and stands beside Kor. This is the moment we all have been waiting for, the moment where we get to see our effort not go into vain. They crank up the big metal ball up to the sky on top of the shop and... BAM! The ball falls onto it and easily crushes everything since the shop is pretty old and fragile.
The owner looks at it with heartbroken, the shop has been with him for decades, went through everything with him, has witnessed many things, became a place for him to rest, sleep and mind his own business. A place where people find happiness especially kids every evening. Now, that shop is now destroyed, he must feel really sad right now, but he knows, this is for the best. *Pat* *Pat* I pat him on the back, assuring him that the shop's new look will surely attract more people. Mark my word.
After we've done watching the shop being destroyed, Jake points his body to the owner and asks him where he lives. He says that he lives in the shop itself. Everyone is flabbergasted especially me and then they look at me simultaneously. "I don't know! He never mentions anything about it before. So, I thought that he lives somewhere else and not in the shop! I'm not guilty!" I try to explain myself but everyone still makes that face, a face of I-can't-believe-he-did-this. Oh, come on!
The owner reassures everyone that he is fine and can live at his daughter's place. Everyone is even more shocked, he has a daughter!? Everyone says to themselves I guess. "You never told me that you have a daughter!?"
"You never ask, kekeke." Oh god! He thinks he's funny!? AGHHHH!!! HOW CAN THIS OLD MAN DECEIVE ME LIKE THAT!?!?!? Okay, calm down, take a deep breath, exhale, inhale, exhale. That's it, I'm gonna take a huge amount of profit from the sales revenue he'll get after the shop is done. No, I'm gonna own the shop myself and make him work for me. You old man bastard.
I look at him and say, "Uncle, let me meet your daughter and apologize to her myself for destroying your workplace and your 'sleep' place. How about that?" He agrees without hesitation. That's easy.
Then, we say goodbye to each other and go our own way. We let the workers do their job as it'll probably gonna take at least a month to finish. Erika, before going back home, warned me to go home early for lunch and I had no other choice except to nod. The owner and I go to his daughter's place to see the house and to apologize.
He tells me that she lives in another neighborhood a few kilometers from here. Thus, we are just walking till we arrive. There is not much to talk about. The house is not big, like a normal house with dark green color and two floors. I assume that its design is pretty much the same as my house, the living room, kitchen, guest room, bathroom, and toilet on the first floor and two bedrooms and a toilet on the second floor.
He steps ahead of me as he needs to ring a doorbell, well I guess it's appropriate if the family members are the first thing she sees first and not some strangers when she opens the door. *Ding Dong* the button is pressed and then we wait. I can hear a woman's voice inside the house, telling us to wait. Afterward, the door is opened and a lovely lady is standing there while her hand holding a doorknob.
"Father? You come!" She then proceeds to hug him with all her power. I can see his face start turning blue. I think he's almost dead.
"Uh, excuse me, I think he's gonna pass out." I open my mouth as I don't want to see the old man pass out in front of the house and leave me alone with her.
"Huh? Oh, I'm sorry!" She let him go and he's desperately gasping for oxygen. I just realized he's almost passing out not because of her hug power but her breast! What cup is that!? That's not normal! I should stop looking at her breast before she notices and label me as a pervert which I'm not.
"Um, excuse me but who are you? Are you my father's friend?" She asks with concern. Of course she would, a man who comes with her father and does not introduce himself definitely gonna make her worried.
"Oh, sorry. My name is Izanagi Kai and I consider myself his benefactor. Nice to meet you." I don't want to call him my friend after all that.
*Quick bow* "Nice to meet you too, Mr. Izanagi but what do you mean when you said you are my father's benefactor?"
"It'll be a long story, I think we should talk about this inside." Then, she invites me in, and her father, too.