Returned to Being Handsome 30

Chapter 30 – Episode 30. Save

I escaped from Kwon Se-ah’s clutches.

I gave it up once and came out and it felt good.

Usually, like the bunch of fan clubs that came rushing in earlier, when I see a beauty, I seem to partly think about how she can miss a sleepover if I blindly do well.

But I’m not that type.
It’s because I can’t play a devoted man because it’s hard for me.

It’s not…

Me.

The real me

Let me know who I am, and it’s good if the other person likes me, or not.
It seems that such a mindset is a way to reduce emotional consumption to the opposite sex.

Wearing a mask and acting as a gentleman or a dedicated man is because I think emotional fatigue can accumulate as time goes on.

So I just live the way I like it.

Ah.

Okay. Now, rather than being enamored with girls, I make a resolution to eat quickly and become enamored with studies.

First of all, after leaving the academy, I decided to take care of the lunch break.

‘What to eat.’

After leaving the academy, I entered a three-way intersection, and I walked among the people in the alley in the direction of the food alley.

The sunlight of the day shines brightly.
The weather seems fine right now.

It is neither hot nor cold during the day, and it is somewhere between cool and cool.

On the walking path, other people are also going somewhere.
Everyone is busy here and there for a lunchtime meal.

Can’t live without eating
Time flies quickly when you eat something and digest it.

Well, even if you don’t eat, it doesn’t mean that your concentration continues all the way at that time, right?
It might be okay to take a break while eating something like this.

I walked at a slightly faster pace and quickly scanned the restaurant signboards and interior scenes of the food alley.

– Jeobeok, Jeobuck…

As I passed by, I overheard the conversation of two female high school students in their mid-20s who were talking while eating pancakes, and I slowed down for a moment.

“Did you memorize all the Neolithic remains?”
“Uh. Osan-ri, Yangyang, Gangwon, Jigyeong-ri, Yangyang, Gangwon-do, Seopo Port, Gulpo-ri, Unggi, Namgyeong, Pyongyang, Jitap-ri, Bongsan, Hwanghae-do, Munam-ri, Goseong, Gangwon-do, Gosan-ri, Hangyeong, Jeju, Misari, Hanam, Gyeonggi-do, Gungsan-ri, Pyeongnam Onsen, Nongpo-dong, Cheongjin, Suguri, Gimhae, Seoul Amsa-dong! Gasping… Out of breath!”
“Oh~! Daebaak~!”

Quite right.

Of course I know.
Passing by such a conversation, I walked thinking about what to eat.

Most of the study for the civil service exam is not so difficult, but there is a feeling that the amount is quite large.

I wonder what the hell has to do with knowing that Suga-ri in Gimhae is a Neolithic site and the administration of civil servants, but I’m just wondering.

Walk a little

‘I want to eat something simple.’

While walking, I decide on a destination.
The destination is a rice ball restaurant not far from the academy.

– Jeobeok, Jeobuck…

On the way, there are many different kinds of food.

There are many people.

Numerous crowds of eaters in the alley restaurants are busy eating during lunchtime, so there are quite a few places without seats when you look in from outside the restaurant.

In some restaurants, you can see the scenery of standing in line.
There are also a group of people who have already finished their meal and carry a fresh fruit juice one by one.

It is not uncommon to see such a rush at mealtime in this area.
Around three or four o’clock, it’s not that far behind.

– Jeobeok, Jeobuck…

On the other hand, many restaurants do well, but not all restaurants do well.

I could say that I was looking for a place like that a little bit.
Because that way, you won’t have to wait for food to come out, and you’ll have a seat right away.

The rice ball restaurant I was going to was the same.

Rice balls are usually a popular morning menu.

People don’t have an appetite in the morning, so there are quite a few people who try to solve it very simply.
However, for lunch, one rice ball may feel insufficient.

There are several shops that have rice balls as their main menu.

Among several rice ball shops, I headed for a rice ball restaurant close to the studio where I live.

Although easy to eat.
A place where you won’t be pushed.
Optimal.

After walking for a while, we arrived at a rice ball restaurant.

Upon entering, Alba greets you.

“Welcome~!”

She is a good-looking woman.

When I came not long ago, a lady was looking at the store, and it seems that she started to set up a part-time job at some point.

“Yes.”

I come in and check the menu board.
The menu board hangs above the open kitchen.

‘Hmm.’

There are quite a few types of rice balls.

There are ham, tuna, cheese, chicken, sausage, bulgogi, squid, tteokgalbi, pork cutlet, and kimchi rice balls.

There are side dishes to eat at home, and the distance is close, so I can eat and leave in the studio where I live.

However, sometimes it seems like I just buy and eat because I enjoy consuming.

“One tuna kimchi.”
“Yes~!”

I placed my order, took the coupon out of my wallet and placed it on the railing of the counter-cum-kitchen.

After paying the bill in advance, Alba puts a blue stamp on my coupon that is a little smaller than a little fingernail.

