Episode 335
After the conversation with Kang Min-ah, Lee Jae-heon came to his senses and felt proud of team leader Woo Soo-young, who had evolved into a great chick despite my stupid advice.
‘It would be much more efficient if a talented person like Woo Joo-young helped with the work.’
It’s not that his healthy spirit was a waste, but if it was related to Lee Jae-heon’s own success, it would be a different story. I don’t know what kind of idiot he was in telling Woo Woo-young to ‘don’t go crazy’, but now that Lee Jae-heon has come to his senses, he realizes that if Woo Woo-young goes crazy properly, he can proceed with the work much more efficiently.
In fact, he probably knew it when he gave advice.
‘I did that by turning around for a moment.’
He reprimands himself for making foolish choices in the past and praises Woo Joo-young for making wise decisions despite this. Lee Jae-heon felt relieved inside.
Now that a good chick has arrived, I can put in some work.
‘I’m counting on you.’
* * *
Woo Joo-young was confident that he knew Lee Jae-heon well.
“….”
No, I am correcting myself.
‘It’s not that I know much, but I guess I’m the type of person who can assist well.’
Although it may be true in the other world, Woo Joo-young in real life has been of great help to Lee Jae-heon.
Manager Lee Jae-heon could not be said to be a competent manager even with empty words, but he occasionally provided various assistance, such as properly distributing the work that he passed on to other employees or handling it himself.
Why do I say this….
“….”
Even if Woo Joo-young fell into the worst environment of the underworld, his career of assisting Lee Jae-heon so far did not disappear. Also, there was a part of Lee Jae-heon that only Woo Woo-young could recognize.
“…Where are you going over there?”
“On the mountain behind me.”
“Why are you there…?”
An unbelievable feeling of anxiety struck Woo Soo-young.
“No, I understand, but can you not go?”
If he had been an ordinary person, he would have reflected on the validity of his course by asking, ‘Why are you going there?’ Unfortunately, the person he was dealing with was Lee Jae-heon, a crazy man who was not easy to deal with both in reality and in the other world. Lee Jae-heon and Do-yoon Han prepared to go to the mountain behind Juseomjuseom, and Woo Joo-young corrected his remarks and tried to stop them.
Ah, these guys really have killer action skills.
“No, Manager, I’m not even fully healed, so where are you telling me you’re going…!”
Because I made a loud noise, I felt Kwon Yeon-hee, who was chatting with the students, look back with a surprised expression, but I couldn’t afford to pay attention to that. However, despite Woo Woo-young’s nervous appearance, Lee Jae-heon just responded calmly.
“Anyway, it’s a wound that won’t heal if I’m in the other world, so does that mean I shouldn’t move for the rest of my life?”
“Actually, that is not peace of mind for us, not Shiva.”
“What the fuck? “Are you going to fuck with the manager now?”
“No matter what, are you going to go to the back mountain now? Why? now?”
It seemed like they were having a fairly warm conversation just a moment ago, but Woo Joo-young, who was holding the hem of Lee Jae-heon’s clothes, was now as pale as a corpse.
‘You must not send it.’
That was the intuition of team leader Woo Soo-young, who had been working with a shitty boss named Manager Lee Jae-heon for quite a long time. Lee Jae-heon was really no different from his nephews who came to visit for the holidays or the ugly seven-year-olds who couldn’t communicate at the same time, and Woo Joo-young, who had been assisting him, could feel that. Jaeheon Lee was about to cause an accident.
‘Oh no. There is no way Lee Jae-heon, in this half-corpse state, could have
intentionally caused an accident…’ In fact, it was true that he had intended to cause an accident, but Woo Joo-young, who had already felt sympathy, guilt, and trust in Lee Jae-heon two or three times, did not know what was right. I put aside my judgment and shook my head. Even if Jaeheon Lee has an unintentional accident, the result does not change just because the process was unintentional.
Woo Woo-young desperately tried to stop Lee Jae-heon.
“First of all, after discussing with Mr. Jeong In-ho…!”
“Deputy Jeong? “Are you talking about that guy who is leaning against the tree over there and taking pictures of my lime orange tree?”
“Wow, that’s right. Then Ha Seong-yoon….”
“You went exploring with President Yoon.”
“Uh, then Kang Min-ah?”
“Is Kang Min-ah, the person you’re looking for, the person who is committing a major sin with Park Da-hoon right now?”
“….”
At Lee Jae-heon’s words, Woo Joo-young turned his head to look at Park Da-hoon and Kang Min-ah, and witnessed a rare scene where a high school student who was big enough to be tall and a member of society with a not-too-small physique were holding each other’s faces and bowing their heads. It has been done.
“…?”
Hey, what the fuck is that?
“Boss. “What did you do?”
“Why are you looking for me?”
