Chapter 658 – Episode 645. A Meeting? (2)
“Go, Director! Sorry!”
Just as Joo Hyung-jin was about to get up with strength in his legs, I immediately fell down and handed Joo Hyung-jin an apple. I glance at Joo Hyung-jin’s gaze, which had been directed at the bat, and then turn towards me.
“Oh, brother?”
Jia’s embarrassed voice can be heard from the side.
“Ji Maeng-ho… Ha…”
And right away, Joo Hyung-jin’s low voice is heard… Still, with my apology, I was able to prevent the disaster where Joo Hyung-jin got up and went to look for the bat.
“… So, how did you meet?”
“Well, Seungcheol oppa introduced you to me?”
“Joo Seung-cheol, this bastard…”
Seungcheol, I’m sorry! Seungcheol, who was in the U.S., Prayed for his brother to rest in peace and slowly raised his head to see Joo Hyungjin still looking at me and shooting a laser.
“… Did you know that he was a married man?”
“… “He wasn’t married when I met him.”
“So you’re saying we met through deception?”
Hmm… When you’re angry, you speak in dialect. … Should I just run away?
“No, no, no!”
Jia seemed to have noticed the difference as well, waving her hand and continuing her words.
“Well, I was saying that I wasn’t married when I met him.”
“Is that right?”
“… Yes, that’s right.”
“Ha… Then did Jia Ni know?”
“Ugh… We decided together…”
“Together? Decision? “Since when did you meet?”
“Well, it’s been 23 years since Mengho oppa debuted?”
“23 years? When you’re twenty? Ji Maeng-ho, you bastard…”
“Go… Director! “I love Jia too!”
“Ha…”
Just when Joo Hyeong-jin’s mouth is about to burst into curses, he sighs again when he says that he loves Ji-ah.
“Yes, that’s right. “Her brother and sisters, and we love each other.”
“… Sisters? “How many more people are there?”
“Four, no, three, three people?”
Of course, there is one more sister, Hye-jin, but since Hye-jin is a married woman, Jia left out Hye-jin.
“Oh my, you two… So do they all know?”
“Oh, so we eat together?”
“Crazy guy…”
Unlike just before, when he was full of anger, Joo Hyung-jin’s voice seemed to contain only emptiness. And I instinctively felt that now was the time to bring this up.
“I will make you happy for the rest of your life. “Director.”
“Oh, brother…”
And Jia, who was touched by my words, placed her hand on mine. Seeing Jia like that, Joo Hyeong-jin covered his eyes with her hand and sighed again.
“Ha…”
And a moment of silence. We waited for Joo Hyung-jin’s next words, and Joo Hyung-jin’s mouth opens.
“… “What if I tell you to break up?”
“… I like my brother. “My brother likes me too.”
And to Joo Hyung-jin’s question, Jia answered with a firm voice. Joo Hyung-jin sighs again at Jia’s words, which seem to have made all her decisions.
“Ha… It will not be an easy road.”
“I’m prepared.”
“I am also prepared.”
“… I got it.”
Joo Hyung-jin’s complex emotions can be felt in that single word, ‘I understand.’
“… “Thank you, Dad.”
“Ji Maeng-ho.”
“Yes?”
“If my daughter makes you cry, I will kill you.”
“… Yes.”
Phew… To be honest, I was prepared to get slapped in the face, but fortunately that didn’t happen. I guess things have turned out well at this rate, right?
Honestly, the relationship between Jia, and I was something that could become known at any time. Because there was something she committed while meeting Jia’s friends at that time. If he harbors a grudge and exposes our relationship, it’s only a matter of time before it becomes known to the world…
Looking at Joo Hyung-jin’s reaction, it seems like it was the right thing to say with our own mouth before Joo Hyung-jin found out about it through the media.
“I wonder what’s good about a guy like that…”
“… You’re good at baseball. Like dad…”
“Ha…”
“Are you finished talking? Meng Hao, please eat at least and leave.”
After listening to my wife’s words and smelling it, a delicious smell was irritating my nose to the point where I wondered why I had never been able to smell it before. I can’t believe I can’t smell this. I guess I was really nervous too. Well, it was in front of Joo Hyung-jin, who was my idol when I was young.
