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# 8
“Real Man” Episode 8.
That’s a lot.
As I walked while looking at the old scenery that I couldn’t see, I arrived at the market.
The long market alley was covered with translucent ceilings.
The store sign was also neatly changed.
I couldn’t see the very old market that I remembered as a child.
“It’s changed a lot.”
My mother runs a side dish shop in the market.I was worried for a long time, but it was Ki-woo.
The environment was not as bad as I thought.
In the past, I didn’t even try to find out where my mother worked.
No, maybe because it was always sunny, my mother didn’t even bring it up.
Of course, I didn’t even know the location of my mother’s store.
It comes down only once or twice a year. I only remembered staying for a while and going up.
Yoo Hyun walked along the alleyway, examining the clothes of the merchants.
When I walked halfway, I saw a side dish shop on the left side.
There was a mother with a red hood on her head.
My mother was talking to the lady next door with a very bright expression.
Then a customer came.
“Oh, it’s delicious.There are people who haven’t eaten it yet, but there’s no one who hasn’t eaten it before.I’m telling you the truth. Hohohohohoh.”
When the mother spoke generously, the customer eventually picked up the side dish pack that the mother recommended.
“I bought it because I had a good impression.I’ll trust you.”
“Well, of course.I’ve never lied before.Okay. Thank you.Enjoy your meal.”
A smile was built around Yoo Hyun’s mouth, who was watching from afar.
It was a different appearance of my mother.
In Yoo Hyun’s memory, there was only a mother who always drank tea with dignity.
My mother worked really well.
How can he do that?
Yoohyeon was suddenly proud of his mother.
With that feeling, I decided to take the risk of awkwardness and come forward.
It was an act that I would never have done before.
Yoo-hyun, who approached her, coughed in front of his mother, who was putting the money she received from a customer in a small bag full of her waist.
“Hmmm. Can I have a look, too?”
“Yes, of course, sir. Huh? Yoohyeon, what are you doing here?”
Yoo-hyun sent a gentle smile to his surprised mother.
“Just. I had some free time, so I stopped by.”
“Oh, Yeonhee’s son?”
At that time, the donut shop lady next to her approached her mother and asked.
“Sure, my wonderful son.Yoohyeon, say hello to your aunt.”
“Hello, I’m Han Yoo-hyun.”
“Oh my, oh my. How can he be so cool?He has long legs and fair skin.You look like a celebrity.”
“Thank you. Your aunt is really beautiful, too.”
Yoo Hyun suddenly became friendly when she replied with a hospitality smile.
The aunt made a fuss by slapping her mother on the shoulder.
“Oh, you speak beautifully, too.
“It’s true.”
“Hooray.”
Yoo Hyun’s appearance must have felt fresh.
The lady kept looking at Yoo-hyun up and down while talking.
At the sight, his mother smiled and smoothed Yoo-hyun’s back to see if he was in a good mood.
Such a mother’s touch made me feel good.
If I knew you liked it this much, I would have come to see you earlier.
Regret flooded in.
Yoo-hyun quickly observed the surroundings and raised the topic at an appropriate time.
“This is…”
“Oh, you have a good eye.”
Then, a friendly atmosphere was created so that even the ladies of other stores gathered.
It was natural that the mother and the lady next door, who were at the center of the conversation, felt better.
Yoo-hyun also felt joy when he saw his half-moon-shaped mother’s smile with her eyes.
I also found it fun to chat with people like this for the first time.
At the height of the conversation, customers came in.
It’s time to leave now.
“Mother, I’ll be on my way then.”
“Yes, Hyuna.Meet your friends well.”
“It’s too bad.Yoo Hyun, have a safe trip.”
“Yes, auntie. The donuts were so delicious.I’ll see you again.”
Yoo Hyun, who greeted her, turned around.
Just as I walked a few steps, I heard a donut lady’s voice from behind.
“Yeon-hee’s son is so much fun and cool.Oh, I envy you.”
“Hey, it’s too airplane-burning. Don’t do that.”
“It’s true.”
Why is it that I can picture my mother’s smiling face in my head even though I didn’t look back?
A deep smile was built around Yoohyeon’s mouth.
There’s time left before the appointment.
The next place Yoohyeon went was his father’s factory located on the outskirts.
The factory, which he thought was doomed, was returning to his father’s efforts.
Considering that it was not in Yoohyeon’s memory, it didn’t seem to work out in the end.
When I arrived at the factory site, I saw a pile of red bricks on one side.
Suddenly, the old memories hidden in Yoohyeon’s head came to mind.
The red brick made in the factory was Yoohyeon’s toy.
I used to stack them one by one to make a space larger than my height.
My father didn’t scold Yoo-hyun like that.
Rather, I used to help with my work clothes.
My uncles also played with Yoo-hyun.
It’s a very good memory.
As a child, Yoo-hyun was very proud of his father.
It was a dream to be like a father.
My father appeared when I was looking at the factory from a distance.
Next to him, a young man who looked young drew his father’s arm.
“Sir, we don’t have time.We have to go quickly.”
“Okay! You punk.Don’t worry, there’s nothing to be impatient about.”
“Well, it’s because it’s an important order.”
“Yes, yes. Let’s go.”
The father followed the young man into the seat next to the blue truck.
Since the house collapsed, Yoo Hyun’s father has always looked like a loser.
He was always looking down at his son, even at home.
There has been no conversation with Yoo-hyun since several friction.
Crucially, there has been no communication at all since my mother passed away.
My father doesn’t see that at all now.
The luxury car I remember as a child turned into a blue truck, but my father’s generous smile remained the same.
Yoo Hyun looked up at the sky for a moment.
