The Returner

3. Stop running (4)

Choi Chang-hyuk, who recognized him with his face, suddenly woke up on his feet.

“Ji-hyuk, are you here? ”

Lee Hyuk carefully looked at Choi Chang-hyuk and went inside.

“Are you a little late? ”

Choi Chang-hyuk quickly shook his head.

“You're late. Haha... You're early. ”

Although it was an hour and a half late, no one would be late for Lee Ji-hyuk.

‘He also came out after the second period. ’

If anyone knew Lee Hyuk, no one would have thought he would show up on time.

“I was going to come out early today, but I was a little late because my clothes were awkward. ”

“Oh?”

Choi Chang-hyuk looked at Lee Ji-hyuk and smiled brightly.

“By the way, you're all dressed up. ”

“Does it suit you?”

“Well, that fits. ”

As Lee Hyuk stepped inside, everyone else looked at him. It was George who opened his mouth first.

“Hey, Ji-hyuk. It's been a long time."

“… Huh? ”

Lee Hyuk looked at George and tilted his head.

“Who?”

“ ……. ”

George smiled awkwardly and explained himself.

“I don't think I've changed that much... I'm a hermit, George. Don't you remember? ”

“George?”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head and his face rotted.

Choi Chang-hyuk hurriedly opened his mouth as the atmosphere became slightly awkward.

“He's changed a lot. Ji-hyuk, don't you remember? I had a fight with Sunbae in class. You used to be a study bug.”

“Actually, I don't remember my classmates' faces very well. ”

... Then why did you call me?

Choi Chang-hyuk stared at Lee Ji-hyuk with a blank face. When do people roast to have a reunion, and what if they say they don't remember?

“She's acting like a prodigy. ”

“Oh?”

I looked at George as if Lee Hyuk was interested.

“Really?"

“Uh-huh.”

George scratches his head.

Normally, I would shrug my shoulders when I said I was a competent person somewhere, but I felt something very awkward when I wanted to talk about my abilities in front of Lee Hyuk.

It's like wrinkling in front of a pupa.

“I've heard a lot about you. ”

“My story? ”

“Yeah, you're on the NDF. We've heard a lot about them. ”

“Really? What? ”

At that moment, George realized that he had said the wrong thing.

‘Let's just say I've heard the story.... ’

The story of the NDF was told based on stories from members of the NDF. And the talents belonging to the NDF stopped talking about Lee Hyuk.

‘The Devil.’

That was also a little bit of a demon.

“Joe, that's a good story. ”

“So, what's the good story? ”

“Hahahaha.... ”

George smiles awkwardly.

"You have to do what you're supposed to do and live to tell a story like this! ’

It's just a surf legend. What good is the story?

“You know the story. You played in America, you played in China.... ”

“Huh?”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

“I've been through a lot. ”

Based on the stories I heard, I think it was people who met Lee Hyuk, not Lee Hyuk, but I did not have to take the story out and make the atmosphere strange.

“It's been a long time, Ji-hyuk. ”

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk sat next to him and saw the woman shaking the beer bottle, then tilted her head again.

“Who?”

“Don't you remember? I'm the best.”

“Best……. ”

Lee Hyuk started rolling his head by activating the brain that was not working.

It was definitely a name in my memory......

“Ah!”

Lee Hyuk, who remembered the name best in the brain, looked up and down and tilted his head.

“No?”

“Huh? What? ”

“…… Did you form? ”

The best face was distorted.

“This isn't the best I remember. I mean, I mean, um... ”

Choi Chang-hyuk hurriedly went back to mediation.

“Wow, it's a lot different when women graduate and start designing. ”

“But this is a bit... ”

“You look so different if you just change your hair. ”

“Is that so?"

“You used to have a sailor who didn't do it before. I'm studying.”

“Yes, but.... ”

Lee Hyuk glanced at the best and tilted his head.

“But does it make you twinkle? ”

“ ……. ”

Choi Chang-hyuk turned his head slightly.

“Come on, let's have a drink! ”

He was frightened and raised his glass.

Others raised their glasses loudly to resolve the awkward atmosphere.

“By the way, what were you doing in high school? ”

“... Oh, why are you bringing up that guy so drunk? ”

“But you're curious. ”

“Don't even say it. I still get nervous when I think about Sam. There's no such thing as a poisonous man. ”

Lee Hyuk nodded.

“Yeah, he was a little overzealous to think about it. ”

Everyone's gaze turned to Lee Hyuk.

“Isn't that right? ”

“Yes... ”

“Well, yes. ”

The answer was yes, but everyone felt the same.

‘I don't know anyone else, but you shouldn't do that. ’

Lee Hyuk was the one who caused Park Hwang-gyu, a legendary evil teacher in Dong-gu, to have a nervous breakdown.

‘It was too much. ’

‘Wow! My God, how can you make a teacher look sorry to a student? ’

‘Teachers don't do people either. What am I supposed to do when a student like that comes in? ’

The man who ruled the Iron Throne couldn't handle it, so he used to wind up in the classroom after class and pack up Lee Hyuk's burden himself.

Isn't Lee Hyuk a true educator in this era who told him to go to the Internet cafeteria and pay for spare money if he can't even go home?

