You Promised Me, Mr. Lee San-ha - Chapter 125



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Episode 125 I’m leaving work (2)

Hong Jeong-hwa patted my shoulder.

“That’s true… … The rumors have already spread. You’re probably the only one who doesn’t know?”

“What’s the rumor?”

She burst out laughing, as if she knew it.

Hong Jeong-hwa looked at me with eyes that seemed to say she was seeing something interesting and continued speaking.

“How can you be so quick to meddle in other people’s business and report on them, but so ignorant of your own business?”

“If you’re going to tease me again, then stop. This time I’m really upset.”

“Team Leader Yoon, I’ve already recommended you to other companies. The rumor has already spread to everyone except for the managers… … . Judging from your reaction, I guess you really didn’t know?”

The back of my head feels cold.

It felt like someone had hit me in the back of the head with a big snowball.

It was a moment when I felt extremely ashamed of the resentment and resentment I felt toward Team Leader Yoon Yeo-gam.

‘So the fulfillment of the promise was not forced?’

Because the appointment was already in progress.

I lowered my head and thought deeply.

I can understand why you feel upset when you say you will resign first even though you have taken good care of it.

This kind of conflict cannot be approached logically.

Aside from wanting to help my junior do well… … I just feel hurt.

That’s just how humans are.

Even if you prepare yourself mentally, you will still get hurt when it actually happens.

I felt guilty that I had forced someone who was doing his best for me to keep his promise.

Suddenly, I felt a warm and cozy feeling on both of my cheeks.

Hong Jeong-hwa lifted me up by wrapping both hands around my cheeks.

“I don’t really like this expression, but isn’t this so ‘unlike you’?”

“… … This is the first time I’ve heard that in my life.”

“therefore.”

Hong Jeong-hwa continued speaking, rubbing her hand against my cheek.

“Go and talk to me again. It’ll be different this time.”

“Thank you. Always.”

Hong Jeong-hwa answers with a smile.

Suddenly I saw a shadow fall on the corner of her eyes.

“Is the upstairs area still noisy these days?”

She tilted her head for a moment, then burst into laughter.

“No, it’s not like that. I just… I couldn’t sleep last night.”

“You should take care of your health. You’re in your late 20s too.”

Today, Young seemed to be in a low mood, so I threw out a joke, prepared to get hit.

But an unexpected response came back.

“I will do that.”

Hong Jeong-hwa looked at me with a sad smile.

Those sad and deep eyes seemed to be filled with complex emotions that were difficult to fathom, such as sadness, regret, sorrow, and worry.

I tried to say something in the awkward atmosphere, but even that was blocked.

Because she continued talking.

“I’ll sleep well… … and keep my promise to quit smoking. Drinking… … It’ll be hard to cut down, right? I’ll try to do that too. I’ll keep it and try my best. Instead.”

Hong Jeong-hwa’s gaze is fixed squarely on my pupils.

She spoke with moist tears in her eyes.

“You should be healthy too. Always. Don’t overdo it… … .”

Before I knew it, her grip on my collar tightened.

“I also listened to the recording of the Lee Seung-won sexual harassment incident. I also heard about the interview with PD Son Sung-woo for Project 108, and even the fact that he ended up in the hospital during the Lee Mi-eun incident… … I knew all about it. That he was always pushing himself too hard, even though he was sick. I knew it all because I heard it all the time.”

I couldn’t think of anything to say in response.

I just felt sorry.

‘I was worrying someone without even knowing it.’

I didn’t realize it yet.

I didn’t expect her to be worried.

Hong Jeong-hwa said, suppressing her trembling voice.

“So… … please. Don’t get sick.”

I knew all along that she was a good person.

Because you always helped me with everything from small things to miscellaneous things and took care of me.

If Team Leader Yoon Yeo-gam was the one who helped me establish myself as a reporter, Hong Jeong-hwa was the one who supported me in my social life.

I couldn’t lie to someone so precious.

“I’ll try.”

Hong Jeong-hwa, who was staring intently into my eyes, burst into laughter as if she found it ridiculous.

