“That’s good. As long as it’s not about the office. Go on.”
Ojae had the opportunity to talk, but he could not start speaking easily. After a long pause with a firm expression, Ojae finally started speaking.
“I’m going to ask you straight away… What exactly is Sun supposed to be? I don’t know who she really is.”
“Pardon?”
“I know it sounds strange, but I’m also going crazy because this is the only way I could ask about her,” Ojae said, seemingly frustrated.
“What do you exactly mean?”
“Hah…Has she ever been possessed by a spirit when she was a kid?”
“What?!”
“Or, something like maybe she inherited a special ability from her father’s side that had been handed down from previous generations to her house.”
“… I’ve wasted my time.” Eunyoung rose from her seat, seemingly offended.
“Well, wait a minute.” Ojae hurriedly grabbed her.
“Get your hands off of me.”
“There are situations that I can’t speak of. I know it’s crazy….”
His expression looked desperate. Eunyoung just tried to go, but his extreme appearance worried her.
“What is this situation anyway? Just tell me.”
“… I just told you that I can’t…”
“It’s a real prank.”
Eunyoung turned to leave the bar, refusing his arm. Then, Ojae shouted.
“I don’t even know how to handle this! It’s such a mess!”
His voice attracted the attention of a few people in the bar.
She hadn’t really seen him many times, but she was embarrassed because he had never raised his voice like that.
“I want to tell you everything. All of it, but I can’t. Why don’t you believe me! Why!” Ojae said like he was almost about to cry.
Although he was ugly and overly chatty, he wasn’t a liar, so Eunyoung turned herself to him.
“Why don’t you yell at me louder, so everyone in the bar can hear you.”
“I’m sorry…” Ojae finally lowered his voice, covering his mouth.
When Eunyoung saw him in frustration, she suddenly remembered Sun’s words.
“I don’t understand why he is also sick. I loved him, I really loved him a lot. So I know that I’m sick…. but why is he sick too?
Eunyoung nodded when she understood how the situation was going. She figured that it was a problem with Gyeonhui.
Eunyoung sat down on the seat and waved to the server.
“Hey, give me a bottle of soju here.”
When the server brought her the soju, Eunyoung skillfully opened up the bottle and poured it in the glass.
“Is there something going on with Mr. Woo?” Her voice seemed confident.
“Oh, that’s…” Ojae was embarrassed and blurred his words.
“Is he having a hard time because of Sun?”
Hearing Eunyoung’s question, Ojae’s eyes widened. “I guess he is sick because Sun is sick.”
Ojae’s eyes grew more extensively, and this time, his jaw dropped too.
“… I guess I’m right.” Eunyoung sighed with frustration as if she knew everything.
“You know, I didn’t say anything. That’s not what I said.”
“You don’t need to say it. I know it.”
“What? how did you know?”
“How can you not know? Just look at the two of them.”
“No way… does Sun also know about this?” Ojae was so surprised, and asked, stuttering.
“… Of course.”
“Oh my…” Ojae’s shoulders were sagging. A sigh came out of his mouth as he leaned over his chair. “… I didn’t even know that she had known everything… Hah…”
He sighed and suddenly started drinking the cold water as if his throat was burning.
He emptied the cup of water at once and looked back at Eunyoung with a firm expression.
“I’ll tell you everything then. Everything.”
He struggled for a moment and started speaking slowly.
“… Please help Gyeonhui. No, Mr. Woo.”
Hearing Ojae’s unexpected words, Eunyoung furrowed her brow.
“What do you mean, help him?”
Eunyoung looked at him in amazement.
Ojae nodded with his mouth closed firmly like he really meant it.
76. You wouldn’t feel the pain
Ojae guzzled the glass of beer that he was holding. He emptied another glass of beer again as if his throat was burning hot.
“Khu…”
After Ojae wiped the beer flowing down his mouth, he looked at Eunyoung with a firm expression.
“In fact, you’re right. Gyeonhui, he is sick when Sun is sick.”
Eunyoung nodded slowly as if she already knew it.
Ojae started speaking again when he saw her still listening to him. “He’s been suffering quite seriously. Hah…” Ojae sighed as if this were his own problem.
“I guess then Mr. Woo truly loved her too.” Eunyoung said.
“… yes.”
“Hah… love…”
Eunyoung smiled bitterly and tilted her drink.
“Sometimes, love is like a curse.”
Ojae opened his eyes wide when he heard her saying it bitterly.
‘She knows everything for sure…’
Sighing in frustration, Ojae slowly started speaking, “So, as I said earlier, we need to help Gyoeonhui…”
‘Bzzzz.’
Then, Ojae’s cell phone rang.
His face hardened when he checked the caller.
“Well, wait a minute.”
Eunyoung nodded like she didn’t care when she watched him leaving the table to answer the phone. Eunyoung picked up her cell phone on the table and looked at the text that came in today.
‘I know it’s too late, but let’s start it all over again…’
She tried to press the button to delete the text, but her trembling hand failed to do it.
“Hah…”
She dropped her head and sighed in frustration.
Moments later, she looked up, sweeping her hair up. Then she started drinking the liquor on an empty stomach.
It seems that the only medicine to treat her congested and frustrated mind was alcohol.
***
When Ojae came out of the bar, he checked his surroundings and answered the phone.
“Hello, hello?”
“Where the hell are you?”
Gyeonhui’s angry voice rang over the phone.
“I’m sorry. I was so busy today.”
“What kind of an assistant gets even busier than the CEO?”
“Dude, I’ve been busy trying to help you. You know nothing about how hard I’m trying to help you.” Ojae seemed frustrated.
“What do you mean, help me? Are you doing something useless again?”
“What? Useless? Haha.” Ojae smiled outrageously and started speaking again. “You’re going to be surprised to know what I’ve found out today.”
“What did you find out? Explain to me straight away. Didn’t you learn the 5Ws and 1H?”
Hearing Gyeonhui yelling, Ojae felt disgusted and glared at his phone but then started speaking again.
“I’m with Eunyoung now.”
“Miss Eunyoung? Why the hell are you meeting with her?”
“Well, that’s not important. Listen. Hmm. Hmm.” Ojae cleared his throat a few times and started speaking again. “… Sun also knows that you feel her pain.”
“… What? Does she know it? How?”
Gyeonhui didn’t believe it.
“I don’t know how she found it out, but according to Eunyoung, Sun knows everything about what’s going on with you.”
“I don’t understand. Just say it straight!”
“It’s real. Eunyoung even asked me first if you’re sick because of Sun.”
“… So?”
“So I didn’t do anything but just listen. Then, Eunyoung said, since Sun’s sick, you are sick too. When Eunyoung said it, I realized that she knew everything.” Ojae said it as if it were a great discovery.
“And then?”
“So I asked her if Sun knows that too. Then, Eunyoung said yes, and she also said that ‘love is like a curse sometimes.’ I can’t believe that she already knew everything.”