Chapter 133 – 133화 – Dajeong Is Kind (3)
Yoon Dajeong was in a very good mood these days.
First of all, the mornings were refreshing.
The nightmares she used to have had completely disappeared after meeting Jinhyun Oppa. The refreshing mornings she greeted with a clear head and a light body were so blissful.
“Are you up already~?”
“Yeah.”
Her mom and sister also seemed to be in a great mood.
Her sister, who used to work part-time at both a restaurant and a convenience store, now went to work at the cafe with a happy face.
Her mom was still working hard at the restaurant, but thanks to Jinhyun Oppa’s gift, her fatigue had noticeably decreased.
It was something like a nutritional supplement, but what could it be?
Wasn’t it something really expensive?
Her mom had asked about it too, but Jinhyun Oppa had told her not to worry about the price.
Her mom always tried to give anything good to her and her sister, so she suggested they share it, but he politely declined.
“I’m off~.”
“Be careful on your way.”
Yoon Dajeong went to school with a happy heart.
“Hey. Have you been there?”
“Where?”
“The cafe with the coupons Dajeong Unnie gave out.”
“Oh. That place is awesome. The coffee is so good.”
“How would you know about coffee?”
“Whatever~. You’re the one who doesn’t know.”
The coupons that Jinhyun Oppa had given out were distributed to the kids in her class. She even went to the teachers’ office and gave them to her homeroom teacher and other teachers in the same subject, and the reactions were really good.
She wanted Jinhyun Oppa to do well.
During school hours, she listened attentively in class. During breaks and lunch, she planned out her webtoon or chatted with Oppa.
“Oh. Dajeong’s here?”
“Yes, is Oppa upstairs?”
“Yeah.”
“What about Unnie?”
“I think she’s inside helping move something, should I call her?”
“Ah, it’s okay.”
As soon as school was over, she took the bus to the cafe, and one of the part-timers greeted her warmly. The part-time cafe staff all seemed happy.
“What would you like to drink?”
“Um, I’d like a brown sugar bubble tea. Oh, but please take out the pearls.”
“Bubble tea without pearls…? Okay, I got it. Wait upstairs for a bit? I’ll bring it to you.”
“No, it’s okay. I’ll wait here.”
“Okay.”
The woman smiled brightly and started making the drink.
The person she had talked to was a part-timer named Baek Arin Unnie.
She felt a little like she was being treated like a kid, which was a bit disappointing, but she was still pretty and had a very kind heart.
‘Come to think of it, there are a lot of beauties at this cafe.’
No, it wasn’t just about beauties, when she thought about it, it was all women.
“Here you go. I took out all the pearls.”
“Thank you.”
Yoon Dajeong said her thanks and went up to the second floor of the cafe.
She entered the staff area and looked inside, where she saw a luxurious door.
Yoon Dajeong rummaged through her wallet and took out a card.
Beep.
She tapped the card on the black terminal on the left wall, and with a beep, the door opened.
Click.
The hallway where Oppa’s private office was located could only be entered by opening the door with a cafe staff card key.
Even though she wasn’t exactly staff, her heart fluttered when she thought about Jinhyun Oppa, who had readily given her the card key.
“This is our cafe card, so even if I’m not here, if you want to rest, you can open the door and freely use the guest room.”
“Oh, a card key? Is it okay to just give this to me?”
“Of course.”
Yoon Dajeong knocked on the office door.
“Yeah. Come in.”
She immediately heard a reply, and she saw Jinhyun Oppa looking at his computer monitor.
‘He’s so handsome.’
He was quite handsome when she first saw him, but now he seemed even more handsome than before.
Was she wearing rose-colored glasses?
He was typing something diligently while looking at the monitor, and his focused appearance was also very cool.
“Dajeong, you’re here?”
“Yes.”
“Okay. Make yourself comfortable in the room.”
At Oppa’s words, Yoon Dajeong smiled brightly and left the office to go into the guest room.
The guest room wasn’t as big as the office, but it was quite spacious.
The office looked like a complete workspace, but the guest room was designed similarly to the cafe. It had a cozy and comfortable decoration.
Strangely, being here made her feel at ease.
She could draw much better and study better than at home.
Was it because the environment was good?
The drinks were free too…
It was truly heaven.
‘No. I should hold back on the drinks a little.’
Oppa had told her not to hesitate and to drink and eat as much as she wanted, but drinking too much wasn’t polite.
