Chemistry

* * *

After escaping the weight of the team leader, Jungwoo's days returned to a tranquil state. In addition, there was a overlap of Chinese New Year holidays, so I spent a long time at home, not at work.

It was not special as a holiday. He didn't take his own turn, so he ate the bread soup and worshiped several elders in the neighborhood.

After meeting the dinner teacher and giving his brother allowance, setting up his brother's statue once, giving his mother the new spring clothes he had secretly bought, and giving him a lot of piles to the meat station, a week passed quickly.

It was a small and mediocre time compared to the time spent focusing on the project to succeed, but Jung felt sorry at the end of the holiday.

I can't believe how sweet it is to have been two months in a row in red.

When Sunday, the last day of the holidays, I wanted to stay at home even more, and I felt sorry that I was going to work tomorrow.

“Mommy's coming! ”

I washed in the bathroom, preparing for the supper, and I jumped right out.

“Come on! Clean the water. ”

“Clean this place up!”

“Oh, really! ”

As I visualized my face on my clothes, the dinner rolled to my side.

“These things, they blow dust! ”

I reached out my hand and asked for an apple slice in my mouth, smiling at the cry of Hong Ji Sook, who was shearing fruit.

- Today we will get the freshest ingredients in the traditional market for the best taste.

As Channel Olove's "tasty treat" came out of the TV, the eyes of three people sitting in the living room focused on the screen.

“Earl, Mom. Nice camera. ”

“Fuck off.”

Hong Ji-Sook blurted out, but smiled as if her face on the screen was okay or not.

The banquet pointed to a young girl who was following me around next to her mother.

“Who's that sister? Do you know her? ”

Jungwoo filled his tongue with this question.

“Idiot. I didn't see Su-jin because she didn't help me with work because she was fine. ”

“Who is it?”

“Yoon Lee Seol.”

His eyes widened.

“Why is Yoon Yi Seol over there? You're gonna get signed. ”

The contents of the screen flowed to the last cooking match. The dinner was 2: 2 and he saw him with sweat in his hands.

“I can't believe you brought out stir-fried meat. Mom, it's a battle.”

“I just did it. ”

“So who won? Is that you? ”

Instead of informing him of the results, he turned to Jungwoo and asked.

“What is he doing these days? ”

“I'm very busy. There's a concert in Paris. ”

“In Paris? On a plane? ”

“Amazing. I'm a big star, big star. You treat her like she lives next door. ”

The supper turns its head to this sound.

“How do you know that big star? ”

“Tsk, you'd get hurt if you knew. ”

“You're the one who pretends to be close, and gets hurt by Yoon Yi Seol's fans. Be careful."

“You're gonna get hurt now. Come here.”

As Jungwoo tried to catch him, the supper suddenly stood up and hid behind Hong Ji-suk.

“These things fly in the dust! ”

On the last day of the holiday, the family landscape at 8 pm was no different from any other day.

Jung walked to the kitchen to drink water, and his cell phone rang and he held it in his hand.

Huh?

Michelle's secretary number.

“Yes, secretary. ”

Jules asks if I can see her for a moment.

“Now?”

- He has a business trip to China at dawn. This is the Conrad Hotel Skylounge.

Jung Woo hung up on me because he knew about it and asked me to meet him at this time.

That sentimental look I showed you when I finished the project beautifully. Late-night calls as soon as the holidays end.

‘… were you in love with me? ’

I felt just like that.

Thirty minutes later, Jungwoo arrived on the 37th floor of the Conrad Hotel.

I got out of the elevator and approached the staff and showed them to their seats immediately.

Michelle and her secretary are on the other side of the deserted space.

“Jules.”

As Jungwoo approaches, Michelle greets you and points to the front seat.

“Would you like a drink? ”

Michelle was already drinking a cocktail. Jung shakes his head.

“No, I have to go to work tomorrow. ”

“Secretary Kim. Get me a drink."

While his secretary was away for a while, Jung's gaze stayed on Michelle. A charming blue-eyed woman with a slight coat on her shoulders in a stylish suit is watching her.

You called me here to have a private meeting or something? ’

A foreigner woman who is beautiful in great stature. However, Jungwoo was not comfortable with her attention. No matter how much I liked the look of it, I didn't like meeting people who felt uncomfortable.

