Chapter 134 – Episode 134 – Dajeong Is Kind (4)
“Dajeong is… what? Really?”
Yujeong’s eyes widen.
“Yes. She’s hiding and watching right now.”
“Don’t joke around.”
“It’s true. She’s hiding next to the alley… Ah, she moved.”
My peripheral awareness skill was quite useful.
It cost a fair amount of coins to use, but once activated, I could see everything happening within a 20-meter radius sphere.
I could tell how people moved, what they looked like, even the sound of their breathing.
An enormous amount of information came in, and trying to process it all would give me a splitting headache, but if I focused on one target, it wasn’t a problem.
Dajeong’s gaze felt strange, so I activated the skill just in case, and Dajeong was immediately caught in my peripheral awareness.
“How do you know that?”
“I have a good sense. I can just feel her gaze.”
It might not sound believable, but when I said it with a serious expression, Yujeong stopped moving closer to me.
“But why would Dajeong…?”
“I don’t know. I guess she suspects our relationship.”
“T-Then what do we do?”
“We have to be more careful from now on. I can’t do it today.”
“Okay.”
I walked Yujeong home as usual.
“Thanks for walking me home.”
“You’re welcome. Go inside, noona.”
She looked at my lips as if she was still disappointed about not getting a kiss, but I shook my head.
As soon as she went inside, I felt Dajeong quickly turn and hide.
I smiled bitterly to myself.
‘Well, it’s a bit suspicious that I’m always late coming back after walking her home.’
While Dajeong was watching, I stopped by a burger place to grab a quick bite and even bought ice cream for the staff before returning to the café.
Yoon Dajeong came out of the guest room, acting nonchalant, took a bite of the ice cream, and smiled.
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“Still, it’s suspicious.”
I followed them yesterday and confirmed that nothing happened.
They were a little close, but… not too close, and Oppa just walked Unni home normally.
But still, it’s suspicious.
Yesterday was just yesterday.
There was a nagging feeling.
My gut was telling me so.
Today is Thursday.
After school, Yoon Dajeong first asked her closest coworker, Baek Ah-rin, about her suspicions.
“Your sister and the boss? Hmm. They must be close, right? Since your sister is the only one who calls the boss ‘Jinhyun-ah’ casually. Hehe. I want to call him that too… Ah, this is a secret from the boss, okay?”
Yoon Dajeong nodded.
But she didn’t want to ask if they were just normally close. She was curious if there was something more intimate between them.
“Hmm. I don’t think so, but when Yujeong Unni goes to the boss’s seat, she stays there for a while… but that’s about it.”
He also walks her home after work, right?
“Ah, that’s right. He walks her home. Now that I think about it, it is suspicious. But I don’t think it’s enough to jump to conclusions.”
Please don’t tell Unni that I asked you!
“Of course not. What should I make for you today?”
“Something sweet… no, an iced Americano.”
“Okay. Just wait a bit.”
Yoon Dajeong received her iced Americano from Baek Ah-rin and asked another trustworthy coworker.
“Haa.”
And a sigh.
All she got were vague answers.
‘Still, it’s a relief… I guess?’
The reason she was asking the coworkers was because she didn’t have the courage to ask Jinhyun Oppa directly.
What if she asked Oppa and he said he liked Unni, or that they were already in a relationship?
What would I do?
The reason she was asking was actually just because she wanted to hear that it was all a misunderstanding and gain some happy reassurance.
But she didn’t get any reassurance, and the unease just lingered.
“Haa…”
Yoon Dajeong sighed and sat down at a table in the café.
For some reason, she didn’t want to go to the guest room right now. She sat down at an empty table and sighed again.
“Jinhyun Oppa, you’re a dummy…”
Thud.
“……?”
As soon as she sighed and called Jinhyun Oppa a dummy, she suddenly felt a gaze from the next table.
Yoon Dajeong turned her head to look beside her.
‘Wow… amazing. Is she a celebrity?’
She was so pretty.
Her long, straight hair that reached her waist was as beautiful as a manga heroine. Her delicate features were flawless, and her clothes were so stylish.
Perfect woman with flawless skin and figure.
As she was admiring the person next to her, the woman scanned her and then quietly got up from her seat.
‘Ah, was I too obvious…?’
The woman left her seat and walked towards the counter, showing off her perfect legs.
Even her walk was amazing.
