Chapter 298 – Side Story – Fight and Don’t Do That (1)
As I sat on the sofa and blankly watched May on TV, I smiled lightly without realizing it.
“What, why are you laughing alone?”
Lauren, who seemed to have helped Lina and Sua resolve their accident, came up to me before I knew it.
Lauren took turns watching TV with me with a puzzled expression on her face, but then she sat down next to me with a complicated expression on her face.
“… I was wondering why he looked so good, and then I saw that he was looking at that girl.”
“What about that girl? She’s the same age as me.”
I was dumbfounded when I saw Lauren talking about Ohwol as if she were Lina and Sua’s age.
From Lauren’s point of view, she is 10 years younger, so it’s no wonder she looks like a child.
Lauren had the same thoughts as me and I tried to argue with her, but she didn’t seem to want to mention the age difference, so she pursed her lips a few times and glanced at me.
“Anyway…! You haven’t been able to meet him lately?”
“Well, that’s right. I’ll be busy with the album and drama promotions.”
“Ah, I see.”
After asking a question, Lauren nodded as if she wasn’t interested and then watched at her TV.
I felt like I was consciously ignoring the afterword, perhaps because the only thing I was interested in was meeting Oh-wol recently.
I feel it again, but they say everything is fine, but they are secretly jealous.
I guess I felt Lauren’s jealousy little by little after going to Okinawa.
Well, it looks cute, so there is no problem.
I wanted to make fun of Lauren, so I spoke to her as she watched May on TV with a sour expression on her face.
“But since I’m coming to Korea soon, I think I’ll see you again then.”
“…Oh, yeah.”
He continued with a sour expression, but this time his eyebrows furrowed a little.
I guess I’ll have to stop soon. Among the people gathered, Lauren, who is the most mature after Seo Ha-eun, gets tired when she starts pouting.
To sort out the situation, I reached for her remote control and tried to play another video, but Lauren stopped my hand.
“… If I work hard too, will you smile like an idiot when you watch my videos?”
Although his face was lightly smiling, his voice was strangely sad.
“I watch my sister’s videos with the same feelings, right? And I’ve never laughed like an idiot.”
When I spoke firmly, Lauren smiled and shrugged her shoulders.
“No, it seems completely stupid.”
“… It’s ridiculous, that’s enough.”
After giving a short answer, I scratched the bridge of my nose and opened my mouth again.
“Noona, you’re still working hard, so there’s no need to work harder. I’m just thinking strange thoughts on my own…”
I felt embarrassed to compliment her out of the blue and spoke bluntly, and Lauren’s face brightened as if she felt relieved.
“… Really?”
“Oh, okay. Don’t act like a discriminated puppy, just sit quietly because it’s your first day off in a while!”
“Yes…”
When she got nervous, as if she was in trouble, Lauren lowered her head slightly, acting like she was being scolded, and I carefully placed my hand on her head.
You’re making people worry by saying useless things…
To be honest, even excluding the fact that we don’t see each other often, there are things about May that are a little special, but it’s definitely not a feeling of discrimination against anyone.
And, since I know best how much Lauren is focusing on her business and New Tube after her divorce, I couldn’t help but be stimulated by the words, “She’s working hard.”
What makes a busy human being work harder with no time to shut up?
Well, I’m having fun, but…
I lifted the remote control and moved my fingers a few times to play the video of another newtuber I had recruited.
***
“… Is this how you do it?”
“Just leave it roughly. It’s all the same once it goes into your mouth.”
“No, but I worked hard to make it, but it shouldn’t work…!”
“That’s right! It’s completely vague, saying it wasn’t really me…”
I’m getting a lot of criticism for no reason between Lina and Sua.
If you’re going to do whatever you want anyway, why did I call you…?
Lauren was sitting on her sofa, her body leaning grotesquely on her armrest, smiling as if we were amused.
Meanwhile, your body is so good…
Despite her bizarre posture, her elegantly curved waist and pelvic line stood out.
“… Oppa, what are you looking at?”
I felt a chill on the back of her neck and turned her head to see Lina glaring at me.
As she looked at me, Lina looked at Lauren on the sofa in her living room and then pursed her lips and spoke bluntly.
“It’s not a real animal…”
“Why are you doing this again? You haven’t been like that for a day or two.”
Rina speaks as if she’s upset, and Sua nods her head as if she’s used to it.
I was dumbfounded looking at these arrogant girls, but I was also embarrassed, so I decided to just ignore it.
“Hurry up and set it up, I’m hungry.”
“Mr. Lee…! You’re not really helping me!”
“You said you would do it, man.”
I smiled at Lina, who was voicing her displeasure, then turned around, and when I left the kitchen, the front door opened.
“I’m here!”
