Chapter 4 – Episode 4
“Who are you?”
“It’s quick. “I need to get a signature.”
I couldn’t believe my ears.
‘What, quick?’
Quick. I don’t think anyone will send me a quick message. Is it because I live alone that I become suspicious? Or is it normal for me to have doubts?
I slowly looked at the front door using the intercom. A man wearing a hat and quick service uniform. In his hand he was a small delivery box.
“This is a package sent by Jin A-young. “Please open the door.”
“!”
Jin Ayoung.
I hadn’t forgotten the name of the woman who said her name yesterday. She is the woman who fell in the Han River. The woman I risked her life to save. She’s the woman I brought home and gave her a massage. But the woman suddenly left right before the important moment, saying she was going to take care of her business! How could I forget her name?
I opened the door without even thinking about what I would do.
“Phew. Here you go. Please sign here. Yes, then, good luck.”
The quick service left and I looked down at the package in my hand.
What is it?
When I unwrapped the package and opened the package, there was a new smartphone inside. I remembered what Jin Ah-young said about buying me her smart phone. Of course, the smartphone I was holding in my hand looked much more expensive than the one that was floating in the Han River.
When I pressed the power button, it was already on. Reliable battery of over 95%.
Just in case, I pressed the call button. Then a call list window appeared and Jin Ah-young’s name appeared. In the call list, only the call record with Jin Ah-young remained.
‘Wow Mr. What? What is the direction of this mystery thriller movie?’
I called Jin Ayoung right away without even thinking about it.
I didn’t borrow it, but please take my virginity back.
The connection sound continued and my lips dried out of nervousness. She cleared her throat, afraid that her voice might come out muffled.
-Hello?
Received. Even though I knew that the situation was nothing special, I cheered three times in my mind while drinking kimchi soup.
“Oh, my name is Kang Jun-hyeon. “I met you at the Han River yesterday…”
-Yes, I know.
A chuckle was heard from the other side.
-I’m glad it was conveyed well. I left the address of that house when I left yesterday.
“How?”
-There’s a mailbox when you go down to the first floor, right?
“Ah… You’re smart.”
-You said it was Mr. Kang Jun-hyun, right? Let me say thank you again. The same goes for saving me. I also liked the massage. Oh, and change the number to the one you already used. I thought you might have lost your SIM card, so I just opened it and sent it to you. I’m afraid I might not be able to contact you.
“Ah, yes…”
There was silence for a moment.
In times like this, what should I usually say? This is the problem with dating eunuchs. I don’t know how to react to what the other person says, and I don’t know how to lead the conversation.
If things continued like this, I felt like I would just lose my appetite and end the call.
Let’s think about it. “Did you enjoy the massage yesterday? “I think there’s still something I couldn’t do after that.” Either this or “When your shoulders feel tight, please call me Kang Jun-hyun!” “Run away anytime, anywhere!” Ha, what the fuck are you saying? “I fell in love. “Please go out with me.” This is it. Is not it? My head feels like it’s going to explode.
“Over there…”
-Hey…
“Oh! “Speak first.”
-No. Junhyeon speaks first.
“… No, you can really say it first.”
-…
She seemed to be waiting for me to speak. But judging by the rustling sound, why does it feel like I’m covering my lips to avoid laughing?
Come to think of it, it was pretty. Although the plastic surgery was a bit worse, it was still pretty. I will never forget her face, waiting for me with her red-faced face, wearing a big Y-shirt and a wet body from falling into the water.
I was thinking about what to say, then a thought occurred to me and I shouted.
“Cigarettes!”
-… Yes?
I think I shouted too loudly without realizing it. And for a very lame reason.
“Cigarettes. “I decided to buy you a smartphone and cigarettes.”
-Oh right! I forgot. What should I do because I’m sorry? I want to buy it for you, but I’m completely stuck with work.
“Shall I go there?”
I said this and felt proud of myself. I was suffering internally, but I finally mustered up the courage to say it.
Yes. There were several reasons why I was selfish, and one of them was self-esteem. My self-esteem is so low that I can barely talk to women.
My life is legendary, as I had to lose all my courage to even ask the question of whether I wanted to go there.
-Do you want to?
