A Chairman Who Has No Regrets - Chapter 18



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Again 1984 Episode 18 – Breakwater (3)

I started running without thinking, but as I got closer and closer to Jeonghwa Girls’ High School, I started to get worried.

She probably got off school around the same time as me, but I figured there was no way my little sister would still be at school.

“Hoo-hoo-”

As I look at the Jeonghwa Girls’ High School building while catching my breath, I occasionally see female students walking home from school. This place should normally be crowded with people walking to and from school, but there are so few students here. I wonder if they must have gotten lost.

“Huh? A dog?”

A school girl holding a white paper bag in one hand and a chrysanthemum bread in the other called out to me. I wondered who it was, but I could tell by her looks who it was.

“Sooyoung, are you my sister?”

“Yeah, what’s going on here, Kang?”

The upstairs neighbor, or to be exact, the owner’s daughter, Choi Soo-young.

I vaguely remember the face, but I don’t remember it. That’s not what’s important.

“What about our little sister?”

“Did you come to see Hye-ri?”

“huh.”

“Oh my, looks like he came running.”

Suyeong’s older sister, who didn’t answer and went back into the stationery store, brought a glass of water in a yellow plastic cup.

“Okay! Drink some water. Drink some water.”

For some reason, my older sister, who was smiling happily, opened her mouth while staring at me drinking water.

“Hyeri went to the principal’s office. Looks like she has something to talk about with the teacher today.”

“Really? That’s good.”

I was lucky.

It’s already been over an hour since regular classes ended, but my little sister is still at school.

It was a time when there were no pagers, let alone cell phones.

Because these are times when it’s hard to meet when your paths diverge outside.

“Want some bread?”

Grass bread or chrysanthemum bread.

That food with red bean paste inside wheat dough. It was such an old food that I couldn’t even remember when I last ate it.

The season right now is perfect for eating grass bread.

He took one of the breads that his swimming sister handed him and asked while grumbling.

“Are you waiting for your little sister too?”

“Yeah, we used to hang out together.”

“How was your day, little sister?”

“Anchovy? Ah- Now it’s tuna. Hye-ri, what, it’s the same every day?”

It seems like my little sister’s nickname is anchovy or tuna.

I thought I knew why she had that nickname, but I didn’t really ask. I could tell that Sooyoung’s innocent eyes, which showed absolutely no malice, didn’t look down on her younger sister or make her feel bad.

“You don’t look upset or anything?”

“Um, not at all?”

“okay.”

“Okay, the river is drinking more.”

Sister Suyeong handing over a paper bag full of buns.

“It’s okay. Eat, big sister.”

“Why, is it not tasty? The bread here is the best in our school.”

I just didn’t like the idea of ​​taking something from someone else.

“are you okay.”

“Anyway, my younger brother and older sister are the same.”

A burst of laughter came out at Suyeong Noona’s words.

My little sister looks the same as me.

I hate the idea of ​​getting help from someone.

Because sometimes helping means hurting your pride.

Suddenly, I felt a surge of joy as I saw the yellow rubber band hanging from Suyeong Nuna’s wrist, who was muttering to herself and putting the bread in her mouth.

“Sister.”

“huh?”

“Can you lend me that rubber band for a minute?”

Sister Suyeong tilted her head as if it was strange, but then readily held out her wrist.

“ruler.”

She took the rubber band off her wrist and chucked it, chuck.

I made stars, cars, and crowns. I couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

“Oh my, are you still a kid? Play with rubber bands.”

“I used to do this a lot in the past, the rubber band game.”

When I was lying in the hospital.

Whenever I lost my mind like that, I would look for this rubber band game.

It’s fun and good, but somehow it feels a bit disappointing to do it alone. This rubber band game is supposed to be more fun when you have someone to do it with.

“Ta-da, a crown!”

When he shows her the crown with a childish voice, Sooyoung’s older sister snickers.

“It’s really Hye-ri’s little sister, huh?”

“okay?”

“Oh, when Hye-ri can’t concentrate, she always plays with the rubber band, wiggling it around.”