“You, really… … .”

What’s so funny?

She buried her face in my arms and sobbed for a long time.

As if crying.

It took much longer than expected for Hong Jeong-hwa to raise her head.

The makeup around her eyes was smudged.

“Now you’re acting like yourself.”

Hong Jeong-hwa smiled with satisfaction and turned around.

I felt like I had to say something, so I wanted to stop her as she walked away.

… … But it didn’t happen.

Because I still don’t know what to say.

Even after she left, the faint scent of roses lingered in my arms.

It was the same scent that came from my bed one day after a company dinner.

* * *

Fortunately, Team Leader Yoon Yeo-gam calmly accepted my resignation offer.

A few minutes later, I received a sudden call from Manager Kim and went into the conference room.

Manager Kim, who had arrived first and was waiting, welcomed me with open arms.

“This reporter… … No. King God General Emperor Chungmugong Majesty Hyper Ultra Iljjang Extreme Genius Hwalongjeom Master Seonggol Fantastic Elastic Boombastic Legendary Jesus National Absolute Limited Munchkin Gunggyeilhak Dark Horse President World Class Superthorn Super Rookie Leader Lee San-ha, is this reporter here?”

I was momentarily confused by the title I was hearing for the first time in my life, but I was caught in Manager Kim’s hug with all his might.

Bam!

It’s like being caught by an anaconda.

Manager Kim continued speaking, his arms trembling.

“I heard some bad rumors… … . Right?”

“It’s not a rumor. It’s true. I should have submitted my resignation letter anyway—”

“Ahhhhhhhh! I can’t hear! I actually lost my hearing three days ago!”

Oh my, why is this guy like this again?

Manager Kim pushed me away and ran into a corner of the conference room.

Then he covered his ears with both hands and screamed repeatedly.

“Ah …

I calmly took my resignation letter out of my bag and handed it to Manager Kim.

“Here is the resignation―”

“No need!”

Manager Kim tore up the paper without reading a single word.

Chomp chomp chomp chomp!

It was so torn into pieces that it was difficult to put back together.

I didn’t have any particular attachment to the torn resignation letter.

Instead, he took out another bundle of resignation letters from his bag and handed them to Manager Kim.

“I printed out a few copies just in case something like this happened. Please sign them.”

“Shut up! Hey, how many sheets of paper are there! I’ll be able to jump over them!”

Manager Kim clutched the resignation letter in both hands and poured all his strength into it.

Muscles and veins bulge across his muscular forearms.

His shoulders, trapezius muscles, nape of his neck, and even his face were all red and he looked like he might explode at any moment.

“Boss, boss! My eyes! My eyes are going to pop out!”

“Ha, I can, I can… … .”

What on earth is my resignation letter worth that I’m risking my life for?

At this point, it’s almost scary.

Eventually, Manager Kim gave up on tearing up several resignation letters.

He placed the bundle of resignation letters listlessly on the table.

thud!

Then he took out a Japanese sword from somewhere I don’t know.

“……uh?”

The moment I doubted my eyes.

“Atomic Breath! Atomic Charm!”

The blade dances.

Jjajajak!

Dozens of resignation letters are torn to pieces in an instant.

A swordsmanship that still makes you doubt your eyes.

When I came to my senses, numerous resignation letters were already fluttering like cherry blossom petals all over the conference room.

“What the… … !”

“Hehe, it’s a hundred years too early to quit, you little punk.”

I shook my head and put my hands in my bag again.

“I didn’t want to bring this up.”

I took out another letter of resignation and presented it to him.

“It’s a specially coated resignation letter. It can stop swords, arrows, and even bullets. Of course, you wouldn’t even dream of tearing it by hand.”

He placed his resignation letter on the table with a deliberately loud sound and dragged it in front of him.

As the resignation letter gets closer, Manager Kim’s expression hardens.

I handed him my resignation letter, noticing that one of his eyebrows was twitching like an earthworm.

“Please sign.”

Manager Kim’s hands are trembling as he holds up his resignation letter.

“You used some pretty good coated paper.”

