Time Mansour - Chapter 128



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Episode 128 Everyone, give me strength

the next day.

As the sun rose, dark circles appeared under my eyes.

“Youngjun, your appearance is truly spectacular.”

“You’re talking nonsense. This director is the same. Look in the mirror.”

They looked at each other with wide eyes and smiled. They both had trouble sleeping at night because they had slept too much in the hammock during the day.

I dragged my tired body along the mountain path covered with bushes.

As I step on the bushes, the weeds also lie down askew, as if they are tired.

Since it was the weekend and there were no classes, I was hiking with the kids.

“So where are we going now?”

“Let’s go fishing. Doesn’t that sound like fun?”

After answering like that, the director hummed with the basket tucked under his arm. Even the humming was off-key and off-beat.

“This manager is full of energy. Aren’t you tired?”

“I’m tired. Well, I’m tired. But maybe it’s because I grew up in the city? So everything is new and exciting. I’m also a little excited.”

“That’s good. I was a bit worried that Director Lee might not be able to adapt.”

“I’ll be fine wherever I go. What about you, Youngjun? You don’t seem to have a hard time, do you?”

“Well, on the contrary… I grew up mostly in the jungle when I was young.”

On the mountainside, in every back alley, bandits spit on the ground. In a corner of the arcade, you secretly try to light a spark of hope with the flint of a lighter, and eventually, after being caught by the owner, you get slapped in a row.

Flash. A star appeared before my eyes. I dreamed while looking at that star.

Even the strong did not survive, and even those who survived were not strong.

“···”

While I was struggling, lost in my vague old memories?

“Hureu. Bye. Bye. Canat.”

The children ahead turned their heads and looked at us.

Then he smiles at us.

“Why do they keep laughing at us? What are they saying?”

“Hurry up and hurry up. We’re too slow.”

Instead of an interpreter, Siriu answered on his behalf.

I guess we just spoke a common language.

Children telling us to hurry up with a big smile on their face.

I couldn’t stand the kids’ nagging so I increased my speed.

Then I walked through the grass at a slightly faster pace.

suddenly.

“Whoa!”

The director screamed and stepped back. Gasp. Gasp. The director was panting and pointing to the ground with his finger.

“Ship. Snake.”

The look of surprise at seeing a snake the size of a finger. I thought the kids would burst out laughing at the sight of this director looking so flustered.

“Eww!”

Everyone jumped up and down in fear. Well, snakes don’t just bite city bumpkins.

They were so scared and panicked that they scattered in all directions, then after it became quiet they started to gather again, one by one.

“I was surprised.”

“I was more surprised by the CEO’s voice.”

I nodded with an indifferent expression.

“Youngjun, you’re so scared of dogs, but you’re not scared of snakes?”

“Dogs are big and fast. Snakes are small and slow.”

“What kind of logic is that? That’s really funny. You grew up in the mountains, so you must be familiar with snakes because you see them often.”

“If you hit it like that, you’ll see dogs more often. And snakes, although not that often, come out of the mountain sometimes. Whenever a snake appears, the adults try to catch it, so rather than being scary, it’s more like a precious health food.”

“Really? You ate a snake? You too, Youngjun?”

“I’ve never tried it. I heard that they make snake soup out of it, but I’ve never seen it. It was quite expensive back then. Back then, the landowners would go around the neighborhood and sell it door to door… Now that I think about it, I don’t see the landowners anymore.”

The director looked at me with an expression of disbelief at my words.

“Hey. Lie. Youngjun, we’re not that much older than each other. Landlord. I’ve only seen that word in textbooks. And you didn’t live in the countryside, you lived in Seoul.”

“Of course, it wouldn’t have been in the high-end Gangnam apartment complex where the CEO lived.”

Well, I don’t know if there were any land speculators in Gangnam apartments or not.

I just wanted to tease this manager.

because.

“Please. Please. Seriously, stop it.”

Because the feeling of being hit was good. A rich young master. No, should I say young lady. Anyway, I hated being treated like that.

‘Well, actually, it didn’t really seem like that.’

If I had felt like he was a really well-raised person, I wouldn’t have been able to tease him so easily.

It’s like you can’t tell an ugly person that they’re really ugly.

The director and I teased each other and even walked together.

I was walking down the street, completely forgetting how tired I was.

“Hey! Both of you stop fighting and look ahead. I got there.”

I raised my head at Siriu’s voice. A stream flowed through a narrow valley. Moss clung to the rock. It held onto the rock tightly, enduring the rough water stream.

As soon as we reached the valley, the children rolled up their pants.

with a splash.

I walked into the water. The current split left and right as I moved forward.

The children, without saying a word, simultaneously put their feet into the water.

I looked at the interpreter with a puzzled expression.

“What is it? Are you catching fish now?”

“Yes. Just a moment. Oh. Uh. I need help setting up the net. I think the water is too deep for the kids to get in.”

I nodded after hearing the interpreter’s words. I took the net and went into the water. Splash. I moved forward, kicking up water.

“Here? No? Here?”

I communicated with the children using hand gestures and footsteps. The children shook their heads. Some of the children even beat their chests in frustration.

“They told me to go down a little further.”

The interpreter put both hands over his mouth and shouted. I slipped on the mossy gravel. Fortunately, I didn’t fall, but only slightly bent my knees.

After setting up the net at the point where the children were nodding their heads.

“Now it’s time to go hunting!”

We ran upstream in a hurry. We all set up camp and came down from upstream to downstream.

We repeated the same task over and over again. The children opened their eyes wide and stared into the water.

moment.