“Ah… Yes.”
After answering my wife’s words like that, I tried to get up, but my legs felt numb, probably because I was kneeling, so I stumbled for a moment.
“How can a guy like that pretend to be a man?” .”
Joo Hyung-jin sees me like that and suddenly says something.
“… Are you good at it?”
Jia also adds a word to Joo Hyung-jin’s words. Looking at Jia’s surprised expression after saying what she said, I think she said it instinctively. And at the same time, Joo Hyung-jin’s foot swung.
“Ahh! Go, director!”
The pain coming from my shins that I haven’t felt in a long time since middle school. … Still, I couldn’t help but laugh at the thought that it was a cheap deal to get one joint instead of getting permission.
“Funny…”
“Oh, brother, are you okay?”
“Gwae, it’s okay.”
“Dad!”
“Just eat and go.”
… The meal my wife made after our relationship was acknowledged by the director was quite delicious.
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-Chaotic KBA League, which team will hop on the last train for fall baseball?
… … Meanwhile, in this match between the 3rd place team Shilla Triggers and the 4th place team AT Thunders, both teams took 1 win and 1 loss…
-Hancheol Grizzlies! A blow to AT Thunders!
… The Hancheol Grizzlies, who lost yesterday’s game, succeeded in leveling the series at 1 win and 1 loss with Na Seung-yoon at the forefront. …
-Future Buffaloes! Green light for fall baseball by catching the AT Thunders!
… The Future Buffaloes, who won two consecutive games in this matchup, gave the green light to play fall baseball. … The Future Buffaloes, who won two games in a row with Little and Jang Woo-joo, narrowed the gap with the 5th place Charlotte Blue Mariners to 0.5 games, and the gap with the AT Thunders to 1 game. …
-In hot August, which player achieved results that were hotter than the heat?
… Meanwhile, in the batter category, Ji Maeng-ho, who heated up the baseball game with factors other than baseball, is expected to be closest to the monthly MVP.
Ji Maeng-ho appeared in 20 games in the month of August and recorded 22 hits in 56 at-bats, recording a batting average of .309 and 3.393. During the same period, he hit 13 home runs and hit 0.393/0.634/1.196/1.831 (batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS).
Ji Maeng-ho scored 22 points, 32 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases during this period…
… …
┗Is it the fierce god of defense?
┗┗It’s overwhelming.
┗Keez, is it true that you are doing better after the fierce guardian controversy? I think I hit 6 in 8 games.
┗┗Honestly, I think my form has improved since then haha
┗┗The accepted opinion is that this kid was just doing it half-heartedly because it was hot haha
┗┗ㄹㅇ It looks like the other team members want to kill the one who exposed it haha
-Two weeks until the Asian Games convocation, what is the fate of each team?
… The Asian Games, held in Aichi and Nagoya prefectures in Japan, are just two weeks away. The national team plans to call up players starting September 14, a week before the competition. The coach of this national team is Joo Hyung-jin, who led the 2026 WBC to victory…
… Meanwhile, the AT Thunders are considered the team hit the hardest by the Asian Games. AT Thunders’ Lim Jun-hoo, who is showing the best performance among domestic starters this season, starting center fielder Jeong Hwi-cheol, and Ji Maeng-ho, the league’s best hitter, were selected to the Asian Games national team.
There are 10 games remaining before the players are called up by AT Thunders, and 10 games will be played during the Asian Games…, ….
… The team with the least damage is expected to be the Charlotte Blue Mariners. There is only one Charlotte Blue Mariners player selected for this tournament…
┗I think I need to accumulate a lot of multipliers before going to Fierce Protector
┗Sssss. Sssss andsssss ┗sssss. On 0. On 0.5 with Charlotteand 1 game upon Mirae on it, isn’t this going to get youwon? Getting to Kkotbaem is critical;;
┗┗ㄹㅇ It’s a pity that Junhu is such a trustworthy person these days
┗So how many games are left after the Asian Games?
┗┗If there are no cancellations, about two games?
