I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 155



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Episode 155

I paused for a moment at Kim Do-hyeok’s order.

Avocado.

This wasn’t on the menu. Why did I order it anyway?

Was it some kind of test? Or did Grandpa just do it for you?

It wasn’t a difficult order, so I took it. Then I came into the kitchen.

‘first…….’

I decided to start by making ice cream.

There is no ice cream, but you can make it quickly by applying the method used to make gelato.

I quickly whipped the milk with a little vanilla extract on top of salted ice and the vanilla ice cream was ready in no time.

Shape the ice cream into a circle and put it in the freezer for a while. Now, all that’s left is to make some espresso… .

This was a bit of a concern.

Are you going to hand drip or machine drip?

I think both sides have their own advantages.

But it didn’t take long to come to a conclusion.

‘Let’s get off by machine.’

After all, affogato tastes best when paired with strong espresso.

Since I happened to have some blended coffee beans that I had made for another customer earlier, this would suit me better.

The dark chocolate flavor and aroma was just like vanilla ice cream.

After a long time, I ground the powder with a grinder and extracted 60mL of espresso with a machine.

Then he took out the ice cream, put it in a suitable cup, and brought it out with an espresso.

“Would you like some for me to pour?”

“yes.”

I asked because there are people who want to pour their espresso the way they want it. But it seems like Kim Do-hyuk is not one of them.

Just as requested, he poured espresso into the cup containing the ice cream.

Of course, I didn’t just pour it in, I used my drawing talent to add effects.

I don’t know about other people, but I wanted to give this customer the best menu possible.

It’s like doing some kind of test on your own.

“The scent is strong.”

“Isn’t that good?”

“Yes, that’s good.”

“But I thought you only drank drip coffee, so this is an unexpected order.”

“Sometimes I like something like this, especially when I’m craving something cool and sweet.”

I didn’t ask with any meaning in it. I was just curious.

If you like espresso but want something sweet, affogato is a good option.

Mr. Kim Do-hyeok’s answer was also in line with the intent and context of the question.

I just ordered it because I wanted to order it.

“I thought you’d order a cup of coffee and give it a review?”

“Honestly, I’ve thought about it a little bit.”

“I can help you. How can I help you?”

“No. I think you don’t need to hear it since you’re eating it.”

“Oh, my. My hand was oblivious.”

Kim Do-hyuk said with a grin.

Not only that, half of the affogato was already gone.

Of course, the amount itself wasn’t that much to begin with, so it was natural for it to turn out like that even if you don’t eat much.

Even if you call it ice cream, it’s only two scoops.

The espresso is a two-shot amount, but it’s still 60mL, so you can drink it in one gulp as much as you want.

So, in fact, as Kim Do-hyeok said, it is not true that I ate quickly and without notice.

But I could tell just by looking at his expression.

I’m talking about how satisfied I am with the coffee I made and the ice cream I made.

And the same goes for aura.

Rather, this was more intuitive than Kim Do-hyuk’s expression, which was close to expressionless.

Because the aura was wagging its tail like a happy squirrel’s tail.

A look that makes you feel good.

“But I know you’re still curious, so I’ll tell you. The bitter chocolate flavor goes perfectly with the milky ice cream.”

“Really? I guess I should add it to the menu. I was thinking of adding more coffee menus anyway.”

“Am I the one who recommended it? That’s good.”

After saying this, Kim Do-hyuk just quietly ate the affogato.

Sometimes I just drink espresso with slightly melted ice cream.

Sometimes I just scoop up a little bit of ice cream and eat it.

Sometimes, he would eat both at the same time, and he seemed to enjoy eating purely.

So I just watched.

The quiet and ordinary atmosphere of the cafe continued, as if the strange fight from earlier had never happened.

But the mood was broken not by me, but by the customer who was reading the book.

“Oh, yes! I’ll go right now! Please wait a moment.”

The customer who received the call hurriedly picked up the book and left.

He disappeared without even giving me a chance to say hello.

Of course, there’s no way to fix that customer’s condition by greeting him and grabbing him right away.

It’s a little disappointing.

‘But I have a feeling I’ll come back again next time.’

I guess that should ease my regret a little.

Anyway, Mr. Kim Do-hyeok in front of me was also important.

There is no such thing as an unimportant guest, but this one is important in a different sense.

Meanwhile, Kim Do-hyeok, who had finished the affogato, looked back and wiped his mouth.

“Do you know that guy?”

“No. I’m the guest who arrived earlier. Do you know him?”

“This is my first time seeing this too.”

No, but why are you asking that?

I almost felt better because I thought you were someone I knew.

If I think about it, there wasn’t really any reason for me to like it.

“Later, can I ask you for a business card? If he comes over again.”

“… … A business card?”

“Yes. I see you are a friend studying law.”

“Oh. That was a book about law?”

I was wondering why you were studying so hard, but it was law.

But that’s that, why your business card?

It’s my first time today, and I’ve never even had a conversation with anyone before?

He was a beggar studying law, but it was unclear whether he was a student or a working lawyer.

Even seeing you leave in a hurry earlier, it looks like you work as a quick delivery person… … Do you work while studying?

I’m a busy and hard-working person, so I’m a little more worried than before.

But it doesn’t seem like Kim Do-hyuk is asking me to give him a business card with that kind of intention.

“What’s so special about fate?”

“You speak like a Taoist.”

If I didn’t know he was a lawyer, I might have actually thought that.

“Well, I think that might be referring to you more than me.”

“I’m just a cafe owner.”

“You’re saying the same thing as your grandfather.”

Kim Do-hyuk shrugged his shoulders at what he said.

What can I do? He’s the grandson of that grandfather.

Still, I received a business card anyway.

Because that guest might need it more than I do.

