Time Mansour - Chapter 75
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Episode 75: My shoes got wet
Childhood.
Whenever the rainy season came, the sound of crying could be heard.
The slate roof could not bear the weight of sorrow.
As tears burst out here and there, the floor began to weep.
But Mom was always busy supporting Dara on the floor.
I just love the sound of water drops accumulating inside the red bucket.
I used to shake my head up and down to the rhythm.
It was one of those memories that was warmly engraved in a corner of my heart.
however.
I think that way sometimes.
Actually, I wonder if my memory is wrong.
this.
I wonder if it has become beautified over time.
“···”
Just like right now.
“Sir, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Why can’t you explain it?”
“You’re talking shit to me, teacher… No. What’s with that habit? It’s really easy for me, teacher.”
“Quiet. Please be quiet. Kids, let’s listen to our lesson.”
I forgot.
Without realizing it, I cover my face with both hands.
The terrible memories of last vacation rear their heads again.
Junwoo and Sohyun are holding each other’s collars in a friendly manner.
Looking at that sight.
I was debating whether to stop it or not.
“Aren’t you going to eat later? Why don’t you finish quickly and eat?”
He just made threats.
Fortunately.
Sohyun opens her mouth to say that this was a good answer.
And then class started again. White letters on a black screen. I was tired of seeing it, but it was a very unfamiliar screen to the kids.
Scratch was a language I learned separately from the beginning with the intention of teaching it to others.
Since HTML is often used when creating web pages, I had some idea of its contents in my head, even if it was vague.
So it was even more difficult to explain. The flow of the class was constantly interrupted by the use of previously used technical terms.
And as expected, my explanation was a bit difficult.
“But teacher, I have a question.”
Sohyun raises her hand.
“I’m sorry. It’s hard to explain, isn’t it? Okay. What are you confused about?”
“No. More than that. What are you eating today?”
Looking at Sohyun’s brightly smiling face.
I take back my apology.
I think I just said something too warm, so I’ll take that back too.
“What are you eating? What are you eating?”
Towards Sohyun, who kept giggling like that.
“Don’t laugh. I think you’ll get attached to me.”
I told you my true feelings.
So did my sincerity get through?
“I don’t like it. It’s my feeling. I don’t like you either.”
Sohyun, who immediately makes an impression.
The ugly face looks much better now.
Sohyun definitely looks better as an ugly person.
I continued my class with that thought in my mind.
**
It looks like you’ve been fasting for too long because of class.
Sohyun’s eyes became half closed.
If I continue like this, I feel like I’m going to snore a lot.
“Okay. Since this is our first day, let’s stop here.”
I covered my laptop.
match.
And then let’s give a little clap.
As if it had never happened before.
Sohyun’s pupils grow wide again.
“So what are we eating today?”
“Do you only think about eating all day?”
“Hey you! Then don’t eat. Mister! Junwoo doesn’t eat.”
Sometimes, it makes me get involved.
Because I don’t want to go to that battlefield.
He shook his head from side to side and lightly ignored it.
I organize the laptop cables and put them in my bag. I also put in the projector that I bought to create a teacher-like atmosphere.
“Hey. Hurry up. Hurry up.”
“Get out of the way, I’ll go first.”
It seems like waiting for the elevator is a waste of time. Junwoo and Sohyun take the stairs first and leave the building.
They go down quickly, sometimes ahead, sometimes behind.
So somehow Da-eun and I fell behind and ended up walking down together.
As I was going down the stairs after looking at the back of Da-eun’s head, something suddenly occurred to me.
“But why are you taking a coding class?”
I asked casually.
At my question, Da-eun turns her head and looks at me.
“Yes? Me?”
“Yes. I was just curious all of a sudden. Junwoo seems like he’s learning sincerely. Sohyun seems like she’s just here to play… What about Da-eun?”
“I··· am half and half.”
“Half and half?”
I tilted my head. I asked again, not quite sure what half and half meant.
“Half because I want to learn. Half because I’m bored. Maybe. Actually, I don’t know either.”
Da-eun scratches her head and sticks out her tongue.
At times like this, I feel like an elementary school student again.
Da-eun really liked seeing that side of her.
I wish Da-eun would act more like a child.
If you become an adult too early, you will age quickly.
I was looking at Da-eun like that and thinking about many things.
“Come quickly. Come quickly.”
Sohyun’s voice was heard from below.
The voice echoes as if from a cave.
When I came down to the first floor, Sohyun was waving her hands.
‘What’s so urgent? Try studying hard in class.’
I was going to nag you, but I thought you wouldn’t listen anyway.
“But then what are you going to eat?”
I just tried to follow Sohyun’s lines.
He said this with a grin.
**
It’s a peaceful everyday life.
Every day is uneventful, with nothing special happening.
Sometimes, when I teach children, I let myself go into slow time.
.
It was so quiet inside the room, but outside it was a little different.
Recently, the monsoon front has moved northward. It has shyly approached the Korean Peninsula.
The representative contacted me to meet up, so I went out for the first time in a while.
Thud thud
Raindrops hit the floor hard. Water flows back from the drain.
It flows downwards like water gushing out of a fountain.
‘No. Why did you have to make an appointment on a day like today?’
He grumbled and grabbed the umbrella. He walked forward, leaning the umbrella shaft against his shoulder.