Maybe it wasn’t him who made his father so weak.
Wouldn’t it have changed if I listened to my father’s voice a little more and trusted him?
I clenched my lips with a sudden thought.
a roar of laughter
The car moved away from where Yoohyeon was.
I wanted to say hello to my father, but the opportunity was postponed to the next time.
Nevertheless, Yoo-hyun’s expression showed no signs of disappointment.
“There’s another chance.”
Yoo Hyun turned with a generous heart.
On the way to the promised pub, an elementary school appeared.
A four-story building made of red bricks made by my father’s factory and a round playground in front of it.
It was exactly the way I remembered it.
Friends who were in the same class in the sixth grade continued until high school.
Kim Hyun-soo, Kang Jun-ki, and Ha Jun-seok.
Especially, I thought I would stay with these three until I died.
“I’m the one who stopped contacting you first.”
I didn’t mean to avoid it.
I was busy studying for a job, and when I entered the company, I was busy with my work.
I couldn’t attend the meeting often because of one excuse or another, and I naturally moved away as it was repeated.
It was not easy to meet again because they lived different lives.
In particular, I remember when I couldn’t go to Kim Hyun-soo’s mother’s funeral and when I couldn’t go to Kang Joon-ki’s wedding.
I made an excuse for being busy working overtime on a business trip, but now that I think about it, I could have gone.
In the end, the reason why I couldn’t go was not because of the company, but because of my own greed.
While I was thinking about this and that, I arrived at the pub.
Perhaps because I stopped by after graduating from high school, the signboard remained in my memory.
with a squeaking
When I opened the door and entered, I saw the bustling interior.
‘Where is it? He said he came in first…….’
At that time, someone called Yoo-hyun, who was looking around.
“Hey, Han Yoo Hyun.What are you doing?”
“Huh? Oh, I was thinking about something else for a second.”
“I thought you forgot our faces because you didn’t see us at all.”
“No way.”
Yoo-hyun sat down with a smile.
There were three people sitting in the seats.
However, the image that came to mind and the face cannot be matched.
Was Hyunsoo that skinny?’
Kim Hyun-soo, who remains in memory, is so different from now.
The same goes for Kang Joon-ki and Ha Joon-seok.
It’s so different from the face afterwards.
If I didn’t see the pictures I took with my friends when I was young at home, I would have been excitedly beaten.
It was really young.
I suddenly feel like I’m back 20 years ago.
It’s definitely different from when I said hello on the phone.
Can it be mixed? I even think like this.
“Why are you thinking like that?Don’t tell me you’re losing weight because you’re studying again, right?”
“Of course not.Pour me a drink.”
The beer poured into Yoo Hyun’s glass.
“Now, cheers to the whole nation!”
Chaeng.
A toast, a drink without a drink.
When the glass is filled, it is busy emptying.
The old music I haven’t heard in a long time and the young appearance of my friends I haven’t seen in a long time excited Yoo Hyun.
The idea that it would be awkward quickly disappeared as if the beer bubble had disappeared.
It was also a sign that the mental age would not fit.
When I decided to drink alcohol, it couldn’t be so good to think of the way back in the old days.
Yoo-hyun liked the story of his friends by clapping seals.
“Really, awesome.I remember, too.Jun-seok’s tteokbokki came out of his nose. How many years ago was that?
“It’s only been two years.”
“Huh? That’s right. That’s right.I think it’s been exactly 20 years.Well, let’s have a national drink.”
My heart ached.
[Laughing]
The carbonation with a wide nose naturally exclaimed.
I used to only drink high-end spirits, but now this beer can’t be that good.
You must have waited a long time for this drinking place without thinking.
Suddenly, I remembered the lonely past, or future, when I was drinking alone.
In fact, there were so many opportunities to drink at work.
However, for Yoo-hyun, who was running for success, unnecessary drinking was meaningless.
Yoo-hyun chose to work while chatting with people.
I just climbed and climbed without knowing that the scenery of the top alone was ephemeral.
Feeling frustrated, Yoo-hyun gulped down the glass.
Alcohol certainly had the power to relax.
“Why is it so delicious?”
“LOL, Yoo Hyun, why are you so happy? Did you get a job?”
“No, I’m looking into it.”
Maybe it’s because I’m just getting ready for society.
The topic of conversation immediately shifted to employment.
“Hyun, where are you going?”
“He studied well, so he’ll go on his own.”Why don’t we go to Ilsung or Hansung?”
Yoo Hyun, who went far to study, must have looked great to his friends.
I knew something was wrong.
“Hey, can’t you go to a foreign company?”
“We’ll see.”
It would have been difficult if it were Yoohyeon in the past, but it is different now.
Is it just a foreign company?
Honestly, with Yoo Hyun’s skills now, he could enter any company even if he received an academic penalty.
Since English is also certain, it was possible to join global companies such as Google and Microsoft.
No, you can start a company.
He has experience in building up, and he knows what stocks are promising in the future.
Knowing some policy changes, it could be fun to set up a venture company and raise it well.
If you don’t want to work, you don’t have to.
It would take time because I don’t have a lot of money, but I could have made money through investment.
nevertheless.
A decision had already been made in Yoo-hyun’s mind.
Hansung.
The biggest reason is to correct one’s mistakes.
But it wasn’t simply because of that.
‘Cause it was fun.’
Looking back, it was really fun.
It was good to see myself growing day by day.
In addition, it was really good that the results he made were recognized in the world through a large company called Hansung.
The pleasure of beating the competitor and taking a step ahead made Yoo Hyun move nonstop like a drug.
But I knew better than anyone that the end was not good.