Assistant Manager Kim Hates Idols - Chapter 158



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| Episode 158. Security Management at the Office Building

Kim Iwol returned with two bottles of soju.

“What are you doing?”

Choi Je-ho had a hard time reading Kim I-wol’s thoughts.

“You want to drink together and get hit equally?”

“I’m not the kind of person who acts without any reason.”

Kim Yi-wol, however, was calm. Even the way he gently shook the bottle by the neck gave off a sense of composure.

But the noble atmosphere did not last long.

Kim Yi-wol blew on the bottle. Choi Je-ho was startled and quickly grabbed Kim Yi-wol’s shoulder.

“hey!”

“Phew.”

Then he sprayed it all on the floor. To be exact, in the back alley corner next to the convenience store.

“Are you okay? You crazy b*tch, so why are you drinking… ?”

“I did it on purpose, so keep quiet. Because of you, I’m looking even uglier right now.”

He must have spit it out by mistake, because the alcohol was dripping down his chin. Kim Yi-wol wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Then he sprinkled some alcohol on his palm and rubbed it on his sleeves and collar.

“Are you back? What are you doing?”

“I’m transforming into someone who would be in big trouble if I got involved.”

The remaining soju was spilled on Kim Iwol’s trousers.

Perhaps because he thought it was insufficient, Kim Iwol picked up a new bottle.

“You want to sprinkle more?”

“Because I haven’t felt the money yet.”

Kim Yi-wol took off his mask, turned his head back, and exhaled.

“Yeah, it’s still not enough.”

“Tell me what you’re going to do. Then… … .”

Because we might as well be buried together.

Choi Je-ho was startled by the thought that suddenly popped into his head. He had firmly vowed to himself that he would never touch alcohol in his life.

“You just stay here.”

“what?”

“You must have come to collect money. To someone like that, a celebrity’s son is just a fool. It’s better not to meet him.”

There was no way to refute it. Kim Yi-wol once again stuck a bottle of alcohol down Choi Je-ho’s throat, leaving him feeling defeated. He didn’t drink it as Choi Je-ho had feared. He just held it in his mouth for a moment and then spat it out.

“So, you wait somewhere out of sight. I’ll go and see you.”

I thought, what can you do? Kim Yi-wol is at most the same age as me.

But before he could fire, Kim Iwol disappeared into the alley.

‘Did I give him my detailed address?’

Choi Je-ho hurriedly chased after Kim I-wol.

* * *

‘Ugh, it smells like alcohol.’

Every time I ran, the smell of alcohol vibrated all over my body.

There was also the smell of cigarette smoke. It was worth gargling with alcohol over the cigarette butts scattered on the floor.

Mental pillar Jeong Seong-bin

[Brother, as you said, I told my younger brother to tell my older sister to take my father to the park!]

Although my field of vision was limited by the mask and hat, I had no problem checking the messages.

As I ran a little further, I saw a green space that was too crude to be called a park.

Someone was arguing in a park where no one was passing by.

“Why does X, who works, have no money?”

“Do you think eating and sleeping are free? I only have enough to eat, drink, and shelter, but where does Dad spend his money? He doesn’t have any.”

Unlike the woman who tried to suppress her voice as much as possible even though they were a little far from the residential area, the man was busy shouting.

It’s obvious. He must be trying to take advantage of his sister’s feelings of not wanting to cause a commotion in the living quarters and get what he wants.

I took a quiet breath at the entrance to the park.

Then he untied one of his shoelaces and pulled his hat down low.

‘I can do it.’

Here are some of the real people I’ve seen so far.

How many more drunkards have you been bothered by?

Besides, Kim Yi-wol, you’re an elite who’s even taken classes. You even have practical experience.

I checked the target’s location once again.

Then I slowly walked towards the man. I staggered, as if I would fall to the ground at any moment.

Choi Je-ho’s father didn’t even look at me and kept threatening his older sister. He seemed to be used to not caring about what other people thought.

I carefully approached the man from behind.

And then he hit the man on the shoulder.

To be exact, I pretended to hit it and only bumped into it slightly.

“what?!”

“evil!”

As I slumped to the floor in sync with the man’s nervous turning around, their eyes were fixed on me.

