Time Mansour - Chapter 109



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Episode 109: Guessing

The car stopped in the bar parking lot.

Thump.

Soon the engine stops roaring.

Where is this place? I looked at the director with a puzzled look.

“Let’s have a drink. We still have time.”

After the officer pointed to his wrist, he unbuckled his seatbelt.

“What about tea?”

“I need to call a proxy.”

So the director stands up from his seat.

bang.

After closing the car door, I went into the bar.

And then as soon as I sat down.

“Aren’t you tired?”

Ask a question.

“Me? Hey. It must be harder for you, Director. You drove all the way here. Thank you so much.”

What could be difficult for me? This manager has done it all.

After saying thank you again, I was pouring water into the cup.

“No, not that one.”

The director shook his head from side to side.

“Yes? Then what is it?”

“It’s a donation app. Isn’t it hard?”

“Oh! It’s okay. It’s not that difficult.”

“··· Considering that, wasn’t it a bit difficult today?”

“It’s not that it’s difficult… It’s just because of my personality that I don’t like creating problems.”

To my answer, which seemed like it was nothing special.

“Like that director?”

The manager snickers.

But he said it with a playful smile.

‘ah!’

As the person involved, I felt like I had been hit hard.

I see

If you think about it, there’s no difference between me and the director.

I also thought that there would be problems, so I blocked it in advance.

“Now that I think about it, we’re similar. Me and the director.”

“Hey. I’m just kidding. Why are you so serious?”

“No. Well, people are all similar.”

Regardless of whether forced evictions are illegal or not, they are a matter of survival for people with developmental disabilities.

Because they forced severely disabled people who were unable to be independent into society.

Still, I didn’t think the director was a bad person.

On the contrary, I never thought of myself as a good person.

It just happened that way depending on each other’s circumstances.

Many people who leave malicious comments on the Internet end up being warm people on the outside.

Because people can change at any time depending on their environment.

While I was lost in thought for a moment,

“Youngjun! Youngjun? Again. Again. I see you’re thinking a lot. Oh my. Okay. Let’s just have a drink.”

The manager tilted the bottle and filled his glass.

My worries are piled up in my glass of wine.

A cup that keeps filling up no matter how much you pour out.

There’s no choice.

In order to get rid of all my worries, I had no choice but to empty my glass faster.

**

I’ve been drinking a lot these days.

I guess you’ve been drinking more lately.

Even though I seemed to have drunk quite a bit, I was of sound mind.

I went into the house a little less drunk.

As soon as I get home, I turn on the computer again, out of habit.

I crossed my arms and leaned back in my chair, staring intently at the monitor.

‘The seeds of doubt are only growing.’

I wasn’t the type to trust people easily, but today it’s gotten worse.

Honestly, I was lucky this time. I already knew about the forced retirement issue.

Will I be able to notice the problems in welfare facilities with my own eyes next time?

No. Even if, like the director said, I could sense everything with my amazing intuition.

In the first place, would it be possible to continue to sell your feet and travel to facilities all over the country?

‘No matter how much time I have.’

After all, this is the only time I can spend in this room.

There wasn’t enough time to tour all the facilities on my own.

“I need to have a serious talk with the monk about this.”

With that thought in mind, I turned off the computer.

Because there are more urgent things to do right now.

Just finish that.

After that, I think I should slowly go up to Seoul.

**

Studio.

A promise made on a snowy day.

I came to the studio to keep that promise.

The guest is said to make a surprise appearance later.

Outside the angle, with arms crossed, they were waiting for the children’s opening.

‘The office is smaller than I thought.’

Since I had nothing to do, I looked around. While I was doing that, I turned my head left and right.

With the children sitting closely together.

“Hello everyone!”

Say hello to the camera lens.

Children smiling with their teeth exposed.

Looking at Sohyun’s face smiling so brightly.

‘You’re so fake. You seem like a different person.’

I bit my lower lip hard.

A smile that escapes me without me knowing. A smile that is full of laughter is caught between my teeth.

“I wonder who came today!”

She’s acting cute. Not someone else, but Sohyun.

Leave a clearer teeth mark on the lower lip.

Have to endure it.

They said that if you have patience, you can avoid anything.

like that.

With his mouth tightly shut.

“The guest we’ve been waiting for has arrived today. Now! Applause.”

Got into the angle.

“That’s the person who’s famous on social media and communities these days. He’s the developer who created the donation app!

Sohyun welcomes me warmly.

I have to endure it. I have to endure it. I repeated to myself several times.

“Ah. Hello.”

I said hello hesitantly.

“You and I have a connection. Does anyone remember?”

A chat appears in the chat window. The letters rise up, defying gravity.

“That’s right. With you. We started the channel together! Right?”

After reading the chat window, he looked at me and smiled.

‘It’s really hard to keep up with the rhythm.’

Honestly, I can’t stand it.

There has to be a limit to hypocrisy.

I wonder if he knows that I’m barely holding on.

Sohyun gives me a thumbs up.

“That’s amazing. A donation app with no donation fees. How did you come up with that decision?”

Sohyun, who normally wasn’t interested in donation apps.

They praise him for being in front of the camera, as if it were some great thing.

