Chapter 49 – Episode 49
Is this the Thrumman show or a lying game?
“Brother. Let’s go up.”
“Ah. “I’m going to smoke one more today and go up.”
“Omg. What the hell. Okay. Go up first!”
“Okay.”
As I looked back at Ohana, who was moving up her butt cheekily, I put another cigarette in her mouth.
“Sweet, hoo!”
Even though I inhale the smoke deeply, I feel this frustration, a feeling of sadness that I don’t know what it is? What should I say about this feeling? What’s certain is that it seemed like the rice I ate a little while ago was put on top for no reason.
Digestion is difficult.
“Yassi… Under. Indeed.”
I couldn’t help but laugh.
[Let’s find out the purpose and circumstances of people living together in a studio]
[0/3]
[Reward: 3 million won, stamina +3, stamina +3, strength +3, intimidation skill]
[The quest will be completed only after hearing the somewhat accurate purpose or detailed circumstances.]
Reading the additional conditions, I thought it was a quest that couldn’t be easily completed, but it was still creepy that not a single person told me honestly. No. Really.
When I heard the story right in front of me, all three people thought it was true. It’s even a plausible story. They were believable facial expressions.
In the case of Han Ae-bom, she had a more serious face than anyone else, and in the case of Oh Hana, she did not have a lying face. What should Yoon Su-ah do? She had a face so innocent that even if it was a lie, you could believe it was the truth.
“Is this real horse or shit?”
I think I read an article a long time ago that said that a woman’s ability to lie is a primal ability. Is that so?
“Then what? Even if I left out the details about the quest, it doesn’t mean I’m the only one who confessed everything honestly.”
The creation of dark history is crazy.
After shaking out the cigarette ash for the last time, I sat down and held his head with one hand.
Honestly, I don’t know what to make of their faces now.
These liars.
*
Not knowing is medicine.
… Isn’t the word used in times like this? If this continues, I think I will have to go to a mental hospital. I’m trying my best to pretend it’s not, but it’s called paranoid personality disorder. I feel like I will become a person who is suspicious of other people’s actions and distrusts their intentions.
[Nobel 24]
When I went to work at the convenience store, I would have worked hard to study with enthusiasm, but I couldn’t see any of the words. The feeling of lumps of type cluttering the eyes.
“Why is this bastard’s face like that?”
“…”
The store manager, who was about to take off her vest and leave work, looked at me and, unable to resist, approached me again. This guy is also hilarious. They want to get off work, but when it’s time to get off work, they’re scared that they’ll get ripped off when they get home, so they want to stay longer.
No. Maybe I just like someone I can talk to comfortably.
“You look the same as usual?”
“What bullshit.”
The store manager lifted the corner of her mouth with both hands as if she was dumbfounded.
“You’ve always been so happy these days with a face like you’re dying. I started studying again after I stopped. “I thought the kid had finally come to his senses, but today I saw that he was thinking about dying again, so I shouldn’t be worried.”
Have I always been that obvious? Ah. Now that I think about it, when I went down to my parents’ house, everyone immediately said that my complexion and skin had improved.
Then what should I do? According to the store manager’s analogy, I was in heaven for a moment, but now it feels like hands coming out of hell are dragging me and grabbing me. To be precise, I feel like I am dipping my feet deep in the mud.
‘Did I ask for no reason?’
Maybe I was in too much of a hurry. Or maybe the guy who gave me this quest was just at fault? No. I received too much from this guy to criticize this trivial quest. Moreover, there is no penalty for not following the rules, so it’s just my greed to go overboard.
“Omg. By any chance, have you heard the news already?”
“News?”
What news?
“The price of all cigarettes will increase starting next month. “I heard it costs almost 8,000 won?”
“Huh?!”
The thoughts that had been cluttering her mind flew away at once. For non-smokers, the price of cigarettes is going up a bit. It’s a bit of gossip, similar to whether the dog next door pooped today. For smokers, the increase in cigarette prices could never be ignored.
To put it bluntly, if the monthly subscription price of OTT goes up by just 2,500 won, it’s all over the place. How shocking would this be for a smoker who smokes a pack every day?
If you multiply 2,500 times 30… Fuck. How much more do you spend per month? Huh?
“Puhhh, puhuh! Haha, it’s a lie. You bastard! Wow, this guy is really taking this seriously. Hey, would the price of cigarettes go up so suddenly? Even if it goes up, it becomes a hot topic, and it takes a year for it to go up. “If you just put it up like that, do you think smokers across the country will stay still?”
If he wasn’t much older than me, I would have hit him with a real fist.
“Under. Really… I’m very sensitive to lies right now. “How dare you pull a prank on someone who is already seriously considering whether to get counseling.”
“Is it that much? Did you get scammed somewhere? “If you report it to the police, these days, even things like fraud are caught quickly.”
It would be better if it were something like that.
Ah. That’s right.
“Manager.”
“Huh? What. What’s the problem, why are you looking at me with such a hopeful expression? Creepy.”
“For some reason, I feel like the store manager would give an answer close to the correct answer.”
“Nestling. What is it all of a sudden?”
I asked.
“Have you ever lied to your family?”
“To my family?”
It was difficult to define the emotions I was feeling right now. What is certain is that there is a hidden sense of betrayal embedded in it. What can I say? Should we call it the childish stubbornness of a child? I told the truth, but why did you lie? Same.
It was a hideous feeling to share with others.
“What do I do very often?”
Yes?
“Young. My wife is the prettiest in the world, or the food she cooks is the most delicious. “Isn’t that something you have to do to survive?”
