Chapter 261 – Episode 261

“Hana, you need to wake up.”

Hearing Yoon Su-ah’s voice, Ohana opened her eyes.

Regardless of whether it was summer or winter, the sun would have risen brightly.

The old air conditioner in the studio is rattling and making noise.

“…”

Ohana opened her eyes blankly and only raised her upper body. In that state, I was dazed like an idiot for about 10 minutes.

Ohana thought.

Since when did it start? Waking up in the morning was so difficult. No. To be precise, it would be correct to say that I became afraid of waking up in the morning.

‘I’ve never been like this even when I was being chased by a crazy person and living a daily life.’

Looking back now.

She thought that she had never faced her life seriously, and that she had never even seriously thought about her future with someone.

‘I didn’t mean to curse at my ex-boyfriends.’

Marriage?

Words like that had rarely entered Ohana’s mind. It’s just natural for a woman to meet a man, and she doesn’t like being lonely. Because it’s fun to be together.

She has been dating men for those reasons… Looking at it now, she saw that she had used them to some extent.

She did her best?
Now she didn’t think it was proof of love.

‘Because I’m seriously thinking about getting married to Hyunwoo oppa.’

Ohana quickly brought her legs together and leaned her face on her knees.
Although she dreams of an incredibly strange marriage, I often think that she is more fortunate for it. Should I say that it reduces her burden a little? Nevertheless, her seriousness, that is, her real seriousness, which she had encountered for the first time in her life, still weighed heavily on Ohana’s shoulders.

“Hehe, hehe…”

“Huh? What’s going on?”

“No. “It’s just, it’s nothing, sister.”

Ohana remembered.

Even though it wasn’t often, she had seen some people look at her as if they were pitiful.

‘It was worth it.’

She thought she had lived hard, but this was the result of her hard work.
Is this what a frog in a well feel like?

When the frog she thought was the queen inside the well actually jumped out of the well, there were tigers, lions, and pandas outside… Well, there are a lot of amazing animals that I’ve never seen before.

“Whoa.”

I sigh softly, and her guidance message comes to mind.

[E-mail has arrived.]

[Computer literacy level 2, we will inform you of the results of the practical test.]

Some say that level 2 computer literacy is a child’s play and not worthy of being written down on a resume.

However, for Ohana, it was a more difficult and valuable test than anything else.

[You have passed the level 2 computer literacy test.]

[Congratulations.]

“… Wow, I’m happy.”

Ohana, who was muttering indifferently, was surprised herself.

If I were my old self, that is, when I passed the hairdresser’s license, no, even if it wasn’t like that…

It seems like just yesterday when I was so happy over even the smallest things. How did he end up like this?

It felt like I couldn’t be satisfied with just about anything.

‘My eyes, my eyes have become too high.’

Oh, I see…

I secretly continued to hang out only with people who were inferior to me. I just didn’t think like that, that’s the reality.

Then we met.

People who are worse than themselves. Han Ae-bom and Yoon Su-ah did that.

Her beauty is as good as her own.

She met women whose abilities were outstanding and whose personalities were even more unique than hers. The problem is that those women were his colleagues and, ultimately, competitors.

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Huh?”

“Hyunwoo woke up earlier than usual and made breakfast for you to eat. Eat that and go to work.”

“Ah yes… “I will.”

Nodding her head, Ohana checked her dish and burst out laughing without realizing it.

[Go for it! Cheer up! You can do it!]

Frozen tteokgalbi with fried egg.

There was crumpled writing on it with ketchup.

‘This is so shameful.’

If you comfort someone like this when they’re going through a hard time, what kind of woman can’t help but shake her heart?
This was especially true for a woman like Ohana who was weak in emotions.

It may not be a special breakfast for some people, but for Ohana, it was a more special breakfast than ever before.

It’s so bad that I don’t want to ruin the ketchup.

“Click!”

“I guess it’s okay because I took a picture.”

While muttering that, Ohana happily ate the breakfast that Hyunwoo Kim worked so hard to prepare.

Breakfast was so delicious.

However, my mind was still complicated.

‘Now, what should I do?’

Although he told Kim Hyun-woo that he was preparing something as well. When I think about it again, the preparation was so meager.

“…”

For some reason, I felt like I was in tears.

Juseomjuseom.

Meanwhile, Ohana left the house, getting ready for work, a habit that had become ingrained in her.

“I will come back.”

“Come back, Hana.”

“Yes.”

In the past, when I first came here, Hyunwoo Kim and I were on almost equal footing.

They both work part-time, and by the time they go to work, Kim Hyun-woo, who has come back from his nighttime job, is there to see him off…

‘Has it already been 7 months?’

I felt like time flies.

At the same time, he felt a little pathetic as he missed those times. Why do you keep looking backwards when looking forward is not enough?

… It’s probably because he has no confidence.

[Refreshing Café]

It was the same when I arrived at the café where I had worked for half a year.

The café owner says that his profits are steadily increasing thanks to Ohana, and he is also steadily increasing her salary. Aside from being thankful, that wasn’t enough.

