Yoo-hyun was anxiously waiting.
From afar, he heard a high-pitched laughter.
“Ho ho ho ho!”
Under the streetlight, he saw two familiar silhouettes. Yoo-hyun and Han Jae-hee got up at the sa ti as if they had made an appointnt.
“Da-hye!”
“Mom!”
Yoo-hyun ran towards them with a worried heart.
But the atmosphere between the two was very different from what he expected.
They looked very friendly, walking arm in arm.
His mother asked him with a puzzled expression.
“Didn’t you say you were going ho? Why are you still here?”
“No, but your clothes…”
“Pretty, right? We got matching couple outfits in Insadong.”
“Insadong?”
“Yes. Our son and daughter never took to Insadong, but our Da-hye showed around.”
When did she beco ‘our Da-hye’?
They even smiled at each other as they made eye contact.
Han Jae-hee, who was watching from the side, imdiately retorted.
“Mom, you said you hated going around Seoul because it was too crowded.”
“You be quiet. You’re the only daughter I have, but you don’t understand your mother’s feelings at all.”
“Ugh. Mom, do you really have to say that?”
Ignoring Han Jae-hee’s grumbling, Jeong Da-hye consoled her mother.
“Mom, Jae-hee always brags about you.”
“Really?”
“Yes, you’re good at cooking, have a great business sense, and have a very good taste.”
“Oh. Our Da-hye is so sweet with words. Thank you so much. Thanks to you, I saw Seoul for the first ti in my life.”
“Mom, I’m the one who should thank you. And the bracelet is so pretty. I’ll wear it well.”
Under the streetlight, the bracelet sparkled on her wrist.
It seed that the bracelet was also a matching couple item.
Yoo-hyun was more surprised by her soft and gentle tone than the couple clothes and the couple bracelet.
‘Did she have such a warm side?’
There was a lot of affection in her eyes as she looked at her mother.
It was the sa for her mother.
“What’s the big deal? I can buy you anything as long as you’re happy.”
“Next ti, I’ll buy you sothing for sure.”
“I feel good just hearing our Da-hye’s words. Co on, let’s have a drink to celebrate that we’re all together.”
“Yes. Sounds good.”
Jeong Da-hye tightened her arm around her mother’s.
It looked very nice, but Yoo-hyun thought realistically.
“Mom, you said you had to leave tomorrow evening because of so urgent work.”
“Yoo-hyun, do you want to disappear quickly?”
“That’s not what I ant, but you said you had to…”
Yoo-hyun shut his mouth in front of his mother’s narrowed eyes.
Han Jae-hee, who was watching the situation, hooked her arm around her mother’s other side.
Tightly.
Then she changed her attitude and smiled as if nothing had happened.
“Mom, my room is too clean without any alcohol, so let’s go to my brother’s room. He has a lot of premium liquor there.”
“Oh, what’s the occasion? Why does Yoo-hyun have so much alcohol at ho?”
“Well, I don’t know. Anyway, let’s go. I’ll make so snacks.”
“Mom, I’ll help you too.”
Mrs. Lee waved her hand at Jeong Da-hye’s offer.
“No, no, Da-hye. This is the landlord’s job. Right, Yoo-hyun?”
“Y-yes.”
“Hahaha! Let’s go.”
Mrs. Lee walked with a big smile, followed by the two girls on her sides.
Yoo-hyun felt like he shouldn’t get in between those three won.
As soon as Mrs. Lee entered Yoo-hyun’s house, she started to chatter about what happened today.
“Today, I had red bean shaved ice with Da-hye in Insa-dong, and the beans were so fine and delicious. It reminded of a new nu item that Da-hye would love. It’s called…”
Mrs. Lee seed to be in a good mood and didn’t stop talking.
Yoo-hyun wished it would end there, but as soon as alcohol was involved, his embarrassing past ca out one by one.
Mrs. Lee blushed and gossiped.
“When Yoo-hyun was little, he peed outside and threw away his underwear. Do you know what he did then?”
“Oh my! What did he do?”
“He borrowed a girl’s skirt and walked around in it. I have a picture of that at ho, I’ll show you when you co. Hoho!”
Yoo-hyun grabbed his mother’s hand and pleaded.
“Mom, you must be tired now, please rest. Okay?”
“He’s trying to shut up.”
This ti, Han Jae-hee, who had been drinking without paying attention to Mrs. Lee, joined in.
“Sis, did you know that Yoo-hyun has a box full of letters from girls when he was in middle school? …Sniff.”
“Little brother, just eat quietly.”
Yoo-hyun quickly covered Jae-hee’s mouth with his hand, but Da-hye stopped him.
“Yoo-hyun, how can you eat quietly at a drinking party?”
“Yeah. Our Yoo-hyun is too conservative.”
“Mom, I like Yoo-hyun the way he is.”
“Oh, how grateful I am to Da-hye. You take good care of my lacking son.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun wished he could find a mouse hole and hide in it.
The cheerful drinking party that day lasted until dawn.
Yoo-hyun helped diligently, took Da-hye ho, and ca back to clean up.
The next day, he made bean sprout soup for his mother to relieve her hangover.
His mother took a sip of the soup and said with a refreshed expression.
“Yoo-hyun, you’re good at cooking. Da-hye will like it.”
“It’s just soup, what’s the big deal?”
“Take this opportunity to learn so side dishes from . Have you heard of yoseknam? These days, n who can cook are popular.”
“Uh, yes.”
“How pretty and nice Da-hye is…”
His mother praised Da-hye throughout the al.
The trivial talk that he had heard so often felt different when he saw his mother’s happy face.
