Chapter 29 – A Brilliant Coincidence
It’s been ten days since I was discharged.
The first week of February has passed.
And tomorrow is the day when Seo Joo-hwan’s traces begin.
The night before bedtime.
Seo Ju-hwan’s parents sat him down in the living room and said.
“Son, since you decided to live on your own, do your best in school. Let me know if you need side dishes.”
Seo Ae-ra looked at him with worried eyes and said. The son who started walking for the first time seemed very uneasy.
Seo Joo-hwan smiled bitterly.
Since he was a timid son who suffered from all sorts of misfortunes up to now, it is natural to worry. I could understand her mother’s concerns. It’s changed a lot lately, but in the parents’ eyes, the son is still like a child who was put out at the water’s edge.
However, he was unhappy and timid before returning.
Seo Joo-hwan said with a bright smile to reassure his parents.
“Haha. Do not worry. Even if you already packed it, it’s full.”
“That too soon. If you run out of side dishes, tell me right away. If you only order delivery food, you will get sick.”
Seo Jae-pil speaks with a blunt expression, worried.
Seo Joo-hwan smiled a little. Even my father, who had allowed me to stand still, seemed to be worried when the time came.
I scratched the corners of my eyes feeling embarrassed for some reason because of my father’s concern, who hadn’t shown much emotion.
Seo Joo-hwan stood up and said.
“Mother, Father. I’ll give you a massage before I go.”
“Oh, really? Would you like to give your son a massage after a long time?”
“Hmm. Something like that I am not old yet.”
“This is really. My son says it will, but just take it!”
“Ah Okay. You can take it.”
Seo Ae-ra raised her eyes and glared at him, and Seo Jae-pil immediately rolled his tail. Although Seo Ae-ra was short even considering she was a woman, she was the strongest person in the Seo family.
‘Holy hands. Lucy, can we omit the excitement?’
[Available.]
Holy Touch has three effects.
The first is to increase the other person’s excitement level, and the second is the massage effect. A third effect I haven’t used yet is a feelble healing touch.
Seo Joo-hwan activated the second and third effects of the holy touch and massaged his mother’s shoulder.
“Ah. Son, have your massage skills improved? Where did you learn from? Oh, it’s so cool there. Aww, that’s cool.”
“Greatness. It’s just a massage and no fuss.”
Jaepil Seo grumbled a little, perhaps dissatisfied with being suppressed by his wife in front of his son.
But that’s for a while.
“Ouch! Heck, Joo, Joo-hwan is this guy… Ugh! Hey, press down there a little more.”
A more dramatic reaction came from Seo Jae-pil than from Seo Ae-ra. There were a lot of tight muscles from cooking all day at a snack bar. His expression grew languid, accompanied by a groaning voice.
Next day.
Seo Joo-hwan bowed deeply to his parents and left the house.
On the bus, he looked out the window and thought.
‘It’s a familiar landscape.’
Although he was out of Gwangmyeong, where his home is located, the scenery outside the bus window was still familiar.
It was the scene ten years ago, when I was in college.
*
The second weekend of the trail.
A guest visited Seo Ju-hwan’s house.
“Hello, brother Hwan! I’m here to help.”
“High. I am coming to repay the favor.”
It was Han Soo-ah and Seo Joo-hee who came to help organize their room.
Seo Joo-hee entered the house and looked around the room with startled eyes.
“OMG. What. Of course I thought it was a one-room, but it’s a two-room? Oppa, where did you get a loan from?”
“Where can I get a loan?”
“That’s it… I’m saying this because someone who just got discharged lives in a two-room apartment.”
“I made money by writing. Just say your brother’s ability is better than you think.”
“OMG. Did you earn by writing? Are you really good at it? Do you know mom and dad?”
“I don’t know, so I’m going to bite.”
“… Why are you so mean to me? Isn’t the temperature difference between treating Sua too big?”
“What’s new?”
Seo Joo-hwan looked at his younger brother with dumbfounded eyes.
Why are you being mean to yourself? It’s not really a new question, it’s something. Since when did we talk softly and accept each other?
