Time Mansour - Chapter 139



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Episode 139: My teeth are sensitive

When the air conditioner outdoor unit starts crying sadly.

Only then.

It’s summer.

After hearing from Director Lee that it was too hot today, I came here to eat shaved ice for the first time in a while.

Director Lee keeps complaining about the heat even while being exposed to the air conditioning.

I asked a simple question to Director Lee.

“Me?”

The director tilted his head while fanning himself with his palm.

“App development. Isn’t that what the director told the CEO?”

“Oh! That’s it? That’s right. I told you. I told you sharply that Youngjun said it was all over but you still haven’t done it.”

I did well. I can’t help but smile brightly at this manager’s smile.

“Yes, you did very well.”

I shook my head and broke the ice with a spoon. The ice cubes were soaking in the condensed milk.

“But why? What does your brother say about that?”

“Of course, he didn’t say anything to me. The employees were really embarrassed. The CEO threatened to blow up the development department.”

“Hey. No way. You’re probably just trying to scare me.”

“I don’t know. I wonder if the development department will be swept away by a real storm.”

“Should I go that far? Well… I guess your personality is not ordinary. Anyway, that guy’s personality. It seems like he just gets more stubborn as he gets older.”

The manager frowns as he eats the fruit on top of the shaved ice.

“I don’t know if the CEO’s method of pushing developers will work.”

“Don’t worry about it. No matter what Youngjun says, he won’t listen. The answer has already been decided. He’s been doing that his whole life.”

I nodded without realizing it when he said that I was just doing what I had been doing.

At first glance, it seemed like it would work. The developers unconditionally surrendered to the CEO’s strong will.

It seems like they are trying to do things properly now, so they have been providing training and putting in their best effort.

However, it was not an easy technology to break through in a short period of time.

So, if you ask me if I could do well, it would be difficult to give a definitive answer.

“Anyway. Thanks to me, Youngjun will have some free time for a while?”

“Well, that’s true. If nothing happens.”

It seemed like the representative was trying to somehow make the developers develop properly.

Because the person giving me the money doesn’t want me to touch it.

For the time being, I planned to just watch.

“Then that’s a good thing. Youngjun, are you free this Saturday? I heard that an acquaintance of mine is having an exhibition, but I don’t want to go alone.”

“Oh, I’m sorry. Saturday is not possible.”

I shook my head from side to side.

“Why? I thought you were done with all the busy work.”

“I have a friend’s wedding that day.”

“Youngjun? Youngjun doesn’t have many friends.

I’ll just do it, sir. I looked at the manager as if I was dumbfounded.

It’s true that I don’t have many friends, but that doesn’t mean this manager has anything to say to me.

“I told you all my friends are in America.”

“Where on earth is the United States attached to?”

“No. Really. I have a lot of friends. Youngjun’s only friends are Seongtae and the band members.”

“That’s right. It’s Seongtae. Seongtae. He’s getting married this time.”

“Really? Seongtae is getting married?”

The director blinked, looking a little surprised. I guess he didn’t receive the invitation.

I would have contacted you before I quit my job.

Seeing how completely ignorant I was, it seemed like I had no contact with my former coworkers at all.

“That’s too bad. I have to go too, but Youngjun, please just give me some congratulatory money.”

“Okay, I’ll take care of the fees.”

I put down my spoon, joking. The shaved ice was tasty, but my teeth felt too sensitive.

As an adult, I never went to the dentist.

I lived my life thinking that it was natural for my teeth to become sensitive as I got older, but before I knew it, my teeth had become very damaged.

“Seongtae is getting married too. Now, everyone is really getting married one by one.”

The manager mutters while taking a large spoonful of shaved ice.

Seeing this director enjoying a delicious meal alone makes me hungry.

“That’s right. I’m worried. After all the kids get married, we’ll have less time to see each other. Well, Director, you don’t have anyone you can call a friend, so you don’t have to worry.”

I tried to pick a fight for no reason.

This director puts down his spoon at my words.

“Youngjun, do you really want to die? Oh, really, later on, let’s go to America together. Do you understand?”

This director raises his fist. Seeing him so angry made my mouth taste sweet.

The reaction was really delicious.

**

‘I think I’ve been here somewhere.’

Every single dresser in the house had its tongue sticking out.

The clothes hanging out of the drawer stretched out like needle marks.

Things strewn about the floor in a mess.

I went through all the stuff in the house just to find an iron.

“Whenever I try to find something I need, I can’t find it.”

I couldn’t find where I put it.

I only wore a suit maybe once a year, so I never had to iron it.

So the iron was always left in one corner, and after I turned it over once while cleaning the room, its whereabouts were unknown since.

After wandering around the room like that for a while.

“I give up. I give up.”

I raised both hands and shouted surrender. Then I went into the bathroom and unplugged the hair dryer.

A dress shirt with lots of wrinkles. I spread it out on my knees and used a hair dryer to blow air on it to get rid of the wrinkles.

After spreading out the clothes, I slowly stroked them with my hand, and the expression on the shirt that had been frowning gradually loosened.

I stroked the hair on the shirt for a long time.

Still, are you dissatisfied?

Not all the wrinkles were smoothed out.

**

The wedding hall was crowded with guests.

