Chapter 79 – Episode 79. I Went to MT. (2)
The morning of the day of empty departure.
There was a note attached to the thermos bottle that the teacher had left in front of the front door.
-Today’s morning class, so I’ll go first. You said you went to empty school at school? I’ll plan ahead, so eat well and be careful!
The teacher who left breast milk without filtering today.
The teacher is strictly keeping her promise to express fresh breast milk every single time.
Gulp-.
Gulp-.
I immediately opened the lid and drank her breast milk that she had carefully expressed in the morning.
There is nothing like this for breakfast these days.
‘Then let’s pack some things soon.’
The only luggage I had was simple underwear and a few clothes to change into.
Since I was sitting with my bag packed in the morning, I somehow felt like I was going on a picnic, and I was also excited.
Put in clothes and socks, what else should I bring?
A pill bottle piled up in the corner catches my eye.
‘…A stamina restorer?’
I’m going to empty space, but I don’t know what will happen when and where I want to use it.
I stuffed my bag full of stamina recovery pills and threw one into my mouth right away.
Hot!
The response comes right away.
The feeling of starting a new day.
I don’t have to use it right away, but if I take a pill beforehand, I feel like I’m feeling good for the day.
Weeng-.
Weeng-.
After getting ready to leave, I was waiting in my room when the senior president of the society called.
“Hello?”
-Uh. I am Jinwoo.
“Your senior.”
– I’m sorry, but where are you now?
“I am waiting in the room. I think it would be too early to leave now.”
-Thank god. Then, could you go to school now and visit the department office?
“Yes. Are you okay. But why?”
-Have you seen Professor Park Ji-yeon, who is new from this semester?
It’s the first name I’ve heard.
It was only during major classes that I took classes with the professors I always saw, and I was never in the college building except for major classes.
“No. I don’t know.”
-It seems that you don’t know yet because you only go to the 1st grade class. Anyway, I guess the professor has something to ask.
“Yes. All right. Can I go right now?”
-Huh. Sorry. You’re the only one near the school right now. There’s still a lot left until the departure, so come down right away after doing your business. I’ll wait.
“Yes, senior. Then see you later.”
Pop-.
The phone hung up and I immediately packed my bag.
‘I was bored because there was plenty of time left until the departure, but it worked out.’
I packed my bag and headed straight to school.
* * *
When I arrived in front of the department office, the entrance was a mess with various paper bundles and boxes.
Looking inside, I saw a female student who seemed to be her teaching assistant, busy carrying her box by herself.
“Hey… Assistant? She came after being called by the professor.”
“Huh? Who?”
Senior assistant with wavy hair and round glasses.
She looked back at me with her face saturated with her graduate school life.
“Ah. My name is Jinwoo Lee. I came because the senior president of the society asked me to go upstairs.”
“Is it Jinwoo? Did the president send you here?”
Seeing that she calls the senior president of the academic society the president of the academic society, she definitely looks older than her senior.
He must be a graduate student who graduated from undergraduate school, so he must be in his late twenties.
“Come in this way. Did you come sooner than expected?”
“Yes. Hello.”
The senior assistant was not an outstanding beauty, but a subtle color emanated from her facial expression.
She keeps looking at her white skin and strong hips line.
“Isn’t it a little dirty inside? Out of mind Can you listen to this for a moment?”
“Yes.”
I lifted the box piled up next to my senior assistant.
“Today is the day the empty train departs. Thank you so much for coming to help.”
“No. There is still time until departure.”
“Whoops. Okay. I’ll let you go until departure. Now I’m going to take this and go to the professor’s lab. Isn’t it very heavy?”
“Yes. Are you okay.”
I picked up the box and followed the senior assistant to the professor’s lab in the next building.
I hadn’t been there much, but the professor’s research building always had a musty smell of dust and dark shadows, so the air around it was gloomy.
The place we arrived at is Professor Park Ji-yeon’s laboratory located in the farthest corner of the gloomy research building.
Said as he put down the box the assistant senior was holding.
“I’m going to put the box down there for now, and now I’m going to organize what’s inside.”
After finishing her words, the assistant teacher stares at me.
…?
You look at people too openly.
“If. Jinwoo, is this your first time seeing me?”
“Yes. When she applied for reinstatement before, there was another assistant.”
“Oh. HahaIt doesn’t look like he’s acting.”
“Yes?”
“I am not an assistant. I’m new this time, but I guess I didn’t know because I only took first-year classes.”
The assistant senior pointed to her nameplate on her desk and smiled.
“…Are you a professor?”
“Okay. At first, I pretended not to hear it because I wanted to pay lip service, but the more I looked at it, the more I thought it wasn’t acting.”
“Sorry. Professor.”
“No. Thank you for watching me young. Rather than that, you have to start work early to meet the departure time, right?”
The professor took a folding chair from the corner and set her in place.