Of course, when she was very young, there was a long relationship between an older brother who took good care of her younger sister and an ideal brother and sister who followed such an older brother.
‘Am I different from him?’
An ideal brother and sister is also a moment. As the two grew older, they had become common siblings who were fortunate enough to contact each other once or twice a year.
… When I think about it again, it seems that Seo Joo-hee always contacted me first.
Have you been so indifferent
Seo Joo-hwan is still the only younger brother, but I felt that he should get along well.
“Cheese….”
Seo Joo-hwan, lost in thought, and Seo Joo-hee, who puffed out their cheeks as if they were dissatisfied.
Seo Joo-hwan put his hand on his cute little brother’s face and squeezed his cheek tightly.
“Ew-boop?! “
“Where is this? Wanna die?”
Aside from the thought that he should get along, he couldn’t stand the cuteness of his younger brother.
Seo Joo-hee frowned at her as if it was unfair and said in a grumble.
“Mr. Lee. Are you telling the two-room mom everything?”
“It doesn’t matter if I say it, but it’s a bit thick, isn’t it? I guess you don’t need a birthday present? I made a lot of money.”
“… Hehe. Brother, where can I organize things? Shall we start from the bottom?”
“Come on, Jeomsoon. Let’s clean it up to a shine.”
“Yes.”
Succumbing to her money her, Joo-hee Seo actively starts tidying up her room her. Following him, Han Soo-ah moved her tiny hands to organize things. Every time I moved, the ponytail hair that was tied together swayed like a dog’s tail.
Thanks to the two of them, the house cleaning was finished quickly. Heavy items were already organized the day before, so cleaning was easy.
“Let’s go eat.”
“Are you buying it?”
“OK. I worked hard, but I still have to feed them.”
“Come.”
“Hehe. Thank you, brother.”
After the cleaning was over, we chatted and took the younger siblings to a delicious restaurant and served them.
“Hwan-i oppa, then we’ll go now. Contact me often!”
“Okay. I will contact you often. Enter carefully.”
“I come home sometimes. My mother is already feeling lonely because she doesn’t have a brother.”
“Did you eat dinner earlier? You pretend to be grown up all of a sudden.”
“Oh really!”
“Ah, I know. It’s a joke, so be careful when you go in.”
Seo Joo-hwan took the two of them to the bus stop and moved to their room.
It was a lively day thanks to the two younger sisters. Is it because of that? On the way back home at night, it felt more lonely than yesterday.
‘Should I smoke a cigarette before going in?’
There is a smoking area nearby. The advantage of this neighborhood was that there were smoking areas throughout the city.
“Oh, no one. Nice.”
He tended to avoid booths when there were a lot of people. Because he is offended by the haze of smoke. I thought it was probably the naeronambul psychology that most smokers have.
Thinking so, I smoked a cigarette, and a woman with long straight hair entered the booth.
‘It’s very pretty. Are you a model?’
The woman’s appearance was impressive enough to make me think so. She is a little over 170 tall, but her proportions of arms and legs her, which are uncharacteristic of Asians, are reminiscent of her model her. Her distinctive features and long eyelashes also had a Western side to them.
However, it seemed that it was not easy to talk to her because of her cold-looking impression of her, but strangely, I thought that Seo Joo-hwan had seen her somewhere.
Have I been looking at you for too long?
The woman with her cigarette in her mouth turned her head to look at him. Seo Joo-hwan was taken aback at the direct gaze of her, but the woman glanced at him and then looked away again.
‘Oh, it’s a surprise.’
Seo Joo-hwan calmed his pounding heart. He was so pretty that he was so pretty that the moment our eyes met, he just froze.
[Powerful luck on sex intervenes!]
Suddenly, a message I hadn’t seen in a long time came to mind.
What is it Is she asking me to flirt with this woman?
At that moment, a voice came out of the woman’s mouth her.
“Oh Mr.”
Tick. Tick.
Looks like the lighter oil has run out.
There are only Seo Joo-hwan and two women in the smoking booth. The woman looked at him again.
Seo Joo-hwan held out a lighter before the woman could speak.
