episode_0132

“Seo, big sister!”

“Yuna, you were out here early?”

“Yes!”

The two exchanged cheerful greetings outside.

Seeing Park Yuna’s unusually bright face, Seo Kang asked,

“You look like you’re in a good mood today? Ah, is it because your exams are over?”

“That’s right! Now that it’s vacation, I’m going to play until I’m sick of it. Hehe.”

Usually, they’d meet up with Jihoon in the mix, and sometimes the two of them would hang out alone, but the reason they were meeting today was a little different from usual.

An Chaerin, the CEO of their MCN, had suggested a meeting for a brief discussion.

“Chaerin, big sister, is in the office right now, right?”

“Probably. But Yuna, you seem to have gotten a lot closer to Chaerin, big sister? Didn’t you used to find her really intimidating?”

As Seo Kang said, Park Yuna had once kept her distance from the people at the company, to the point where she had never even been to the office.

This was because she had struggled to interact with outsiders due to emotional deprivation and the memory of being bullied in high school.

However, thanks to Jihoon Han and Seo Kang, her emotional loneliness had been alleviated, and she had come to interact with the office staff to some extent.

“I guess it’s because I keep going to the office these days because of the collaborative broadcasts with her. And Chaerin, big sister, is totally awesome! A capable and cool woman!”

Along with the Kang mother and daughter, Chaerin An was the perfect fit for the ideal woman that Park Yuna admired.

That was why Park Yuna liked and followed Chaerin more than anyone else in the office.

“I think Chaerin, big sister, is amazing too. Anyway, let’s go now. We have to arrive on time.”

“Yes!”

The two women headed to their meeting place amiably.

As they entered the office, Chaerin An, who had arrived earlier, greeted them.

“Hey girls, you’re here?”

“Yes, big sister.”

“Chaerin, big sister!”

“Yeah, Yuna. Sit here. Do you want something to drink? Should I make you some coffee?”

Unlike Park Yuna, who cheerfully replied “Yes!” and nodded, Seo Kang asked with a slightly worried tone,

“Were you working while waiting for us again?”

“It’s not urgent, but since I was waiting.”

It was Saturday and the office was empty.

A laptop was turned on on the central table where Chaerin An was sitting, and next to it was a mountain of paper documents.

It was proof that she was a workaholic, as she not only came to work on holidays, but also spent the time waiting for appointments working.

“Seo, Yuna, I’m sorry to call you both out on the weekend. I didn’t have time to talk to you separately on weekdays. Thank you so much for coming.”

“It’s okay, it’s fine. I’m off on weekdays anyway. Yuna is on vacation now.”

“That’s right. I’m free!”

“Still, you made time for me. Have you both had dinner yet? If you haven’t, I’ll treat you after the meeting.”

“Really?! That’s awesome!”

Following Park Yuna’s excited reply, the meeting began.

The purpose for which Chaerin An had called the two was simple.

It was to hear the opinions of the two people involved prior to the production of new merchandise for Seo Kang and Park Yuna.

And it was to ask if there were any inconveniences or requirements when working at her MCN.

“Um. Well. I’m satisfied with the current arrangement. Thanks to the company’s help, I’m able to broadcast comfortably, and honestly, it would be several times more difficult than it is now if I were to do it alone.”

“Me too! They give us a lot of help, and it’s even better because I have Seo, big sister, and Chaerin, big sister!”

“I’m really glad you think so… Girls. Then you know.”

After an hour of active discussion, the meeting finally ended and the three left the office and headed to a restaurant.

Once they finished eating with light chatter that was different from the meeting, the purpose for which the three had gathered today was all over.

However, instead of scattering to their respective homes, they went to a nearby bar.

“Seo, big sister! It’s my first time drinking with Chaerin, big sister! I’m so excited!”

“I know. It’s been a long time for me too. I think it’s been almost a year?”

“Really? Has it been that long? Weren’t you two close friends from before?”

“Well, yeah, but Chaerin, big sister, has always been busy. She’s been even busier since she started the company and hasn’t had time.”

Seo Kang, who replied like that, asked Chaerin An, who was sitting in her seat, as if she was also surprised.

“Are you really okay, big sister? Aren’t you busy these days because you started another business?”

“It’s okay, don’t worry. I have some time to spare after a long time, so I asked you to drink with me. I’m human too, so I have to rest sometimes. I’ll pay this time too, so feel free to order.”

“No. I’ll pay this time.”

“I’m the older one, so I haven’t been able to buy you drinks often enough. You don’t have to feel pressured.”

A short time later, snacks and alcohol were placed on the table.

It was Park Yuna who led the conversation in an atmosphere that was different from that of the office or the restaurant.

“Chaerin, big sister, I’ve been wondering for a while. How did you end up starting a company yourself?”

“I dreamed of succeeding on my own without asking my parents for money. I was thinking about what kind of business to do while I was in college, and I started with the money I saved from working part-time.”

“Wow… I think you’re really amazing. You’re not that much older than me or Seo, big sister.”

“A lot of people think that way, but the truth is that age doesn’t matter much in business if you have passion.”

“Oh, I see.”

Park Yuna was impressed by Chaerin An’s answer, but she still had some questions.