“Hey...”

As soon as I tried to say no, Jungwoo saw the leather notebook that Michelle pushed off the table. ’I had a look on my face.

“Mr. Jungwoo. ”

“Yes?”

“Would you consider working for Audrey as a stewardess and special researcher? I'll give you as much money as I want. ”

Michelle points to her leather notebook.

Jungwoo's gaze also turned to the notebook. I opened it carefully and came across a piece of paper. It was a cheque with no numbers, which was issued by the Bank of Korea.

‘I did it again. Was it a scout proposal? "

It was true that I called to be interested, but not what Jungwoo had in mind.

‘I feel this blank check, by the way. ’

Eugene Chemical's shiny path was a much cleaner and more compassionate way than the many conditions that he offered to be treated best.

Jungwoo, who had been watching the check for a while, smiled at Michelle.

“I appreciate the offer. The world of steering is mysterious, but there's still work to be done as a chemist. ”

‘The contract is 10 months away. ’

Michelle dares nod her head as Jungwoo, who closes the leather notebook, returns it.

“I was going to say no. However, the offer remains valid. ”

The staff brought the drink, so Jung accepted it and bowed his head. Michelle opens her mouth quietly.

“613 spices in paradise. If you mix these ingredients randomly, it's just olfactory noise. So is Mr. Jungwoo's research. If you mix fragrance molecules without thinking, you could never make such fragrances. ”

Michelle raises a glass and offers a toast, so Jungwoo also raises a drink.

“Looking at Mr. Lim Wu, I am convinced that steering and chemistry are never different. ”

“It's an honor to be a chemist, recognized by the best perfumers in the world. ”

Jungwoo continued to talk in a more comfortable atmosphere than expected. It was a pleasure to have a conversation with a European beauty in this skyline.

The relationship between the client and the team leader ended, but the story continued.

“Brandy. Double. ”

Seo Mi-hee sat at the bar, ordered a drink, turned her head, and her eyes widened. Michelle, the CEO of Audrey Perfume, was admired for her, sitting at a table by the window.

“Wow, I'm nervous. How long have you been there... Huh? Isn't he the only one with you? ”

He was talking to Michelle, who was only known as a friend's company colleague. It's like a date.

“Bo-young Song, what kind of man are you interested in? ”

Seo Mi-hee picked up her phone, took a picture secretly, and sent it to Song Bo-young. Beevik, and the answer came right away.

Didn't I tell you about your participation in the Audrey project? You're entertaining a client.]

“Oh, what? I sent you to feel jealous. ”

Seo Mi-hee glanced at Michelle while thinking about Song Bo-young's hesitant reaction. The famed CEO was looking at Lim Wu with a gentle expression, with a cool and snappy personality.

Her hunch as a woman was strongly telling me that that was her liking.

“I don't think our Bo-young is pushed by her looks, but she's too strong. This isn't happening. ”

Seo Mi-hee became a thinking face, watching Jungwoo. Then I texted Song Bo-young.

[Then after the entertainment, I'll entertain myself. Only Woo is quite handsome!]

I am sending you an animal emoticon with a wicked look on my face, and the phone rings. Seo Mi-hee smiled.

“Then so be it. ”

The conversation with Michelle, who shared some useful information about perfume, ended around 11: 00. Jungwoo leaves Skytown and takes the elevator.

After pressing the button on the first floor, waiting for the door to close, someone climbs up inside.

“Seo Mi Hee? ”

“Oh, I see you here. ”

“Another drink... Ah. You work here, by the way. Excuse me.”

Seo Mi-hee smiled because of Jungwoo's muttering.

The elevator has begun to move. The second time I saw it, I was still awkward, so I stood there silently, just looking at the number of elevators.

Seo Mi-hee glanced at Jungwoo and asked.

“May I ask you a favor while I see you? ”

“To me?”

“It's nothing serious. I had a drink and I called a friend to drive my car, and then something happened. I was wondering if you could tell him to wait a half an hour. ”

“Why don't you call me? ”

“He's Bo-young. If I'm late, I'll have my hair pulled out. I'll be outside. Please. I'll make an example out of it. ”

Ding-dong.

