256 – [5] Time Bomb
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It was not long after my grandfather’s mysterious words ended.
Looking in front of Cheonmae, there were small bags of snacks piled up.
It seemed like they had already eaten all that food.
I almost said it was in pig urine, but I had a small waist to say so, so I put it back in.
“Stop eating. “Are you a dog?”
“What should I do when I’m so hungry after starving since morning?”
Still, you can at least exercise self-restraint, right?
Especially in such a solemn situation, it was even more difficult to control one’s desires.
“No matter what, that’s true. “What if I eat everything in the Chairman’s office?”
“Anyway, I ate like this every time I stopped by here in the past. “Grandpa, is this okay?”
“…… “Did you give Sian at least one cookie?”
“Oh no.”
Now that I think about it, I couldn’t eat even one.
This isn’t even a very expensive snack, but it’s not that cheap either.
Cheonma-ri looked embarrassed and held out the snack in her hand.
It would have been great if saliva didn’t drip out after taking a bite.
Who eats something like this?
I waved my hand and said, “You can eat it yourself.”
He tried to take a thousand with his mouth.
I guess my grandfather’s gaze was stinging so I held it out again.
“Hey, why am I eating your drool?”
“When I was in Arecibo, if I asked for just one bite of ice cream, I would give it to you right away, and you would eat the rest neatly. “It’s not much different from that, is it?”
“Is that the same as this?”
At that time, I was eating my own things.
Now, an object covered in someone else’s saliva has been handed out to me.
It could be said that there was a very significant difference.
Cheonma-ri looked sullen and swallowed the rest in her throat while looking at the others.
Naturally, her grandfather looked at her sullenly.
Finally, she pressed the red button on the table.
“Chairman, did you call me?”
The receptionist who was standing in front of the elevator opened the door and came in.
Her grandfather, her chairman, motioned for her to come to him.
“If you have any more cookies, please bring more. “Please put away the bag of snacks.”
“Ah, I understand.”
“And… ….”
She looked at the bag of leftovers from a thousand meals and then checked her wristwatch.
Now was the perfect time to have lunch.
“No. Don’t bring snacks. Instead, just wait a moment.”
“I understand.”
“Xian? “Is there anything you want to eat for lunch?”
He skipped over the thousand and asked me.
Normally, in cases like this, wouldn’t it be right to ask her family first?
There was no reason to give to someone you had met only once, but had rarely met.
Because of this, he probably said it because he expected me to reject it.
“I will eat whatever Marie tells me to eat.”
“Oh! “I’ll have steak—”
“No, Sian, choose what you really want to eat.”
Rejected once.
You keep asking me this?
“Still, I’ll do whatever Marie wants to eat.”
“There is no need to worry. “Sian, eat whatever you want.”
Rejected twice.
It seems like you have a firm will.
“Really… ….”
“Anyway, Marie usually eats a lot of what she likes. “Just eat what you like this time, Sian.”
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“… ….”
Rejected three times.
Now there was no reason to refuse.
It is said that Zhuge Liang also refused twice and accepted the third time.
It is said that the successors of the old king received the throne only after refusing three times.
If you ask me if this is ‘perfectly’ the same as that, I can only say no.
The problem was that people with high authority kept making recommendations to me.
Even ignoring his own family’s wishes.
No, not by ignoring it, but by pressing it too.
Although I also participated in this, it seemed like there was an unusual reason for it to be repeated this far.
But no particular reason came to mind.
If you think about it, I’m holding on to a thousand horses and preventing them from hitting or not hitting less.
There was a possibility that it was an unspoken request to prevent this from happening in the future.
“Write it.”
Is it real?
When I thought about it, I thought it was not just a possibility, but a real possibility.
It was even more so when I thought about how I was yelling at a thousand people earlier.
“Then…” … “I’ll have ramen.”
“Ramen is good. Director Jeong? “Not ramen, but three ramen.”
“Chairman Cheon, I understand.”
What I received was the best.
One way or another, I was in a situation where I had to return to Arecibo with a thousand horses.
Infinitely cruel time continued to pass for Cheonma-ri.
And finally, ramen was served to us.
We continued to pass the food while talking appropriately.
It was just right, except that the taste felt strange due to the tension.
“By the way, Marie.”
“Yes?”
“I’m talking about your fiancé.”
No.
As soon as I heard the sound of ‘fiancé’, I felt like my food got even worse.
You should talk about personal things like that when I’m not around.
What kind of conversation is this in front of the dinner table?
“Fiance? “Grandpa, I always say this, but I have no intention of getting engaged or dating right now.”
“It’s because my grandfather had a really hard time making a promise this time.”
“…… Even if it’s a promise. And grandfather. In today’s world, people get engaged from the age of 20. “The trend these days is to get married only after living the way you want to live.”
That was it.
This is something I didn’t understand before, and I was wondering why on earth they were getting engaged to a girl who wasn’t even that old.
“Marie, can you say that even after looking at your personality? “This allowance is because when you get older, she will likely remain single for the rest of her life.”