The sound of the corners of Jin Ah-young’s mouth rising could be heard up to here. She clearly likes being reunited with me. She said she would send me her address and she was planning on returning her clothes and slippers anyway, but she said it was good. She also added that she would meet him later. I don’t know why my heart is pounding so hard when I just see him for a moment at a cafe. Mosoladateuk:
“Ah, but what was it you were trying to say earlier? “I haven’t heard it yet.”
She seemed to think about it for a moment after hearing what I said. After a moment of silence, she spoke in a whisper over the phone.
-I’ll meet you later and talk about it.
*
As I was getting ready to go out, I suddenly thought of Kim Seo-ah.
If you sign an insurance contract, you will receive a call from the insurance company the next day. Did you hear the terms of the contract carefully? The question is whether you are familiar with the explanation of the contract. But, in a way, it’s a pity that even if you call them, you won’t be able to contact them through that phone number. It was annoying for me to refuse, but I’m glad I did.
In fact, selling to acquaintances can be troublesome in many ways. If your acquaintance doesn’t do it, you often end up blushing without even realizing it. This is especially true in cases where the service is automatically canceled because you have already signed it but do not receive a confirmation call.
‘Anyway, he won’t come to my house. If you come all the way here just because you wrote down my address in the contract, you’re a real bitch.’
With that thought in mind, she rolled on the floor wearing the same shoes she had worn when she met Kim Seo-ah yesterday.
As always, I get excited when something new is about to happen. The shitty past was shredded and the door opened for a new future. The chilly wind of the autumn evening greeted me.
The address Jin Ah-young sent was not that far away. It was about a 5-minute walk from the bridge we met yesterday. Therefore, it wasn’t that far from my house, but it wasn’t a walking distance either, so I boarded the Ttareungi, which is supported by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
Crazy stupidity. It’s a waste of money to ride the bus, so it’s like riding a Ttareungi. But I couldn’t help it. What can I do if this is my current address?
Her butt gets stuck a lot when she tries to ride her bike with her shoes on. Tsuba, I just hope I don’t run into anyone I know along the way.
I deliberately returned Ttareungi and walked farther than the agreed upon location.
As I was walking like that, someone tapped me from behind. When I looked back, Jin Ah-young was standing there.
“Uh.”
“… Hello. “I guess you came here on a bicycle.”
My face turned so red that I was speechless. I deliberately returned it 100m away, but to meet you here, I really can’t help you. Sure enough, Jina Young also said that and covered her mouth with her hand, making her eyes look like half moons and laughing. Why are you so pretty during this time?
I hesitated for a while and then bowed my head as if I had finally discovered it.
“Hello.”
“Haha. Why are you so dazed? Walk like this. Even to the cafe.”
I started walking side by side with her.
“Walking like this reminds me of yesterday. “As soon as we first met, we walked along the banks of the Han River.”
“The road was too rough for it to be on the banks of the Han River.”
“That’s right.”
She seems to have the personality to smile easily. Every time I spoke, he smiled in various ways, such as grinning or snickering, and I thought it was pretty. My heart.
When a pretty girl like Jin A-young walks, men glance at her. I can feel those gazes even right next to Jin A-young. I wonder if Jin A-young must be in awe. It might be annoying to face those hot gazes every time I walk.
“Oh. This is it.”
She took one of her packs of cigarettes out of her pocket and handed it to me. I wasn’t really asking you to buy me cigarettes, but I was saying that I wanted to meet you in the name of it. I tried to say that it was enough for fear of revealing my petty feelings of her, but ended up taking the cigarette and putting it in my pocket.
“Thank you. “There was no need to give it to me.”
“Tooth. Just now, he was yelling ‘Cigarette!’ As if there was some kind of earthquake.”
“That… I just suddenly remembered it and screamed.”
“What’s different?”
We entered the cafe, bickering just like when we first met at the Han River. As I took her seat, she stood up and motioned for me to sit down.
“I will live. “You came because of me.”
“No…”
Before I could continue her words, she went to the counter and ordered. When I returned to my seat, I ordered a latte and asked if it was okay, and I nodded.
There was a short gap while waiting for coffee, so I asked a question to hear the answer I hadn’t heard before.
“So what about what I wanted to say earlier?”
“What are you talking about… Oh, that. Um, can I talk slowly?”
