Chapter 9
engine start
“sorry. manager.”
“no no. If you are not feeling well, you should rest at home. It’s not like Assistant Manager Kim makes this kind of request often. Get some rest.”
When I woke up in the morning, my whole body ached.
It’s not a cold, it’s the aftereffects of working out hard.
“Throw this away, this too… … It has a lot of mold on it.”
In the morning, I rested, and in the afternoon, I started packing up my belongings to move to the semi-basement house.
clothes from a year ago.
There were so many clothes that had changed color.
It’s a semi-basement house full of various bugs, but I was very attached to it when I was about to leave.
A precious nest where I stayed when it was really hard to eat and live.
It was nice to be cool when I came home from part-time jobs and hard work in the summer.
It was cold in the winter, but I was able to survive with several layers of bubble wrap and cut boxes and pasted them on the windows.
“after… … When I organize it, I don’t have a lot of luggage.”
I didn’t call the movers.
There was no usable furniture, except for a few clothes and a computer that I used to put on the dining table.
I lived without a washing machine or refrigerator on a single gas burner, so I lived very lightly.
“Customer, we have brought the vehicle to the place you said.”
“yes.”
After receiving a call from a car salesperson, I went out to the main road nearby.
A car that cannot be received in front of a house in an alley.
It was a vehicle worth more than 400 million won, so of course it was in a car carrier.
How beautiful the white car looks.
“Wow. It kills the car.”
“what. how much is it?”
“It’s a Ferrari. That’s over 400 million unconditionally.”
Even people passing by were looking at my car.
Ferrari 458 Italia.
A price of 490 million won including options.
I learned new things from the salesperson on how to start the engine, shift gears, and read the instrument panel.
There was a difference because it was a sports car, not a regular car, and it was also a Ferrari.
In the meantime, I lived while saving 10,000 won, but I ended up spending really outrageously.
It was the same when waiting for the price of Bitcoin to rise, but it was a vehicle that needed the heart of the beast to purchase.
‘When you’re young, even if it’s 1km, run more. That’s what’s left.’
Is it because of the divorce?
I think I realized the preciousness of life.
* * *
Han Chae-won was determined to return to work after three months.
‘I have to step on that person first in order to have a corporate life.’
There are many uncomfortable things for couples in the company, but just thinking about divorced couples working at the same company was terrifying.
‘I should have made up my mind a little harder.’
From around the time the marriage relationship deteriorated, he abused his wife, spread rumors to the company that he had another woman, was suspicious, and had a broken personality.
“Whoa, I don’t want to go home. You know my husband, right?”
“Are you Deputy Manager Kim from the sales team?”
“At first, I thought he was kind and quiet, but I don’t know how terrible people can be.”
“yes?”
“If he doesn’t like it, he throws anything and breaks it. I don’t know how to control my anger. I hit my brother-in-law before we got married. The next day after hitting me, I knelt down and prayed.”
“I thought you were a calm person. Did that happen?”
“I knew I had bad hand habits. I thought it would be fixed, but now it’s up to me… … Black.”
“Han Chae-won, please don’t cry.”
From co-workers to bosses at work.
The support team worked hard to spread bad rumors, but it seems that it was not enough.
I thought it would be hard to endure because there are about 100 employees.
‘It’s about going to the company persistently. Heck, he’s a dirt spoon among dirt spoons, so it’s probably because he has nowhere to go when he leaves the company.’
Han Chae-won admitted that she looked down on her ex-husband. And while I was reinstated, I kept looking for opportunities.
Annual ophthalmology conference.
An important event where ophthalmologists from all over the country gather and even professors from university hospitals attend.
“Is there a hotel reservation near KINTEX?”
“We have 60 rooms and 50 suites in deluxe class.”
“Check the opening hours of the restaurant carefully. check the bus Leave enough space so that close friends don’t burn each other. Director Choi at the Seoul Eye Clinic, you know he doesn’t like the finest omakase, right?”
“yes. In addition, I asked for fish species that suit my taste.”
The support team, technical team, and sales team were putting their heads together to prepare for the conference.
Starting with academic materials within conferences, and promoting our own medical devices.
Doctors prepare everything to eat, drink, and sleep.
In some provinces, sales staff decided to rent a vehicle that could use the bus lanes to bring doctors down.
The company’s spending is large, but it’s a chance to definitely take a picture of the eyes of the professors and local hospital directors at the conference.
“The company isn’t always busy. German executives are also attending this event, so please pay attention so that it goes smoothly.”
“yes. Director.”
By the time the meeting was over, it was close to work time.
“Thank you all for your hard work. I finish work quickly today and leave early.”
“Yes, sir. thank you for your effort.”
after a long meeting.
Han Chae-won confirmed that there was no ex-husband and asked the sales team.
“Why didn’t Assistant Manager Kim Shin come? It’s because we broke up. We decided to keep our work and private feelings separate.”
When creating an atmosphere to tease Kim Shin even slightly.
Team leader Seo of the technical team, who was collecting the materials left on the desk, said.
“When I asked during the break on the roof, it seemed that he didn’t go to work because he was feeling a little sick.”
“Did you?”
“yes. I said I was going to write an annual leave today. Just because it’s not enough to pay sick leave. Manager Kim is so sincere. Maybe I’m not very well. Because I am a person who works hard at work.”
Team leader Seo of the technical team and team leader Ahn of the sales team wrapped around each other one after another.
“I see.”
Han Chae-won hid her expression of regret and stepped back.
