Time Mansour - Chapter 79
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Episode 79 Before Leaving
In fact, it was the same in any company.
If you listen well and do your work well, you will become an excellent employee.
So I lived my life hearing Ace’s voice wherever I went.
Because I did what I was told without any ego.
but.
No matter what, it’s like that.
I didn’t know that CEOs of large corporations would think similarly.
And they don’t want a mere technician, they want a passive person in an executive position.
“That’s why I told you. My brother doesn’t like people who attack him. Youngjun, you should fight too!”
The director’s voice is getting louder and louder, so I take the receiver off my ear without realizing it.
With this manager’s annoyance as background music, I take a moment to collect my thoughts.
In front of him, he and CEO Cheon acted as if they were a good match for each other.
I guess deep down I didn’t like it.
Well, Director Chun isn’t the type of person who is very obedient.
‘The world we live in is all similar.’
After laughing bitterly inside, I put the phone back to my ear.
“Cheer up, sir. Anyway, I guess I won’t be receiving any calls from the CEO for the time being.”
“No. Really. Then I’ll be the only one who gets tired! Like that···”
The voice gets louder again, so I turn my ear again.
After a while of distancing myself from my phone.
“Are you done?”
I put my face against the LCD screen because it seemed to be getting a little quieter.
“Yes. Yes. It’s over. You really are talking as if it were someone else’s business.”
“It’s someone else’s business. I’m not even an employee there. That’s not important right now. Listen.”
“What?”
“Isn’t this manager going on summer vacation?”
“Suddenly? I don’t really have any plans. No. Come to think of it, I haven’t taken a single vacation since I came to Korea.”
“Why? Because of work? Well, you’ve been busy lately.”
“That’s true. Well, I don’t know many people in Korea. My friends are all in the US.”
“Then what about this year? Do you have any other plans?”
“No. It’s the same. There isn’t any.”
And then a short sigh comes from the other end of the phone.
From the looks of it, it seems like you’re not completely unwilling to take a vacation.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked casually.
“Then, do you want to go to the water park together? With Manager Chae and… some elementary school kids. Together.”
“Elementary school students? Kids?”
“There is. Well. There is one person who doesn’t listen, but he probably listens well. He just doesn’t listen to me.”
Then he glanced at Sohyun.
He was glaring at me with his mouth sticking out.
Just ignore it and go back to focusing on the call.
“Can I join you there? Are you sure?”
“Yes… Actually… There’s no one to drive.”
I felt embarrassed after saying that, so I laughed awkwardly for no reason.
To be honest, after I said that, I thought, “Oh no.”
This manager was the kind of person who didn’t feel awkward even when he had a driver with him.
“Excuse me? Am I being treated as a driver now?”
Director Lee laughs in disbelief at my words.
“That… that’s not it. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all went out and played together?”
I stuttered without realizing it because I was flustered.
Even though you can’t see it, you just wave your hands left and right.
“Okay. Okay. I guess I’ll be able to take some time off since I’m free these days anyway. I’ll contact you later.”
“Okay, thank you.”
After confirming that the beeping sound has stopped, straighten your bent arm.
The moment I handed the phone back to Manager Chae.
at the same time.
“Sir, what did you say? Where are you going?”
Sohyun raises her head and looks at me.
He stomps his feet and blinks his eyes.
While I was nodding and answering like that.
“He’s going. Let’s check the date. When···”
“Yay.”
Sohyun cuts me off and clenches her fist.
Are you feeling that good?
I laughed so hard my mouth was about to burst.
“It’s a water park. A water park.”
He places both arms on Da-eun and Jun-woo’s shoulders and gently shakes them back and forth.
Seeing him so happy, I felt like teasing him, so I tried to joke around with him.
“You like it that much? Do you want to go out and play with me?”
“No. I really don’t want to. I won’t go with you. I’ll just go with my sister.”
Sohyun answers as if she had been waiting for this, then sticks out her tongue.
I stood right next to Manager Chae.
But it didn’t seem too bad since he was still smiling.
Not only Sohyun, but smiles returned to the faces of other children as well.
“Teacher, I’m really good at swimming. I learned it when I was little.”
Junwoo pretends to swim, struggling in the air.
Cut through the air with great effort.
“Okay. Then teach me how to swim.”
Let me follow along and wave my hands.
Junwoo gets more excited and moves his body.
A faint smile appeared on Da-eun’s lips.
He clenched both hands and let out an inaudible laugh.
Da-eun, who doesn’t show it and only likes it on the inside.
“That would be fun, right?”
Manager Chae patted Da-eun’s head.
Da-eun shyly nods her head up and down.
A smile is contagious.
With a faint smile on his lips.
Raise your hands and give a high five.
Then, the children started clapping their hands.
At the end, Manager Chae raised his hand toward me.
match.
I lightly hit my palms together. The small, barely audible sound resonated in my heart.
I felt strangely good.
Because I wasn’t very friendly with water before.
I hated going to the swimming pool.
But still, why am I laughing?
I was thinking that maybe it was because we were all together.
I shook my head from side to side because I felt strangely unfamiliar.
The kids are so happy that they feel like they’re already going on a trip, even though they haven’t even packed their bags yet.
A moment of nothingness.
It’s just a small scene that passes by in life.
When I look back later, won’t it remain in a corner of my heart as a good memory?
