Chapter 579 – Excuse Me, What Kind of Relationship Do You Have With Yena’s Mother?
-Hey!
I was resting during break time when I got a call from Taeyeon. When I received it, instead of whispering her love, she conveyed her request in an urgent voice.
-Hey! It’s time for you now!
“Now?”
-Okay! Now! Now is not the time! Uh! Say yes! Hey! Not!
“Oh, it works.”
-Then look at me now! I can’t go because I’m busy!
“Jena? Suddenly?”
-Okay! I’ll send you the stamp address, so go there! You have to be there by at least 4! Understand! Wait there!
“Ah, yes. But what,”
Before she could ask if it was something, Taeyeon hung up her phone unilaterally. In the meantime, all she heard was asking to see Yena, and even though she sent a text message saying the address, she didn’t say anything about the situation.
No matter how much my girlfriend thinks this is a bit too much,
“Son! Can you help me through the evening tonight?”
I could tell she was so busy that she couldn’t even explain.
“The part-time worker says he has a job. Is it possible, son?”
In addition, Taeyeon’s job was a police officer. She was the one who lived hard every day as the cane of the people. Just by helping her do this, she has contributed to the security of the Republic of Korea.
“Son, why is there no answer? Son? Can you do it?”
“Because I have to meet someone! I’m sorry, Mom!”
In the end, I decided to listen to Taeyeon’s request for the sake of Korea. I don’t like restaurant work, so I’ll never do anything like that! It wasn’t.
Anyway, after taking a quick shower and changing clothes, I moved to the address Taeyeon sent me. After transferring the bus once and answering the phone, I arrived in front of a building in 30 to 40 minutes.
“Uh, right here?”
I checked the location with my smartphone in front of the convenience store on the first floor. The address Taeyeon sent me was correct, and the 3rd floor of this building was my destination.
I looked around to go up to the third floor. There was an information board on the stairs of the building that I found, and there were various stickers that tenants would have put on the stairs.
The first floor was a convenience store, the second floor was a PC room, and the destination, the third floor, was a taekwondo gym. Before I even looked at the rest of the floors, I remembered what Taeyeon had said.
I’ll send you the stamp address.
At the same time, she remembered seeing Yena off with Taeyeon on White Day. At that time, Jena was riding in a yellow van, which was parked in front of the building entrance.
Here it is
I muttered to myself as I entered the building. I was about to step on the stairs and go up to the third floor, but I heard a mixture of voices of adults and children.
“Yap!”
“Ah!”
“Evil!”
Among these voices, she felt more and more excited at the thought that Jena would be there as well.
I walked up the stairs with a little smile and arrived at the 3rd floor after passing by the PC room. Beyond the glass door with a sticker that says Taekwondo Dojang, there was a constant sound of cheering, and I opened the door and poked my head out.
The interior was quite similar to the kendo gym that I only occasionally go to with the demon king. A floor covered with mats, a mirror that occupied an entire wall, and an office built with a temporary wall called the director’s office. The other thing was this.
“Ha!”
“Evil!”
“Yaap!”
“Yap!”
They were children wearing clothes similar to adult men in white taekwondo uniforms. When the man who seemed to be a master made a fist-like gesture with a spirited spirit, a little less than 20 kids followed suit.
“Ha!”
“Yap!”
“Evil!”
“Hot!”
It was so cute to see the children imitating the master, albeit clumsily. In particular, Yena, who was in the middle, immediately burst into laughter.
While I was staring at you secretly, I met eyes with a boy.
“Uh!”
As the child stopped moving and pointed in this direction, the other children also looked away. Soon after, the man who looked like Master also stopped and looked at me.
“What… Is it work?”
“Oh, me!”
When everyone looked at me, I opened the door and went inside. I didn’t go in completely, but I hung my head in the hallway where the shoe rack was.
“Hello. Hey, that, Yena,”
“Uncle!”
Before she could finish her words, Jena called out to me. Yena, who greeted me with a smile even at my sudden appearance, rushed towards me.
“Mister. Why are you here? Yes? Why are you here?”
“Well, I came because my mom asked me to look at you,”
“Is it so? So, are you coming with me too?”
“Uh? Where are you going with your mother?”
“Yes! She decided to go eat shaved ice with her! Uncle is coming too! Come with me!”
“Okay. OK, wait a minute. Yena, wait a minute.”
While I and Yena were talking, the teacher who was teaching her children how to posture came up to me. He was a man in his mid-thirties with an impressive build and short hair as he made a living from taekwondo.
“What did you come for?”
For some reason, he asked in a friendly manner. When he approached him like that, she said while stroking her hair.
“I’ve been asked to take care of Yena.”
“Is that so? Excuse me, what kind of relationship do you have with Jena and her mother?”
The teacher’s question was natural. A stranger could come and kidnap the child, so this question was necessary.
I pondered for a moment before answering. Taeyeon didn’t want to say that she was dating me in front of Jena, and she didn’t want to openly announce it either.
While I was thinking about this, Yena told me about the relationship between me and her.
“You and I will marry you, Director!”
“Yena?!”
“Are you marrying Jena?”
“No, not me!”
The eyes of the man who was called the director changed sharply. I hurriedly spat out the safe word before being reported.
“Excuse me! He’s just Jena’s mother’s friend!”
“A friend?”
