I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 123



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Episode 123

Summer mornings start early.

Yet there was someone who started his day much busier than that.

Jeong Seong-hun was one of those people.

While everyone was asleep, he went out wearing a luminous belt that made him recognizable even in the dark.

I looked at my watch and it was now 11 o’clock.

Of course, it was 11 o’clock at night.

For others, it was a time to end the day and prepare for sleep, but for him, it was a time to start the day.

A time when the moon rises instead of the sun, let alone dusk.

He went to work, exchanged brief greetings with his colleagues, and drove a small truck.

This is because we had to first go around the town and collect the trash from every alley to a place where a large vehicle could collect it.

Still, because it was in the countryside, the streets were quiet and it was actually more comfortable than the city.

Sometimes it’s so quiet it’s almost scary.

“Tch!”

But once the town is finished, all that’s left to do is collect the rest of the scattered villages.

Since they are usually gathered in one place by village, you can just go there in a large car and clean them up.

Even this area was nice because there were a lot of well-organized villages.

I used to work in the city, but I changed my work location here and I think it was a good decision.

“Ugh!?”

Of course, that doesn’t mean it was easy.

Someone must have put so much trash in there that when I pick up the trash bag, the contents are leaking out the sides. If it were colder, it would be less of a problem, but it’s not easy now that it’s summer.

But he just wiped it off without saying a word and loaded it onto the truck.

It was a familiar thing.

It was something I still couldn’t get used to, but I just quietly put it aside.

There was no need to blame summer for the winter’s problems.

If you collect the trash from your assigned area in the collection area, a large truck will come at the designated time.

Boooow~!

“There are a lot today too. A lot.”

“Be careful with that. The content is splashed.”

“Hey, people really. Don’t throw things away so easily.”

Do Jeong-jae just laughed at the words of his colleague who had driven a big car.

Seeing him like that, his colleagues ask him how he can be so likable… … .

“But isn’t it satisfying to see everything cleaned up with my own hands?”

He just said this.

After going around the town like that, without even a moment’s rest, we start driving towards the village in a large car.

By then it was starting to get dark.

“Other towns are pretty clean too, but that town is really different.”

“Cheonhori? The village chief there is a strange person. The village also has a mysterious feel to it. As far as I know, it’s probably the oldest village in this area.”

“Really? Anyway, I strangely feel at ease whenever I go there.”

“Kuuuuu! That’s because that’s the last village! Of course, not today.”

“Haha! That’s true. Was it tomorrow?”

As I head to the last village of the day and chat with my colleagues, I realize that the day’s work is almost over.

The time is almost 9 o’clock.

Of course it was morning.

It starts at night and ends around the time when people are leaving for work.

Anyway, as I was heading to the last village today, my work was coming to an end… … I met a strange person along the way.

“You’re taking it out right away?”

“Oh, I was already trying to take the car out.”

A road where two cars cannot pass.

The car was carrying a man and a woman, and fortunately it passed without any major trouble.

It’s not always like that, but sometimes there are people who pick a fight, but today wasn’t the case.

‘This is the first time I’ve seen this young man here, and I have a strange feeling.’

Anyway, the day ended smoothly, leaving those minor incidents behind.

I came back home.

It was hard work that made his whole body ache, but what kept him going was the sense of accomplishment from his work and his only child.

“Are you going to school now?”

“huh.”

“Okay, okay. Should I take you there?”

“No, it’s okay. You can just walk.”

To be honest, Jeong Seong-hun’s daughter wasn’t that bright.

Rather, it was really cold, perhaps because it resembled my mother.

However, to Jeong Seong-hun, she was a daughter he would never mind putting in his eyes.

“Okay! Then go give dad a hug.”

“……dad.”

“huh?”

“smell.”

“Huh? Oh, oh. Oh right! I forgot.”

For the first time, the smile disappeared from Jeong Seong-hun’s face for a moment. Of course, it quickly returned to a smiling face like a Hahoe mask.

“Sorry, sorry. I got a little lost while working today.”

“… … I’ll go.”

“Okay. Be careful on your way back.”

“……huh.”

My daughter hesitated for a moment, as if she had something to say, but then nodded and left the house.

Jeong Seong-hun silently watched his daughter’s back.

In fact… … he had already changed his clothes and washed up before coming home.

And that fact somehow felt bitter.

* * *

The grape juice I made yesterday was a huge success.

The grape juice, which is squeezed without leaving a single drop of residue in the steamed extract, is condensed with freshness and fragrance.

He put it in a glass bottle he bought in town and stored it in Tori’s cave.

Some were placed in the storage area, and some were placed in the concentration area.

As for saving, it seems like it is literally saved in its current state, but I was a little curious about concentration, so I tried it once.

I also put some in the maturation area.

This is probably… … .

“Will it become wine?”

I wondered why there was wine in a cafe, but I wasn’t necessarily supposed to drink it as is. I was curious.

Anyway, alcoholic beverages, unlike beverages, are items that must be reported separately, so they cannot be sold. So, all you have to do is wait patiently.

But after storing the drink bases like this, I strangely feel full. Is this what they mean when they say you feel full even without eating?

Of course, that’s usually what parents say when they see their children eating…

“Well, it could be similar to that kind of feeling.”

Anyway, no one said no.

I shrugged my shoulders and thought about something else. The sanitation worker I saw this morning came to mind.

“His face was smiling, but his condition wasn’t good.”

[Jeong Seong-hun]

*situation

─Loss of self-esteem

The same goes for the state of the text window.

However, because it contained so many meanings, it was difficult to guess its exact meaning.