With that in mind, I capture each of the children’s smiles in my eyes so that I won’t forget them as time passes.
of course.
of course.
“I told you, I’m not taking you. Don’t laugh. Why do you like it?”
Except for Sohyun’s smile.
**
Sohyun’s smile, which she didn’t want to miss, continued all the way to the Chinese restaurant.
Because he kept pulling at my collar, I had no choice but to add a large bowl of sweet and sour pork.
After placing my order and sitting down, I looked at Manager Chae.
“Mr. Chae, do you have some vacation time left?”
“Well, not to the extent that I can say there’s any left, but I can take it off for a day or two.”
Then, Manager Chae nods his head.
Of course I have time to spare.
Since the kids are on vacation anyway, there’s no need to set aside a separate time.
“Then I think it would be okay if Manager Chae and Director Lee just coordinate their vacations.”
“I’ll ask you later.”
Okay. I nodded while pouring water.
The children are playing pranks on each other.
A smiling and chatting appearance, showing a good mood.
Today, Junwoo and Sohyun even looked affectionate.
I find myself smiling and drinking water at that sight.
After waiting for a while, watching the children like that.
Before we knew it, Jjajangmyeon and Jjamppong were on the table, and Tangsuyuk took its place in the middle.
After breaking the chopsticks, I mixed the Jjajangmyeon. The wooden chopsticks were completely burnt by the children’s heat.
He put the noodles in his mouth, using chopsticks with his hands that were covered in soy sauce.
“Jajangmyeon too. It’s delicious because it’s been a while since I had it.”
I mumbled something ambiguous that was neither a question nor a soliloquy.
At that ambiguous sound, Manager Chae raises his head and responds.
“Jjajangmyeon? Director Jeong, don’t you usually go to Chinese restaurants?”
“Well. These days, I’ve only been eating convenience store lunch boxes.”
“Yes. That’s it. I’ve always wondered. Why do you always eat convenience store lunch boxes?”
Manager Chae tilts his head and asks me.
“It’s because I don’t want to go far. There aren’t any restaurants nearby. The convenience store is right in front of my house.”
“What about delivery?”
“They used to order some, but these days there aren’t any flyers.”
I answered nonchalantly and continued using my chopsticks.
Manager Chae looks at me with a look of bewilderment.
“There’s an app… Who hands out flyers these days?”
“You know, I don’t really use that kind of stuff. It’s annoying to install, and I have to log in… It’s complicated… And… It’s annoying.”
When he saw me like that, Manager Chae shook his head.
And then he put his chopsticks down on the table.
“Oh my… Director Jeong, this won’t work. Please give me your cell phone.”
He stretched out his hand towards me.
therefore.
It almost seemed like a hand of salvation from heaven.
**
The legs were rooted deep into the blanket.
Photosynthesizes under the shining light from a cell phone.
In this way, he became one with the bed and raised Naite.
It’s been over a year since time stopped in my sister’s room.
People are said to be animals of adaptation.
Now I’m quite used to time not flowing.
Yeah, well. Time might stop and stuff.
Originally, time was relative.
Because it passes especially quickly when you’re lying down.
Sometimes it’s even faster than light.
If you close your eyes and open them, the sun will disappear before you know it.
“···”
fortress.
My appearance.
Not a person.
It is almost a photosynthetic plant state.
It’s been a long time since I even had the will to get up.
To exaggerate a little, I couldn’t remember how to walk.
The moment I wake up from bed.
Go to the bathroom or something.
“Gulp.”
Only when I’m hungry.
however.
Even that is not easy.
The roots are so deep that the body cannot fall off.
‘It must be hot outside?’
I mutter to myself as I look at the pouring sunlight.
The reason why the summer sunlight feels beautiful is probably because the temperature of the air conditioner inside the room is 17 degrees.
‘It’s a comedy when seen from afar, but a tragedy when seen up close.’
I lay there with strange thoughts and twisted my body several times for no reason.
It seems like it will happen, but it doesn’t.
I stared blankly at my phone screen for a while.
Suddenly, I remembered the delivery app that Manager Chae had installed for me.
“How did you do this?”
I carefully touch the LCD screen, trying to recall my memories.
Handle your apps with care, like Homo erectus, who first received fire from Prometheus.
After pressing the back button several times, I finally placed my order.
however.
Because everyone makes mistakes at first.
I waited patiently for the delivery to arrive, forgetting that my sister’s door was closed.
**
The day has come.
Is it because I’ve only been eating delivery food for a few days?
My body felt light.
Walk forward with light steps, kicking the floor.
The bag hanging on the back also feels good and sways its body from side to side with excitement.
“I told you where this was.”
I arrived at the parking lot where we were supposed to meet and looked around.
I took a step forward and turned my head from side to side.
“Wasn’t it this way?”
I tilted my head and tried to take my phone out of my pocket to check the map again.
At that moment.
suddenly.
Jiiing.
The driver’s side window of the van next to me slowly rolled down.
“Here you go. The driver is here.”
Beyond the window, the director playfully salutes.
“Ah. Why. Again. I’m sorry. Really.”
I was so at a loss as to what to do with myself that I kept lowering my head.
I crouch down as much as I can so as not to be nitpicked any more.
“I’m joking. Get in. Aren’t you hot?”
After seeing this director gesturing.
Only then did he straighten his hunched shoulders.
Knock knock.
I pushed the door of the van to the side.