episode_0022

The working conditions at ‘The Blue’, a private cafe located in a downtown area, are better than anywhere else.

In addition to weekly holiday allowance, holiday gifts are provided, and annual leave allowance is also provided.

In addition, there are no cases where part-time workers often have to stay an extra 10 to 20 minutes after work to clean up after work.

This was because the owner, Han Chae-yeon, did not accept customers one hour before the store closed.

“You can just sort that out and leave work. I’ll take care of the rest.”

“Ah, yes! Thank you for your hard work!”

Son Chan-woo, a part-time worker at a cafe who was handling the backlog of dishes, answered energetically.

There were about 15 minutes left until the scheduled leaving time, but if I finished cleaning up quickly, I was often allowed to leave work early like this.

‘Today was good too.’

And no matter what, the people you work with are the best.

The store manager is a beautiful woman with an S-level personality and an S-level appearance.

No matter how difficult it was due to the large number of customers, I felt like all my fatigue went away with just one look at the manager’s face.

In my heart, I want to bury my bones here for the rest of my life.

However, his status is a college student.

As the school season approaches, it becomes difficult to work full-time like now.

If he leaves, only one person will remain at ‘The Blue’, the store manager.

Working alone at this place, which has more customers than most franchise restaurants, is harsh.

At least one more person was needed who could run for him while he was away.

smart.

“Um, store manager?”

“Oh, were you changing clothes?”

“No, I changed everything. So what’s going on?”

Son Chan-woo came out of the locker room, putting his uniform back in place.

Standing in front of him was Han Chae-yeon, whom he had been thinking about just a moment ago.

“A new part-time job will arrive tomorrow. Since we will be working together in the future, I need to tell you in advance so I won’t be surprised.”

“Will it be okay this time?”

Son Chan-woo was truly worried.

There have been attempts to hire more part-time workers before.

However, every time that happened, for some reason, only those who were commonly called low-ranking people came.

Incidents such as touching a cell phone while not working, receiving complaints about washing dishes sloppily, and, in the case of men, blatantly attacking the store manager or customers.

From Son Chan-woo’s perspective, I couldn’t understand why he would do something like this to kick away the fortune that had rolled in.

“It’s okay this time. He’s someone I know well.”

… That happened yesterday.

As he commuted from home to the cafe, Son Chan-woo’s thoughts were filled with the new part-time job that would arrive today.

If the person the store manager knows, is it a woman?

Are you a college classmate or something? Then he must be the same age as the store manager, right?

Or is she a close sister? They say that only pretty people surround beautiful women.

Even though I try not to worry about it, it keeps bothering me.

That was because the doujinshi that Chan-Woo Son had seen the night before had such content.

It is a harem story in which the male protagonist, who happens to work at a cafe full of pretty women, experiences various erotic events.

It’s actually a secret, but Son Chan-woo’s tendency to visit cafes has increased since he started working at ‘The Blue’.

And most of them contained promiscuous relationships with beautiful women who worked at the cafe.

‘…Couldn’t it be a man?’

The corners of Son Chan-woo’s mouth, which had been grinning continuously, hardened.

There is no rule that says the person the store manager knows is a woman.

A younger brother I know, or a boyfriend…

“If I had known this would happen, I would have asked yesterday.”

It’s Cheonchu’s fault that he couldn’t ask because he was afraid he would be misunderstood for having strange thoughts.

If a real man comes, it is obvious that Han Chae-yeon will pay more attention to him, who is new and is a close friend, than to Son Chan-woo, who is just a part-time worker.

Then, the cafe just the two of you with the Happy Happy beauty store manager that you have been dreaming of will come to naught.

His thoughts about the new part-timer, which had been a happy worry, gradually turned into depressing ones, and as a result, by the time he arrived at ‘The Blue’, it was half certain in his head that a male part-timer would come.

“Good morning…”

Son Chan-woo, who gave a meaningless greeting unlike usual, could not help but be surprised.

That was because I spotted a woman wearing a familiar cafe uniform at the counter.

“Ah, Chanwoo. I’m here? As I said yesterday, this is the new kid who arrived today.”

Han Chae-yeon, who was diligently explaining things to the new student, realized his presence and gave him a cheerful greeting.

“My name is Yeon-ah. Please take care of me.”

“Ah, yes. This is Son Chan-woo.”

Son Chan-woo unconsciously looked up and down the part-time worker, whose name was Yoo Yeon-ah.

Contrary to what one might expect, it is a woman, not a man.

It’s also so beautiful that it makes you look back at least once while passing by.

But I think I saw it somewhere.

“Have we seen you somewhere before?”

“…Yes?”

“Oh my.”

Han Chae-yeon and Yoo Yeon-ah each made surprised voices.

Son Chan-woo realized his mistake and quickly corrected it.

“Oh, no, I guess I was mistaken.”

There was no way he could not remember such a pretty person.

I must have been confused with some celebrity.

That’s because Yeon-ah’s appearance is not inferior to that of Han Chae-yeon, whom he considers the best.