Putting the coupon back in my wallet, I go to the bowl of udon soup.

Then, holding a mini udon bowl set with tofu flakes, etc., And taking the soup from the udon container, he went to an empty seat and sat down.

It was definitely peak lunch time, so even the rice ball restaurant, which had fewer people than other places, was almost full.

Another man is eating rice balls at the table next to the empty seat I was sitting at.

I waited for a while for the menu.
Due to the nature of the menu, it was supposed to come out quickly.

“Huh…”

While waiting, eat udon soup.

It’s good.

If you add udon noodles, the soup tastes like it would be okay to eat it with udon.
The mild saltiness combined with the heat makes it taste even better.

It’s delicious, but sometimes it’s cumbersome to have to choose a menu like this every time.

Come to think of it, the lunch was also delicious.

Especially when I was in middle school, lunch was delicious.
The nutritional balance was also good.

Sometimes it seems like it’s comfortable to eat certain things.

Ah. Even if I miss eating a fixed menu, it’s not like I miss military jjambab.

If you think of Kodari gangjeong and seafood bibim sauce…
Eating tuna mayonnaise triangular gimbap at a convenience store seems to suit my taste better.

Still, jjambab may be delicious depending on individual differences.

One of my classmates likes mapo tofu like crazy.
The guy said that he would regret it because he wanted to taste the army’s mapo tofu at home even after he was discharged from the army.

Ah…
There are so many different people in the world.

As I thought about school lunches and jjambab, I could see almost making rice balls, presumably mine, in the open kitchen.

I got up before Alba called me.
As expected, the menu came out while I was walking.

“The tuna kimchi is here!”

I went to the kitchen and got the menu, and I came back to my seat and put the plate on.

And cut it in half

The outside of the rice ball is made of rice, sesame salt, and seaweed powder, and the inside can be seen as a side dish, so it’s easier to slice it up if you want to eat an appropriate amount together.

I mixed the outside and inside of the rice ball properly with a spoon, scooped it up, and ate it.

“Mum mum…”

At lunchtime, because of Kwon Se-ah, time was wasted and I wanted to eat something simple, so I ate rice balls, but in the evening, I ate with the thought of eating something a little more hearty.

Still, rice balls are delicious.
It’s a matter of taste, though.

I ate a delicious meal.

While doing so, the man next to me stopped eating and got up.

– Chalgran!

The plate and spoon collide with each other when he drops the spoon, making a sound.
And he went to the kitchen.

He hurriedly approached the part-time girl who was making rice balls for another customer in the kitchen.

And since it’s not a big rice ball restaurant, the man next to me approached the open kitchen not far from the table and said to the part-time job girl in an argumentative way.

“Hey!”
“Yes yes?”

The part-time worker at the rice ball shop stopped making another rice ball and looked at the man.
The man raised his voice.

“No, are you discriminating against people?”
“Yes?”
“Ha. Are you pretending not to know, right now?”

People’s eyes were focused on the man and the part-timer.
No one came forward.

The man pointed his finger to the side of me and gave a bad order to the part-time girl at the rice ball restaurant.

“That’s where I am!

The voice of the man next to him echoed throughout the store.

The part-time girl slightly lowered her head and spoke in a crawling voice.

“Sorry…”

However, the man was a bit more savage, as if to inflame himself more.

“What are you sorry about? No, there’s such a dog thing! I’m a regular who comes to lunch every time, and you tell him you’re handsome right now, and you give me shit like this? Fuck, I’m afraid I’m going to throw it all down!”
“I’m sorry…”

The part-time job girl repeated her words of apology, cowering at the man’s violent behavior, as if he was going to stab her at any moment.

However, the protester who stood up next to me was still angry.

“Fuck! Sorry, that’s all!”

People were still staring at it.
Even so, I eat my meals calmly.

I sat down for a while.

I thought for a moment.
Should I go out or not?

Then, I decided to step out.
I thought it was nothing.

I glanced over the man’s plate once.
It’s meat.
And I am tuna kimchi.

‘Let’s take a look around.’

I walked to the front of the open kitchen.
And stood next to the man.

“Excuse me.”

The man turned his head towards me.
He wasn’t terrifying, and he looked like he was in his late 20’s or early 30’s.
Looks older than me

I said while touching the bridge of my nose while controlling myself that I would make a natural expression as if nothing had happened.

“Ah, brother. I ate meat here this morning, and meat, I also came out really little. So the boss said he was sorry for me. Because of African Swine Fever, the price of fresh pork rose, From this morning, he said he would have to reduce the amount of meat. It must be because of that situation, so take it easy, bro.”

When I said that, the man was speechless.

“…”

I got an extra hit.

“Haha, if you look at the front of the kitchen… If you look at the side dish box, there’s only a small amount of pork left, right? Next time, try tuna kimchi like I did. Kimchi is cheap from China, so if you ask for more, the boss said he’ll give you more.”
“…”

The man was still speechless.
His face soon seemed to be filled with embarrassment.