“But why did you create an MCN? There are so many types of businesses.”

“I thought I would need relatively little initial capital, and internet broadcasting seemed very promising. There were a lot of things that were different from what I expected when I actually started, but I managed to figure it out anyway. Of course, it’s largely thanks to Seo.”

“You would have been very popular if you had just broadcast directly. You’re so pretty, big sister.”

“Would I have been? Still, I like this job, so I don’t regret it.”

After that, the conversation continued.

The three of them maintained a friendly atmosphere while adjusting the amount of alcohol they drank to the point where they felt pleasantly tipsy.

Then, when the atmosphere had subsided to some extent.

“Haaah….”

A deep sigh echoed around the table.

Park Yuna, who heard this, asked with surprised eyes.

“Chaerin, big sister, what’s wrong?”

“Ah, sorry. I sighed without realizing it. Don’t mind me.”

“Ah.”

Unlike Park Yuna, who was relieved, Seo Kang could not simply brush off what had just happened.

A sudden invitation to a drinking party from someone who had been so busy that she hadn’t been able to make a drinking appointment for over a year.

That alone was unusual, but suddenly she let out a sigh as if the ground was collapsing, so she couldn’t help but be concerned.

“Big sister. Is something wrong?”

“Huh? It’s nothing special. We’ve almost finished the snacks. Should I order you more?”

“If it’s nothing, please tell me. I’ve known you for a long time, so I can ask you this much. Usually, just talking about it makes you feel a little better, so I want to listen.”

“….”

“You don’t have to tell me if it’s a sensitive topic.”

Chaerin An quietly pondered at Seo Kang’s words.

In the end, she sighed again and asked.

“Haa… you know. How do you guys relieve stress?”

“Stress?”

When Seo Kang and Park Yuna, who were sitting side by side, asked that at the same time, Chaerin An on the opposite side nodded.

“Yeah. Stress or fatigue. I’ve been working without even knowing that I was really tired? But I don’t know if it’s because it’s been accumulating in my body, but I’m a little tired these days… I don’t know when I’m working, but when I go home, my body feels like a lump of iron.”

“Ah….”

The two younger sisters listened to the other person’s words with serious faces.

However, the two of them had been living a life far removed from stress recently.

Everyday life was enjoyable thanks to Jihoon Han, and once they had a deep relationship with him, the fatigue in their bodies would disappear completely.

‘It’s so strange. If I spend several hours with Jihoon, I feel like I’m going to die of exhaustion, but when I wake up, my condition magically recovers.’

Of course, this was thanks to the “healthy sex” effect of the Wiki of Sex, but Seo Kang had no way of knowing that fact.

‘I want to help Chaerin, big sister… What should I say? I can’t tell her to get a boyfriend.’

While Seo Kang was pondering, the words she was only thinking about were heard from the side.

“How about getting a boyfriend?”

“Boyfriend…?”

“Yes! Seo, big sister, and I have been living without stress since we got boyfriends!”

“Yuna?!”

Seo Kang was embarrassed by the sudden statement, but fortunately, Park Yuna didn’t even think about telling them that both of their lovers were the same person.

“Seo, big sister, I’m right, right? It’s nice to have a boyfriend, isn’t it?”

“Oh, well. I guess so….”

“I didn’t know you both were seeing someone.”

Seo Kang apologized to Chaerin An, who was speaking with a surprised expression.

“I’m sorry. I was too shy to say anything.”

“No, it’s okay. It doesn’t matter as long as it doesn’t cause problems at work. By the way, I think it’ll be a little difficult to get a boyfriend. I want to focus more on work for now.”

“I see…”

“I’m sorry I told you all that, Yuna.”

Chaerin An, who said that, tried to liven up the atmosphere by adding energy to her voice.

“The boss shouldn’t show a weak side, but I’m just… Don’t worry too much, girls. I’ve just been a little sleep-deprived lately, so I’ll be fine if I get a good night’s sleep today.”

“Yes… Ah! Chaerin, big sister! I’ll give you a dinosaur pillow as a gift next time! It’s a huge pillow that I sleep with, and it’s so cute and fluffy that I sleep so well!”

“Really? Then can I accept it without hesitation?”

“Yes!”

After that, a few more topics were discussed and the drinking party came to an end.

Park Yuna and Seo Kang, who were heading in the same direction, walked together.

Chaerin An told them not to worry, but the story they had heard at the bar was still on their minds.

“Seo, big sister. What can we do to make Chaerin, big sister, feel a little more comfortable? Is there any other way besides a boyfriend or a dinosaur pillow….”

“….”

Seo Kang was lost in thought as she diligently moved her feet forward.

She was so busy thinking about something that she forgot to answer her close younger sister’s question.

“Seo, big sister?”

Still silence even at Park Yuna’s call.

It was when they had been walking for quite a while that Seo Kang opened her mouth.

“Yuna.”

“Yes?”

“I’ve been seriously thinking about it since earlier, you know?”

“About what? About how to relieve Chaerin, big sister’s stress?”

“Yeah.”

“How?”

Park Yuna’s eyes widened with curiosity.

The answer she heard was too unexpected from her perspective.

“How about… letting Chaerin, big sister, meet Jihoon?”