＜Episode 46＞ Party 3
The banquet hall was also huge.
There seemed to be quite a few people attending the event. Even if even one of me intervenes, it’s not noticeable at all. It was fortunate for me as I do not like to communicate with others.
He put the given name tag on his chest and sat down. After sitting and chatting for a while, a voice came out of the speaker. It was announced that the event would start soon.
We quietly turned forward at those words, but whispers still echoed in the hall. There were people who turned their backs on them completely. The announcement just before seemed to be ignorant.
Was it the ‘people with a strong ego’ that the boss was talking about? If so, it would be better to pay attention as advised.
Soon, the screen turned on, and the boss went on stage.
The mischievous figure he had seen before had disappeared.
Well, even though it’s small, you’re leading a single company. It was clear that he was a person who knew how to thoroughly distinguish between public and private affairs, seeing that he also sent office mail.
From then on, it was just as the boss said.
Both company introduction and investment related lectures. Most of the people in the venue seemed unwilling to listen at all.
Just touching the phone or chatting with the party. The lecturer was to the point of panic, so he had finished talking.
On the other hand, Si-eun, who was next to me, was listening intently from the company introduction to the lecture. As I watched them even jot down notes on their cell phones, for a moment, I even had the illusion that this was a classroom.
Close your face and ask quietly.
“You don’t have to listen so intently.”
At my words, Si-eun raised her face and looked at me gently.
“don’t mind. I want to study because I think I need to know.”
“why? Are you interested in investing?”
“No. I have no money.”
What are you talking about is the face Well, it is.
“then?”
When asked quietly, Si-eun pursed her lips.
What are you trying to say? Si-eun sighed as she waited for the next words.
“… … Because that’s what my boyfriend does. You should know something.”
He said so in a hoarse voice.
“Uh, uhm.”
“Don’t be vague. I am ashamed.”
“okay? then… … I just thought it was very cute.”
“Noisy.”
I did it as HQ, but on the contrary, it returned only harsh sounds. I don’t know what kind of reaction you want.
So I decided to just smile and look at Si-eun, who was concentrating on her lecture.
This is the end of the lecture for just one person.
Everyone in the venue moved to the banquet hall.
You were invited on an equal footing with customers, but you must first serve them. After waiting for everyone to move and take a seat, we decided to move.
When we entered the banquet hall after a while, the atmosphere was already noisy.
I could see them talking loudly with the people at the same table and the next table. There were also people who had already picked up alcohol and were already drunk. It’s probably because of these people that it’s so loud that it hurts my ears.
We were seated at an empty table.
Even though it was called a banquet hall, in the end it was a buffet style that usually accompanies such events. A variety of food is on display, and it is a structure that moves several times to get food.
Is it designed to talk with customers as they come and go?
“Would you like some food?”
I asked that, but Si-eun didn’t seem to hear my words. Si-eun opened her mouth blankly, examining the inside of the banquet hall.
“there.”
“… … Ah, yes!”
Si-eun replied in surprise.
okay. I forgot about Si-eun’s appetite. Looking back, when I first went to the mart, I was looking at the dumplings in the tasting corner like this. There was nothing to be surprised about.
He smiles and opens his mouth.
“Be careful.”
“What?”
“Then salivate.”
Then Si-eun hurriedly covered her mouth and coughed a few times.
“It’s not like that. I’m just admiring it. I thought there was a lot of food.”
“Isn’t that because you’re hungry?”
“okay. I was purely surprised, I never opened my mouth because I wanted to eat.”
“Ugh.”
Whether it was because I was hungry or because I had a lot of food. Aren’t all the things I saw because I wanted to eat them?
Well, what if you are like that? decided to believe
… … But in reality, of course, it wasn’t.
While I barely emptied the two bowls, Si-eun was already eating the fourth.
Aside from the quantity, the speed is just amazing. Emptying the dishes at a similar rate to mine at mealtimes may be the result of a lot of restraint.
“You mean it.”
“yes.”
“It’s amazing to stay in shape while eating like that.”
“… … .”
Staring eyes without a word fly.
this. Wasn’t that something you shouldn’t say to your girlfriend? I didn’t mean to say it with a negative nuance.
Si-eun is skinny if she is skinny, but not the fleshy type. Still, there is another place to go. From an outsider’s point of view, I couldn’t help but think that it was being managed very thoroughly.
But I am well aware that such management is not done. I like to walk, but I have to move a lot because of housework. Not enough to burn all those calories.
If you ask where all the leftover nutrients go, well… … .
“… … Why are you looking at your chest all of a sudden?”
“I didn’t see it.”
“okay?”
I actually saw
She wiped her chest to avoid doubt, but Si-eun immediately wiped her mouth with a tissue.
“I’ll bring you another bowl.”
“okay. bring whatever you want You can bring a hundred bowls.”
“If you keep doing that, you will get really angry.”
“sorry.”
The fact that she has a lot of food cravings must have been a shameful point for Si-eun. It’s just cute to me.
But it’s impossible to make fun of someone that you seriously don’t like. I’ve been teased like that a number of times before, but, well, anyway.
“Go.”