I instantly thought of Kim Seo-ah. Wow, this can’t be… Right?
Herbivores that have been hunted so far have the instinct to run away even when faced with similar situations.
The specialty of salespeople is to slowly take time and when the atmosphere is high, they get to the point and make people very upset.
“Yes. “Speak slowly.”
But if you change the words, it also means that you want to spend a long time with me. If you try to sell to me, bye. All you have to do is buy a new smartphone and leave the room.
It won’t happen again!
While I was pledging, she looked out her window, her face filled with excellence. She slowly moved her gaze as if counting the steps of the people outside one by one. I remember that face. It’s the same expression she made before she fell off her leg.
“Something bad happened yesterday…”
At first, I didn’t know what she was saying so I just listened quietly.
“My father came to the store where I work. His face became pale, as if he had been through a lot after divorcing his mother. With that angry look on his face, he told me to give him money in return for raising him… I sent him pocket money every month, but I guess that wasn’t enough. In the end, I wasn’t able to give you as much money as you wanted, but after that, you started causing trouble.”
“… Something like that happened.”
“But this isn’t the first time this has happened. One time, he asked me to lend him tens of millions of won to run a business… I lent him the money even if it meant taking on debt. I lent it even though I had a lot of debt because my business was difficult. It was very difficult back then, but I persevered. But since this was happening repeatedly, I couldn’t figure out what to do… Actually, I was impulsive. I had to persevere and stand up. To be honest, until I went to Junhyeon’s house, I still had a strong desire to die.”
“…”
I easily didn’t know what to say. It was difficult to find suitable words for this situation.
But when she saw my embarrassed face, she sighed and laughed. Every time she smiled like that, I felt like she was revealing my inner thoughts of her.
“But after Junhyun helped relieve my tense shoulders, my thoughts completely changed. Would he say he felt alive? So I was really grateful.”
“Ah… I guess you took this pause to say something embarrassing.”
“But what is that massage? Junhyeon, you’ve never seduced a woman before. If I do that, won’t I be slapped right away?”
I was about to say, ‘You were the first.’
As I stared at her without saying anything, she finally got to the point. She took out one of her business cards from her inside pocket and held it out to me.
“This is a massage shop I visit occasionally. “The boss wrote on my business card is my teacher.”
“Massage shop…?”
“Yes, Mr. Junhyeon. If you don’t have anything to do, please contact us there. “I already told the boss.”
I silently looked at Jina Young and the business card she gave me.
‘Massage shop…’
When I was in college, I had drinks with my friends and went to a place where Thai people gave massages. She thought he was going to say something superficial and say it was a drunk customer, but she was surprised by how strong the acupressure was. It was a time when I had no money and I thought massages were only good when I got them, so I didn’t go there again.
Since the word work-life balance was recently coined, it has been known to be a place frequently visited by modern people with stronger self-love. They say they’re also participating in a unique date course… Of course, it’s none of my business.
“I know they pay much more than other places.”
“I see…”
This time, I felt empty again. It feels quite different from the time when Kim Seo-ah was there, but anyway, the reason Jin A-young called me today was because she had business. Since the massage felt good, I was told to work at a massage shop.
“This is what Jin Ayoung wanted to say to me.”
“…”
I was getting ready to get up from my seat. I thought to myself that if I didn’t leave here and call the number on the business card I gave her, I would probably never meet Jin Ah-young again.
After throwing myself into the Han River to save people, my perspective on the world changed a little. Why this person? Everyone has their own reasons. Why did Jin Ah-young ask to meet me? Why did Kim Seo-ah ask to meet me? If there is no benefit to them, they will not move.
When she raised her head from her bowed position and looked at her true spirit, she noticed something strange about her body movements. She was biting her nails with a very nervous face. No, it would be correct to say that he was sucking on the tips of her fingers rather than her nails. Normally, her habit of biting her hands would seem superficial, but her true nature’s behavior was extremely strange.
“To be honest…”
Now it was twisted and twisted around her buttocks.
“It may sound strange, but I want to get a massage from Junhyeon Kang again.”
I opened my eyes in surprise without realizing it. I think anyone would melt if you said that with a sorrowful face.
And after a while, Jina Young gently placed her hand on her hand that was placed on the table.
“Please.”
