95. A miracle created by a mother who gave birth with her breasts

Sujin Choi.

A representative self-made female entrepreneur who achieved the American dream as a Korean-American woman adopted to the United States at the age of six.

Since the age of 20, when she became an adult, Sujin Choi has been working part-time at a clothing store in downtown LA to earn seed money. And by the time I turned 27. He announced the first start of his business in earnest by obtaining his own store of 25 pyeong.

After that, he launched the fast fashion brand REMEMBER21, and now has about 950 stores in North America, including the United States, and has grown into a super-giant company with annual sales approaching $8 billion.

She was ranked 24th by Forbes as the most influential woman in the world, and was always considered one of the representative American female self-made entrepreneurs.

Although Choi Soo-jin has achieved wealth and honor that is nothing to be envied, there has been a problem that has troubled her recently.

‘Root’

Adopted to the United States at a young age without knowing anything, how many times have you been ridiculed for being Asian?

After coming to America for the first time, I thought it was a sin that I was Asian. So I tried hard to adapt to the white culture. I didn’t even look at Asian culture on purpose. He lived desperately and eventually succeeded, and now he has risen to a position where no one can take care of himself. but.

Choi Soo-jin, who had been running only forward, became curious about how she was born when she had time to look back. So, he traced back his adoption process through related organizations and even found out why he was abandoned.

It was Pandora’s box.

“under! I didn’t even expect it in the first place. I really want it because it’s ridiculous.”

Choi Soo-jin, who was doing payment work in the office alone, burst into laughter. The reason why his real parents abandoned him was because it was really spectacle.

“It’s really uncivilized. rather good If I had grown up in a family like that, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I will never see you again from now on.”

The reason Choi Su-jin was abandoned was simple. It was because of the words of the shaman. At that time, the preference for boys was widespread. The third child was hoped and hoped for a son, but in the end, Choi Su-jin, a girl, was born. After giving birth to the third girl, Choi Su-jin’s mother-in-law severely abused her mother-in-law and married her, and she could not bear it and went to a shaman.

“You have to throw away that third right now. He’s blocking the flow of yang energy. If there is a child, the fourth will also be a daughter.”

Choi Soo-jin’s mother, who believed that, made a choice she should never have made. Choi Su-jin, a newborn baby in the cold winter, had been abandoned at the entrance of the orphanage.

Anyway, there was nothing about Choi Su-jin’s mother in her memory. Did you say there is no disappointment if there is no expectation? Although her heart was sore, the road she had walked was too rough for her mental sway to this degree. On the one hand, I also felt relieved. Because I have a reason to cut ties forever in the future.

“I really want to see you again.”

The reason Choi Su-jin couldn’t abandon her lingering attachment to Korea in the first place.

The first year of warmth I felt before coming to the United States.

The memory of that time remained like an unsolved homework to Sujin Choi until now, 30 years later.

Since it was a memory from when I was 5 or 6 years old, my memory of him was not clear. He was the only adult who constantly worked hard with a benevolent smile for himself who was just young and closed the door of his heart.

“Sister Kang Anna…”

How happy they were to hear that they had recently found Sister. Contrary to expectations, however, he heard the news that Sister Anna Kang was hesitant to meet.

“Well… 30 years is by no means a short period of time.”

You probably won’t even remember who you are. A bitter smile appeared on Choi Soo-jin’s lips as she felt burdened by meeting him in such a situation.

“yes. Ignorance is bliss. There is a saying that not knowing is medicine. It’s better for each other to live like this…”

dili li li

Just then, the extension phone rang and Sujin Choi’s expression hardened.

“Ask me to come in.”

It had been a while since he had requested to find the nun, and it seemed as if the hyenas had already been attached to him.

Who would have been the only one or two who approached Choi Su-jin, who had been through aerial battles before and after childbirth, in this way, aiming for his wealth? However, unlike other times, Choi Soo-jin felt great anger at the fact that Director Kang Anna was used as an excuse to approach him like this. It felt like the few beautiful memories were being polluted by garbage.

“dare…”

The time when I promised to invite him to his office and show him what he saw. The door opened and someone came in. stipulated.

“Who are you to visit me talking about Sister?”

Kyu-ha and Choi Su-jin stared at each other expressionlessly for a while. Choi Soo-jin got up from her chair and guided Kyu-ha to the sofa in the center.

“It’s an unexpected guest, but since you’re here, please sit here.”

Kyuha sat on the sofa without saying a word.

“About yesterday, I got a call from the agency, and the nun sent me today and said someone came… How am I supposed to accept it? Shall we guess? Information leaked somewhere, and the information leaked out that I was desperately looking for someone, and I used it to extort money. how about it? It seems pretty plausible doesn’t it? He hasn’t done anything yet, so even now…”

Then Kyu-ha took out her cell phone and showed it to Su-jin Choi.

“What are you doing now? Well?”

On the screen was a group photo taken with the children from the orphanage when they went to Jeju Island to play. The image of director Anna Kang, smiling brightly and holding Kyuha’s arms, was also included. Choi Soo-jin accepted Kyu-ha’s phone as if possessed and said with trembling pupils.

“Sister… I can recognize it at a glance… This warm expression is really the same. Good luck. I’m glad you’re doing well..”

Gyu-ha said to Choi Soo-jin, who was muttering like a monologue.

