Chapter 176 – Regret and Exhaustion
Swoop-
It happened so suddenly.
When Hayoung, Chaeryeong, and Minseo are hugging each other,
No one knew that Yunseol held a large stone that was rolling on the road.
“Kuhh.. Master.. My body is so sore..”
Min-seo frowned, but gave a happy smile as Ha-yeong hugged her.
That smile didn’t last long.
It was because he saw Yun Seol slowly get up and approach Ha Young holding a stone.
Her body stiffened and her expression became frightened.
Because Yoon Seol was persistently approaching, bleeding.
Must be kept
Have to keep
Minseo thought that she had to protect her master even in that short moment-
“Owner-!!! Avoid-!!”
I shouted urgently in a hoarse voice, but…
“I’m looking for you-!!!!”
The bloody Yoon Seol lifted the stone over her head…
It was already too late to avoid it.
No…
No…Please…
How could I meet the owner again… I can’t lose…
I have to keep
Minseo tightly closed her eyes and wrapped Hayoung’s body as it was to protect it.
I’ve always been protected, so this time I have to protect you.
Master.
Please do not resent me. I love you. Always.
Just like that, Yun Seol stamped the stone down.
Perok-
The stone hit Minseo’s head, who was covering Hayoung.
“Fucking bitch-!!!!”
Seeing this, Chaeryeong immediately kicked Yoon Seol and stopped her, but…
“M.. Minseo..?”
Hayoung caressed his cheek with her trembling hand.
Ha-young’s eyes shook more violently than ever before, and her hands trembled with fear.
“Ha..Young…N..”
This is because Minseo, who was looking at herself, closed her eyes as her blood dripped from her face.
Dump.
While Min-seo was hugged by Ha-yeong, she collapsed..
“Kang Min-seo-!!!!”
Ha-young cried out in sadness and then in anger.
That she couldn’t protect Minseo properly because she became the owner.
Even when he became the owner… He only received help from Minseo.
With her helplessness that she couldn’t protect her, Ha-young hugged his bloody face and burst out with painful sadness that permeated her body.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry… So… Wake up… Please…”
Ha-young hugged Min-seo, covered in her tears, and she cried and shook her body vigorously.
And- the look…
“Her.”
There was Chaeryeong looking at her dead eyes, with lifeless eyes in her eyes.
It was a tragic moment that no one expected.
***
A month has passed.
One day when the rain was pouring down, there was someone sitting on a wet bench with an umbrella, but without hesitation.
Click-
She put her cigarette in her mouth and…
“Puha-“
Along with thick cigarette smoke, with a red short cut… Seoyoung gently closed her eyes.
Closing her eyes made her feel a little at ease, and soon the voice she had been waiting for so long was heard.
“Seoyoung.”
It was the voice he had been waiting for, soft and supple.
“Yes. It’s Minseo.”
Seoyoung looked into his eyes with a bright smile.
Those bright, yet always bright eyes.
And I really liked those blurry, trembling eyes when they attacked me.
“Seoyoung-nim, why are you smoking all of a sudden?”
“I just want to bloom all of a sudden?”
Seoyoung smiled while looking at Minseo.
She was Seoyoung, who hated cigarette smoke even to death.
Besides, she said she wasn’t good at exercising, and she didn’t even smoke a cigarette. She was Seoyoung.
Even when her basement and Eugene smoked her cigarettes, she grimaced and clicked her tongue.
It’s been a long time since I’ve forgotten that thought.
“Lie.”
“Huh?”
“You’re bleeding because of me.”
“…It’s not.”
Seoyoung said that, but before she knew it, only bitterness remained on her face.
Swoop-
Minseo smiled softly and caressed Seoyoung’s cheek.
“It’s not because of you, so don’t be sad. Don’t be resentful.”
Min-seo was smiling, but she had a very sad expression.
“Min-seo, you should call me Seo-young. Are you scolded?”
Seoyoung swallowed her cries rising from her throat and she tried to smile.
Because I didn’t want to show Minseo a sad face.
Because I didn’t deserve it.
Because you are the hero who saved me.
“Seoyoung-ah, we’re the same age. You’re an idiot.”
As Minseo said, she caressed my watery eyes.
“When it’s hard, you can cry.”
Minseo’s kind words… Somehow, the tears I’ve been holding back spilled out…
“Huhhhhh”
Looking at Min-seo, who had disappeared before she knew it, Seo-yeong sobbed and howled.
Shoot ah-
The rain didn’t stop, it poured…
The umbrella lay loose on the floor.
Being hit by her harsh rain all over her body… Seoyoung cried over and over again.
From the time Minseo became unconscious, she saw visions from then on.
A very warm and friendly Minseo talked to me…
Even though I knew it was an illusion…I treated him with respect.
It’s so sad that I didn’t treat you like that earlier.
Because I hated myself so much.
He thought he was being punished.
And- like that, for a month, Seoyoung was saddened by Minseo’s futility.
***
Jump-
Underground was drinking high-alcohol alcohol alone in the room.
In a dark room, looking out the window at the rain pouring down.
When he was a fool and couldn’t adapt, it was Kang Min-seo who kindly helped him.
Now I understand my heart
Now… I can’t even convey my feelings.
