Chapter 182 – @25. She’s With Her Man While She’s Gone
The next morning, I called the detective office and made a request.
In order to meet Naeun’s request, you had to know the other person.
“Okay. I’ll wrap it up and send it to you within three days.
Oh, and I confirmed the people chasing the two people you said.”
It was a report that someone was chasing me and team leader Jeong.
He hadn’t shown up for a while, but yesterday he said he chased after me and team leader Jeong.
By the way, I and Team Manager Jung weren’t together yesterday?
“It was two teams.”
“A team?”
“Yes. It was a pair of two each.”
Are you saying I wasn’t the stalker who simply held a grudge against me like I thought?
Slightly frightened.
“Did you check who it was?”
“They were people doing similar jobs to us.”
I was rather relieved to hear that it was an agency.
It doesn’t look like a criminal organization or an investigative agency.
“It’s quite a competent place. I haven’t been able to find the client yet. I’m currently looking into financial records, but there’s a possibility that I won’t get an answer from that.”
“Then what are you going to do?”
“Well. If it doesn’t work out, you might end up using a bit more violent means. Haha.”
The man said it was no big deal.
“Anyway, I’ll check soon and get back to you.”
The information from the detective agency ended there.
Either way, one thing is certain: the person who followed Team Leader Jeong and I was not one of those women.
It doesn’t make sense that ordinary women would hire two teams of such people.
It is very certain that someone is after me.
What on earth do you want?
Right now, I had to wait for the detective office to identify the culprit.
Huh? By the way, those girls… Were they all innocent?
If none of them really had anything to do with the photos sent to Team Leader Jeong, then I was just harassing the wrong people.
Awesome. I can’t help it.
It was a fun time for me…
There doesn’t seem to be any major trauma left for them, so let’s just move on.
There were two people who came to our office during lunchtime.
Na-eun also came with Joo-eun and asked to go to lunch together.
“I’ll buy it today. I ate well yesterday, so let me buy it.”
It was not a very difficult request.
The women knew very well where to eat near the company.
Joo-eun and Na-eun took me to a chueotang restaurant about 10 minutes away from work, as if they had already discussed it.
“Do women eat these too?”
“Where is there anything I can’t eat?”
Naeun said with a smile.
“I’m pork cutlet.”
Joo-eun doesn’t seem to be able to eat.
But to come to a chueotang restaurant and have pork cutlet, wouldn’t it have been better to do so at a pork cutlet restaurant?
“I eat a lot. I worked hard yesterday.”
It was probably because of me that the two of them laughed at the same time.
“How do you eat it?”
When the loach stew was served, Joo-eun frowned at her.
“Try it. It’s a lot better than it looks.”
“Ooh… No!”
Joo-eun refused with her single knife.
Meal time was enjoyable. There’s nothing wrong with having a meal with a pretty woman or a nice woman.
“Didn’t you say yesterday that if you’re around a successful person, she’ll get a chance to succeed too?”
At the end of the meal, I asked Naeun.
“Yes.”
“But was I really that good? I was just lucky, wasn’t it?”
“Yes. I was lucky. But that’s very important.”
Hmm… Is that so?
But she thought, thinking about it, her presence by my side could help her.
At least I can give her her guarantee.
With that alone, she will be able to create funds for the investments she wants.
Looking at it, do you feel good about it?
I thought that if I had the ability to act and have a good sense of humor, I would be able to succeed someday.
“I don’t know what you’ll get by being by my side, but I hope you get what you want.”
“By the way, do you have time this afternoon?”
She returned to work, sent Joo-eun away, and talked with Na-eun in her break room for a while.
“Yes. What are you going to do?”
“The one you asked for yesterday.”
“Ah! Are you really going to do it?”
“He’s looking into it now.”
She briefly explained to Naeun that she was looking out for someone to marry her old boyfriend.
A very sweet revenge smile hung on her face.
“But do you really want to do that to Doyeon?”
“Uh… Well…”
Na-eun was immersed in her worries for a moment.
She seems to be worried about whether her actions are right.
“Yes. Do it.”
The time to worry didn’t last long.
“Then shall we do this?”
I told Naeun what to do.
“Ha! Really…”
After hearing my words, Naeun looked at me with a frown on her face.
That…
Are you criticizing
“How could it be that… People are bad?”
“Wasn’t it Naeun who made me do bad things?”
“Yes, but… Ah! I don’t know! I really don’t know why that girl is so obnoxious. Ha ha…”
That’s because you’ve been so mean…
It was a pity that I couldn’t tell you that it would be because the memories were manipulated with alternative memories, but only the emotions remained.
“Okay. Let’s do it.”
In the end, Naeun gave up on her feelings.
But it doesn’t seem that happy.
She returned with a slightly uncomfortable face.
“Did you really decide to do that?”
Doyeon was surprised to hear what Naeun said.
“Yes. It’s true. Would I lie? But it’s a secret. Only you should know.”
“But… That man… Is he a good person?”
Do-yeon said that she was not happy that Na-eun was dating the person who had been spreading bad rumors with her.
“Yes. Turns out he was a good person.”
“And a lot of money?”
“Huh! Don’t say that. If others hear it, what am I… What? It’s true, but. Anyway, watch your mouth.”
“What the hell am I doing? Anyway, if you like her, that’s good.”
Doyeon’s face was still not bright.
“Are you going to congratulate me?”
“Sure. Now how good it is that she forgot him and she started anew.”
“Yes. We can’t hang on to the past forever.”
“And a lot of money.”
Doyeon said something teasingly.
Naeun was slightly annoyed, but she tried her best not to show it on her face.
“Yes. I have a lot of money. I’m a snob. Heh.”
