Eunyul was busy playing with her hands and looking around. When I was in tears, I would just wipe it with my sleeve, but I couldn’t tell anyone else to do the same.
Rather than wiping away tears, wet tissues will make your eyes wetter… … . The napkin didn’t work because it was under the teacup. Are there any tissues or handkerchiefs anywhere?
Just as Eunyul was looking around, Haneul appeared and held out a handkerchief.
“Grandpa, here.”
“huh? “Thank you.”
“you’re welcome.”
As Haneul shrugged and turned away, Lee Hyunseung lifted a handkerchief and wiped her eyes.
“Sky, where did you get the handkerchief?”
I was trying to find Eunyul, but Haneul surprisingly brought something that I couldn’t see. The child was proud and curious, so he asked, and Haneul pointed outside.
“Kang’s dad gave it to me.”
“what?”
When Eunyul tilted her head, she saw someone’s slim silhouette hidden behind the wall. Although she wore a suit, she looked familiar. As I slowly raised my gaze, Kang Ha-jun, who said he wouldn’t be able to come today because he was busy, made eye contact.
“I came to pick you up.”
At his greeting, Eunyul smiled brightly and approached him to hug him. It didn’t matter where this place was. As soon as I saw Kang Ha-jun, I felt happy and wanted to hug him.
It was probably because I had heard his story just now. As Eun-yul buried her face in his chest, Kang Ha-jun could feel his heart beating.
“I need to ask you to tell me more about myself.”
I heard his relaxed laugh as if he knew why I was hugging him. You heard the whole conversation with Lee Hyun-seung.
“You heard it, so tell me.”
“Which one?”
“Who is the person who made Ha Jun feel better?”
Kang Ha-jun raised his head in response to Eun-yul’s question. He made eye contact with Lee Hyun-seung, who had followed Eun-yul. When it was just the two of them, most of their conversations were casual, but Eunyul told them to reveal their true feelings at least on this occasion.
“The person who held my hand, made eye contact, and continued the conversation. “I got a lot better thanks to the person who tried to fill my emptiness.”
Instead of explaining who it was, Kang Ha-jun just stared at him. At that straight gaze, Lee Hyun-seung covered his trembling lips with a handkerchief.
“I wasn’t lonely because I had him.”
“is it so? thank god. “That’s why you’ve always lived here.”
Eunyul shook her head and walked away from Kang Hajun, pretending to look around the house. She stretched out her hand, pretending to admire the picture on the wall, and Haneul came running up and grabbed her hand.
“Shall we look around here some more?”
“huh. “I want to go up those stairs.”
Eunyul excitedly followed the direction Haneul pointed to with her finger.
As Eun-yul and Haneul went up to the second floor, only Kang Ha-jun and Lee Hyun-seung remained.
It was good to know how his grandson felt, but now that the two of them were together, the atmosphere became awkward and Lee Hyun-seung turned his head. It seemed like he couldn’t remember what kind of face he should have with Kang Ha-jun when talking to him.
Kang Ha-jun smiled and approached the unfamiliar appearance of his maternal grandfather, who always talked to me and gave me attention. My maternal grandfather always approached me, so this time it was my turn to approach him.
“I’m home.”
After asking how you are doing, Kang Ha-jun stood next to Lee Hyun-seung.
“I have something to ask you. It’s a restaurant that hasn’t opened yet, but it’s not fully ready… … .”
As Kang Ha-jun continued to speak, Lee Hyun-seung walked with him and listened to the story. It was the day I was supposed to meet Eun-yul, but I happened to have a conversation with her grandchild. It went differently than I expected, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.
Meanwhile, Eunyul, who had gone up to the second floor, stuck her face out through the gap in the stairs.
“This was something that wasn’t in the original work, but… … .”
He was the one who showed blind affection for Kang Ha-jun. I didn’t expect him to come this early, but when he seemed to have heard the conversation, I got the idea to leave. Fortunately, Kang Ha-jun expressed his gratitude to his maternal grandfather when they were left alone.
Haneul imitated Eunyul. The stairs could be dangerous, so Eun-yul held onto Haneul’s waist and watched the two of them talking.
“But I haven’t asked my grandfather yet. Should I call you grandfather or great-grandfather? … .”
“You can ask about that next time you come.”
“Will you come again next time?”
Hearing Haneul ask in an excited voice, Eunyul took her eyes off the two people who had now disappeared.
“of course. “I think I’ll probably come here often.”
And there’s something I haven’t said yet.
“I should tell you that I am engaged to Ha-jun.”
Do you already know?
* * *
“Brother, three people quit this month alone.”
“okay? “I don’t like it even if they give me a salary.”
“I don’t know if I will continue to pay my salary. “All I do is clean and clean the clean store.”
Park Joo-hwan picked up a duster and dusted the air. The only thing that accumulated in a store without customers was dust.
“The reason you gave up here… … “No, right?”
Park Joo-hwan said with an anxious face. There are people, including yourself, who absolutely need to be here. So he couldn’t quit like others. Of course he trusted Namgoonghyuk, but he couldn’t help but feel nervous.