It seed that Da-hye was more than just a stranger to his mother.
What did Da-hye feel?
It was after he saw his mother off to her ho.
A ssage from Da-hye popped up on Yoo-hyun’s phone screen.
-Da-hye: Your mother is such a nice person. Thanks to you, I had a really good ti.
“I’m glad to hear that. I was worried, actually.”
-Da-hye: Jae-hee told . She said you worry too much about unnecessary things and asked to understand. I’m really grateful for you, Yoo-hyun. (smile)
-That Jae-hee! (angry)
He was annoyed by Jae-hee, who started the trouble and backed off, but it was only for a mont.
Yoo-hyun was lost in his thoughts as he read Da-hye’s warm ssage.
What if they had t like this in the past?
It would have been wonderful to share the small happiness of everyday life, but he couldn’t even create such an opportunity.
It was all his fault.
The only ti Da-hye had a long face-to-face with his mother was at his mother’s funeral.
-I wish I had visited and treated your mother better when she was alive. I’m so sorry I couldn’t.
In Yoo-hyun’s mind, he saw the image of his ex-wife, who had guarded his mother’s last monts with sorrow.
‘Thank you so much.’
He realized he hadn’t even expressed his gratitude honestly.
Looking back, it was a miserable life.
Da-hye replied to him.
-Da-hye: You’ll be working at Hansung for a while now, right?
-Yes. That’s right. What am I going to do without having morning coffee with you?
-Da-hye: We’ll see each other every day after work, what are you talking about. Finish it well. I’ll help you with anything I can.
As soon as he heard Da-hye’s answer, his gloomy mories of the past disappeared.
In their place, there was a tomorrow he wanted to spend with her.
Yoo-hyun confessed his feelings honestly.
-Da-hye, thank you so much. For being by my side.
-That’s what I should say. (heart)
A bright smile appeared on Yoo-hyun’s lips.
Yoo-hyun took a little more rest and then went to work at Hansung Tower.
As if to show the deepening autumn, the streets were dyed with dark red leaves.
He looked at the tall building in the distance and recalled his old mories.
When he had returned from his life in Yeontae-ri, and when he had returned from the Group Strategy Room.
Each ti, there was soone waiting for him in front of the building.
It was Jang Joon-sik, the assistant manager.
Zing.
His phone rang and a ssage ca from him.
-Sir, I’m working at the Sindorim campus today. I’m sorry I couldn’t greet you first.
The integrated departnt, UniqueTF, which was in charge of the next-generation smartphone, was located at the Sindorim campus, so most of the existing mobile phone strategy team mbers spent their ti there.
Even so, Yoo-hyun went to Hansung Tower, and his beloved junior took care of him from afar.
‘That guy. He’s still the sa.’
As Yoo-hyun chuckled, he heard a voice calling him.
“Han Yoo-hyun, sir!”
He looked up and saw a man with a round face and a calm impression.
It was Ahn Jae-kyung, the senior manager who had been Yoo-hyun’s right-hand man in the past.
Yoo-hyun’s voice softened with a happy feeling.
“Mr. Ahn, I don’t know what to do with you coming out to greet like this.”
“I have sothing to give you.”
“What is it?”
“The person who bought you a chocolate cake last ti is coming, so my son made hold this in my hand. Here you go.”
Swoosh.
What Ahn Jae-kyung handed him was a bear jelly.
It was the sa thing he had given him the day after they had their first honest drinking party.
Yoo-hyun smiled as he rembered that ti, holding the bear jelly in his hand.
“This is very precious.”
“Of course. I only give it to you, sir.”
“Thank you. I’ll cherish it.”
“Well, let’s go then. I have a lot to talk to you about.”
Ahn Jae-kyung smiled and led him inside.
Buzzing.
He walked among the employees who were coming to work and told them what had happened.
“How have you been…”
It contained not only work, but also the joys and sorrows of the team mbers.
It felt like they were trying to show him that they had done well during his absence.
It was exactly what Yoo-hyun had hoped for.
“You guys worked hard.”
“But we’re making progress step by step, thanks to the good seeds you planted, sir.”
“Good seeds?”
“Yes. You’ll see what I an soon. And…”
Ahn Jae-kyung was about to continue when
A loud greeting ca from the lobby.
“Hello!”
“Hello!”
Executives and employees alike bowed their heads.
There was a man walking through them. It was Shin Kyung-soo.
Trudge.
He walked with his chin up, as if he were the president.
Yoo-hyun snickered as he watched him.
‘He’s acting like a king.’
Shin Kyung-soo’s cold eyes t Yoo-hyun’s.
As Yoo-hyun lifted the corners of his mouth, he narrowed his eyes and stopped.
This ti, he didn’t reach out his hand like last ti, but said one word.
“So you’re back.”
“I realized there was sothing I hadn’t finished yet.”
“Finished?”
“Didn’t I tell you before? The synergy of each and every employee will lead the company’s growth.”
It was what Yoo-hyun had said at the Royal Family banquet hall, where he had confronted him.
At that ti, Shin Kyung-soo, who had treated the employees as parts, smirked.
“Go ahead and try.”
“I’m going to prove to you, vice president, that this statent you dismissed as wrong was right.”
“You still have a strange belief.”
“That strange belief is my driving force.”
Yoo-hyun gave him a aningful answer and looked at Shin Kyung-soo.
Was it because he had experienced the wide world and ca back?
He who had felt like a huge mountain now looked infinitely small.
With his wonderful colleagues by his side, Shin Kyung-soo was no longer an obstacle to Yoo-hyun.
He was just a small hill that he could easily pass by.
That confidence made Yoo-hyun move forward without hesitation.
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