Time Mansour - Chapter 140



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Episode 140: The Air Conditioner Stopped Crying

One summer.

I lay down on the bed in my underwear in a room with the air conditioning blasting.

I pulled the blanket up to my neck. The smell of fabric softener tickled my nose.

I squirmed and moved around several times, first lying face down, then lying on my side, and then back upright.

Seriously.

It’s a beautiful world.

I wonder if happiness is something special. If I fill my body with blankets and empty my mind, that’s happiness.

Everything I had set out to do at Ives was done. No, to be exact, there was still about half of it left.

“If something goes wrong, this representative will be the first person to be contacted.”

The other half wasn’t my part. It was pretty much over.

Since the CEO didn’t want it, there was nothing I could do. I just had to ignore it and finish it in a hurry when he contacted me later.

‘I have other things to do right now.’

Since the donation app opened quite successfully in Thailand, we planned to take advantage of this momentum and move on to a global service.

Now that I have some free time, I think I should take a look at the donation app.

I was definitely thinking that.

however.

“Let’s take a rest before that.”

Because the bed held my body and wouldn’t let me go.

There’s no choice.

I had no choice but to roll my feet while lying on the matrix.

I was watching YouTube videos while kicking the blanket with my feet.

When the algorithm detected the video of Sohyun and the children.

“Pass.”

I skipped it right away.

And then.

“Is there anything fun?”

He continued to push the screen while muttering.

After tossing and turning under the blanket for a while, I looked at the LCD screen that shined as brightly as stars.

At some point.

“What? I didn’t close the door.”

I noticed that the numbers on the top bar were changing.

I glanced up at the door and saw that it was slightly open.

Is it because the doorknob is old? It always does this when I don’t close it tightly.

I hesitated for a moment whether or not it should happen.

It was at that moment when I finally made up my mind and was about to get up.

at that time.

At that moment.

Thump.

Suddenly, the outdoor air conditioner unit stopped whining.

At this hour when the sun is high, he suddenly starts taking a nap.

Since then.

How does the paradise garden turn into an apocalypse?

It didn’t take that long.

**

When the air conditioner broke down.

Time began to pass in my sister’s room.

A room with the windows wide open.

A dusty fan swung around the room. A fan that had been asleep for a long time. Every time I turned my head, it made a cracking sound.

‘The ability to stop time and such.’

It was useless in front of a broken air conditioner.

I feel like if I close the door, I’ll be there before time.

The door was wide open and rolling around.

at last.

“Wow, the weather is really bad. Why am I sweating even though I’m just sitting still?”

I had no choice but to get up from my seat.

The spot where I had been lying was covered in sweat stains.

**

Close your eyes.

I felt the wind on my eyelids.

A cool breeze caresses my body.

From east to west. I laid my head down following the direction the wind blew.

With both hands raised, lean forward and follow the wind as if becoming one with nature.

Although.

“Sir! Get out of the way! The air conditioner isn’t blowing this way.”

The world pushes me away harshly.

“No. I’m really going to hit you. Don’t stop me.”

Even if we are persecuted at times.

“I’m going to kick you. I’m not joking!”

We will definitely overcome hardships and adversity.

“Oh, please. I told you to get out of bed. I can’t lie down because of you.”

I will never back down.

He stood firm, pushing away Sohyun, who was holding onto his collar.

As I was standing there in a cheering stance, Director Lee, who was lying down, gestured.

“Youngjun, why are you coming here and harassing the kids?”

“The air conditioner at home is broken.”

“You said there were two rooms. The air conditioners are broken in both of them?”

“There’s no air conditioning in my room.”

“ah···”

The manager let out a sigh with a pitiful expression on his face.

He looked at me with eyes of sympathy, unable to forget the words.

“Now… I can never fix it, right?”

“I called right away, but the repairman said he was busy… He said it would be difficult this month.”

A broken air conditioner in the middle of summer.

‘The world has fallen apart.’

The terrible thing was real. I was worried about how I would survive the long summer ahead.

“Well… Cheer up.”

The director nodded.

“Sir! I told you to get out!”

Sohyun was still annoyed.

I took a step back because I thought Sohyun would get really angry if I continued here.

“Mr. Wooi. You’re being punished for living a bad life. If you live a good life, the air conditioner won’t break down!”

Sohyun screamed and then fell back down on the mattress, groaning.

‘It’s too harsh a punishment to be called a punishment.’

He leaned back in his chair and took out his cell phone with a look of bereavement on his face.

I guess I should finish watching the video I was watching earlier. While I was looking at my phone like that, I heard Director Lee answering the phone next to me.

“why?”

The first word was ‘why’.

There was no emotion in the director’s voice.

This is the representative.

It wasn’t that difficult to recognize who was on the other end of the phone.

Leaving the director behind while he was talking on the phone.

I turned my head again and focused on my phone screen.

“No. Youngjun? Oh. I’m with you now. Why aren’t you saying weird things again?”

Actually, that’s a lie.

I was so nervous that I unconsciously listened and focused on the conversation.

The phone screen didn’t catch my eye.

Better than the obvious YouTube videos.

This director’s phone conversation was more interesting.

“Am I crazy? I’m not going. If you insist, you should come. Why do you have to tell people to come and go?”

I know you’re something. The director said some uneasy words at the end and hung up the phone.

Is it because I sweated a lot today?

What should I say?

Something felt a bit off.

**

“Is this it? The facility that Youngjun runs?”