It is now.

“Sir, why aren’t you looking ahead of you?!”

“what?”

A barbarian is a barbarian.

A drunkard is chased out by a drunkard.

Of course, this one will be more of a trashy drunkard.

“You bumped into something and then you started talking loudly… .”

“Can’t you see that someone fell because of you? I think I broke my leg. How are you going to compensate for this?”

My conscience ached as I was about to do the same thing for the first time in my life. But I did my best to cry and roll around holding onto my legs.

I shouted at Choi Je-ho’s older sister and cursed her.

“Hey, what are you doing just looking at? Call the police, police!”

“What is that young bird X trying to do now?”

“I fell over and broke my leg because of you. What does it matter if I’m young or old? I’m going to do it legally!”

“Do you think I’ve only seen one or two instances of you threatening bastards?”

“They said my leg was broken, but do you know whether that’s blackmail or not?”

Our country has a regrettable tendency to become more lenient the more serious the truth is. Choi Je-ho’s father, who used to nag his older sister, didn’t even dare to touch me, who was even more of a dog.

I got up and shook out my pants. It was obvious that I didn’t have a broken leg. But I tried my best to show off my injured leg and act like a bad person.

“Sir, if you don’t want to eat rice and beans, let’s just say 500. Then I’ll settle the matter neatly.”

“This isn’t a complete scam!”

“A swindler? I was trying to end things on a good note, and you kicked my luck away? Where in the world would you find someone who would break their own legs and swindle you? If you try to trick me, I’ll just throw you in the trash.”

Choi Je-ho said so. This guy is trying to avoid going to prison.

As I approached the man’s nose, the other person hesitated. I looked down at him and spoke.

“I’ve been rotting away in this neighborhood for 20 years. Everyone here knows me. Huh? If you act like this and run away from me now, do you think you’ll just get away with it the next time you run into me here?”

The alcohol reeked heavily, and I was taller than him. Everything was perfect.

“Hey, this fucking X―.”

“You keep swearing at me, but if you don’t like it, do it legally! Hey! Call the police! Quickly!”

The man’s eyes shook. I could almost hear the sound of his head rolling.

If this is the case, soon… … .

“Shit!”

As I had guessed, the man pushed me away and ran away in the opposite direction.

I also couldn’t stand being treated like a human being. How could you run away alone, leaving your daughter with a guy who threatened to kill her?

I hoped that this time my prediction would turn out to be wrong. My mouth felt bitter.

* * *

“Hello, sister.”

I greeted my older sister late. She said that even after hearing my voice, she was not sure if I was really Kim Yi-wol.

“He really seems like a neighborhood punk… … Oh my! What am I saying when we first meet!”

“No, please speak freely!”

I have more to say to my younger brother. Feel free to criticize him.

Choi Je-ho jumped out from the alley right in front of me without even mentioning my name. I told him not to follow me and to wait. Anyway, he didn’t listen to me.

Choi Je-ho came running out of breath and checked on me and my older sister.

“Are you hurt? I was watching you the whole time, but you didn’t touch that human, did you?”

“No, you didn’t. You said you wouldn’t hit your father or anything.”

Even after hearing my words, Choi Je-ho’s expression did not soften.

“Why did you drag Mr. Yiwol here in the middle of the night? That guy has been causing trouble for more than a day or two.”

“He just followed me. And you know that once you accept that guy, he’ll keep causing trouble. This is the first time he’s come all the way to my sister’s house… … .”

Instead of finishing his speech, Choi Je-ho sighed.

I’m sure you have complicated feelings too. I know how you feel.

My older sister, who had been watching us in silence, hit my arm so that it didn’t hurt.

“But I don’t think he’ll come for a while. Mr. Lee Wol definitely kicked him out.”

“By blackmailing me into harming myself?”

“Could you please add the word ‘acting’ at the end?”

Choi Je-ho took off his hat and messed up his hair as if he was frustrated.

Then he turned his hat over again and said.

“I wondered why he was throwing alcohol like that.”

As soon as he finished speaking, my sister’s palm flew at his arm. It was a force that was clearly different from when I was there.