Naeun smiled and passed it over lightly.
“I’m joking. Anyway, it’s true that it went well. From now on, I won’t say anything bad either.”
“Thank you. It’s only you.”
The two women held each other’s hands and shook each other’s hands.
“But let’s have a meal together sometime.”
“Together?”
“Yes. That’s right. Youngmin-ssi, let’s be together. Let’s release our bad feelings…”
“Okay. Let’s do it.”
Doyeon did not show a bright expression until the end.
Na-eun, who has no way of knowing her heart, decides not to hesitate any longer about her bad plans she made with Do-yeon.
“Baby. I’m going to go to your sister’s house today and have dinner together. Are you going too?”
When her time off work was over, Do-yeon choked the man in a daze.
“Huh? I think I’ll be a little late today. Are you okay?”
“How much?”
“About an hour to finish yet?”
“Then we’ll be there first. Do you want to come over there?”
“I will.”
Naeun and Doyeon took a taxi and went to Naeun’s house together.
I, who watched their actions on the monitor, slowly prepared myself and left the company.
Naeun’s house was not too far from the company.
She arrived following her address given to her and rang her bell.
“Come now!”
Naeun greets her with a hug.
Do-yeon’s expression, seen while holding her, was not at all as bright as when she saw it on her monitor.
“Sit here.”
Na-eun took me to the sofa and sat next to Do-yeon, who had been sitting before.
Doyeon nodded her head from her sofa with an uncomfortable face.
“Hello. Doyeon from our company. Do you know each other?”
“I’ve seen your face, but I haven’t said hello yet. Hello. Is this your first time today?”
“Hello.”
Doyeon awkwardly said hello.
“What is it? Isn’t it so awkward?”
Na-eun said that Naeun made it easy for the two of us, and she brought up this and that for no reason.
“Oh. What shall we drink? Us? Beer?”
“I’ll just give you a Coke.”
“I’d rather have a beer.”
“Wait a minute.”
Naeun went to the kitchen.
“I’ve always only seen her from afar, but this is the first time I’ve seen her up close. But seeing her up close, she’s much prettier. Every time I passed by her, I thought she was very beautiful.”
“Did you?”
Doyeon smiled slightly.
“Yes. Doyeon is the prettiest person in our company.”
“That much…”
“By the way, I heard you are best friends with Naeun?”
“Yes. Naeun unni is such a kind and nice person.”
“What? I thought there was beer at home, but there isn’t any.”
Then Naeun reappeared and said with a sad expression.
“Then, just Coke is fine.”
“No. Just a moment. I’ll buy it right away. I have something to buy anyway.”
“Then I’ll go too.”
Doyeon stood up and said.
It seems uncomfortable to be alone with me.
“You just stay there. If you go all the way to you, Hero-san, you’ll be bored by yourself.”
“Huh? Huh? Uh…”
Doyeon, who had been hesitantly standing up, sat down again.
“I’ll be back soon. Don’t do anything strange just because there are only two of you.”
Naeun threw a word like a joke and left.
“Weird… Really!”
As Naeun disappeared, Doyeon blew her face with her hand and said,
“I will. It’s strange. Haha.”
“Excuse me…”
Doyeon talked to me.
“Really… I know Naeun unnie likes you…”
“Yes.”
“I’m a little bit…”
“Little?”
“I have no intention of becoming friends.”
Doyeon couldn’t even look directly at me.
“I guess you don’t like me? Did I do something wrong?”
“No. Not really, but…”
Doyeon continued to fail to make eye contact with me.
“Then you hate someone without giving anything?”
“It’s not like that.”
Doyeon bit her lip.
“Um. Even if you’re hated, wouldn’t it be nice to tell you why?”
“Anyway, that’s right. Don’t tell Naeun-unnie.”
“You mean Doyeon hates me?”
“She hates it… Anyway. She said that her sister wants to be close, but I’m just over it. So I’d appreciate it if she pretended to be a little friendly while she was around her.”
“And when she’s not around, let’s pretend we don’t know each other?”
“Yes…”
She said in Doyeon’s crawling voice.
“Um… But why don’t you meet my face? You don’t even want to see it?”
“It’s not like that.”
Doyeon raised her face defiantly, and she met her eyes with mine.
For a moment we exchanged glances with each other.
As she said, the eyes were not filled with hate or dislike.
Rather, there was something desperate about it.
For some reason, I thought it felt good to have her attention.
But she immediately averted her eyes.
“You… You look kind of scary.”
Doyeon managed to come up with an excuse for herself.
“Okay. In that case, I’ll listen to whatever you want.”
“Whoa…”
Doyeon sighed.
“But at least for today. Um. Play with me until Naeun-ssi comes back.”
“Yes?”
Doyeon was startled and raised her head.
“What do you want me to do?”
“Just looking at each other and talking comfortably? Can we do that much?”
“Uh… Well…”
Do-yeon also seemed to think that she was too rude.
She lifted her head with difficulty and looked at her.
“Is that enough?”
“Thank you. Ah. But Doyeon is younger than Naeun, right?”
“Yes.”
“Then can I let go?”
“Yes. Then.”
“Yeah. That’s great. Actually, she wished she had a pretty sister like Doyeon.”
“I’m not your sister.”
Again she tried to avoid her gaze.
“Really? Looks like a little sister to me?”
As I spoke, I reached out and took her hand.
“Huh? Uh… Uh… Why are you like this?”
“Doyeon-ssi, she said she didn’t want to be close to me, isn’t she actually doing it because she doesn’t like me?”
“What do you mean?”
Doyeon pulled her hand out of hers and pulled it, she said.
But there was not much strength in her hands.