The elevator stopped on the ninth floor.

“For your information, this is the floor where my office is located. Visit the hotel anytime. I'm interested in Jungwoo. ”

Frowning, I closed one eye and swallowed the moaning as I watched Seo Mi-hee walk away.

Why do you care, someone like me? ’

On the first floor, Jung decides to come out past the lobby.

Where's my boss? ’

Jungwoo turned to look for Song Young-young and saw a car with the number ‘5050' parked on the waiting line of the car and opened his mouth.

That sports car with the black horse mark on it on its yellow base was a hard car to see, rather than trying to ride on the road.

"Wow, that's amazing!"

Jung Woo was amazed and couldn't find her, so he picked up his phone and called her. I wanted to talk to you face to face, but I was at risk of leaving the subway.

The signal came and Song Bo-young answered the phone.

What are you doing here at this hour?

“Where are you right now? I just met Mi-hee. He wants me to tell you he's running a little late. About half an hour.”

Mi-hee, this has been real all along!

Sweet.

Jungwoo was startled by Song Young-young protruding from the sports car seat.

“Stop, Sunbae? ”

“Jungwoo? ”

Song Young-young looked like an apple-haired student with his head turned upside down in a comfortable everyday outfit. That made me even more embarrassed that she was driving such a fancy sports car.

Bam!

The black sedan that was waiting behind the sports car rang out. Song Bo-young was restless and climbed back up again.

The window lowered, and Song Bo-young turned to Jungwoo.

“If you're on your way home, get in. ”

“That car? ”

“He's not coming out anyway. You don't have to drive this thing alone. ”

Jung, who got on the passenger seat in a clumsy mess, turned his eyes all around because of the dazzling interior decoration inside.

“I've never been in a car like this before. ”

“I'm either Mi-hee or... my mom! ”

As I stepped on Axel, Song Bo-young's trembling engine flawed. Even though it wasn't advancing so quickly, I was just amazed at the heavy exhaust sound that was delivered to my ears and seat.

In five minutes.

Jungwoo looked at Song Bo-young who was driving with a bunch of puffiness, then turned his eyes to the windshield. The speed at which the landscape passed was never as fast as I expected in a car like this.

A taxi passed by, leaving on the next lane. Not only that, but many vehicles have already driven ahead of this sports car.

A light car immediately preceded him, flashing his flashing flashlight, laughing at him, and then hurtling away from his sight.

“You just got overtaken by Mathis. The difference between that car and this and emissions.... ”

“Quiet down! ”

A car approaches the right lane. The window opened, and the driver sent a pitiful look to me, "Are you going to drive this car like that?"

“I'm sorry, Ferrari. My heart aches. ”

Jungwoo reached forward and touched the sports car that would have been hurt by Song Bo-young's driving skills.

Song Bo-young opened her axe's eyes to the action.

“The other cars are weird. It says 50 speed limit on the sign! ”

“That section is over. This is 80. Do you know where we can see our Bo-young, Navy? It's out here, too. ”

“Cows, we need that kind of clearance to be safe. Don't you know how to drive safely? ”

“It's worse for everyone to stop when they're over 80. ”

As Song Bo-young caught her breath and increased her speed to 80, the number of vehicles that were passing her suddenly decreased.

“Don't you know Mi-hee's driving skills? Why would you leave it to your boss? ”

“I'm teasing you. I just got caught up in my weakness. ”

“Weaknesses?”

Song Bo-young stepped on Axel, embarrassed by Jungwoo's remarks.

Buaaaaaa!

“It's Mommy!"

A genius driver who picks up and drops his heart at only 50. Jungwoo had no choice but to praise Song Bo-young's different way of driving.

“Hey, can you tell me? ”

“What?”

“How many times are you going to look for your mom on the way? So I'm prepared. Before you have a heart attack. ”

“Keep teasing me. ”

“Hey, look ahead! ”

“Oh my!”

The sports car arrived safely in front of Jungwoo's neighborhood.

“Phew. Well done, heart. ”

“Tsk.”

Song Bo-young, who had been ridiculed all along, looked at Jungwoo and suddenly remembered something.

