Chapter 443 – Friends (3)
Shoot Ahhhhh!
The heavy rain that began to pour in the early evening was cleaning the world with a bang. The belated rainy season seemed to have started in mid-August.
“Did there suddenly be a hole in the sky? It rains terribly once.”
“It’s really scary. The sky just flashed…….”
Kwurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring!
“Huh!”
Han Soo-ah, who was chattering, shook her body. Yoo Ji-kyung, surprised together, keke! She let out a strange scream and hugged Han Soo-ah.
Seo Joo-hwan reflexively turned his gaze to Jeong Ha-yeon. She was looking out of her window with her eyes wide open.
He took a sip of his drink, relieved.
‘Looks like he’s okay.’
The look of surprise was obvious, but that was all. Does this mean that he has overcome his trauma to some extent? We’ll have to wait and see for sure, but it was a huge improvement compared to before.
After a while.
Jeong Ha-yeon adjusted her surprised face and looked at her friends as she sat around her.
“Thank you everyone for today.”
In one monotonous word, a burdensome sincerity was conveyed.
Each of my friends laughed awkwardly or averted their gaze with a look of unfamiliarity. In particular, Yoo Ji-gyeong was itchy and bruised Jung Ha-yeon with an expression that she would die.
“This idiot sister only needs to say it once. How many times do you want to say it? Once through KakaoTalk, once in front of my mother, and once when I came back. And this time once again. It’s already the fourth. Stop it!”
“That’s because I’m so grateful.”
“Stupid sister. Don’t you know that if you keep saying thank you, the meaning fades? Silly. Dummy. Pick. This jjinta sister.”
“I know that, but why do you keep swearing…….”
Jung Ha-yeon, who had been listening quietly, opened her eyes fiercely.
Yu Ji-kyung, who had been bruised, was started and raised her glass high and shouted.
“Cheers, cheers! For the happiness of our chintta’s older sister!”
“For!”
The party quickly joined in and raised their glasses. They were all smiling faces.
Jung Ha-yeon glanced at Yu Ji-gyeong with a somewhat angry face and then said in small words.
“For.”
Lee Seok-chan giggled and teased Jung Ha-yeon.
“Finally, I acknowledged myself.”
At this point, Jeong Ha-yeon also twitched at her tearful face. Normally, the moment when profanity would come out. However, as the day is the day, she said as if she swallowed her anger with alcohol.
“… You, only look at me today.”
“Oh, then is it okay to play around today?”
“Try. If you want to get behind.”
“Hi-Hi. Sorry.”
Contrary to the words, the party burst into laughter at the expression of not being sorry at all.
It was a very comfortable and enjoyable time even though it had been a long time since we had gathered together.
*
Seo Joo-hwan and other friends at some point divided the number of people.
Lee Seok-chan and Jang Deok-hun remained at Seo Ju-hwan’s house, and the women moved to Han Soo-ah’s room next door, saying that they had a lot to talk about.
Seo Joo-hwan was talking about giving and receiving alcohol with Lee Seok-chan and Jang Deok-hun and then said,
“Is it okay to drink with pepper guys?”
“Uh ha ha. Rather good.”
Jang Deok-hoon agreed with a smile like Ham Ji-bak. What was unexpected was that Lee Seok-chan also smiled and nodded his head. It was an expression that seemed to be thinking a lot.
Seo Joo-hwan deliberately turned his gaze to Jang Deok-hun.
“Deokhoon-ah, how are you writing these days?”
“Haha…….”
Jang Deok-hoon’s face his, which he had been laughing with his gums exposed, suddenly darkened. He said it with an expression that he didn’t know if he was laughing or crying.
“… I’m dying. Since I passed 100 paintings, I was somewhat anxious, but these days, when I passed 200 paintings, I feel particularly pressured. I think it’s because it’s a paid serial.”
“You said your stockpile ran out, didn’t you?”
“Yes.”
He used the last remaining stockpile today. It is because he went to see Jeong Ha-yeon’s mother when he was supposed to be writing.
Jang Deok-hun smiled broadly at the teacher who looked at him with an apologetic expression.
“It’s okay. Tomorrow is Saturday, right? We can make stockpiles over the weekend.”
“Tell me if you need help.”
“Yes. But don’t worry. It’s hard, but it’s fun to write.”
“Good luck then. Deokhun is also in charge of beautification, right?”
“Yes, this is Editor Choi Mi-hwa.”
“If you get stuck while writing, discuss it with Mihwa. He likes beauty better than I do.”
“Are you talking about your older brother?”
Deokhun Jang widened his eyes in surprise.
Seo Joo-hwan nodded his head with an expression of course.
“Even if Mi-hwa read more books than I did, she would have read a few thousand more books? Maybe in ten thousand volumes. He’s a severe type addict. Speed reading is also very fast.”
“Still, you are my older brother… Isn’t your older brother Seohwan?”
