episode_0020

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When we returned to the office, we made coffee.

People seemed to be dazed by the sudden coffee.

Well, I guess that’s right, since the person who ruined the office atmosphere came back and bought coffee, there might be some cognitive dissonance.

“Have a cup of coffee before working.”

Mina, who returned with a polite expression on her face, said a word and returned to her place.

It’s so strange… I wonder if that’s his real face or if he’s just good at making a poker face.

Is it because of her slightly softened appearance? The atmosphere in the office seemed to be better than in the morning.

I sat down, finished my coffee, and looked through the shared folder.

If you don’t want to get lost when learning about work on the weekend, you should study hard from now on.

[Imina: Mr. Inho]

As I was looking at the monitor with my neck craned like a turtle, Imina sent a message.

[Imina: What movies do you like?]

Along with the question, an image captured of the latest release from the movie theater’s website was included.

How come there are no movies or actors I know?

When I see something like this, it feels like I’ve been transported to another dimension. Similar but strangely different.

I searched through the list of movies she sent one by one and skimmed through the general plot, but there wasn’t a choice that really appealed to me.

Still, it would be rude to send it back saying, ‘I don’t have any.’ So I chose a melodrama that was appropriate.

In fact, there is a belief that it is good to watch movies in movie theaters where screen size and sound are important, like blockbusters.

I thought it was a good choice since there will be likes and dislikes for the banging genre.

[Imina: Okay. Then, I’ll make a reservation for around 4 o’clock.]

She says she’s already making a reservation because it’s urgent.

[Kang In-ho: It’s still Monday. If you go to the movies at 4 o’clock, you have to leave work around 3 o’clock.]

[Imina: Don’t worry. I will teach you everything before that.]

No, why do you decide that?

[Imina: What if all the reservations are sold out? Even if you want to cancel, you still have to make a reservation.]

I agreed with her words and went back to work.

Well, it’s definitely exciting to go on a date with someone you like.

It was cute because it had the fresh feel of someone in their 20s.

Now, let’s focus again.

30 minutes later

[Imina: How do you like the food here? I heard it’s a steak restaurant.]

[Kang In-ho: I like all meat.]

[Imina Lee: Well, the reservations are fully booked and the wait seems to be long. wait a minute.]

10 minutes later

[Imina: It’s here too. It’s an Italian restaurant.]

[Kang In-ho: Yes, it looks delicious.]

[Imina: Is Inho’s form okay?]

[Kang In-ho: I like Western food, I like Korean food, I like everything.]

[Imina: Oh, do you like Korean food better? wait a minute.]

[Kang In-ho: No…]

30 minutes later

[Imina: This is a Korean restaurant.]

[Kang In-ho: Yes. It’s okay.]

[Imina: Are you okay?]

[Kang In-ho: It looks delicious.]

[Imina: The menu is like this.]

[Kang In-ho: Oh… I like noodle dishes.]

I tried to say that this place also has noodle dishes, so it’s just my style.

[Imina: Oh? Okay, then I’ll look for a pasta restaurant.]

The alchemists were wrong. Ouroboros may not refer to a snake biting its own tail, but to Imina, who repeats the same conversation.

This is also written in the Kojiki.

It was exactly 3 hours since she sent the messenger that she chose the restaurant like that.

***

The sun was getting longer and it was bright outside, but the hands of the clock had reached the finish line of work time.

People who were concentrating on their own work also started packing their bags to the sound of the second hand.

“Let’s go in.”

Kim Yuna, sitting next to me, stands up and says hello.

I didn’t raise my voice loudly on purpose, but it seemed like I was trying to keep Mina from being heard.

She slowly and stealthily headed towards the doorway.

“Mr. Yuna. You can receive the quarterly financial statements by tomorrow morning, right?”

A clear voice came from the other side.

Yuna Kim’s facial expression as she turns her body is as dark as her foundation.

“Oh, that’s it… it’s almost done. 90%”

She rolled her eyes back and forth.

“I see. So you can receive it tomorrow morning?”

Mina asked again.

“I can give it to you in just 1-2 hours when I go to work tomorrow.”

“What time do you go to work tomorrow?”

The company has free work hours from 8 to 11.

“Around 11 o’clock… I’m far from that house…”

“I go to work by 11 o’clock and it’s afternoon in 1-2 hours. Then isn’t it morning?”

As if asking the obvious, Mina asked Yuna for consent.

“Yeah, that’s right.”

“Please give it by morning.”

As if she wasn’t going to pay attention to the situation, Mina emphasized the word ‘morning’, and Kim Yuna, who gave various reasons, just agreed and left work.

If it were me, I would have finished it and gone. Even when I go home, I’m so focused on work that I can’t even rest properly, so what’s the point?

Some people who were about to go home due to Yuna Kim’s departure put down their bags and started working again.

Surprisingly, people who had completed their work shared their work with her and left work.

Oh, of course, there are still people who have achieved great results through snatching.

So it was 9 o’clock.

Everyone who goes goes. The office where only Mina and I were left.

I succeeded in looking at everything I had done in the past.

Dude… you did a lot of work.

“Mr. Inho. Are you roughly finished with work?”

“There is nothing.”

When I answered with a serious face, she chuckled.

For some reason, I am glad that her expressionless face is broken.

“Why isn’t there anything?”

She was dressed up, as if she had already finished getting ready for work, and placed her chin on the neckrest of my chair.

I turned my head back and looked at her face.

“If you only see what has been done so far, you haven’t done anything.”

I smiled and said to her, who was staring at me with her bewildered eyes.

“Why not? Studying hard is also a part of work.”

She takes my words back.

Ah, I feel somewhat embarrassed.

“Inho, do you know your face is red?”

What felt so good, she smiled and lifted her head.

“Get ready to leave work quickly. You haven’t even eaten dinner yet.”

***

Hyeyoung Yoon was in a bad mood when she came home from work later than usual.

Thanks to unexpected overtime, I was late for my appointment with my lover.

“So why did you do that?”

While I was drinking coffee after dinner, my boyfriend asked.

“I don’t know. I think I broke my period.”

Why all of a sudden? she muttered.

“You said there was a male employee at the company.”

“Yes. A person named Hogu?”

“That person is suddenly strange too. In the past, if you asked for something, you just listened to everything, right?”

Hyeyoung squinted her eyes as if it was strange.

“But, please ask me anything today. He refused, saying he had work to do.”

“Well… could that be the case?”

Her boyfriend didn’t seem to really agree with what she was saying, which made her even more angry.

“Oh, I don’t know. To be honest, that guy did most of the work so I was able to move around comfortably. What should I do now?”

“To keep having a lot of work to do.”

“If they keep giving me work like this, I’ll have to talk to the director.”

“How? Giving too much work?”

“It’s not like that. I talk to the director often and we are close. Let’s quietly say that it’s unfair.”

“Uh… then it doesn’t seem good for some reason.”

“Ugh, whose side are you on now?”

“Oh, okay, I’m sorry.”