I Quit My Job and Run a Café - Chapter 194



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Episode 194

Alcohol and snacks.

Actually, I didn’t like solving or solving things with alcohol.

Especially when you have concerns and want to consult or have a serious conversation, it is even worse to resort to the power of alcohol.

Can you have honest conversations if you drink alcohol?

Personally, I thought it should be the opposite.

Of course, this is my opinion and I have no intention of forcing it on others.

So when Bae Jun-seong asked me to drink, I said yes without saying anything else.

Because you might really be borrowing the power of alcohol to get your courage up as a last resort.

I had no intention of forcing my thoughts to the point of ignoring such urgency.

‘That doesn’t mean I told you to eat without saying anything.’

Bae Jun-seong wanted to say something, but when he got drunk, he kept his mouth shut.

So, both of them were just drinking and eating without saying anything.

─Ugh~ This is not good!

Of course, I was watching Soo-Jung’s antics too.

He followed Soo-Jeong’s eyes as she approached the alcohol with a curious look, sniffed it, and ran away.

Miho also followed suit.

If you look closely, it seems like Miho is learning by following Soo-jung.

I wonder if it will soon transform into a fairy in human form.

Oh, this was just a thought.

anyway.

‘How long is he going to drink?’

I wonder if you’re planning on drinking until you pass out… … .

Drink it sip by sip.

Even though I’ve been drinking for quite some time, the soju glass doesn’t get empty.

And as far as I know, Bae Jun-seong actually wasn’t good at drinking.

“… … If you’re going to fuss so much, why don’t you eat some snacks?”

“Are you eating?”

Oh, I see.

Even though the alcohol isn’t empty, the side dishes are half empty.

At this point, aren’t you just saying let’s drink to eat some food? You look like a bandit.

“What is it? Why is it dead?”

In the end, I just ended up asking.

If I kept going like this, I felt like I would end up eating my fill of side dishes.

“… … Did you hear that, Team Leader? That Jun-ho and I are half-brothers.”

“Uh. A while ago.”

There was no need to lie, so I answered right away.

Actually, that was one of the things I was guessing. I don’t know for sure, but I thought it might be your problem.

But after saying that, Bae Jun-seong kept his mouth shut again.

“… … Wait a minute. If you keep drinking like that, you’ll be able to drink it all in one day.”

I shook my head at that sight and came into the kitchen.

And made a mojito.

It was meant to cool down a stuffy head with refreshing lime and cool mint.

Of course, it was non-alcoholic.

“ruler.”

If you add the soju that Bae Jun-seong was drinking here, it becomes a decent cocktail.

Even so, the alcohol content was really minuscule compared to the drink.

“You really make all sorts of things. You’ve made things like this before.”

“Even if I knew how to do it, why did I?”

“Well, that’s true. Maybe it was a little creepy?”

“Really? So just drink it here.”

Making drinks on the spot for those black guys.

Just thinking about it makes me mad.

Even without that, every time you go to the site, something happens and you must be stressed out.

Of course, it would have been the same at work.

If I did something wrong, I might have to make a drink for the manager too.

‘The worst?’

I don’t even want to think about it.

By the way, what happened to that manager?

Oh, you said that not only the manager, but the company was going down the drain.

If Kim Do-hyeok said he was making it like that, then it must be true.

“Wow!! This is really thrilling.”

“If someone saw me, they’d think I poured an entire bottle of soju into it.”

“Just feel like it.”

For someone who just had a sip of a mojito with a dash of soju in it, the reaction was intense, but it wasn’t wrong.

Whether it was the effect of the mojito or the effect of the conversation, Bae Jun-seong’s expression brightened a little more than before.

Thanks to… … .

“My mother passed away early. Oh, of course, my mother.”

Bae Jun-seong’s story continued, carefully opening his mouth.

This time it didn’t cut off in the middle.

“So I grew up in the hands of my grandfather.”

“Grandpa Bae Hong-seok?”

“That’s right. And in the meantime, that person met a new mother, gave birth to Junho, and started a new life.”

It was really hard to react when I heard about other people’s family stories. In some ways, it was more dramatic than the drama itself.

At times like that, I think I should have just not listened to it. Just like now.

But since I had already heard it, I didn’t show it.

I just gave in.

It’s not like I’m talking while drunk, I just need someone to talk to.

I don’t quite understand why that’s me.

“I held a lot of resentment. I thought it was all my father’s fault that my mother became like that.”

“That could be possible.”

“Other people around me were similar. Even my father didn’t deny it. So I really thought it was true.”

Once a story like this breaks out, it’s not easy to stop it.

The same goes for Bae Jun-seong.

He spoke as if it no longer mattered whether I was listening.

And I listened to it till the end.

“His new mother also passed away not long after giving birth to Junho. And now his father is dying one day at a time.”

“Father?”

“Yes. I found out a while ago when Junho contacted me. Actually, it’s been so long since I last contacted Junho that I don’t even remember, so I was wondering what was going on when he suddenly contacted me.”

Somehow, I think that was when I gave advice that wasn’t really advice to Bae Jun-ho, who was having troubles.

This was something I said when I didn’t know that Bae Jun-ho was related to Bae Jun-seong, but it seemed like they were connected like that.

Anyway, it seemed like Bae Jun-seong’s worries began after he learned the news about his father.

Even though I had never seen my father in my entire life, when I heard that he was going to die today or tomorrow, it would be hard to get my mind around him no matter what.

Even more so if it’s Bae Jun-seong who looks rough on the outside but has deep affection on the inside.

‘The bottom line is, should I go visit my father or not?’

Of course, this was the result of ignoring the emotions contained within and only considering the concerns that were apparent on the surface.

I couldn’t help it because I couldn’t understand those complex emotions.