“Use this.”
“Ah, thank you.”
Contrary to her cold impression of her, a woman who slightly lowered her head.
“What. We should live by helping smokers.”
What was funny about that statement, the woman smiled and accepted the lighter. She lit it and held out her lighter.
Seo Ju-hwan accepted him and once again felt a sense of deja vu. He finally got impatient and spoke out.
“Excuse me.”
“Yes?”
“Where have you seen us?
“No. It’s the first time I see it.”
“Then, do you do YouTube or broadcasting? I think I saw you somewhere….”
Seo Joo-hwan felt sorry for saying that. He said it like he was asking too much.
As expected, the woman’s arms her slightly frowned. She said with a smile.
“Are you hunting now?”
“Yes?”
“I’m sorry. I like tall men.”
Seo Joo-hwan’s height reached 175 a while ago.
Above average height.
But the woman’s height is over 170, so the height difference is not that much.
‘Five… Pretty unlucky?’
I didn’t mean to flirt with you, but I’m a bit confused to be rejected. The woman’s overflowing confidence made me feel a bit unlucky.
However, it was a remark that could be misunderstood, and the woman had an attractive appearance that did not matter even if she was a bit unlucky.
Seo Joo-hwan said with a slightly rotten smile.
“Well, that was not my intention. I guess I didn’t see well.”
At that, the woman stopped smoking, blinked her eyes, and said in a slightly embarrassed tone.
“Uh… Were you not hunting?”
“Because it isn’t.”
“Ah, embarrassing…. Sorry.”
It must have been quite embarrassing, the woman’s white skin was stained red.
Seo Joo-hwan answered while shaking off the cigarette ash.
“It was nothing. It was my car, so I’ll go first.”
“Ugh… Take care.”
“That too.”
He said goodbye and headed back home.
As I was walking down the street like that, I remembered the situation from a while ago, and a giggle came out of my teeth.
“Oh, that’s funny.”
He found the situation before him funny and strange.
Could it be because he died once and returned? Or is it that his liver his has grown thanks to his recent experience of risking his life his in a fight?
It was fun to talk calmly with a woman who would have been shy and not even talk to her in the old days, and teasing her again.
*
Returning home, Seo Ju-hwan sat down in front of the computer to write. Unlike the old computer at home, the new computer booted up in no time.
“Lucy, the blessing of concentration… Not. How many points do you have left?”
I’ve used quite a few points lately. As he continued to use the Blessing of Concentration, that many points were quickly consumed.
[Currently, remaining desire points are 37,230LP.]
“You have more left than you thought?”
[Because the points obtained by completing the achievement are considerable.]
“Ah, that’s right.”
Achievements are very diverse and extensive. Not long ago, he got points for giving his parents a massage, and two days ago, he was paid 10,000LP for starting his first trail his.
The points gained from helping Han Soo-ah’s broadcast were also significant. In particular, after the WeTube video edited by Seo Joo-hee was uploaded the other day, 1LP per 100 views started to come in, but now it has already recorded 100,000 views and earned points sweetly.
Psychic Watch’s videos are limited right now, so the number of views will increase in the future. It was just unfortunate that there was a 1/2 penalty for point payment because it was someone else’s broadcast.
“You can use it without any burden.”
[It’s not like that. If you start using the item draw that can be purchased once a day, it will be consumed quickly.]
“Ah. Should I buy that?”
[You don’t have to buy it, but if you can afford it, you’d better buy it. There are various items.]
“Oops. I have to work hard.”
I was not worried about money, but I was worried about points.
‘But I don’t want to bother broadcasting. Why do serials have so many points?’
I didn’t receive anything except when I reached 10,000 favorite works. It would be nice if points were given to Today’s Best, Weekly Best, and Monthly Best.
“Let’s write something.”
Seo Joo-hwan brushed off his miscellaneous thoughts and opened a Korean file, a spell checker, an Internet dictionary, and a serialization site. It was a list he always turned on when writing.
That’s how he logged in to Guljoa, but there were notes piled up that he hadn’t seen.
“Ah, it’s finally here.”
