Real Man

When Yoo-hyun didn’t say anything, Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung cautiously asked.

“It’s impossible, right?”

It was right to think it was impossible.

But why couldn’t he answer so easily?

Suddenly, a possibility flashed in Yoo-hyun’s mind.

-I’m preparing an interview with the vice president to coincide with Director Shin Kyungsoo’s return. I’m going to throw a bait about the mobile phone business then.

‘If I use that situation…’

Yoo-hyun, who was pondering over Park Doo-sik’s words, looked at Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung.

There was confidence in his eyes.

“What?”

Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung blinked in surprise at the unexpected answer.

When they came out of the bar, the sky was dark.

Yoo-hyun handed a chocolate cake to Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung, who was already outside.

It was a cake he bought after paying at the bakery.

Swish.

Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung, who took it in surprise, didn’t know what to do.

“I got a drink from you, why did you buy me this too?”

“I just bought one for myself too.”

Yoo-hyun smiled and held up a cake of the same shape.

Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung bowed his head.

“Thank you very much. My son will love it.”

“I hope it’s not too late.”

“He’s a kid who doesn’t sleep even after midnight.”

“Are you happy about that?”

“Well, he looks the prettiest when he sleeps. Haha!”

Did he ever show such a bright smile before?

No, he didn’t.

He had a heart that he could convey with a chocolate cake, but he didn’t know it.

He was a person who sacrificed himself for him for a long time.

Yoo-hyun quietly looked at Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung and bowed his head.

It was Yoo-hyun’s sincere gratitude that he couldn’t express for a long time.

“Thank you.”

“Hey, what are you thanking me for? I should be more grateful. I’ll enjoy it.”

Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung smiled brightly and turned around.

Yoo-hyun silently watched his old colleague’s back.

He felt a ticklish feeling in his chest.

There was another old colleague who came to Yoo-hyun’s mind at this moment.

He was a subordinate who he was very sorry for not taking care of enough.

He had become close like a younger brother now, but he still had feelings that he couldn’t express in his heart.

-Nadoha, what are you doing? He was in the office all night. He’ll be there today too.

Yoo-hyun recalled Park Young-hoon’s voice from a while ago and got into a taxi.

The gym building was not far from here, so it was quick.

Yoo-hyun didn’t contact Nadoha and went there.

He just thought he would be there.

It seems that alcohol makes people’s thoughts simple.

He felt like he would be there even when he saw the dark second floor of the building from outside.

As expected, when he went in, only the conference room had a faint light in the dim office.

‘You should just turn them all on.’

Yoo-hyun turned on the light with a worried heart.

Clack.

Then the conference room door opened and Nadoha came out.

He seemed to be focused, his eyes were red.

“Who… Oh? Hyung.”

Nadoha, who was dazed, received a chocolate cake from Yoo-hyun.

Swish.

“Here, eat this and work.”

“Why this…”

“Why? I bought it for you.”

“…”

“And why is the office so cold?”

Yoo-hyun grumbled and left Nadoha speechless.

He was unhappy that his beloved brother was in a poor environment.

“I’m alone here.”

“You should take care of yourself more when you’re alone. You can turn on the heater as much as you want.”

Vroom.

Nadoha asked Yoo-hyun, who turned on the heater.

His eyes were directed at the cake he was holding tightly to his chest.

“Did you really come here to give me this?”

“It’s not far, what.”

“Thank you, hyung.”

Nadoha couldn’t look at Yoo-hyun and mumbled.

Yoo-hyun gestured to him.

“Don’t thank me. Come here. Give me a hug.”

Yoo-hyun hugged Nadoha with his arms wide open, with the cake between them.

He just put his hand on his back, but he felt the warmth.

“Nadoha, thank you.”

“What do you have to thank me for, hyung.”

“Thank you. From a long time ago to now, all of it.”

“…”

Nadoha hesitated at Yoo-hyun’s sincere expression of his feelings.

He couldn’t think of anything to say in this situation.

The only thing he managed to say was a ticking sound.

“Hyung, you smell like alcohol.”

“It’s okay, kid.”

Thump thump.

“…”

Nadoha stood there for a long time.

Yoo-hyun decided to sleep on the sofa in the president’s office.

It was a long sofa, and it was soft, so it was good to lie down and sleep.

He was very sleepy, whether it was because of the alcohol or the warm heater.

He fell asleep as soon as he spread his bedding.

“He must have been very tired.”

Nadoha tidied up his bedding, looking at Yoo-hyun who was sleeping without even turning off the light.

Then he put the small electric heater he was using next to the sofa.

The electric heater was warmer than the heater, so it made him sleep better.

It was his know-how from long nights of work.

Tick.

Nadoha turned on the heater and got up, looking down at Yoo-hyun who was sleeping.

The hyung he respected cared for him sincerely, even though he was nothing.

It was a very big heart, for whatever reason.

He wanted to repay that heart, even a little.

-What do you want from me? There’s no such thing as a brother. And I’m happy just to see you do this fun programming so well. I’m so amazed that I can’t close my mouth.

So he decided to do better at the programming he enjoyed.

He was about to see the results soon.

