Real Man

Chapter 84

The next day, Yoo-hyun went to the company and immediately printed out his employment certificate.

Then he went straight to Oh Jae Hwan, the team leader.

“Team leader, I’m taking a vacation today.”

“What? Do you have something urgent again?”

“Yes.”

As Yoo-hyun said that, Oh Jae Hwan snorted as if he was incredulous.

He soon looked at Yoo-hyun with a venomous glare.

He was about to unleash his sarcasm when Park Seung Woo, the assistant manager, intervened and bowed his waist.

“Team leader, I gave him permission.”

“What are you doing?”

“This guy has a really important thing to do today. Hehe.”

He rubbed his hands and caught Oh Jae Hwan’s gaze, then winked at Yoo-hyun.

‘Go quickly.’

After Kim Hyun Min, the deputy manager, it was Park Seung Woo, the assistant manager.

Yoo-hyun was very grateful.

“It will be over today. I’ll let you know in advance next time.”

So he bowed more politely to Oh Jae Hwan.

The place where Yoo-hyun headed right away was the bank.

It was to prepare the money that Kim Hyun Soo needed.

In the past, he had enough money to save, but now he had no choice but to borrow from the bank.

It was a hard thing for Kim Hyun Soo, but it was not difficult for Yoo-hyun.

Yoo-hyun had a solid credit from Hansung Electronics.

Ding dong.

“Customer number 128.”

Yoo-hyun sat down in the seat where his number was called.

He looked up at the bank clerk in front of him.

It was a skinny man with round horn-rimmed glasses.

-Bank of Seoul ClerK Eun Jong Ho 

As soon as he saw the name tag on his chest, a man’s face popped up in Yoo-hyun’s head.

The face of a chubby middle-aged man without glasses overlapped with the face of the young man in front of him.

Eun Jong Ho, the branch manager who had been in charge of Vice President Han Yoo-hyun in the past, opened his mouth.

“Nice to meet you, customer.”

“Yes, nice to meet you.”

Yoo-hyun smiled slightly.

It was because of the conversations he had exchanged with him in the past.

What would young Eun Jong Ho look like?

“A loan? Oh, you’re from Hansung Electronics. Please wait a moment.”

Eun Jong Ho took Yoo-hyun’s ID card and employment certificate and raised his eyebrows quickly, then smiled brightly.

He didn’t have his usual arrogance, but his friendly tone was unchanged from then or now.

“How much do you want?”

“Here.”

“Oh, you’ve already filled it out. You’re fast.”

He still had his cunning side.

If it were his personality, he would have made a fuss at this point.

“Are you buying a house or a car? Can I ask where you’re using it?”

“…”

As expected.

He used to be careful with his words when he dealt with Yoo-hyun, who was the vice president back then, but he showed his true colors to the new employee in front of him.

If you just look at the characteristics listed, he was close to being disqualified as a trading partner.

Of course, he had his merits too.

The most appealing thing was that he put the customer’s interests first.

Thanks to the advanced information he gave him, Yoo-hyun also had some fun.

Yoo-hyun shook his head as he recalled his past self who was intoxicated by money and success.

“Ah, I’m just curious because you don’t seem to have been working for long. You don’t have to answer me.”

“I’m lending some money to a friend.”

“Ah… A friend. Your friend must need money urgently.”

It sounded like he was just asking, but he looked very sorry.

Then he pulled his chair closer and pressed his chest against the edge of the table.

He leaned forward and looked at Yoo-hyun as if he was going to scold him.

“Yes. Very urgently.”

“Hmm… I shouldn’t say this, but I don’t know if I can ask you. Can I say it?”

“Please do.”

“Yes. If I may be nosy, it’s better not to do money transactions between friends. You might lose your friend and your money that way.”

“I’m thinking of lending it as if I’m losing it.”

Yoo-hyun said without hesitation.

That’s what he really thought.

He asked back.

“Isn’t that too much? Is your friend worth that much?”

“Yes. Of course.”

As Yoo-hyun smiled brightly, Eun Jong Ho tried to say something more, but just scratched his head.

“Ah, I just said that in case you regret it later.”

“I think I’ll regret it if I don’t lend it.”

“I see. That’s possible too.”

He said that, but he looked like he didn’t understand at all.

Yoo-hyun didn’t want to force his thoughts on him.

Everyone has their own life.

When the loan work was almost done, Yoo-hyun handed him a paper with an account number on it.

“Please put the money I borrowed here right away.”

It was Kim Hyun Soo’s account number that he found out through Park Young Hoon.

He said he was sending a lot of money at once, and Yoo-hyun’s words came to his mind again.

He looked at Yoo-hyun once and asked.

“Here? Really?”

“Yes. Please do that.”

“Yes.”

“The rest of the money goes here.”

What Yoo-hyun told him next was the investment account that he had asked Park Young Hoon to trade.

Of course, it was under Yoo-hyun’s name.

“Yes, it’s been processed well.”

But he still seemed to not understand, and he kept licking his lips.

Yoo-hyun chuckled and got up from his seat.

“Thank you.”

“Yes. Go ahead.”

Yoo-hyun bowed politely and turned around.

His steps were unusually light.

In fact, he invested himself while lending money to Kim Hyun Soo.