She has already had over 200 regular customers since she started working, but she is no longer satisfied with that.
Part-time job… Because it’s a part-time job.

[4 characteristics of people who fail!]

“It’s so amazing. “How did you notice my worries like a ghost? These days, videos like this come to mind every time on YouTube.”

When there were no customers, delivery orders did not come in.

Ohana, who had some free time, checked videos related to her self-improvement through her YouTube channel. In the past, she wondered why she was seeing things like this.
Lately, I’ve been looking at it often without even realizing it. I thought it might be of some help in living life.

[Hello, this is life teacher. As I always say before I start a video, you shouldn’t assume that everything I say is right. I am only expressing my personal thoughts, so please bear with me.]

“This is what makes him different from a person like me.”

What would it have been like if it had been Ohana?

Even if you insist that a rock is a diamond, you are 100% correct… No, she would have said it with 120 percent confidence.
She was so full of confidence in herself.
However, these days…

[Okay, first one! It may not be all, but one thing that most people who fail have in common is that they are overly positive.]

“…”

[I’m not saying being positive is always a bad thing. If a person is too positive, it’s no different from bungee jumping without a rope every time. It’s a little bit of negative, and it’s good to have some safety measures in place for when things don’t go well.]

Ohana felt uncomfortable for no reason.

[Second, too much importance is placed on the process. This is similar to the context I mentioned earlier, but I am not saying that the process is absolutely unimportant. They say failure is the mother of success, so the process is also important. But, well, from a personal or corporate perspective, in the end, the result is more important than the process. However, people who fail tend to focus on the process rather than the result. Even if the results are bad, they don’t regret anything, and the tendency to escape in this way is very…]

Because she felt like a teacher was nagging her.
While I was watching the video with a confused mind, a customer came in.

The customer was quite tall and bulky.

‘Huh?’

Ohana narrowed her eyes when she saw that the order was placed in front of the kiosk in a very delicate manner that did not match her size.
It must be said that it is a familiar silhouette…

“Chief?!”

“… ? Who, not who. Is it one?!”

Ohana was surprised when she found out who she was.
If it had been anyone else, she wouldn’t have been so surprised, but the director was the one who stood up to Oh Ha-nam head on, wanting to protect her until the end.

‘Well, you’re living, right?’

Ohana scanned the manager’s top and bottom without even realizing it.

His clothes were so frugal that it was difficult to guess whether he was living well. No. What’s wrong with your clothes, your complexion is so bright?

You must be living well.

On the contrary, it makes me angry to think that the director of the beauty salon who sold the salon itself and ran away may be living better than the director.

“Hana, it’s been a while…”

The director seemed to be equally surprised.

And, she still felt sorry for Ohana. For not being able to protect her till the end. Ohana, who noticed this like she was a ghost, smiled brightly and waved her hand.

“Wow, manager. Can’t you tell if you look at me now? I’m living very well. “I’ve found a good boyfriend, and I’m even thinking about getting married.”

Even as Ohana said it, she felt like it was a mistake.

Come to think of it, I think it was said in a YouTube video that one of the characteristics of people who fail is bragging or bragging.

Now that she sees it, it feels so natural to her. Just trying to present myself in a good light.

“Okay? Then I’m glad.”

Still, Ohana didn’t think this was all that wrong.
Isn’t it a little okay? The other person is also relieved.

‘I just have to produce results like that.’

As she muttered this in her head, the manager who stopped her coffee order looked at Ohana and scratched the back of his head.
She seemed reluctant to say something.
What do you want to say?

Haha… It’s funny that she suddenly meets like this and says something like this. Hana, you’re meeting a really nice guy, right?”

“… Yes?”

“You, man, you don’t have that good of an eye for seeing.”

“What are you talking about…”

“No, should I just say that it felt that way? The kids you occasionally met at the beauty salon, um, and the customers who often come to the salon who say they’re good, all of them are, in my opinion, zero, haha… Haha.”

She realized this as she watched the manager speak carefully while trying to cover things up with her laughter.
Ah, this is what consideration is.

It’s been a while since we last met, and I’m trying to see his feelings like this and somehow lead him in a direction that’s not unpleasant.

‘Did I do that?’

It can’t be.

Because Ohana was always confident in herself, she did not pay attention to what others thought. It’s just that she has an innate ability to read her mood, and she is excellent at responding to it.
Okay. That was it.

“I was like that?”

“When you first saw the director, you made a fuss about him, saying he was a perfect person. At best, buy me some tteokbokki and some coffee. Still, it’s good to exploit children who don’t know anything all day long for a cheap price. Huh.”

“…”

The manager, who had covered her mouth with both hands as he watched Ohana stop, scratched the back of her head again.
And then, she opens her mouth with a serious expression.

“Actually, I told Vice President Oh Hanam not to meet with you anymore. Also, I was warned not to talk about this or that. If you break this warning, she will take back all the money she gave you. Somehow.”

“Oh Hanam…”

“But what should I do when we meet like this? If you say you’ll take it, I’ll give it to you. It’s not the kind of money that I feel comfortable with either. “Would you like to have a cup of coffee?”

Ohana nodded her head blankly, like an idiot.