I was a little disappointed that I couldn’t properly heal Aura this time, but it turned out well.

“If you want to learn properly, just let me know.”

“… … Would you like to become a sponsor?”

“That could be possible. If it’s possible.”

“Oh, I guess that’s how they hire people for a corporation like Hyunmu Corporation? It’s like they train youth players from the beginning, like in soccer.”

Kim Do-hyuk chuckled briefly at my words.

That gentleman can even laugh like that.

Oh, come to think of it, did you laugh once when you first saw it?

“Let’s say that’s true. But… …Should we get to the point now?”

Kim Do-hyuk’s expression, which had seemed to have relaxed slightly, soon returned to normal.

There was no feeling of pressure like before.

“Yes. Why did you suddenly decide to come? Is it perhaps a matter related to the miscarriage?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s more personal. Would you like to look at this first?”

Kim Do-hyuk took out a document.

Upon closer inspection… … it was a complaint. And it was directed at me.

“What is this?”

“It’s a complaint I filed against my former boss at my previous company. It’s about embezzlement, breach of trust, and things like that.”

“under?”

I thought it ended cleanly, but I didn’t?

I never thought a company would do something like this.

But can you be sued for something you didn’t even do in the first place?

“Could it be a cover-up?”

“You know me well. You know that guy who got demoted, right? He tried to blame it all on the CEO.”

“That doesn’t make sense. In the first place, it wasn’t me who did it, so there’s no way there’d be any evidence.”

“Of course not, but when in the world has everything been as it should be? You just turn it around and start crying.”

“… … So there was a high-ranking official who was in a relationship with a man called the manager?”

Shrug!

Kim Do-hyuk shrugged his shoulders without saying anything.

I forgot for a moment while I was here that reality is full of even more ridiculous things.

The reason why that man was so wild and yet so quiet has now been revealed.

Well, no matter how much of a mess it was, how could a person who had risen to the position of manager not have a lifeline?

I heard from Kim Jung-hyun that those kinds of incidents ended with only a demotion…

Now I understand.

“So, is this going to be a problem for me in terms of inheriting the inheritance?”

“No. It has nothing to do with this. Of course, if you can’t run the cafe because of this, then that would be a problem. But, you don’t seem to be that upset.”

“There’s no need to be surprised when something bothersome happens.”

“Haha! Is that so? Then I don’t need to step forward.”

“Will the lawyer take care of it for me?”

“That’s what I originally intended to do. That’s why I came here.”

“Originally?”

“Yes. But it was already over before I could do it.”

“……yes?”

what?

I just heard the news, why is it ending?

“Do you know Daesan Group?”

“Yes. Just a little?”

“It seems like you were trying to get involved with the Daesan Group. Well, to be exact, you were caught trying to sneak away on the Daesan Group’s back while covered in dust. But the Daesan Group really hates this kind of dust.”

“… … I think I know whose idea this was.”

It was clear that the manager was doing this to save his own life.

Of course, the gentleman who ordered it would be the same gentleman.

Daesan Group Chairman Park Daesan would definitely not have just let that happen.

I was seriously wrong.

In the first place, the two companies were not in a weight class fight.

“Anyway. This has already been cancelled, so it’s nothing to do with you, sir. I just came here to make a fuss. You know, you were called Wukong? Maybe… … You won’t be able to see him anymore. There’s someone other than Daesan Group who’s gnashing their teeth.”

“… … Were there more enemies? I can’t even say it’s a shame. In the end, you shot yourself in the foot. But why did you try to help me, lawyer?”

The news that the company I was working for was going to fail didn’t really hit me that hard mentally.

I’m sorry to say this, but actually, when I think about the looks in my teammates’ eyes before I left, I don’t feel any regret.

I came out on my own two feet, and they were pushed out. But in the end, the culprit is the manager, not me.

Fortunately, I didn’t feel like things went well.

If I had come to the tiger shelter and was not mentally stable, I might have smiled at other people’s misfortune.

Right now, I just don’t think much about it.

It may sound like it has nothing to do with me.

Rather, I became curious about something.

In fact, he was just a lawyer who helped me settle my estate and had no reason to help me.

It seemed to have something to do with my grandfather, but I didn’t know much about it, so I couldn’t guess why.

But why did you try to help?

Because of the tiger shelter?

That was the most likely one.

“The cafe and the grandfather are both reasons, but… … those are the reasons before I came here. For now, I guess I can just wrap things up with the affogato I just had.”

“yes?”

“It means that the coffee made by the new owner tastes good. I can definitely see it after coming here. Why did Bae Jun-ho say he liked the boss?”

He just keeps talking nonsense that I don’t understand.

Is this the kind of person he is? He looks like he would only speak logically more than anyone else.

“Let me introduce myself formally. I am Kim Do-hyeok, a lawyer specializing in Tiger Shelter. I look forward to working with you in the future. If you continue to run the café for the next 10 years, I will be on your side.”

“……yes?”

The moment I was slightly taken aback by Kim Do-hyuk’s words, who suddenly stood up and bowed his head 90 degrees to greet me.

Kim Do-hyeok’s aura took on the shape of something for a moment.

It passed by so quickly that I couldn’t see the details, but it was definitely something mysterious.

Because no one among the guests has ever had that kind of aura.

“Well, that’s good. A dedicated lawyer for 10 years. That’s reassuring.”

Of course, I didn’t miss the opportunity because I had my eye on it.

Whatever the reason, what do you think?

They say that a person with such a clear and special aura becomes an ally.

You’ll find out the reason slowly.

“Would you like another drink?”

“Haha! As expected, you look just like your grandfather. The drinks are fine today. I’ll be stopping by often from now on.”

“Okay. This is a coupon.”

Kim Do-hyuk, who received the coupon, laughed even louder than before.

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