┗┗Where?
┗┗Is the future with volcanoes?
┗┗ㅅㅂ I have to watch until the end
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[… This batted ball! Let’s go! Bottom of the 9th inning! Leadoff hitter Ji Maeng-ho’s solo home run! A tense game ends with this one home run! Ji Maeng-ho ends the game! 3:2! AT Thunders wins the first game of September!]
[… Game over! As JT deals a blow to AT…]
[… AT Thunders rises to 3rd place with 2 consecutive wins in the rivalry game!]
[Hey, Ji Maeng-ho, you’re really amazing, right? Today, Ji Maeng-ho led the team to victory by hitting home runs at every critical moment, and the two home runs he hit today were really pure home runs.]
… …
[The final game of the season between the Charlotte Blue Mariners and the AT Thunders and the AT Thunders and the Charlotte Blue Mariners will take place here in Jamsil.]
[Today’s game is quite important, right? It is the last game before the players are called up to the Asian Games and the final match of the season for both teams. AT Thunders are in 4th place with 70 wins, 60 losses and 2 draws, and Charlotte Blue Mariners are in 5th place with 69 wins, 60 losses and 3 draws. . The rankings may change depending on this matchup?]
[Yes. Then, what do you think are the key points of this game?]
[I’m also looking forward to the matchup between starting pitchers Swanson and Ji Maeng-ho. Swanson has been playing in the KBA League for two consecutive seasons since last year, and he is currently showing good form with 14 wins and an earned run average in the mid-2 range. And Ji Maeng-ho is showing his hot batting ability by hitting .500 and hitting 6 home runs in 9 games in September.]
[Swanson and Ji Maeng-ho. I think it will be a very anticipated match.]
[You’re right. In addition, Ji Maeng-ho currently has 59 home runs, and it would be fascinating to keep an eye on whether he reaches 60 and goes to the Asian Games.]
[I’m looking forward to it too. What kind of game will both teams show today? … In the top of the first inning, we will call out the lineup for the Charlotte Blue Mariners. Type 1…]
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After the unexpected meeting with Joo Hyung-jin, time passed quickly.
My issue soon became buried in the dating news of popular celebrities and government policies, and became occasionally mentioned in the community. Joo Seung-cheol even contacted me and asked if I was really dating Jia. Meanwhile, my sense of hitting did not cool down.
It’s been a while since I worked with Mr. Rossby, and now our chemistry is perfect. In addition, has it become a little easier because the opposing pitchers have been throwing balls based on data accumulated this season? It may be because of my growth, but no matter what, my batting performance was pretty good.
The problem is that thanks to that, the number of pitchers who skip me has increased? Still, thanks to senior Jincheol and Seongtae’s hard work behind the scenes, the team’s performance wasn’t that bad.
However, not only our team, but also Charlotte and Mirae, who are following us, were performing quite well. Perhaps the lower-ranked teams had already started tanking, but they didn’t think about the difference in the game.
Meanwhile, the final game of the season against Charlotte, the 5th place team…
The players also knew the importance of today’s game, so the atmosphere was heated even before the game started. And as if to prove such a hot atmosphere,
“Strike! Out!”
“Strike! Out!”
“Strike! Out!”
Bellingham, who started today, struck out three batters in a row and finished off Charlotte’s attack in the top of the first inning.
“Suho! Let’s go!”
“Fighting, Suho!”
“Kim Su-ho! Kim Soo-ho!”
And then our attack began in the bottom of the first inning.
“Base on balls!”
Senior Suho succeeded in getting on base as the leadoff hitter, creating a situation where he was on first base with no outs.
Perfect!
“Out!”
“Strike! Out!”
However, Swanson also knew the importance of today’s game, so he threw the ball with the spirit of never giving up a run, and with senior Baek Jeong-jin and Sangju out, the situation soon became 2 outs and 1 base.
“It’s an automatic intentional decision.”
And as if it were obvious, Charlotte’s battery filtered me out with an automatic, deliberate phrase…
‘Okay, I’m not going to go easy on you, right?’
As it was the last confrontation, these guys seemed to have sharpened their swords.