I'm still alive
[98]
The meeting ended in a flash with the reaction of a ferocious old man. However, the conclusion did not change fizzily because of the successful suppression of the steamship. With the end of the incident, the combat team was deprived of the right to use guns, and the management department under the head of the group will be in charge of the gun control.
Of course our team, or we, now a tramp, has the right to use the gun at will. It was an unconventional greeting, a sure treatment. Although some of the executives showed displeasure, no one openly disagreed because their performance was recognized through the information they obtained information.
The militant group, which wielded great power in Eden, had its limbs cut off, and another force emerged in a moment to keep them in check. It didn't mean much to us who weren't interested in power or honor, but we were going to be swayed in the direction that the head of the group wanted.
a two-day holiday There were too many things to do and prepare for a vacation. I thought for a long time about how to use that time, which is actually a preparation period.
Equipment and guidance were sufficient, but not enough to pack the group with the present number of people. In the end, all you need is a headcount. But all I knew in Eden was a few people who met face to face, so I didn't even know who to bring.
But at that moment, I suddenly remembered a face.
Do you want to go see Kim Hye-jung?’
As I walked the night way back to my quarters, I grabbed the old man and said quietly. Then the old man yawned out as if he was tired, and soon began to relive his appetite and nodded his head in a face of reluctance. A face that I don't like, but I have to do it? I just laughed because I knew the tingling old man's personality.
Where is she now? I didn't know where she was because the search party building was gone. I grabbed silver-rimmed glasses that were walking in front of me countless times, and began to explain the whole story. Then Eun-te's glasses might be tired, but he offered to guide them himself.
She said she was staying in her home now because everything related to the search team had disappeared. be in charge of business as a courtesyHe hinted that he had no strength in what had happened recently. I knew the reason, so I kept my mouth shut.
The silver-rimmed glasses guided us to the villa where she lived, and slowly avoided our seats, saying she still had work to do. I nodded and slowly went into the villa to see her staying in room 102.
We arrived in front of room 102. Of course there was no doorbell, so I tapped very lightly on the door, and straightened my face out of the doorway so that my face could be seen well. After a while, there was a sign of popularity in front of the front door, and soon the door opened gently.
What's going on?’
She must have fallen asleep, her hair was disheveled, her eyes gouged. But our eyes were wide open because of the sudden visit, and there was a strange expectation in one corner of the face. I tried hard to hold back my laughter and asked her.
Can I talk to you?’
She answered, twitching her lips.
'I'm busy......'
Are you busy? I know you just got out of bed. She couldn't hide her emotions well, and she kept laughing, but I desperately held back my laughter. And I decided to bow down once as I came to ask her for a favor.
'Please.'
Then her expression was loosened for a moment and the corners of her mouth began to smile. And he quickly opens the door and beckons as if he wants us to come in quickly, fearing that we might run away. I could hear the old man laughing beside me, as if the change of attitude was ridiculous.
We entered her house, where warm warmth leaked out, and slowly closed the door. Still, it smelled better than I thought because it was a house where a woman lived, and the house was quite clean. Still on the easy side, she let us into her room without any sign of shame.
She brought a bright lamp, shivering in Busan, and even a warm green tea for us, who were coldly hardened. She must have been very pleased with us coming here. I let out a cold breath, melting my hands with warm green tea.
We haven't spoken for a while. The old man only drank tea leisurely, and I also concentrated on warming my cold body. But in this silence, she began to lift her hips slightly, perhaps impatient. It was like a fretful puppy.
I asked her quietly.
Have you heard anything about today?’
It was Eden, where incidents began to break out one after another, but today's event was a big event that shook Eden's foundations and caused the reason for its existence to be disturbed. Of course, she also gave a sharp, sharp nod to see if she had heard or seen anything.
"Kim Yoon-sik, you've finally made a mistake, haven't you?’
She must have piled up a lot, too. I smiled and nodded, and drank all the green tea left in the cup. The tension in the conference room and the cold that I experienced while walking down the street felt like I was blown away in an instant. I started to explain to her everything that was in the conference room.
It's something he couldn't do. That's why she began to swallow and listen to my story, reacting to a word, venting her anger or giggling coolly. And finally, when he heard the combat team's disciplinary action, he clapped his hands and looked at the old man.
'What?'
The old man replied curtly to her whether he wanted to be grumpy. But she looked at the old man with a look of respect, as if she didn't care as much about such a mean thing as a dog. I looked at her like that and asked quietly.
I want to know the intentions of the group leader.’
The attitude of Kim Yun-sik, who was struggling in the conference room, was particularly irritating. He so easily trampled on and ignored the faces of other executives and group leaders as if he had nothing to be afraid of. Perhaps the right to reclaim rights would have ended in limbo if it had not been for the actions of the old man.
Literally, it felt like power was divided. Other officials still accepted the group leader's words and instructions, but Kim Yoon-sik acted independently and was touching the combat team members with his own hands, not Eden.
