Chapter 144 – Homophobia (12)
Homophobia (12)
“… “What?”
Hyeji Lee knows.
So of course the president knows.
Kim Hyo-jin’s mind became tangled in these two simple sentences.
This was something that was not expected.
It was a crisis that Kim Hyo-jin had not expected as he was desperately planning his next move while holding back his hunger.
In that situation, there is no next move that Kim Hyo-jin can plan.
Her outsider, whom she had no reason to think about, came to see her again.
“… So what do we do now?”
Therefore, that was all Kim Hyo-jin could say.
After finishing what she had to say, Jeong Da-jeong lowered her head, and none of the female camp members who were listening to their conversation responded.
Everyone was silent at Kim Hyo-jin’s question, her face as white as a sheet of paper.
“… Still-“
At that moment, Jeong Da-jeong’s delicate voice leaked out again.
“But Hyeji said she would forgive me.”
“… “What?”
“Lastly, she said she only forgave me once.”
Jeong Da-jeong trembles but continues her words with difficulty.
“That’s why she came up like this. “To say my last goodbye.”
“All right, Dajeong-“
Jeong Da-jeong slowly raises her head from her lowered position.
Kim Hyo-jin, who met her eyes, hurried to dissuade her due to her ominous feeling.
“Hello, sister.”
“Damjeong-!”
However, it was no use.
Before she could approach, she bowed her waist again.
Thud-! Thud-! Boom!
She disappeared with a dull noise that was completely different from when she came up the escalator.
Jeong Da-jeong leaves without even having time to say her next words.
Under Lee Hye-ji’s control, the only living breath was completely cut off.
Now there was nothing Kim Hyo-jin could do.
It is now impossible to obtain information worth trying.
Now I have truly become a pig trapped in a barn.
Like the president’s sarcasm, pigs quietly gobble up the food they are given.
They have now become hungry pigs who cannot even eat enough food.
“…”
A distant sense of despair and desperation came flooding back to me in an instant.
The negative emotions that had been suppressed for so long became a tidal wave and hit Kim Hyo-jin.
Kim Hyo-jin, who was looking at the escalator that could no longer be heard rushing down, lowered her head.
Bleep-
Even though there is no light on the ground, the vision is blurred to white and the tinnitus is dizzy.
I forced my eyes closed, ignoring the danger signals my body was sending louder than my belly button clock.
Grumble-
Even in the meantime, the body was honest.
Someone’s belly button cried again.
“… “Sister.”
Once again, someone urged Kim Hyo-jin.
“What should I really do now, sister…?” …”
The same question that Kim Hyo-jin asked Jeong Da-jeong.
Kim Hyo-jin turned her creaking body and looked behind her.
Female campers gathered together as always.
Her new family.
“We just did what she told us…”
They were the ones who clearly knew how the situation was going.
People who listened to Jeong Da-jeong’s words clearly just like Kim Hyo-jin.
“You said that if you just do what you’re told, you’ll be safer—and you won’t go hungry.”
Even in the midst of such despair, they were just looking up at themselves like meerkats.
“That’s why I held on to things I didn’t want to do… But what is this, sister?”
For some reason, Kim Hyo-jin was disgusted by those looks.
“I did what my sister told me to do, but the situation got worse…”
The inner meaning behind the words was disgusting.
“What are we really going to do now, sister…?” …”
“…”
“You need to say something, sister.”
Sister- Sister-
Kim Hyo-jin glared at Hyun-jin, who was urging her on, adding her older sister to the end of her words.
“We were all just believing what her sister said, but she had to say something.”
“…”
“Sister.”
She hated Cha Hyun-jin, who constantly urged her on, and she hated the situation itself, where she was pushed to the edge.
And as always, I hated the campers who just looked up at someone like a meerkat.
Perhaps the president’s sarcasm was correct.
That’s exactly what they look like now.
Pigs just gobble up food without taking any action.
Animals that just huddle together and hope that someone will make a decision for them.
No rights, but no responsibilities-
Even if Lee Hye-ji or Jeong Da-jeong replace Kim Hyo-jin, nothing will change-
“Sister, please say something.”
“… Hit it.”
“Please say something, so we can—”
“Shut up!”
Cha Hyun-jin’s voice, which was gradually raising the decibel level out of frustration, was swallowed up in an instant.
A tearful shout instantly echoed throughout the department store.
“Sister, sister – stop urging me! “Am I really your real sister?!”
Kim Hyo-jin pointed to one person with a red-faced, exasperated face.
“Right now, you’re the only one who’s hungry, and you’re the only one struggling?!”
She singled out Cha Hyun-jin and raised her voice.
“Everyone here right now is just as hungry and struggling as you! And yet, everyone is desperately holding on! Because that’s right! Because that’s all I can do!”
“…”
“You’re not the only one having a hard time, so stop whining! My head feels like it’s going to explode already! Do you understand?!”
“…”
Cha Hyun-jin did not answer Kim Hyo-jin’s question.
