Chapter 27 – Chapter 27

I went out alone and looked around.
The eyes of the hosts who came out first pierced me, and giggling laughter tickled my ears. Needless to say, none of the hosts working here could be said to be on my side.

It was self-employed.
It was true that I wasn’t cheap, and in many ways I had a lot of customers to myself.

At least, Ahn Gi-pyo really smashed me to the point that, just like Park Eui-ri said, the entire store resonated with me, so that’s about it.
Otherwise, it must have scratched me worse than the first day.

“Hey, Hyunwoo Kim. A long time?”

Look at this.
Even when the store manager beats me up, there are even guys who can’t stand it.

“I don’t know what the hell this eunuch came back to here with. Do you think the taste of money is scary? Seeing him come back to Valentia with an iron plate on his face?”

This guy with light blond hair and light blue eyes that doesn’t suit him was named Nomaeguk, and he was a mixed-race born between French and Koreans.
He was born with various charms that Asians cannot have, so he was also a host who was within three fingers in Valentia.
Even a guy like that lost a lot of fixed names to me.
If it were me in the past, I might have been angry at such provocations like those kids pranks, and I might have screamed out loud, but not now.
I shrugged and said.

“Is there anyone in this world who hates money? You’ve been sitting here for years because you like money, right? And, even if I were a eunuch, wouldn’t I be better than you?”
“… !”

“Fluffy!”

Watching Nomaeguk jump up in a fit of fuss at my words, I ate and laughed.
What I was doing was no different than a child.

No, Miho was much more mature than this kid.
A child who had lost his parents at such a young age and carried on with great hopes despite great wounds was much better than that child.

“This bastard! Do you think you are still the best host in Valentia?”

Nomaeguk immediately rushed at me and grabbed my collar.
Really this is the problem
Anyway, I think the host called them caught the collar nicely because they saw things with their own eyes while doing this job. Having been caught by Park Eui-ri by the collar, what these kids did was just imitating their dicks.

I just want to stretch the neck of the clothes.
I lightly grabbed the wrist of the nomaeguk who was holding my collar and said.

“Leave it if you don’t want to fall behind.”

It might have been a bit difficult in the past, but now I was exceeding the power of the prostitutes so easily.

“… !”

Lao Maeguk opened her eyes wide, then cautiously withdrew from me.
After that, she felt ashamed of her ugliness, so she blushed and tried to borrow the help of other guys.

“You bastard, you’re still fighting. I’m dumbfounded, I’m dumbfounded. Why did the manager accept a bastard like you again?”
“Looks like money. Doesn’t he make a lot of money?”
“Well, other than that, what reason would you accept him? But, hey. As I said before, you are not the old you. Kill that temper. Then I’m really worried that I’ll hurt my nose. That’s what I say as a co-worker.”

As many of them are shoulder to shoulder, I must have been brave again, and it is a no-go who comes to me and pats her on the shoulder.
When I see it, I can only laugh.

“Okay, thank you for your concern. I’m still trying to kill my temper. There is a reason to earn a little longer even though it is hard work.”
“Oh, is that so? Then I’ll give you a joint seat later. How about an apology to me right now? About how you usually behaved carelessly. Isn’t there anything bad about you? An apology gives you a valuable opportunity to build new personal connections.”
“…”

At that, I glanced around and looked around.
In fact, in a way, this was not a battle of nerves between me and Nomaeguk alone. Everyone is watching this.
And more than half of them were giving strength to the country of prostitution.

As I said before, in the end, everything is self-employed.
It was the result of the seeds I sowed.

It was also a scene that would have changed 180 degrees if I had acted proudly and ignored the other guys at the time when I was at my peak, or if I had reached out a little helping hand.

‘If I apologize here, will things get better?’

I do not know.
I’ve never lived that way, so I wasn’t sure. Although my personality may be broken, I have never bent over to anyone.
It was to the point of showing a cheeky attitude even to customers.
However…

「You have to earn a lot of money!」

Now there is a guy to protect, and a guy to be responsible for.
The person I am today is definitely not the person I used to be.

Right now, it is not clear whether the nomination will really come in today. Also, even if a place name came in, I was holding on to the anxiety that it might shine for a while like a store opening buff and then go out.
In this situation, if you can improve even a little bit by lowering your head and bending your pride… Might it be good business?

[… ] …]

I know.
I don’t think I would have ever done it in the past.

On the other hand, he was also well aware that the people of Nomaeguk could not be satisfied with just bowing their heads.
But in a way, it meant that I was desperate too.

“Seriously, if I apologize… Will you accept it?”
“… !”

“Rumbling…”

At my words, I could see some of the hosts who were intentionally averting their gaze from this side were also slightly started and agitated.
I know it’s such a strange sight.
Seriously, would a bastard from Nomaeguk belatedly frown when his eyes widened?

“… Dude, did you really eat something wrong? Are you Kim Hyun-woo?”
“Right. Rather, will you accept my apology?”

I was serious

“That’s what… I see what you do.”
“Then, apologize first.”

Nomaeguk felt a bit playful, but now I could have yielded to some extent my pride.
That’s the moment I’m about to bow my head.

