Chapter 173 – Chapter 173
After that, the warehouse investigation continued.
Do-gyun, who turned over old school bags and opened discolored textbooks, looking for traces of different personalities one by one, found a pile of notebooks in the far corner of the storage room where the light did not shine, and shed light on it.
The notation written on the stacked notes.
‘Notice book?’
It was a notice board.
Do-gyun picked up the top of the notice board and looked at him.
Old and worn things, like any other thing.
It’s like an elementary school student… No, it’s actually a notice board that I’m sure I wrote when I was in elementary school. Looking at him, Do-gyun recalls that it was Eun-seol who went to school instead of him when he was an elementary school student, and opened the notice.
I wasn’t trying to find out anything. Involuntary movements. It was drawn spontaneously when I realized that it was a trace left by Eun-seol in elementary school.
Do-gyun came out from under the light and flipped through the notifications one by one, skimming through the contents.
‘There is no content…’
Stop. After reading the contents for a while, Do-gyun’s body stopped.
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May 8/Thursday.
1. On Mother’s Day, tell your parents that you love them.
2. Wash your hands well.
3. Bring your recorder tomorrow.
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Mother’s Day.
When I saw that word, it was like that.
Do-gyun looked at the page blankly for a moment, then closed the notice and looked at the cover again.
Under the word notification, the name [Go Eun-ah] Was written in small, very blurry letters.
It wasn’t written because Eun-a used it.
It was written that way because Eun-seol went to school under Eun-ah’s name and took the place of Eun-ah.
Suddenly, Do-gyun felt a thought come to mind, wondering how Eun-seol had to live under the name of Eun-ah at such a young age.
A thought I’ve never had before.
How did Eun-seol, who was still very immature, write this notice in his childhood? How did she live with this name?
Even if he tried to think of it, Do-gyun could not guess him.
It is a question that he, who dared to live like others, cannot answer.
The inside that comes to tighten little by little. The lungs are stuffy for some reason.
Do-gyun felt that his expression was slightly distorted and closed his eyes tightly.
Indeed, whenever I discover the buried past like this, I realize that there are many things I don’t know about Eun-seol.
Despite being this close, Eun-seol was still a person with more hidden things.
It’s not that he doesn’t believe in himself and doesn’t say anything. At least the Eun-seol that Do-gyun knew was not that kind of person.
If it was Do-kyun’s knowing Eun-seol.
‘… I don’t want to worry you again.’
So it must have been.
Isn’t that a person with a lot of worries? Isn’t he a person who takes care of even the smallest things to the point where he wonders if he even cares about these things?
Kwak-.
His fists clenched, and the tip of the notice book he was holding crumpled.
“Hey, honey bee… ?”
A voice coming from behind. Do-gyun took a short breath, adjusted his expression, and then turned his head toward Eun-ah.
“Yeah?”
A small smiley face.
Seeing that expression, Eun-ah tilted her head.
“Yes… Oh no…”
Did I see it wrong? I called because the bee-sama’s shoulders seemed to be shaking just before, but the bee-sama turned around and had the same face as usual.
‘Oh, maybe it’s because it’s dark…’
Must have seen it wrong
Eun-ah shook her head as she remembered that thought, and then spat out words to Do-gyun.
“S, shall we go out soon… ? It’s time for dinner…”
“Ah yes. Seeing that, I’m starting to get hungry.”
At Eun-ah’s words, Do-gyun returned the notice he had been holding until just before leaving the warehouse.
It wasn’t something to think about right away.
‘… Now.’
It was time to focus on Eun-ah.
*
A few days later, in the evening.
While Do-kyun sat across from Eun-seol and had a meal, he felt that his eyes were constantly on Eun-seol.
It was because after finding the notice in the warehouse a few days ago, the thought he had that day remained in a corner of his head.
Dalgrak. Dalgrak.
There was a sound as the spoon collided with the bowl.
The inside that can’t calm down.
Eyes that run fast.
“What are you looking at?”
Eun-seol said that to him.
Do-kyun jumped up at the words handed to him, shook his body, and then gave an answer with an awkward smile.
“Ugh… Are you satisfied with your meal?”
Unanswered sound.
It wasn’t the sound that came out of Do-gyun’s mouth, who cooks on his own every time because he doesn’t want to eat Eun-seol’s cooking.
Do-gyun belatedly realized that he had said something awkward, and he put on a feeling of ‘oops’ inside.
“You’re thinking of something else, so why are you making excuses?”
Of course, Eun-seol, who was keen on Do-gyun’s behavior, noticed him and continued with such words.
“Stop talking and eat. No, but why do you always eat only meat? Can’t we plan a little balanced diet?”
