episode_0067

It was after going through the scorching sun to buy groceries.

“Phew. It’s hot.”

Before Han Ryeo-won could take a breath, she started tidying up diligently.

The way he neatly organized groceries and daily necessities made him almost look like the owner of the house.

“Shall I get you something cool?”

In the meantime, she never forgot to take care of me.

After staring at him for a moment, I shook my head.

“It’s okay.”

“Ah… . Did you say you were going out again? ?”

Hallyeowon seemed to remember that I was planning to go out earlier, and gave off a hint of regret… .

For some reason, my mouth started moving on its own.

“Just don’t leave. The weather is hot too.”

“Uh… ?”

“… I’ll help you organize it. Where should I put this?”

“Uh, uhh! It’s above the sink… .”

“This too?”

“Uh, yeah… ! Well, the spam there too.”

“Okay.”

She seemed slightly embarrassed and carefully gave instructions.

“… … .”

For some reason, he seemed happy.

*

After spending time with Hallyeowon. Little by little, changes began to occur between us, who had been frozen.

Not a huge change, just a little bit.

“Starting tomorrow, don’t make breakfast.”

“Uh… ?”

As usual, it was the day I came back to my room after having a big fight with Shin Yuna.

I came back a little earlier than usual, and as usual, I handed over the laundry to Han Ryeo-won, who came to the front door to meet me.

“From now on, let’s just eat it with toast or a shake.”

“Ah… . okay. I will… .”

Fortunately, she followed my wishes without much disagreement.

At the same time, he seemed a bit downcast and somewhat disappointed.

“I don’t have any bread to eat tomorrow. Should I buy some bread now…? ?”

“It’s late today, so go shopping with me tomorrow.”

“… … Huh?”

So I presented her with a new option.

“From now on, exercise with me in the morning. If you don’t want to, you don’t have to.”

The idea was to exercise together.

“Woo, exercise? With you?”

Han Ryeo-won, shocked by the completely unexpected proposal, blinked blankly and looked at me.

For a moment, it occurred to her that the calculator might be running fast in her head, but she tried to ignore it.

“I run for 30 minutes every morning. It’s hard to do from the beginning, so I’ll fix it for you.”

“Uh… . Well, that… .”

“Are you going to do it or not?”

Hallyeowon, who had caused an earthquake in her pupils, was at a loss as to what to do when he urged her to do so, but carefully watched her and asked back.

“I… . We can really go together… ?”

It seemed like he really wanted to be together.

“… I think that’s a good thing. If you want to go, get ready by 7 a.m. tomorrow.”

“Uh, yeah… !”

From then on, we started exercising every morning.

“There are quite a lot of people… ?”

“Everyone around here goes here.”

Hall Ryeo-won, with her hair tied short, left the house wearing a tight-fitting, short-sleeved sweatshirt that reached down to her solar plexus and leggings that went down from her lower abdomen to around her knees.

Every day, I looked at Shin Yu-na’s aggressive body, but when I saw Hallyeo-won, who was well-balanced and pretty, I felt a little special.

“Well, but. Aren’t my speeds a little slow?”

“I run a little faster.”

“Then, let’s speed up a little more… !”

“If you overdo it from the first day, you won’t be able to run tomorrow.”

“Oh, no! I can run!”

“Is this what you asked me to do?”

“Yes!”

Hallyeowon must have thought this was an opportunity, so she followed with great enthusiasm and did her best.

“Heo Eok… ! Huh… !”

“If it’s hard, should I stop now?”

“Oh, no… ! I can do more… !”

Even if she has good physical strength, it won’t be easy for her to match me as an awakened person.

The sight of him running relentlessly with venom in his eyes was a bit scary.

As expected, she was not an ordinary person.

‘How can I defeat a kid like this?’

It was precisely because of this aspect that I suddenly decided to spend time with Hallyeowon.

Because of his terrible temper that cannot be compared to anyone else.

Shin Yu-na claimed that one day, Hallyeowon would tire of its efforts and fall away.

Honestly, I thought I would give up in a day or two.

It was a situation I couldn’t survive with my sanity.

but.

She proudly adapted to life at the bottom.

She personally washed another woman’s underwear that was covered in the bodily fluids of the man she loved, and carefully prepared a meal for her even though she clearly knew that she was having an affair next door.

Just because you can be by my side.

Even though he was humiliated by a woman younger than him, he never gave up.

If this is not a poisonous tumor, what is it?

Perhaps Hallyeowon will not give up on me no matter what happens.

So I decided to change my mind little by little.

This is what happened anyway, so let’s open up all possibilities.

“Why are you like that? Does your shoulder hurt?”

“Ugh. I guess I slept a little wrong… .”

“Sit down. Let me massage your shoulders.”

“… uh? Oh no! It’s okay though… .”

“Take it when they say they will.”

“… Yes… . Well, then. a little bit… . Please do me a favor.”

… I never fully opened my mind.

‘I can’t imagine him dying… .’

As I acknowledged Hallyeowon’s efforts and changed my thoughts little by little, I began to worry about Hallyewon’s death, which Shin Yuna had predicted.

The Han Ryeo-won I have seen so far was never a person who would give up on life.

I wish he had done more, but he wasn’t the kind of person who would die just because he was notified of a breakup.