The note was a contract offer from management. In fact, contract offers came from many places a long time ago, but I was waiting for a place I wanted to sign a separate contract with.
[Funny Books]
Hello, Author Seohwan.
Greetings again. My name is PD Choi Mi-hwa of Funny Books.
I’ve already sent a note once, and I recognized that not replying was a rejection, but I want to be with the author, so I risk rudeness and send you another note.
I have been watching with interest from the first serialization of ‘Master of Possession: Murim’s Achievements’, which the author is serializing.
‘Master of Ice’ is a trendy yet fresh setting and story… ‘
… Syncopation…
In addition, I have seen all of the author’s previous works, such as ‘Moorim Color Yellow’ and ‘Blaze Electricity’.
Even though our Funny Books is still only a small management, we are confident to take care of the author.
If you haven’t signed a publishing contract yet, I would like to be with the author’s work as an editor and as a fan.
Thanks for reading the long article.
I’ll be waiting for your reply.
A very elaborate contract proposal.
The corner of Seo Ju-hwan’s mouth didn’t come down while reading the note.
It would be nice to have a contract offer from the place you wanted, but wouldn’t it be nice to know that the person in charge of sending the note was that ‘Choi Mi-hwa’?
Choi Mi-hwa was a talented editor who was rumored among web novel writers in the future. She says that every piece of her advice makes a difference in what writers write.
She also had a great eye for her work her, so she was good at finding writers like gemstones who had n’t risen yet, and for this reason, she was nicknamed the Headhunter.
Later, after she established her own management company, she signed contracts with the artists she discovered and grew to the top of her industry, so there was no reason to worry any more.
If she were to sign her contract with Funny Books, she made sure to ask her to be her manager of her, but she was lucky that she was already a fan of his.
“By the way, is it strange? She said she sent a note?”
It was also a nuance that she had sent it a long time ago.
“Crazy. Could it be that I deleted it by mistake?”
There was a bar that pointed out when it was deleted.
Some malicious comments were not enough in comments, so they made aggressive comments through notes, and Seo Joo-hwan also received several such notes. Apparently, when deleting those notes, Choi Mi-hwa’s was also deleted.
Seo Joo-hwan quickly replied to the note.
“It’s the weekend, so should we wait?”
I hope you get in touch soon.
I think so
[Powerful luck on sex intervenes!]
I remembered the message I saw for the second time today, and my smartphone on my desk vibrated.
The name that appeared on the screen was Choi Mi-hwa.
As soon as I received the message, I got a call right away.
He called right away.
“Yes. Hello?”
– Uh… Aren’t you the writer Seohwan?
“Yes, that’s right. You’re PD Choi Mi-hwa of Funny Books, right?”
– Ah yes! But that… Is the author’s name Suh Joo-hwan?
“That’s right, but… Did I tell you my name?”
– Oh, too! You have served! Congratulations!
“… ?”
Seo Joo-hwan was taken aback by the sudden congratulations and just tilted his head without saying anything.
How could she know that this woman she was ex? Even knowing her name her is questionable. Even though she knew it from watching the news, it was strange that she identified with Seo Ju-hwan as if she took the pen name Seo-hwan for granted.
But one thought comes to mind.
‘Uh? Come to think of it, why did the name come up?’
In order for the name to appear on the screen, it must be stored unless it is a phone call from a specific institution. Naturally, this was the first time he had contacted Choi Mi-hwa.
– I didn’t know that writer Seohwan was Mr. Joohwan!
– To think that my benefactor would be a writer I admire… When did you do your discharge? I’ve been waiting for you to contact me.
“Ah!”
It was only after hearing those words that a different Choi Mi-hwa came to mind than Funny Books PD Choi Mi-hwa.
The woman she saved from a murderer when she went on vacation in her later years.
The name of the woman she told me to call when she was discharged, saying thank you, was Choi Mi-hwa.
Seo Joo-hwan laughed at the absurd coincidence.
“Haha….”
– Author, when do you have time? I’ll treat you to a delicious meal!
Choi Mi-hwa’s voice came over the smartphone.
