24 – Seoyun Choi (2)

“… ….”

“… ….”

An uncomfortable silence hung over the son-in-law.

As soon as we announced our breakup, the atmosphere in the room suddenly felt heavy.

One second felt like one minute.

The nervous, unsteady silence was uncomfortable.

No word was exchanged between the two of us.

Tick tock tock, the sound of the second hand.

The sound of the wind hitting the window.

The thumping sound of walking upstairs.

All of that came together and then faded away.

It was then.

“…… Seojun, Mr. Seojun?”

As if to break the silence, a voice mixed with fear and awe pierced my ears in the beautiful Hwasun.

“…… Why all of a sudden? Oh, are you kidding?”

Dazed and at a loss what to do, Choi Seo-yoon asked back as if pleading with her eyebrows bent in the shape of eight.

The chilly face and dry expression gradually melted away.

On her face, there was only sadness for no reason.

“I hate jokes like that, Mr. Seojun.”

“… ….”

“You are so naughty. April Fool’s Day has passed. Yes…… ?”

“… ….”

Choi Seo-yoon’s actions, which she tried to dismiss as lies and gave her another chance to change herself, were so pitiful.

I wasn’t worthy enough for this rich girl to act like this.

That’s why we had to announce the breakup as concisely and clearly as possible.

“Choi Seo-yoon.”

Seoyoon Choi’s shoulders shook as he called.

Her eyes twitched at my serious appearance.

You’ve already guessed what I’m about to say.

“I’m not kidding.”

“Seo, Seo Jun…… That… ….”

Speaks again as if blocking her words.

“Sorry.”

“…… Ah.”

Did you feel my strong will to break up?

Choi Seo-yoon gently stretched out his hand, then put it down.

He lowered her head and bit her pretty lips.

She grabbed the hem of her skirt once and muttered in her sad voice.

“…… Why?”

Her sad voice resounded softly, like water droplets dripping on a lake.

“…… Why?”

Before she met Choi Seo-yoon, she thought of many reasons.

But when I looked at Seoyoon Choi, who was so sad, I felt as if her chest was blocked.

She couldn’t help but feel quite guilty that her stomach was stuffy and her heart was tightening.

Choi Seoyoon was sad because of the seeds I had sown in the past.

I made up my mind, clenching her fists tightly.

Let’s finish this quickly for Seoyoon Choi.

“The reason… ….”

“Senior.”

It was a voice that was not as clear as usual.

However, I could tell that there were cold emotions inside.

Before I knew it, Choi Seo-yoon raised her head and stared blankly at me.

Today, her blue hair felt as cold as a piece of ice.

“Is it because of the senior? Because of Jihyun sunbaenim?”

“No.”

I sighed in my heart.

I knew I would mention Lee Ji-hyun.

It was natural to doubt Jihyun in this situation.

It was a sufficiently reasonable doubt.

I looked at Seoyoon Choi’s suspicious eyes. There was a shadow in his purple eyes. I could no longer stare at those bleak, dark, shimmering purple eyes.

“It’s because of senior Jihyun…… Because of Jihyun sunbaenim…….”

A voice full of sorrow and remorse touched my ears. If he did something wrong, he would resent Ji-hyeon and the relationship between the two would be completely ruined. She hurriedly opened her mouth because she had to go to Ji-hyeon for no reason and stop the quarrel from happening.

“It has nothing to do with Jihyun.”

“… ….”

Choi Seoyoon didn’t say anything.

He just looks sad for no reason.

Feeling remorse, I opened my mouth again.

“It’s just because I don’t think I get along with Seoyoon Choi.”

“Please don’t say things like that because it doesn’t suit you.”

…… What excuse should I make to break up with her?

I thought about all sorts of things.

Numerous thoughts and delusions passed through my mind.

Among them, I decided on only one excuse.

It was a somewhat realistic and banal excuse of inferiority and the wall of reality.

It was a royal road or cliché that only appeared in movies or dramas, but it could be said that it was a well-fed development.

I decided that it would be better to make excuses based on conflicts caused by realistic problems, feelings of inferiority, and the gap between the rich and the poor.

I opened my mouth after organizing my thoughts for a while.

“You know Choi Seo-yoon. That E-Rank Hunter.”

“Yes. But it…….”

Choi Seoyoon lowered her eyes anxiously.

Proof that you know what I’m talking about.

“Choi Seo-yoon is one of the few S-rank hunters in Korea and the eldest daughter of Il-seong, a conglomerate.”

“… ….”

“It doesn’t suit me.”

“…… It’s not like that, Mr. Seojun.”

Choi Seo-yoon tried to make excuses with her nervous eyes, but I ignored her words and continued her words.

“Choi Seo-yoon and I are different in everything we eat, wear, and live. At first, you can adjust to a certain extent, but in the end, it will cause a quarrel. Because the world we live in is literally different.”

It is not for nothing that dramas use the gap between the rich and the poor as a regular subject matter.

Because it is so easy and comfortable to cause conflict.

“If I have to work hard all my life, it won’t become Choi Seo-yoon’s new blood. Even if you want to buy me a gift, there will be nothing cheaper than the one I gave you. Even thinking about it myself is very shabby. Isn’t it?”

At this point, I had slightly sad eyes.

Choi Seo-yoon moved her lips up and down her, but she couldn’t speak properly.

“What do you think the people around you will think if our relationship is exposed to the media? It’s obvious they’ll curse at me and point fingers at me. Not only me, but Seoyoon Choi will be harmed. I’ll just find fault with it and cut it down.”