One of the few good memories I have of playing with rubber bands. But my little sister and I shared at least one good memory.

As my younger sister and I entered puberty, I thought we were just awkward and our relationship became worse, but maybe that wasn’t the case.

“Hey! Tuna!”

Suyeong’s older sister waved her hand happily to welcome her younger sister. Her younger sister, who was about to wave back, hesitated when she saw me standing next to Suyeong.

“What’s wrong with you? Didn’t you go to your mom’s store?”

“Oh, I didn’t go.”

“Are you suddenly going through puberty? Why are you doing this?”

As the younger sister’s voice got louder, Suyeong came out and carefully looked at her younger sister’s expression.

“Hey, mate.”

The younger sister is a slut, and the older sister is a slut.

It was a nickname my older sisters used to call me before I even entered elementary school.

“Hey, buddy? This is going to kill me.”

The younger sister raises her hand, but Sooyoung stops her.

“Hey hey- people look at me, hold on, hold on.”

I smiled and tried to make a Miss Korea crown, which was my little sister’s favorite, with a yellow piece of scrap paper.

“Voila, the Miss Korea crown is complete!”

The little sister who had suddenly frozen started to laugh out loud.

“When was the Miss Korea crown?”

“What the heck, you’ve already given up on your dream of becoming Miss Korea?”

“Oh my, our tuna’s dream was to be Miss Korea?”

“No! It was a dream from a long time ago.”

Suyeong teases her younger sister by wandering around her as if she has found prey.

“Oh, Miss Korea- Hehe, ah, the goddess of purification, this year’s Miss Korea Jin!”

My little sister stretches out her arms and wraps them around my neck.

“Why are you talking nonsense and causing a fuss!”

It didn’t hurt because I didn’t apply any force.

Even if I give it some force, it doesn’t seem like it will hurt.

“You know what?”

“What now?”

“Even Miss Korea needs to graduate from college.”

Beans, beans.

My sister keeps hitting me on the head with a hammer.

“Is this the real rebellion or something?”

“Hey? Stop hitting me! Your brain cells will die! You’re an idiot!”

“Be a fool, fool!”

Sister Suyeong, who had been teasing her younger sister, was looking at us with a smile on her face.

“Hey, tuna.”

“Don’t stop me!”

“People are looking.”

“uh?”

My little sister, who had been putting a honeycomb on my head, glanced around. As if joking, students walking home from school and pedestrians walking down the street were looking at us.

Suddenly, the strength in my little sister’s arms goes away.

Naturally we looked at each other.

within.

“Heh heh.”

“Haha.”

“Haha.”

All three burst into laughter at the same time.

“Hey, since it’s a bit crowded, let’s go in first.”

Following Sooyoung’s lead, we went into the stationery store. It was a place that served as both a stationery store and a snack bar.

“Auntie- one tteokbokki, one sundae, one fried food!”

Sister Suyeong naturally placed the order.

“Hey! Why are you ordering so much?”

The younger sister tries to dissuade her older sister from swimming.

“Why? I said I’d buy you some tteokbokki, are you unhappy?”

My older sister, Sooyoung, who was sitting next to me, put her arm around my shoulder. My younger sister quickly got up from the chair and hit Sooyoung’s arm.

“Where did this come from? It’s out of the question.”

“Oh my, you’re taking care of him because he’s your little brother?”

“Anyway, you can’t do it.”

Sister Suyeong looks at me with sensitive eyes.

“Puppy, how are you? Don’t you look so much prettier?”

Pick, it makes me laugh.

She was still talking so well with her baby face. Her face wasn’t ugly, but to me, she just looked cute.

“Sorry, I have very specific tastes.”

“Ugh- I’m hurt.”

Sister Suyeong said while covering her chest with both hands in an X shape. Thanks to that, a real smile appeared on my younger sister’s awkward face. I was trying to keep a bright face, but my younger sister must have been confused because of the word ‘university’ that came out of my mouth.

