Chapter 345 – We Weren’t, Just, Like That, Were We?

I ate before coming and looked at Taeyeon in silence.

The text message said that he had lived for over 30 years, and he looked like he was in his 30s now. Of course, he didn’t look old. She just looked like a beautiful woman in her 30s.

Of course, it wasn’t just her age that mattered.

“There you are.”

I tried to ask what I saw in the text.

“Huh? One more drink?”

Taeyeon, who met my eyes, held up a bottle of alcohol.

“… Huh. One more drink.”

Reluctant to speak, I raised my glass. Then I asked another question.

“But there you are.”

“What else? Do you want some wheat?”

“No, not that. Did you always have that long hair?”

In daylight, it looked short, as if it had been closely shaved. Even if I misunderstood because I was wearing a hat, I could see the length of my hair. But now, if not up to Demon King or Sehee, his long hair reached his collarbone.

“Oh, this?”

Pouring into her own glass, she put her bottle down. Then, pointing with her index finger at her hair, which she had dyed brown, she said.

“It’s shit.”

“Uh?”

“It’s shithead, you shithead.”

“Why am I an asshole?”

“I made it that way. And they told me not to wear long hair, so I tied it up with a net. Maintain dignity or something.”

“It must be difficult for the police too, really.”

“I have to eat to live. Alright, salty.”

“Yeah, salty.”

Taeyeon and I clashed our glasses and tilted them at the same time.

“Big! Sweet, sweet.”

Having finished drinking in one go, she put down her glass and picked up her chopsticks. Then she muttered as she picked up a piece of pork belly and ate it.

“Oh, my daughter told me not to drink too much. Keep going over Keep going.”

Words that bothered me came out. It is also said that she is a girl who came out when texting, and since she mentioned it herself, I couldn’t help but ask.

“By the way, Taeyeon. Are you okay?”

“What?”

“You’re married, can you come over for a drink with me?”

But she shook her head.

“Am I not married?”

“Uh, then what about your daughter? What are you talking about?”

“A daughter is a daughter. My daughter.”

“Do you have kids?”

“Huh. What’s the matter. At my age, you have a kid or two.”

I’m not sure what you’re talking about. However, I asked again to answer this question.

“What’s it like to have a daughter when you’re not married?”

“What is it, single mother? Why do you keep asking me for the obvious? Ah, ah, is that you?”

Suddenly, Taeyeon smiled mischievously.

“Does it bother you that I had sex with you and gave birth to a daughter?”

“Hey?!”

“Why are you like that? While making three losing girlfriends each.”

“No, that is-“

“Shut up. Shut up and have a drink.”

While she said that, she also offered me some soju. I accidentally got a drink, and I looked at Taeyeon, who was doing her own thing.

“Why.”

Taeyeon noticed my gaze and looked at me with a grin. She lowered the bottle of soju and made eye contact as if nothing was wrong, she said.

“Do I look pitiful? A single mother without a husband, Park Bong-in, a civil servant, and Jo-do, a tough cop?”

“Hey. Why are you like this.”

“You will be fine. He’s young, has three girlfriends, and Minah is the company’s president? I envy you, I envy you.”

We talked until there and drank soju.

I waited for Taeyeon to put the soju glass down. Then she took her hand as she tried to do it again.

“Give me. I will follow you.”

“It’s okay. I’ll just drink it.”

“Give me.”

He forcibly took the bottle of soju from her hand.

“Oh really.”

Taeyeon grumbled a little and held out her cup of tea. She even got annoyed when she poured only half of soju into it.

“Hey. Mr. Lee, won’t you follow me any more?”

“Drink. I will give you more if you drink.”

“This bastard is real.”

She started to worry about her talking more and more harshly. She lowered the bottle of soju and handed over the remaining pieces of meat.

“Here, eat this. I also eat green onions.”

“You eat too much.”

“I came to eat. Eat here.”

I couldn’t stand it, so I dipped the meat in ssamjang and served it out. Seeing that, Taeyeon smiled cutely, not befitting her age.