Took-
Took-
Clear tears fell from the corners of her eyes in the basement … And she drank – and drank – and drank her drink to forget her sorrows.
“Haa.. Minseo.. I miss you.”
Jiha was so resentful of this damn situation that was now too late… And hated it.
“Please..Just open your eyes..Please..I beg you..”
Underground was sobbing as she tousled her blonde hair…
In her heart, only a sense of guilt and mad longing remained.
By the time the tears in the basement flowed ceaselessly…
Beep-beep-beep-
Suddenly, with the sound of a door lock-
Rattle-
Someone came in
“Ha. The smell of alcohol.”
Eugene frowned at the smell of alcohol that stung his nose.
“Hehe… Sister…”
Looking at Eugene, her basement started to cry sadly…
“…”
She was the one who would curse at me for beating me up if it was the same as usual…
Swoop-
Eugene silently sat down next to her and patted her on the shoulder.
She came as a shock to Eugene as well.
When Minseo became unconscious, everyone panicked…
In that state, the White Flower organization would almost collapse.
She was insanely sad, it was hard… But she had to get the organization back up, even if she was herself.
Minseo wouldn’t want it to collapse like this.
Recalling her memories with Minseo, who happily shared the story of Doran Doran on her bed.
Thinking of the warm Minseo who listened to her story with a clear smile as if she were a child.
Eugene wiped away her tears, and she started working randomly.
In a state of exhaustion all day, she sees Ha-yeong taking care of Min-seo, Seo-young, who has now disappeared, and the basement hidden in her room.
She didn’t resent them.
Because they have more memories than you do.
Because she knows that it will be even harder for her.
She had less memories with Min-seo, so she had to come to her senses.
Even for the sake of Minseo, whom I will meet later.
Even if it was to prove that she had endured like this.
‘Kang Min-seo, I believe you will open your eyes.’
Eugene secretly wiped the tears from her cheeks and bit her lips.
***
Square- Square- Square-
A temporary office building.
Someone was working like crazy there.
“Here is..”
“This document…Here…”
The woman who piled up documents like a mountain and worked day and night was… Soo-hyeon.
Ever since Minseo became unconscious, she was the one who tried to cause white flowers along with Eugene…
So she worked like crazy at work until her body collapsed.
Even when she stumbled and was powerless, even when her eyes were closed, she couldn’t put the pen down.
Because…
It’s because the moment I took a break for a while, I heard Minseo’s voice.
“Soo-hyeon-nim…Why couldn’t you protect me…? You have the strength. You only have that much…? You don’t have the qualifications to be a bodyguard.”
She often heard Minseo’s hallucinations because of her guilt for not being able to protect Minseo and her strong sense of helplessness that she couldn’t do anything herself…
“Uuuuu… I’m sorry…”
Suhyeon had no choice but to work at random in order not to hear Minseo’s hallucinations.
If he stopped working even a little bit, his voice would penetrate Suhyeon’s body and torment him…
“Uuuuu-“
Suhyeon was on the verge of going crazy with his tears dripping.
At that time-
Rattle-
“Soohyun-ah, you need to wake up. Huh?”
Chaeryeong, who entered the office, smiled and hugged Suhyeon.
“It’s okay. Everything will be fine. Let’s rest. We.”
Chaeryeong trembled as she comforted Suhyeon who was hugging her.
Suhyeon’s body was now very different from that of the bodyguard, who was strong and strong.
Like a baby cat getting hit by rain, she shuddered like crazy in Chaeryeong’s arms..
Her face, always neat and clean without any blemishes, was haggard with fear and fear.
“Ugh… I’m sorry… Minseo…”
Suhyeon wept like crazy in Chaeryeong’s arms…
“Huh. Heh.”
It was Suhyeon who fell asleep after crying in Chaeryeong’s arms for several hours.
“Whoa.”
After putting Suhyeon to sleep, Chaeryeong let out a sigh of relief…
Todok-
Talk-
Transparent tears also fell from the corners of Chaeryeong’s eyes without anyone noticing.
Chaeryeong, who had comforted Suhyeon affectionately and courageously, suddenly had sadness in her eyes.
After Min-seo became unconscious, everyone panicked…
Everyone was unconscious and soaked in sadness and impoverished.
Naturally, complex emotions like sadness, pain, anxiety, and regret penetrated her heart like crazy, but…
Still, she shouldn’t be sad.
Because she was the eldest sister.
She was responsible for leading them.
She cries several times a day and covers her with a blanket next to her fainting Ha-young, and takes care of her by giving her warm rice.
She also called Seo-yeong several times a day, who had disappeared somewhere, and she talked with her even for a few minutes.
Min-seo comforted her with hopeful stories, such as how her condition improved a little, how his hair was longer before he knew it, and how he shaved her.
Even when she drank her drink and went to the underground house lodged in her house, she cooked her food and took care of her.
To Yujin and Suhyeon, who work hard, I visited them several times and comforted them with a smile.
Never cried
Because I am the eldest sister.
Because you have to be the most dignified.
But still, if no one is looking… It’s okay to cry…?
Chaeryeong bit her lips tightly, and she held her breath and wept sadly, fearing that Suhyeon would hear.
