Time Mansour - Chapter 131



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Episode 131: People who fight together for life

Before I knew it.

As time goes by.

The date to return to Korea is approaching.

It seems like only yesterday I came to Thailand, but two weeks have already passed.

“Thank you for your effort.”

After finishing the last class and turning off the computers, the children answered loudly.

“Tjai.”

It means ‘yes’.

Still, I’ve been here for quite some time.

I could roughly understand very simple words.

‘Everyone worked hard. You guys and me too.’

I tried to explain it simply, using as many easy words as possible.

My children also studied English to understand what I said.

The class gradually developed as we adjusted to each other in this way.

Thanks to this, I was able to get closer to the children.

what.

I guess so.

“Picture. Picture.”

Although I wasn’t as good as this manager.

Children were gathered around the room, holding their cell phones.

Children lining up next to this room to take a picture.

Because Siriu is such a talkative guy.

Even the neighborhood cat found out that this director was CEO Ive’s younger brother.

‘And then I became a star in an instant,’

You’ll look like a great person to the kids here.

Because he is the head of a large entertainment agency that manages famous celebrities.

No… he was the representative’s younger brother, but he was treated no differently than the representative.

Well anyway, I’m practically a celebrity here.

This director is at a loss due to his popularity.

I sat on the chair like a manager and waited until the pictures were taken.

I cross my arms and look out the window.

The sky is overcast with dark clouds. It wouldn’t be strange if it started pouring rain at any moment.

“The weather is not so good.”

The weather was cloudy today.

It’s scary for me to say that.

Kroong. Boom.

Thunder and lightning began to strike. Heavy raindrops hit the ground and bounced back up. The ground turned into mud, and the palm trees began to weep. They cried so sadly, perhaps because their leaves were so wide. They let out all the anger they had accumulated.

Then the rain started pouring down.

suddenly.

The children who had gathered turned off their cell phones and put them in their pockets.

huh?

I looked at Siriu to see what was going on.

Before I could even ask.

“Hey you guys, turn off your phones too, or put them on airplane mode.”

He urged her, pointing to his cell phone with his hand.

“Why the cell phone?”

“It’s lightning.”

“What does that matter?”

The director and I looked at each other without knowing what was going on.

I had no idea what lightning and airplane mode had to do with anything.

“When there is lightning, if you use your cell phone, the lightning will come towards you. It’s dangerous.”

Sirius clicks his tongue as if to say, “You don’t even know that.”

‘What the hell is that?’

I asked the director just in case, but he just shook his head with the same expression as me.

“That… what’s the principle? How does lightning… come this way?”

“When you get on an airplane, you switch it to airplane mode. You don’t switch it to that mode because it’s dangerous because of lightning.”

“···”

I wanted to hear the answer to the law of physics, but Sirius asked me a question that was too philosophical. I was afraid that I would be accused of not being a Buddhist, so I answered with a Zen question. It was a difficult question that I, a person with a short backpack, could not possibly understand.

“Mr. Director Lee, please help me interpret.”

The baton was passed to Director Lee, an elite who came from a background of studying abroad.

The director looked back and forth between me and Siriu with a bewildered expression.

And after thinking for a moment, he carefully opened his mouth.

“Back in the old days, we had that too. If you sleep with the fan on, you die… It’s something like that.”

“Could this be superstition?”

“Maybe… I think so.”

“What are you two talking about? First, I told you to quickly put your cell phone on airplane mode. It’s really dangerous.”

Even though the two of us were talking in Korean.

Siriu keeps urging me.

Because I don’t think we can communicate anymore.

In an instant.

After this director and I exchanged quick glances.

“Okay, I get what you mean. You mean I just switch to airplane mode?”

I took out my phone, pretending to understand. The manager followed me and switched it to airplane mode.

Is it a superstition?

Or maybe there is some scientific basis that we don’t know about, but

But when in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Thinking about that, I put my phone back in.

I looked at the children throwing themselves into the rain.

Thud thud.

Originally, after class was over, everyone just looked at their phones.

Nobody takes out their cell phones these days.

“I don’t know why they turn off their phones, but seeing the kids running around makes me think this kind of superstition isn’t so bad.”

“That’s right. Normally, after class, everyone would be busy looking at their phones.”

The children ran around, leaving footprints in the rain.

Splash. Splash.

The yard quickly became flooded because the drainage was not well maintained.

The computer lab yard was instantly transformed into a water park.

“Bye. Bye.”

I motioned for them to hurry up. The kids next to me grabbed my arms. I had no choice but to sink my slippers into the water.

Muddy water up to my ankles. I was wearing slippers anyway, so it didn’t matter that my feet were soaking in the water.

“Please, kids, don’t throw water at me like a human being. I don’t have any clothes.”

Getting hit by a torrent of water was a different matter. My clothes were soaked in the mud. Yellow droplets dripped down my T-shirt like tears.

ah.

It’s ruined.

I don’t have any clothes right now.

I had to wash my clothes if I wanted to go home tomorrow.

It looks like it won’t dry out anytime soon since the weather is cloudy.

I guess I’ll have to ask the manager to borrow his hair dryer.

Well, you can’t put back the clothes that are already wet.

I must get revenge.

So, to avenge this grudge.

“You are all dead.”

I ran towards the children at full speed.

**

“Bye. Bye.”

The children’s eyes showed regret. Some children even had tears in their eyes. I guess we had grown very attached to each other, and my nose also felt a little numb.

I gave them a light hug every once in a while and turned my back, but the children’s eyes continued to bother me.

