Chapter 41  

Chapter 41   – With the Night’s Protection

“Yes?”

The girl shivered and lifted her head . Her expression was one that was fearful of him . She was fearful of the favor that he would want .

“I want to ask a favor so I came here . ”

“What favor?”

“Instead of singing, could you talk with me? Of course, I’ll pay you with the same fee . ”

The girl thought his words were weird .

There were a lot of people who looked for karaoke helpers because of their loneliness .

But the young man in front of her put talking as the main purpose .

“Talking comes with playing and singing . ”

“I want to have a serious conversation . Things about your work . Of course, if it doesn’t bother you . ”

“My work? Why?”

The girl asked surprisingly .

Jaegun thought he couldn’t hide it anymore and said the truth .

“I’m a writer . ”

“Writ…er? Writer?”

“Yes . ”

“I thought you go around and sell electric pads . ”

“It was a joke . I’m a writer . ”

Jaegun never introduced himself as a writer first . The weight of being a writer was very heavy . And he was not mature enough to consider himself that .

“When I met you yesterday and came home, I thought of a story . I wanted to make a female main with karaoke helper as their job so I made a quick plot . ”

The girl was listening to hims with wide open eyes .

“But I got stuck . I have no idea about the job of an karoake helper . I can’t writer anything like this . So I came here to ask you for information . ”

Jaegun’s words went into the girl’s ears clearly .

But the girl was still staring blankly .

“Is it hard?”

“No, no . ”

The girl lifted her head .

She was rubbing her sweat filled hands on her ankles .

“It’s not hard, but it’s a bit surprising . ”

“I understand . There’s no customer like me . ”

“So it’s only a conversation?”

“Yes, as I said . ”

“If I just answer things, I get the same amount of money .

“Of course . ”

The girl smiled widely after asking again . Her lips deep with lipstick was sparking .

“It would be stupid to refuse . It’s good for me . ”

The girl reached out and opened the two bottles of beer .

“Cheers . ”

“I’m sorry but I don’t…”

Jaegun refused politely . If he drank, his mind would be befuddled and he wouldn’t be able to write . He didn’t want to drink .

But the girl didn’t back off .

With a frown, she turned around and muttered .

“No cheers means no contract . ”

“Then… just one drink . ”

Jaegun gave in and picked up the bottle .

The girl immediately brightened and cheered .

“One shot . ”

“Yes? This thing?”

The girl was already driving the beer into her mouth .

Jaegun swallowed once and with a fierce face, he started to drink .

He cliched his eyes closed because of the drink .

The girl, who finished drinking, was looking at Jaegun with a smile .

“Khhhhhhhhh… . !”

Jaegun barely drank the entire thing and moaned as he put it down .

He crumpled the empty can unintentionally .

“What kind of man is this?”

The girl smiled as she looked at the coughing Jaegun . And she lighted a cigarette . Between her lips, a bunch of smoke came out .

“The time is ticking . Start . Ask me anything . ”‘Sir, how do you think of this moment when the helper goes to the motel with him?’

-Don’t ask . There’s no answer . It’s just that the writing is a bit too much . The important thing is that two people met each other but the writing is ruining it . Erase it all .

‘Is it . I don’t want the writing to be too light . I’m not writing a simple romance novel . This is also a growing up novel with the mains growing up . ’

-You care too much about the quality that it might be harmful . Don’t worry about that . Worry about the sincerity . Use the words that come to your head first . That’s real writer .

‘Yes sir . I’ll remember it . ’

Se Gunwoo was teaching his student with effort .

Jaegun was writing with the same amount of energy .

‘Ah I got stuck again…! Not enough!’

Jaegun was stuck again and he touched his forehead .

There were too many issues with the female main .

‘It can’t always be like this . It can’t end with always singing and drinking a few bottles . I need more information!’

He already thought that this was about to happen .

He didn’t ask about the embarrassing things when he met Dasul .

It was the first conversation and there was the feeling that he could ask again later .

‘Can I ask again right now,’

It was about 9 .

There was a huge possibility that she was helping other customers .

But he decided to send a message at least .

-Hello, I’m the writer from before . I’m sorry it’s too late, but could we meet?

Jaegun hurried because he was going so well until this . He wanted to see her today as fast as he could and listen to her .

Her reply didn’t come too fast .

Jaegun was nervous enough because he knew that she was busy .

He waited about one hour .

The phone vibrated .

Jaegun lifted himself up from the floor .

-Sorry, was working . Right now?

-I’ll go . Hub?

-There’s a Hansung Pocha . I’ll be there .

-Ok, 20 minutes .

Jaegun switched clothes to a shirt and jeans and left . He thought about driving but it was a bar so he felt that girl would make him drink some .

“Here!”

Dasul held her hand up as he went in . She was in the corner .

Jaegun passed through the hall and sat down next to her . There was a bean sprout stew and a bottle of beer in front of the circular table .

“We’re not going to sing, so this place is better . ”

Dasul smiled after she said .

There was almost no make up this time .

The clothes were not flashy and normal . It was a brown jacket and tight jeans that girls in their 20s wore .

‘Pretty . ’

He thought she was pretty in the beginning . But now she was really pretty .

She was a natural beauty . There was light on her face without any help .

“Did you eat dinner? I’m hungry . ”

“I didn’t eat . You can eat whatever you want . ”

“Can I get anything I want? I love spicy things?”

“I do too . ”

“OK . Hey! Give us some chicken!”

Dasul offered a cup to Jaegun after she ordered .

Jaegun thought it was good that he didn’t bring the car and took the drink .

“So what are you wondering?”

“Um, that’s… it’s…”

It was hard to ask as the first word .

He didn’t want to drink but his mouth went to the drink anyway .

“They are things that aren’t good . Or things that are a bit inappropriate . ”

“What’s that? You’re saying it very strangely . ”

“It’s… The customers won’t always just go and sing only, right?”

“Hm?”

Dasul looked with narrowed eyes .

Jaegun, embarrassed, picked up his chopsticks .

As he picked up a bean sprout . Dasul laughed with her mouth half opened like she understood

“You’re curious about that? Do they go to a motel and have sex? ”