Episode 1506. But why in the bookstore?
Yeonjeokha and Christie headed to a fast food restaurant near the bookstore.
Since it was midday I thought a restaurant was a bit out of place so I went to a fast food restaurant.
The place the two went to was Gonggongdaewang (功夫大王) a famous healthy fast food restaurant.
Christy walked to the unmanned ordering machine and spoke as if explaining.
“It’s a local restaurant founded by King Gonggu in Sibeon City. However because it is a healthy food with excellent taste and hygiene it has now become a global brand. “They say it has expanded into Hong Kong Taiwan and even Korea.”
After ordering from the unmanned ordering machine and taking a seat a serving robot brought the food shortly after.
After all the food was taken out the serving robot returned to the kitchen.
I watched carefully from the time I ordered to the time the food came out.
I’ve seen fast food restaurants in passing but this is my first time actually going in.
He drilled into his head the process from ordering to food coming out.
Then suddenly I had a question so I opened my mouth.
“You said you had to use a card to order… but can’t you order with cash?”
“Of course not. Who carries cash these days? “Don’t you have a card for your brother?”
“uh.”
“Hmm then there will be a lot of trouble. “Ask your dad to make you a card.”
“Is it easy to make?”
“If you just have an ID they’ll make it for you right? Isn’t it? Should I have a job?”
“Don’t you have a job yet?”
I stared at Christy who was crying.
I heard that as soon as she graduated from the University of Hong Kong she returned home.
“Oh my dad made one for me because he lives abroad.”
“aha.”
She nodded and reached out her hand for the food.
The real meal began.
The conversation between the two continued while they were eating.
Mostly Yeonjeokha would answer Christie’s questions but sometimes Yeonjeokha would ask questions.
As we were finishing the meal Christy spoke in passing.
“What are you going to do after dinner? If we have nowhere else to go how about we watch a movie together?”
“I’m going to go to the bookstore again.”
“I guess you like books?”
“at all.”
Yeon Jeok-ha was disgusted and shook his head.
Do you like books?
Just hearing it makes me feel like three or four caterpillars are sticking to my skin.
“But why in the bookstore?”
“I need to know at least what kind of world I will live in.”
“Wow! He’s very philosophical. “I think you really like books.”
“What is philosophy?”
“Well are you pursuing something metaphysical?”
“I have to say it easily. “It’s more difficult.”
“In other words you like things you can’t see.”
“I don’t really like ghosts or anything like that?”
“Not like that. It’s like an idea. For example how to live with ideal dream love? There are many things like that.”
Even as she spoke Christy thought Yeon Jeok-ha was truly strange.
She certainly seemed to have deep thoughts but when you looked at her she was childish like a child.
‘No but is there anyone who doesn’t know what philosophy is?’
Aren’t people usually equipped with that level of concept even after graduating from elementary school?
Of course you may not know what the philosophers were arguing.
However even the ignorant will know the meaning of philosophy.
When I think about it I knew so little compared to the depth of my thoughts.
It was like that just a moment ago.
If you are an adult you probably know at least how to make a credit card.
But he didn’t know.
It is said that he has a memory or mental problem so the words that followed are natural.
‘Why?’
Something incomprehensible tickled my mind as if it was coming to mind.
But she couldn’t focus on her own thoughts.
This is because a young lady in a black suit walked over and stood next to the table.
Christy’s heart sank as she unconsciously looked up at the woman.
The woman who suddenly approached her was so sophisticated and beautiful that even other women would admire her.
‘What kind of situation is this again?’
Christy who unknowingly recalled the love triangle in the TV drama frowned at her.
At that time Lim Cho-yeon the woman in her suit spoke politely.
“Mr. Yeon Jeok-ha Jin So-hyang I need you to give me some time.”
Yeon Jeok-ha who saw Lim Cho-yeon took notice of her.
“ah! “That public security girl at the police station back then?”
“I’m not a lady I’m a sergeant. “Can we sit together for a moment?”
At that moment Christy who was offended by her words that she was Jin Sohyang asked coldly.
“My name is Christie not Jin So-hyang. “But what is this about?”
“Oh I guess she used an English name while studying in Hong Kong. However not only I but all public police will call Ms. Christie Jin So-hyang. If he wants to be called Christie he can change his name to Mr. Sohyang Jin.”
Lim Cho-yeon said she didn’t like the other person but she repeatedly used the name Jin So-hyang.
For a moment a spark seemed to fly between Christy and Lim Cho-yeon.
Christy spoke in a polite calm voice.
“You haven’t told me what’s going on yet.”
“They both visited Baeju Daegok yesterday afternoon. I have a few questions regarding that matter. Shall we continue our conversation at the police station? Or should we do it here?”
“Please sit down.”
With her words Christy moved inside.
Lim Cho-yeon naturally sat in the seat given by Christie as if she were a member of her group.
Yeon Jeok-ha who was accustomed to killing and killing calmly looked out her window.
In contrast Christy’s expression who had been kidnapped hardened slightly.
Lim Cho-yeon placed her cell phone on her table and continued her speech.
“From now on I will be recording the conversation between you two. Now let’s start the conversation. Ms. Jin So-hyang….”
At that moment Christy cut her off.
“My name is Christy. “Even though I know if you keep calling me Jin So-hyang I won’t answer.”
Lim Cho-yeon glanced at Jin So-hyang but since she needed her cooperation she passed by.
“All right. Ms. Jinani Christie is the daughter of Jin Gwa-wol Vice President of Hongryun Store. And Mr. Yeon Jeok-ha is staying at the Hongryun Store as a guest of Vice President Jin Gwa-wol. Is that correct?”
“yes.”
Christy answered calmly.
She nodded as if it was true.
