episode_0080

The day of the business trip has already arrived.

“… I’ll be back.”

“Well, there’s nothing you didn’t take care of, right?”

Bang Han-na, who woke up early on purpose, was seeing Jin Seo-won off.

“… Probably not?”

“The pouch was checked… . What about your cell phone and wallet?”

Jin Seo-won touches the bag he was carrying and quietly nods.

Hanna Bang, unable to hide her inner worry, sighed softly and made another request.

“Listen carefully to what the producer said. Can’t you do something really weird?”

“… I don’t.”

“Surely you didn’t bring any ‘toys’?”

“… … Yes.”

A strangely half-beat late answer.

Slightly surprised, Bang Han-na thought about checking her bag again, but soon realized that it was time for Do Ji-hyuk to come pick her up, so she decided to let it go.

“Seowon. The producer is yours to protect. You know it well, right? You must never forget?”

“… huh. I’ll be back.”

“Okay, be careful… !”

Boom! Beep ─

After barely seeing Jin Seowon off.

“… ha… .”

Hanna Bang, who was left alone, sighed heavily and thought.

‘… i envy you… .’

I am so jealous of Jin Seo-won, who follows Do Ji-hyuk on his business trip.

I knew it was a useless idea, but I couldn’t help but feel envious.

Not long ago, Bang Han-na, who happened to learn about Do Ji-hyuk’s business trip, began to harbor expectations that she might accompany him.

He communicated well with Do Ji-hyuk, and while he was quite easy-going, he was also quite strong, so he was the best among the members for the role of companion.

however… .

“I decided to go on a business trip with Seowon.”

As usual, Do Ji-hyuk, who came to prepare dinner, was completely crushed by a single word.

The reason is the growth of Jinseowon.

It was a perfect justification that could not even be refuted.

“Ugh… .”

Bang Han-na, who had been struggling for a while with rising envy, hugged the cushion that was rolling around on the sofa and quickly grabbed her cell phone.

After all, a cell phone is the best way to divert your mind.

‘I’m going to stretch out all day today…’ .’

Hannah Bang accessed a community for college students she had recently joined and began reading the accumulated posts… .

[ Title: I think my boyfriend is cheating on me… . ]

I’m 100% sure I saw it myself. How can I scold this guy?

Anonymous 1: Make him a dad so he can’t cheat.

Anonymous 2: How should I scold him so much?

Anonymous 3: How can you endure confinement when you’re still fucking with another bitch? That’s right, a

… …

… …

There were all kinds of provocative posts in the anonymous community,

‘To do this… ?’

Hannah Bang began reading the community’s posts without even noticing the passage of time.

Meanwhile… .

“?”

One article in particular that had a lot of comments caught Hannah Bang’s eye.

[I told you that Queens is not active these days haha +99]

It was an article about Queens.

‘Queens… ?’

News about celebrities always becomes popular.

Hannah Bang seemed to be possessed by something and moved her finger to check the article.

[Do you remember the post about Lim A-rin hanging out with a certain guy on Jeju Island? I thought it was just gossip, but looking at this post, it seems like it’s almost like a marriage? ]

In fact, there was nothing particularly special about the content of the article itself.

It was a common speculation article that combined Internet rumors commonly referred to as ‘kadera communications’ and Lim A-rin’s latest SNS posts.

[Anonymous 1: What does it have to do with Lim A-rin getting married and Queens taking a break?]

[Anonymous 2: Something like this is also posted on the magazine. Are you really not managing your part-time job? ]

[Anonymous 3: If this is a post hinting at marriage, I will get married 100 times more, damn it haha]

[Anonymous 4: It really acts like a dog… Did you want to come that cold? ]

Naturally, people’s reaction was not positive, as there was no solid evidence.

The majority of people criticized the author and denied the rumors of Lim A-rin’s affair.

but.

“Jeju Island… ?”

To Hannah Bang, it looked completely different.

