“I’ll go out first, Mr. Taehan.”

“Ah yes. You worked hard.”

An awkward atmosphere for a while.

In the meantime, Hwang, who was next to me, got up from his seat as soon as he finished tidying up. He lightly greeted Choi Seong-hyeon’s father, Choi Joo-heon, and left.

“What is this… Are you expanding the store?”

“yes. I am preparing.”

“It’s good that you seem to be doing well.”

Choi Jooheon looked around and said. Rather than being curious about it, it was more like an appropriately brought out word. Kang Tae-han, who was looking at him, asked indirectly.

“By the way, what about Seonghyun?”

In this day and age, quite a few issues can be solved without having to meet. Is the word ‘smart’ attached to a smartphone for nothing?

Nevertheless, the fact that he came here must mean that Choi Jooheon’s business cannot be solved with a smartphone.

‘I don’t think there’s anything big, but.’

However, Seonghyun Choi went to work without any problems today. I’m not here for the interview, but I’m probably doing a massage as usual next to me.

If that’s the case, the approximate situation is… … .

“… There was a bit of an argument, but maybe that’s why you didn’t contact me at all.”

… I knew it.

Kang Tae-han nodded as if he thought so.

From before, Choi Seong-hyeon had an estranged relationship with his father. It was ironic that while working, he quickly became friendly with men he didn’t know, and that his father was having a hard time.

However, I knew that we kept in touch regularly, and we went down together in Daejeon a few times… It was a bit unexpected that I didn’t get any contact at all.

“Then, what was the matter with the boss?”

“… … .”

Choi Joo-heon stared at Kang Tae-han with his mouth shut. Then he put his hand on his forehead and let out a short sigh.

“Haa, I didn’t think Taehan was you… … .”

I had something to say. Also, Choi Joo-heon wasn’t the type to say anything.

However… If the other person is a friend of your son whom you have known for a long time, then things are a little different. He took a moment to organize his thoughts and opened his mouth slowly.

“as you know… Seong-hyeon has always lacked perseverance, right? I did this, I did that.”

Kang Tae-han silently listened to Choi Joo-heon.

There were parts to be corrected, but he didn’t bother to deny or affirm.

“When I said that I was working as a bartender, I said, ‘I will give you a shop,’ and I quit, and when I said that I was preparing for a barista license, I asked, ‘Would you like to find a place at a cafe?’, and I quit right away.”

“It was.”

Taehan Kang nodded slowly.

Those words weren’t wrong.

However, from Choi Seong-hyun’s point of view, it seems rather burdensome… It wasn’t something he needed to talk about, so he just nodded quietly.

“It is said that when you are young, you do a lot of things, but shouldn’t you settle down soon? They say that they live their own lives, but as parents, I just want them to do something stable like their older brother.”

Jooheon Choi scratched his head and said in an embarrassed voice. When I first came here and looked for the president, there was an aggressive atmosphere somewhere… At some point, I was getting closer to the feeling of complaining.

‘Hmm… … .’

Meanwhile, Kang Tae-han, who heard his words, thought for a moment. Choi Joo-heon’s words are something that parents with children can worry about at least once.

However, Choi Seong-hyeon, whom he knows, is not someone who can’t understand such a story. He has a stubborn personality, but that doesn’t mean he’s not a tight-fisted guy.

Although he is stubborn, he is not obstinate, and his speech skills are not so poor that he cannot express his thoughts. He wasn’t the kind of guy who would cut off contact just because he heard something like that.

“Perhaps.”

Kang Tae-han, who had been thinking hard about it, asked insinuatingly.

“Did you tell Seonghyun the same thing as before?”

“… Well, the atmosphere at the time was a bit rougher than this, but I think you said something similar.”

Choi Jooheon was embarrassed and averted his gaze slightly.

It was like that. The purpose of the story or what you wanted to say may have been the same as before. But people’s words are different from ‘ah’ and ‘uh’, aren’t they?