“In short both of them are related to Hongryun Store. However Baeju Daegok which the two visited is a rival company to Hongryun Store. Before the visit the two people had no contact with Baeju Daegok. Why did you suddenly visit Baeju Daegok? And who did you meet at Baeju Daegok?”
Christy glanced at Yeonjeokha and was the first to open her mouth.
“Well… to tell you the truth I didn’t visit Baeju Daegok.”
“Christy was captured on CCTV leaving the main gate of Baeju Daegok at 3pm yesterday. How do you explain that?”
“The day before yesterday she was kidnapped while returning home after meeting a friend from her hometown. “From there I was immediately taken to a bar in Mojeon-gu.”
“She was kidnapped? who? why?”
“I don’t know. Because they didn’t tell me. They locked me up for a day and monitored me. The next day I drank bottled water and fell asleep… When I opened my eyes I found myself in the Baeju Daegok president’s office. There I met a person named Vice President. After saying that it was the boss who kidnapped me and that he was sorry he let me go. “It was probably taken when I left Baeju Daegok that day.”
“Is this the vice president you met that day?”
Lim Cho-yeon took out a photo from her arms and held it out.
Christy who identified the face of the man in the photo nodded his head.
“that’s right. “This person sent me.”
“You said it was the boss who kidnapped Mr. Christie?”
“yes.”
“Did you by any chance see President Mahwa-dong there?”
“no. “There was only the vice president an old man and a man called the head of the security team.”
“All right. thank you Now I will ask Mr. Yeon Jeok-ha. Mr. Yeon Jeok-ha why did you go to Baeju Daegok yesterday?”
“I heard he kidnapped Christie in Daegok Baeju. “I went to her to ask her to release her.”
“….”
At his answer Lim Cho-yeon was speechless for a moment.
Finally she said.
“Baeju Daegok is a company created by Jangnakbang the center of black society. Are you saying she was kidnapped in a place like that and she went to ask for her release?”
“We have to break even so we should at least talk about it.”
“Hmm! I thought you were just showing off your side but you have great chivalry. So have you met anyone in charge of Baeju Daegok?”
“yes.”
“Who have you met?”
“The security team leader advisor to the president and vice president.”
“You must have gone without an appointment but you managed to meet them? Did they just let you go at the entrance?”
Lim Cho-yeon thought he was bluffing because it was in front of Christie.
This is because based on common sense there was no reason to meet him in Jangnakbang.
“They said they would send it to me? “He went up in the elevator met everyone and then left.”
“….”
Lim Chu-yeon gritted her teeth at Yeon Jeok-ha’s shameless words.
Still he took out a portable genetic mutation meter just in case.
“Do you know what this is? This is a genetic mutation detector (MDM) manufactured by NASA. We will measure the presence or absence of dimensional power according to the Mutant Registration Act. Please place your palm in the center of the pad.”
Yeonjeokha did not refuse and placed his palm on the pad.
The white circle drawn on the pad flashed spun around once and then went out.
“You can let go.”
At those words Yeonjeokha lifted his palm.
The words ‘Dimension Power 0’ were clearly stamped in the center of the black pad.
Lim Cho-yeon spoke in a slightly dejected voice.
“You are an ordinary person. Thank you for your cooperation. “If I need to check anything further I will come back to you later.”
Lim Cho-yeon who found out that Yeon Jeok-ha was an ordinary person did not ask any more questions.
Jin So-hyang (Kristy) has a dimensional power of 700.
There was nothing an ordinary person could do against Bae Ju-daegok who kidnapped Jin So-hyang.
Lim Cho-yeon got up from her seat bowed to the two people and left without any regrets.
Meanwhile Christie was so shocked after seeing the numbers on the pad that she just blinked.
The dimensional force is 0 in a survey conducted with NASA’s MDM not Chinese MDM which is said to have high errors?
That means that the person in front of you is not a mutant but an ordinary person.
‘That doesn’t make sense.’
The stronger the dimensional power the faster the metabolism.
At Baeju Daegok she came to her senses faster than people expected.
Of course she also heard what Yeon Jeok-ha said to the people of Baeju Daegok.
So I thought in my heart that Yeon Jeok-ha’s dimensional power would be negligible…
Dimension Power was 0.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Oh no. “I was surprised to hear that my brother went to Baeju Daegok to save me…”
“You don’t believe it either? Believe it. “I heard it was caught on CCTV.”
“I believe it.”
“okay. thanks.”
“no. Rather I should be thankful. “You went there to save me.”
“If you know do well.”
“Yes I will do well! “Brother!”
Christy answered bravely.
I don’t know why the genetic mutation meter showed 0 but he was a lifesaver.
“But why did you change your name?”
“… Because Sohyang is the name her mother gave her.”
“What’s wrong with that?”
“She ran away from home when I was in elementary school.”
“ah….”
“It’s not necessarily because of that. I wanted to make a fresh start in the place I studied abroad. As she lived under the name Christy she grew to hate the name the woman had given her.”
“….”
“She said it was Madame from the bar her dad used to frequent. So when she was manipulated by the bar madam her father was very disappointed.”
“Well… So… I suffered because I really didn’t know. “When I told him I didn’t want a helper he didn’t even call me but he went out of his way to come and pour me a drink.”
“I guess you didn’t hate it though? So I took the flat porridge and ate it and it got to that point.”
“Oh I’m full. Let’s get up now to digest the food. “You should go and do your job too right?”
Yeon Jeok-ha cornered fluttered his feet and shook his hips.
After a while the two people went out and said goodbye on the street and parted ways.
I trudged to my husband’s bookstore to finish reading the book I had been reading.
Dou-ro who was squatting in front of the bookstore and smoking a cigarette had a twinkle in his eye.
‘Fuck heavens help me!’
If she hadn’t been a woman she would have died a long time ago and was returning to find a place to die.