* * *
‘There’s nothing as sad as being sick when I’m alone.’
When Jo Soo-ah heard that Kim Shin was ill, he became restless.
I heard from the team leader that it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but I watched the past four years.
I was a person who rode a bicycle to work even though my fever rose to 39 degrees due to body aches.
After all, it was when she made a big mistake when she was a new employee, so I remembered the memory of working overtime with her sick body all night.
“Mr. Jong-yeop.”
“Yes?”
“Why don’t we buy abalone porridge and bring it to Manager Kim?”
“… … ?”
Lee Jong-yeop had excellent work skills in the sales team, but he was quick to notice.
‘Is this a green light?’
The manager is a divorced man.
Jo Soo-ah too.
In any case, he said, thinking that it was not his part to interfere.
“Sua, do you know where the assistant manager lives?”
“It’s Guro. When I went to Busan, I went to a pickup nearby. I don’t even know how to get home.”
“okay? I’ll send a text message to the manager first.”
Lee Jong-yeop took out his cell phone and texted Kim Shin that he was going to visit the hospital with Jo Soo-ah.
-Kim Shin: Yes?
I saw the text and there was no answer for more than a minute.
and texts arrived.
-Kim Shin: Okay. Great. I’ll send you the address.
After work, I took the address Kim Shin gave me on my navigation system and arrived at an area where old multi-family houses are concentrated.
“Looks like it’s around here.”
Multi-family houses, all with a similar old brick finish.
Even with the map app turned on, I was able to get there after wandering a few times.
“Sir!”
Coincidentally, I saw Kim Shin coming out of the stairs leading to the semi-basement with his head bowed so as not to bump his head.
“Did you really come this far?”
“Is your body okay?”
“yes. I honestly wasn’t sick. I’m sorry you came here.”
Lee Jong-yeop saw Jo Soo-ah put on a visibly relieved expression.
‘I think it’s a green light.’
It is certain according to his dating career that women have not stopped since elementary school.
“I’ve come this far, but there’s nothing to see, but would you like to come and see me when I get home? It can be a little dirty.”
“Yes. it’s okay.”
“Can I really take a look at the house?”
Kim Shin led the two into a semi-basement room.
After passing through the narrow stairs, where you have to bow your head to enter, you come to an ambiguous space where the kitchen, bathroom, and living room are mixed.
There was an old, small sink and a faucet where you could wash yourself.
“It was originally a place where briquettes were piled up, so it’s made of cement.”
Shin Kim briefly explained the structure of the house.
The faces of the two hardened as they looked much more shabby than expected.
It was the first time in my life to see the semi-basement.
‘Did the manager live in a place like this? Semi-basement, I’ve only heard of it. It’s really the worst here.’
‘So you lived here alone after getting divorced.’
Aside from everything else, the stench continued.
Kim Shin explained the reason.
“It’s not the smell from the house, it’s because there’s a sewer nearby. It looks like the sewer pipe is leaking somewhere. I can’t help it.”
Kim Shin showed me the room.
There were traces of mold or dead insects on the walls, corners of the floor, and even the ceiling.
In the center was a box with old items piled up.
“… … .”
Tears welled up in Jo Soo-ah’s eyes as she looked around the semi-basement.
I had been to a nearby subway station on my way down to Busan. I didn’t know where Kim Shin lived.
Compared to the life she had lived, this was a really bad environment.
“Did you buy porridge to eat me?”
“yes.”
“I see. Jong-yeop, I’m moving. Can you help me? All you need is a few boxes.”
“Yes. Deputy.”
“I will help too.”
Lee Jong-yeop and Jo Soo-ah carried the box outside.
Put items you no longer use in large garbage bags and take them outside.
“student. Thank you for living in my house. Only good things will happen in the future.”
“Thank you for taking care of me. Thanks to my grandmother, I was able to get along well until now.”
I saw the landlord grandmother and Shin Kim parting with tears and trembling voices.
Jo Soo-ah had been crying a little since earlier, and even Lee Jong-yeop had a cold nose for no reason.
“Sir. I brought my car, and I’ll take it to the house I’m moving into.”
“Thank you, but it’s okay. I have a car too.”
“Did you rent a car to move? tell me.”
“Nope. I picked one this time. You can go this way.”
Carrying the boxes taken out from the semi-basement with the two of them, one by one, and moving.
In the parking lot they arrived at, there was a Ferrari emitting a pure white glow.
“Wow. It kills the car.”
Lee Jong-yeop said without realizing it, but quickly shut his mouth.
I saw Kim Shin living in a semi-basement.
Kim Shin walked and opened the trunk of the white Ferrari.
“… … ?”
“… … ?”
The two stared blankly at the surreal scene.
“Jongyeop-ah, Joo-ah. Box this way.”
“yes?”
“Yes Yes.”
Loading into the trunk of the Ferrari.
Lee Jong-yeop couldn’t stand it and asked.
“Captain, is this the car you picked out?”
“yes. it’s okay?”
Is Ferrari okay?
Isn’t it the same car as the romance that office workers can’t ride even if they give it to them?
“Thank you for helping me move. Since you came this far, would you like to go to my house?”
“Sure.”
“But only one person can ride.”
Lee Jong-yeop really wanted to ride a Ferrari. Isn’t a sports car the best toy for a man? However, I felt that I had to quit now.
“I will follow from behind.”
I really made concessions with tears in my eyes.
Shin Kim got into the white Ferrari and started it.
With Clarala!
A high-revving exhaust sound that announces its presence just by sound came out.