“That Seohwan also wrote with the help of our editor Mihwa Choi. And writing well and seeing well are two different things. If you get stuck, don’t be proud of yourself and ask Mi-hwa to help you.”
Lee Seok-chan also added a comment.
“Deokhu bastard, Mi-hwa’s ability is better than you thought. You don’t know because you’re new, but it’s very famous among writers. Some of the named writers say to assign Mi-Hwa as the person in charge as a condition of the contract.”
“Is that so? I knew he was talented, but I didn’t expect him to be that level.”
“I’m not giving Choi Mi-hwa’s salary as a manager at a large company for nothing.”
At those words, Seo Ju-hwan looked back at Lee Seok-chan with surprised eyes.
“A manager at a large corporation?”
“Ok. Of course, there are incentives.”
“Hey, my Mihwa noona makes good money. You should ask me to buy you something delicious later.”
“This is a heartless bastard. Mi-hwa’s annual salary is less than your monthly income.”
“How are you? You earn well, but you often get paid from me.”
“Nobel Dice has been in the red? Where do you think the cost of opening the site, staff salaries, app development, and all kinds of unconventional events came from?”
“Aha.”
Novell Dice is a site that has grown abnormally in the web novel platform market, which was like a monopoly. Of course, the investment cost was huge compared to the profit earned, and it recorded a huge loss for several months. And all those expenses went out of Lee Seok-chan’s pocket.
Seo Ju-hwan said with a shy face.
“That’s why I’m investing too.”
“They said they don’t charge for gum.”
“Take some. I have quite a bit of money from stocks.”
“Stock? Did you touch the stock?”
When Seo Joo-hwan nodded, Lee Seok-chan said with a frightened face.
“You didn’t even do coins, did you?”
“Did you?”
“You madman.”
“Not now.”
“Now is? Didn’t it just start?”
“I did it before I met you.”
“Oh hey, Sibal. I thought you were cheating because of me again.”
Lee Seok-chan let out a sigh of relief. Then he held out his hand.
“Hey, give me the phone. Unlock the password Let’s see where you invested.”
“Why is this? Do you want my stock information?”
“Don’t give a damn.”
“Yes.”
When I handed over the phone, Lee Seok-chan looked at the investment items, and he spat out abusive words with an absurd face.
“Why does this crazy guy have so many dog owners? The thick ones are similar to me again.”
“You’re a bitch. I made a profit.”
“That’s why I’m calling him crazy and that’s it. Where did you get your information from? Are you sure it has nothing to do with the forces? I was barely looking at the chart, but how did she make money?”
“Me too. Is it okay if I just do it?”
You just need to know the future. Seo Joo-hwan usually only invested money in strong, blue-chip stocks, but sometimes he would buy miscellaneous stocks that caught his eye while looking around stocks, and then sell them when they went up moderately. There wasn’t much information I knew, so I stopped at this level.
At that time, Jang Deok-hun, who stole the phone with curious eyes, spewed out a drink. This is because the red letters marked on the evaluation profit and loss were units that far exceeded his expectations.
“Coke! Cool cool!”
“Ugh, Deer. This kid is going to run out of breath Are you okay?”
“Whoa. It’s okay. I think I just saw something wrong.”
“Oh, no. I got it right.”
At those words, Jang Deok-hun looked at the glass with blank eyes and said.
“… I suddenly felt skeptical about life. Brothers, please teach me some stocks too.”
“Don’t be silly, just write. If you touch something like this, you will be disgraced.”
“Dukhoon-ah, don’t do it. The amount of money you make now is huge for your age. You’ll earn more later. Or your brother will tell you a few, so just buy them.”
“You idiot, tell me how sure you are. If I do, I won’t let others know either. Dude, I just want to write something. Hyung will push your work well.”
When the two spoke much more worryingly than expected, Jang Deok-hoon hurriedly waved his hand.
“It’s a joke. I can’t because I’m afraid of stocks. And for me, gambling is enough with game gacha.”
“Phew. Well thought out In the future, write like a cow as if you were born.
“Is Ilho Joo Hwan hyung?”
“Hit. What do you think, wrapper number one?”
“I think that is the correct answer, Representative Hogu.”
“Yeah, not a hogu. Turned to black this month.”
“Oh, congratulations.”
“Congratulations, Seok-chan.”
“Thanks. Anyway, don’t worry, you don’t need any investment. If I have extra money, I’ll add it later when I establish a foundation.”
“Foundation?”
Lee Seok-chan smiled and said as he blinked at the sudden sound.
“You don’t remember? What we talked about in the school smoking area last year.”
“Smoking area… Oh, a scholarship foundation?”
“Okay. You were confident that your eyes were good. He said he wanted to headhunt talented people. Was it just a joke?”
“No, well, I was half serious.”
This is the story that Yui Do, who listened to his advice to her, suddenly dropped out. He said it with the thought that he should say it someday, but I didn’t expect Lee Seok-chan to still remember those words.
