Chapter 72 – Episode 72. The Way to Go
The taste of the peppermint candy that I picked up and put in my mouth as soon as I came out of the Makchang restaurant melted in my mouth.
I don’t know why I ate this.
I just don’t like it that much, though.
Can you say that it was just a mouthful?
I even thought I’d spit out the candy before it melted in my mouth.
It was a while to stand outside alone.
After a while, senior Hyojin came out after paying the bill.
I turned and looked at the senior.
It seems that the appearance of the senior who came out of the store is particularly noticeable.
If you think about the reason, most of the people in this goshichon go around wearing a little bit of makeup, but in Hyo-jin’s case, it was because even without it, she was more beautiful than most women dressed up.
Senior Hyojin came up to me and said.
“Where do you live now?”
When I came out of the Makchang restaurant, my senior and I were facing each other, and from my side, the left side and from the senior side’s right side were my living directions.
I raised my left hand and pointed in the direction to the left.
“Over there.”
Now we’re going to finish drinking.
Entering is also entering, but I thought it would be better to escort Hyojin and go in.
It’s late, so the days are a bit… It’s pretty cold to say that it’s a little bit, but it seemed right to take Hyojin sunbaenim and go.
So I gave her senior Hyojin the direction to where I live and then asked her.
“What about my older sister? I’ll see you off and go.”
Senior Hyojin answered my words.
“Am I going to take you there?”
I smiled slightly when I heard that.
Now I only exercise when I think of it, but I’ve learned fitness and Muay Thai for quite some time, and unlike my pretty appearance, I’m no different from a human weapon.
It seemed a bit ironic that Hyojin sunbaenim would take me away like that.
That’s why I told senior Hyojin.
“Senior.”
“Hmm?”
Even the expressionless reply was subtle.
Her beauty was still such that no one could easily match her.
“It’s okay during the day, right? Senior can take me there and go. But since it’s a little late at night, it’s not far, but it’s a bit ok to let him go in alone at night.”
“No, there are many people.”
It was a time when there were still quite a few people because I had only had one round with senior Hyojin.
Hyojin sunbaenim was right, but I still wanted to take him there.
“All right, where is your house?”
When I spoke again, only then did Senpai talk about where she lives.
“I’m over there.”
I think she really meant to take me and go, but I talked to her a few times and she ended up taking her from my side.
So I walked towards her house with Hyojin-senpai.
On the way we pass many pubs.
You may see shops passing by while walking outside.
Maybe it’s because it’s a gosichon, so at the sashimi restaurants that serve cheap sashimi, people usually sit in groups of three or four and drink soju in an excited atmosphere.
A place specializing in French fries and beer is doing so to match the color of the beer with the color of the store, so people are drinking in the slightly beer-colored lighting.
I talked while walking with senior Hyojin.
“Aren’t you sorry?”
“Aren’t you the only one who doesn’t feel sorry for me? Oh, I want to eat more.”
“Nuna, let’s eat in moderation for tomorrow.”
“Either two bottles or three bottles~. I have to finish it after I eat one~!”
“There are times when you try to finish drinking and end up studying the next day, sister~.”
As I walked while talking with Hyojin-senpai, the road felt short for some reason.
It seems that when you become immersed in something enjoyable, you experience the feeling that time passes by relatively slowly.
In the past, time passed so quickly when you played a new game as if it were new.
After I almost quit playing games, time seems to pass quickly when I meet girls.
It’s unfortunate that time goes by so fast, but I thought it would be nice to have a lot of fun things happen.
If you think of your parents, it doesn’t seem easy to find anything enjoyable from middle age onwards.
Most of the time, if you are faithful to your company or store work, support your family, and raise your children, the same days will pass by as if numbers are being pushed out.
When I finish my retirement, I will be in my 60s, and I think I will feel that way at that time. ‘Isn’t there something interesting?’
At that time, of course, I think you can find plenty of interesting things.
These days, people are very interested in well-being, so there are quite a few people who start fitness in their 60s and get certifications such as ‘Body Grandpa’, and also enjoy a lot of things like ‘World Travel after Retirement’, where they enjoy traveling with the money they earn.
But I’m in that period. So, the 25 years from starting a family to raising a child and going to retirement in your 60s feel like a time when you have to work hard.
Of course, everyone lives like that, and when the time comes, you can find a lot of fun things in your ordinary life, and you can go on a family trip or have fun once in a while on a holiday if conditions permit.
Even so, I think now, before marriage, is the time when I can play most freely.
That’s why I want to become a civil servant as soon as possible and enjoy the most free time before marriage.
Getting a job is a must anyway.
So the sooner you get a job, the more time you can play.
Also, I prefer to do more free time compared to other jobs.
There is a reason for that too.
No matter how much money you try to make when you are young, there is a limit.
So, rather than earning more money by working more, it was because of the thought that I would rather accumulate a paycheck when I was young and work as much as possible in my spare time to meet and play with more women.
So civil servants are the best for me.
Compared to other jobs, there is less overtime, and when you are in your 20s and 30s, you can make full use of that time.
In addition, the money received in the 40s and 50s is not small.
If you do something like a married couple or a double income, you can live a decent life on your own.
Of course, under the premise that Joo-hwan or Jong-hun did not receive honorary retirement at that time, their lives would be more prosperous.