She was so pretty that I wanted to keep watching her, but Yoon Dajeong also got up from her chair.
It was awkward to stay next to her after making eye contact like that. Besides, she was planning to go upstairs to the second floor soon anyway.
Dajeong went into the guest room.
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Jang Ye-hwa.
She was a woman who could look at things objectively, even if she didn’t like them, and admit what needed to be admitted.
‘Café Delia… it’s not bad.’
Actually, it was more than just not bad.
She liked it very much.
The atmosphere inside was nice, and the coffee was excellent.
It felt even better than the big franchises.
The flavor was deep, and it had an addictive quality that made you want to keep drinking it.
What she liked most was the interior of the café.
Maybe it was because of the cozy atmosphere, but she felt like she could organize her thoughts and relax when she worked at the café.
At first, she wondered if it was just because she was in a good mood, but when she left the café and went to another one, she strangely didn’t feel as comfortable.
But when she came back to this café, she felt comfortable again.
She usually worked at a café when she had tasks that she could do on her laptop, and this café was perfect for that.
The day she accidentally ran into Cheon Jinhyun, she received a coupon, and she thought she would just use it once for a free drink, but before she knew it, she was so captivated by the coffee, the bread, and the atmosphere of the café that she didn’t go to any other café.
Even if she had seen Cheon Jinhyun’s face, it was a café that was attractive enough for her to come, but she had never seen his face, as if he didn’t work and only used part-timers.
‘Anyway, his taste is something else…’
Jang Ye-hwa clicked her tongue as she looked at the café’s part-timers.
All the part-timers at the café were women.
Frankly speaking, having handsome male part-timers would be much more helpful for the café.
If he had prepared the café this well, there was no way he wouldn’t know that. But the fact that he only hired women made her think that her judgment of people was accurate.
A playboy, a trash.
Ye-hwa’s perception of Cheon Jinhyun hadn’t changed despite the success of the café.
Why did Sujeong forgive him and date him?
Ye-hwa felt a headache as she remembered the more than ten lovey-dovey photos she had received this week alone.
There was even a photo of them kissing on the cheek.
I mean, do you usually send that to a friend?
Especially to a single friend like me?
But Ye-hwa, who was surprisingly soft-hearted towards her best friend, just replied with ‘hehe;;’ and ‘okay h’ to Sujeong’s lovey-dovey messages and didn’t say much.
Because Sujeong looked happy.
‘Should I take a break?’
Hoo.
With a faint sigh, Jang Ye-hwa took off her headphones.
It wasn’t good to keep her ears covered for too long. It would be good to take a 10-minute break while working.
‘Let’s see… what should I look at?’
Jang Ye-hwa went to the manga site she usually visited and started reading manga.
[The Dragon and I]
“Hmm, slurrrp.”
Ye-hwa felt the warm Americano going down her throat and clicked on the title of the manga.
It seemed to be a slice-of-life manga about a male dragon who came to the modern world, polymorphed, and had a romance.
She quite liked peaceful slice-of-life manga.
The author’s introduction said that it was a practice manga he was drawing while preparing for a contest, but the content was quite good.
The comments said that the main character was too cheesy, but it seemed like he had done a remake and revision, and the reviews had gotten better.
She had only glanced at it, but the drawing skills were truly impressive.
‘Let’s add it to my favorites for now.’
Ye-hwa took a sip of her coffee and looked through the site to see if there were any other manga worth reading.
‘It really is delicious.’
Just by looking at the atmosphere and taste of the café, she was almost 90% sure that the café would be successful.
If she thought of it as Sujeong’s boyfriend’s café, she should be happy, but if she thought of it as a playboy’s café, she felt disgusted.
What should I do about this?
“Jinhyun Oppa, you’re a dummy…”
That was when she heard the voice.
Thud.
Ye-hwa unknowingly placed her coffee cup down a little harder.
Jinhyun Oppa, you’re a dummy? Cheon Jinhyun?
When she turned to look, she saw a cute girl in a school uniform, pouting her lips as if she was displeased about something.
It was the girl she often saw at the café.
She always wore a school uniform and went up to the second floor at this time, but she was on the first floor today.
Anyway, Jinhyun?
Was Cheon Jinhyun messing around with high schoolers too?
‘No way.’
Ye-hwa nodded to herself.
If he was human, there was no way he would do that.