“Hyung, I’m making something fun right now. I believe you’ll like it.”

Nadoha whispered his confession and turned off the light and went outside.

He returned to his seat and ate a bite of the chocolate cake Yoo-hyun had bought.

He felt his head clear with the sweet flavor.

He had eaten one side of the cake cleanly and put his hands on the keyboard.

Pak.

The monitor’s standby screen was released and the working screen popped up.

There was a window shaped like a mobile messenger in a simulator shaped like a smartphone.

But its shape and usage felt different from the existing ones.

Tadadadadak.

Nadoha’s crisp keyboard sound echoed.

He saw the stars in the night sky outside the window.

The next day, Yoo-hyun, who arrived at the company, was on the phone, leaning back in his chair.

He heard Park Young-hoon’s somewhat sharp voice from the other side of the receiver.

It was because he slept in the president’s office and left.

-You, you even took the new white shirt I hung in the president’s office closet.

“You told me to wear it because you don’t have a chance to wear it.”

-Who cares if you wore it? You should have told me if you were coming at night. I’m so bored these days. I have no one to play with.

Yoo-hyun chuckled at the absurd remark.

“Really, what a spoiled thing to say.”

-It’s a serious concern.

“Huh.”

Yoo-hyun sighed, but Park Young-hoon didn’t care.

-All my friends are married and busy raising kids, the gym people are busy going out for work and time, my family is all gone for work, I have no one to meet.

“Play with the hair salon staff next door. You said you were close.”

-Ah, no. They think I’m unemployed.

“Just say you’re a landlord and you’re doing business comfortably.”

-I can’t say that directly. It looks bad. And I don’t want to approach them like that.

Listening to him, it was really pathetic.

Yoo-hyun was about to tell him to get a part-time job at a kimbap place, but he stopped.

Park Young-hoon was holding back his business expansion ambition, and it wasn’t just his choice.

Yoo-hyun also helped him.

-Nadoha asked me to wait a little longer. I have some spare time, so don’t rush and take it easy.

Yoo-hyun remembered what he said before and tried to wrap up the call.

“Okay, stop talking nonsense and hang up.”

-You kid, you’re so cold. But you, what did you say to Nadoha?

“No. Why?”

-I saw him a while ago, and he was very bright.

Yoo-hyun felt absurd at Park Young-hoon’s words.

“Nadoha still hasn’t slept?”

-What? He stayed up all night again?

Park Young-hoon seemed to be just as absurd.

That’s how much Nadoha was pushing himself.

He even brought him kimbap in the early morning.

Yoo-hyun felt sorry for him.

“Nadoha, I don’t know what he’s doing, but he’s pushing himself too hard. Take care of him, hyung.”

-I’m taking good care of him. I bow my head automatically when I see Nadoha.

“What’s going on?”

-Nothing, it’s just that the stock auto-trading program Nadoha made for me is doing better these days.

“Are you still playing with that?”

-Of course. I challenged the real investment contest again. I’ll send you the results.

He sounded excited, as it was his area of interest.

He hung up the phone and sent a message right away.

Jiing.

An image that Park Young-hoon captured and sent appeared on the screen.

-Real investment contest 3rd place. Return rate 51 percent. YH.Park.

He had participated in the contest several times, and he finally made it to the ranking.

It might not mean much to him, a financial expert, to get third place in such an amateur contest, but it was not Park Young-hoon who did it.

It was a result achieved only by Nadoha’s program.

If this goes well?

He could make money even lying down, as Park Young-hoon said before.

It wouldn’t be that easy in the real world, but anyway, Park Young-hoon was definitely excited.

He could tell from the bouncing emoticons he sent.

Yoo-hyun smiled at that.

“He’s living a fun life.”

Then, someone came up and said a word.

“You seem to have some good news.”

He turned his head and saw Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung standing there.

Yoo-hyun greeted him with a friendly smile and guided him to the chair next to him.

“Oh, Section Chief, please sit here.”

“Thank you. Did you get in well?”

“Yes. How about you? Was your son awake?”

“Of course. He loved the chocolate cake. Oh, he said it was a gift from his dad’s friend, and he asked me to give you this.”

Swish.

Yoo-hyun blinked his eyes at the small vinyl that Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung handed him.

“It’s gummy bears.”

“It’s his favorite thing.”

“Thank you. I’ll cherish this.”

Yoo-hyun smiled and Section Chief Ahn Jaekyung smiled back and looked at the empty seat next to him.

“By the way, where is Kwon Daeri? Did he go on a business trip?”

“Yes. He left as soon as he came.”

“Section Chief Kim is surprisingly picky, so he might have a hard time at first. When you were away yesterday, Section Chief Kim was quite nagging.”

Section Chief Kim Sung-deuk was famous for being picky since a long time ago.

Even the great Shin Changyong Section Chief couldn’t lift his head in front of him.

But he was a reasonable person, so he wasn’t too worried.

“He’s doing well. Se-jungi needs to roll a bit.”

“Haha. I can feel your affection for your colleague.”

He smiled and Yoo-hyun asked him quietly.

“Oh, how was Jung Daeri yesterday?”

“Jung Daeri? Jung Daeri is…”

It was at that moment.