“Jungwoo, I'll see you in the study room tomorrow, right? ”

“Of course.”

“I can finally get the microbiology project to the youngest. We haven't decided on a new location yet, so we won't be able to escape this time. ”

“Oh, right. ”

After Jungwoo was bitter, Song Bo-young was excited as she danced on her shoulders.

“Good luck, see you tomorrow. I will!"

“You, too. I'll see you alive tomorrow. Be sure to turn on and drive the anti-lane option there. ”

“Hmph!”

The sports car turned its head and disappeared down the hill.

Jungwoo waves his hands and walks down the alley to his house.

Jiaying.

Then the phone came and looked at the phone screen. A number with a caller limit was floating.

“Who are you? … Hello? ”

A late rhythm echoes behind the sound of a voodoo.

Is that you?

“Yes, but who are you? ”

- You've heard of him. I call it heaven.

Jungwoo's footsteps stopped.

“Are you… really Dr. Thousand? ”

- Is there a reason why not? Why would you impersonate the kingdom of heaven?

“That's right. ”

- Dr. Moon told me about the company from time to time. You don't know how to leak chemicals you learned late. It's time to do some real work.

I felt confident about where I was talking on the phone.

- If you look inside my lab cabinet, there's a safe. I've marked the password combination. Find it yourself. Call me when you open it. I'll text you the contact information.

When I thought that this person was really the kingdom of heaven, I didn't even meet Jungwoo who was waiting for me, but Jungwoo's heart thumped.

* * *

Upon receiving the call, Jungwoo rushed to the company and arrived on the 25th floor in a private laboratory area and opened the door urgently.

Beevik.

From the inside, you open the door of the office again and stand in front of the cabinet.

Jung takes a deep breath and opens the door.

Inside with lots of research-related documents.

You take out the box and take a closer look inside the cabinet.

I had not noticed it before, but something caught me in Jungwoo's sight.

Is this it?

There was a finger place on the steel plate that was slightly different in color. I grabbed him and dropped him off lightly. And in the space that appeared, there was a very solid, dialed vault door.

Where's the password? ’

After looking at it for a long time, there were no similar scratches, not to mention numbers.

‘Wait.’

Jungwoo examines the vault again with an expanded view of the molecules.

There was something very finely polished on the handle of the vault that even if it wasn't a ultra-precise microscope, it didn't exist.

Is it a number? 38… 27… 19. ’

It was a numerical model at the molecular level that seemed to be left for him to see. Jungwoo turns the dial, combining numbers like he was possessed.

Ducky, the door to the vault is open.

“Phew.”

Inside the vault was a cylindrical container with two tightly sealed fingers.

A chunk of green jelly floats through a sealed container filled with liquids. No chemical information came to mind at all. It is natural to say that the compound does not exist.

One could deduce that it looked very similar to the blue jelly blob seen in the capsule of 'AF-12'.

Jungwoo picked up his cell phone and dialed the number that heaven gave him.

The signal goes on for a long time, and then you hear a voice.

- Did you find it?

“Yes. It's green. Is it a protein compound?"

- It's complicated to explain over the phone. Let me see your face first.

“Where are you right now? ”

- This is Innsbruck. We're crossing the border to Bolzano soon.

Jung had to doubt his ears at this sound. It was the first name I'd ever heard of.

- We're going to Venice anyway, so I'll meet you there.

Luckily, this was Jungwoo's place. A city in Italy.

“Yes, I'll see you in Venice... Yes?! ”

- What are you so surprised about? Grab what you can and fly to Venice right now.

“I have to go to work tomorrow. ”

- Have you forgotten how you got into that company? I don't take a long time, so I take three days off. Call me when Venice gets here. Do you have a passport?

Tsk.

The call is over.

Jungwoo switched between the mysterious substance in the vault and the mobile phone that just heard the voice of heaven. A few hours ago, I was lying on the floor, watching my sister and TV. But now...

Many thoughts came into Jungwoo's head as if there was a storm.

"Real work"? What's that? '

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code: AF-?

case: effect unknown

research: It appears to be a protein polymer with a green appearance.

< 9. End of a month (13) > by the Head of a Chemical Company Team