“You’ve had a hard time.”

“But you know… … .”

At that moment, one corner of Manager Kim’s mouth twisted upward.

“I don’t think it has a heat-resistant coating?”

Okay, whirruruk-!

Flames shoot out from the lighter held in his right hand.

A flame reminiscent of the dragon’s breath engulfed my resignation letter.

“That’s ridiculous!”

“That’s why I told you! You’re persistent. Just become an oni, Isanha!”

Are you going to give up like this?

‘There’s still one step left.’

I took the USB out of my bag.

Then he jumped high and stuck it into the projector hanging from the ceiling.

Jiiing-

A beam projector projected a large screen on one side of the wall.

The moment the words [Resignation] in palm-sized letters adorned the wall, Manager Kim got up from his seat.

“Are you really going to give up on me just like that?!”

He ran off somewhere and then came back with a hammer.

And then… …he shouted while hitting the wall where the projector image was being projected.

“Hammer! Get out!”

bang!

A maddening strike, as if watching a siege.

The sudden demolition caught the attention of the office workers.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Hahaha! What do you think?! You can’t get away from it!”

At this point, a fundamental question arose.

‘If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better to just break the beam projector?’

That kind of thing was fine.

What on earth makes him so desperate?

I couldn’t help but question myself at the series of madnesses that would follow if I were to force the fulfillment of a promise.

‘Did you make some kind of promise not to make me quit without me knowing?’

I knew it was unlikely, but just in case, I checked my appointment list.

As expected, there was no such promise.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom… … .

Manager Kim, who finished the demolition, gets up.

“Just, huff, huff… … . Did you really think that with just this much resignation power, you could break through my power of companion? Me, Manager Kim, the one who ‘even rejected his partner’?”

I lost.

I don’t know why there are Japanese swords and sledgehammers in newspaper offices, but there is no other way.

I eventually gave in to Manager Kim’s ironclad defense.

“Why… … . Why on earth do you do this?”

“They say that a monk can’t cut his own hair, but he can’t be objective about himself. I’ll tell him specifically.”

Manager Kim continued speaking with his eyes wide open.

“You are the man who will become the king of entertainment reporters!”

“Ugh. What is that?”

“You are a person who can handle 10… no, 20 people. How can you not know that?! I will give you a raise. I will even give you a promotion! If you want, I can even give you the position of manager within a few years. What kind of wealth and honor do you want that you are leaving?!”

It’s an answer that’s too difficult to express in words.

Manager Kim might not understand.

I spoke to Manager Kim while fiddling with my cell phone.

“The answer is there.”

Tiring!

Manager Kim, who received the airdrop, absentmindedly pressed the receive button.

Finally, my resignation letter is reflected in his eyes.

“Kkaaaaaaaaaaaaah-! No-!”

Just as those who look into Medusa’s eyes turn to stone, Manager Kim collapsed like that.

The long, long struggle has come to an end.

* * *

After my resignation was accepted, I had to keep being dragged around the office, which had become a funeral parlor.

“Eww! No! We must protect our mountains and rivers! Who seduced you? Bring them all!”

“You can quit. But if you’re going, take me with you! I don’t mind being your classmate. No, even a junior is fine! No, even a footstool is fine!”

“Sanhaaaaaaa! What are you talking aboutaaaaaa! I decided to marry my older sister!”

It was a little more noisy than a typical funeral, but it was still a sea of ​​tears.

As I was trying to appease each person, the time to leave work soon arrived.

Yun Yeo-gam grabbed my shoulder with her large hand.

“Then, shall we go for a drink?”

“yes!”

The promise to drink with Yoon Yeo-gam was one he made before submitting his resignation letter to Manager Kim.

Yun Yeo-gam and I walked along the road in silence.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Yun Yeo-gam’s steps stopped in front of a small bar.

I tilted my head.

“Why isn’t it double-layered pork belly?”

“Hahahaha! I have someone I want to introduce to you today.”

“Really? Who are you?”

“Who will be your shooter from now on?”

… … Oh, by the way, at least tell me in advance.