“Reminds me of the old days, really.”

After saying that, he accepted the meat I offered him and ate it. As I chewed it, I brought out the old work.

“You fed me like this in the past.”

“It did.”

“I really didn’t want to take it then.”

“Hey.”

“That’s right. It’s for those who sleep only once or twice.”

Well, it was kind of weird when I thought about it.

Thinking to myself, I suddenly thought of another question.

“By the way, when did you find your memory?”

“What?”

“Something that happened in a previous life. When did you remember?”

“Since when did you remember them?”

When I said “They”, I thought of Mawang and Mina.

“Sohee, that is to say, Mawang was roughly 5th to 6th grade, and Mina was in middle school.”

“Ah, then I guess it comes back to puberty. I am middle 1. No, it was middle school.”

Taeyeon even nodded her head, assuring her that it was the right time for her second year of middle school. I asked her a question that comes naturally to her.

“If I came back then, wouldn’t you have thought of me? Look for me.”

“Hey. Fuck back then, back then it wasn’t the information age like it is now, you asshole. I didn’t even have a smartphone.”

“Well, I will.”

“And, I’m sorry to say this…”

She, who had been cursing casually, hesitated her words. And after hearing her words for a while, she could understand why.

“We weren’t, just, like that, were we?”

“… That’s right.”

They were a couple in a past life. However, it was a show window couple created by an arranged marriage. Despite the loyalty of being friends for 7 years, there has been no love to find each other for decades. I completely forgot until I met you,

I laughed self-deprecatingly and poured Taeyeon a drink for her. And then he changed the subject of the conversation.

“Then why didn’t you get married? You say you have kids?”

“I was going to But that bastard jumped out, fuck bastard.”

“Are you the father?”

“Then did I jump out? Oops, fuck. I will jump.”

“What are you jumping out of?”

“But. At that time, I hadn’t given birth yet, so the situation would have been the same even if I jumped out. Ha, fuck I should have been born as a man too. Fucking a dog, really.”

The way he spoke with a frown on his face seemed pitiful. Still, I thought I had too much to drink when I saw the horse getting more and more rough.

“Hey. Alcohol.”

“Stop drinking. I think you drank too much.”

“Are you okay. Give me more.”

“No. You are drunk.”

“No, I’m not drunk.”

“Because I was drunk. Stop drinking now I won’t.”

“Oh fuck. Are you like that too?”

“Huh. I’m going to do that too, so stop drinking.”

“Are you going to jump too?”

“What am I?!”

It seems that the guy who jumped out told me to drink in moderation. Anyway, I think I drank too much, and a lot of time passed.

He emptied the bottle of soju, which had barely been left, and set it down on the table. Then I looked around once more.

Until Taeyeon came in earlier, the restaurant was noisy and full of people. However, after drinking alcohol and grilling meat, we were the only ones here.

“…”

While looking around, I met the eyes of a restaurant lady staring at me. Realizing why she was looking at me, I nodded her head saying that I would leave immediately.

She turned her head back to Taeyeon who was sitting across from her and said.

“Let’s get up now.”

“Huh? No, you’re just getting drunk right now?”

“I want you to go down.”

“You weren’t like that, really.”

“What is he saying now. Let’s get up from our seats.”

I picked up the coat I had folded on the floor and got up from my seat. Putting on my coat, I turned around the table and approached Taeyeon.

“Okay, you should wake up too.”

“Nope.”

“I have to get up.”

“I hate it, really.”

“Anyway, come on. Let’s get up.”

I put on a leather jacket that was roughly strewn on the floor.

“I don’t like it…”

Even though he said no, he obediently put his arm in his sleeve. He lifted Taeyeon, who was wearing a coat, off the floor and even helped her put on her shoes.

“Ruler. Let’s go down here.”

“Where. Here?”

“Where is it, then?”

“… I should just have a drink.”

“Ugh! No! Here, here!”

I barely took her to the shoe store. I sat on a floor with a step and put on my shoes.

