episode_0032

There was an awkward moment.

“Mi, sorry…….”

Seol-hee answered like that, closed the door again, and left.

Hyeyoon, who was placing both hands on my feet, asked.

“We weren’t doing anything harsh, were we?”

“No. It would have looked weird.”

Hyeyoon smiled brightly, then held her stomach and laughed loudly.

What’s so funny about this?

I don’t find it funny at all…….

***

Early the next morning.

As the sun was rising, I was walking alone along the beach when I ran into Seol-hee.

I’m the type of person who has trouble sleeping if my sleeping position changes. So I toss and turn all night, and as soon as I see the sun rise, I go outside to get some fresh air.

But that’s where I met Seol-hee. Sigh, I wanted to walk along the beach alone, chewing on my loneliness.

“What was that play yesterday?”

Seol-hee opened her eyes slightly and asked.

“P, play? What play?”

“What you did with Bin Hye-yoon. Do you have a fetish for women touching feet?”

“That’s not it. I’m saying Hyeyoon did something weird by washing my feet without permission. Hyeyoon does weird things often.”

“Hmm……. Really? I don’t believe it??”

Seol-hee lifted her horn-rimmed glasses and looked me up and down with her makeup-free face.

Fuck… Of course I have fetishes, but I don’t have a foot massage fetish.

This is all Hye-yoon’s doing on her own. Damn it.

Seol-hee shrugged her shoulders and continued talking, as if she believed what I said after seeing my expression.

“Well, judging from your expression, I think you’re right. You’re the type of person who can’t lie.”

“Yeah, yeah. I can’t lie.”

“So…… How far did you go with Bin Hye-yoon? When I saw Bin Hye-yoon providing that kind of service…… did you do it?”

Seol-hee lifted her glasses again and asked sharply.

“No. That can’t be true. I didn’t do it.”

“Really??”

“It’s my belief that I won’t cross the line with Hye-yoon. If I cross that line, I’ll inevitably become a mafia pillar. I really want to avoid that. That’s why I show superhuman endurance every day.”

Huh. When I say it like that, I seem like a man with a lot of self-control.

Seol-hee, who heard what I said, opened her eyes wide and reacted.

“Unexpected……. Really. Bin Hye-yoon is definitely a special person, but you are also different from the ordinary men I know.”

“Huh?”

“The average human doesn’t have that much self-control.”

Hmm… That’s probably possible because there are many situations where I have to endure what I want to eat and what I want to do.

I’ve had a hard life since I was young, so I know how to endure better than anyone else.

Seol-hee, who grew up having everything she wanted since she was a runny nose, probably wouldn’t understand.

As I walked slowly along the beach without saying anything, Seol-hee glanced at me from next to me and asked again.

“Wouldn’t Bin Hye-yoon be angry? If she knew we were together?”

“Hye-yoon wakes up late on holidays. She’s a really lazy person at home. Maybe she’ll wake up late today too?”

“Really?”

Seol-hee smiled brightly and asked again.

“But you said earlier. You can sleep with a woman who is not a mafia member whenever she seduces you, right?”

“Do I look like such a profligate person?”

“Yeah. You don’t have any experience with women, do you?”

Ugh… You stabbed me with that and came in.

I replied, annoyed.

“You don’t have any experience with men either.”

“Of course I have no experience with men. The purity of the daughter of the Hwarang Group Yu family is of great value. You probably don’t know much about this world.”

“It’s not even the Joseon Dynasty…….”

“There are many elders in this industry who live with a Joseon Dynasty mindset. To be honest, I’m a young woman, and when I’m in a relationship, sometimes my body gets excited and I want to have sex with a man. When I can’t sleep, I watch porn and stuff.”

Ugh… To be honest.

This is an awkward topic to bring up.

I’ve never had a conversation like this with a girl my age.

As my face turned bright red, Seol-hee covered her mouth, smiled brightly, and continued speaking.

“Oh my. I don’t know what I’m talking about. It’s embarrassing. Seriously. I’m so comfortable with you. Can you forget what I just said?”

“My head isn’t that good. I forget what I heard an hour ago.”

“Yeah. That’s fortunate.”

Seol-hee stopped walking and continued talking while looking at the clear sea crashing loudly on the other side.

“I’m a good daughter who listens to adults now, but I don’t know how long that will last. If a guy I really like comes along, I might play with fire?”

“Yeah. Do that. Doing everything is part of youth. The daughter of a conglomerate is also a human being just like me.”

“That’s a cool answer. Sometimes I envy your optimistic personality.”

We locked eyes for a moment.

An awkward atmosphere hung in the air.

I cleared my throat and turned around.

“I have to go back to my room. I have to help Yeonlim prepare breakfast.”

