CH 82

Yoonshin needed some time to comprehend what Sehun meant. He tried thinking pessimistically, yet it seemed that Sehun’s true feelings matched what he had imagined back in the car. Yoonshin grew embarrassed but held onto Sehun’s hand for several seconds more before Sehun yanked his hands away.

“Move. I shouldn’t have come here,” Sehun said.

The older man tossed the handkerchief roughly on the table and left the café. Yoonshin hurriedly put the trays with the cups on the counter and chased after Sehun. He finally processed what the other said. Sehun was clearly shaken up, but he was unaccustomed to and displeased at himself for being so. Yoonshin also felt similarly, so he knew.

Yoonshin felt like he could finally grasp at the other man.

As Yoonshin picked up his pace and went down to the basement, he could see Sehun’s lean figure going through the indoor arcade and into the apartment complex. As soon as he saw him, Yoonshin popped his head out to let the other know of his presence. It was meant to implicitly ask why Sehun was ignoring him despite knowing that he was following, but he was immediately shut down. Yoonshin stood up straight and walked beside Sehun.

“By any chance, if the firm has any receivership cases, could you put me on that? Files that get a lot of work in a short timeframe, I could probably buy enough time. I pushed back the second meeting. I thought it would be rude of me to meet that woman when I felt like this.” Yoonshin promised the next meeting with a vague timeline, but he couldn’t keep pushing it back indefinitely. He thought it would be nice if he had an excuse to hide briefly.

“Not only do we not have cases like that right now, how dare a junior vie for a receivership case without anything to show? No,” Sehun said, rejecting Yoonshin’s plea.

“The number of years of experience one has isn’t everything. You’re the prime example of that. There are no other partners with your years in such a large-scale law firm like Doguk. If it’s anything like organizing a labor relations log, I can do it well. I’m confident that I can produce a concise application to the court. If not, I’m also happy with doing the most work-intensive file our team has.”

“I work with people who can find 10 solutions to one question. Your DNA is still closer to an uptight human rights lawyer. Societal success, massive payback, or immense accomplishment—I’ll give you a big one if any of these worldly goals get included in your category of desire. Climb up steadily from the trenches.”

“I’m very desperate. I don’t want to lie. I just need work that makes me spend all-nighters every day,” Yoonshin said.

Sehun finally stopped walking down the tranquil hall and turned to look at Yoonshin. The older man’s handsome and formerly expressionless face now had a slight hint of a frown. Looking in the direction against the chilly wind, Yoonshin stared back at Sehun, who stood in front of him.

“You want me to give you work because you want to escape from the reality that you’re faced with. Don’t you think you would be deceiving the other person? What’s different from that and lying? You’re already not being honest,” Sehun said.

He hit the bull’s eye. Yoonshin nodded, admitting to everything Sehun said. Sehun, who was watching Yoonshin earnestly, carefully added his advice. “I’ll give you one warning. If you keep glossing things over, you can’t solve anything. The core is the essence of the matter, and the essence is the core of the matter. You’re not the type to hate having a blind date. You think that any meeting can spark a relationship. The first problem you need to solve is why you don’t want that marriage.”