I don’t know, but the atmosphere would have been much harder than this, and the atmosphere of the story wouldn’t have been harsh. It wasn’t too difficult to guess.

‘Is it trouble between father and son?’

It’s more common than you think, but it can be quite difficult for the people involved. Kang Tae-han himself was in a similar situation without having to go far.

Kang Tae-han nodded slowly with an expression of complete understanding. On the other hand, Choi Joo-heon added, as if he regarded Kang Tae-han’s reaction as sympathy to some extent.

“Actually, I’ve always been against the idea of getting a license as a masseuse… Still, if he made up his mind this way, he also has a heart to support him.”

But I don’t know how sincerely my son is working on this. But even asking about it doesn’t work like a heart.

As the old saying goes, a child’s heart is clearly seen through the eyes of the parents… … . But, at least, this was not the case for Choi Joo-heon. Even if you think about it yourself, he was a clumsy father.

“… Taehan, what do you think when you see it?”

Kang Tae-han has always had a mature side.

Perhaps that is why, Seonghyeon Choi has been greatly influenced by Taehan Kang since before. I know that the department followed Kang Tae-han, and the masseuse license was also prepared by Kang Tae-han.

I don’t know… He was probably one of Seonghyeon Choi’s closest friends. If so, at least he might know his son’s feelings better than he does.

Hana Kang Tae-han only shook his head slowly.

“I don’t think this is something I’m going to interfere with.”

Of course, the answer can be.

I can give you a definite answer beyond the answer.

One ‘Is that a good thing?’ If you do, it’s ambiguous. This problem might be solved, but it was obvious that it would have a more adverse effect on communication between father and son in the long run.

“… Is that so?”

Then Choi Jooheon slowly nodded as if he understood roughly. That this wasn’t the best way was something I was aware of myself.

“Thank you for listening.”

“You’re welcome.”

He got up from his seat and held out his hand to Kang Tae-han, and Kang Tae-han grabbed his hand. While we were shaking hands like that, Kang Tae-han said softly.

“By the way, your back seems to be a little uncomfortable these days.”

“Oh, can you tell just by looking at it like this?”

“What… roughly.”

When Choi Joo-heon asked with a surprised expression on his face, Kang Tae-han smiled and blurted out his words.

Of course, there were things I could see just by looking at it, but… Apart from that, there was one part that stood out.

* * *

and that evening.

“Oh, are you here?”

When Kang Tae-han entered the store, Seong-hyeon Choi, who was sitting at the table first, raised his hand and pretended to know him. Kang Tae-han, who saw him, naturally sat across from him.

“Did you do it?”

“Two steamed rice in a potato stew element.”

“Well done.”

Kang Tae-han nodded at Choi Seong-hyeon’s words and took out a spoon and put it on the table. Maybe it’s because we’ve known each other for a while, so it’s a natural atmosphere even if we don’t have any special conversations.

“therefore… Why did you come all the way here today?”

This is a gamjatang restaurant near Kang Tae-han’s neighborhood.

It wasn’t too far from Choi Seong-hyeon’s house, but it’s true that it’s quite far to come for a meal.

Because of this, we usually eat in the middle of the neighborhood or meet somewhere else, but today Choi Seong-hyun came to Kang Tae-han’s neighborhood.

“I just came to eat gamjatang together, well.”

It is clear that there is something wrong.

I can pretty much guess what that would be about.

However, Seonghyeon Choi only shrugged his shoulders lightly as he answered in a sullen voice.

Rather than having nothing to say, it feels like hesitating. Kang Tae-han didn’t bother to ask, and Choi Seong-hyeon grabbed a ladle of the gamjatang that came out just in time and scooped up the soup and sprinkled it over and over again.

However, it didn’t take long for Choi Seong-hyeon to bring up the main issue.

Gamjatang is boiling and a bottle of soju is half empty.

