Lies. Junghyuk looked closely at his five-year-old son, who shamelessly told lies. When their eyes met, Siwoo somehow seemed to shrug his shoulders.
A virtuous son who answered that his tasteless mother’s food was delicious. Siwoo was an unprecedented filial son.
Now it seemed like he understood why Bae Sol was wary of Dajeong’s dinner invitation.
“Yeah, I might not be good at cooking. But with just this, my feelings won’t change for something better…….
The three-story cafe building in Gapyeong was situated with large windows on the front. The view was excellent, with the Han River spread out below.
The construction showed about 80% progress.
Arriving at the site, Dojun approached the site manager with a safety helmet in his hand.
“Manager. Everything okay?”
“Oh! Representative Kwon is here. As you can see, things are going smoothly here.”
The site manager spoke with enthusiasm. In his late 50s, the manager had a lively personality.
“That’s a relief. By the way, this guy will be in charge of the site from now on. He’s a new employee who joined us recently.”
When Dojun introduced the man who came with him, the site manager raised his eyebrows.
“A new guy replacing Team Leader Yoo, huh?”
Dojun just smiled without saying anything. Everywhere he went, there were traces of Dajeong. It seemed it would take a bit more time for those traces to disappear.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Team Leader Ju Jingook. Please help us a lot, Manager.”
“I’m Manager Oh Jungseok here. Nice to meet you. Count on me.”
The site manager and the new employee shook hands energetically while introducing themselves.
“It seems we need to repair the retaining wall. See the cracks here? If we get a heavy rain, it’ll be a disaster! Nowadays, every summer, there’s flooding as if it’s a given due to climate change. Levees are breaking, houses are flooding away. It’s different from the old days when we could be careless.”
The management manager expressed his concern. While gesturing with his head, conveying the site situation, Dojun was just fiddling with his phone.
“Representative Kwon? Hey, Representative Kwon?”
“…Yes?”
Seeing Dojun, who looked absent-minded with a drained face, the manager chuckled.
“This guy. Did his mind escape somewhere? Did you hear what I just said?”
“Ah… yes. How far did you go?”
Dojun let out a bitter laugh at the self-deprecating feeling. Everything had been a mess for the past few days.
“Well, good luck. Teach the new team leader well from now on.”
Upon Dojun’s request, the site manager applauded.
“I have nothing to teach him. Anyway, let’s see each other again when the finishing materials arrive the day after tomorrow.”
The site manager extended his hand to the new team leader once again. It meant they formed a partnership until the completion of the construction.
Sitting in the car, Dojun turned his body to put the safety helmet in the back seat but hesitated. He noticed the shopping bag left in the back seat for days.
“Managers I met at the Seoul site were all good people, and Manager Oh seems nice too.”
Turning the steering wheel to leave the site, the team leader spoke. Dojun turned his body again to look out the window at the vast construction site.
“Yes, you’re diligent and responsible.”
Muttering to himself, Dojun recalled the shopping bag he had just seen.
In the bag was a dark black figure carefully wrapped. It was the item he hadn’t delivered that day.
“After that, there was no contact from Sookyung. It felt somewhat empty. Is it the end like this? Was that day the last…….
I didn’t know. What the identity of the emotions I feel now is.
Shortly before leaving work, Dojun gladly accepted Sungwoo’s suggestion to have a drink and headed to a small pub.
As he pushed open the worn-out sliding door, he saw a familiar man enter.
Sungwoo, who turned around at the familiar presence, held a fish cake in his mouth and gestured with his hand, emphasizing his existence.
Navigating through the maze-like space due to the tightly packed tables, Dojun made his way to Sungwoo’s seat.
“You’re early?”
“You’re the one who came late. Our appointment was at 7, and now it’s 7:40. Sit down for now.”
Sungwoo, who had been giving him a hard time, pulled out the chair from the adjacent table, which had a bar sign on it.
“But why is your face like that? Something happen?”
“It’s nothing.”
Now the night air felt cool enough, and the warm fish cake soup tasted even better.
“When the construction of the main branch of the department store starts, we plan to go around the Gyeonggi area sequentially.”
“…….”
“Hey, are you listening?”
Dojun furrowed his brow. He couldn’t remember how many times he heard that today alone.
“Kid, we’re drinking, not talking about work.”
Ignoring Dojun’s remark, Sungwoo took a sip of his fresh beer. Then, tilting his glass side by side, he said, “By the way, did you know there’s a alumni gathering this month?”
“Ah… has it already been that long?”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
