Chapter 159 – 159 – A Sad Foreboding
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Woojin left the house with a confused mind.
“Is it going to rain?… There was no mention of rain…”
As if the sky represented Woojin’s feelings, the weather was very cloudy.
“Sigh…”
Woojin let out a sigh.
The reason I sighed was because I felt depressed at the fact that I was returning after a vacation, but
Fighting with Shia… No, it was because discovering Shia’s infidelity was so shocking.
Originally, I was going to reconcile earlier in the morning.
Because Woojin himself didn’t do anything particularly well.
Woo-jin also slept with Eun-jin out of revenge, and it was not a good thing to follow Sia secretly and follow her…
Rather, I thought that Woojin should apologize.
That’s why yesterday’s work was just like that, I was going to go over it.
…If only Sia hadn’t said that.
[Because if you resist, the seniors will stick together more…]
At first glance, this word sounded like “Forced”.
But Woojin had a different meaning.
This has happened before, and now I accept it casually. As if…
Why did you think so?
It was because the two of them in the restaurant and piercing shop looked very friendly…With no walls.
That’s why ‘If you resist, you’ll get tangled’, you can’t help but hear it as ‘If you keep getting tangled outside, it’ll be troublesome, so I’ll have to hug you calmly.’
Also, I heard the words, ‘You can’t do it outside, but this kind of skinship is okay inside.’
In a word, it was like saying ‘I’m having an affair.’
Because of that, Woojin had no choice but to end the phone call with Shia.
Anger and jealousy… It was because he couldn’t control all the ugly feelings and said something mean to Shia.
And currently…
Woojin is helpless.
Fortunately, it was not insanely painful or sad.
In fact, she was right that she was suppressing those feelings.
“Is it because of Seol’s older sister…”
In Woo-jin’s opinion, he thought that maybe he was holding on because of Eun-jin’s comfort.
…
Woojin arrives at the subway station.
I took a transportation card and headed to the platform, waiting for the train in front of the screen door.
‘Don’t think. Don’t think about it.’
The more I thought about what happened yesterday, the more I got angry, so Woo-jin didn’t want to do it.
But I couldn’t help it, and I kept thinking about yesterday’s events.
Meanwhile, Woojin remembered the senior who hugged Sia.
The senior man was very strong and manly.
His face looked a bit archaic, but he seemed cool and handsome.
The peculiar thing is that the skin is brown as if tanned?
In one word for a senior, would you say golden sun? No, I didn’t dye it, so is it a black sun?
It was like a man stealing other people’s women in a cartoon-like place.
A man like that was hugging Shia and wandering about like he liked it… As if he was himself…
“Fuck”
In order to stop annoying thoughts, Woo-jin suddenly rushes forward, swearing with voice.
It was quite loud, but luckily there was no one around, so no one seemed to hear it.
‘Come to think of it, he seems familiar somewhere…’
Where did you see that senpai…?
So where did you see it? As I kept thinking about it…
[♬ ♬]
Suddenly, the phone tucked away in her pocket rang.
At first, she thought it was Shia and tried not to accept it.
She didn’t have anything to say, and it didn’t seem like anything good would come out of it.
But.
[Uncle Taeseong]
The caller was Lee Tae-seong, Shia’s father.
She used to talk to the man on the phone from time to time, but judging from the timing… I wondered if Sia might have asked the man for help.
“What are you doing if you don’t get it…”
She decided to take it once.
It’s because he’s an adult, and he was a grateful existence to Woojin.
“Hello.”
…
…
A soldier in military uniform entered an upscale Japanese restaurant.
The venue and outfit didn’t match at all, so Woo-jin unknowingly shrank, but since she herself was a guest, she decided to stay proud.
The reason Woo-jin came here was because Shia’s father, Lee Tae-seong, asked to have lunch together before returning.
‘But I can’t see anyone after lunch… What is it?’
Strangely, despite it being lunchtime, no one was seen in the restaurant except for a few waiters.
‘Do people come to a restaurant like this until after dinner?’
You should have been to this restaurant before.
Woo-jin just thought so and headed for Lee Tae-seong’s room.
…
“Hello. Mister.”
“Uh! Woojin is here, sit here.”
“Yes.”
Lee Tae-seong points to the other side of him.
Woojin was seated there.
Taeseong Lee picked up the car with a perceptive expression on his face.
“It’s been a long time since I saw Woojin in a military uniform. How have you been doing?”
“Yes. It’s up to you. I’m doing well.”
“Haha. Like that. Is there anything inconvenient?”
“I don’t think there is anything. I will be discharged soon.”
“Is that so? Wasn’t it the next month? Hey, time seems to go really fast. When I…”
After that, Lee Tae-sung’s latte (?) Story from his military service continued, and Woo-jin reacted appropriately.
After that time, the food came out.
“Enjoy your meal.”
The two started eating in earnest.
Has it been five minutes since you started eating?
“Come to think of it, Woojin. I heard you fought with Shia?”
From Lee Tae-seong’s mouth, the main topic of the day came up as a topic.
It was something that Woojin also expected to some extent, so it wasn’t surprising.
“Yes…”
Woo-jin agreed with Lee Tae-seong’s words.
“Hmm… I heard everything from Sia. Strictly speaking, it was Shia’s fault rather than that she fought.”
As expected, it seemed that Shia had told Lee Tae-sung about the events of yesterday and today.
“It’s only natural to get upset when you see an extramarital man suddenly hugging his lover. Well. Of course not.”
Lee Tae-seong put down his chopsticks and took a sip of the tea next to him.
And he spoke.
“But Shia said that the senior man held her forcibly. Woojin, you… You found Sia at the wrong timing. I think Woojin is misunderstanding you. Now, how about forgiving Shia?”
“…”
Silent Woojin.