When he said that he was a friend, his eyes softened. His eyes seemed to be relieved of something, but it seemed to me that he was relieved of something else.
Thinking this strange, he said something that completely erased his doubts.
“Yes. Please call directly. You will say that you asked me.”
“No, it’s fine.”
The manager smiled softly and shook his head.
“I got a call from my mother. She sends someone she knows.”
“Thank god. But isn’t it over yet? When will it end?”
“Not long. It will be over in about 15 minutes.”
If I had a lot of time left, I would go to a PC cafe, but it was too ambiguous. The director gave me a suggestion.
“How about waiting here with a cup of tea?”
“Ah, is that okay?”
“Sure. Uh, then come in now.”
“Oh, wait a minute. It’s yena Could you move away for a bit?”
“Yes!”
I asked for forgiveness from Yena, who was sticking close to me, and entered the taekwondo gym. The director, who was watching me take off my shoes, moved toward the director’s office, asking me to follow him.
“Master Kim!”
The director shouted toward the director’s office as he walked.
“Master Kim! Instructor Kim Dae-geun!”
After calling his name, the door to the director’s office opened and a man with yellow hair came out. He looked a few years older than me and looked at the director.
“Yes, manager!”
“You look after the kids for a second. Understand!”
“Yes, I understand! Hey guys!”
Master Kim answered energetically and called out to the children in a bright voice. Then, the director turned to Yena, who was following me, and said,
“Yena. Now, should you exercise with your friends?”
“Ugh, I don’t like it…”
“Hurry. Ruler. Uncle Uncle?”
The director who called me the way Yena used to sing looked at me. I nodded at her face as if asking if I could call her that. After receiving my permission, the director continued what he had been saying to Jena.
“I think you’d prefer Jenna to keep exercising?”
“Is it real, mister?”
She looked up at me with a face that seemed to want me to say no to Yena. I’m sorry, but I gave Jena her nod.
“Then. Mister prefers Jena to exercise.”
“Nevertheless…”
“Because it’s not long now. Let’s do a little more and go eat shaved ice with the uncle and mom.”
“Yes… Okay…”
Although she showed some dislike, Yena meekly walked to her friends. However, she did not like the way her shoulders drooped.
“Yena!”
“Huh?”
When I called, she turned to me. I gave Yena a small wink, telling her to cheer up.
“… Hehe”
Seeing that, Yena jumped excitedly this time.
After seeing Jena cheered up, I turned my gaze to the director. But he had a face that was thinking hard about something.
“…”
“Hey, manager?”
“Ah yes!”
The director, who hastily regained consciousness, guided me.
“Come here! Here!”
He took me to the director’s office where the master came out earlier. Upon entering, the first thing you see is a glass cabinet filled with various trophies. Even the reception sofa, table, and office desk placed in front of it caught my eye.
“For now, sit down over there. I’ll make you some coffee.”
“Uh, thank you.”
As I sat down on the reception sofa, the director headed for the water purifier, which was hidden by the door. As he picked up the paper cup and mixed coffee placed on the water purifier, he asked with his back turned to me.
“By any chance, what is your name?”
“This is Kang Ji-heon.”
“Looking at it, it looks like a college student or something, is that right?”
“Yes. I am a college student.”
“I see. So, the army… ?”
The director looked back at me, blurting his words. I shook my head at him approaching with a paper cup in both hands.
“No. It’s still there.”
“Is it so?”
Perhaps it was out of etiquette, he answered in a voice that didn’t feel much of a soul. He gave the coffee in his left hand, turned around the back of the sofa, and sat down on the single-person sofa, the seat of honor.
“Yes, tea.”
Seeing her moaning and sitting down, she narrowed her brows in embarrassment. It was the same when I called the master earlier, but when I saw this, I could see that he was trying to talk to me.
“By the way, Mr. Jiheon. Oh, can I call you Jiheon?”
“Are you okay.”
“Yes, Mr. Jiheon. He seems to be very close with Jena. Jajuwoo, shall we meet?”
“Yes. We often meet and play together.”
“Then, do you meet Yena’s mother as well?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, that’s right… !”
At my words, the director’s hands began to tremble. Still, he didn’t stop asking questions.
“Then, you must be very close with your mother, right?”
“Yes, by the way. Why?”
“No, just, I was just curious… !”
This time, he briefly covered his eyes with his left hand. The director opened his mouth without lowering his hand.
“Last time, Yena went to the summer with her mother. Did she go with you by any chance?”
“Yes.”
“Then, the three of us… ?”
“No. There were others too.”
“Ah! Is that so!”
It’s a surprise!
Hearing that there were other people, the director regained his energy. No, he couldn’t get his energy up, so he tried to overdo it.
“Then did you go to the fireworks display with the same people the other day?”
“Yeah, by the way.”
“I see! It was like that!”
The excited director applauded and liked it like an excited high school girl. Then he looked at me with eyes filled with a little hope.
“Hey, but…”
“Yes.”
“Yena’s mother, are you friends?”
“We are friends.”
“Also!”
Because her boyfriend also had a friend. It’s not really a lie.
The director, who smiled happily at my word, asked a question.
“Then this may be a bit sensitive question. May I ask?”
It was such a desperate face that I nodded my head involuntarily. Looking at my head, he asked in a strong voice.
“Then, does Yena’s mother have a lover?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, that’s how it looks… I see…”
What is this man do you have bipolar disorder?