“Okay, the purification goddess is here, so double the tteokbokki!”

“Wow – Auntie, you’re the best!”

A stationery store owner who gets along well with Sooyoung and her older sister.

“But who is this handsome young man?”

He looks at his little sister and Sooyoung’s older sister alternately with his sharp eyes.

“He is my younger brother.”

“Oh my! That younger sibling who is so good at studying? Oh my! Now that I think about it, they look alike! Oh my- your mother must be happy. The siblings are good at studying, and they are good-looking too. Oh my- I’m so jealous, I’m jealous.”

“Auntie! Me? Me?”

The owner nodded his head roughly and said in response to Sooyoung’s sudden interruption.

“Yeah, eat some tteokbokki. Eat.”

“No, I don’t! Don’t you envy our mother?”

“Oh my- I’m jealous-”

“Ouch! I’m not coming here!”

“The dog stops pooping.”

“Huh? You’re treating the customers who are increasing your sales so badly with contempt!”

“Yes, we will also provide you with plenty of fried food as a service.”

“Ahem”

The master then returns to his seat.

“But who gave you the order to become the Goddess of Purification?”

My little sister, who was about to put tteokbokki in her mouth, started coughing at my words.

“Are you a self-proclaimed person?”

My little sister quickly uses a long wooden stick to pick up some tteokbokki and stuffs it into my mouth.

“Shut up and eat some tteokbokki.”

Now, my little sister has a really bright face.

I wonder if my feelings have been conveyed sufficiently.

Is it really necessary to speak so seriously and sincerely? Wouldn’t it be enough to just tell my heart. How I feel for my little sister?

By the way, this place makes good tteokbokki.

Bright red tteokbokki on a nostalgic green plastic bowl with white dots. It was so delicious that I couldn’t help but reach for it. I poked at the sundae with a skewer, dipped it in the tteokbokki sauce, and put it in my mouth.

“It’s delicious here.”

“Right? This is the best.”

It seems that who you eat with is also incredibly important. Of course, this restaurant was exactly the same as what I knew at the time, so it was even more delicious.

Sister Suyeong coolly calculated the price of the tteokbokki and disappeared on the bus. The reason was that she was going to art school.

After the noisy older sister, Suyeong, disappeared, my younger sister and I started walking towards my mother’s store.

“hey.”

My little sister called me in her characteristically blunt voice.

“uh.”

I also answered in my own way.

“You really don’t regret it?”

“what?”

“I’m talking about English language school. Don’t you regret not going?”

It seems like my little sister’s heart is wavering.

regret.

This is something you should never do in this life.

“Oh, I told you I’m good at English. My homeroom teacher was a bit over the top when I got one question wrong by mistake.”

“hmm···”

The little sister was lost in thought again.

I followed my sister one step behind without saying a word. I looked here and there to see if a car was coming or a bicycle was passing by.

“hey.”

“uh.”

“But is it true?”

“what?”

“Did all Miss Koreas graduate from college?”

“Pfft.”

An unexpected question made me laugh unexpectedly. It was so funny to hear such a question with such a serious face. My sister is still innocent.

“Is it true?”

Honestly, I don’t know either.

I was just talking roughly.

“Oh, they all graduated from college.”

But I said yes.

To help my sister make a choice even a little.

“Oh really, ma’am?”

“Why do you want to be Miss Korea?”

“No- who said that?”

It’s a really regrettable look.

“Hmm, is it really only college that is the problem?”

“This is killing me!”

“Kekekeke.”

He ran forward to avoid his sister who was chasing him with her hand up, then turned around and spoke.

“Hey! Didn’t mom tell you to do whatever you want today?”

“That’s another way to yell at my older sister!”

“Just live however you want!”

My little sister, who had been chasing me, suddenly stopped.

Then, he quickly takes a step and runs towards me.

“If you get caught, you’re dead.”

Somehow, my sister’s steps seem infinitely lighter. I wonder if I was of some help.

It seems like my little sister’s mind has changed, so now it’s time to persuade my mother.

Which method would be better?