‘I really can’t adapt. You should just swear like you usually do.’

I muttered to myself.

“Hey. When did I say I swore?”

I guess that reached Sohyun’s ears.

Sohyun forces the corners of her lips to rise.

He speaks softly, though.

Veins were already popping out on Sohyun’s forehead.

The string of reason that is so desperately held on.

That string.

“What are you talking about? You always swear at the teacher.”

Junwoo hung up.

“Do you really want to die?”

Sohyun, who runs wild for a long time.

The hair was caught.

Between Sohyun’s small hands.

Junwoo’s short hair shyly peeks out.

“Camera. Camera. It’s live now.”

I quickly raised my hand and pointed at the camera.

“I don’t know. It’s already ruined.”

Sohyun doesn’t care and screams even louder.

A chat window that goes up quickly.

still.

I see a lot of smiling emoticons.

Viewers also seem to be familiar with this situation.

We weren’t flustered at all and were all enjoying ourselves together.

**

After many twists and turns, the live broadcast ended.

When the camera turns off.

“Thank you for coming, Uncle.”

Da-eun bowed her head and greeted me.

“I don’t thank you at all, sir! It’s really because of you.”

“You stop it. The teacher is here to help us.”

Junwoo and Sohyun growled again as if they were going to grab each other’s heads.

At the sight of Sohyun returning.

I feel a lot more at ease.

It’s always nice to see kids being kids.

Thinking that way, I looked at Da-eun.

‘But why does his expression look so dark?’

It was only then that I noticed that Da-eun was groaning for something.

Because I was so out of my mind because of Sohyun, I couldn’t properly look after Da-eun today.

While Junwoo and Sohyun were fighting.

“What’s going on?”

I asked Da-eun furtively.

Da-eun shakes her head at my words.

“No, it’s nothing.”

“What’s wrong? Are you having trouble speaking?”

Still trying to smile brightly with a dark expression.

“It’s nothing really. It’s just that vacation is almost over…”

“Oh! Is it because you don’t want to go to school?”

Da-eun also has a childish side.

In an instant.

I thought it was really nice to see that kind of thing.

“No. After the holidays, if I’m not home, my mom won’t be able to go to work···”

My expectations were completely off.

A very adult-like answer comes out of that small mouth.

He has to take care of his father instead of his mother, and he feels bad about going to school.

Because I was concerned about the forced smile.

“There’s a day care center, right? Have you looked for it?”

I asked again, hoping it would help.

“There isn’t one nearby. There is one a little further away, but… all the seats there are already full.”

It’s the same these days.

There was a lack of facilities for the severely disabled. Well, it wasn’t something that happened yesterday or today.

I’ve experienced this before too.

Da-eun’s bitter smile touched my heart even more.

“I’ll check on my own first. Is there any space available?”

“Huh? Really?”

I nodded at Da-eun, who was smiling brightly.

Well, I don’t really have any special plan.

But I know the people at the welfare facility, so if I find out more, I might be able to come up with a solution.

With that thought, I comforted Da-eun for the time being.

**

After filming the video with the kids.

A few more days passed.

I had a question for the abbot regarding the donation list.

It just so happened that the monk contacted me first.

So, while I was at it, I came to Wolgye Temple to meet the head monk.

“Come this way.”

I entered the temple under the guidance of the Bodhisattva.

A monk striking a moktak.

Did you come when I was busy?

I hesitated for a moment, thinking about waiting outside.

“It’s okay. There’s still some time to pray.”

I take another step after hearing the monk’s words.

Just now, a monk was clearly striking a moktak.

Do they even have separate rehearsals for Buddhist services?

There’s no way I would know the system that goes around temples.

Just guessing like that.

“Yes. Is there any reason why you are contacting me···?”

I blew cautiously at the monk.

“It’s not urgent. I just have a question. It’s almost Lunar New Year, and I heard that you won’t be holding ancestral rites or memorial services.”

“Yes. I’ve never done it before.”

“Ah. Do you go to church? I’ve been meaning to ask you this before, but I never got a chance.”

Instead of answering the monk’s words right away, I thought about it for a moment.

I did go to church when I was young.

“If you say you went because of your religious beliefs, you’ll go to hell.”

There was a church in the orphanage where I grew up.

Well. It’s not like I forced her into an orphanage, it was entirely my own will.

However, I went there not because I believed in religion, but because I just wanted to play the piano.

Besides, I don’t go to church these days.

so.

“I don’t think so.”

He shook his head at the monk.

“Then, can we place the memorial tablet there? There’s nothing else we can do for you, so we’d like to help you in this way.”

“A memorial tablet?”

“Yes. You can think of it as holding a memorial service or ancestral rite at a temple instead.”

I tilted my head at something I had never thought about.

I’m not sure where I go when I die.

Still, there is no harm in performing a ritual.

Also, using that excuse, I can come to the temple sometimes.

After thinking about it like that.

“thank you.”

He bowed his head toward the monk.

“No, we are more grateful. Thanks to you, it helped us a lot.”

The monk put his hands together and bowed his head.

And then there was silence in the temple for a while.

It seemed like the monk’s business was over.

so.

“Actually, I have something to say too.”

This time, I carefully took the initiative.