Chapter 113 – Enter Jo Yu-Jin’s Daily Life.

Even though Son Hyun-woo’s back was not visible, she stood in the middle of her path and quietly looked in the direction he walked.

‘Not today.’

She didn’t have the energy to deal with anyone else as Jo Yu-jin just sighed deeply several times while sitting on a chair at the bus stop.

She even missed the bus she took every time she got home from work,

I also postponed the day to talk about Jo Yu-jin’s boyfriend until next week.

“Teacher Cho Yu-jin?”

“Yes, please say so.”

On the new Monday that came after the weekend, Jo Yu-jin did not come to her break room during lunchtime.

“Aren’t you having lunch?”

“Yes, I don’t have an appetite today.”

“So, you didn’t even bring a lunch box?”

Jo Yu-jin was still on duty for lunch on Mondays, but she was sitting in the office,

Her shadowed face and tired voice clearly revealed her fatigue.

“Yes, I woke up late in the morning and didn’t have time to prepare lunch. Teacher Taeyang, don’t worry about me and just prepare lunch.”

Jo Yu-jin took her hands off the keyboard, turned her chair towards me, and finished a very long sentence in a calm voice.

“I’d like to do that too. I told you because I had another lunch box.”

Yujin Cho couldn’t turn her chair to face her computer. She looked up with her wide eyes, and eventually she took her steps toward the lounge.

“Really… I had a separate lunch box?”

“What about from now on? I originally made this because Soyoon said she wanted to eat it after a long time, but I had to wait for the morning nap.”

“Ah… Soyun’s lunch box…”

Although the favor and interest toward Jo Yu-jin may be burdensome, Kim So-yoon’s name was a useful evasion.

If the lunch box had been a gift for her, she would have hesitated to sit next to me,

When I told her that the lunch box was for Kim So-yoon, Jo Yu-jin sat down next to me without hesitation.

“He prepares everything from breakfast to lunch… How much does Teacher Taeyang like Soyoon?”

The laughter that burst out erased the dark shadows, and I was able to see the sad beauty of the bear statue again.

“How much?”

“Huh? Teacher Taeyang, I didn’t ask you to seriously think about it…”

“I wanted Soyun to sleep better rather than be sad because she didn’t eat her lunch.”

“…”

“I don’t know if that’s the answer, but don’t tell Soyoon. Here, chopsticks.”

“Ah… Thank you…”

Even though I started shaking Jo Yu-jin on Monday of the second week of practice, I didn’t prepare lunch boxes for Tuesday and Wednesday.

So, what happened on Monday really ended up being a one-time event,

As the day of the week changed from Thursday to Friday, Jo Yu-jin also became indifferent to the events of the past day.

“You didn’t pack my lunch today either, right?”

When we ran into her before she started work, she made a joke about her lunch box, and today, into the 10th day of her practice, Cho Yu-jin’s joke spilled over into conversation.

“I don’t even have my lunch box today.”

“Yes? Why?”

“It was the mid-practice evaluation day, so the manager decided to buy me lunch.”

“Hi… Is it already midterm evaluation?”

As Jo Yu-jin said, the practical training was already halfway through.

If we meet each other as much as we have now, I will no longer have to go to the welfare center.

“Yes, it’s already been 10 days since I started practicing at the center.”

“Ha… Time flies so fast.”

Cho Yu-jin, who expressed her disappointment, asked where the midterm evaluation was held

I was informed that there would only be a few formal questions. I also informed them that there would be a company dinner tonight.

“Will the teacher also attend?”

However, Jo Yu-jin did not reply that she would attend the dinner.
A bitter smile appeared on her face, and she gently shook her head.

“I cannot attend.”

Jo Yu-jin confirmed the reason why she could not attend Friday’s dinner

“Are you busy with anything?”

“Yes, please just pretend that you are busy. The other teachers at the center know that too.”

Jo Yu-jin also made up her false circumstances. She wasn’t just busy, she had a headache.

‘I saw something like that, but I guess I’m not in the mood to drink around people.’

Son Hyun-woo, a man who failed to manage himself and lost his will to live, came to the center again today.

“Eujin, isn’t it the day you have a company dinner?”

“Yes, it’s my day, but I’m not feeling well, so I’m going to rest…”

“… Okay, go home quickly and rest.”

Son Hyun-woo, who received the money, passed Jo Yu-jin after a short thought.

He did not tell her girlfriend where she was hurting or whether she had gone to the hospital.

“Haa…!”

Jo Yu-jin’s sigh was much heavier than the one she heard last week, and she stopped in place.

As she looked up at the sky, an indescribable emotion swirled in her eyes,

Even the sighs she let out were mixed with complex emotions that were difficult to handle.

“I should have gone for a drink…”

As her eyes looked up at the sky and then looked at the ground, words of regret escaped her lips as she sighed.

“Do you want to go for a drink?”

“Huh…? Teacher Taeyang…”

“I received the location of the dinner party via messenger and was planning to go by car, but Mr. Eugene also went with me.”

It is a somewhat far-fetched situation to pass off as a coincidence.

I, who should already be at the dinner party, was in front of the center building, and they even listened to me when I said I wanted to have a drink.