“Sia is suffering a lot. Originally, it would have been correct for Sia to apologize directly to me… But tell me that I can’t lift my face in front of you, and I came out instead. I also want you to reconcile and get back on good terms.”
Woojin, who lowered her head, raised her head and looked at Lee Taeseong.
“Mister…”
“Yes.”
Lee Tae-seong looked straight at Woo-jin with a benevolent expression.
However… It didn’t take long for her expression to change.
“Is it right for me to continue dating Sia?”
It was because Woojin said something really unexpected.
Lee Tae-seong made a puzzled expression.
“That… What do you mean?”
“I am…”
Woojin openly started talking about something he had hidden from others.
It was also something I said to Sia one day… It was a story that put some flesh on it.
Woojin’s story began with Shia’s anxiety as she became an adult and developed according to decorations.
“It was good at first. That timid Shia is changing…”
At some point, the personalities of the two became polar opposites.
She said that Shia, who was leading herself, became leading herself as her role…
“As time went by, I felt the gap between Shia and me getting wider… Sia became more and more beautiful, and she became more popular with the people around her.”
“Compared to him, I was… Just ordinary. Nothing to put forward… Then I thought. I think I may have been weeded out.”
“I think I felt insecure from then on.”
In addition to that, being conscious of the economic gap between the two families, which he hadn’t paid much attention to, he said that he thought that he could be abandoned by Shia at any time.
“That’s why I went to the army to try to change myself before the gap widened… To fix my negative thoughts. But contrary to my expectations, as I moved away from my body, my anxiety symptoms got worse…”
At least, Woojin almost disappeared because Sia took care of him not too long ago.
But…
This vacation, she said, seems to have returned her anxiety symptoms.
A whole lot different than before…
You know why…
Woo-jin explained to Lee Tae-seong about what happened yesterday.
As for why he ended up following Sia, and… What he saw there…
“When I saw Sia and that guy, they looked very close. More than me…”
“Then it happened. As the uncle said, it is true that the senior held Sia forcibly. To be precise, he hugged Sia while trying to put her necklace on.”
“At first, I believed Shia. I have a boyfriend… Wouldn’t I just push him away? I mean.”
“But… Sia was still. He didn’t even resist…”
“I saw and felt it. Asia… I guess you like guys like that more than guys like me? Called.”
“So I ran away…Before I became more unsightly…”
“Woojin-ah…”
Lee Tae-seong looked at Woo-jin with pity.
“But you can’t ignore contact without seeing each other for the rest of your life. I got a call from Sia. And she asked Why were you quiet yesterday…”
“But do you know what Sia is saying? They said that if you resisted for nothing, the seniors got stuck and stayed still. Haha…”
“This means that this has happened many times before! This is completely deceiving me, right?!”
Shoot ah-
Suddenly, the sound of rain began to be heard outside.
I don’t know if it was a shower, but the raindrops were pretty heavy.
“Calm down for a moment. Emotions are so high right now…”
Lee Tae-seong calms down Woo-jin.
But Woo-jin cut off Lee Tae-seong.
“Nope! I’m fine! It’s okay!”
As Lee Tae-seong said, the tone of his voice had risen a lot, as if his emotions had been intensified.
And suddenly, tears welled up in Woojin’s eyes.
A stream of tears falling again and again.
It was proof that he was very angry and sad even as he spoke.
However, Woojin did not realize that she was crying.
To that extent, she was concentrating on venting out her suppressed emotions.
Woojin cleared her throat for a moment and continued her speech.
“I will continue to tell you. So… I thought maybe the two of them were having an affair. It may be a bit rude to the uncle and Sia… But I also thought that the two of them might not have done that.”
“…”
“Are you a loser?… To be honest, you might ask why I talk like this with just one hug… Haha… What should I do if I’m a little kid… Haha”
“It’s been a long time. So, what I want to say is that I even think that Sia might be holding back because of old feelings. Thinking about it now… I’m sorry that I only made Sia suffer. Shia also has a life of Shia.”
“It can’t be. Sia is…”
“If you like a man like this more than a tired and sluggish man, you should let him go.”
Woojin got up from his seat.
“And already… You two are living together, right?”
“You… How… How…”
Lee Tae-seong was shocked by Woo-jin’s words.
Judging by Lee Tae-seong, there would have been no way for Woo-jin to know.
“Wow… Do you see it for real? I just stabbed it once because I was suspicious…”
When I went to Sia’s house, Woo-jin thought that the man I saw at the front door was similar to the senior.
That’s why I stabbed him with words once to confirm.
However, like the saying, “Have you ever been wrong about your sad premonition?”, Woojin’s premonition was right.
Kung- Kurr-
Lightning strikes outside.
As if it had landed quite close, the outside was sparkling with lightning.
Pudeuk-
Woojin gnashed his teeth in anger.
I wanted to turn everything upside down like a chimney, but I didn’t have enough money like you did, and above all, I gave up that mind because I was in front of adults.
Woojin looked at the wall behind Lee Taeseong.
“…”
“Thank you so much… Please pass it on to Sia as well.”
Woojin bowed his head to Lee Taeseong… And tried to leave the room.
By the way…
“Sorry…”
I fell asleep all of a sudden…
It just swelled up and collapsed.
…
(Dad…)
(…Remember)
(… If you feed it)
…
…
“This is… Where is it?”
Woojin was embarrassed.
Woojin was sitting in a restaurant that he doesn’t even remember.
Woojin looks around.
Next to Woojin was Shia, and across from him was Lee Taeseong.
“It’s fine?”
Sia asks how Woojin is doing.
“Yes. But why am I here?”
“You came out to eat with your dad before returning from vacation. I do not remember?”
“What?”
Woojin was shocked.
‘How long has it been since the vacation… Vacation is already over?’