I could only guess its depth from the aura, but it was definitely not good.

Actually, I wonder if there is any reason to be so concerned since we met in passing… … .

‘Well, it’s not like only people I know come to the cafe.’

Anyway, I thought it would be nice if that person came as a guest.

Of course, I can’t just wait for that, so I have to do my own thing again… … .

“No guests are coming.”

He scratched his ball, looking at the empty hall.

It was already past daytime, in the afternoon. It was almost time for Su-ah to come home from school.

As expected, a small child was seen coming up the path in the distance.

“huh?”

But it wasn’t Su-ah.

It was Sua’s friend who performed with Sua before. Was it Jeong Sia?

I remembered the day I said I was going to sleep at Suah’s house, and we even ate snacks at a cafe together.

I remember eating really well… … But Su-ah isn’t here?

Ding, ding, ding

“Welcome~ Are you Su-ah’s friend?”

“hello.”

“Yeah. Hello? But… … .”

Besides being alone, why is he like this?

[Jeong Sia]

*situation

─Depressed by guilt

Hey, what’s wrong with this little kid?

‘Self-reproach? Depression? Did you fight with Su-ah?’

No. Then it would have been Su-ah who came and grumbled, not him.

“Sit down comfortably.”

“yes.”

Sia sat down right at the counter.

And for some reason he looked at me with an expression that seemed to have something to say.

I knew that unlike Su-ah, she was a child who didn’t show much expression.

He is so quiet that he barely opens his mouth except when eating.

There must be a reason why a child like that came here alone.

The condition is also like that.

“What would you like to drink?”

“hmm.”

I thought he was having trouble deciding, so I recommended a juice made from newly picked grapes.

“I’ll drink that.”

“Just wait a minute.”

Because it has a grape base, the juice was really easy to make.

First, just put ice in a cup and pour in the grape base.

And if you put in a few grapes with the seeds and skins separated so that you can chew the seeds inside, it’s really complete.

It was really simple to make because it had a base.

“The drink you ordered has arrived~”

He spoke brightly on purpose and placed a drink in front of Sia.

But these days, elementary school students go to cafes alone. Of course, Su-ah also rides the bus alone, so it’s not that strange.

“Sua is eating in town with her older brother today.”

“Huh? Oh, really?”

Fortunately, Sia opened her mouth as the effort to lighten the mood worked.

Fortunately, it doesn’t seem like the two were fighting. Then why?

“president.”

“huh?”

“What about the apples?”

“… … Apology? Who should I apologize to?”

“yes.”

Unlike Su-ah, he was a child who made people feel embarrassed.

You have to apologize all of a sudden. But why are you asking me that?

“The only adult I could think of to ask was the boss. Someone who seemed like they would know.”

“Oh. Really? It’s not something I know much about either.”

I was so embarrassed that I said something a little funny.

This isn’t a field I’m familiar with… … Let’s come to our senses.

Big.

“Is it the adult who should be apologizing?”

“yes.”

“I see. An adult man?”

“yes.”

I got a feeling.

“Are you trying to apologize to your father?”

“……yes.”

Sia turned to me with a strange expression that was both a questioning expression and an expression of surprise.

It’s strange that you don’t know when there are hints like this. At that age, who else would apologize except your dad?

But what is it that you want to apologize for?

“What did I do wrong to my father? Lied?”

“Hmm. It’s a mix of both.”

“A lie like a mistake?”

Nod nod.

Sia’s eyes are becoming more and more trustworthy.

Is this burdensome?

First, I decided to find out more.

“Can you elaborate?”

“Yesterday… …I told Dad I smelled.”

“To dad? Why? Did you show affection while drinking?”

Crackle crackle.

“Then why don’t you wash it?”

Crackle crackle.

What, then why did you say it smelled?

There’s nothing I can do.

I immediately called Aura. And used Immersion.

With sharara~

Immersion tells us what situation Sia is thinking about.

“uh?”

But there was someone who looked familiar among them. It was the person I saw this morning.

By any chance, was that guy Sia’s father?

‘Is this how fate works?’

It was really amazing.

Of course, I couldn’t just be amazed.

I saw why Sia wanted to apologize to her father and what hurt she caused him.

therefore…….

“Are you upset that Dad smells like you?”

“……yes.”

It was a misunderstanding that arose because there was no one around to talk to.

Sia’s true intention was to worry about her father, not to reject him because he smelled.

Of course it did smell.

After work, Sia’s father takes a shower every day in the shower room attached to the sanitation worker’s office and changes his clothes before coming home, but he doesn’t even change his shoes.

There is nothing you can do about the smell of the van.

I guess I hadn’t thought about that… … .

Normally my shoes don’t smell, but today they definitely did.

That’s probably what Sia wanted to say to her father.

I’m sorry for the bad smell, and thank you.

But the story got twisted as several situations overlapped.

Sia was so flustered by her father’s hurt expression that she couldn’t speak properly and ran away.

It would have been best if we had corrected the misunderstanding then… … .

Since he was already a child who had no way of speaking, there was no way he could speak properly in that situation.

“It’s a little twisted.”

“yes…….”

“Then just solve it.”

“How?”

Okay, how do we solve that?

It was a different problem with Mr. Song Jun-hyeok. And it was also a bit easier.

After all, this is my only daughter whom I love.

“Can I tell Dad that I am grateful for all his hard work?”

“… … Ha, I can do it.”

“Yeah, that’ll do.”

“Really?”

“Okay. Well, if you still feel sorry, you can take a drink to go. Oh! Wait a minute. Let me write a note here.”

You don’t necessarily have to convey it through words.

Because that’s what the original text said.

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