14 – 1-14. Company S’s husband is no longer deceived.
This is my first company since returning.
If it was familiar, it felt familiar. If it was unfamiliar, it felt like my body was slowly crumpling in the unfamiliar air.
‘Uh huh. It’s not that.’
I consoled myself.
Have you already forgotten about it since you just came back yesterday?
Just because it’s a story about a country in a fairy tale, have you forgotten the ‘Hawaii’ that you hold in your heart?
“Keu~~~ Tea!”
I stretched lightly.
I feel like my body, which was stiff due to tension or something, is loosening up.
Keep your back straight and your shoulders proud.
Every step is taken with strength, as if facing the world.
─Just right! Perfect! Perfect! Perfect!
“….Hmm.”
Maybe I applied a little too much force.
The sound of stepping on shoes made a little noise, but I didn’t pay much attention to it.
You can’t walk without being scared of the sound of footsteps, right?
“Mr. Hyunseong…?”
“Hello.”
As I was passing by, several people looked at me.
I smiled lightly, accepted the greeting, and tried to find my seat to sit down.
“Are you here now? I did it in a very flashy way.”
“……Ah.”
But for a moment, I wondered why someone else was sitting in my seat.
Now I have to realize that I am slowly coming back, but this has not been easy.
“I came to report my return, Chief.”
“Is this the military? I’m not that kind of person. Anyway, I came back safely.”
After going outside and getting some fresh air, I felt like a different person.
The manager patted my back and sent me away.
‘But where is my real place?’
I looked around blankly.
Someone I know. Stranger. The person who was caught stealing money from the company and was fired――was originally from our department, right?
‘I remember that guy changing departments in a month.’
It turns out that there was a secret transaction to get kickbacks or something.
I was very impressed that the atmosphere at the company was tense for several months thanks to that guy.
The skill of watering mudfish was comparable to that of Company S, so it was on a different level.
“Hyung, are you okay?”
“Huh? Uhm….”
When I was lost in memories of the past.
Someone whose name I don’t know approached me.
“Shouldn’t you rest more after all?”
“I’m fine.”
I’m fine…
‘…Who is the kid anyway?’
Were you close enough to call him brother?
Even if I think about it carefully, it doesn’t come to mind.
The man in front sighed softly and stroked his upper hair.
“It’s happening again. It’s not like I don’t know your personality.”
Familiar gestures. Familiar behavior.
Even the early symptoms of M-shaped hair loss that cannot be hidden beneath a good-looking face.
“Are you…Changsik?”
“…Are you sure you’re okay?”
“No…Well, that means….”
Choi Chang-sik.
A legend that is not a legend in the hair loss world, who has been called the legend of hair for people in their 30s.
He said he was trying everything good for hair loss, but later he came back and said that there are many great bald people and started shaving his head.
“…Take care of your hair.”
“!,….Do you notice it?”
“It’s early days, right?”
“………….”
This is what it looked like when it was abundant.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been looking at the bald head days for so long.
Now, conversely, it felt awkward to have hair.
Changsik walked ahead, unfamiliar with the voices he heard around him.
The location is empty.
It felt oddly familiar, so I guess that was probably my seat.
“I’m spraying minoxidil, but…So I’m trying oral medicine, and that’s why I got in big trouble a few days ago.”
“Erectile dysfunction?”
“……Perhaps…?”
“I didn’t want to know either.”
“Brother…!”
There’s a guy next to me who’s talking.
This time, I looked at him with lukewarm eyes, wondering if I was misunderstanding him again, but I just ignored him.
‘I have a feeling.’
Sit down and prepare to work.
Hang your bag and turn on the computer.
Soon the computer boots up and the desktop appears──
“─Oh f*ck.”
“Hyung…?”
Kim Ji-yeon’s head was hanging on the desktop.
Harsh words that came out without even being conscious of it.
I cleared my throat slightly and quickly changed the wallpaper.
“Ah…I guess so.”
Beside me, Changsik is nodding as if he understands something else.
“Now that you think about it, brother, the woman who posted on your Facebook note… I wonder if I might ask what your relationship is?”
“I met you locally.”
“………….”
“?, Don’t ask any more questions?”
“It’s too wasteful to ask here.”
Brother! Would you like to have a drink after today?
Maybe the manager will ask the guys to get together and have a drink!
‘…What kind of one-sided invitation to a company dinner?’
I was a little surprised when I heard it, but now I know.
This was also the manager’s own rumor.
It was the last supper for those who have already walked through hell and those who will walk through hell in the future.
I was too young to know at the time, but I know now.
People…Especially married men, somehow become similar over time.
“Haaa….”
Anyway, a good thing is a good thing.
I exhaled lightly and revived my mind.
And just as I was slowly looking at the documents and trying to organize what I had to do in the future.
─Toadadadada!
“Hyeonseong!”
“…………”
A person entered the department.
He calls my name without hesitation and comes towards me.
He came right in front of me, not paying attention to the gazes of those around him.
“I’m so…Really, truly sorry!”