“I’m going to open it.”
Park Joo-hwan became more anxious than before as Namgoong-hyuk spoke while turning a radish the size of his forearm around. Why does a person who solves problems with his fists resort to radish?
“You know what? “If you cut this, you can tell whether it’s windy or not.”
“Is it windy too?”
Should I sow the seeds well to prevent wind from blowing? Namgoonghyuk was speechless for a moment due to the question of Park Joo-hwan, who was bright and mumbling about her. Then he cut the radish and showed the cross section to Park Joo-hwan.
“That’s not it, do you see a hole in here? This is called cheating. “I really explain everything.”
He also learned from Lim Bong-soon a while ago and found the situation he was explaining to Park Joo-hwan quite astounding.
“Anyway, even though it looks like there’s nothing wrong on the outside, if you look at it like this, there’s something wrong with it. “You can eat it, but it doesn’t taste good.”
“So?”
“Tsk. That’s the case here and now. “It looks good on the outside, but what happens when you come in and find out that the food isn’t that good?”
“then… … .”
Park Joo-hwan was worried. Right now, I am an employee here, but what if I experienced this as a guest?
“I think you’ll be disappointed.”
“okay. “That’s why I don’t open it.”
“Then are you going to throw it away?”
“How much money did you spend here? How can you throw it away? “What is this place?”
The person who was just comparing it to nothing clicked his tongue as if it was pitiful.
“We need to strengthen our internal stability. So… … .”
As Namgung-hyuk continued to speak, perhaps thinking of something, Park Joo-hwan became curious and leaned his upper body towards him.
“I’m learning how to cook these days. “That’s why I’m coming here as a chef.”
“Brother?”
“huh. Have you ever eaten anything I made? It’s really delicious.”
Namgoonghyuk excitedly shook the radish, saying that it tasted amazing.
“You have to cut it open to know that there is wind in it. Lift it like this and measure its weight. But honestly, aren’t all radishes heavy? “I can exercise with this.”
Namgoonghyuk bent and straightened his arms using radishes as dumbbells. Park Joo-hwan, who saw that, looked at Namgoong-hyuk with eyes that had many things he wanted to say. Now that I know how to tell whether the wind is blowing or not, I wonder when the store will open.
“I never thought I would think like that.”
Namgoonghyuk turned his head to check on the other person at the familiar voice he heard at that time.
“Joohwan, didn’t you lock the door?”
“I left it open earlier for cleaning.”
Namgoonghyuk’s eyes sharpened at Park Joo-hwan’s tactless words.
“Even so, irrelevant outsiders should have been prevented from entering.”
Park Joo-hwan’s only crime was talking with Namgoong-hyuk in the kitchen, but he now takes responsibility for not stopping Kang Ha-joon.
“No more useless talk. “I didn’t come here to have fun.”
Namgoong Hyuk frowned and narrowed his eyes in response to Kang Ha-jun’s reply telling him to take it in moderation.
“If you’re not here to have fun, are you really here to find a way to open this store?”
“I would have said so.”
“and… … .”
As Namgoong-hyuk was spinning in place as if he was dumbfounded, Kang Ha-jun winked at Park Joo-hwan as if telling him to leave. The boss didn’t ask him to leave, but he felt like staying here would only cause sparks, so Park Joo-hwan sneaked out.
I was scolded for leaving the door open, so I closed the kitchen door very tightly.
“Who told you to close this place?”
Namgoong-hyuk was about to say something to Park Joo-hwan, who had closed the door, but Kang Ha-jun grabbed his arm.
“I never asked you to take charge of my store, so why am I stepping forward? Didn’t you say you didn’t need it? “Do you think I won’t go to Suni’s because of that?”
“Go.”
“what?”
Namgoonghyuk’s expression distorted. Earlier, he took my plan as if it was funny and I wondered what kind of trick he was trying to pull.
“Instead, go at the appointed time.”
“A set time… … .”
“I’m telling you to work on Eunyul’s behalf.”
“This bastard says he wants to hear it, so he knows people as if they were his own body.”
Namgung-hyuk was excited when he understood that this meant that he would work as an employee of Suni’s from now on. However, when Kang Ha-jun did not show the slightest signs of agitation, Namgoong-hyuk realized that something was strange.
“Go and learn. “In the meantime, I will help you settle down here.”
Namgoonghyuk was about to express his frustration when Kang Hajun’s words froze him like ice.
It allows you to settle down. Those words meant a lot. The intention was to create a justification for Namgoonghyuk to no longer have to work in finance and to be able to confidently escape from his father.
No matter how well-built a Korean restaurant is, it is meaningless if it cannot be established. That’s why Namgoong-hyuk especially focused on taste, which is the most important element in a restaurant, and Kang Ha-jun dug into the gaps in his mind as if he knew everything.
“how?”
When asked if there really was such a method, Kang Ha-jun leisurely raised the corner of his mouth. I felt very happy that Namgoonghyuk was involved in my plan.
“Please don’t sell food for the time being and just keep the store open.”
“Just open the store?”