He thought he gave me a lot because I was handsome, but when he heard that his menu was lean meat, so my rice balls with kimchi had more fillings, he felt he was wrong.

I said the following so that he was not embarrassed.

“I hope the misunderstanding is cleared up. You came here to have a nice meal… Oh, I’m close with the boss here, so I kept a serving of 2 fried eggs. Would you like to eat that together?”
“No…”

He was about to say something, but I immediately placed an additional order with the part-timer at the rice ball restaurant.

“Two fried eggs, please!”

When the man got to that point, he seemed to feel like he was really out of luck.
He was just going

“I’ll have to go see it.”

I smiled and grabbed him.

“Ah~, older brother~, why are you doing that? I cooked 2 eggs. One is for my brother. After all, even if it’s a misunderstanding, it’s because of me, and I’m sorry. You have to study well and work hard to do better. Together Let’s go, take your seat.”
“…”

So, the man next to me received one more fried egg each and ate.

The man and I ate our separate meals in silence.

Then, the man said to me.

“Sorry.”

It was the words of the man next to me that seemed to break the silence.

After that, he spoke to me.

“As you may have heard from behind… I made a fuss because of a misunderstanding, and you seem to be younger than me…
“Ah, no~, brother. Anyone can misunderstand, right?”

As I spoke, he took out a piece of paper the size of a business card.
It was a lot of paper.
It was a coupon for this rice ball restaurant.
I’m used to it because I carry coupons in my wallet and get stamps one by one.

“This…”

I accepted the coupon on a whim.
Then he said

“Here’s a coupon. If you take nine pictures and eat one more, it’s a service… I’m sorry to the part-time worker, so I don’t think I’ll be able to come here again.”
“Ah, why are you like that?”

I tried to return the coupon again.
However, he left immediately after eating.

On the way out, he stopped by the open kitchen and nodded to Yeo Alba.

“Sorry.”

Everyone else might not have heard because everyone was talking at their table or eating alone, but I was paying attention to that, so I could catch a glimpse of the man’s voice while watching the situation.

“No…”

Yeo-alba didn’t have a specific answer.

I ate a delicious rice ball as if nothing had happened.

It’s okay that nothing happened.

It was because I took care of the trouble the part-timer was in, and the store was restored to peace.

A little later my meal was over.

It was delicious from start to finish.
If the feeling of fullness is too high, it can interfere with studying, but eating an egg on a rice ball gave me a moderate feeling of fullness, which is perfect for studying.

It happens.

After returning the finished plate, I stopped by the open kitchen on my way out.

Then I called the part-timer.

“Here~.”
“Yes~!”

I handed her her 1,000-won bill and told her.

“Actually, I don’t have two fried eggs attached to the boss. I just wanted to help him because he seemed to be persecuted and criticized for something so trivial.”

I paid for two fried eggs and left.

“Then…”

And I opened the door and came out.

Out again

I left my bag and books behind to take a seat at the academy, so unlike the man who left earlier, I was empty-handed.

I was about to leave the door and return to the academy.

The door opened from behind, and a woman’s voice was heard.

“Hey!”

I looked back.

“Hmm?”

The woman was a part-timer at a rice ball restaurant.
She held out a white plastic bag full of stuff to me.

“What it this?”

She hesitated for a moment, then put the plastic bag in my hand.
And she told me

“… Service. If you have a friend when you’re hungry, eat with them. Thank you so much. If it wasn’t for you, that person would have turned the store down. I was so scared.”

I took her plastic bag, which she half-forced, and took a look inside it.
It contained two rice balls and two cans of cola.

“Haha, all of these… Thank you. I’ll eat well.”

It seemed to have been pre-packaged to hold it like this when I left.
It is polite to express gratitude and receive such sincerity.

As soon as I seemed to appreciate her favor, she finally smiled and said to me.

“Actually… That’s right.”
“Yes?”

When I asked back, the part-timer at the rice ball restaurant told me.

“It’s true that he’s so handsome that he gave us a lot more than the other guests, but… The amount of rice was a lot, so the rice balls themselves were big.”

At her confession of conscience, I couldn’t help but laugh.

Was it like that…
Somehow it seemed so.
I laughed and shook my head from side to side once.

“Ah~, no. He’s handsome.”
“…”

The rice ball restaurant part-time girl was silent for a moment.
And he looked at me for a moment as if he was stunned.

It seemed that he was lost in my laughter.

I couldn’t leave her forever, and I had to go to her academy.

“Hey?”
“Ah… Yes!”

Only then did the Albanian come to her senses when I called.
And I looked at her and said

“Cheer up.”

At my words, she also looked at me and smiled warmly.

“Yes…”

I nodded and headed to the academy.
After walking away from her for a bit, I looked back at her and added her one word of greeting in a slightly louder voice.

“I’ll eat this~!”

Even when I briefly looked back, she seemed to be very grateful to me. She stood in front of her store for a while longer and looked at me, then she waved her hand at me.