[Episode 91] Time to get closer
Siwoo Lee left his shoes in the car and came back.
After going to the cinema, choosing a movie to show, I bought popcorn.
Even though everyone was ready to watch the movie, there was still an hour left until the screening.
“Time is running out.”
“I know. What are you doing while you wait?”
Shin Ae-ra looked around the movie theater and found an arcade.
“Can’t we just pass the time by playing over there?”
Siwoo Lee nodded while looking at the space where various entertainment devices were arranged.
“Wait a minute, sister. I don’t have cash. I’ll go and get some.”
“it’s okay. Got cash. ‘Cause I’ll pay let’s go.”
Shin Ae-ra, who dragged Si-woo Lee into the arcade, stood in front of the doll-drawing machine.
“Ah, that one is cute. Is not it?”
“Hmm, does your sister like that kind of thing? Shall I pick you up?”
“Can you do it?”
“I tried it a few times when I was in college.”
I confidently stood in front of the doll drawing machine, but it was not as easy as I thought.
In the end, Siwoo Lee was able to pick one doll after ten attempts.
Holding a cute animal character in one hand, Shin Ae-ra made a playful expression.
“I thought I would do well because I was confident, but is there something you can’t do too?”
“Anyway, I’m a human too, but I’m not good at everything.”
After spending time in the arcade like that, the two went into the movie theater in time for the show.
While Siwoo Lee was concentrating on the movie, Siwoo suddenly turned his head to the side.
I was curious to see what kind of expression she was making, so I took a peek, but surprisingly, I could see her sleeping peacefully.
Siwoo Lee smiled faintly, pretended not to see it, and concentrated on the movie again.
After the movie ended and the lights turned on, Shin Ae-ra woke up and rubbed her eyes.
“did you sleep well?”
“ah… I fell asleep.”
“You look very tired.”
“Nope. I slept a bit and it was fine. Let’s go get a drink.”
Shin Ae-ra, who was worried that Si-woo Lee might let her go like this, came to her senses and changed the topic.
Shin Ae-ra, who was leaving the movie theater, suddenly looked up at Lee Si-woo, who was standing in front of her, with bright eyes.
Shin Ae too was 172 centimeters tall, much taller than the average female, but Lee Si Woo was taller than that.
Roughly 180 cm.
She must have been younger than her, but her heart was beating for nothing because of her reliable size.
“By the way, where was your sister’s house? It’s not Yongin. Is it okay to drink?”
“it’s okay. You can call a surrogate driver.”
“Oh, my sister will be off tomorrow.”
Tomorrow was Saturday.
Civil servants keep their days off like a knife.
In fact, Shin Ae-ra was in a situation where she had to work more on weekends, but she deliberately lied to make fun of Lee Si-woo.
“Yeah, rest tomorrow.”
“I don’t rest… … .”
“therefore? Will you break your promise?”
“I just do it because I am afraid it will be difficult for my sister.”
“Don’t say two words with one mouth and follow me, CEO Lee.”
“yes… … .”
Lee Si-woo was led by Shin Ae-ra’s hand and entered an izakaya with a quiet atmosphere.
The two, who wanted to rest comfortably without being disturbed, sat in a separate room.
“If I had kept wearing shoes, my legs would have hurt.”
“I know. Because I went around a lot more than I thought.”
Eventually, food and alcohol were set, and Si-woo Lee opened the drink and poured it into Shin Ae-ra’s glass.
After the formal drinking etiquette came and went, Shin Ae-ra looked at Lee Si-woo and opened her mouth.
“You said you dropped out of the theater and film department?”
“yes? How does your sister know that?”
“Do you remember the reporter Seon Seon-yeon whom I interviewed before? That person told me And it appeared in the article.”
Si-woo Lee, who had completely forgotten about that day, smiled with a look of embarrassment.
“Isn’t the time I spent at university wasted?”
“Of course not worth it. I have no regrets though. That’s why this job is so important to me.”
“Since when have you been doing this?”
“Well… From the first year of middle school? My father was a junk dealer, so he helped out a lot. And as soon as I graduated from high school and became an adult, I got my driver’s license and forklift license.”
“Oh, I’ve been serious since I was little.”
“What is it, sister? said he saw the article. Wasn’t it written there?”
In fact, she didn’t know exactly what it was about because she had just glanced over it, worried that there might be some strange information in the article.
“Anyone who remembers everything they read at that time?”
“but… … .”
“Then why did you want to inherit the junkyard? It’s a bit true when you say it like that, but it’s an industry that people look down on.”
“It’s not wrong. So I’m trying to change that view. Anyway, I wanted to make my father’s dream come true. Well, I also wanted to be successful with Nuri, which my father loved.”
