episode_0023

After checking the surroundings carefully, I came out.

How anxious I was, worried that someone might come in…

But why did that older sister smile brightly and then leave?

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t understand.

Surely you didn’t think of me as a pervert with that kind of fetish?

Did you just use that as an excuse to threaten me?

“Phew… Let’s leave the cafe first.”

And from now on, let’s never come to this cafe again.

After resolving that thought, I left the bathroom and returned to the table where I left my laptop.

However, the table had a clearly different atmosphere than before.

Obviously, I didn’t take anything other than my laptop out because I wanted to use it neatly.

When I came and checked it now, there were various post-it notes stuck on it.

Surely this isn’t a warning post-it note telling you to be quiet because the typing sound is noisy?

“I wanted to ask for your contact information because you like it, but I didn’t have the courage… Maybe you could meet him sometime…”

Fortunately, there were only messages showing interest in me.

I feel good because I’m popular, but I also feel sorry for no reason.

Anyway, I took all the post-it notes and stuffed them in my pocket.

Then he put the laptop in his bag, put the tray down in the return box, and ran out.

Let’s run away quickly.

*

The three people who came out from the bathroom to do their business took the drinks they had ordered and sat down at the table, staring at the man who had just left.

For girls who are only 23 years old, a handsome man is someone they want to talk to at least once.

Although they stared at him as he left, they, like other women, found it difficult to strike up a conversation with a man they met for the first time.

“Hey. A man who just left. Don’t you think he’s handsome?”

“What do you say? Do you not know who that person is?”

“Huh? Do you know?”

“You’re Minji oppa.”

“What?”

“You came here before at the graduation ceremony.

“No. I know that, but… it’s completely different, right?”

“There must be a reason for that.”

Yes.

The girls sitting at the table are waiting for their friend at the cafe.

The friend they are waiting for is a famous woman in the area, and is famous for being a young businesswoman who runs various businesses and even owns a building.

Recently, there is even news that a large company has decided to invest in the wine store she runs.

“I heard that you haven’t been leaving the house much since the accident.”

“That’s why Minji smiles often recently. My brother changed his mind and started doing outdoor activities.”

“Wow… So Minji…”

“He thinks so much about his brother.”

“Sure. He has a lot of money and knows how to take care of his family… I heard he respects me even though he is my friend.”

These are not empty words.

They are thinking of their friends and sincerely think so.

However, if there is a slight misunderstanding, is it that Minji thinks she is supporting her brother?

It’s not wrong in that she lives in an apartment under Minji’s name, and Minji is paying for food, but…

“By the way, it looked like you were writing on a laptop earlier.”

“Isn’t this a university assignment?”

“I’m a person who never left home, so why go to college.”

“It could be a cyber university. What does he not know?”

“Ah. That’s right. That could be possible.”

Is there no stereotype or is it just simple?

They talked back and forth about her brother until Minji came.

Jingling jingling.

When the door bell rings, their faces automatically turn towards the door.

Minji, the friend they had been waiting for, was coming in.

“Are you here?”

“Are you coming? My sister is here.”

“What about you? This is not a place to work, so I don’t call you boss?”

“If I call you boss here, are you going to make me work overtime?”

Minji giggles while having a fun conversation with her friends.

Then, he turns his head to look for the coffee he told him to order.

“Minji. Here’s coffee.”

“Iced Americano, right?”

“Okay. Add shots, minus syrup.”

“What flavor do you eat that? Coffee has to be sweet to taste better.”

“I don’t know. I don’t know how to eat, so I just drink what my brother eats.”

“Then the more it goes on, the more it seems like a recipe that should not be followed…”

I have no intention of compromising their tastes either, but I wish they would try other delicious flavors if possible.

When I said that I drank what my brother drank because I didn’t know anything, it was a word that deserved to come out.

“Hey. Minji.”

“Huh?”

“Perhaps your brother…”

Minji’s eyes suddenly brighten when she talks about her brother.

They laughed inwardly, saying it was easy to understand.

But then an unexpected word came out of Minji’s mouth.

“No. My brother has a girlfriend.”

“Huh?”

“Don’t ask me to introduce you.”