The representative looks around, baffled. No. Why are you talking nonsense? I glared at the director with a resentful heart. He seems to have something to be concerned about, too, as he avoids my gaze.

Since there was no separate space to welcome them, we brought them inside the studio.

Sohyun opens her eyes wide and looks up at Representative Lee.

“Wow! Hello. Are you Captain Ive?”

I let out a sigh of relief at Sohyun’s question.

thank god.

I didn’t say anything because it was a head.

“That’s right. You’re Sohyun.”

Sohyun smiling brightly. The moment when CEO Lee strokes Sohyun’s head while slightly bending his knees.

“Are you crazy? What if you really come?”

The manager next to me got annoyed.

“You said if I tease you, you should come to me on your own feet?”

“No. I didn’t really mean to tell you to come.”

Then, the director closes his eyes tightly. It seems like he doesn’t like being in the same space with others.

Well, it seemed like the same thing to this representative.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s my mind. And I didn’t come to see you. I came because I had something to talk to Youngjun about.”

Huh? Because of me?

A busy gentleman wouldn’t have come all the way here because he was bored.

Is there something wrong with the development team?

I tilted my head as I thought about that.

“Can we talk for a moment···”

-Jiying.

When this representative speaks, the cell phone vibrates. Perhaps there is such a law in the world.

After I nodded my apology, I started rummaging through the coins.

I checked the message from Manager Chae.

-Huh? What did you say? The CEO is here? Sorry. I have something to do today, so I don’t think I can come.

Manager Chae sent a smiling emoticon.

Something urgent must have come up just now that prevented you from coming.

As soon as I got a call from this representative saying he had arrived.

Something happened to Manager Chae.

After checking my phone like that.

He continued speaking, smiling at the representative who had been waiting.

“Oh. No. It’s nothing. But really, what’s wrong?”

“That… It’s a bit awkward to talk about it here.”

The representative hesitated as he looked around the small office.

“It’s lunchtime. Should we go get something to eat? Is there a good place nearby?”

This is a place the representative would go. Is there a restaurant like that nearby?

I was wondering for a moment where I should take that gentleman.

“Okay, good. Let’s go get something to eat.”

This manager went out first.

I don’t know if it’s my imagination.

There was a strangely mean smile on his lips.

**

Hamburger franchise.

The air conditioning was blasting and there was a lunch discount, so there was no better place to go at this time.

Of course, it was not me but this director who chose the menu.

“That… is this the only place to eat?”

“Of course. The fancy restaurant my brother frequents isn’t nearby.”

The director sneered at the representative.

You taught me well.

I felt secretly proud.

How well you learned.

Since then, the director’s sarcasm has not stopped.

“Look carefully. This is how you eat a hamburger.”

“··· You and I came to this franchise often when we were kids. Where on earth did you learn to be so picky?”

At the representative’s question, Director Lee’s gaze turned to me. This time, I looked away.

“Youngjun, you’ve worked hard. He has such a bad temper that not many people can handle him.”

“No. I moved it. Youngjun’s personality is so strange!”

It’s a pain to get involved in a fight between siblings.

I just kept my mouth shut and watched the two of them bicker for a while.

‘Sir, hurry up and tell Red Blue to come on our channel.’

Sohyun, who was sitting next to me, whispered in my ear.

It wasn’t a very important story, so I pretended not to hear it and ignored it.

Normally, a kick would have come flying.

Maybe because there was a stranger there. So-Hyeon was unable to continue speaking, even though she was sulking.

While watching that scene with pleasure.

suddenly.

“I have a suggestion.”

The representative’s voice was heard from the other side of the table.

The representative’s eyes softened. He paused for a moment with a slight smile on his lips.

“Running a donation app. Isn’t it a bit difficult to do it alone now?”

He asked the question in a low voice.

“It’s okay. It’s still doable. You know how fast it is.”

“I know. I saw Youngjun’s development speed with my own eyes.

“That’s right. No problem. You can do it on your own.”

“Operating the app is like that. But Youngjun can’t continue to do other tasks like PR and accounting. Mint Market helped when we opened in Thailand, but in other countries, Youngjun will have to take care of everything himself, right?”

Since what the representative said wasn’t completely wrong, I nodded and listened quietly.

“So, what I’m saying is, we’re going to continue to use our agency’s singers for our advertisements. I’m thinking about hiring another dedicated person, and I was wondering if that’s okay.”

“People?”

“Yes. A freelancer who can manage public relations and accounting. We plan to cover the costs by sponsoring them.”

I was lost in thought for a moment.

I was a celestial technician.

Public relations, accounting, management, etc. I couldn’t say that they were my areas of expertise.

So it was clear that there was a difficult road ahead.

But there was only one reason why I worked alone.

‘Because I don’t want to be stressed.’

It’s several times better to be hit by work than by people.

Because that was my old philosophy.

“It’s okay. I think I can do it by myself. I’m not good at managing people.”

But I politely indicated my intention to decline.

“What if he’s someone you don’t need to manage? If that freelancer is someone who works well with Youngjun, then it’s okay, right?”

As expected, he doesn’t give up and clings on tenaciously.

Where can you find such a person? I thought to myself.

As I remained silent without answering, the representative continued speaking to persuade me.

“There just happens to be just the right person on the market.”

That’s also very close. The representative’s gaze turns to his younger brother.

Representative Lee smiling brightly.

The corners of his eyes were still gently curved.