He didn’t want to make a lot of money.

He just wanted to get back at least the money he gave to Kim Hyun Soo.

He didn’t want to live in debt at least.

It was just the minimum.

Money was a later problem.

He lost everything because of that damn money.

It wasn’t time yet, he judged.

Seoul was crowded even on weekdays during the day.

The place where Yoo-hyun went as soon as he stepped foot was Myeongdong.

Yoo-hyun entered a cafe in a corner of the alley.

Ding.

The bell that rang every time he opened the wooden door was not much different from 10 years ago.

-I really liked this bell sound. It feels old-fashioned but also sophisticated.

Someone in the past loved the coffee that the owner gave him.

Yoo-hyun, who received coffee from the younger owner than before, sat in the corner seat where he and she often sat.

The interior had changed, but the layout was the same.

“It’s a shame.”

It would be enough if you were here.

Yoo-hyun took a sip of coffee and looked at the empty chair across from him.

He had his first date here, but he also had his first fight here.

Thinking about it, it was a bitter memory like coffee.

Still, he wanted to go back to those days.

If he went back?

Just as he made a different choice for Kim Hyun Soo, he wanted to show her a different side of him.

So he wanted to restore their relationship that had gone wrong.

As he had promised at first.

He didn’t see her anywhere until his coffee cup was almost empty.

It was natural.

There are so many coffee shops in Seoul, why would she come here?

Yoo-hyun just came here because of his memories with her.

He didn’t have any other places to go to find her, except here.

He was about to put the cold coffee cup to his mouth again.

Jiiing.

The phone on the wooden table rang.

It was Kim Hyun Soo’s number.

“Hey, Hyun Soo.”

-This is not right, Yoo-hyun.

He knew what he was talking about, but Yoo-hyun pretended not to know.

“What?”

-What do you mean what? This money.

“Oh, you said you would invest and pay it back. So I sent it in advance.”

-Hey! Does that make sense?

Yoo-hyun briefly took his ear off the phone and then held it again.

“What doesn’t make sense? Did you think I was going to rip you off?”

-No, that’s not it…

“Then just take it.”

-Why? Why should I take it? Tell me your account number.

You ignorant kid.

He knew this would happen.

He said this while knowing that it wasn’t the time to be proud.

“Just keep it or throw it away.”

-What?

“Hyun Soo, I know how you feel, but just swallow your pride and take it. You need money. I don’t need this money, what’s wrong with using it for a while?”

-But… this is too much.

The money Yoo-hyun sent was 30 million won.

It was a large amount, but it was not a pity for Yoo-hyun at all.

“Just put it away. If you really want to, you can pay me back. Just finish your surgery well, let Hyun Sik study comfortably, and that’s all you need.”

-…

“Hyun Soo, I’m going to take that money. I’ll definitely get it back. You know what I mean?”

-Yeah… Thank you. I’ll pay you back no matter what happens to me.

Yoo-hyun scratched his ear with a sheepish feeling.

“Kid. Why are you yelling and hurting my ears?”

-Hey, that, that’s…

“That’s enough. You must have closed your car center to take care of your mother, so give a heads up to your regulars.”

-Huh?

“Tell them honestly what’s going on.”

Kim Hyun Soo hesitated at Yoo-hyun’s words.

-I just didn’t want to burden them…

“I know. You have to work again when your mother recovers.”

-Thank you so much. Really…

“I’m going to hang up if you keep saying that.”

-No, I’m just so grateful…

Yoo-hyun just hung up on him.

He remembered him staying at his mother’s funeral hall all day long in the past.

He felt like he had paid off some of the debt in his heart that he had always had.

I hope his mother’s surgery goes well.

Jiing. Jiing.

The phone rang again right away.

Yoo-hyun thought about not answering it, but pressed the call button.

That’s when Yoo-hyun’s eyes caught the wooden wall on the left.

It was a wall full of graffiti.

-The fate of the other person is connected by a red thread.

It was not the handwriting that caught his mind, but the phrase itself.

It was a phrase he had heard many times before.

Yoo-hyun moved his eyes down a little more.

That was the moment.

“…I’ll call you later.”

-Yoo-hyun!

Thud.

Yoo-hyun hung up the phone right away.

Nothing else came into his eyes right now.

Only the signature that was scribbled in front of him filled his pupils.

“Sure.”

A signature that made the Chinese character da (多) into a half-heart shape.

It was exactly the same as the cupid arrow that was stuck diagonally.

-It’s a signature I made when I was young. I wanted to change it, but I got attached to it.

On the first date with her.

She left a signature on this wall and said that.

A thick smile appeared on Yoo-hyun’s lips.

…

A few days later.

Yoo-hyun was standing in the lobby on the first floor of Hansung Tower.

Since some time ago, Yoo-hyun went down to the lobby every time the morning part meeting was over.

He didn’t go there just because he was bored.

There was definitely a reason, and today was no exception.

The reception desk clerk, who was now familiar enough, greeted Yoo-hyun first.

“You came again? Do you have a meeting to wait for today?”

“Hello. I have to look for it.”

“I hope you have one.”

“Me too.”

Yoo-hyun greeted him and stood next to him, looking at the TV screen.