“Che…”

A friend who clicks his tongue and looks disappointed, wondering if he is joking or serious.

Minji slightly stuck out her tongue, muttered, and took a sip of the cold iced Americano.

“More than that, I was going to ask you if your brother goes out a lot these days.”

“Ah. I’ve been going out a lot lately. I also bought a car.”

“Oh…”

I am truly amazed and amazed.

Doesn’t buying a car mean that you can really travel around?

“But why is that?”

“No. Ji-eun said earlier that she saw your brother.”

“Huh? My brother?”

“I saw you were writing something on your laptop earlier?”

“Is it because the article wasn’t written so it came out for a while? My brother is a web novel writer.”

“Really?! What…what kind of web novel is this?!”

The number of web novel users is increasing every year.

Naturally, they are also of an age group where it is common to read web novels and webtoons.

Except for Minji, all of them are avid readers of web novels.

“What are you talking about… a romantic fantasy work… and a male-female role play? Anyway, I guess I’ll be using something like that.”

“….Yeonam Station Battle?”

One of the tags of super hits that has been growing at a meteoric rate recently.

This is a ridiculous work that is already being discussed as a webtoon and a drama…

The author showed enough influence to change the business policy of one of Korea’s largest web novel sites with just one post.

But that writer… is Minji’s older brother?

“Mi…Minji. Don’t you read web novels?”

“Yes. I enjoy dramas more.”

My older brother is a web novel writer, but my younger sister has no interest in web novels.

My friends laughed bitterly, wondering if my brother had taken all of that part of their DNA.

I wasn’t the type to read books… and I wasn’t the type to study well.

Nevertheless, she is living the most successful life among women her age.

Reading a book doesn’t mean you’ll be successful.

My friends sighed as they thought about that.

Today is a day that makes me sigh.

“Ha… I don’t think you realize how popular your brother is as a writer. You can’t speak carelessly in other places.”

“Uh… Come to think of it, my sister said that too.”

“Sister? What is your sister?”

“Brother’s girlfriend.”

“Ah. You said earlier that you have a girlfriend.”

He seemed curious as to when a person who was stuck at home had dated a woman again, but since it would be rude to ask such a question, he decided not to.

Although they seemed indifferent, they were friends who thought deeply about their friends.

***

“Oppa.”

“Why.”

As I was washing the dishes, Minji rested her chin on the table and asked various questions.

I was surprised when he asked me if I had been to Byeoldabang earlier.

At first, I was so surprised that I thought there was a video floating around on QTube or something…

It turns out that Minji’s friend said she saw me.

But what else am I curious about this time?

I heard you were going in to play a game earlier.

“Oppa, are you really famous in the web novel world?”

“Well… Oppa himself is not a famous person.”

“Really?”

What is famous is my pen name.

I’m not famous myself.

People in this world don’t even know that I exist or that I am a web novel writer.

That’s a really big advantage.

“My friends said that your novel is really interesting.”

“….No way, you didn’t tell me what you were using, right?”

“Hehe.”

“Minji? Should I answer without smiling?”

“Hehe. I’m sorry.”

“……Haa……”

It seems that Minji said this to her friends without even thinking about it.

Well… since it’s Minji, I expected that she would tell her friends someday.

“Well…but my friends said they would keep their mouths shut! You should never go anywhere and tell other people.”

“Really? They are good friends.”

but.

It’s strange that Minji’s friends are spreading the word about my job.

There won’t be many people to trust anyway.

You might just dismiss it as bluff.

“I heard that the novel you write could become a movie or drama?”

“Is it interesting?”

“Yes. So I’m thinking about reading it.”

“You can read it all for about 70,000 won.”

“70,000 won is about 14 light novels?”

“How do you know about light novels…”

Normally, it’s not a word that a child who isn’t interested in this kind of thing would know.

Or maybe you heard a lot about this from your friends.

“No? I found out while looking at social media?”

“Something like Facebook?”

“Yes. There are a lot of humor channels these days. I saw a humorous post made with something like the title of a book called a light novel.”

“Ah…”

Are you talking about a saint or a heavenly demon who works hard at various things?

When I first saw that article, I became interested and decided to write it.