There is no foolishness.
“What are you, didn’t you even watch the drama? It’s not a white lie, it’s a white lie. In this world, there are lies that must be told out of consideration for the other person.”
I want to tackle something. I was too serious for that.
“Even though I always whine that sales aren’t coming in, or that I’m not making any sales. Do you really want to go home and do that? Even if it doesn’t work out, you pretend it’s going well, say it that way, and try to make it happen even though you feel pressured.”
“…”
“There are no sales. Imagine saying that serious stuff over and over again in front of your wife. It’s natural that I’m going to be ripped off, but I wonder how much the inside of the person who heard that will be burned. “There’s nothing I can say I’m listening to.”
I was once again dumbfounded differently.
“What is it, those eyes?”
“No. “I never dreamed that I would hear such correct words from the store manager.”
“You bastard! In times like that, you have to say that it’s great, even if it’s just empty words. “Don’t you even know a white lie, you idiot?”
I know. A white lie.
“I’m thinking about using it a little bit from now on.”
The store manager quietly left work, muttering, “My words have really taken a toll on the child.” The result of continuing to think until dawn while doing various things after he left. I was able to come to one conclusion.
‘White lie.’
That word, which I heard so many times today, continues to be stuck in a corner of my heart and I don’t want it to leave. Okay. This could also be my mistake, but if you’re going to be mistaken, it’s better to misunderstand in a good way.
The three women who lived in the studio together had circumstances that would not be good to reveal to me, so all they did was tell white lies.
In conclusion, I am a little unreliable. That was true.
“Welcome.”
“Please pay with Pepay card.”
“All right. It costs 9,720 won.”
“Ringle!”
How can they have so much trust in me, who works part-time at a convenience store? I may have been putting too much pressure on my shoulders these days. After living as a virgin for 29 years, I may have set my own value too high by mixing myself with such beauties.
‘If that’s the case, it would be enough to actually raise my value.’
My head, which had been clogged with fog, suddenly felt lighter. It won’t be easy though. Still, my body moves because I think there is a clear solution.
[Let’s focus on studying to increase our own value]
[0/100 hours]
[Reward: 1 million won, low level speed reading skill]
Under. I felt like I heard this voice as I watched the system window pop up as if I had been waiting for it. Have you finally realized that?
‘By raising my value. When there is no need for white lies, they will eventually tell the truth.’
Only 100 hours?
Assuming I studied for 5 hours a day, I could have done it in 20 days.
[AM 3:13]
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…
[AM 4:41]
Huh?
[Let’s focus on studying to increase our own value]
[0/100 hours]
[Reward: 1 million won, low level speed reading skill]
Why isn’t it going up?
* * *
Slowly, leaflets related to the Cherry Blossom Festival begin to roll around the ground. I don’t know if convenience stores are following Japan’s example, but limited-time cherry blossom-related products are being released.
“OMG! “Now I really need to put some padding in.”
Finally, the long, long cold was finally coming to an end.
“Don’t put it in yet. In the case of the spring cold, it feels like it lasts until April. In fact, they say it lasts until May. “It could suddenly get cold?”
“Ahem! I am the one who overcomes things like that with spirit! “As long as I have love for Ricky, I can walk around the neighborhood naked?”
“Is that so?”
Today, Yoon Su-ah and I let out a small laugh as we watched the two women bickering as usual.
By the way.
[Let’s focus on studying to increase our own value]
[13/100 hours]
[Reward: 1 million won, low level speed reading skill]
I feel like I only recently realized what concentration really is. These days, I’ve been so focused that I often don’t even notice when customers come to the convenience store.
I was wondering why the time didn’t keep going up. It was all because I didn’t concentrate.
That damn focus. Now my teeth are shaking. Because time goes up only when you truly immerse yourself in the knowledge you are acquiring. Of course, thanks to that, I was able to reflexively think of the content I had read and reviewed even while I was sleeping.
Once I learned the trick, I was able to concentrate easily.
‘If I increase my value like this, I will become an increasingly trustworthy person and be able to hear about the circumstances that the three women are hiding.’
Just imagining that that day might come makes me feel proud.
“Hey, Hyunwoo.”
“Yes?”
Hanaebom called me.
“Would you like to go to work 30 minutes early today?”
“Yes?”
When Hanae Bom’s work hours are at night, my work hours overlap, so we usually go to work together.
30 minutes early? Why?
I was curious about the reason, but since there was no problem, I nodded willingly. Then Han Ae-bom shows a bright smile. I really like it.
“What, what? “Can you two go on a date?”
“It’s just a walk?”
Just like that, Han Ae-bom and I left the studio side by side. Instead of the usual walking path, I started walking in a slightly circular path.
As we walked a little further away from the studio, Aebom opened her mouth.
“Hey, Hyunwoo.”
“Yes.”
“Actually, I have something to tell you. “It’s a bit difficult to say this in front of Ohana and Yoon Su-ah.”
“… !”
What? Are you here already? Now that Aebom has already figured out that I am a completely trustworthy person, has the time come for her to tell me the truth she has been hiding?
‘Fuck. ‘You’re here!’
Han Ae-bom’s expression was more serious than ever. My heart was beating harder than ever. I have to say that I am very nervous when this moment comes.
“Yes. “Please speak.”
I am ready to listen.
… I thought so.
“Hey, Hyunwoo. Our sex… What should I do?”
The words that came out of Han Ae-bom’s mouth made me stop in my tracks. I never thought you would say something like that with that expression.