episode_0009

[Dad~~]

My beautiful daughter running towards me.

Was it because they wore Japanese school uniforms that emphasized fashion rather than function?

For the first time, I thought it was more beautiful than cute.

okay.

Now my daughter is an adult.

The time has come to be beautiful rather than cute.

It was as if a flower that had worked hard to nurture itself in its bud had bloomed at the right time.

My daughter doesn’t wear makeup.

I didn’t really ask, but it was worth it.

Even without makeup was enough.

Skin like white jade.

Although it is a single eyelid, the eyeliner line is incredibly deep.

Dark eyebrows just like me.

Even the sharp nose.

Usually, makeup is used to brighten dull skin tone or to emphasize eyes, nose, and lips with blurry character lines.

These days, double eyelid surgery, also called a procedure, is often performed to deepen the eye line.

That alone makes the human face feel much better.

Why do I know this?

This is because my girlfriend from college was a plastic surgeon.

A best friend I met in medical school.

My grades were always top-notch.

But unlike me, that friend didn’t have a dream.

He said he went to medical school because his parents wanted him to.

Just make a decent amount of money.

But it’s not too shabby.

That’s why I chose plastic surgery.

His family had a lot of money.

Therefore, I was able to open a plastic surgery clinic without taking on debt.

Uniquely, it was not opened in a place where plastic surgery clinics were gathered, but in a bad town full of apartment complexes.

It’s close to the orthopedic clinic I run.

I was a friend who could have opened a fancy clinic in the center of Seoul if he wanted to, but he didn’t.

[Just enough to make a living is enough.]

A bad town on the outskirts of Seoul where most citizens only sleep and go to work in Seoul.

There was no way plastic surgery would do well there.

[Thanks to you, I can have a drink with you.]

There were no guests, but he didn’t mind.

But that guy is not an empty gangjeong.

There was a strong sense of pride in the feeling of emptiness.

My skills were clear and I worked hard consistently.

[Hey, what should I do? I think I’ll have to cancel my appointment today. There are a lot of customers these days.]

Is that why?

His plastic surgery clinic went viral, and now people are having to wait more than three months to make an appointment.

Out of frustration, I told him to increase the size of the hospital and hire a pay doctor, but he was so proud that he did not accept it.

[Hey, what is the name of my hospital? Isn’t this Oh In-joo’s plastic surgery clinic? I work with my name engraved on it, but if I don’t do the work, what’s the point?]

I like this friend because he doesn’t live life calculatedly.

Everything I know about women’s makeup was taught to me by my friend while we were drinking.

[How is your life? Park Ayoung…are you living well after breaking up with that bitch? Isn’t it difficult to raise a child alone?]

I divorced my wife.

And I raise my children alone.

Inju is a non-marriage person.

This is a career woman who claims every time I meet her, “It’s hard to take care of your own body, so how do you raise a child?”

How miserable is my life in her eyes?

Of course I don’t think so.

[I know what you’re thinking. But I’m happy. I decline to evaluate it that way.]

[That’s why I told you to stay together with me.]

[I don’t like that kind of life as a monk.]

[Please save these living beings who are suffocated by the world.]

We smiled at each other, clinked our glasses, and drank again.

[I can’t believe that because of the child that Ayoung abandoned, she kicked out the great cardiothoracic surgeon at Korea University Hospital and ended up doing orthopedic surgery in this rural area.]

I felt a little strange.

What should I say?

On the outside, he thought of me, but on the inside, it seemed like he wasn’t.

It’s like a feeling, like you’re finding comfort in looking at me.

okay.

Perhaps this friend secretly hoped that I would not be happy.

And now, he is experiencing a sense of superiority, putting me, who has failed, below him.

I am not a failure.

There was a time when I thought I was a failure, but now I definitely don’t.

That’s my daughter.

Because Minah is there.

I wish I had a wife.

However, there is also a problem with some people disqualifying themselves as wives.

The child was also growing properly.

Right and straight.

He listens well to what I say.

Always tries to be with me.

Even though I’m a high school student, whenever I get off work, a dog always comes out and hugs me as if it’s welcoming me.

I am part of such a great family.

If it were normal, I would have said yes and ignored it.

But why?

Strangely enough, I wanted to brag.

I’m happy.

My daughter is growing really well.

Sigh.

[What is that?]