‘How old are you? You look too young.’
How could we have such a young professor in our department?
If you look at it a lot, you can only see him in his late twenties, so he must not be a full professor yet.
No matter how much a contract part-time instructor is, is it possible at that age?
He seems to be a very capable professor.
“First of all, I’m going to scan all the data here, move it to a computer, and do classification work. There is too much to do alone, but time is running out again.”
“Yes. I will do it as soon as possible.”
“Okay. Thanks. If I had done it alone, I wouldn’t have made it on time.”
I started classifying with my professor.
A quiet professor’s lab with only two of them.
For a long time, only the sound of typing on the keyboard and flipping papers filled the laboratory.
* * *
‘I feel like I can’t make it on time until departure.’
I tried as fast as I could, but the quantity was too much.
It was an ambiguous task even to call more people, so I thought we should finish it together, but at this rate, it seemed like it would be 30 minutes later than the scheduled departure time.
“Professor. I’ll just go out and make one phone call.”
“Huh. Are you okay. Go slow.”
I went outside and called the senior president of the society.
“Senior. I guess I’ll be away for a while longer.”
-Okay? Does it take a lot? Shall we send more children now?
“No. Because it’s not a job that can be finished quickly if there are more people. I just thought it would be better to start first.”
-No. Can’t go first I’ll wait, so come down when you’re done.
“Then all other schedules are messed up. I’ll just go separately as a latecomer, so please leave first.”
– Then I’m so sorry? I’ll call the professor separately, so would you like to come out in the middle?
“No. Looking at it, I think it would be very embarrassing if I couldn’t finish it in time. I’ll just finish it and go.”
-I’m sorry, Jinwoo. I just sent you there.
“Are you okay. See you at the dorm.”
-Okay. Drive carefully then come.
After finishing the call and returning to the professor’s office, the professor said with a puzzled face.
“It’s Jinwoo. What do we do? It’s almost time to leave. I’ll finish the rest, so you go to the kids.”
“No. I just said over the phone that I was going separately later.”
“Huh? Why did you do that It’s fun to go to MT together. Then what should I do because I am sorry?”
“Are you okay. On the contrary, I hate it more because it bothers me when I go halfway through without finishing everything. Let’s finish quickly.”
“Okay. Thanks.”
I finished the rest of the work with the professor.
It took much longer than planned, but I feel relieved after finishing it on time.
“Thank you really. I live thanks to you But what if I couldn’t catch up with the empty ones?”
“We can leave now. I want to find out if there is a rental car that can be booked right away.”
“A rental car? Do you know how to drive?”
“Yes. I don’t have a car yet.”
“Then would you like to drive my car?”
“Yes? Professor’s car?”
“Huh. It’s a bit old junk, though. Anyway, I’m stuck here until Sunday for my thesis. Are you arriving on Sunday too?”
“Uh… That’s true. Are you okay?”
“Okay. These days, daily insurance is also accepted on the same day. I’ll apply. Come get in my car.”
The professor took the car keys from the drawer.
An insecure car key.
The key feels like a fairly worn-out ancient relic.
“Go with caution. The car is right underneath, so you’ll find it right away.”
“Um… Yes. Thank you, Professor.”
“No. What am I more grateful for? Let’s eat at least once when we come back. Thank you so much for today.”
I said goodbye to the professor and came down to the parking lot of the building.
I didn’t even have to look for a car for a long time.
An old vehicle with an old age that can be seen at a glance.
‘Isn’t it blown away by the wind if I go up the highway?’
Like old cars, you insert the car key and turn it to start the engine.
I put the key in and turned it, and the car started with a dying sound.
‘…I’ll be able to return alive.’
Just as I was about to set up my mind and leave, the senior president of the society called again.
“Yes. Senior.”
– Jinwoo! Why are you there If I had known, I would have stayed with you!
It is the voice of one sister.
I remember my older sister talking excitedly at the thought of going to an empty tee together via text message.
“It happened. See you later at the dorm.”
-Ugh… I bought a lot of snacks for you.
My sister kept saying something behind her back, but the senior president of the society answered the phone again.
-It’s Jinwoo. Did you leave?
“No. I am going to do it now.”
-Then. Do you want to pick up a child at the first rest stop as soon as you enter the highway?
“Yes? Who?”
-One of the first graders dropped out at the rest area. Can I pick you up on your way?
“Ah yes. Okay.”
-Okay. I’ll ask you a favor. I’ll send you the address of our dorm, so be careful.
She hung up and texted her whereabouts.
‘What… There’s no navigator in the car?’
Embarrassingly, my Sumater phone does not support the Navi app.
Damn threesome.
‘Because I said it was the first rest stop on the highway…’
How can I get to the rest stop?
First of all, I think I will have to meet the student who has fallen out and turn on the navigator on the student’s phone.
‘Let’s go first.’
I drove the professor’s car to the first destination.