The fact that his father was not a bad person at all and that he really loved Bae Jun-seong’s mother, and that was why he did not have the courage to face her son, Bae Jun-seong.

Also, the new mother did not take away the father, but rather saved the father who was living without a soul after losing Bae Jun-seong’s mother.

Bae Jun-ho never tried to push himself away.

The people I hated and resented so much all misunderstood each other for their own reasons, and because of that, I ended up wandering.

I heard everything, but honestly, it’s not my story, so I don’t know how to empathize…

I don’t know about those complicated feelings with my parents.

“So what do you want to do?”

“I don’t know that either.”

“I know that too, so why don’t you know?”

“yes?”

“Don’t you want to see it?”

“… … I want to see what good things happen to me?”

Are you going there to see something good? You go because you want to see it.

At least the Bae Jun-seong I know is a guy who expresses his emotions well.

You could tell just by looking at the fact that he was a die-hard idol fan despite the colored glasses his company had on him.

What you set out to do, you end up doing.

Is that guy thinking about whether or not he should go?

That’s something I want to go to.

It’s just that various pent-up emotions are blocking it.

He was the kind of guy who wouldn’t have even thought about going if he really didn’t want to go.

And above all, the compassion and sympathy shown for the guy’s condition was clear evidence.

‘But what can I say here?’

There wasn’t really anything I could do.

Even if I told you to go because you wanted to, you’d probably get the same reaction as now.

Coercion only strengthened self-defense.

“But you’re saying you’re doing it today or tomorrow?”

“… … Well, I heard it was liver cancer, but I don’t know for sure. They say I could survive if I get a transplant, but how easy is that?”

“Really? If you ever pass away, please contact me. Thanks to Grandfather Bae Hong-seok, I was able to send my grandfather off well, so please console him. Are you and Dad not on good terms?”

In response to my words, Bae Jun-seong made a face as if to say, “What kind of person is this?”

It’s nice to say that you’re going to pay your respects, but in reality, you’re treating them like they’ve been given a death date.

So this is kind of a shock.

A shocking display of talent in this life, filled with enchantment that further confuses the mind through words.

Bae Jun-seong’s dull aura shook at the shock.

Should I say that I’m in a kind of state of ecstasy?

It would be closer to say just before that.

‘The more I feel about my father’s death, the faster the decision will be made.’

The problem is that there may be a dispute with me before that… … .

Bae Jun-seong, who had been blankly staring for a while, suddenly gulped down his mojito.

I munched on the lime wedges and mint leaves inside.

widely!

Then he put down his glass and stared at me.

Hey, are you ready to hit me?

“……huh?”

thud!

But then suddenly his body tilted sideways and he fell down.

It wasn’t me, it was Bae Jun-seong’s story.

“What? Are you saying you passed out because you drank all that?”

Ah, no, I don’t think so.

No matter how weak the alcohol is, you can’t just pass out on it, right?

There was no way to even send him home from here.

“Hey. Bae Jun-seong. Yanma. Huh?”

I’m really stretched out.

Even if you hit the cheek, it doesn’t break.

What kind of guy is this… … .

‘Come to think of it, this kid never showed up for company dinners.’

There was a reason I was considered a loser at work.

Because I would often skip company dinners and client meetings if I drank alcohol, or I would often defer the event to someone else.

Of course, the target of the delay was Kim Jung-hyun.

And now it seemed like it had fallen to me.

“under?”

I was speechless at the absurd situation.

─Human! That’s because you drank something bad!

Soo-Jung Lee said as she climbed onto Jun-Seong Bae’s forehead, which was stretched out as if she had fainted.

If it’s a fix, is there a way around the current situation?

“Sujeong, can you possibly take that bad thing out?”

─No! The bad thing has already entered the human body!

“ah.”

Unfortunately, it looks like that won’t work.

this.

“Phew─.”

I thought about leaving it to the person from the company I saw earlier. It’s not a bad idea, but…

“I guess I’ll just have to let him sleep here.”

That seemed like it would be a relief.

Because it wouldn’t be nice for the people at the company to see their CEO passed out like a drunkard.

If you are working outside but the CEO says it’s the same inside…

He shook his head and cleared the space.

Luckily, I still had the camping gear I had borrowed the day the typhoon came.

Well, I guess I won’t have to worry about my mouth turning while I sleep.

I looked at Bae Jun-seong lying on the floor of the cafe and then secretly picked up my phone.

And I closed the business for today after leaving a text message.

* * *

The next day.

I woke up to a refreshing morning.

“hmm.”

The phone must have been ringing so hard in the early hours of the morning because there were a lot of missed calls, texts, and messages.

I lightly ignored it.

─Turju, are you awake?

“Yeah. Did you sleep well?”

─Yeah, yeah!

This morning I started off by looking at the lively Soo-Jung.

After a quick shower, I went for a morning walk and arrived at a cafe.

“None.”

There was no Bae Jun-seong.

I guess you packed it well as expected.

The person who contacted me before leaving the cafe yesterday was none other than Bae Jun-ho.

I did it just in case, and thankfully, the agreement went well and nothing seemed to be broken or damaged.

The seats were also neatly organized.

“What is missing?”

“Huh? No. But what about Naeun?”

“… … Are you asking that now?”

Hansong asked back with a bewildered expression.

It must be absurd to ask that question after you’ve even gone for a morning walk.

I’m asking now because I’m worried about Bae Jun-seong…

“I left early to get ready at dawn. I was already sad that I couldn’t go for a morning walk.”

“okay?”

I also felt a little sorry.

It was noisy when we were together, but it also seemed a bit quiet.

Of course, that was only for a little while.

With sharara~

As I opened the door to the cafe and went in, an aura burst out.

Who said it was static?

Something this loud.