“Oh my! Juwon!”

As Juwon entered the private room of the Japanese restaurant, the three women who were chatting looked at him.

Then, with brightened faces, they hurriedly greeted Juwon.

“Oh. It’s been a while.”

As Juwon smiled and greeted them, Hee Young patted the seat next to her, telling him to come sit quickly.

But when Juwon went to sit next to Ho Jun instead of Hee Young, Hee Young’s lips protruded like a duck’s bill.

“Hey, man, did you really take this long to come out?”

As Ho Jun suddenly put Juwon in a headlock as he sat down next to him, Juwon easily broke free and said,

“Sorry. I was a bit busy.”

“Man, do you think anyone here isn’t busy? No matter how busy, shouldn’t you show your face at least once a year?”

“That’s right, Juwon. No matter how busy, come out for a bit. Hm? Don’t you see how the atmosphere brightens up as soon as you come in?”

As Mi Ran, sitting next to Hee Young, said playfully, Min Woo sitting across from her made a displeased face and said,

“Hey. You’re married, how can you say such things?”

“Why? What’s wrong with what I said? Handsome men like Juwon should be looked at as much as possible when there’s a chance! Right, everyone?”

The other female classmates strongly agreed with Mi Ran’s words, saying ‘That’s right, that’s right’.

“Oh, really. These girls! Do you think this is some Lee Juwon fan meeting? Hey! Just drink!”

As Ho Jun raised his glass and shouted, the female classmates giggled and raised their glasses.

The nine people in the room, including Juwon, were classmates from the business school.

Among the female classmates, only Mi Ran was married, so the other three unmarried women stared at Juwon with sparkling eyes.

“Hey, hey! Stop staring at Juwon. Did you come to a class reunion or a 1:3 blind date? You’ll bore holes in Juwon’s face! You girls!”

As another male classmate complained, the female classmates burst into laughter.

“What can we do when our eyes keep going to him? Juwon, how do you keep getting more handsome every time we see you? Is it allowed to be this cool by yourself?”

As Juwon smiled instead of answering, the female classmates had ecstatic expressions.

“Hey, sheesh! Lee Juwon! Hurry up and get married! Only then will they stop being interested in you!”

As Ho Jun poured a drink for Juwon while speaking, Juwon grabbed the glass and said,

“I will.”

At Juwon’s seemingly nonchalant words, everyone’s attention suddenly focused on him.

“You will?”

As Ho Jun asked with a surprised expression, Juwon downed the drink in his glass and put it down.

“Why not?”

“What? Did you meet someone in the meantime?”

“Yeah.”

At Juwon’s sharp answer, the expressions of the female classmates became varied.

Some made sour faces, some froze, some looked like dogs who had lost their chickens.

“What? When did you get a girlfriend?”

“Not long ago.”

Ho Jun poured another drink for Juwon and asked with a flushed face.

“Wait, you’ve only been dating for a short time and you’re already thinking of marriage? Wow… Lee Juwon, you must have found the right one, huh?”

“Yeah. I found the right one.”

Juwon brought the glass to his lips again with a smile on his face.

At that happy-looking smile, the expressions of the female classmates sitting across from him changed like wilted flowers.

* * *

At that time, at Ina’s house.

Four women sitting around in the living room were patting their stomachs with satisfaction after just finishing a meal.

On the table, the remains of a seafood stew that had valiantly fallen were scattered here and there, and empty soju and beer bottles were lined up.

“Wow. I really feel like my stomach is going to burst. I think I ate too much.”

As Ye Jin brought water to her mouth, Hyun Ju sitting next to her also reached for a water glass.

“The portion size here is no joke. I wonder if they make any profit selling like this?”

“I know. The portion is really big and it’s delicious. Let’s order this again next time we come.”

“Okay. Let’s do that. Shall we have a cup of coffee now?”

Everyone nodded at Ina’s words.

Ina went to the kitchen and brought back 4 cups of instant coffee, and her friends each took a cup.

“Hey. After drinking this and cleaning up, let’s rest a bit and then have some beer to cleanse our palates.”

As Ha Yoon, the top-tier drinker, spoke, Ye Jin, also a top-tier drinker, nodded in agreement.

The four women chatted for a while watching TV, and then neatly cleaned up the table.

After perfectly finishing the dishes, Hyun Ju spread various snacks on the table.

Ina brought grilled dried filefish and canned beer from the refrigerator.

While drinking beer and talking about various things, the conversation turned to Ina’s new boyfriend.

“So, your current boyfriend is the twin brother of a friend you were close with when you lived in Seoul, right?”

“That’s right.”

As Hyun Ju answered Ye Jin’s question, Ha Yoon opened her mouth in admiration.

“Wow, this is like something out of a movie? It’s amazing enough that you met in such a situation after 13 years, but you ended up dating that man? This is totally awesome?”

“Hey. The more awesome thing is his face. You guys, when you see Ina’s boyfriend, your mouths will just drop open in surprise?”

“What? Is it that level? Aren’t you exaggerating?”

“Hey. I’m not exaggerating even 1 gram. You’ll see later. See if I’m right or wrong.”

At Hyun Ju’s words, Ha Yoon turned to look at Ina and asked.

“Hey. Seo Ina. Do you have any photos of your boyfriend?”

“Photos?”

“Yeah. If you have any, show us. Don’t you have something like a profile picture on KakaoTalk?”

“Um. Juwon is not the type to upload his own photos as profile pictures.”