“Me! You! Speak! Be nice! That’s what I told you!”

“Oh, why are you hitting me!”

Everywhere his sister’s hand touched, there was a thud sound. It seemed as if she was trying to hit him with each and every syllable. Even while being hit like that, Choi Je-ho couldn’t say a single word to his sister.

“Mr. Lee Wol has a hard time. Even though we are the same age, isn’t he immature?”

“No. Jeho has been so honest these days.”

“Title?”

Choi Je-ho, unable to endure the brief moment of greeting, tackled my affectionate nickname.

What do you want me to do? Should I call you ‘Troublemaker Choi Je-ho’ in front of your older sister?

My older sister, who was watching us arguing with our eyes, smiled in an incomprehensible way.

“Why are you laughing?”

Choi Je-ho glared at his older sister.

“It’s amazing. The day will come when you will have a friend too.”

“Why is he my friend?”

“Are you going to talk to the members who came all the way here because of you like that? Do you want to lose?”

The guy got a big scolding for grumbling. Just watching it made my heart pound.

* * *

After I said goodbye to my older sister, it was almost dawn.

While I was brushing the sand off my clothes, my older sister put taxi fare in Choi Je-ho’s hand.

“Take a taxi and let’s all eat something delicious tomorrow. This is all the cash I have right now.”

“You don’t have to give it to me. Do you think I don’t have taxi fare?”

“I’m giving this to you for your hard work, Mr. Lee Wol. Don’t get the wrong idea, I’m not giving it to you.”

Choi Je-ho shut his mouth at his older sister’s criticism.

It was just like my older sister and I in the old days.

‘what’s this?’

‘A hoodie. I bought one because it was on sale.’

‘I have a lot of clothes.’

‘What the heck. You always wear a black sweatshirt.’

I used to ask, as if it were a habit, why do you buy things like this?

It wasn’t just that time. Whenever my older sister bought me something, she said it was okay more often than she said thank you. She felt bad for making me spend money for nothing.

‘I didn’t know it was a favor back then.’

I realized too late that it was coming from a worried heart, that I cared for my younger sibling so much that I would think of him whenever I saw something good on the street. I realized it only after the person who had been taking care of me disappeared.

I thought while looking at Choi Je-ho and his older sister.

Next time I see my sister, I’ll ask Minju Kyung and buy her a gift that a coworker her age would like.

I will eat my sister’s favorite food, buy her something she wants, and send her off in a model taxi when we part ways.

In the end, Choi Je-ho couldn’t beat my older sister. So we returned to the street with more than enough pocket money to spend on taxi fare.

I turned on the taxi reservation app and saw that there was a late-night surcharge going around.

‘But I guess we should go separately?’

It was fine when I got here, but now I smelled like alcohol. That alcohol smell that Choi Je-ho hates.

If I take the same taxi to my lodging in this condition, I don’t know what Choi Je-ho will do when he gets mad. He’ll probably throw me on the floor mat, open all four windows, and then cover his nose before driving away. Then, as soon as he gets out, he’ll kick me.

Fortunately, catching a taxi itself wasn’t difficult. I just called a guy who was hanging around for no reason.

“I just caught one. You take this one.”

“you?”

“I’m going to catch it now.”

Choi Je-ho asked back at my words.

“why?”

“Why? Do you want to ride together?”

As I grabbed the area around his neck and lightly shook the T-shirt, the smell of alcohol burst out like a fabric softener capsule bursting. Choi Je-ho frowned and said.

“… … Just ride along. Why waste money?”

“If this was a matter of preference, I would have asked you for your opinion.”

But things like family history and trauma are different. I want to make those things as unconscious as possible.

As I was trying to enter a new address, my phone slipped out of my hand. It was Choi Je-ho’s doing.

“Okay. Just go with the flow.”

“huh?”

“I won’t die if I smell alcohol, so let’s just go.”

The phone came back to me with the app closed. I saw a taxi with a familiar license plate in the distance.

Choi Je-ho, who was walking toward the headlights, suddenly stopped.

“I was wondering why you suddenly started acting.”

“Me?”

“It seems like it suits my aptitude.”

The guy waved at the taxi. It was time to head back to his accommodation.