“Mr. Seojun… ….”

“Isn’t Choi Seo-yoon keeping our relationship a secret because he knows that?”

Seoyoon Choi was silent with her sad eyes.

“And again…… Park Gyu-seong is here, right?”

“Yes?”

Choi Seo-yoon was taken aback by Park Gyu-sung’s completely unexpected remark.

I thought for a moment about Park Kyu-sung.

Park Kyu-seong, a rich boy and an A-rank hunter.

I have known Seoyoon Choi for a long time, and the evaluation at the Hunter Gallery was good.

He doesn’t give a glance to other women and is single-minded towards Choi Seo-yoon.

I wondered if a person like this would be able to date Choi Seo-yoon.

“Seojun? What do you mean? Why is Kyuseong oppa suddenly…… ?”

“I know that Choi Seo-yoon suffered a lot since he was a child because of his ability to transmit his mind. Because of that, he has very few people around.”

“Yes, by the way. Ah.”

“Right. Choi Seo-yoon, who doesn’t like to have people by his side, doesn’t he keep Park Kyu-seong by his side? Aren’t you that close?”

Choi Seoyoon’s eyes open slightly.

She looks hurt by her lover’s suspicion.

She bit her lower lip softly once.

He raises his voice as if to stop doubting.

“Me and Kyuseong oppa aren’t like that at all.”

“Yes. I bet it is. Like you said, it’s as if Lee Ji-hyun and I don’t have that kind of relationship.”

“…… !”

I’m a bit sorry to have to say it back like this.

It was a naive and mean method, but there was no choice.

“When I lost my memory and first met Choi Seo-yoon, I was with Park Gyu-seong at the gate, right?”

“That’s because I often collaborate with Kyu-seong oppa’s team… ….”

“Yes, I understand. But then, when I saw Park Kyu-seong and Choi Seo-yoon together…… It was a bit complicated.”

I put on a bittersweet smile and averted his gaze.

“Because Park Kyu-seong suits me better than me.”

“Mr. Seojun… ….”

“Well, it’s a stupid inferiority complex. I can’t help it even if I say I’m pathetic.”

“… ….”

I highlighted my inferiority complex while stimulating Choi Seo-yoon’s feelings of guilt.

To be honest, I thought adding excuses in this way was too much crap…… In fact, I was crap right.

What is a four-legged bastard if not garbage?

I thought that I had lived a fairly proud life, but I was an asshole who was irreplaceable in the world, and I needed to break up with Choi Seo-yoon even if it hurt me a little bit.

“Mr. Seojun.”

Choi Seo-yoon hesitated but carefully stretched out his arm.

She had her delicate fingers quivering like an aspen tree.

Like a wounded girl, she reached out to me with a pitiful and miserable hand.

I closed my eyes tightly once.

And.

“…… Ah.”

Tak! And shook her hand.

Her hand hovered aimlessly in the air.

“I’m sorry, but let’s stop now Mr. Seoyoon Choi.”

“…… You want to break up? Like this?”

“Yes.”

Choi Seo-yoon blankly looked at her hand.

She opened her hand once, then repeated her grasp.

She suddenly lowers her head, puts her hands on her lap, and squeezes the hem of her skirt.

Her body trembles slightly.

Her hair is down and her face is not visible.

“… ….”

“Then it is quite late now…… You’d better go home soon.”

“… ….”

“Choi Seo-yoon?”

It hurts my heart to see Choi Seoyoon being silent.

I can’t believe that Seoyoon Choi is in so much pain because of me.

Maybe she wouldn’t have liked to break up in a slightly different way?

I didn’t know if there was a way to break up with her without getting hurt.

But I chose a way to make her parting a little more certain, even if it hurt her.

Because the sooner the breakup is announced, the better.

‘Anyway, I’m glad I didn’t have to use that method.’

Should I say fortunately?

Actually, I was thinking of one thing in the worst possible way.

It was really fortunate that she didn’t use that method and ended up like this.

‘…… Hmm. But Seoyoon Choi is angry, so he won’t do anything strange, right?’

Because it’s so silent and still, it’s uneasy to be anxious.

Lee Ji-hyeon, if it was Ganghwa-ryun, I would have just made a fuss.

However, Seoyoon Choi was a little different.

As a result of comparative analysis through KakaoTalk, Heongal, Internet, etc., Seoyoon Choi was not the type to use violence recklessly.

To put it bluntly, he was a kind person, and he was sometimes hurt, and it could be said that he was the type to suffer internally without being able to express it on the outside.

…… Of course, I could have been wrong in my analysis, but at least the fact that he had a much milder personality than Lee Ji-hyeon and Ganghwa-ryun was unmistakable.

‘If the thing in front of me right now was Ganghwaryun, it wouldn’t have ended like this.’

If I had a personality like Kang Hwa-ryun’s, it might have been that he would beat me up while swearing at me.

One day, he had to break up with Ganghwa-ryun, but she couldn’t figure out how to do it on a good note.

“…… Too bad.”

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Suddenly, Choi Seo-yoon, who was lowering her head, murmured.

It was so low and quiet that I couldn’t hear it well.

But gradually the voice began to be heard clearly.

“…… You are harmless.”

“Yes?”

It wasn’t a dry voice, but a voice filled with deep sorrow that poked at me.

“…… You said you were going to marry me.”

“…… ?”

“…… With me, even doing that.”

“…… ?”

No what?

“Mr. Seojun…… Really…… Too much…….”

Choi Seoyoon’s purple eyes looked at me.

…… Suddenly, the purple eyes darkened.