Bang Han-na is well aware that the relationship between Lim A-rin and Do Ji-hyuk is unusual.

‘… Lim A-rin went to Jeju Island… ?’

Bang Han-na, who felt strangely uncomfortable with the rumor that ‘Im A-rin’ was hanging out with a ‘man’ in ‘Jeju Island’, hurriedly turned on social media and started searching through Lim A-rin’s account.

‘… jeju island… jeju island… .’

and.

[ @Im Arin Arrived in Jeju Island! ]

Before long, I found out the day Lim A-rin went to Jeju Island.

‘… Uh, uh… ?’

Coincidentally, it was the same day that Do Ji-hyuk went to Jeju Island.

Gulp─

Bang Han-na, who swallowed her saliva involuntarily due to the creeping anxiety, carefully looked through the messages she had shared with Do Ji-hyuk, thinking that she had made a mistake… .

“… … .”

Sure enough, it was clearly written that he would depart on the same day as Lim A-rin and return on the same day.

What is the probability that two people who are close enough to come to my house went to the same place during the same period and played separately?

It will probably converge to 0%.

‘… Oh, I guess not… .’

Han-na Bang forced herself to deny the speculations that came to her mind and carefully checked Lim A-rin’s SNS.

‘Probably not…’ .’

but.

[ @ImArin ♥ Right Right Right Right♥ ]

[ @ImArin ♥Delicious lunch♥ ]

[ @ImArin ♥Hocation since broad daylight… ?♥ ]

[ @Im Arin ♥ Taking bridal class in advance ♥

Starting precisely from the trip to Jeju Island, there were a lot of posts showing off that they were in the middle of a relationship.

“… … .”

At this point, Hannah Bang had no choice but to admit it.

Do Ji-hyuk… .

The fact that he might be dating Lim Ah-rin.

*

“I guess I’ll have to walk from here.”

“… This place?”

Jin Seo-won asks back in a tone of disbelief.

Her face was still expressionless, showing no emotion, but there was a clear annoyance in her eyes.

“I’ll leave the car here, so if you need anything, pack it in advance.”

“… … Yes.”

We were able to arrive near the Jiri Mountain gate before lunch, so we packed our bags and started walking to climb the hiking trail.

“It’s been a while since I rode a mountain like this. How are you? Don’t you feel good?”

“… No.”

Jin Seo-won seemed to not like the idea of climbing the mountain and showed his disapproval by making rare noises.

‘cute.’

That sight was so cute that I couldn’t help but laugh.

If I have a daughter later, a daughter like Jin Seo-won will be fine.

“I’m going to buy you something really delicious today, so cheer up a little.”

“… Something delicious?”

“There’s a really good barbecue restaurant on the way. Is the barbecue okay?”

“… Yes.”

How long had it been before I climbed the mountain with Jin Seo-won, whose eyes began to shine again, as if he was tired of food?

“Over there.”

We were finally able to find the gate management office located halfway up the mountain.

‘It looks like some kind of mountain cabin.’

The gate management office is usually a modern, rectangular building that matches the surrounding landscape.

Perhaps because this place is so small, there was a building built like a rest area for hikers.

“Are you ready?”

“… Yes.”

After completing such simple procedures.

We went straight inside the gate without delay.

‘oh… . ‘It’s pretty cool, isn’t it?’

A vast landscape that appears as soon as you pass the gate.

It was like looking at an unrealistic painting, with the huge mountain range piled up in the middle of the mountain and the exotic plants unique to the gate mixed together.

“… It’s a mountain.”

Of course, it was not in Jin Seowon’s eyes.

To someone who hates hiking, it probably looked like a huge step mill.

“Now, let’s get started.”

“… Yes.”

We began to climb the mountain following the directions of the Simmanis we had researched in advance.

Today’s goal is a point called ‘Three Branch Falls’.

According to information from Simmani, the road to the Three Branch Falls is so rough that it is not often traveled.

Considering that I was quite lost even in my dreams, it might be a more arduous path than I thought.