The wreaths lined up on one side represent Seongtae’s busy life.

‘Seongtae, you have a good personality by nature.’

After a brief greeting with Seongtae, I went inside and checked the instrument once more.

Since I was going to use the piano in the hall anyway, there was no need to inspect it separately.

It was my first time performing in a suit. I kept looking around awkwardly, fiddling with the collar of my shirt.

The guests kept pouring in. While I was people watching, the kids set up all their instruments and came back to me.

“Look. How does my fit look? Don’t you think I look good in a suit?”

At the sight of Myeonggyu proudly sticking out his belly without shame.

I nodded roughly.

“Oh. It suits you well. It looks like a new mobile suit.”

Because I’m over 180 tall and weigh over 100 kilograms.

It was closer to a vehicle than a piece of clothing.

As soon as I finished speaking, Myeonggyu glared at me.

“Oh, really. Today is a good day, so I’ll hold back for now.”

Tsk tsk. With a clicking sound of his tongue, he shook his head from side to side and lightly dodged the beam rifle shooting out of Myeonggyu’s eyes.

We kill time by chatting like that.

Before I knew it.

“There will be a congratulatory song from friends.”

It was our turn. We stepped forward with a light applause.

Kook-young passed the microphone to the host as if passing the baton.

I also sat down on the piano bench and started pressing the accompaniment keys.

I was playing the first verse like that.

moment.

-The moment I first saw your face.

Guk-yeong stopped singing and handed the microphone over to Seong-tae.

Seongtae hesitated and took the microphone with a puzzled expression, perhaps because they hadn’t discussed it yet.

-Time stopped in my world. My body froze like a stone.

Gukyoung gave the microphone to Seongtae.

He walked through the audience, clapping his hands empty-handed.

Gesture to elicit a response.

Whether the state-run wind catcher’s role worked.

A small breeze that Seongtae blew into the microphone.

“Wow!”

It turned into a typhoon and covered the restaurant.

Seongtae sings a congratulatory song for his own wedding amidst enthusiastic cheers.

-The moment our eyes met, my heart and I stopped moving.

The melody that flows so gently in a ballad style.

suddenly.

-Medusa. Medusa. Medusa. When we look at each other, we turn to stone.

It changed quickly in an instant. The gentle melody suddenly turned into heavy metal.

The beat started to get faster. My fingers started to move busily too.

I mixed two songs together to give it some variation. It was Kook-young’s idea that it had to be fun no matter what.

-A love that never changes like a stone. Even as time passes, we will always be together in the same place.

The song ended with another soft melody.

Bam.

As if she was very angry at Seongtae’s congratulatory song, the bride shook her reddened face from side to side and tapped Seongtae on the shoulder.

He covered his face with both hands with a shy expression. In the meantime, he glanced at the guests and saw that the elders of both families were laughing and clapping.

‘It’s a success.’

The moment I thought that to myself, Gukyoung raised his thumb.

Then he nodded his head up and down as if satisfied.

**

After Seongtae’s wedding.

On the way home.

While I was sitting in the car, blankly staring out the window.

“I really did all the congratulatory songs today. It’s all my fault.”

A haughty voice from the side could be heard.

Guk-young put his shoulders to the wheel and praised himself.

Well, actually, I agree with you to some extent.

“What the hell. The vocalist didn’t even sing, he just clapped.”

“No. If I had sung, I would have failed. Not singing helped.”

But no one acknowledged it.

“Seongtae really said he had to buy me beef.”

“There’s a place in Hongdae where the beef is really delicious.”

We don’t talk like that and just say what we want to say to each other.

“Hey, you guys should get married soon too. I feel like singing the wedding song one more time.”

Gukyeong suddenly shook her butt.

A look of excitement like a child.

I don’t like that look of being so happy.

I was about to say something.

“Youngjun, can you drop me off here?”

Myung-gyu, who was driving, turned his head and looked at me.

Nearby subway station.

The neon sign outside the window caught my eye.

“Oh. Thank you.”

“Hey, okay. Get down quickly. You can’t park here.”

I was just trying to say hello warmly.

Because you kept urging me.

Nodding roughly.

bang.

I hurriedly closed the car door.

Seongtae is getting married.

He’s still such a little kid, I can’t believe he’s becoming a father.

I was lost in my own admiration and was about to walk one more stop.

“Oh, it’s hot. Is the weather like this even after the sun goes down?”

Instead of feeling impressed, I was drenched in sweat.

Finally, I raised my hand to hail a taxi.

I continued to enjoy the movie while lying down in the taxi.

Maybe I’ll get married someday.

no.

When the kids all leave, I’ll be the only one left in the end.

Well, you don’t get married alone.

Living with someone for the rest of my life. I didn’t think I could do it.

“I’m all here. Can I park in front of the convenience store?”

Yes. I nodded to the taxi driver.

After getting off the taxi, I went back home and opened the front door.

“It’s hot here too. I should have turned on the air conditioning before I left.”

The warm air greeted me.

Open the air conditioner lid by pressing the remote control.

I opened every single window in the house.

As I came out into the living room and opened the last window.

moment.

Just like that.

I looked up and saw something caught on my heel.

The iron was poking its head out from under my feet.