I walked as if I was dancing, avoiding the puddles. I moved in a zigzag pattern along the road.
After walking for a while like that, my pants started to get damp. I felt wet, but I ignored it and kept going with the rhythm.
Only after the color of the bottom of the pants has completely changed.
Only then did I enter one side of the building and roll up my trousers.
And then I step into the rain again, water splashing from the floor with each bump of my shoes.
“Oh my. This is just too much.”
You can’t see an inch ahead of you. To exaggerate a little, you could probably swim.
So I was thinking about just calling and saying I couldn’t go.
“But the road back won’t be easy.”
He immediately shook his head.
I turned my head and looked at the road leading home. I had already come too far to regret it.
So I gritted my teeth and walked forward.
This time again.
Choaak.
The bus passed over a puddle.
I tried to avoid it, but I avoided it anyway.
“Okay. Let’s think positively. You don’t have to shower.”
My body got half wet.
Thanks to that, I had a good half-body bath. After many twists and turns, I arrived at the subway station, looking like a rat soaked in the rain. It seemed like it took me 30 minutes longer to get to the place that usually takes 10 minutes.
I board the train and blankly let the air conditioning dry my body.
“You must be calling because of Director Chun.”
Because this manager said he would pass the message on.
I lean back in my chair and stare blankly at the ceiling.
Honestly, I don’t know. If Director Chun goes, it will create synergy or it will have the opposite effect.
I think the representative will make a good decision.
He wouldn’t have just walked up there.
Well, it wasn’t a big deal to me.
Actually, more than that now.
‘Your feet must smell really bad.’
I was more worried about my shoes getting wet.
**
I entered the office following the staff’s instructions.
As we went inside, we saw the representative.
“You’re here? Oh my. It must have been hard to get here. It’s been raining a lot.”
The representative looks slightly surprised when he sees my wet appearance.
“It’s no joke out there right now. It looks like there’s a hole in the sky.”
I sat on the sofa, joking around like that.
Then I glanced around. As expected, Director Lee was nowhere to be seen.
“Would you like some coffee?”
“Yes, thank you.”
After brewing coffee from the coffee machine, place it on the table.
‘He does it himself in his own office too.’
I think I’ve been watching too many dramas lately.
Even I can see the gap being this big, so I can only imagine how strange it must feel for them.
While I was thinking about such useless things for a moment.
The representative’s voice was heard.
“Youngjun, you still haven’t changed your mind, right?”
“Yes. Well. That’s right.”
I nodded.
After briefly chatting about recent events,
“Are you sure that Director Cheon has abilities?”
The representative immediately brought up the main topic. His eyes lit up for a moment.
“If you have any cloud engineers around you, ask them. Everyone in the cloud knows.”
“Sales?”
“I was originally an engineer. I heard that he was a top engineer at Amazing Zone. Since he was an engineer, he knows a lot about technology, so it’s not like he’s just selling alcohol as you might think.”
He answered frankly and honestly.
After I finished answering, the representative rested his chin on his hand for a moment and thought about it.
“Is it suitable for our project?”
I asked the question again.
“In my opinion, this is the type that shines the more difficult the product is. Because they know a lot. And it’s not easy for companies to hit them in the back of the head.”
Representative Lee lightly bit his lips after hearing what I said.
“What are the disadvantages?”
“Because I have the ability, my expectations are also high, so there will be some friction with the technicians.”
“Is that all?”
“Another thing is… I can’t guarantee that I will be the trustworthy person that this representative wants. He has a very strong ego… and he is also very greedy for success.”
I said I was trying to express it in a roundabout way.
I’m not sure how it was conveyed.
The representative stares into space with an expressionless face.
He seemed to need some time to think, so he picked up his coffee cup.
I put the coffee cup back down after lightly wetting my lips with coffee.
“A man named Sangmu Cheon. Can I meet him?”
This cannon opens its mouth as if it had been waiting.
“Okay, just a moment. I’ll give you my contact information.”
I rummaged through my pockets. I had to finish the conversation quickly and go home. With that in mind, I gave Director Chun my contact information.
My shoes were constantly wet and uncomfortable. My socks just wouldn’t dry.
**
Fiddle with your phone.
I thought about contacting Director Chun, but then decided not to.
If I contact him, he’ll say he wants to meet up, and if we meet up like that, we’ll definitely have a drink.
‘If I drink while doing sales, I’m the only one who loses.’
I couldn’t keep up with the pace. We drank together and never got drunk.
When CEO Chun says that he doesn’t sell alcohol, it means that he doesn’t only sell alcohol, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t sell alcohol.
In Korean society, selling alcohol is usually the default. The other abilities are a plus.
‘Well. The representative said he would contact me first.’
As I think about that, I find myself picking up my phone again without realizing it.
‘No. But wouldn’t it be polite to give notice in advance?’
Yeah. Actually, it wasn’t because of the alcohol. I just felt like things would be uncomfortable for both of us if the situation came together.
I was hesitating and thinking about it for a few times.
suddenly.
-When do you have some time?
An unexpected message arrived.
After successfully completing their Asia and North America tour, Red Blue returned home today.
A live broadcast from the airport was being shown on TV.
-Thank you so much. I’ll buy you a meal.
At the same time that Red Blue came to Korea.
The message returned home together.