episode_0028

“Who’s looking for me?”

“Huh?”

“A high school classmate…”

Bansuk, who was assisting a gym member with mitts, glanced towards the entrance.

His hands dropped weakly.

A disheveled face with hair unkempt at some point.

Close to his bushy beard, one could almost smell the worn-out winter clothes.

It was Kang Jaehoon.

As he poured hot water into a paper cup, the scent of instant coffee filled the air.

In the office, the two men sat facing each other.

“What’s going on?”

Bansuk asked.

Kang Jaehoon chuckled.

“The guy who used to think so much about his health, sipping on this? Unbelievable.”

He made strange noises every time he struggled to breathe.

Bansuk waved the coffee around with the mix coffee packaging.

“Have you stopped the hard labor? Why do you look like that? What’s with your voice?”

Kang Jaehoon remained silent for a moment.

Bansuk took a sip of the mix coffee.

Kang Jaehoon spoke up.

“I Han-seok.”

Upon hearing the name, Bansuk’s eyes flickered.

“I Han-seok, he… had people beat me up.”

He looked like someone broken in body.

Every breath he took produced strange sounds from his throat.

“Did you go to the hospital? The police?”

“Hospital… those useless cripples. Can’t be healed. Even if I went to the police, they wouldn’t believe me. No CCTV there.”

“Can you work?”

“I can move my body. But if I go, how will I know… Han-seok’s lackeys will come looking for me. They watched me all day at work, dragged me and beat me to near death. I’m in danger, Suk.”

“How did you find such rotten scumbags? Have you tried contacting others?”

At Bansuk’s words, Kang Jaehoon laughed despondently.

“Contact them? Yeah, right.”

Kang Jaehoon, who casually engaged in insane acts that no one dared to attempt, was now useless to the gangsters upon entering society.

It had been a long time since he was cut off.

Bansuk said, “Ask me to contact them? Who? Sang-cheol or Min-jun? They won’t even bother.”

“Jong-man. Can you contact Jong-man?”

Bansuk sighed.

“I’m in the same boat as you. Since my sports career ended, no contact. Handong-jin was the only bridge between us and the upper guys, but he’s too busy these days. And Jong-man, he’s just a law firm executive, not some powerful figure like Min-jun or Sang-cheol. He can’t help. If he gives us ten thousand won to eat beef soup, we should count ourselves lucky.”

“Han-seok can sue. If left as is, he’ll threaten Jong-man.”

“If there’s no evidence, he can’t help either. If you can prove that Han-seok’s men beat you up, maybe Jong-man can assist.”

Kang Jaehoon chuckled weakly at Bansuk’s words.

“If there were evidence… I’d already be dead.”

“I can’t help you out of this situation.”

“You didn’t come here seeking my help. You came to warn me. Han-seok… he’ll come looking for you too.”

Scratching his forehead, Bansuk sighed.

“So be it.”

“What should I do?”

“To be honest… I understand why he’s doing this. Seek revenge. I’ve beaten Han-seok a lot. And that girl who was close to him-”

Kang Jaehoon interrupted.

“Damn, you enjoyed that back then. Do you go to Hyun-woo’s church these days?”

“I’m actually thinking of trying out a church. Seems like I’m heading to hell. My days are numbered.”

Kang Jaehoon lifted his head.

Bansuk spun the mix coffee cup around before speaking.

“It’s a disease where your body stiffens and you die. Not ALS, but something similar. Anyway, they say I have less than a year.”

One leg isn’t listening already.”

“Geez. This is unbearable.”

“It’s payback time.”

“Treatment, unbearable. Not possible?”

“They say there’s a 50% chance of getting better if you get BD200.

Not even BD40, but 200. And if it’s only half-and-half.

It’s like telling me to die.”

“Does your family know? You mentioned having a daughter too, right? Unbearable.”

“I know. It was Doha who discovered the symptoms.”

Bansuk, who hadn’t shown much change in expression until now, smiled and said.

“A daughter?”

“Yeah. You have one too, right?”

“Unbearable. The brat ran away, and Dad didn’t even know. Unbearable.”

“She seems to be a year younger than Doha. So she’s an adult now, right? Think of it as independence, not running away.”

“Damn it. Shut up. Hey, can I take a shower? Unbearable. Is it okay?”

Bansuk sighed.

“Go ahead.”

Knock knock.

A knocking sound was heard.

“Yeah.”

In response to Bansuk’s answer, the office door opened.

A head peeked out through the door.

“Dad! I’m here.”

With her short haircut complementing her cute face, she smiled brightly.

Wearing a turtleneck clinging to her body and jeans, visible through the crack of the door.