“Then don’t you have any photos taken together?”

“Taken together…”

Ina’s face suddenly turned red as she was speaking.

“What’s this, why is your face getting all red?”

Ye Jin looked at Ina suspiciously.

Ina was thinking of the four-cut photo she had taken with Juwon a few days ago.

“Hey, there’s something. There is. Hey. What is it? You have a photo, right? Hurry up and bring it.”

As Ha Yoon urged, Ina rolled her eyes thinking what to do, and Hyun Ju gestured for her to bring it.

“Hey. Why are you hesitating? Bring it. It’s fine as long as it’s not a sexy photo, right?”

“Hey, what do you mean by sexy?”

As Ina burst out in embarrassment, her friends looked at her with narrowed eyes.

“What? This reaction? Don’t tell me… you really took some sexy photos?”

As Ha Yoon asked with a surprised expression, Ina flared her nostrils and said,

“No, why would I take sexy photos? You’re saying strange things. We just took a four-cut photo!”

“Really? Then why are you so flustered? Hurry up and bring it!”

As Hyun Ju and Ye Jin also joined in urging, Ina said, “Aish, I don’t know,” and went into her room.

And a moment later, she came out with the four-cut photo she had taken with Juwon.

As soon as Ina came out, her three friends pounced like a pack of hyenas and took the photo from Ina’s hand.

And not only Ye Jin and Ha Yoon, but even Hyun Ju’s mouth dropped open when they saw the photo.

If Ha Yoon and Ye Jin were shocked by Juwon’s face, Hyun Ju was shocked by the intimate photo of the two.

“Wow, daebak… At this level, isn’t he really a celebrity?”

Ye Jin said with a surprised face.

Then Hyun Ju also muttered with a dazed face.

“Wow, Mr. Juwon is really… I thought he was a gentleman, but he’s a man living with a fire in his heart?”

Among the three women with their mouths wide open for different reasons, only Ina touched her cheeks with an embarrassed face.

After being immersed in admiration while looking at the photo for a long time, Ha Yoon and Ye Jin looked at Ina with envious eyes.

“Hey. Seo Ina. You must really feel full even without eating.”

“I know. Being with a boyfriend like this, you must feel full just by making eye contact. Hey. I’m envious. So envious.”

Ina took back the photo with a reddened face.

“Let’s talk about something else now. Something else.”

“Hey. If you marry this man, your second generation will be no joke, right?”

As Ha Yoon spoke with no intention of changing the subject, Ye Jin nodded.

“I know. The second generation will really be no joke. Whether it’s a daughter or a son, it’ll be a complete work of art.”

“What marriage… We haven’t been dating for long yet.”

As Ina said embarrassedly, Ha Yoon’s eyes widened.

“What, so you’re saying you’re not going to marry this superior genetic specimen?”

“No, that’s not it… We haven’t been dating long enough to have that kind of conversation yet.”

“Who cares about stages? With a boyfriend like this? If it were me, I’d ask to get married right away.”

Then Hyun Ju said in a serious voice,

“Hey. Is marriage something you can just rush into? No matter how handsome he is, you need to be careful about what needs to be careful. You can’t just live off his face.”

Then Ha Yoon nodded and replied,

“Right. Of course you need to be careful. But with a man like this, you should simplify the stages. That’s what I mean.”

“Well, that’s true.”

Hyun Ju nodded in agreement and brought the beer to her lips.

Looking at her friends going back and forth, Ina muttered,

“I wonder if Juwon is… also considering marriage?”

“Hey. Isn’t that obvious?”

Hyun Ju shouted while drinking her beer.

“He was just dripping honey from his eyes when looking at you, don’t you think he’s obviously thinking about marriage?”

At Hyun Ju’s words, Ye Jin’s eyes sparkled.

“Oh ho, really? This handsome man looks at Ina with eyes dripping honey?”

“Of course! It’s no joke! He was looking at her like he was about to die from how pretty she is!”

“Ooh. Seo Ina! You must have saved a country in your past life. I’m so envious. Sheesh.”

Ye Jin took her beer glass and downed it in one shot, overcome with intense envy.

Then Ha Yoon quickly grabbed her beer glass and gulped it down too.

“Ha, I’m really so envious. Hey, Seo Ina. You must marry this man, okay? I’m already excited thinking about how radiant it will be when the groom makes his entrance. Hey.”

“What are you already thinking about the groom’s entrance?”

As Hyun Ju giggled and spoke, the other two friends also giggled and laughed.

* * *

Two hours passed and as the drinking party reached a certain point, classmates with faces reddened by alcohol could be seen here and there.

While talking about various topics like work, stocks, marriage, etc. for a while, Hee Young’s phone rang.

After checking the caller, Hee Young glanced at Juwon and then answered the phone.

“Hello? Oh. Su Ji.”

At the name ‘Su Ji’, the attention of the other classmates, including Ho Jun, turned to Hee Young.

“Huh? We’re having the first round at a Japanese restaurant now. Yeah. The mood is like we’re almost done eating.”

Ho Jun glanced at Juwon and then looked back at Hee Young, mouthing ‘Min Su Ji?’

Hee Young nodded while on the phone.

“Mm.”

As Ho Jun glanced at Juwon again from the corner of his eye, Juwon looked straight at Ho Jun’s eyes and said,

“Are you a crab? Why do you keep stealing glances?”

“Man. When did I steal glances?”

At Juwon’s words, Ho Jun cleared his throat unnecessarily and brought his glass to his mouth.