‘If you think about it now, he was a good man. ’

He was the one who cleared the obstacles by spending his own money because he was obstructed from studying children. I thought he was an oppressive man at the time, but it's nice to think about it now.

Lee Hyuk tilted his head as everyone looked at him with fat eyes.

“Isn't that right? ”

“Well, yes. ”

“Yes, it is. ”

It was Lee Hyuk who caused the student to think negatively about the Student Rights Ordinance.

“Has anyone heard from that teacher? ”

“I heard you quit.”

“Huh? You quit teaching? Teachers are guaranteed full time. Then why did you stop teaching? ”

“The stress was so overwhelming that we dropped out right after graduation. ”

“ ……. ”

Everyone had a time of mourning in their hearts.

If I hadn't met Lee Hyuk, my eyes felt red for no reason because I thought that the person who would have lived well as a teacher would have met Lee Hyuk for no reason.

“You said Ji-hyuk works at NDF, right? ”

“Yes.”

Choi Mi showed interest in Lee Hyuk again.

“Then you must make a lot of money, too. ”

“… Salary? ”

“Yes. Do you get a lot? ”

Lee Hyuk tilted his head.

“I don't know how much. ”

“You get that much? ”

“No, that's not it…. ”

Lee Hyuk scratched his head awkwardly.

“I don't know how much I get per month because I've never checked my account or checked anything like this. ”

“ ……. ”

Choi Hyuk glanced at Lee Hyuk with a subtle face and nodded.

If you say it badly, you don't have an economic concept, but it's a big one.

“You said there was a gathering of the strongest minds in our country. ”

“Yes, but.... ”

“Then there must be a lot of great people. Right?"

“Great?”

Lee Hyuk recalled the agents of the NDF in his head and said an honest look.

“Everyone seems to be short somewhere.... ”

If the NDFs had heard, they would have vomited blood.

I don't know anyone else, but Lee Hyuk shouldn't say that.

“Haha, are you kidding me? ”

“Are you serious?”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk had the ability to stop the conversation. I didn't know what I was supposed to do when I spoke.

He pretended to know him.

“But there are a lot of famous and wonderful people. Seo Ah-young.”

“Hysterical.”

“... Park Seong-chan. ”

“Stupid muscle. ”

George's lips began to tremble.

“Oh, or that! Kim Da Hyun! He's famous for his handsome face. I chew celebrities with my face, and I'm part of the NDF! They even have a fan club!”

“He's the problem. It's a Cisco.”

The vision of NDF was shattered.

“Well, is anyone else okay? ”

Lee Hyuk began to ponder when he asked the embarrassed best. After a while, I had to think the same thoughts in other people's heads.

‘Is that the question you should be thinking about? ’

Lee Hyuk opened his mouth after thinking about it.

“At least a zoom dol would fit into the normal person's category. She may not be normal, but she's okay. ”

“Jummadol?”

“Jung-min!”

“No, that's right. Jung-min is an NDF!”

As soon as the name Jung Hae Min appeared, a sudden reaction popped out.

“Huh?"

Lee Hyuk tilted his head to the reaction that he couldn't understand.

“What's the matter? ”

“It's Jung-min, Jung-min! Then, will Ji-hyuk see you often? ”

“I see it almost every day. ”

“Jee, really? I need an autograph! ”

Choi Chang-hyuk started to lather into his mouth.

“An autograph? What are you going to use it for when you get an autograph? ”

“Lady! She's been so popular lately! There are no channels that don't work. CF just blew up.”

“…… why? ”

Lee Hyuk couldn't understand.

“He's cute.”

“Beautiful.”

“He sings well. ”

Lee Hyuk with a fat face asked me again.

“You're cute, you're pretty, you're good at dancing, you're good at singing, and you have a lot of little kids. ”

“No one has it but a certain man. And he's not old. What kind of woman is she? ”

“Huh?”

Looking at Choi Chang-hyuk vomiting heat, Lee Hyuk realized that Jung-min was more popular than he thought.

“You want an autograph? ”

“Yes.”

“Take it yourself. ”

“Huh?"

“They're on their way. ”

“…… What do you mean? ”

Lee Hyuk made an impression as if he didn't understand words.

“They're on their way here now. ”

“Who? Jung-min? ”

“Then who will come? ”

“Jee, really? Why did Jung-min come here? ”

“Why are you here? I called you. Come on. ”

Choi Chang-hyuk stared at Lee Ji-hyuk dazed.

I couldn't figure out whether to believe it, whether not to believe it or not.

Of course, Lee Hyuk and Jeong-min are supposed to be on the same side and know each other, but you have a personal relationship to call at the reunion?

With Jung-min?

“By the way, why are you late? ”

Lee Hyuk made an impression and took out his phone. Lee Hyuk, who called somewhere, was annoyed.

“Why aren't you coming? ”

People listened to Lee Hyuk's voice with a nervous face.

“What's his schedule? So, now? ”

Is that real? ’

I couldn't believe it, I couldn't believe it.

“Just come! It's a no-man 's-land! Ahhhh!”

Lee Hyuk hung up and got up.

“I'll get him. Wait a minute."

When Lee Hyuk finally said that, a strange silence began to hide in the room.