“You really don’t have any feelings for Yeonrim?”

“I’m done with Yeonlim. Once I’m done with you, I’ll never look back. I’m done with Yeonlim forever.”

“Really? That’s good.”

What’s so fortunate?

Didn’t Seol-hee bring me here to use Yeon-rim to control me?

Then wouldn’t it be a blessing for Seol-hee that I don’t have any feelings for Yeon-rim?

When I looked at Seol-hee with an expression that said I didn’t understand, Seol-hee smiled brightly.

“I told you. I’m just a normal human being like you.”

“Huh?”

“I have feelings too.”

Seol-hee added with a bright smile, straightening her hair that was blowing in the sea breeze.

“I’ll tell you later.”

The smile was pretty.

***

That time. Korea.

A large mansion.

Han Hyeon-ho, the nephew of the chairman of the Laance Group, was looking through photos on a tablet PC.

A photo taken at the airport.

Photos of Bin Hye-yoon, Woo Sung-won, and even Yoo Seol-hee.

The three certainly seem close.

Han Hyun-ho, who had his short hair pulled back, slammed his fist on the table and shouted.

“No. How can a beggar like this, who doesn’t even know the subject, talk to these women?”

Then, the secretary standing across from Han Hyeon-ho nodded and answered.

“Yes, my lord. And besides, this guy named Woo Sung-won is currently living with Bin Hye-yoon.”

“What, what? Then cohabitation??”

“I don’t know about that. There is absolutely no information on the relationship between Bin Hye-yoon and Woo Sung-won. There is also no information on the relationship between Woo Sung-won and Yoo Seol-hee. However, it seems certain that the three of them are close. In particular, Bin Hye-yoon seems to care for Woo Sung-won a lot.”

“This kind of baseless beggar with these kinds of women?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

Han Hyun-ho threw the tablet PC nervously.

The tablet PC hit the wall and the screen broke.

The secretary, as if she was used to this kind of thing by now, quickly picked up the tablet PC with the cracked screen.

Han Hyeon-ho grew up without any shortcomings since he was young.

If I wanted it, I got it, and if there was a woman I wanted to sleep with, I slept with her.

But there were women that Han Hyun-ho, the scoundrel from a wealthy family, couldn’t get his hands on… Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee.

Bin Hye-yoon was born a mafia, so it was difficult to approach her, and Yoo Seol-hee was the youngest daughter of a powerful conglomerate and prestigious family, Hwarang Group, so Han Hyun-ho could never seduce her.

The problem is that Han Hyun-ho was obsessed with those two women. He didn’t pay attention to any other women.

Han Hyun-ho, sitting with his legs crossed, opened his mouth arrogantly.

“I am the one who will inherit the Laance Group affiliate. I need to meet a woman who suits me. If it’s not Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee, no one can satisfy me. People have levels, right? Right?”

“But, but…… Master. Bin Hye-yoon is the boss of the scary Black Emily, and Yoo Seol-hee is the youngest daughter of the Hwarang Group, which is ranked 3rd in the business world. Our Laance Group is ranked 20th in the business world…….”

The secretary tried to carefully inform Han Hyun-ho of the reality, but she ended up only provoking his temper.

“What? This kid? So I’m not on the same level as those girls? Huh?”

Han Hyun-ho kicked his secretary’s joint hard.

The secretary answered in a hoarse voice, holding onto the joint and jumping up and down.

“Oh, no, my lord. These are beautiful women who suit you, my lord.”

“Right?”

Han Hyun-ho swept his hair back and sat back down in his chair.

He sat haughtily, crossed his legs, and opened his mouth again.

“First of all, that Woo Sung-won bastard is the problem. That bastard who doesn’t know anything is hanging around my women and pretending to be friendly. I need to get that bastard away from my women.”

My girls? Since when have Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee been the master’s women?

The secretary was curious about that, but she didn’t ask any specific questions. She knew better than anyone that Han Hyun-ho had a prince complex.

It was clear that Han Hyun-ho was already holding those two women in his head like flowers in his hands.

“Woo Sung-won, that bastard is a beggar with no foundation?”

“Yes. That, that’s right,”

“Then you just have to give that kid a woman who suits him. Then he’ll know to leave Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee. I still can’t forget the humiliation I felt at Yoo Seol-hee’s birthday party last time. How dare you…….”

Han Hyun-ho clenched his fist.

The fist with blue veins protruding from it trembled.

“……No woman in the world dares to reject me. Even if it’s Bin Hye-yoon or Yoo Seol-hee. No one dares to reject this Han Hyeon-ho. You come up with a plan to make that guy Woo Sung-won fall for my women right now. Got it?”

“Yes, I understand, Your Majesty.”