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“…………..”
Put your head in front of me and apologize.
“I wonder what happened to me once. I’m really, truly reflecting on it!”
“….It’s noisy, so get out.”
I don’t even want to look at it.
I hate hearing it even more.
It was embarrassing to hear that kid’s voice.
“I’ll do anything. If I have to be a dog, I’ll be a dog. If I have to die, I’ll even pretend to be dead!”
“Kyungsoo….”
Ah.
It doesn’t work.
You can’t go on like this.
“Do you want to hit me? Yes. Hit me. I’m a bastard who deserves to be beaten to death.”
“……Environmental water.”
The fist is clenched.
My hands are shaking.
It would be better if it wasn’t noticeable.
I couldn’t ignore it because I could see it.
At least when I returned, my emotions were dead so I didn’t notice it.
But now I know.
If I didn’t know, I couldn’t know.
“Please, just disappear.”
“I’m sorry.”
I felt betrayed.
Even though she was a rival, I thought of her as a close friend.
But my whole life was betrayed by that guy.
A close friend. A colleague you can trust and entrust with your entire life.
But in reality, he is a trash bastard who criticizes a cuckoo.
“……………………….”
The feeling of betrayal that day.
Anger, despair, resentment ── the emotions of that day when her life was completely denied rose like steam and filled her head.
‘Should I kill him?’
I felt like I could do it now.
The stapler I was holding in my hand while doing paperwork.
If I put this down on my head, wouldn’t this feeling be relieved at least a little?
“Where did that bastard come in? Why don’t you just watch and let him out right away?”
As the atmosphere became more and more ugly, the manager stood up and blocked the situation.
The employees followed suit and tried to get Kyungsoo up, but Kyungsoo repeatedly apologized by hitting his head.
“I’m sorry! I’m truly reflecting! I…I shouldn’t have done that…!”
“───Ah.”
You f*cking bastard.
Heavy stapler in hand.
It has a good grip. Without thinking, I just tried to staple the stapler down.
‘──Yu’
“!………”
If it weren’t for this voice.
Maybe I committed it.
“…Wait a minute, please let me go.”
“”……?””
A look as if asking what you are talking about.
I personally reached out and stopped the two people who were trying to grab Kyungsoo.
The two people are left confused as the victim of the incident stops them.
“Are you…Forgiven?”
“………….”
A kid kneeling on the floor and just raising his head slightly.
I took a small breath and ventilated my head.
‘Take actions and attitudes that fit your purpose.’
A word that a black rabbit gave me one day.
In other words, you can know the purpose by looking at the behavior and attitude.
Kyungsoo’s actions. Kyungsoo’s attitude.
“If you really wanted to apologize, it shouldn’t have happened like this.”
No matter how rotten a person is, there is a degree.
Kyungsoo has already crossed the line. He couldn’t help but cross the line and put his seed inside the woman’s temple, which was said to be pure before marriage.
A situation where no matter where anyone looks, there is no answer.
“But why did you come to see me?”
“That’s….I’m so sorry to you──”
“─No, that’s bullsh*t.”
I’m sorry so I came to apologize?
In that case, there is no need to make it this grand.
“If you wanted me to forgive you, you could have just called me separately.”
But why is this guy doing this sh*t in such a crowded place, with everyone else watching?
The reason was simple.
“You don’t want to be forgiven by me. You need a ‘nominee’ to say that you apologized to me with all your might.”
“Hyunseong. I never did it with that kind of intention—”
“—Even if you lie with your mouth, your actions and attitude are honest, right?”
Some people raised their voices.
People threw their whole bodies for everyone to see.
To attract everyone’s attention. To get everyone’s attention.
“If everyone looks at it that way, there are only things that will benefit you.”
What if I get angry?
This bastard could get some sympathy votes.
What if I endure it without getting angry?
Still, I become the one who came to apologize despite the embarrassment.
What if I forgive?
It may not happen, but I have a reason to continue holding on to this position.
“I caused a stir in the company. Of course, my reputation is not good. I will have to leave my position, but if I leave in the form of ‘recommended resignation’, my next job will be difficult.”
“Hyeonseong…?”
“Then what is the most optimal answer for you at this point?”
Look at behavior and attitude.
Deduce your purpose through this.
“Gyeongsoo.”
Behavior and attitude.
What is the conclusion drawn from this?
“I understand that you are trying to change jobs in a way that looks good, but isn’t that too shameless?”
“……………………….”
A pleasantly distorted facial expression.
A face with all kinds of emotions mixed together, not crying, laughing, or angry.
He’s probably doing that because his plan failed.
As I thought about it, this guy started to look more and more ridiculous.
‘Something as simple as this.’
I can’t believe I lived without knowing this until now.
There was a reason why Kyungsoo continued to be treated by this bastard.
But
“Gyeongsoo.”
Not anymore, right?
I said, lightly patting Kyungsoo’s shoulder.
“There’s only one way for you to survive. Would you like to hear it?”
“……!”
Now.
Now it’s my turn.