That was also the case.
If the words and actions of a thousand horses were maintained, the road to marriage would soon be blocked.
The notoriety has already spread.
If it spreads further from here, and a thousand birds become picky, no one will even look at the good.
Honestly, when I went to show it, I said I didn’t like it and changed the chair shot.
Who would like a kid who walks around the baseball field on a random day and throws a fit because he has lost 15 games in a row?
Even if sexual desire dominates the opposite sex, with just a few words, you can see that it is radioactive waste that will be destroyed if you touch it.
But that’s why, for the sake of peace in the world and at home, someone had to keep the thousand birds with them forever.
Release is not allowed.
If she escapes from the hands of others, this world will have an unpleasant ending.
“Then let’s stay single for the rest of our lives.”
“Please don’t drive nails into this girl’s heart. “Your father and mother, who went back there, probably didn’t want you to live single.”
“…… “Still, let’s get married.”
“And as I say repeatedly, it’s not a marriage, it’s an engagement. “We’re not actually getting married, we’re just getting to know each other while being engaged forever.”
Actually, that’s what it looks like, but it looks like it’s being packaged anyway.
I thought about saying a word of thanks as someone who was eating ramen.
But then it seemed like it would be 140% pure gossip rather than a good word.
I kept my mouth shut like a zipper.
“… ….”
“What’s more, this time he comes from a ‘prestigious’ ‘elf’ family. “He’s the same age as you, looks good, was good at studying in school, and has a good personality, so there’s no such thing as a priest.”
“How many elves are like that? That’s Okay. It’s okay.”
“They even say you have the ability to run a company. “If I just get some education, I might be as talented as you.”
“Then I hate it even more.”
It was a conversation that ran on parallel lines.
However, her grandfather had a weapon called family.
“Marie, this is this old lady’s wish. Because I don’t want to get engaged. “Can’t we go see Sun later?”
Because you can refuse.
Please go and meet me just once.
I never imagined that a person who was the chairman of a large company would feel so pitiful.
As expected, family issues were depressing regardless of the family.
Her grandfather continued to ask Cheonma-ri.
Even though a thousand people gave evasive answers here and there, he tenaciously refuted and held on.
“Ugh, then I’ll go see Sun later. Instead, you don’t say anything even if I dump you as soon as you leave?”
This just means sticking your face over the door and kicking it.
If my grandfather asked me that much, I would have answered positively at least once, but he stayed like that until the end.
“Hey, a thousand birds. Instead of jumping around like that, why don’t you think positively for once?”
“Try to think positively? “In what part?”
“No, your grandfather asked you to do that. “Just pretend to be filial at least once and do it right.”
“Whoa, ok…” … Okay, then.”
Fortunately, the tail went down when I joined in.
After all, there is no one who can withstand Dagul and emotional appeals.
Soon, Grandpa Cheonmaly looked at me with emotion.
Grandfather, why don’t you look at her granddaughter on the other side instead of this side?
Only after giving that look did the grandfather begin to focus on Cheonma-ri.
After that, the words came out of my mouth that I would try to schedule it for next year.
“Huh?”
I thought everything had been promised.
It was a schedule that was strangely far away.
Could it have all been a no-plan plan?
I guess not?
* * *
After lunch, everything was free.
Of course, we were about to leave the chairman’s office after saying appropriate greetings.
“Do you have a moment? “I have something else to talk about.”
However, his grandfather grabbed me and made me leave the chairman’s office.
I looked at him and nodded as if there was some problem.
“By the way, are your aunt and uncle very busy these days?”
“Um…… You’re not the kind of person who has free time. “The message I received before returning to Korea was that they had a full schedule until the end of this year.”
It would be nice if there was no such thing as overwork, but that was the reality.
The good news was that it seemed like things would be better next year.
“Really? “I see.”
“But why are you asking this? If anything happens…….”
“Thank you for taking care of Marie and providing convenience. “I thought it would be appropriate to at least say hello.”
“Ah… ….”
Unfortunately, I had no choice but to postpone it.
If you try to meet right away, you won’t even be able to say hello properly.
In the end, the meeting between grandfather and aunt and uncle was postponed for a while.
No matter how I look at it, it seems like it will be forgotten in the flow of time.
Grandpa Cheonma-ri patted my head and thanked me for letting me know.
There was a feeling of warmth toward family.
“True. “If you go down to the first floor, there will be someone waiting for you.”
“Yes? “Is there someone waiting for me?”
There is someone like that in Nartica?
Not even a thousand?
First of all, if that grandfather was anything to go by, he was definitely not an ordinary person.
But when I asked if there was anyone I knew who would be like this right now, all I could do was shake my head.
“Who on earth…?” ….”
“You will find out when you get down. “Just go ahead and go.”
I couldn’t hear the truth right away.
I only received an answer telling me to hurry down and find out soon.
Who on earth is this?
I became more curious and became lost in thought.
That’s how I hurried my steps.
As I hurried down to the first floor, I saw a familiar yet unfamiliar person.