Chapter 148 – Homophobia (16)
Homophobia (16)
I’ve never really thought about the reason.
All that remains is the memory of gathering and collecting ants in a container like an instinct.
This is not a memory brought up for the sake of the unconditional nonsense that Yeon Si-woo has been talking about so far-
No, it’s a worn-out memory that doesn’t even have that special meaning.
Those memories he wouldn’t have thought of if Yeonsi Woo hadn’t mentioned the ants.
I laughed.
It was a smile filled with some kind of bitterness rather than joy.
“Not knowing that just because you catch all the ants you see doesn’t mean you can have them all.”
Even if you put a lid on and completely block the escape of ants climbing up the wall.
Even if you feed them all the snacks that can be used as food.
I couldn’t raise them.
They will definitely die someday.
Small, black, hard-looking bugs that were busy moving around the soil, blushing.
No matter how much effort I put in at the time, they would all die at some point.
“It wasn’t until my hair got thicker that I realized why.”
Now that I think about it, it wasn’t a reason, but rather a way to increase the survival rate of ants –
Since it was the most certain method, it would not be wrong to express it as a reason.
And the reason was very simple.
“It was because there was no queen.”
Queen ant.
They were drying up and dying because their leader had disappeared.
A noticeably larger body compared to ordinary ants, which are nothing special.
The only ant armed with something special that is different from others.
The ants in the container with the queen ant were different.
Those who had been wandering around the small world inside a barrel and eventually withered to death found a purpose.
They dug a burrow just as I expected and hoped, and stored the snacks I gave them in their burrow.
And the queen ant I threw away was placed in the deepest part of the burrow.
Just like serving a queen-
Like protecting the most special treasure—
Just like a human.
That fact was so amazing and fun that I still remember watching the inside of the barrel endlessly.
“… The end?”
The first words of Yeon Si-woo that I heard suddenly stopped my thoughts.
The guy was just staring at me with an expression of disgust.
“Why? Let’s keep saying more. “It felt like I was listening to a documentary I’d heard about before, so it was a bit fun.”
A voice with a hint of ridicule mixed into each note.
Yeon Si-woo’s natural expression that seems to be looking down on a person.
“You’re the type of person who gets serious out of nowhere. “I didn’t know that we would end up talking about something like this, just using ants as a metaphor.”
Although it was faithful to its purpose of taking time, the process was not smooth.
And this was something I could not help.
I’m sure he has a plan, but I haven’t been able to specify how that plan is carried out.
In order not to let down our guard, we are not ignoring all possibilities, but-
That’s why things weren’t running smoothly.
The situation was exactly the opposite.
Yeon Si-woo, who was huffing and glowing at the sight of me sitting in the bastard’s stronghold, was returning it to me the same way I had done.
“Well- Still, it’s a bit awkward to stay quiet here after all the hesitation and effort, and it’s even worse because it seems like they’re the ones causing the misunderstanding.”
Tuk—!
Silly laughter and the finger pointing of the bastard resumed.
“If you skip things over, you’re just skipping things even more. “I don’t like killing people right away either.”
Yeon Si-woo leaned back in his chair again and boasted.
“But it’s a bit bad to get your hands dirty like a beggar, so I just watch.”
From top to bottom.
“It’s more fun because it feels like you’re a god. It’s simpler than being dirty. Isn’t that right?”
A sentence that I cannot agree with.
It was a question that wasn’t even worth responding to.
Yeon Si-woo continued speaking as if he wasn’t expecting an answer from me.
“I am personally answering these questions, but I hope you will also respond to my suggestion. “You’ve only dragged your feet once or twice, haven’t you?”
He sat down again, but he did not forget his original purpose.
Yeon Si-woo urges me again.
Not being able to find out anything from the guy, I quietly looked into his pupils.
The eyes of a guy who doesn’t avoid my gaze.
A fixed, motionless temperament that seems extremely arrogant.
It was the Yeon Si-woo I knew.
The conversation up until now was no different from just talking about Yeon Si-woo, whom I already knew, and hesitating for a long time.
“If you agree, what’s next?”
That’s why I threw the bait.
The bait he’s been waiting for the most.
“Well, what else do I need to say? Just kill each hyena.”
Despite this, his expression doesn’t change at all, and his jokes.
I asked back, deliberately frowning even more.
“… The end?”
He repeated the exact same words he said and made the same facial expression.
“Are you kidding? How do you know how those hyenas will behave?”
I feel like I’m taking it more seriously than the guy who suggested collaboration. Is it just my mood?
“So is there anything more complicated here? “It’s just a simple matter of solving it, right?”
“Huh, I don’t think that’s what the guy who whined about how much work it takes to manage just one sphere would say?”
“Are you making this simple suggestion to simplify the problem?”
“It’s simple, and they love it to the point where they criticize it. Baeksan, who couldn’t let go of company games like employee, assistant manager, and chairman, even when the world was going crazy.”
“That’s simple too. Employee, deputy, chairman.”
Just two letters.
He held out two fingers to me and continued speaking.