Either Shin Yuna deceived me for some reason.

Otherwise, it could be said that there was another reason for Hallyeowon’s death.

‘There’s no way Shin Yuna would have fooled me.’

If you think about it, there is no reason for Shin Yuna to lie and keep Hallyeowon next to me.

Even though we are not in a real romantic relationship, there is no reason for Shin Yu-na, who has feelings for me, to have Hall Ryeo-won, who is not helpful, by her side.

This means that it is literally an action without justification.

If that’s the case, it means there’s something involved in Hallyeowon’s death… .

‘Seup. I can’t ask out loud.’

It was a time when each day passed by with a feeling of uneasiness.

“Have you washed yet?”

Right after morning exercise. After returning from the shower at Shin Yuna’s house, I was preparing toast for Hallyeowon, who was still in the bathroom.

Meanwhile.

“… Huh?”

A faint voice came from inside the bathroom where water was pouring out.

“… Send it soon… .”

It was definitely Hallyeowon’s voice.

“… yet… . … necessary… .”

I couldn’t hear it in detail because it was obscured by the sound of the water, but it felt like I was talking to someone.

‘Are you on the phone?’

I was quietly listening, staring at the bread that was baking well… .

That moment.

“… President of the Association… .”

A suspicious word pierced my ear.

‘Association president?’

It was clearly a title referring to Lim Mi-yoon.

*

“Uh, when did you wash everything… ?”

“Before.”

Han Ryeo-won, who took longer than usual to shower, showed a slightly surprised reaction when she saw me preparing breakfast.

He didn’t seem to notice that I had come into the house at all.

“I should have done it, sorry… .”

“It’s all about baking bread. Come and sit down.”

“… Well, I’ll just dry my hair… !”

Soon, Hallyeowon, who was quietly sitting across from me, began to look at me strangely.

“… … .”

I was looking at her intently.

“… … .”

A strange atmosphere surrounds the house.

“I don’t eat… ?”

“Eat.”

“… Yes… .”

I was quietly sipping coffee, but then I quietly put down my mug and spoke vaguely.

“I have something to ask you.”

“… … ?”

Han Ryeo-won made quick eye contact as she bit into the toast with her small mouth.

“You said you quit your job last time, right?”

“Uh, yes.”

“Then, you won’t have any contact with them anymore?”

For just a moment, there was a stir in her beady eyes.

“Uh… . Why is that suddenly… ?”

“I was wondering if you were going to betray me again.”

I slowly crossed my arms and looked at her with an indifferent face.

“Bae, what a betrayal… !”

Han Ryeo-won, who had put down the toast, waved her hand but couldn’t bear to answer and just rolled her eyes here and there.

Convinced that there was something in her appearance, I readily extended my hand to her.

“Ryeowon. If you’re really on my side, tell me honestly.”

OK.

“… that is… .”

Anxiety appeared on Han Ryeo-won’s face.

“From the association… . Contact me… . I came, but… .”

“… … .”

“Woman, I just got a call! Really… ! Trust me… !”

She desperately explains that she did nothing.

As expected, I realized that the association had done something, so I tried to maintain my composure and asked for an explanation.

“… so? What did they say?”

“… … .”

Han Ryeo-won, who was visibly depressed, lowered her head as if she had been shamed.

And in a tough tone, he revealed the association’s atrocities in detail.

“… Your information… . I asked them to save me… .”

She claimed that the association had forced her to contact her by holding her family hostage.

“… Is that really true?”

“… I got a call from the association president the other day. Let’s meet up… .”

Around the time I discovered the blue horned rat with Shin Yuna.

He said he suddenly received a call from Miyoon Lim.

Lim Mi-yoon gently cajoled Hallyeo-won by saying that she had not yet accepted her resignation.

The story was that when Han Ryeo-won, who had already been burned once, refused the offer, he started threatening her using his family as an excuse.

“I heard that if I don’t do as I’m told, I don’t know what will happen to my uncle… .”

In fact, there was an instruction left on the security messenger in the cell phone: ‘Approach Kang Yu-chan.’

However, there was no mention of threats.

‘I can roughly picture it.’

I slowly got a sense of how Shin Yuna’s prophecy would come true.

Hallyeowon, which had been pushed back by the association’s threats, approached me, but was not forgiven.

In a situation where she suffered a breakup, she made an extreme choice considering the disadvantage it would bring to her family.

It was a pretty plausible scenario.

‘Shin Yuna was right.’

As a result, Hall Ryeo-won did not die and even revealed the secret that she was suffering alone, so the choice to bring her into the house was the right one.

I was just a little afraid of how far ahead I could see.

“… So, what do you plan to do now?”

Of course, I had no intention of supporting Hallyeowon and asked her what her next plan was.

“Are you going to sell it to my information association again?”

She was startled and shook her head.

“Oh, no… ! Absolutely not!

“He said he was being threatened. What are you going to do about that?”

“… eww… .”

Han Ryeo-won bit her lip as if there was no other way.

No matter how much she is, she can’t handle everything.

‘The association is the problem.’

Realizing that the root of all evil is the Association, I thought carefully about ways to overcome the current situation.

After a while, I was able to get a hint from an unexpected place.

[I’m going to Argentina next week. You too. ]

“… Suddenly?”

Our master.