So Tae Sik was a great person. Because she had appeared on TV.

Jung Don got on the bus.

He had to get off at the terminal, take an intercity bus, get off at the riverside station, take the subway, and go for 10 minutes.

The lazy afternoon sun tapped Jung Don’s cheek. Jung Don, who felt sleepy, read aloud what he had memorized.

It was not difficult to take the intercity bus. The man praised him for being admirable and wonderful when he bought the ticket.

But the subway, which he was riding for the first time, was the problem.

Jung Don didn’t know where to buy the ticket and how to get inside.

He grabbed the hem of the uniform of the yawning older boy.

“Bro, it’s my first time riding the subway, where do I buy a ticket?”
“What.”
The man turned his head. Upon a closer look, it was not a man but a woman.

Could she be about Tae Sik’s age? No, she looked much older than Tae Sik.

“I’m sorry, sister.”
“Where are you going?”
“Samsung station.”
“Where at Samsung station?”
“Samsung station exit 8, Taegang Group’s main office.”
“Why are you going there?”

“……Could you please answer the child’s question first? My sister works there and I’m going to see her.”
“I’m on my way there, too. You can buy the ticket here.”
The woman guided him in an unkind tone. Jeongdon bowed in response.

Even though the woman was unkind, she helped Jeongdon press the button when he stuttered.

Jeongdon was able to reach the destination safely with the woman.

“Thank you so much, sister! I’ll never forget this favor and I’ll surely repay it.”
“Yeah, make sure you do.”
The woman stroked Jeongdon’s head and walked away.

“Ah, I should have asked her name.”
Jeongdon briefly regretted, then stood in front of the building that the woman had pointed out.

It was the biggest building he had ever seen.

“Is the 63 Building bigger than this?”
Jeongdon calmed his trembling heart and entered.

Inside was as vast and clean as it looked from the outside.

“My sister is amazing. She works in such a good place.”
Suddenly, admiration for his sister flooded in.

His aunt said his father and sister didn’t abandon Jeongdon.

His sister was working day and night to pay off the gambling debt his father owed.

He had hated his sister so much, thinking she had abandoned him like their mother, but he was relieved.

There were so many things he wanted to ask his sister when he met her.

“What’s going on here?”
At the question of a large man, Jeongdon hesitated. He seemed to be a person protecting this company.

“I came to see my sister. Her name is Lim Jeong Ri. She’s very smart. She always came first when she was in school.”
“Which team? Did you make an appointment?”
The man made a bothered face.

“I didn’t make an appointment……”
When Jeongdon couldn’t reply properly, the man pushed him away.

“Wait over there, or try to call.”
Pushed to the end of the lobby, Jeongdon shuffled his feet.

Should he ask someone to lend him a cell phone?

But he didn’t dare to stop the busy people to ask; they might get angry like that man.

Then a sharp voice like metal scratching came.

“Secretary Lim, don’t you have any other clothes?”
“……I’m sorry.”
“Answer yes or no, don’t vaguely say sorry.”
“Sorry, no… I mean, I’m sorry. I do have other clothes.”
“Then change. Should I know you went to the company dinner yesterday by the smell?”
“I’ll be careful.”
The person who was bowing her head was his sister.

Then who was that woman with black hair? Why couldn’t his sister move when she was around?

She must be an important person, that’s why his sister couldn’t move.

Jeongdon understood it logically, but he felt upset and wronged as if he was the one who got scolded.

Hold it in, Lim Jeongdon. You can’t put your sister in trouble.

“How on earth could you have been with Seo Tae In for so long with that head of yours?”
The woman with black hair pressed down on his sister’s forehead with her hand. His sister couldn’t say anything and bowed her head again.

Jeongdon could not hold it in anymore.

“Don’t bully my sister!”
Jeongdon, who had run up quickly, stood between his sister and the woman, spreading his arms.

“Who is this kid?”

Se Ji asked Jung Ri,

“How did Jung Don get here?”
Jung Ri turned Jung Don around, checked his shoulders, and scanned for any injuries before pulling him into a tight hug.

“Secretary Im, did you have a son?”
At Se Ji’s probe, Jung Ri released Jung Don and hid him behind her.

“I’m sorry, Executive. He’s my younger brother. He lives at my grandmother’s house, and I’m not sure how he got here.”
“Step aside.”
Se Ji looked down at Jung Don. Unlike Tae In, who always lowered his height to make eye contact, Se Ji watched Jung Don as if he was chewing gum stuck to the floor.

“It’s not me who’s bothering your sister. Your sister is the one who’s bothering me.”
“…My sister is not someone who bothers others!”
“Bothering me with her incompetence and stupidity? She should have some sense if she wants to earn someone else’s money, but your sister can’t even do that.”
Se Ji said so and laughed out loud.

“Jung Don, you should leave quickly. I promise your sister will visit this weekend.”
Jung Ri took out her wallet from her pocket and stuffed some bills into Jung Don’s pocket.

“Take a taxi home, Jung Don.”
Pushed by Jung Ri, Jung Don came out of the building.

His sorrow exploded and tears burst out.

Glancing at the linedup taxis, he ran towards the opposite side.

He couldn’t spend the money his sister had earned through such treatment so casually.

He felt sorry for his sister but also resented her. Why did she, so smart and the pride of our family, receive such treatment? And why did she send him away as if he was baggage? The resentment brought tears to his eyes.

Jung Don found a telephone booth in the distance and approached it.

With his foot on the stand, Jung Don put a coin into the machine and diligently pressed the numbers written on the back of the puzzle box.

Hello?
The familiar voice amplified his sadness even more.

“Tae Sik’s sister, it’s me, Jung Don!”

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