[Do you want to see your daughter?]

I took out my ID photo from my wallet.

Minah was pictured.

It was something Minah gave me a while ago.

[What is this?]

[huh…! This is a photo I took when I was making my resident registration card…! behind!!]

Talk. The photo was held in my hand.

[Just take it out when you miss me!]

…This is the photo I kept in my wallet.

[Uh…huh?]

My friend’s face hardens slightly and then relaxes.

[What is this guy? Everyone is getting older… Are you like your uncle’s fan?]

[huh?]

[It was only 10 years ago that they labeled me as a fan of my uncle! These days, it’s just ugly!]

……

ah…..

Now, this friend saw my daughter’s ID photo and mistakenly thought she was a celebrity.

[She is my daughter.]

[So please stop…what…what?]

[That photo. She is my daughter.]

[…what? Isn’t this the one who appears on TV a lot these days?]

My friend looked at the photo closely with his mouth half open.

[It’s true…it’s not.]

My friend, who started staring at the photo, smiled slightly.

I guess I have something to complain about.

[Ah, this was edited too heavily. This is correction, correction.]

Now, corrections have been made.

What should I do here?

Should I be angry?

or not??

okay.

It occurred to me.

I started looking through my phone.

I recently went to the beach and took some pictures.

[It’s not a correction. Look at this. I took the picture, right?]

I hand over the cell phone I took the picture to my friend.

On that screen is a photo of me and my daughter with the sea in the background.

There is no correction in this one.

Because I took the picture.

[hmm……]

My friend looked at that photo and me several times.

Yes.

This is what I want to find.

that it has been corrected.

That it has to be correction.

But there was no correction and the friend had no choice but to admit it.

[Bitch, I left with a really nice gift.]

[I’m sorry for no reason.]

[I am also called a god. A god who changes an ugly face into a beautiful face.]

[Your manual skills have been quite excellent since college.]

[This is where it shines, as it allows us to create customized shapes to suit each person performing the surgery.]

Joo Wook.

She poured soju into her mouth.

It was a slightly heavier movement.

[But do you know this? When we first opened, the trends were different. He preferred it to be uniformly filmed like a factory.]

[hmm.]

[Anything… Anyway.]

Perhaps because she had been drinking a lot, her words began to sound more like a joke.

Joo Wook.

widely.

[Your daughter is really pretty. Oh In-joo!! A woman who is called a god by the women of this district! I admit it! i envy you!]

okay.

He is that kind of woman.

A person who can say that they are envious of something.

A trustworthy person who doesn’t secretly chew behind your back or anything like that.

[Perfect. No matter how you look at it. When I first saw the photo, I thought it was retouched because it was so perfect.]

He looks at the photo again.

[White skin and single eyelids, but incredibly deep eye line. It’s perfect, just like you, with thick eyebrows and a sharp nose. Doesn’t your daughter wear makeup?]

[huh. that’s right.]

[It seemed like that. These kids honestly don’t need makeup. On the contrary, makeup ruins your skin, so it’s no good.]

As expected from a plastic surgeon, when his specialty was mentioned, the words flowed out of his mouth.

[Nowadays, double eyelid surgery, also called a procedure, is often performed to deepen the eye line. Even just that, it makes the face look much more human.]

[Hmm… I don’t know exactly what it is, but it must be something like that because you are like that, right?]

[If you don’t understand, all you need to know is this.]

He poured himself a drink and raised his glass.

[You damn blessed bastard! I’m so fucking jealous!]

braided.

Just like that, my beautiful daughter Min-ah, who had been highly praised by a plastic surgeon called a god among women, was running towards me holding a cup.

****

woman’s restroom.

The amusement park bathroom was deserted on a weekday evening.

Grumble.

The sound of liquid being poured began to be heard from inside the bathroom stall.

widely.

Shoot!

“Phew.”

It was Minah who came out of the bathroom stall with the sound of the toilet flushing.

What was in her hand was a small, opaque bottle.

“Hmm~~ Hmm~ Hmm~~”

I washed the bottle with soap in the sink.

Every time I washed it, I could hear the liquid inside sloshing around.

“Now all I have to do is buy a slushy.”

She laughed quietly.

“If I do this…I said it will definitely connect.”

Minah put the bottle into the crossbag she was wearing and left the bathroom, humming again.