Chapter 104

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“… Are you serious? You’re going to let her go?” Holding the steering wheel, Ojae carefully asked Gyeonhui once again.

He nodded slowly with a firm expression. “I think you should think about it one more time…”

As Ojae was telling Gyeonhui, he saw that Sun was leaving the hospital.

“Oh my.”

Ojae was stunned and leaned down quickly.

“It seems like she’s going home.”

Ojae said while he was stealing a glance at her as if he were a detective in an undercover investigation.

Gyeonhui watched her back with sinking eyes without saying anything.

“So, what now? Go home?” Ojae looked back and asked Gyeonhui again.

“… Just a moment.”

He didn’t take his eyes off her back.

He continued watching her back as if he would never see her again.

After a while, she was no longer around, but his gaze was still rooted in her.

***

When Sun returned home, she took a shower in warm water briefly.

Luckily, her body warmed up much more, and she felt a lot better after the shower.

She recalled Gyeonhui’s pale face and his dried lips while she was drying her hair with a towel.

It reminded her of herself when she was thoroughly mentally hurt after breaking up with him.

She remembered herself wandering on the pilgrimage with no purpose or meaning.

“… Why…”

It didn’t make sense to her.

“… Why is he sick?”

She was frustrated, but no one answered.

She eventually got up from her seat and looked out the window.

At that time, she noticed a luxury car parked in the alleyway and was just about to leave.

She couldn’t see the license plate, but the exterior of the car was so familiar. She shook her head slowly, not believing that it was him.

She shook her head harder, hoping that it wasn’t him.

After a while, the car ultimately left the alleyway and was no longer visible.

She contemplated, refusing to leave there for a while with a grim expression

***

A week later, early in the morning.

Sitting in the yard, Gyeonhui put his hand out.

Terry soon approached him and licked his hand.

He gently stroked Terry’s head and gave him a snack.

After Terry ate it voraciously, he looked at Gyeonhui again.

It meant that the dog wanted it more.

Gyeonhui smiled and gave him the rest of the snacks that he was holding.

“Wow, you guys are pretty close now, huh?” Ojae said as he approached.

“… I guess.”

“Look. I told you that you just need to approach slowly.”

Gyeonhui stroked Terry’s head with a bitter smile.

“By the way, are we still going to do the plan?”

“What plan?”

“Kids Fan. Sending them out of the building.”

“… Yes. Proceed.”

“Seriously?” Despite Ojae’s anxious question, Gyeonhui nodded silently. “Are you going to work today?” Ojae sighed and changed the subject.

“… Sure. I’m fine now.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to take more rest?”

Gyeonhui shook his head slowly.

“There are a lot of problems to deal with. You can’t handle them all by yourself without me.”

“You sound like you’ve become somewhat gentle.”

“Gentle?”

“The way you spoke to me was like stabbing me with a needle in the tongue, but you’re a little different these days.”

“Really? Do you want me to stab you again?”

“Huh, no thanks. Tell me when you’re ready. I’ll pick you up.”

Gyeonhui nodded slowly.

After Ojae left the yard and headed to the parking lot, Gyeonhui looked back at Terry.

Unlike in the past, they became closer to each other.

He smiled as he stroked Terry’s head.

***

The Kids Fan Office.

Sun sighed as she checked the emoticon designs.

During the whole week, she felt stuffy, and her mind was heavy.

“Hah…”

She checked the time by stretching her stiff neck from side to side.

It was already 8 a.m.

‘Bang.’

Then the door opened; Eunyoung and Ari came in.

“Really? You’ve come to work so early!” Eunyoung asked in amazement.

“Huh? What’s wrong with your face? No way, did you stay here all night?

Hearing Ari, Sun smiled in response.

“Look at this, boss.”

Sun showed them the new project plan that she had been working hard on throughout the night.

Eunyoung quickly looked at the new project anxiously.

It was a new project that would have taken at least a few days to create with a new concept of images for animation and emoticons, even character designs.

“Did you finish all of this overnight?”

“I’m a little competent, haha.” She was smiling, but her face looked so exhausted.

“How many days have you been refusing to sleep?”

“… No, it’s not like that.”

“No, look at your face. It looks terrible… what’s going on with you these days?” Eunyoung said, after looking at her face anxiously.

However, Sun smiled bitterly and slowly shook her head.

“Hey, Sun, you…””

‘Knock, knock.’

As soon as Eunyoung tried to ask Sun again, they heard a knock.

Eunyoung had stopped talking and answered the door.

“Coming!”

After a while, Ojae stepped in.

Eunyoung’s eyes became spiky since she recognized him.

“What’s up, again?”

“I’m here to deliver a simple word to all of you.” Ojae started speaking with a firm expression.

“… a word?” After reading his expression, Eunyoung carefully asked again.

Ari was nervous about what he would want from them, so she focused on Ojae’s mouth.

“Yes, hmm.” Ojae started speaking again with a shallow sigh. “From now on, you can move your office to somewhere else. There will be no penalties or any charges against you afterwards. You are free to go.”

“You mean, we can move the office?”

Eunyoung and Ari didn’t know what to say as if they couldn’t believe Ojae’s words.

“Yes, absolutely. The department that’s in charge of your office has been officially transferred from me to the project planning team. This is the direction of Gyeonhui Woo, the president of the company.”

“Why are you doing this all the sudden? I don’t understand…”

Ari sat back and asked carefully.

“I’m only in a position to deliver his words. Unfortunately, there is no more that I can tell you.”

Ojae looked at Eunyoung and exited the office with a shallow sigh.

‘Bang.’

When the door closed, Ari quickly approached Sun and Eunyoung.

“What’s going on?”

Eunyoung nodded with a sinking expression after hearing Ari’s question with worry.

“It’s been weird.”

“What do you mean?”

“Mr. Woo, he hasn’t come to work for days.”

Sun’s expression hardened.

“Why? What happened to him?”

“I don’t know, but the reserved seats for Mr. Woo have always been vacant in the conference room.”

“Is he on a business trip somewhere? Or is he sick?”

Hearing Ari, Sun’s expression hardened some more.

“By the way, why is he doing this all the sudden? I don’t feel good about this…”

Ari unwittingly bit her fingernails.

Eunyoung looked at Sun silently.

Sun, with a firm expression, certainly had something to do with all of this.

“Sun, I need to talk with you for a moment.”

Eunyoung hurriedly grabbed Sun’s wrist.