Fortunately, the mountain path itself did not appear to be much different from the mountains on Earth.

Are there just a lot of plants whose names I don’t know?

“The floor is falling apart… . Be careful below. Seowon.”

“… huh. Oppa too.”

How long had it been since I checked the direction so many times and looked for the waterfall?

Crispy──!

“!”

The floor near Jinseowon, where I was walking slightly ahead, collapsed.

“Seowon!”

She lost her balance for a moment and stumbled, then immediately stepped into the air and jumped down.

Taaaa!

He jumped over the trees with a swift movement and soon landed on a flat rock.

“Seowon! Are you okay!?”

When I raised my voice and asked about her condition, she waved her hand calmly as if she had never done that before.

Although it was obviously a startling situation, seeing how everything seemed fine was enough to make someone with a strong heart tell them to go away.

“… here… !”

Right then.

“… water… !”

Jin Seowon, who was standing on the rock, pointed further down and started shouting something.

“I can’t hear you very well!”

However, because her voice was so low, I couldn’t hear the content clearly.

After exchanging several shouts, I decided to go down.

“Wait a minute! I’ll come down!”

Let’s reach Jinseowon by stepping on the trees that look so strong… .

“Are you okay? Are there any injuries?”

“… Yes.”

She pointed downward again and unexpectedly said something.

“… I can hear the sound of water over there.”

“… What?”

When I said something, I heard the sound of water.

“… Oppa, can’t you hear?”

“I’m not sure… ?”

“… Then, my brother, follow me.”

“Huh?”

Seowon Jin led me with a slightly flattered look on his face, as if his shoulders were lifted by the fact that he had heard something I had not heard before.

Shootaaa

“… Right?”

“It was real… ?”

I ended up finding the three-pronged waterfall I was looking for at once.

*

‘… I did it.’

Seowon Jin was very proud that he had found the waterfall.

Of course, I found it by simple coincidence, but I thought I deserved praise because I was the one who heard the faint sound of water and led the way.

“… Did I do well?”

“Of course!”

Fortunately, Do Ji-hyuk praised Jin Seo-won’s efforts… .

“You did really well. If it weren’t for you, I probably would have wandered around all night!”

Only words of praise were given, but no significant reward was given.

‘… Is this it?’

Of course, it doesn’t mean I don’t like compliments.

Because praise has a positive meaning and means that you are being viewed favorably.

However, I was wondering if it would be okay to express it a little more closely as a ‘love relationship’.

‘… ‘I’ll do it a little later.’

Fortunately, Jin Seo-won was a patient woman.

I firmly believed that the dust would form a mountain, and that it would be collected one by one to make it explode.

After such a short break.

“Let’s go in quickly.”

Jin Seo-won followed Do Ji-hyuk into a small cave dug beyond the waterfall.

“It’s a bit dark… . Watch your steps so you don’t fall.”

“… Yes.”

And as we walked a little further in, a dead end appeared… .

“… found… !”

Do Ji-hyuk found a flat wall inside the cave and, looking slightly excited, approached and started smoothing the wall.

“… This really exists… .”

Do Ji-hyuk shows a strange reaction as if he is someone who has achieved his dream.

Jin Seo-won, who was watching him quietly from the side, felt a little jealous at the sight of him seeming happier than when he was praising her.

‘… Is it that good?’

“Obviously… . like this… .”

Whether he knew it or not, Do Ji-hyuk left Jinseowon and started drawing a picture on the smooth wall.

Hwahiah … …

A bright light appeared along the area touched,

“… Done.”

Eventually, a picture was drawn on the smooth wall.

‘… sun?’

The moment when Jin Seo-won, who was closely examining the painting next to him, tilted his head in doubt.

Kugugugugugugung… …

The smooth wall vibrated loudly and began to split left and right.

“!”

The split wall showed a small space inside, like a coin locker.

Inside was a golden pocket watch that sparkled in the light.