“I came from an orphanage in Korea run by Sister Anna Kang. That’s what made it happen, and I take care of her like a mother. Like Sujin Choi. I happened to be in the US for work, so I came here in place of Sister.”

Afterwards, Kyu-ha explained in detail about the self-cultivation. As the explanation continued, when it was revealed that Kyu-ha was a famous actor, Su-jin Choi was surprised and apologized to Kyu-ha, completely clearing away even the slightest suspicion.

“really sorry. I didn’t even know that and misunderstood. I’ve been through similar things so often that I can’t trust people. So sad, right? Anyway, nice to meet you.”

“I fully understand. I also don’t trust people. I tend to believe in the situation.”

“Ho ho ho, that’s a word I really like.”

For some reason, Choi Soo-jin, who felt a sense of familiarity with Kyu-ha, asked various things she was curious about. If company employees or business partners saw this, they would have been flagship.

She did not like to put a preface outside of the main topic and was a person who pursued thorough pragmatism. Even in business, she never said anything more than was necessary, and she tended to handle her work calmly, to the point of being called an ice witch among her employees.

The fact that Choi Soo-jin took the lead and even laughed as well as spoke was a big surprise to those who knew her.

“Ho-ho-ho. Is that really brother? Are you the manager? I don’t remember very well, but I do remember that he was subtly erratic back then.”

Choi Soo-jin, who had finally reached the point, asked Kyu-ha with a worried expression.

“But will the nun want to see me? I’m honestly worried that I’ve only made my mind wander for no reason.”

At those words, Kyuha thought. I don’t know about other people’s feelings, but I don’t want to see them, but did Director Kang Anna shed tears like that? No matter how much I thought about it, I thought it wouldn’t be like that.

“It’s better to regret doing something than regret not doing it. And the director Anna Kang, whom I know, will definitely want to see you.”

Will he be encouraged by Gyuha’s words? Sujin Choi, lost in thought for a while, nodded.

“yes. brother is right It was like that when I was in business. Even if I regret it, there were many times when the answer was to do it unconditionally. oh. By the way, what is the representative, the representative. hard. Call me older sister.”

“Your sister.”

Sujin Choi, who insisted on calling her older sister, and Kyuhana, who did not change her expression, gave off a similar feeling, but they felt very comfortable with each other.

***

8 p.m. US time. Around 10 a.m. Korean time.

Kyu-ha was touching Choi Su-jin’s office computer. It was because the two decided to meet first through an Internet video call. The nursery school was already equipped with top-of-the-line computers and cam cameras donated by Kyu-ha.

Choi Soo-jin kept going back and forth between the offices as if she was quite nervous. It was hard to believe that Choi Su-jin always maintained a dignified stance even in important presentations.

“sister. Sit over here.”

“Bee, are you done already? big. Okay..”

Choi Soo-jin looked at the monitor with a nervous look on her face. After a while.

Director Kang Anna appeared on the screen with a wrinkled face in an old, worn-out nun’s uniform. Director Anna Kang started to shed tears as soon as she saw Sujin Choi.

“That’s right, our Sujin. I’ll find out at a glance grew up well I’m so glad. It’s really good.”

Director Kang Anna shed tears as she recognized herself, and Choi Soo-jin had no choice but to burst into tears that she had been holding back.

“hehehe, Sister. would you recognize me? This is Sujin. 6-year-old Sujin.”

“Well then. how could i forget you My heart breaks whenever Sujin thinks of you. sorry. I’m so sorry. never, never abandoned you I’ve never forgotten you in my whole life. hehehe.”

At the same time, Director Kang Anna showed something on the screen.

Director Kang Anna’s picture holding Choi Soo-jin.

A diary commemorating the day she first called Kang Anna her mother.

Even the clothes that 6-year-old Sujin Choi wore at the time.

Kang Anna did not throw away any of them and kept them as they were.

“I never once thought of giving up. I just… just… missed it. I just wanted to see the nun who first gave me warmth as a child. hehehe.”

Choi Soo-jin began to confide in her mother about her sadness.

“When I first came here, it was all white people. I was the only Asian. I grew up hearing countless times why you look different from your parents.”

Choi Soo-jin once wiped away her tears with the handkerchief Kyu-ha gave her.

“Looking in the mirror, who am I? What is my identity? I didn’t feel a sense of closeness or belonging anywhere. It was hard. really.”

As Anna Kang heard Choi Soo-jin’s words, her heart broke and she could not say anything. It seemed like it was his own fault.

“My American parents told me everything, even how much it cost to adopt me. And he even said that he wanted to adopt only Korean children. He thought that when I grew up, I would become a doctor or a lawyer and make a lot of money. It’s funny, right? At that time, there was a perception that Korean kids were smart.”

“sorry. I’m sorry.”

“I am truly grateful to Sister. Thank you for loving me sincerely back then. Thank you for making me feel the affection of a mother for the first time in my life. Thank you so much…hehehe.”

The two, who poured out their old emotions to their heart’s content, laughed and talked a lot with tears forming around their eyes. At this moment, they were the happiest two people in the world.

Just in time, the gentle sound of the bells from the bell tower of St. Mary’s Cathedral wrapped up the street warmly, as if blessing the couple’s meeting.

Until this point, it was a time when Kyu-ha hadn’t realized how great an older sister he had become.