“You can tell right away with those two letters, right? The person’s purpose. “Is there a simpler system than this?”
Efficiency of one person.
A system that allows you to know the limits of its capabilities at once.
“I don’t know what you expected? “Don’t you want to make a mystery movie with the four of you holding hands and adding twists and turns?”
Yeon Si-woo pointed at himself and narrowed his eyes fiercely.
“I’m not the size to be with that rich bastard, am I? Ah, do you think you’re the size that needs to be matched in soul with that miser or something?”
Look at this, look at this-
He frowned in contempt and clicked his tongue.
“This is why I don’t do business with kids. “As your senior, I’m only telling you this once, so open your ears and listen carefully.”
He continued speaking while picking his ear canal as if to show off.
“Of course, it must be difficult to let go of your natural instincts, I understand. Still, name and color are king. Now he has the same business card as me, but he needs to fix that idiotic temperament.”
I don’t know why I like complicated things in the first place, but listen carefully.
“From now on, think of everything simply. Because that is the privilege of the strong.”
I guess I didn’t know anything because I grew up with so little…
Living simply is the hardest thing.
“Shall we give an example? What if there is something you really want to buy, or really need to buy?”
Maybe you would do it like this-.
Yeon Si-woo continued to open his mouth with a meaningful smile.
“First, I’ll cut back on spending since I need to make some extra money. He eats cheaper meals or chooses cheaper clothes. Or, they might think about saving more on transportation costs, such as gas costs.”
Still not enough?
Then there is nothing we can do.
“I have to lend my parents’ help, what can I do? If you can’t be a parent, then a friend. If you can’t be friends, go to the bank. “If the bank doesn’t work, I’ll have to call the cheap business card stuck in the corner of the bathroom.”
Jingling-
The guy said, waving his hand exaggeratedly.
“You have to go through such a complicated process to get what you want. You are like that. But what about me?”
I am simple.
“You just have to buy it. Whatever it is – simple.”
What is it? Your expression is still strange.
“Shall I give you another example? What if- what if you got a bastard who wanted to beat you to death?”
Once again, he smiles at me with a clear meaning.
“If you couldn’t overcome the passion of the moment and beat that guy to death, the story becomes more complicated. There is a high probability that he will go crazy and say he will sue. You should beg for the charges to be dropped. Whether it is the floor of a police station or a hospital room, let your hands and feet fly like flies. If your sincere efforts don’t work-“
The story becomes more – more – complicated.
“Maybe I should go to court? And that too, accompanied by a lawyer he had barely hired from the lawyer’s office he had rushed to. It’s going to be a very bloody and annoying fight. But what about me?”
Tap—!
He wiggles his fingers again and shows off to me.
“Everything is over with one phone call. Simply.”
“The chaebol family’s master and the man who used to refer to him as an example are strangely detailed. “I wonder where you learned about common people’s experiences through dramas?”
“I told you. “I like to watch quietly.”
From top to bottom.
Tap—!
With those words, the guy cheerfully taps the table and points his finger.
Squeak!
And then the noise of the chairs rubbing against the floor.
“Even if you die and wake up, and they tell you something you can’t hear, look at their expression. “Why am I so scared that I can say more?”
Yeon Si-woo, who had now completely lifted his butt off the chair, looked down at me and said.
“Hasn’t this been enough? “I think it’s time to give a real answer?”
I could understand it naturally.
That this is his last offer.
That’s why I smiled quietly and answered.
“If you don’t plan on doing it, it would have happened a long time ago.”
“Good. It’s simple. Yes, I mean live that simple life. “Now I can finally understand.”
Yeon Si-woo smiled and nodded at my answer.
It was a decalcomanic smile that I felt like I had seen before.
“Well then, I guess the story is over. Well, there is no need to seal or seal a contract or agreement because it will have no effect anyway. Hmm- Anyway, shall we end with a handshake?”
The guy’s right hand is casually extended to me.
I looked at that right hand and let out a laugh.
“Did you forget that this is a temporary protection period?”
“You know. Temporary protection period. A period of unconditional protection from the other party’s hostile actions. But things have changed a little between us just now, right? For the time being.”
Yeon Si-woo held out his hand and raised his head toward the ceiling.
“If you don’t have any special will, that suspicious voyeur above didn’t say anything. Because, as you said, it is an ignorant and sloppy system.”
Now, in this era, it is more effective than any other contract or agreement-
Simple and simple confirmation.
Squeak-
With those words, Yeon Si-woo quietly holds out his hand.
Just like the guy, I dragged my chair and stood up to face him.
The slowly advancing hand casually and gently touches the outstretched hand.
Tuk—!
Two hands clasping together with a dull noise that is nothing special.
Under the protection of the temporary protection period, Yeon Si-woo and I started shaking hands.
Now, at this moment-
I waved my hand up and down, having no intention of killing him for the time being.
“Now that I’m certified as a landlord, I can sleep comfortably with my feet stretched out today.”
“Now I can finally clean up the ones outside, not just the wheels.”
Saying things that I don’t even mean.
Homophobia.
