23. Does your friend have no legs?

Wednesday to meet Kyu-ha.

“mmm”

Standing in front of the pink vanity mirror, Winter recalled the beauty nutuber’s makeup method she had studied hard and put on her hair and ironed her bangs.

“I should just wear the clothes Cody unnie picked out for me.”

The hair was naturally tied back in a ponytail style, matched with a check jacket and retro denim pants, and gave a point with a green muffler.

“Cody unnie said that this is the Lee Way look. Um… not bad!”

It was definitely a skinny body, but it was winter with a voluminous body, so it fit well no matter what clothes I wore.

“This is not a date! It’s just… not business? I’m just going shopping with my best friend! But isn’t that a date?”

Gyying

– The killer brother

“Oh, it’s Gyuha’s brother. Are you here already?”

Winter pressed the call button.

“Yep! Has Kyuha oppa arrived?”

“yes. I came to your house, are you ready?”

“Just right! I was about to go down. I’ll be right down!”

close by

A dark gray SUV stood in front of the officetel where Winter lives.

“Winter here.”

Originally, Kyu-ha, who did not have a car, could not call manager Bong-gu until the day off, so he took this opportunity to get a car.

“Sweet-sweet~ The smell of a new car~ Aren’t I the first woman to sit in this seat?”

“that’s right. The car arrived yesterday. It’s practically like a test drive.”

“Oh, this is an honor. The first train of a popular actor and even the first female guest.”

“I am honored. I had a popular and beautiful singer sit next to me.”

Winter, whose face flushed at Kyuha’s words, was grumpy for no reason.

“What, what are you talking about? Let’s leave quickly.”

Gyu-ha looked at the winter with a smile and left.

Winter wrapped her head for several days and thought about today’s content.

“First of all, there’s a restaurant I’ve reserved, so I’m going to fill my stomach first.”

Since Kyeol met Gyuha, everything went well, and she considered Kyuha, who generously helped her, as her life’s benefactor, so she had a strong thought that she should repay the favor.

The place I arrived at the address I took was a Japanese restaurant that looked luxurious at a glance.

The name written on the signboard is ‘Sushi Hall’

It was also a very famous omakase restaurant in the suburbs of Seoul.

Entering this place, where celebrities often come, was possible only by entering a pre-received password from the entrance.

Then, when you enter the assigned room, the chef in that room serves you Omakase in turn.

The chefs assigned to each room were all veteran chefs with more than 20 years of experience.

“Wow…the restaurant is nice.”

Winter looked around the store and let out a faint admiration.

Overall, it was a luxurious brown tone, but the black tone furniture and tables gave a chic feel, and the paintings on the walls and the sculptures placed at regular intervals added to the atmosphere by harmonizing with the softly flowing jazz music.

“It looks expensive just by looking at it, is it okay?”

“My brother! Don’t worry about that, and the midwinter schedule is tight today, so just follow along.”

After being guided by the staff and entering the assigned room, the chef soon appeared.

“hello. My name is Chef Kim Jin-seok, who will be in charge of cooking today.”

Then, in turn, the food began to be made.

First of all, there were water glasses soaked in charcoal, watermelon consommé, steamed eggs, and tuna stew.

After that, starting with well-cut lobster tail sashimi, passion fruits on top of egg yolk, unknown dishes decorated with herring roe and gold powder, grilled goldfish that is said to be as expensive as gold, and Spanish Mediterranean tuna sashimi, etc., the plates came up one after another without a break. .

“Um, so delicious.”

Winter, who was constantly munching and eating food, glanced at Gyu-ha.

Kyu-ha stared intently at the chef cooking, and when the food was served, he reverently savored it.

“Poop is cute.”

Winter, who didn’t know that Kyu-ha, who always seemed sincere and calm, was sincere about food, was proud to see an unexpected appearance.

Having personally experienced the value of food while living as a slave in the mines, I did not know that Gyu-ha considers food itself a blessing.

“Oh, I’m full, I’m full. Did you enjoy your meal, brother?”

Kyu-ha answered more seriously than ever.

“It was great. I will come again next time.”

“I hope you enjoyed it! I’m proud of myself. lol.”

“Then what’s the next schedule?”

“I will be satisfied with my stomach first. Now I have to go buy gifts for the kids.”

The two left the restaurant and headed toward Uijeongbu.

The destination is Uijeongbu Jeil Market

Winter searched hard and found that there was a large toy wholesale store here.

There were more types of specialized toy stores than department stores, and department stores were avoided because there might be people who would recognize them.

However, since most of the market on weekdays is for the elderly, it was calculated that no one would recognize it.

After parking in the public parking lot of Jeil Market, the two immediately set out to find a toy store.

“uh? It’s here! It’s really big.”

[Toy friends]

As expected of a large toy store with a floor area of 250 pyeong, there were a huge variety of toys lined up, and since it was a wholesale store, the prices were reasonable.

Winter took out a note with a list of gifts the children wanted that he had obtained in advance.

“Let’s see~ Hyunmin has a Pororo vending machine, Yeseul has a resin art making set, Minguk has a Yu-Gi-Oh card set, and Sung-Jun has…”

Kyu-ha and Winter diligently walked around the store to find a gift that was not on the list.

“Puhahahaha what is this? This is not very funny. brother?”

“The teddy bear is cute… It’s my style.”

[Toy Friends] was a fun place to visit because you could walk around and touch and operate the demonstration products to your heart’s content.

After going around diligently, he was able to buy all the presents, and the huge bundles in both hands of Gyu-ha told the amount.