He smiled and waved his hand. As if dissatisfied with that, Si-eun inflated her cheeks and turned her back with a booming sound.
He just smiled, but he seems to be very angry. what to do with this
Thinking that I should apologize when I come back, I followed Si-eun with my eyes.
As if unfamiliar with this kind of place, Si-eun was making fun of herself.
After standing in line to move food and looking around. Sometimes, he hastily walking towards that place to see if he has found the food he wants to eat soon.
It’s something you’d never normally see.
I thought I’d seen you at school or at home. Not at all. Rather, I only knew Si-eun at school and at home.
In a different place than usual, you will meet a different Si-eun.
This vacation, we will go to various places together. I made up my mind like that. That way you will get to know Si-eun better.
I promise so.
There was a rumbling sound from the next table.
“Hey, isn’t he okay?”
“who? … … Oh, that girl?”
“uh.”
I glanced at the table next to me, just in case.
The eyes of the two men were facing where Si-eun was standing.
Watching him scan Si-eun with his eyes while raising the corner of his mouth, he seemed to be interested in Si-eun.
Well, it could be. Even at university, there are many men who look at Si-eun when she passes by. That is why Si-eun’s appearance is outstanding. There was no need to feel bad.
I would have to
Why did these two men feel different?
“Look at your chest. Are you crazy?”
“Hey, I can hear you.”
okay. I hear it.
Besides, it seemed that I wasn’t the only one hearing this. I saw the man at the table in front of me glanced back. Perhaps the voices of the two people reach that person.
I wanted to leave my seat for a moment and get up, but for now I decided to put up with it.
If you make a fuss, it will be a nuisance to Si-eun as well. It would be better to finish your meal sooner rather than later.
However, despite this kind of generosity, their conversation did not stop.
“But isn’t there a man? Did you go out with that man?”
“What?”
Then, Si-eun returned to our table.
Put down the bowl and roll your eyes. He kept his mouth shut and his head bowed. Did you hear the men at the table next to you on the way?
Despite Si-eun’s reaction, they did not care.
“Yes. What… … , would I be better? Why are you dating a man like that?”
“because of money?”
“Ah, that’s right.”
“Hey, you have a lot of money. Go and talk to me.”
“but. When I see a delicious buffet like this, I feel hungry because I don’t have money.”
The surroundings became quiet.
No, to be precise, it felt quiet.
There was no sound, only tinnitus rang in my ears.
His breath grew rough and his heart raced. It felt as if the hairs all over my body were standing up. I bit my teeth so hard that my molars hurt.
If it was an insult to me, I would have completely ignored it.
But swearing at Si-eun couldn’t be ignored.
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Meanwhile, one of them snorted and said:“That’s why I live a little hard. You’re lazy, so you’re not living with a man, aren’t you?”
A rustling sound echoed throughout the dining room.
It was because the chair was pulled out to make a sound.
Thanks to this, everyone’s eyes were turned towards me. Of course, Si-eun was also looking up at me with worried eyes.
He immediately turned his back and walked over to the table next to him.
The two who had just laughed and spit nonsense were staring at me with their mouths closed.
I just stretched out my hands.
They removed the name tags from their chests.
To the two people who pulled back in surprise, I said with a force on their necks.
“I’m sorry, but we don’t need customers like you two.”
The two of them frowned at my words, but their voices were no longer heard.
He threw the removed name tag on the floor and continued speaking.
“Please leave now. I will pay the subscription fee and repair fee, so please charge it to the company.”
After shooting like that, returning to the table, I grabbed Si-eun’s wrist and walked across the dining room.
I feel everyone’s eyes are on us.
Regrets, wondering if I had done something unreasonable, arose belatedly. It might be better to just ignore it. It was only then that I had caused trouble to both Si-eun and the boss.
But I couldn’t. He couldn’t just listen to the words that denied Si-eun’s whole life.
“I, there.”
Si-eun said that in a muttering voice, just as she left the banquet hall and reached the end of the hallway.
Then I released Si-eun’s wrist.
When I turned around, Si-eun was holding the wrist that had been holding me with the other hand and placed it on my chest.
He kept his head down, but the expression on his face clearly looked like a deeply wounded face.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Neither Si-eun nor Si-eun said a word.
After such a long silence, Si-eun finally opened her mouth.
“I mean.”
“… … yes.”
“I really… … I like you for money, no.”
Something completely unexpected happened.
When I looked up and looked at Si-eun, Si-eun had a very serious face.
“I know. of course.”
“I think you know, but… … . still… … .”
Why? Si-eun seemed to care more about that one word than the others.
It’s not a word that insults you, it’s a word that distorts your heart. It seemed that Si-eun could not bear it the most.
“still… … .”
Si-eun trembles with her lips instead of continuing the story behind her.
He could see his fingers and arms trembling in terror.
She looks delicate and pathetic, and she looks weaker than anyone else in the world, so she wants to protect her.
Si-eun’s body like that, I slowly embraced it.
“know. What do you want to say?”
“yes… … .”
“So it’s okay.”
“… … .”
“it’s okay.”
All I could say was these words.
So I memorized these words and wiped Si-eun’s back.
Until Si-eun’s trembling stops. Over and over again.