Perhaps the source of my uneasiness was coming from Kim Yun-sik, who made such an action indifferent. When she heard my question, she answered with a stiff face in an instant.
'......you had a vague idea, right?’
'What about the big one?
The head of the group was not able to treat Kim Yoon-sik recklessly. It literally means that there is no way to fire or disband a combat team. The risks were great to deal with earlier, and the combat team has become too big to deal with now.
Literally a situation where you can't do this or that, and at that moment.
Dong-yoon's party showed up.’
She suddenly spoke as if she had read my thoughts. I changed my posture comfortably, looking at the brightly burning lamp, and soon gave a deep sigh from the stomach. I didn't want to get involved in a power struggle or a political battle, but I was there before I knew it.
Did I become a knife?’
Under the current circumstances, we can never ignore the performance made by running around the scene. The reality is that no matter how many times a tiger cries out in a safe fence, it is worse than a wolf outside the fence. The head of the group was using that point to gulp down the rights held by the combat team in the well.
But she began to placate me as if not to think ill of me.
'You're a good man.'
I don't believe it. No, it's right not to judge hastily. He's a good man for a hundred days. He's a great man. Praise does not touch my heart. I was just being swayed by the group leader for my company and Chae-yeon.
When I didn't answer, she sneaked up to me and whispered.
'They just recognized each other as good people.’
Good guy? Me?
By the way, isn't that too close? Before I knew it, I stared at her, who had come near me. And at the moment I was about to tell her to fall, a foot flew over here, and soon kicked her shoulder and made her fall on the floor. The owner of the foot was an old man.
'Dong-yoon is taken.’
She fell badly on the floor. And where was the gaze that was looking respectfully at the old man earlier, staring at the old man with eyes that had turned lewd like a cat. The old man, however, smiled as if he were small and stood up.
I've asked everything I' I also got up from my seat following the old man, and looked down at her blankly looking at us. The old man next to him went out, holding his hands behind him as if he had been to a nursing home, and I tried to follow him.
Then I felt her fidgeting until here. Are you here to ask me this? No, right? I could hear her innermost thoughts. The old man, however, crossed the front door before he knew it, and showed no sign of coming back. Mischievous...... I looked back at her with a deep sigh.
'Come to my house early tomorrow morning.’
'What?'
Have a nice cup of course.’
He spoke as if to her, staring at me absentmindedly, and followed the old man out of the doorway. When I closed the front door, the old man was looking up at the night sky nearby, and I moved cautiously to the side.
What are you looking at when there's no star or moon?’
The old man answered with a puff of breath as if he were smoking.
'The night sky.'
Really? I answered briefly and gently washed my face. The busy day passed in a flash. It was exactly the same time as a month, but it was only two days, and the busy moments pass by in my memory.
So at the moment we were about to head to the quarters, there suddenly came a loud noise over her front door. The noise was a human voice, and apparently was saying this.
Hooray!
We both laughed and hurried our steps.
* * *
I fell into such a deep sleep that night that no one would know who carried me. And even though she tried to oversleep using the nominally vacation name, she was forced to wake up because of Chae-yeon's violent wake-up alarm. I climbed onto my stomach and got up from my seat, hugging Chae-yeon smiling.
It was early in the morning, but everyone, children and adults, woke up, folded up their bedding and prepared breakfast. Am I the last one to wake up? I felt strangely ashamed, so I gently scratched my back of my head, and slowly put Chae-yeon, who rubbed her face against my chest, on the floor.
At that moment, Kang Soo-ryeon, who was preparing a meal there, was surprised to find me awake and looked at Chae-yeon. And she's running right up here.Soon after, I began to grunt at Chae-yeon, who was stuck on my leg.
Chae-yeon! I told you not to wake Dong-yoon up!’
Chae-yeon buries her face on my leg with a crying sound. I could tell at once that it was pretending to cry, and Kang Soo-ryeon is now used to it, so she has a smile on her face. I met Kang Soo-ryeon, who was looking at me while touching the warm Chae-yeon's hair.
Then Kang Su-ryeon smiled brightly and said to me,
'Eat.'
The delicious smell from the tip of the nose, and the noisy sound of children, have been a stabilizer for all the abnormalities that have been brought back to normal. I hugged Chae-yeon, and approached Kang Soo-ryeon wearing an apron.
When I arrived, the group gathered at the table one by one and began eating.
The meal of our party was as noisy as ever. Maybe the driving force behind the hard day comes from here? When women took care of their children one by one, no one was left out, and I couldn't stop laughing because it looked like a big family.
Yongpal and Du-sik, who fell asleep as if they were dead yesterday, were eating like crazy, and the old man also looked much better. I gazed at the sight and began to eat, stunned by the rapidly disappearing side dishes.
And by the time the rice bowl was half empty, someone knocked on the front door and called my name.