The secretary bowed her head and left the room.

Han Hyun-ho took out his phone and looked at the pictures of Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee on it, then touched the hem of his pants.

“The two of you have completely different feelings for each other……. You guys need to meet a superior man like me who is on your level…….”

He laughed heartily, stroking the phone screen with his hand.

***

I came back to Korea.

As soon as we arrived at the airport, we all parted ways right there.

Hyeyoon said she had urgent business to attend to and was going straight from the airport to the Black Emily Building, and Seolhee also said she had something urgent to attend to.

I left the airport carrying my carrier bag, my skin completely tanned.

Should I just go home and lie down comfortably?

As I was stretching with that thought in mind, someone grabbed my collar from next to me.

who is this?

Ah. It’s Yeonlim.

“Aren’t you going home?”

“I don’t want to go home.”

“Is that because you don’t like taking care of your dad?”

“Mom is taking care of Dad. And right now, I’m not on good terms with Dad. Dad tried to do something weird to Bin Hye-yoon, and everyone almost died.”

“Really? Then go ahead and play. I’m going home.”

I turned around.

Then Yeonlim grabbed my collar again and spoke sharply.

“I don’t want to go home.”

“You want to play with me? You have a boyfriend, right? The guy who cheated on me when we were dating. Sleep with him.”

“I told you that I broke up with Seokjong. And can we not talk about it anymore? I told you I was sorry.”

Oh. You broke up, right?

Even so, I’m not in the mood or in a state to play with Yeonlim right now.

I was tired from the long flight and didn’t really want to talk to Yeonlim.

“I don’t have the energy to play right now. Tell me to play with you next time. Okay?”

I lightly patted Yeonlim’s cheek with one hand and turned around.

“Someone like me…is nothing compared to Bin Hye-yoon or Yoo Seol-hee?”

Suddenly Yeonlim snapped at me like that.

Huh? What is this?

When I turned around and looked at Yeonlim, she had tears in her eyes and started to speak at a rapid pace.

“You used to like me. But why are you being so cold to me? Is it because of Bin Hye-yoon and Yoo Seol-hee? Because those popular girls cherish and love you? Can’t you treat me like you used to? Back then, you even pretended to die when I told you to. But why are you like this now? Do I look so insignificant to you?”

Why is this kid grabbing my trouser leg now?

I tried to smile naturally and answered.

“Yeonlim-ah. Even if I hadn’t met Hye-yoon or Seol-hee, my heart would have been the same. When you dumped me, right? That’s when everything was over. Don’t blame me. It’s your fault.”

“…….”

“I’m tired of you doing this all the time. You know that, right?”

Then Yeonlim glared at me with reddened eyes and opened her mouth.

“You’re not the one who’s talented. It’s the girls who are talented that like you.”

Ha- As expected.

Now you’re finally coming to your senses.

I was waiting for that to come out.

I looked at Yeonlim and asked.

“So? Then you make those cool girls like you too. Why do you keep bothering me?”

“That, that’s……”

“One thing is certain. If I hadn’t known Hye-yoon and Seol-hee, you wouldn’t have grabbed my pants like you did now, and you wouldn’t have looked at me again. You would have mocked me like you did when you dumped me. Right?”

“…….”

“You don’t want to reunite with me. You want to live like Hye-yoon or Seol-hee. Isn’t that why you want to become friends with them?”

“Oh, no……..”

“You live your life. I’ll live mine. Bye.”

I waved my hand and said goodbye to Yeonlim.

Huah – I feel refreshed.

I finally feel like something has been resolved.

Something that had been building up inside my heart when I was dumped by Yeonlim… now feels like it’s finally melted away.

Now Yeonlim knows her place too.

Well… I’m not that great of a guy.

***

Thirty minutes later.

Black Emily Building.

When Hye-yoon, with tanned skin, appeared, all the subordinates bowed their heads at once.

Alex quickly appeared, bowed his head, adjusted his tie, and opened his mouth.

“Looking at your skin, it looks like you’ve had a lot of fun. You’re not too tanned, are you?”

“Don’t worry. I have to burn it to this extent. My subordinates will think I’m just having fun. Nothing happened when I was away, right?”

Alex coughed and answered seriously.

“Hwarang Group Chairman Yoo Seon-ho called. He told me to contact him when the boss returns.”

“That inspiration?”

Hye-yoon entered her office, sat with her legs crossed, and shrugged her shoulders.

“You could probably send most messages through Yoo Seol-hee… Why did you call?”

“I don’t know.”

“Okay. Then I’ll call you myself. You go out.”

Alex bowed his head and left Hye-yoon’s office.

Hyeyoon turned her head this way and that to relax her body and muttered to herself.

“What’s going to happen again……..”