“Bye. Bye. Canat.”

“Whoa!”

Started moving busily.

He drove the fish to one side with a splashing sound.

To be honest, I couldn’t see anything with my eyes, but we still worked together and parted ways.

So let’s get to the net.

“and!”

“Wow, it’s huge.”

A fish as big as my arm was struggling in the net.

Siriu wraps her whole body around the carp and hugs it.

After that, he tried to catch fish a few more times.

“Quickly. This way. Youngjun!”

Now the director was waving both his hands excitedly and giving orders.

He gestured almost like a professional.

‘You look happy.’

A faint smile appeared on my lips. I flinched like a fish caught in a net.

As you playfully waddling around in the water, the basket gradually fills with fish.

How much more do I have to catch? I thought to myself for a moment. Then, at some point, I realized that I had finished catching fish.

There was no need to talk. There was no need for a separate interpreter.

“Bujay! Bujay!”

Because the kids were throwing water at us. This director’s head was soaked as well. So was Siriu and the interpreter.

So I got my whole body wet.

I chased after a child who ran away while swimming. The child who threw water at me first. He never forgot his grudge and sharpened his sword of revenge.

After walking briskly like that.

“Eww!”

I held onto the child and dove into the water with him.

What is the true power of an adult?

I’ll show you for sure.

With that thought in mind, I started chasing after the children.

**

“Come here and warm up your body.”

I gathered dry branches and made a fire. When there was light, there was shadow. As the flames burned, the wood became blacker.

After playing in the water, all of their clothes got wet. They put out both hands and warmed themselves by the fire to dry their bodies. The children took off their tops and hung up their clothes.

“Can I grill the fish right here and eat it?”

“No way. I was just trying to dry my body.”

“Why? When you watch TV, they just put it on a wooden skewer and grill it.”

“···”

Siri looked at me with a pitiful expression at my question.

“You have to cook in the kitchen… How can you grill meat with wooden skewers? I don’t even know how to do that. And if you cook it wrong, it’s a disaster.”

Siriu’s appropriate explanation. A look of regret crossed the director’s face. It seems he was thinking the same thing as me.

After drying their clothes, the children started to pack up their things one by one.

‘It’s a bit of a shame.’

I thought you’d at least roast a sparrow and eat it. I guess this is the end.

Director Lee and I turned our backs to the sunset with the same expression. We came down the steep road as if we were being pushed by the sunset. By the time we arrived home, the sun had already set.

**

Bubbling.

There was a smell of spices coming from the pot. It was an unfamiliar smell, but maybe it was because I was hungry. My mouth was watering.

After each person put the soup in their bowl, they made some glutinous rice with their hands and dipped it into the soup.

“Huh? What? You put vinegar in the soup?”

“No. Lime juice.”

“In hot dishes?”

“Huh? Why? They put it in Korea too. What was it? Oh, right. In kimchi stew?”

Director Lee and I looked at each other. Kimchi stew is sour, too. But it’s not that sour. It’s a little bit different. How do you express this in English?

This manager also looks a bit confused. Should I say it is a sour taste that comes from fermentation? This manager, who used to brag about being good at English, is keeping his mouth shut.

“Oh, that’s right. Come to think of it, they eat something similar in Korea too···”

I roughly agreed with what Siriu said. Only Director Lee, who knew the truth, burst into laughter.

“But this… is delicious? It goes well together.”

I quickly got used to the sour taste of lime. The spoon was soaked in the soup.

After eating all the food and feeling full, my eyes slowly closed. The kids went home first, and Siriu also got up from her seat, patting her butt.

Then something suddenly occurred to me.

“Hey. That’s right. It’s a donation app. We’re trying to launch our global service in Thailand first. Can you help us?”

I asked Siriu on the back of her head. I asked because I had thought of it.

“Are you planning to serve Thailand first?”

“Uh. I’m going to do some testing first. I’m not sure if it will work in other countries.”

The only thing that made the donation app I created different was that there was no middleman fee.

If you think about it, it wasn’t that much of a difference.

The increase in users in Korea was also due to the power of advertising rather than any great business strategy. Of course, luck played a big part.

My awkward acting. The ridiculous advertisement spread through the community, and word of mouth spread, and the number of users increased.

I explained the whole story to Siriu. Siriu sat down again. He rested his chin on his hand and looked lost in thought.

“Then, promotion would be important in Thailand too… Any good ideas?”

“I don’t know yet. I don’t think the advertising we did in Korea would work here.”

Siri and I were having a conversation, when this director suddenly intervened.

“If it comes down to it. That guy… no, try talking to Oppa. If Youngjun asks you to do something, wouldn’t he accept that kind of favor?”

“Hey, who are you, oppa?”

Siri tilted his head.

Because this manager looked at me with a look of bewilderment.

I opened my mouth instead.

“He’s just a famous person.”

“Wait a minute… You said you were at Ive… Are you a star from your agency?”

The director still looks unwilling to talk.

“A star is a star.”

I hastily changed my subject and pointed to the sky. As I was about to change my subject, an old man joke came out of nowhere. But the embarrassment came rushing in like a tidal wave.

“Okay. Well, I’ll help you as much as I can. Let’s gather the stars together and make the brightest light in the world.”

Luckily, Siriu accepted it well. Following me, Siriu pointed to the night sky.

Siriu’s words reminded me of the comic books I often read when I was young.

‘If the small strengths of each individual come together, they can create great light.’

A powerful villain that even the protagonist can’t defeat.

By gathering the power of ordinary people together, they defeated the villain.

It was the most powerful finishing move within the manga story.