While I was hesitating like that.

“We will help you with the Thai side service. Contact us after you finish discussing with Ive.”

Siriu was the first to say goodbye.

“okay.”

“It was fun. I’ll contact you when I go to Korea later.”

Interpreter. Lampang, whose name is not important, tapped me on the shoulder. After extending his hand, we shook hands.

I was really about to take a step now.

A child of about five or six years old grabs my collar with one hand.

And in his other hand he was holding the director’s clothes.

Even though we couldn’t communicate.

Looking at those moist eyes.

I thought I knew what he was trying to say.

**

Leaving regrets behind.

I came back to Korea.

Leave your luggage at home.

I stopped by the office for a moment.

bang.

“Mister, where is my present!”

Sohyun opened the office door, kicking it, and came in.

I missed the kids I couldn’t communicate with.

“There isn’t. No. Even if there is, there isn’t.”

I raised my guard while answering. As expected, Sohyun’s kick came flying.

Even though he didn’t say anything, I thought I knew what he was thinking.

By continuing to push forward while hitting, he cornered Sohyun.

The appearance of struggling to escape.

“Sir, please stop.”

When I saw his face gradually turning red, I took a few steps back.

“But why did you come? You didn’t really come here for the gift, did you? What’s wrong?”

“I’ve been bored lately. You and your sister aren’t here. Why are you here now?”

“Why? What about Manager Chae?”

“I couldn’t come because I’ve been busy lately… My company won’t let me rest.”

“why?”

“I don’t know. Don’t go anywhere from now on. If you go, go alone. Don’t take your sister with you. Do you understand?”

Sohyun holds out her little finger and says let’s make a promise.

I didn’t feel like it, so I put my guard up again.

That’s how I was joking around with Sohyun.

suddenly.

-Jiying.

My phone vibrated.

It’s Changseok.

What’s going on all of a sudden? I tilted my head and tried to answer the phone.

“Quickly. I promise. I’ll go play alone.”

Sohyun kept sticking her little finger out at me.

“Just wait and see.”

While pushing Sohyun away with one hand.

“hello?”

He took the phone with his other hand.

**

Out of the blue.

Changseok suddenly showed up.

Thanks to that, I came to the cafe without even being able to get rid of the hangover.

like that.

I sat down in a cafe and began to tell my story calmly.

“Listen carefully. It’s about marriage.”

Players from both sides enter the red corner and the blue corner. When they put on their headgear and step forward, you can finally tell that it’s them.

Today again, as soon as we met, he started talking nonsense.

Since the speaking pattern was the same every time, I thought I knew why he came to see me in such a hurry.

“Did you fight?”

“No. We didn’t fight. We just felt bad for each other.”

“You weren’t knocked down?”

Chang-seok gets angry at my words and gets up from his seat.

“I won’t go far. Have a safe trip. Take care.”

As I waved my hand left and right, Changseok slowly sat back down.

“No. It’s nothing.”

“What is it?”

“Just because of the family issues… we had a bit of a fight. So…”

He ran out of the house on impulse. It’s a very touching story. It’s about a guy who’s going to be forty in two days and then he runs away from home.

Well, I didn’t explain it in detail, but I think I got the general idea.

Because there are not only players in the blue and red corners. There are also coaches and spectators.

So I thought I should just listen to his worries, try to appease him, and then send him back.

A question beyond my expectations came out of Changseok’s mouth.

“So, do you have any empty rooms in your house?”

“Huh? Huh? Suddenly?”

Coffee spilled on my clothes. I guess I’ll have to do laundry again. I thought to myself as I roughly wiped my clothes with a tissue.

“I think we each need our own time.”

“You earn a lot of money. Get a room somewhere, you punk.”

“I borrowed all my debts and bought an apartment. But the year I got married, the price of houses in Seoul hit its peak. And after that, interest rates went up like crazy. Do you know what I mean? Do you understand?”

“I owe you more than I do. Just open my bank account.”

So they started betting on who would be the beggar.

“Okay, let’s see. You try opening the app too.”

“There is no banking app···.”

“··· Are you still not installing apps on your phone?”

“It’s an old custom.”

“What the hell. What the custom. Just give it to me. I’ll try to figure it out.”

I logged into the banking app with Changseok’s help.

One step closer to civilization.

So I looked at the minus sign on my bank account.

“Oh, sorry. I lost. You’re a real beggar.”

Chang-seok raised both hands and apologized.

I think I won, but I feel uneasy.

After that, Chang-seok’s worries continued. It wasn’t really a new story. He kept repeating the same thing.

After the two men chatted for over four hours in a cafe without drinking alcohol.

“Just stay for one day and then go. I’ll worry about your wife.”

I nodded.

“Okay. Thank you.”

That couple fought like that sometimes.

Well, I wasn’t really worried.

I have never seen my father.

I’m not married so I don’t know for sure.

But one thing is certain.

Because the person you fight with the most throughout your life is bound to be your spouse.

“Then let’s get up.”

“Why are you going in right now? Let’s have a drink later.”

“No. I have a lot of work to do right now.”

I shook my head firmly towards Chang-seok, who was looking regretful.

‘I arrived in Seoul today.’

so.

I also had to take care of things that I had put off because of my trip.

Above all, I had to contact this representative.

If we want to properly expand into global service, we definitely need this guy’s help.

‘But I really don’t feel like it.’

Even though it’s a situation where you’re kind to me and I need help too.

It was really strange that I couldn’t reach for my phone.

I don’t know if it’s because of my bias.

‘He is truly an unlovable gentleman.’