I said to her as she sat in her shoes.

“Then I’ll pay and come back, so stay here.”

“Uh, no. I’ll do the math.”

“Are you okay. I have money because I work part-time.”

“It’s okay. No matter how much money a public official has, will he still get it from a student?”

Taeyeon forced herself to stand up and walked to her checkout.

“Here you go! Calculation here!”

“Ah yes!”

Then the lady who was sitting in front of the counter stood up. When Taeyeon held out her card, she said happily as she counted.

“Are you leaving now?”

“Yes, I am sorry. Did you eat too late?”

“No. Are you okay.”

Taeyeon, who finished her bill and returned her card, looked back at me with her face reddened by her drinking.

“Hey. Let’s go now.”

“I can count”

“Then stop it, kid.”

“How do you stop the Korean police?”

“Under! It sucks.”

I left her pork belly house with her smiling face. Coming out to the street where the cold wind blows, she said as if Taeyeon was in a good mood.

“Oh, cool. I’m a bit drunk”

“He said he wasn’t drunk.”

“I was just saying that, you asshole.”

After saying that, Taeyeon sighed deeply.

“Haaaaar.”

“Why, keep going.”

“Life sucks, really.”

“Why. What’s going on?”

“I have to go to work tomorrow.”

I knew something bad was going on.

“But it’s fucking week, so I have to get up at 6.”

She listened to the wake-up time and checked the time on her smartphone screen. It was a little past 10:30.

“Then shall we go now?”

“Yeah, I’m going now.”

“Are you okay? You were drunk.”

“It’s okay, it’s okay. Because it’s near my house.”

“Okay? Where are you?”

“Uh, 10 minutes walk from here.”

It was not that far, a 10-minute walk. However, even if her drunkenness had risen a little, it was a bit bothersome to send her alone.

“Are you going on foot?”

“Then would you like to take a taxi? Is it worth the money?”

“Come with me. I’ll take you.”

“Joe. I don’t think I’m your girlfriend.”

“Is it your ex? Let’s go.”

I took the hand that waved at me. He asked while pulling it towards me.

“Where is your house? I’ll take you.”

“Hey. I’m a cop. Are you okay.”

“I’m not okay.”

“Fuck you, if you flirt with me like that, will you flirt with your girlfriend?”

I was a little worried when I heard that. I felt like if I took her home when the girls were paying attention, she would be offended.

“Wait for a sec. I’ll give you a call.”

“Hey. What do you even call I’ll just go.”

“No, really. Stay still.”

As she was about to go, she called the demon king while holding her hand tightly. The call was connected before the beep sounded.

– Well, what is it?

“No, I’m going to take Taeyeon home. I called to ask if you were okay.”

-…

Oh, did you feel bad?

However, contrary to my anxious thoughts, the words of the demon king heard after a while were shocking.

-Be sure to wear a condom.

“Hey?!”

– Haha! It’s a joke. Isn’t contraception still important?

“No, please!”

-That’s one of the methods of contraception.

“Noisy! And, can I take you? I’m just going to take you there.”

– Take care of it. It’s not that Jim doesn’t trust you.

“OK got it.”

After receiving permission, I said a few more words and then hung up. He put her broken smartphone in her pocket and told her who was still holding her hand.

“It’s okay. Let’s go.”

At my words, Taeyeon made a surprised expression.

“Uh, what is it? Are you really okay?”

“Of course. I just called and got permission.”

“No, but…”

“I wouldn’t have met you if you were going to say no in the first place. Come on, let’s go.”

I walked down the street, holding Taeyeon tightly so she wouldn’t let go. Then she seemed to be willing to go with me, she said with a smile.

“Hey, it’s the other way around.”

“Is this apartment your house?”

“Huh. 3 there. That’s our house.”

“Okay. Then I’ll just take you there.”

“Oh, but there is.”

“Huh?”

“While I came, that…”

“What. I am sleepy. Tell me quickly.”

“… My daughter, would you like to take a look at her face?”