Even Kang Jiho, when she met him, insisted on feeding her. Hojin, the prosecutor, wasn’t any different. Lajin nodded approvingly at the kind prosecutor’s suggestion.

Ziing―.

As Jiho examined the Paper Company’s information, his gaze shifted to his phone.

―Goddess, safe and sound. I will withdraw after completing the mission.
It was Hojin. Since the report that everything went well had already been received from someone else, there was nothing special in the content.

―Let’s live after we eat everything, please come for dinner.

Having faced Lajin, whom he used to call ‘Goddess,’ Hojin must have been ecstatic without even looking. Jiho checked the time for the junior who was working hard with overtime.

5:50 PM.

Since he skipped lunch and worked, it should be okay to go out for dinner to charge his junior’s energy. Jiho, determined, tapped his phone.

―Feel free to come to my studio apartment. Ah, make sure to leave behind the tail who might be following you for dinner.

The prosecutor worrying about a tail. Jiho called with an amused smile.

“Would you like to have dinner at the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office?”

“Come in 10 minutes.”

Without mixing awkward words, the call ended.

Jiho separately saved the documents he had written and gradually organized his work. Then, exactly 30 minutes later, he stood up from his seat.

Hojin’s house, which was a 10-minute drive from the office, was originally an officetel used by his best friend. It was a familiar place like a hangout for friends from the past. Still, Jiho looked around the officetel in case someone was following him.

After confirming that everything was normal, Jiho pressed the doorbell of Hojin’s house. Not long after, the door opened with a creaking sound along with a clicking sound of footsteps.

“Please come in, Senior.”

“I’m hungry. What do you want to eat? Order anything you want.”

Jiho took out his card before even taking off his shoes. When comforting his junior’s hard work, it was always best to feed them first.

“I already ordered everything. Please come in.”

“Like you were so hungry… Lajin?”

As soon as Jiho entered, a familiar face peeked out from behind the wall.

“Welcome, Senior.”

“Senior, I’m here too.”

“Wait, how…”

Surprised by Jiho’s expression, Hojin raised the corners of her mouth.

“I brought Unni, Hojin. From today, we’ve decided to eat together as sisters.”

“Yes. Call us the ‘Jinjin Sisters.'”

Even though it sounded funny, Lajin and Hojin giggled together. The two naturally exchanged fist bumps as if they had met for the first time today.

Hojin complained that she only had a boring older brother, and Lajin, who seemed a bit lonely as an illegitimate daughter, looked somewhat lonely. The combination of the two looked quite good.

Jiho followed the two, smiling.

The tranquility that couldn’t be felt in the supermarket ad hanging at the bus stop or in the pretty smile that made the drama’s male lead flutter, had settled on Lajin’s face.

‘What makes it so interesting?’

How special it seemed to be between a junior who felt like a long-time family and someone Jiho was just getting to know, Jiho was quickly infected by the laughter of the two.
For a long time, Jiho had known his junior like family, and the relationship between someone he had just met felt exceptionally special. Jiho was quickly infected by the laughter of the two, looking at the genuine and warm moments between them.

In fact, Jiho had been awake for a total of 29 hours, excluding a brief hour of shut-eye. Unlike hunger, the desire for sleep made him sensitive all day. However, seeing the affectionate appearance of the two, his cloudy mind instantly cleared. Suddenly, Jiho found himself habitually looking at Lajin.

How elegant her hair looked tied in half, and did period dramas feel different during script reading? Although she was always consistently beautiful, today, she seemed to attract more attention.

“Oh! Please sit side by side.”

“Lajin, why do something uncomfortable.”

Jiho spoke, taking a seat first.

Whether Jiho said it or not, Hojin, without a word, tactfully seated Lajin next to him.

“You know I’m left-handed. Our paths overlap when eating with my younger sibling.”

As if moved by the title of ‘our younger sibling,’ Lajin shyly smiled. Her radiant face was always beautiful when viewed head-on, but today, it caught his attention even more.

Jiho instinctively turned his body halfway towards Lajin. At that moment, Hojin’s laughter burst out, sounding like his broad smile was about to explode.

“Lajin, I told you earlier. Senior and our older brother are close friends.”

“Yes, that story was really interesting.”

What kind of story?

Jiho quickly searched his mind for any embarrassing moments Hojin might have mentioned. There was nothing particularly problematic, but it could be awkward if he missed something.

Although not yet particularly close, it was a somewhat fitting relationship. Just as Jiho was scrutinizing Lajin’s expression.

“By the way, Jiho, today…”

“Right, how was today?”

“Yes, thanks to everyone’s help, I’m very grateful. I recorded the conversation with O Jong-hyuk too.”

Adding words of relief, Jiho served sweet and sour pork onto Lajin’s plate. Lajin quickly brought it to her mouth as if afraid to let it go.

‘Didn’t the manager even prepare her a meal?’

Seeing how well Lajin, who usually ate less, was eating, she must have been really hungry.

Throughout the meal, Jiho helped her eat evenly, took care of her, and poured her drinks. He couldn’t take his eyes off her for a moment until Lajin, surprisingly, placed a piece of sweet and sour pork on Jiho’s plate.

“Jiho, I have something I’m curious about.”

“Yes.”

“Is it rude to ask this kind of thing?”

“Feel free to ask anything.”

Jiho put down his chopsticks to listen attentively to Lajin’s story.

“Why are you so kind and considerate?”

“?

“Why… don’t you have a girlfriend?”

While Lajin asked the question, Jiho looked at Hojin. Hojin, with an expression that seemed to say ‘I did well, didn’t I?’, squinted his eyes and grinned. Oh, Yeojin!