All he did was open his eyes wide and remain silent like a dumb person.
Kim Hyo-jin took a swing at Hyun-jin and the camp members who were listening closely to the conversation and calmed her breathing.
She managed to catch her breath and think about the following.
It was a structure in which conflict could not exist in the first place.
Because all the elements that make the camp maintain and run came from the president.
Maintaining the safety and order of the camp by using the search team and Linnea –
It was all thanks to the sudden appearance of the president that food and supplies were released to help the campers survive.
So, in order to survive, I had to listen to the president’s words unconditionally.
Disobeying the president’s words was the same as saying that you had no will to survive and that you would just die.
In the first place, what Kim Hyo-jin wanted was not a confrontation with the president.
I was hoping for a more prosperous and comfortable life under the president.
So now there was really only one way.
Since the president favored Lee Hye-ji and entrusted her with full authority over her supply –
From then on, there was only one way.
“… Okay. Yes, that’s really the only way now.”
A method that I knew but could not try.
It was a gamble that she did not dare to try because she gained strength by taking on the position of comforting the camp members who were mercilessly harassed by the search team members.
Because she lost her player to a bitch like Lee Hye-ji –
“… “I’m much better than that bitch Lee Hye-ji, right?”
The face, the body… It is an experience.
… In every way.
Biting my lip-
Kim Hyo-jin clenched her hands into fists, mumbling something that could not be heard by the camp members.
“… It doesn’t wear out just because you use it a few more times.”
I stared down the escalator, constantly rationalizing myself.
Just like the dark downstairs-
I whispered, remembering the president who wasn’t sure of his appearance, let alone his insides.
“… “I’m better than that bitch Lee Hye-ji.”
Now it was truly time to gamble with her life.
***
Buuuuung—!
The city center with bright sunlight.
In Kim Soo-hyuk’s mind, it was a road filled with the sounds of busy life.
Nowadays, in common parlance, it’s a dirty road where you can’t even hear the sound of ants breathing.
Kim Soo-hyuk adjusted his clothes while listening to the sound of the car’s exhaust sound echoing alone there.
The car comes to a smooth, skidding stop and another man in a suit hops out of the passenger seat and opens the back door.
Tak!
“Are you here, Chairman?”
Kim Soo-hyuk’s waist collapsed before anyone accompanying the employee could get out of the vehicle.
Trap – plod –
The sound of shoe heels hitting the asphalt gradually got closer, and then a heavy hand tapped Kim Soo-hyuk’s shoulder.
A silent signal to straighten your back.
Kim Soo-hyuk quickly straightened his back and faced the man in front of him.
He looked a little too young to be called the chairman.
He was smiling lightly at himself, but Kim Soo-hyuk never responded with the same smile.
Instinctively, he lowered his head slightly and angled his gaze.
Tuk—!
“Hey, it seems like it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen each other, Assistant Manager Kim?”
“That’s right, Chairman.”
“I don’t know how stealing from department stores all day is a good fit.”
“It’s very fitting, Chairman.”
“Okay? It seems like it’s a job that suits Deputy Kim’s aptitude well. Anyway, don’t feel too bad. We were really busy too. Rather, Assistant Manager Kim is taking advantage of this.”
“You’re right. “I am honored that you are concerned, Chairman.”
“Fuck, this bastard and that bastard both have the same answer. “It’s not some kind of macro.”
A hug around the shoulder as if showing friendliness and a shy smile – a light laugh.
Although it was clearly a device to lighten the mood, Kim Soo-hyuk’s lips continued to dry up.
Yeon Si-woo’s face looks out of the corner of his eye while trying desperately to suppress his body’s tremors.
Yeon Si-woo was staring at the building in front of him with narrowed eyes.
“So, did anything special happen?”
“Other than the large-scale movement I reported, there was nothing special, Chairman.”
“No? Then didn’t they just take out the room on their own?”
“No, Chairman. There are still a few people remaining inside the department store.”
“Among that small number of people, there is still a child who is the most thorn in my eyes.”
“…”
“True- I’m all old now, so I’m not letting my children become independent, and I’m not going back home.”
Why are you still sitting here on your ass?
“They move people around like they advertise, even though they clearly know there are eyes watching them.”
And yet he remains.
“Anyway, it’s so damn dismal to even say that we’re just playing around. I felt that way from the first time I saw it. I was so fucking unhappy that I felt really shitty from the moment I looked. Isn’t that right, Assistant Manager Kim?”
Tuk! Tuk—!
Yeon Si-woo playfully but sharply taps Kim Soo-hyuk on the shoulder.
Kim Soo-hyuk nodded like a machine before he could finish his question.
“Yes? “Doesn’t our Assistant Manager Kim think so too?”
“Yes, that’s right, Chairman!”
“… Anyway, I don’t think that bastard knows what our Assistant Manager Kim also knows.”
A cockroach-like bastard.
A cockroach nest that I want to get rid of as soon as possible.
Yeonsi Woo took in the place at a glance and narrowed his eyes again.