“Bang!”

The door with the sign “No entry except for those related to the manager’s office” Opened with a bang, and a sign for Ahn jumped out and screamed.

“What are you doing now!”

It was a spirit and voice that could resonate from the manager’s office to the hall, but I’ll leave it to everyone’s imagination how loud it will be if you shout openly in the hall.

“…”

In an instant, the entire hall became quiet, to the extent that all the hosts, including myself, could hold back their breath for a moment.
In the meantime, the only thing I could hear was the sound of Ahn Ki-pyo walking with heavy steps.

“Another one, another one!”

The sound of Ahn Gi-pyo’s favorite shoes was especially loud today.

“Hey, Nomaeguk. What is your job?”
“… I am the host.”
“Then what is Kim Hyun-woo’s job?”
“As well as being a host.”

Ahn Ki-pyo spoke in front of everyone.

“Can we be gangsters or office workers with clear hierarchical relationships? Everyone is on an equal footing, so do you have to make things bigger while setting the mood like this? If the two of you have something piled up, let it go over a drink or two together. Don’t mess around with the other bastards.”
“…”
“How long will you act like children, you guys. The more you do this, the more everyone insults you and makes you look ridiculous. You guys will eventually turn everything here into idiots selling peppers for money.”
“…”
“If you’re an adult, act like an adult and do your job well. Don’t make it tiring or complicated for nothing. And Hyunwoo Kim. You want to talk to me for a minute.”

In addition?
I had to leave behind the giggles and follow Ahn Ki-pyo to the back door once again. There, Ki-pyo Ahn put a cigarette in his mouth and handed me one.

“It’s okay, I quit smoking.”
“… You’re talking crazy Did I just say something and you got angry again? Do not pull it out.”
“I really hung up. It’s already been over five days.”

At my words, Ahn Ki-pyo nodded the cigarette up and down once in his mouth with an expression of disbelief, and then put the cigarette back into the pack.
When I saw that, I was shocked and said.

“Ah, manager, you can smoke. Why are you like this, burdensome…”
“It’s okay, man.”

…

Since I don’t smoke, there was an awkward silence.
Originally, at this timing, after inhaling cigarette smoke to the depths of each other’s lungs, it was the way to pick up a sigh and continue the conversation.
Because neither of them smokes.

“Are you upset?”

As expected, Ahn Ki-pyo was the first to speak.
In the first place, how could I be the first to open my mouth in this composition? As Ahn Gi-pyo said, No Maeguk was a guy who was in an equal position in a way, but Ahn Gi-pyo was the store manager.
It was clear that he was a superior above me.

“What?”
“I picked you up not once, but twice. Are you sorry?”
“Not at all… I would be lying if I said, just a little bit.”
“Then you should have done better.”
“I was trying to do well. The karma I’ve accumulated so far is so big, so I’ve been trying to solve it somehow. Would I have tried to bow my head and apologize to that bastard?”

I’m crying because I’m talking about it.
Most of the cases when men get angry are when they are unfair or have a big scratch on their pride. In this case it was the former.
Even if he apologized well, it might have led to a smooth development, but if Ahn Ki-pyo intervened…

“Ha, what a funny bastard this is.”
“Yes?”

It was absurd.
I couldn’t understand why Ahn Gi-pyo reacted like this because I had done something wrong.

“Oh hey, it’s Hyunwoo, it’s Kim Hyunwoo.”
“…”
“I guess you are still quite young. I haven’t had much of a social life. Right?”
“That…”
“Since there are so many idiots like you, there is no need for hard-working idiots or hard-working idiots in the world these days. In the end, isn’t it said that a good kid is good?”
“…”

Ahn Ki-pyo said.

“If you had apologized to Nomaeguk in the same atmosphere as before, do you think Nomaeguk would have accepted that apology sincerely?”
“…”
“That bastard first led the atmosphere like that, but he asked if it would suddenly change to a heartwarming ending. You know what kind of animal a man is. If you’re going to apologize, if you’re going to right the wrong, you’re going to have to at least set the mood in the right place. These days, even elementary school students won’t come up with an apology so out of the blue.”

I wanted to do something else that I couldn’t accept, but I thought that Ahn Ki-pyo was right. Soon, Ahn Ki-pyo sighed and laughed, then looked me straight in the eyes and opened his mouth.

“Not that it was too bad. It’s surprising that you tried to bow your head first, and it’s just so surprising that you even quit smoking. Have you decided to kill your ego?”
“Pride… Because pride doesn’t feed you.”
“…”

Ahn Ki-pyo was surprised and licked his lips again and asked me in a serious voice.

“Why did you change that much, no, what can I do to change that much? Try some on the other kids. You know, all the people who come here crawl in anyway because they can’t work at a normal job. It’s damn hard to manage those guys alone. At the same time, I, who have seen all the stars of the world, have never seen a person change overnight like you. Do you have any tips?”

I answered.

“I just have a reason to become an adult.”

Ahn Ki-pyo said with a puzzled expression.

“It sucks.”

That’s too much