“Why is Teacher Taeyang here…?”

“I received an urgent call, but it took a long time, so I ended up coming here.”

Jo Yu-jin was also suspicious of the timing of my appearance in front of her and the words I spoke, but she did not distrust her.
On the 10th, I built trust with Cho Yu-jin,

She needed alcohol and people to resolve her tired mind and complicated thoughts.

‘Let’s stay as a trainee. If you try to do something for no reason, you will end up failing even more.’

Jo Yoo-jin, who walked next to me, is sitting in her passenger seat, straightening her hair and dressing.
It was a situation where she could be greedy, but it was a greed that would destroy the trust she had built.

Satisfied with having Jo Yu-jin sit in her passenger seat. She plays a song on her Bluetooth speaker, then types the bar’s address into her navigation.
She was careful not to set her eyes on Jo Yu-jin and waited for him to speak to her first.

“Soyun was calling?”

Jo Yu-jin, who sat in her passenger seat because he wanted to go to her drinking party, was honest with her about his feelings.

“No. I trade stocks, and someone who works with me contacted me.”

“Do you even own stocks?”

“Yes, it’s only been a year, so I’m very cautious.”

Jo Yu-jin was curious about the person I had a long conversation with.

If it was Kim So-yoon, she was trying to open up a conversation, but the person who called me was Bae Ye-jin.

There was no conversation centered on Kim So-yoon, and Jo Yu-jin glanced at my face with her complicated eyes.

“Teacher Eugene, what is on my face?”

“It’s just that it’s interesting that you say you trade stocks… But why are you suddenly calling me Teacher Eugene?”

Jo Yu-jin shook her head and finally noticed her changed name.
The title changed from Teacher Jo Yu-jin to Teacher Yu-jin, and it was inappropriate for her trainee to call a social worker.

“Well, Eugene was thinking of calling me sister, but she ended up calling me teacher.”

“… It’s a joke, right?”

“Half joking, half serious. Soyoon noona calls Teacher Eugene ‘unni’. So I wanted to call her friendly too.”

I dragged Kim So-yoon in, who Jo Yu-jin was trying to bring in to open the door to conversation.

Jo Yu-jin and her close friend Kim So-yoon called her older sister, so I changed her title because I wanted to become closer to her.

There was a reason for changing her title, and Jo Yu-jin paused as she nodded.

“No.”

“Even after practice is over?”

“After practice, I call you sister. But never during practice.”

“Yes, I will. Teacher, can you let me know that we’re almost there? I don’t have multiplayer.”

He pulls hard and then easily lets go. The distance that was supposed to be getting closer suddenly became farther, and Jo Yu-jin quietly took out her cell phone.

“He’s with me.”

[…

“I wanted to drink, so he gave me a ride… Yes, we’re almost there.”

When Jo Yu-jin contacted Supervisor, I fell from her side.

Even when she parked the car and went up to the bar, she didn’t match her words with Jo Yu-jin.

The behavior that a narrow-minded man would do continued even in the bar, and I sat as far away from Jo Yu-jin as possible.

“Teacher Taeyang, what did Teacher Eugene do wrong?”

“No. You have a boyfriend. It’s polite to sit apart.”

“Huh… What are your manners?”

Just a few words can change a narrow-minded, sullen man into a man who is considerate of women.

‘I have to refuse to take medicine. I’m going to get very drunk.’

Jo Yoo-jin looked in my direction in response to Supervisor’s question, then looked in the opposite direction in response to my answer, and filled her glass with alcohol.

“Teachers Nayoung and Taeyang, if you can’t eat, don’t eat. No one forces you to drink.”

“Yes! I’ll drink as much as I can!”

“I’m taking medication, so I don’t think I can drink alcohol.”

“Yes, you have to be careful about medicine. I said it well. Furthermore, I’ll tell the teachers, and eat a lot of snacks.”

The center’s social workers paid attention to Jo Yu-jin, but were also considerate of trainees who might find her company dinner awkward.
No one offered me to drink alcohol because I was taking medicine, and Nayoung Choi, her classmate, did not drink more than half of the glass.

The dinner party started at 7 o’clock and lasted past 8 and 9 o’clock, and by the time it was time to move on to the second round, there were some drunk people.

“Teacher Taeyang takes good care of me. I’ve never left a drunk person in the care of a trainee, but today, unusually, everyone decided to go to the second round… Furthermore, I’m sorry.”

“No, the sober person has to take care of the drunk person. See you next week.”

However, Cho Yu-jin, who received the attention of social workers, was not a drunk person.

I took over Jo Yu-jin, who was out of her mind, and Supervisor took the people from the center with him and left the bar.

“Teacher Eugene, can’t you get up?”

“Yeah…”

“Then, shall we sit some more and then go?”

“Yeah…”

Jo Yu-jin, who was sitting on her chair, gave a good answer.

I sat side by side with her on the bench in front of her bar and watched her people pass by on the street,

After a few minutes, I felt a moderate amount of weight in my forearm.

Today, a week after that day, Jo Yu-jin, who was alone in the chair at her bus stop, rested her head on my shoulder.