Even though she was drinking for free, this cafe was Oppa’s in the first place. It was all coming out of Oppa’s money.
Besides, if she wasn’t careful, she might get a belly.
‘Now, I should draw.’
Yoon Dajeong connected her tablet to the computer and started drawing her webtoon.
The guest room also had a computer, so she only needed to bring her tablet and USB.
Thinking about Oppa, who had bought and installed a drawing program on the computer for her, her heart fluttered with gratitude once again.
‘This part… let’s change the composition a bit.’
She was working on two types of webtoons.
One was a webtoon for a contest, and the other was the daily webtoon she was currently uploading. The daily webtoon used Oppa as the motif for the male lead, and her fans were flying around like feathers.
‘Oh. It’s already past five.’
When she opened her eyes, over an hour had passed in an instant.
A comfortable cafe, a happy cafe.
That was how Jinhyun Oppa’s cafe felt to Yoon Dajeong.
However.
It wasn’t always comfortable and happy.
There was something that disturbed that happiness and comfort.
Beep-
Tap tap.
She heard the sound of the hallway door opening and footsteps.
When she asked Arin Unnie, she said that usually when part-timers were leaving work, they often stopped by the office to say goodbye before leaving.
But that was around 2 PM when she was still at school.
After that, there weren’t many people who came to this hallway.
Sometimes a part-timer would bring Oppa a drink or snack, or come to ask him something, but they would only stop by briefly.
Strangely, these footsteps stopped in front of the office and didn’t come out even after a long time.
5 minutes, 10 minutes.
When 15 minutes had passed without anyone coming out, Yoon Dajeong felt a bubbling sensation inside.
Eventually, she jumped up from her seat and stood in front of the office.
Hoo.
First, take a deep breath.
Knock knock.
“Oppa. Can I come in?”
“Ah, yeah, come in.”
As soon as she knocked on the door, she heard a voice telling her to come in.
As soon as she entered, Yoon Dajeong quickly scanned the room.
Jinhyun Oppa and…
‘Yujeong Unnie.’
Unnie’s cheeks were slightly flushed. There was even a subtle atmosphere between Unnie and Oppa.
“Unnie?”
“Ah, Dajeong… why?”
“I just thought it was about time for you to leave.”
“Oh, yeah. I was just about to go. Jinhyun said he’d give me a ride, do you want to come along?”
Give her a ride.
There were so many other part-timers, so why was he only giving Unnie a ride?
Of course, he always gave her a ride too, but…
“…Really? I’m okay. I’ll draw a bit more before I go. Is that okay, Oppa?”
“Yeah. It’s okay. Make yourself comfortable.”
Jinhyun Oppa went into the room to put on his coat, and Unnie had already changed.
Unnie’s original quitting time was 5:20 PM.
However, most of the time, she would be in the office doing something and leave several hours later.
Sometimes she would even leave after 9 PM.
On days when she left on time, Jinhyun Oppa would give her a ride, but it took them so long to go just 10 minutes away.
When Oppa gave Unnie a ride, he was always late coming back.
The other day, he said he was giving Unnie a ride, but he didn’t come back for two hours.
“I’ll be going?”
“Yes. Oh, and Unnie, we’re out of trash bags.”
“Ah, okay. I’ll buy some on my way in.”
Yujeong Unnie replied and walked out side by side with Jinhyun Oppa.
As expected…
Yoon Dajeong watched Unnie and Oppa walk down the cafe.
The awkwardness she felt when she opened the door.
Her flushed face.
That’s right.
Unnie was suspicious.
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“Jinhyun-ah, don’t you want to go to a motel?”
As soon as they were a certain distance away from the cafe, Yujeong Nuna clung to me and flirted.
“Isn’t it Nuna who wants to go?”
“Hehe. So, you don’t like it?”
“It’s not that I don’t like it… Nuna. Walk a little further away from me.”
“Oh, oh…?”
When I gently pushed away Yujeong Nuna, who was trying to get close and act cute, Nuna looked at me with a shocked face.
“Hey, don’t make that face.”
“Then why…?”
When I looked at Nuna with a gentle expression, Yujeong Nuna looked up at me with a face like a wounded cat.
She slowly closed the distance again, but I moved further away from Yujeong Nuna.
Just as Nuna’s expression was about to get worse, I opened my mouth.
“Dajeong is following us.”
