Chapter 73
But time was still moving without freezing .
One winter day .
Jaegun bought his book, Storm and Gale . He was going to see Professor Han Hesun .
“The book looks good . ”
In the quiet office, there was a warm atmosphere . Hesun examined the book .
“I like this instead of some drawing . ”
“I like it, too . ”
Jaegun answered .
Hesun opened the book . On the first page, there was one sentence in the white paper .
I offer this book to Dasul and her life .
“Who’s Dasul?”
“Ahah, yes . ”
He quickly explained to Hesun excluding the talk about Jongjin .
Hesun laughed when she heard that .
“Of course, that’s like you . An action writer . That’s good . A writer needs to feel a lot of feelings . You need to learn and feel more things and understand them”
“Yes, I know . ”
The clock was heading to 12 .
“Um, Professor, It’s lunch…”
Tap!
There was a knock noise behind Jaegun’s back . Hesun lifted her head .
“Come in . ”
3-4 people came in .
When they saw Jaegun, they froze in place .
They forgot to even greet Hesun .
“Ja, Jaegun…?”
“It’s you . It’s been a while . ”
Jaegun smiled and said .
They were his college colleagues . They had come to give a present and greet Hesun .
“Why are you all of you surprised? Sit down . ”
The people woke up at that .
And then they greeted Hesun and politely gave the gifts they brought .
“Professor, I hope good things happen to you . ”
“Thank you for helping me . ”
“It’s nothing, but I hope you like it . ”
Hesun didn’t really care for their presents .
She didn’t like the presents they gave for no reason . She told them not to bring these pointless presents so many times, but they didn’t listen . She gave up a long time ago .
“Yes, thank you . Put it on the desk . ”
Hesun said .
It was a terrible feeling . She didn’t like her students who tried to gain her respect with this .
“Aha…”
One person’s glance went to the book in Hesun’s hand .
Everyone knew .
The winner .
That’s why they were surprised from seeing Jaegun .
“You’ve heard, right?”
“Yes, yes… professor . Of course . ”
“I hope you guys read it . It’s really good . It will help your writing as well . ”
At that, the people smiled forcefully .
They were all shivering . With jealous eyes, they were glancing at Jaegun .
‘Hahaha…’
Jaegun only laughed to himself .
It was always like this .
There were only a few people like Jongjin and Suhee who didn’t become jealous .
“Don’t you have anything to say to him?”
Hesun said .
And then, they started to say congrats to Jaegun .
“Congrats . ”
“I’ll read it . ”
“I’ll buy it when I get home . ”
It was a voice of no soul .
Even they didn’t know if this soulless praise came from their heart .
“Thanks . ”
Jaegun also said . He looked at Hesun .
Hesun bitterly smiled and nodded .
“You’re leaving?”
“I think you’re busy so I will leave now . ”
He didn’t want to waste time between these jealous kids . Hesun understood this .
“Professor, you should eat . What do you want?”
“I bought a car . What do you want . ”
The colleagues started to say as Jaegun was about to leave .
Jaegun was heading towards the door .
“Ah, Jaegun . Wait . ”
Hesun clapped .
Jaegun turned around .
“Yes?”
“I almost forgot . It’s nothing, but you should give a lecture . ”
“Lect . . . ure?
“Yes, there’s an orientation . Come and give a lecture . ”
Jaegun widened his eyes .
The colleagues did too . They were more shocked then Jaegun .
One colleague was having trouble even standing up as he leaned against the desk .
“I’ll give you the money . ”
Hesun winked at him .
But Jaegun couldn’t answer back .
‘I… give a lecture?’
The orientation was not something to be taken lightly . Many people of the press came and it was a highly valued event . For some writers, this could be the making of a career .
No one who graduated from here has given a lecture yet .
If Jaegun accepted, he would be the first .
“No?”
“No, Professor . . . I’m just surprised . I’ll try my best . ”
Jaegun answered . The colleague’s eyes were shaking hard .
“Thank you for this opportunity . ”
“Yes . Let’s talk later . Go ahead . ”
Jaegun bowed and turned around . He was smiling even though he felt the jealousy from his colleagues .
A lecture offered from Professor Han Hesun . It was an amazing .