Seo Ha-eun, holding long shopping bags in her hands, smiled brightly and greeted her, and behind her stood Ha-ryeong, who was avoiding her gaze as if embarrassed.
As expected, my prediction was exactly right.
You said you wouldn’t come, but you ended up coming.
When Ha-ryeong made eye contact with me, he frowned, and I smiled at him.
Ha-ryeong bites her lip and eventually lowers her head.
The two entered the house, and Lina and Su-ah rushed out to greet them.
“Sister!”
“It’s the boss!”
Even though the content of the greeting was thorny, both of them smiled brightly and talked.
And, Lauren and Ha-ryeong meet again.
Since the situation was bound to be awkward, the two naturally avoided each other’s eyes, and the spark turned towards Lina, who was in front of them.
“Lina, you’re not going to eat all of that, are you?”
“… Why?”
As Ha-ryeong looked dumbfounded, Lina, who had been running around like a flea all day, suddenly became depressed.
“Did you miss your diet? Did you forget to exercise with me?”
“… Can’t you just have one cheat day…?”
“What if I decide that on my own!”
Although it was said that a spark flew, now I think it was simply Lina’s fault.
Lina, who suddenly became crumpled, lowered her head, and Ha-ryeong sighed.
“Lina, you haven’t forgotten why you started taking care of that already skinny kid, right?”
“… I didn’t forget…”
Phew… It’s really just today, I know because I’m going to work even harder starting tomorrow.”
Lina, whose expression brightened again, nodded her head vigorously, and her subordinate looked at the distant mountain as if there was nothing he could do.
It will definitely be frustrating for Haryeong.
It’s not just about teaching exercise to a close co-worker, it’s about being properly managed and receiving financial compensation.
She’s already a woman with high self-esteem, but she wouldn’t be able to accept it if she couldn’t produce the right results.
By the way, I thought I was just learning how to exercise and manage my diet appropriately, but what was the reason I started taking care of it?
My body is still good enough, but do I even want to build abs?
Well, there’s no harm in taking care of it anyway, so you’ll take care of it.
In the midst of this, she was acting awkward towards Lauren, and Seo Ha-eun approached her and spoke to her.
As the two people have become quite close recently, the conversation takes place in a relaxed atmosphere.
As I was staring at her, Seo Ha-eun smiled at me and shrugged her shoulders.
She seemed to have a confident attitude, a gesture that told her not to worry because she would take care of it.
I think she talked to Ha-ryeong and figured out the situation before she came home.
Having Seo Ha-eun definitely makes her feel more confident in many ways.
While the conversation was going on so frantically, Su-ah quietly entered the kitchen and said as she passed the living room holding the dish she worked so hard to prepare.
“I’m hungry.”
The hectic situation subsided, and everyone began to busily unpack their bags and sit down.
And Seo Ha-eun puts down shopping bags filled with alcohol on the table.
“What do you want to drink first?”
Having accumulated some knowledge about alcohol by hanging out with May, I reached out my hand, selected one, and took out the bottle.
“Start with the expensive ones.”
***
Because it had been a while since we had seen each other, the initial atmosphere was a little awkward, but as the alcohol spread, that atmosphere quickly disappeared.
Well, if you really think about it, it’s not really different from a company dinner, so it doesn’t make sense for the awkwardness to last that long.
There were too many people missing calling it a company dinner, and the place was small, but it was true that it was a comfortable atmosphere because we already knew each other in many ways.
Of course, those two people should be excluded.
Ha-ryeong and Lauren try their best to answer questions, but cannot open their mouths as actively as usual.
It almost makes me laugh when I think about how close the two people were before I intervened between them.
Even the reason Ha-ryeong had a bad relationship with me was to protect her married woman, Lauren, from me.
Even so, I don’t really care.
Well, I’m sure they’ll make up on their own.
Isn’t it true that Ha-ryeong was presumptuously involved in the first place?
When I thought of Ha-ryeong spitting hurtful words at Lauren, I felt a little frustrated.
After emptying the glass in front of her, I directed my gaze to Ha-ryeong, who was hesitating between Lina and Seo Ha-eun, and with her timing, I made eye contact with her.
After shaking her head lightly and telling her to follow me, I stood up.
“Where are you going?”
“It’s hot, so I need to get some air.”
After giving a brief reply to Su-ah, I headed to the balcony connected to the end of the living room.
When I opened the window and went out, I was greeted by an unfamiliar deck and night view that I had never stepped on before.
It’s hard to call it a night view, because all you see are a few streetlights and a building in the distance.
Still, the air was good because there were mountains nearby.
Since I don’t smoke, it’s a place of no particular use.
As I was leaning against the railing and taking a few deep breaths, feeling refreshed, I felt someone coming from behind.
“… Why.”
Haryeong, whose cheeks were slightly red as if she was drunk, was looking at me while tucking her hair behind her ear.
