As the day darkened and they exited Woojin’s apartment complex, suddenly, the sound of a car horn rang out. Turning around, Yeonho was standing outside the driver’s seat.

Huh? Hasn’t he left yet?

Surprised, she approached him.

Yeonho, looking at her light clothing, briefly thought she might have dressed up to impress the landlord but then remembered that she had dressed like that for the interview.

Then, did she intend to attend the interview and suddenly change her mind? Why? What did the landlord say to change her mind? Despite various thoughts, he greeted her differently.

“What time is it now? Why did you take so long?”

“Why are you still here? Were you waiting for me all this time?”

“I just talked to the landlord earlier, and then I couldn’t call you.”

Come to think of it, there were several missed calls, but she hadn’t called again in case he was driving.

If she knew he was waiting, she would have at least left one missed call. Feeling sorry for making her wait, especially after canceling the interview, she apologized.

“Sorry. Wasn’t it difficult at school?”

“It was okay. Anyway, that teacher was planning to take down the notice… And I told the vice-principal that you couldn’t come because you were sick.”

“Sorry. Ah, why do you do things without being asked…”

As she blamed herself, Yeonho bent his finger, tapping her forehead lightly, and said,

“Hey, I’m doing it for you… No, let’s stop. Are you really going to be a manager for that person? Didn’t you say you were a housekeeper?”

Although she had asked Woojin about the sudden change in status, he didn’t provide any explanation. He just said it occurred to him.
Certainly, she didn’t say anything, thinking that a manager would be more persuasive than a housekeeper when it came to convincing Yeonho. Besides, Woojin had already come out as visually impaired.

“Whether it’s a housekeeper or a manager.”

When Sooyoung spoke as if it was nothing, Yeonho snapped and said,

“How can you say that? They are completely different occupations. So what? What’s the manager doing? Moreover, the person is visually impaired? It’s not volunteering; he’s getting paid for it.”

“That’s exactly it. He’s a manager. Because he can’t see, I help him with various things.”

“From the sound of the voice, he seemed like a young man. How old is he?”

“I don’t know.”

“Is he a writer?”

“It seems like it. He has a lot of books.”

“What’s his name?”

As Yeonho pulled out his phone as if he was going to search, Sooyoung, with an expression that seemed unstoppable, said,

“Why are you so curious? It seems like he’s active under a pen name. I tried searching, but couldn’t find anything.”

“How can he write if he can’t see?”

“He probably writes in braille. But I heard that visually impaired people memorize the keyboard and do word processing on the computer. Maybe he does that too.”

“So, are you not teaching because you’re his manager?”

“Well, for now, this came first, so I want to be faithful to this. If I quit later… I’ll look for another job then. I’m really sorry for preparing a place for you and all. I’ll treat you to tteokbokki.”

Sooyoung gathered her hands together as if praying and shook them. However, Yeonho said something unrelated as if he didn’t hear her words.

“You… don’t you have feelings for that person? Sympathy or something like that.”

At that moment, Sooyoung, who had been sorry all along, turned cold.

“Senior, are you saying something strange? Who would sympathize with whom? Do I feel good if I sympathize with you because I’m a senior on a temporary contract?”

Then, Yeonho’s face turned pale up to his ears.

“Hey, in six months, you’ll be appointed as a regular teacher, right?”

“Anyway, it’s not now. Would I feel good if I said that?”

“I didn’t mean that! And, is that the same as this?”

“What’s the difference? Senior. It’s good that you arranged a job, but don’t casually say that he has a disability. It’s just that life is a bit inconvenient. Don’t pity him. No one in the world should pity and be pitied, right?”

“Well, I didn’t mean it that way. Why are you so worked up?”

“Because Senior’s words are annoying!”

Sooyoung turned and started walking. She didn’t know why he was so angry, probably because it was just something he said without much thought.

Yeonho was too embarrassed by her unfamiliar appearance to even think about grabbing her.

He had always been slow and blunt somewhere, which was cute and caught his attention, but today, the appearance of Sooyoung he saw was so stern that it was unfamiliar.

Suddenly, he clenched his fist as he thought about why she was so angry because of that landlord.