“Do you really need to change your uniform? I’m just going to tell you for a moment and then leave.”

A man’s voice was heard grumbling.

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

A man who had just come out of the locker room made eye contact with Son Chan-woo.

Were there not one but two part-time workers?

But I feel like I’ve seen this person somewhere…

“Ah! It was that person back then!”

It was the man who came with his girlfriend about a week ago.

If you look closely at the face of the woman who you thought had a sense of déjà vu, you will see that it is the same as before.

“Do you know each other?”

“No…?”

Han Chae-yeon asked Son Chan-woo’s words, but the man only made a puzzled expression.

Well, it was natural since I had never even said hello to him.

‘Why is that person here?’

As far as Son Chan-woo knows, that man is the store manager’s younger brother who lives in the same house.

And the one who came with me was his girlfriend. Could it be that there were not one but two new people coming?

“Uh, would you like to come over here for a moment?”

The man who made eye contact with Son Chan-woo for a moment quickly turned his head towards Yoo Yeon-ah.

Perhaps it had already been discussed in advance, but Yuna left with a small nod.

“…over there?”

“Why?”

Son Chan-woo was taken aback when he saw the two people disappearing toward the back warehouse.

I couldn’t contain my curiosity, so I asked Han Chae-yeon, who was busy preparing for the opening.

“…Who is that person? As expected, a part-timer?”

“Hmm… Should I just call him a daily helper, but we are short on manpower, and I thought it would be too harsh to entrust Chanwoo with new training as well, so I asked for him separately.”

“Education?”

Son Chan-woo glances at the direction the two people entered.

“I used to help Chanwoo often before he came. So, most things are better than me.”

The man’s education was so detailed that little by little he could hear whether what she was saying was a lie.

Especially when he showed me how to make coffee after returning to the counter, he was so professional that it reminded me of when I attended barista academy in the past.

Even if he was in charge of education, the quality would probably not have been higher than mine.

To be honest, when I first saw Yuna, I had a little bit of expectation.

The position of a senior who kindly provides guidance to a somewhat clumsy female junior is a situation that every man has dreamed of at least once.

But when this suddenly happened and I was deprived of that opportunity, I felt indescribably uncomfortable.

Should I say that it feels as if he has become the male protagonist of the NTR series he so loathes and has the heroines taken away before his eyes?

“Mom. I think the blender blade here is damaged. Can you check it?”

Son Chan-woo couldn’t believe his ears as the man’s words rang out of nowhere.

“Ah, that’s right. There is something I previously ordered in the warehouse over there, so I can replace it with that.”

“Please change it in advance.”

The man who was explaining things while looking around grumbled.

‘mom?’

Unless I heard it wrong, did it sound that way?

Son Chan-woo quickly looked around.

Han Chae-yeon, who was called mother, as well as the other two people had normal faces.

On the contrary, he even looked a little embarrassed when he saw the surprised Son Chan-woo.

“…over there.”

“Why?”

“You didn’t say anything again, right?”

The man who glanced at Son Chan-woo suddenly sighed deeply.

The new part-timer named Yuyeon-ah today seemed to have realized something and made an “Ah” sound.

“Oh, Yuna is my daughter?”

And Han Chae-yeon, with her usual kind face, casually let out a shocking bombshell.

“Right? Yeonya.”

“Ah, yes. what. That’s right.”

Yoo Yeon-ah is a little shy, and Han Chae-yeon smiles brightly as she hugs her.

The man who was looking at Son Chan-woo, who was dumbfounded, pressed his eyebrows and opened his mouth with a sigh.

“Just in case you don’t know, I’ll tell you this because that person is already an old lady.”

“…Yes?”

“That person is special. Lying about your age and pretending to be young. Even when I tell him to stop, he doesn’t listen. I really don’t have any children.”

A man gave advice to Son Chan-woo, who had stiffened.

He, who was so shocked that half of his brain was paralyzed, could not understand it.

As a man like “, I know what you were thinking, but it’s better to give up. Because it will only cause unnecessary hurt.”

“Uh…is it real?”

“For your information, let me tell you in advance that Yuna is my younger sister, so I would like you to give up on her as well. Maybe Yuna isn’t that interested in things like dating right now.”

In Son Chan-woo’s mind, he had an illusion of the mirror shattering.

That was the dream he had been dreaming of while working hard at cafes.

daughter? mom?

From a distance, I saw a mother and daughter having a fun conversation.

How old are parents whose daughters are at least in high school?

You can tell without thinking too deeply.

’40…’

Excluding special cases such as premarital pregnancy due to speeding, it is at least that much.

A person with a very maniacal personality might be happy, but Son Chan-woo does not have such a personality.

“…Cheer up.”

The man patted Son Chan-woo’s shoulder a couple of times in a regretful tone and headed in the direction where the two people were.

“…Ajumma. Daughter…”

Either way, the shocking words he had just heard rang out in Son Chan-woo’s head day after day.