“Usually in situations like this, what did the manager do… and I did the same…”
“I don’t know why everyone is reacting like that because I did something.”
“I knew that would happen, but you have no conscience.”
“What man?”
“Poetry mistake. Stop making mistakes with your words…”
Although Woo Joo-young gave an embarrassed expression, he did not regret his remarks.
At work, I didn’t know that she was a person who was very quiet and good at her job, but in the behind-the-scenes world, wasn’t Kang Min-ah a person who was surprisingly strong and good at action? It wouldn’t have been easy for someone like that to become so sullen on his own.
‘In other words, what did the manager do?’
Even Lee Jae-heon did not strongly deny it. Everyone knows, except for a few who are oblivious or crazy, that Lee Jae-heon has been wandering around among the survivors these days, trying to provide mental care to each one of them. I thought maybe he had made separate comments to Kang Min-ah just like he did to Woo Joo-young.
“….”
Of course, I don’t know what it was about.
‘I don’t need to know that much.’
Woo Joo-young was capable, but an ordinary person with no ambition, and as such, he was quite quick-witted and acted wisely. The boss she served had a really good personality, but since he was a member of the royal family that no one could easily touch, Woo Joo-young had a talent for not being curious about information unless it was absolutely necessary.
And the information she was curious about for a moment was at a level that was not immediately needed. Doesn’t it seem like there’s something that only Jung In-ho, Ha Sung-yoon, and Lee Jae-heon, along with Kang Min-ana, Park Da-young, and Park Da-hoon know? Woo Woo-young was a person who was accustomed to receiving permission rather than intruding.
‘If it’s something I need to know, I’ll tell you someday. Even if that’s not the case, if I put in enough effort to make you feel comfortable sharing information with me, I’ll let you know when the time comes. There’s no need to know now.’
Woo Joo-young, who had lost his mind for a moment, returned to the main topic.
“…Of course, Kang Min-ah looks like she’s having a hard time right now…”
“Is that so?”
“Is that a reason to suddenly head to the mountain behind?”
“Didn’t you just hear that? “You’re not just leaving, you’re going to check on the monsters we left behind there?”
“First of all, I feel uneasy when you add ‘we’ in front of the word monster. Anyway, don’t go. I feel like my heart will explode.”
“Why are you so anxious? “You said Han Do-yoon would go with you, man.”
Han Do-yoon, who was appreciating the verbal exchange between the two, gave Lee Jae-heon a refreshing wink.
“Ah, Han Do-yoon is also possessed by a monster. He’s going crazy!”
Do-yoon Han became sullen at Woo Woo-young’s words.
It was a surprisingly humorous and natural change, but no one paid any attention to him. Woo Woo-young was just doing his best to stop Lee Jae-heon.
“I’m just saying that because I’m really anxious, Manager. Can’t we all just go together? yes? If you really want to go, call the other survivors…”
“Any other survivors?”
“Mr. Hong Gyeong-jun?”
“Is that right?”
“Why… I’m a detective…”
“Is that true?”
“….”
At Lee Jae-heon’s words, Woo Joo-young began to think seriously.
“…is not it?”
“right?”
“I see.”
Woo Joo-young had an excellent ability to understand people’s impressions, and she thought that Hong Kyung-jun was definitely a good detective and a capable person, but strangely, when he got involved with Lee Jae-heon, he seemed to be unable to guess the situation. Reliability fell in some truly bizarre areas.
‘I’m strangely weak to Lee Jae-heon.’
I don’t know how to express it, but it was like that anyway. There was no way to know what exactly Hong Kyung-jun saw in Lee Jae-heon or what he experienced during his last entry into the underworld, but it was easy to figure out that he had at least set Lee Jae-heon as a fairly exceptional target.
‘When that person makes a strangely relaxed smile, there is no one except Lee Jae-heon… or Kim Yeon-woo.’
Normally, he is a very quick-witted detective, but when faced with people in such exceptional relationships or situations that are completely exceptional, his ability to respond flexibly decreases.
‘They even said he behaved much more politely at the park.’
In any case, it meant that he was an unsuitable talent to soothe Woo Woo-young’s anxiety.
“…Then how are you, Kim Yeon-woo?”
“Hong Gyeong-jun is in a situation where he can’t live without Kim Yeon-woo, so are you taking that away?”
“What are you saying like that? ah? uh? oh? No, you two…?”
“It’s a bit like that.”
“Whamma.”
Woo Joo-young, who let out an exclamation, came up with the next best solution. She was a great modern person who knew how to respect other people’s love stories.
“Then are we really all going together?”
“And if you encounter a group of monsters, won’t they be annihilated?”
“You know that it’s so dangerous, but you’re going to go only with Han Do-yoon?”
“Team Manager Woo is going crazy because Assistant Manager Jeong keeps quiet.”