It was Siwoo Lee whose face turned red when he brought out an honest story.
No, maybe it was the effect of drinking three glasses of soju in a row.
“Fufu, but if my father saw me now, he would have liked it.”
“Um, is that so?”
“Of course. My son has raised Nuri this much.”
Siwoo Lee thought about what he would have been like if his father had seen what he is now and what Nuri is.
You must have been happy
I thought it had been quiet recently, but it seems that Siwoo’s eyes are getting cold for nothing because he’s been drinking alcohol.
“Fufu, I wish I did. To be honest, my father’s dream is the main reason, but there are other reasons as well.”
“What?”
“It’s called Jang Seong-woo, director. I got angry because of that person, so I did the same thing that took over Nuri.”
“Are you Director Jang Seong-woo?”
“There is a man who has repaid his favor.”
Si-woo Lee, without hiding, confided about what happened after he became the CEO of Nuri.
Shin Ae-ra clicked her tongue when she heard what kind of person Jang Seong-woo was.
“He’s a person similar to Jang Cheol-su.”
“If there is a difference, the extent to which director Jang Cheol-soo succeeded and director Jang Seong-woo failed?”
“Well, they are both bad guys. The end will be the same.”
“I wish I did, really. I don’t want the vice president to be stressed by this anymore.”
Si-woo Lee then talked about everything from the first day he met Jae-shin Moon to now.
Then, with a refreshing expression on my face, I felt that it was necessary to even tell this story.
He thought he was pretty drunk.
Otherwise, there is no way I can comfortably talk about it this far.
“You’ve been through a lot too.”
“I’m only talking to my older sister, I didn’t know that representative work would be this difficult. To be honest, there were some things that I thought were a little bit blissful. But, as Nuri grows bigger and bigger, it gets harder.”
“Originally, everyone doesn’t know until they try it. Recently, the number of employees has increased and the scale has grown, so I thought it would be very difficult. But are you surprised that you are doing surprisingly well?”
“I am doing my best to be good. Whoa, I’m worried that I still can’t convince the deputy chief.”
After drinking for about two hours, Siwoo Lee checked the time.
“Ah, the time has come already.”
“I know. How long has it been since I talked like this without realizing that time has passed?”
“I’m sorry, but shall we go now?”
The two of them left the izakaya and walked to the parking lot.
After receiving a cold breeze, Siwoo Lee realized that he had only talked about himself while drinking.
At the same time as feeling sorry, Siwoo suddenly became curious.
Why did Shin Ae-ra listen to her story so far?
business? Sympathy? Otherwise… … .
“Next time, tell me about your sister. Then I’ll listen to you.”
“my story? There’s nothing wrong… … .”
“Still, there are going to be difficult things. I feel like my heart has become very light after talking like this today.”
“I’m glad it was helpful.”
“So, next time, please feel free to talk to me too.”
“Fufu, okay. It’s kind of like a secret friend.”
Through this meeting, Shin Ae-ra felt that she and Lee Si-woo became even closer.
Just talking to each other was a big step forward for her.
Even when they arrived at the parking lot, Shin Ae-ra followed Lee Si-woo.
“yes? Sister, didn’t you bring your car?”
“I brought you here, but it was a waste to call a proxy. I have a day off tomorrow too, can you give me one room?”
“… There are rooms left in the dorm, are you okay?”
“yes I’m fine.”
She wanted to be with Lee Si-woo a little longer.
And I wanted to share more in-depth stories.
Even though he said it openly today, there must have been more hidden stories.
She wanted to hear all of those stories.
“After all, when I go home, I have to be alone.”
“Sister, do you live alone?”
“Yeah, I’m sleeping. I’m the famous drunken and runaway woman. Whoops.”
Shin Ae-ra was surprised even as she said it.
I never dreamed that I could make a joke like this.
That’s why I have a crush on Ishiu.
Even this feeling was very strange to her.
Needless to say, in a relationship with the opposite sex, she was the best.
A form in which others cling to themselves based only on their appearance or background.
Although she received a lot of dashes, she had no intention of dating, as she was tired of the lustful gaze.
“Do you know how to joke like that?”
“then. I am human too.”
“Is it different from what I heard?”
“What are you talking about?”
“You said your sister’s nickname is Ice Witch? Not joking, he’s a person who won’t bleed even if he stabs him.”
“… Where did you hear that?”
“secret.”
“Well… Are you the governor?”
“Didn’t we just decide to be secret friends?”
“… My sister’s eyes were so bloody that I was afraid to speak.”