Still, I think I’m just fine with myself.
I have to work hard for more than 20 years, but I think it would be good to build up a lot of memories filled with only pleasant things for about 10 years.
I saw Hyojin sunbaenim who was walking with me while thinking about that.
Senior Hyojin said that the reason she wanted to become a public servant was because she had a blind date with a nice guy, but in some ways she is similar to me.
Just as I want to become a civil servant in order to become a person with a job so that my handsome appearance does not fade and meet endless beauties, senior Hyojin is also trying to choose a position that is more advantageous than unemployed.
Everyone will have their own reasons.
The many people I met along the way Hyojin sunbaenim and I were walking, all of these people walking in this desolate gosichon with strange clothes different from those in other areas, each had their own reasons.
After walking for a bit, senior Hyojin walking next to her walks with her body slightly crouching.
“Ugh~.”
It looked cold.
I was a bit cold too.
However, Hyojin sunbaenim, who was cold for some reason, seemed cute to her.
As I was walking with such thoughts, senior Hyojin, who was walking next to her, spoke to me.
“Isn’t it a bit cold?”
I walked beside her and answered.
“Can I give you a hug?”
“Put.”
Hyojin sunbaenim laughed at my sudden remark.
And she smiled and nodded her head.
“Huh.”
As soon as she complied, I walked with her and put her right hand around her waist.
Then, as if pulling her, she pulled her body closer together, and walked like that.
“Hoho! You really don’t know?”
Hyojin sunbaenim covered her mouth with her hand at my sudden action and walked away showing a look of shame.
She then smiled as she walked forward, unable to make proper eye contact with me.
I said it as if it didn’t matter.
“How are you?”
After I showed a more natural attitude, Hyojin-senpai’s body movements while walking also became a little less shy.
It was warm.
She wrapped her hands around her waist, and it was as if I had put her hands in the side of senior Hyojin, who was walking with her hands in the pockets of her coat.
Her body heat came from her body, which must have been on the inside of her coat and many layers of clothing.
In cold weather, I think going out with a woman is warm.
Body as well as mind.
Senior Hyojin told me.
“It’s really nice to see you after a long time. It’s like going back to that time. I lived thinking that I was the best at that time.”
“It’s a 100-year-old era. If you want the top spot, there’s plenty of time to try again.”
Me too.
After passing the civil service exam, and playing around for 10 years before getting married…
I want to think about a side job while playing.
Before getting a job, you can’t do anything other than prepare for a job or build up specs.
It is not that you can earn money by developing a certain talent, but just learning for the test so that you do not fall behind in society.
However, after passing the exam, once you have avoided falling out, you will have time to try other things as well.
There are people who prepare for the 7th grade civil servant after passing the 9th grade civil servant, and in such a case, more English vocabulary, Korean spelling, Joseon Dynasty booklets, etc. Must be studied. It exists.
I spoke with that thought in mind, and Hyojin sunbaenim answered.
“Right. I have plenty of time to try, but there are three years left in my twenties? No. Now that this year is almost gone, there are two years left. Wow…”
Hyojin seemed to not like getting older.
I’m kind of like that too. When I was young and wanted to age quickly, I wonder why I thought that way.
I talked to senior Hyojin.
“Senior takes good care of things, so you don’t have to worry about that.”
As I said that, I untied my hands around Hyojin-senpai’s waist and stroked her hair.
In the past, my hair was really long, but even now, if it’s long, it’s on the long side, but compared to that time, I cut it a lot and it’s about the height of my chest.
The good hair was still there.
“Ah~, Jinhyeok, if you say that to me, it’s a little harsh? You look prettier than me?”
“What are you talking about? He’s a real man.”
After stroking her hair, I lowered her arms again, and this time Hyojin-senpai crossed my arms first.
I was just walking home as usual, but the skinship continued in this way little by little.
Hyojin sunbae seemed to let out a little exclamation this time, she said.
“Ah~, but I have to pass this time~. After passing, I want to go on a lot of blind dates and go around.”
“You’ve become more honest than before.”
“Okay?”
“Yes. You were originally very careful.”
When I said that, Hyojin sunbaenim asked.
“Which one do you like better?”
Which one do you prefer, the modest side or the easy-going side? …
I guess that doesn’t really matter too much.
When you meet, there are times when a woman you think is okay is courteous, and there are times when a woman you think is not so good.
And vice versa.
It can be seen that it is difficult to make a judgment based on only one factor among many of these personal characteristics.
My thoughts are also my thoughts, but since Hyojin sunbaenim asked me again, I decided to organize my answer first.
“I don’t really care if I’m on the stimulating side or the modest side.”
“Then? When you look at a woman, what else do you consider important?”
“That’s a bit important to me. Um~. I have a feeling. Rather than standards of appearance or personality, should I say it’s the charm that comes from the person himself?”
Senior Hyojin asked.
“Isn’t that the hardest thing?”
“It might be the easiest.”
I laughed and responded to that.
I receive similar questions from many women, but it is true that being pretty is an excellent advantage. But there are definitely people who are attracted to someone even if they don’t have great looks.
It means that even if they are pretty, they feel like flowers without fragrance, and even if they are not pretty, there are women who smell like people.
From my standards that she just asked me about, Hyojin-senpai was a beauty, and she could be said to be on the side of charm.