It seemed that he was in tears while he was talking, so he didn’t try to lower his head, but continued to speak.
Do-gyun trembled at the glare at him, then sighed in relief at the thought that the topic had changed and continued.
“Eating with Eunchae became a habit…”
“Ttsk, it’s not so rude because they ask me to come and go like that.”
It was like an old saying.
Do-gyun smiled awkwardly at the words he heard and nodded his head slightly.
Do-gyun was a man who knew how to hide his words.
*
After dinner, the living room.
Eun-seol brought a bottle of Western liquor and opened the lid, then turned her head as she stared at me.
At the end of his gaze, there was Do-gyun, who opened his eyes in amazement as he glanced at him.
Eun-seol let out a deep sigh at the sight of Do-gyun glancing around all day, and spat out the words.
“If you have something to say, say it. Don’t peep at me annoyingly.”
“Oh, no, it’s not because I have something to say…”
The words you say while scratching the back of your head.
After Do-gyun said that, he licked his lips for a while and looked at Eun-seol’s complexion. Then he thought that he couldn’t do it because he was frustrated, so he closed his eyes tightly and asked the question.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Tell me.”
“Well, I went to the storage room behind the garage some time ago.”
“Know. Because Eun-ah told me.”
“Yes… I found the notice that Eunseol had written there.”
Eun-seol’s head turned to Do-gyun.
Eun-seol tilted his head with the same complexion as usual and answered Do-gyun’s words.
“Why is that?”
“Ugh…”
Do-gyun felt a ‘jaw’ in his throat, and again, holding his heart together, he looked at Eun-seol and said that.
“How was Eun-seol when you were in elementary school?”
Yeah, it was better to say it like this.
Eun-seol was not a person who would tell anything about himself unless he asked first, and he was a person who would avoid giving an answer if asked indirectly, so it was right for him to use the correct method.
Do-gyun waited for Eun-seol’s answer with a slightly nervous expression.
Eun-seol seemed to be pondering for a while at Do-gyun’s words, then spat out an answer.
“It just was.”
“Yes?”
“There was nothing. It was just elementary schooling.”
It was an answer made with a womanly attitude.
As Do-gyun answered and saw Eun-seol pouring a drink into his glass, he kept his mouth shut and continued to think.
‘Lie.’
I could tell the difference to that extent. That much, he got closer to Eun-seol.
When Eun-seol came up with an embarrassing answer or an answer she didn’t want to answer, she always answered in a flirtatious manner and avoided looking at her.
Watching Eun-seol gulping down a full glass at once, Do-gyun raised a small worry in his heart.
Is it right to ask like this?
Is it really for the sake of Eun-seol to pry on things he doesn’t want to say?
An expression that grows serious depending on the worries that come to mind.
Eun-seol emptied her glass, glanced at Do-gyun, checked his expression, and continued with a sigh.
“Am I next after Eunbyeol?”
“Yes?”
“Eunbyeol did a background investigation for a while, and then what kind of wind blew and pinched me.”
“… You know it’s not like that, right?”
“I know.”
Food. Eunseol let out a laugh.
“I’ll tell you in advance, I’m the last one. I’m going to see everyone else go. Pay more attention to the kids.”
It means to focus on the task at hand.
Do-kyun kept his mouth shut and looked at Eun-seol.
At first glance, it sounds like you’ll tell me later, but… Do-gyun knew.
Eun-seol said that and said nothing until the end.
That I will embrace my wounds and try to disappear.
The Eun-seol that Do-gyun knew was a personality that would remain.
“… Who is what?”
Dokyun said that and lowered his head. His body leaned against the sofa, and he was relaxed.
Eun-seol’s words weren’t entirely wrong.
What he had to pay attention to immediately was the last one of the four personalities Eunbyeol and Eunchae ate.
The first thing to do is to find out everything related to him and get rid of Eun-byeol’s lingering attachments.
‘I know…’
How can you ignore Eun-seol for that reason?
If it’s Eun-seol’s turn to finish each one like this, if he remains ignorant until then.
Eun-seol will disappear without really teaching me anything.
Of course, if Eun-ah absorbs the memory, she may find out about the situation later.
However, what is the meaning of knowing then?
Do-gyun still thought that the other personalities were separate from Eun-ah.
Even if he was comforted only then, it wasn’t Eun-seol being comforted.
Eun-seol had to be rewarded for the life she had been carrying.
Again, Do-gyun’s gaze turned to Eun-seol.
The look of drinking alcohol with a languid face in the world.
His fists clenched tightly.
‘… Never.’
I would never, ever, make her disappear while embracing alone like that.