Lee Jae-heon, who looked like he was in pain, grabbed Do-yoon Han’s shoulder.
“Do you see these strong muscles? Even though this guy looks like this, he is the one who has been at the forefront of blocking monsters since he first came to the other side of the world. “Have you been working out? Do you have good stamina, strength, and speed…fast?”
“I am the fastest in our fire department.”
“That’s right. “Don’t worry, the two of you will run away just fine.”
What should I do if all opinions are blocked like this, Manager?
‘He really doesn’t listen.’
Woo Joo-young, who had been mumbling to herself that she was an ugly seven-year-old, struggled to swallow a sigh. In fact, she knew that there was no need to stop the two from exploring the mountain behind them like this.
‘…Anyway, as long as you don’t go into the mall, there are almost no monsters. Han Do-yoon has rested a lot so far, so his mental strength should be fine. Then, Jae-Heon Lee, who is very experienced, and I will just dodge around and check on our own…’
Moreover, other survivors, including Jae-Heon Lee, are already exploring new shelter sites here and there, and now we are going to go to the mountain we have already visited once again. There was no reason to stop it. To be precise, there was no justification. When you carefully and rationally judge the situation, it is true that there is really no problem.
Nevertheless, the reason why Woo Joo-young blindly set out to block the two’s exploration was because…
“….”
It seems like he keeps saying it, but as someone who has been assisting Lee Jae-heon for a while, he couldn’t shake off this strange feeling of anxiety.
“…Then… How about taking Vivian with you? They say they don’t have enough materials to build a house these days. “You could pick up some wood on the way.”
“Your ability to compromise has improved. “This is a good thing.”
“I’m not sure if it’s a good thing…”
Unfortunately or fortunately, Jaeheon Lee didn’t stop Vivian from joining. Even though we informed other survivors of their exploration just in case, no one showed much response.
“Oh, then I will go with you.”
Instead, only Kim Yeon-woo, who was next to Hong Kyung-jun, quietly got up from his seat.
“Are you okay?”
“? Oh yes. It was already inconvenient to leave the work to only Ha Seong-yoon and Yoon Garam. You’re probably passing by a shopping mall anyway, right? “I will protect you.”
“It’s reliable.”
Hong Gyeong-jun seemed a little disappointed that Kim Yeon-woo was suddenly taken away, but to the surprise of Woo Woo-young, Hong Gyeong-jun himself seemed to be oblivious. He seemed satisfied with the fact that there were many combat personnel by Lee Jae-heon’s side.
Anyway, in the end, no one stopped them.
“….”
“See, I said it was okay. “Only Woo Woo-young is this worried.”
“…This is just… No, no…”
Woo Joo-young thought, ‘Isn’t everyone being so distracted right now that they’re not going to stop him?’ but he didn’t bother to say it out loud. If you look at it that way, it was because of a strange feeling of guilt that Woo Joo-young, who had not lost his mind until now, became something.
“It feels like I’m cooking and eating ramen at 1 a.m.”
“What are you talking about all of a sudden? ramen? “Yeonhee Kwon is already crying because she wants to eat ramen.”
“Ah… Ramen is delicious.”
“Really, why are you like this?”
“There is such a thing.”
Woo Woo-young couldn’t help but feel anxious as he saw them off.
“…Whew….”
I’m thinking about it again, but how did I end up like this?
* * *
“Woo Joo-young’s worries are not that strange.”
Lee Jae-heon looked at Do-yoon Han as he spoke with a genuine smile.
“That’s right.”
“…Yes, that is true.”
Lee Jae-heon criticized Woo Joo-young for no reason, saying she was weirder, but in fact, her worries weren’t that strange. If someone like him was injured and wanted to go to the mountain behind where a monster might appear at any time, Jaeheon Lee would have wanted to stop him. It must be pathetic.
He said he was a chick who couldn’t even understand his own topic…
“But Woo Soo-young wasn’t worried about that.”
“Oh yeah? “Then what was it?”
“It was just a vague sense of anxiety. This is different from the worry I feel when I think about it rationally and objectively. “I felt like I might bring about another misfortune somewhere.”
“Oh… Well, Lee Jae-heon is a bit like that.”
Vivian nodded at Han Do-yoon’s words.
“Should I say it is the root of the accident? “I admit it.”
“I don’t have to?”
Kim Yeon-woo intervened in Lee Jae-heon’s reflexive denial.
“I’m sorry, but honestly, Jaeheon Lee seems to be bringing misfortune.”
“In what part…?”
“If you look at it visually, you are very injured. Wouldn’t that alone be sufficient evidence?”
“Oh my goodness.”
Even as he clicked his tongue, Lee Jae-heon thought to himself.
That might not be wrong.
(Continued in the next part)