Kang Jaehoon licked his lips.

Bansuk’s daughter had a cute face but quite a provocative body.

She glanced at the guest who looked like a homeless person.

“Oh, the daughter’s here? Dad has a guest.”

“Hello. Dad, I’ll go work out and then leave.”

Bandoa nodded at Kang Jaehoon and closed the door from outside.

Bansuk said, “I aged quickly because of me. She says she’s going to work out, but she’s going to clean the gym.”

“When did she grow up so fast? I think I saw her once when she was a baby.”

Bansuk drew lines with his eyes.

“Time really flies.”

“She could get married and fulfill her wish before I die… But that won’t happen. Nowadays, people either don’t marry or do it late.”

“…”

Kang Jaehoon silently sipped his mixed coffee.

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Eunhan was reading a web novel from the driver’s seat.

As the traffic light changed at the intersection, the car moved.

The steering wheel turned on its own.

Glancing outside, she spotted Hanseok standing on the street.

Pressing the side stop button on the handle, the car slowed down, activated the hazard lights, and stopped in front of Hanseok.

The window rolled down.

“Sunbaenim, what are you doing here?”

Hanseok was surprised to see Eunha.

“Oh, it’s on my way home. I was going to take a taxi.”

“You didn’t bring your car?”

“I don’t have a car.”

“What? Why?”

“Cars depreciate.”

“You’re stubborn. Get in. I’ll give you a ride.”

“Haha. It’s okay.”

Without refusing, Hanseok got into the passenger seat.

The car started moving.

“Sunbaenim, would you like me to enter your home address?”

“Yes. But why suddenly call me sunbae?”

“We’re outside the company. You’re my senior, right. Is it not okay?”

“It doesn’t matter to me. Hoobae.”

Hanseok entered the address into the navigation.

“Wow. You live here without owning a car.”

“The house prices are rising. We have a company car, so I use that for commuting.”

“Why don’t you commute with it?”

“Today, Kim Secretary needed it. She said she’s going shopping with Ahjin. It’s not a hassle because of me, right?”

“No, it’s on the way.”

“What do you do at home?”

“Well, read books… study…”

“Work?”

“…”

“You’re relentless too.”

Eunha glanced at her phone.

“I read web novels too.”

“What? Oh. Wuxia. You read wuxia? Surprising. I thought you wouldn’t be interested living in the U.S.”

“There’s a family that makes medicine like us called Sachendangga. I like stories about that family.”

“I don’t know much about wuxia, but isn’t that a family that makes poison?”

Eunha shrugged.

“That’s right.”

“What are you going to do when we get there today, any other plans?”

“No?”

“Then, want to come to my place?”

“The boss’s house?”

“Our house has never been visited before. Let’s have fun. You can sleep over if you want.”

“You mean sex?”

“Yeah, sex too.”

“Any experiments to conduct?”

“No. Just sex. In martial arts novels, they call it ‘cloud and rain.’”

“Without any intention or purpose?”

“Yes. Purely kissing you, sucking on your nipples, touching your breasts and buttocks. I want to come inside you.”

Jang Eun-ha swallowed hard.

“Will you do it a lot?”

“Today was a NO release day. It’s been building up.”

“Hmm.”

“Why? Not attracted?”

“No, I want to as well, but something feels lacking. If you were a senior, I thought you’d prepare something more intriguing to arouse my curiosity and invite me.”

An expression urging satisfaction.

Jang Eun-ha crossed her smooth legs clad in black stockings.

Han Seok lifted the corner of his mouth.

“I tried the love gel you made the day before yesterday.”

Eun-ha, who had been looking ahead, turned her head towards Han Seok.

“How was it? Is the scent nice? Did your partner like it? I even paid attention to the taste. Who did you use it on? Secretary Kim? Ah Jin?”

“Do you want to try it with me too? There’s one here.”

Jang Eun-ha blurted out rapidly.

“Do you know Han Yuna?”

With Han Seok’s words, Jang Eun-ha looked at him with her mouth agape.

“The Han Yuna I know? The idol? The goddess who can’t even compare to AI? That Han Yuna?”

“Are you getting curious?”

“What on earth are you doing?”

Han Seok lowered his sweatpants and underwear.

His semi-erect penis was exposed.

“Suck it.”

“Wow. How about Han Yuna.”

Jang Eun-ha uncrossed her legs.

Turning her body sideways, she took hold of Han Seok’s penis.

She bent her waist, wrapped her tongue around the glans, put it in her mouth, and started sucking.

Han Seok gently stroked Eun-ha’s head moving up and down.

“I’ll tell you more at home.”

The car sped down the highway.