“Buying toys was so much fun! right brother?”

“I’ve never been to a place like this, but there are more things to see than I thought, and it’s fun.”

To begin with, since Gyu-hai was more interested in weapons like knives and awls than toys when he was young, the toy store felt like a different world.

“Ah, I’m proud~ This is the taste of buying a present. I can’t wait to see how much the kids will love it! By the way, you’ve worked hard, but you’re not hungry? Let’s eat something at the market.”

“Good idea. Let’s go quickly.”

The two entered a food alley in Jeil Market.

Street vendors of various names such as Twins, Gangjeong, Janchi Guksu, and Matna Gimbap sold gimbap, fish cakes, tempura, tteokbokki, and noodles.

“It smells crazy.”

Winter took a look around the whole thing, grabbed Kyuha’s hand, and went into the twins’ house.

“hello~”

Upon entering, an impressive old lady greeted them.

“Hello guys. Oops, a pretty couple is here, draw it.”

“Ah, we’re not a couple… do we look like that?”

“Oh draw? It seemed that way just by looking at it, so I made a mistake. Come on, sit down.”

Winter held out a signboard to Kyuha.

“Brother, why don’t we order 1 serving of tteokbokki, 1 serving of sundae, and 1 serving of tempura and share them? I don’t want to miss all three!”

“That is a very good idea. proceed.”

Kyuha also strongly agreed.

“Aunt! Please give me one serving of our tteokbokki, sundae, and fries.”

Soon, smoky tteokbokki was placed on a plastic plate, and various kinds of tempura were placed on top of it.

“Um~~ It’s really, really delicious.”

The two of them quickly got rid of the rice cakes as if they were hiding their eyes.

“Oppa, we had a hard time shopping, but lastly, let’s go have a cup of coffee at a cafe. They say there’s a great botanical garden cafe near here.”

“Winter, you searched really hard, didn’t you? I just remembered coffee.”

“Right? Also my sense. It’s not that far from here, so leave the car and walk.”

“Grandma~! I’ll calculate it here~ I ate well.”

After leaving the market, the two walked towards the botanical garden cafe.

Unlike the first time, the distance between the two has narrowed a lot, and they showed a lot of closeness, such as laughing and holding their arms.

“brother. My male nephew turned 11 this year? So you gave me a soccer ball and a bicycle as a birthday present, but you weren’t happy, were you squeamish? Is that so upsetting? Aren’t all boys favorite gifts?”

Kyu-ha thought carefully.

“Does he have no legs by any chance?”

“Yeah?”

Winter, unable to understand Kyu-ha’s words for a moment, was dumbfounded, then burst into laughter.

“Puhahahaha what gag is that? You really are a strange brother.”

Kyu-ha wanted to be sorry. It was because I recognized that it was not an answer that an ordinary person would give. Fortunately, Winter took it as a joke, so I was able to pass it off naturally.

“ha ha ha···. Of course it’s a joke.”

Even while walking, Winter was constantly talking, and Gyu-ha just smiled and listened.

“No, what Jihee, the youngest member of our team, used to be like… Kyahahahaha”

Winter thought that Kyuha was very good.

In a way, it could have been uncomfortable because Kyuha was the quiet type, but the unique comfort that seemed to embrace anything made me happy even when I was alone and chatting happily.

It was because I could feel that Kyuha really listened and listened sincerely.

As I got out of the downtown area and passed a slightly deserted place, a group of men appeared on the other side.

They were 6 people in total, and they looked like foreigners at first glance, but they were walking staggeringly with a loud sound as if they had been drinking since broad daylight.

Their nationalities are foreigners from Uzbekistan, Russia, and Kazakhstan, and they were workers who worked in factories and farms until just a few months ago. However, they began to gather foreign workers in similar circumstances through a chat application and started to gather together, and they went to a business run by a nearby foreigner and extorted money in the name of protection costs, and carried out full-fledged organizational activities.

They were drinking heavily during the day and wandering the streets after finishing the collection at one of the establishments today.

“Заткнись, иди сегодня встретиться с девушкой.”

(Shut up you bastard. Let’s go see a girl today.)

“Ух ты! Что это за женщина действительно красивая? Есть такая женщина в этой деревне?”

(Wow! What is that girl? She’s really pretty? Is there a girl like her in this country?)

By the time Kyu-ha and Winter faced a group of six foreigners, the tallest man stopped Kyu-ha and Winter by speaking awkward Korean language unique to foreigners.

“Hey, stop there for a second. stop it.”

Something didn’t feel right from far away, so I hoped they would just pass by, but sure enough, winter’s heart started beating fast at the sound of calling them back.

“Uh..what should I do?”

Winter looked around, but there were no people to help, except for a vast field of rice fields and a sparsely visible warehouse.

“Hey there you girl. Are you very pretty? let’s play with us today Hey man, if you don’t want to just get lost and die.”

Then another foreigner next to him opened his mouth.

“Эй! Как насчет того парня, если он просто отправит и сообщит? Давайте просто вытащим его вместе.”

(Hey! What if I just sent and reported that man? Let’s just drag him along.)

“Oh is that so? Then let’s take that guy with us.”

They slowly began to form a siege, and the horrors of the winter reached their peak.

“ah···. please.”

Then, Gyuha, who had been watching the situation quietly, opened his mouth.

“Если ты не хочешь умереть, то немедленно уйди.”

(If you don’t want to die, get out of here right now.)

As Kyuha’s eyes changed from being meek, fluent Russian came out of his mouth.