“Even if you don’t say it anyway, I think you’ll know what. Are you the governor?”
His tone was still light, but with his increasingly bloody eyes, Siwoo swallowed his saliva.
‘I’m sorry, Governor. I must have been caught.’
When I first heard the rumors from him, I thought it was a joke.
Among adults, the Ice Witch and whatnot, these things are too childish.
But looking at her eyes now, I can understand their feelings for even giving them such a nickname.
“… not really?”
“Then who are you?”
“Hey, what will that person think of me if I tell you?”
“What do you think? Don’t you think he must have been a good person for giving me a chance for atonement? tell me the right thing quickly Are you the governor? You’ve never met our teammates.”
At the sight of Shin Ae-ra, who was nonchalant, Lee Si-woo smiled playfully.
She was a woman with a taste for making fun of.
In the midst of exchanging pranks for a long time, a substitute driver arrived, and the two sat side by side in the back seat.
After arriving safely at the shredding site and parking the car, Si-woo Lee said to Shin Ae-ra.
“Sister, would you like to drink some more alcohol now that this is the case?”
“great. Shall I buy you some more drinks?”
“No, it’s okay. I drink often, so there is always beer and soju in the office.”
“The president is also doing mixed drinks. It’s crazy.”
“Heh, I don’t have a friend to drink with, so I have to drink alone.”
No joke, I really didn’t have any friends to drink with.
Because of their busy lives, all of their elementary, middle, and high school alumni lost contact, and their friends from the military and college days were long gone.
Even the employees of the same age were too wide a gap in the ranks to be called friends.
Still, he was confident that he was popular among his friends, but when he became like this, it was Siwoo Lee, who for no reason was in tears.
Anyway, as he was walking with Shin Ae-ra, he saw the lights in the office turned on and tilted his head.
“CEO!”
A woman sitting in the office, Kim Jeong-nan, greeted him.
Seeing that, Siwoo smiled.
“You haven’t slept yet?”
“The president hasn’t come yet. by the way… who are you?”
“Ah, this is Team Leader Shin Ae-ra. He is the one who helped Jang Cheol-soo move this time.”
Kim Jung-nan, wearing a pajamas with a face without makeup, quickly scanned Shin Ae-ra.
“Sioux, staff?”
“yes. This is Kim Jeong-Nan, who will be in charge of Nuri’s field in the future.”
Shin Ae-ra’s eyes became sharp.
Even in front of the CEO, he was in a defenseless state of wearing pajamas, and although he had no makeup on, he had a neat face.
Shin Ae-ra put her hand to Kim Jeong-nan with a cool smile.
“My name is Shin Ae-ra.”
“seaweed… It’s fine.”
Not noticing the strange air current flowing between the two, Si-woo Lee just smiled brightly and asked Kim Jeong-nan.
“Did I come in a little late? I’m going to have a drink, would you like to eat together?”
“ah… I think I’ll have to go to bed early to go to work tomorrow.”
With those words, Kim Jong-nan left the office as if running away.
Ishiu just tilted his head.
Seeing this, Shin Ae-ra clicked her tongue inside.
It was clear to her that Kim Jeong-nan had a crush on Lee Si-woo.
What kind of employee is waiting for the CEO to come in late?
However, Siwoo Lee only opened the refrigerator door with a simple expression that he knew nothing.
‘I have no clue at all. A very bear, bear.’
When Si-woo Lee took out sweets and alcohol, Ae-ra Shin sat down.
“Sioux, have you never been in a relationship?”
“Hmm, what… I guess I have nothing to do with love.”
“Are you that famous natural monument?”
“… Don’t say anything rude, Team Leader Shin Ae-ra?”
“Hmm, will you use respectful words when you are at a disadvantage?”
“sure.”
How long has it been since you flirted and joking around like this?
Siwoo Lee was just excited because it reminded him of his college days.
Shin Ae-ra said to him who brought a paper cup and sat down.
“That employee, you are beautiful.”
“right? It is very popular among the employees.”
“How about you?”
“me? What do you mean by asking?”
“What do you think of him?”
“just… It’s an employee. What do you have room to think about? I want to take good care of it because I am one of the right people who will be responsible for Nuri’s field in the future.
“Uh-huh, I guess someone is not a mother-in-law.”
“Hmm, I don’t know why this story is like that. And I didn’t date, it’s not that I didn’t. Did you really not have time to date?
“Everyone makes excuses like that.”
“… … .”
Siwoo Lee’s head was spinning in the business part.
However, they seemed to know nothing about the feelings between men and women.
Shin Ae-ra, feeling that she had a long way to go, smiled and poured alcohol into a paper cup.