Seonghyeon Choi put down the glass of soju he had just emptied and sighed lightly, then spoke in a voice that sounded like he was complaining.

“It’s hard these days because of my father, it’s hard.”

is this story too?

Since it was a story he had fully guessed, Kang Tae-han nodded quietly and emptied his glass.

“Has anything happened?”

“We had a bit of an argument over the phone and hung up, but I didn’t want to hear more so I put it on silent. But he said he had to come to Seoul today, and he even came to the store.”

“What, did you?”

Kang Tae-han replied in an appropriate voice. Since I already knew everything about it, that kind of reaction was the best.

“still… It was a little surprising. If it was my father’s personality, when he came to visit me, I thought he would just push all the way into the store without hesitation.”

Kang Tae-han replied with a slow nod. It wasn’t just a speculation, but considering the atmosphere when I actually entered the interview room, it felt more than enough.

“So, why did you come?”

“It’s just an extension of what I said on the phone. How long will you be in Seoul, do you have a vision, if you are going to prosper, do business with your brother… what these things.”

As if he hadn’t heard it once or twice, Seonghyeon Choi continued to speak. Then he lowered his head for a moment and began to speak as if muttering.

“I had some expectations that this time it would be a story, but he doesn’t listen well to what I say, and how can he believe that it won’t be like before… … .”

Seonghyeon Choi kept his mouth shut.

It’s not that I don’t understand my father’s heart. I also thought of something to say about it. However… When the father starts to raise his voice, he can’t think of anything to say either.

“Ah, this time I have an idea too… … .”

I thought it would be different today, but in the end it’s all the same.

Seonghyun Choi lowered his head slightly and wiped his face with both hands.

“What are you thinking?”

“that… You don’t have to know.”

Choi Seong-hyeon was seriously thinking of becoming a masseuse, but it was Kang Tae-han who motivated him.

Choi Seong-Hyun, feeling embarrassed for nothing, evaded his words, poured soju into his own glass, and then emptied it again.

“Hey, aren’t you drinking a little faster?”

“Why, take care of your drinking.”

“No, you have to go to work tomorrow. Cut your salary?”

“ah… That doesn’t work.”

Seonghyun Choi nodded, put down the glass, and burst out laughing. Then he asked insinuatingly, peeling the flesh between his backbones.

“by the way… Taehan, how did you reconcile with your father?”

“Reconciliation?”

“No, is it a little different from reconciliation? that… Anyway, how did you get back together?”

Originally, Kang Tae-han also had an estranged relationship with his father.

No, it was worse than he was. When I was in high school, Taehan’s father heard about Taehan’s current situation through him, and when I was in college, it was only once or twice a year that I went down to Daejeon.

I did… From a certain point on, well, it’s just a representative filial son.

I often go down to Daejeon, hike with my father, play golf, and cook… … . At least among the people he knows, he thinks he has the best relationship with his father.

To be honest, I was a little envious of that.

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Last time, when he suddenly had to help out at the store, he was Choi Seong-hyun, who was warm-hearted and envious of the two.

“Well… I gave you a massage.”

Kang Tae-han, who remembered for a moment, said that in a tone that did not matter. At those words, Seonghyun Choi burst out laughing.

“Doesn’t massage also loosen father-son relationships?”

“Well, can’t you say that it’s like that.”

Choi Seong-hyeon’s words were playful, but Kang Tae-han’s words had a relatively serious atmosphere. He looked at Choi Seong-hyeon and said as if adding.

“In other words, the important thing is that one side goes first. A massage is a good excuse.”

“… haha. What is that.”

“Perhaps it will be useful to you too.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Choi Seong-hyeon closed his mouth for a moment. He sat still, deep in thought, with a soju glass brought to his lips.

“You should practice what you practiced once.”

“… What?”

Then, when Kang Tae-han spoke quietly, he raised his head startled. It was a reaction that was stabbed somewhere, but he showed a reaction that he did not know what he meant.

“practice? what practice?”

“When you were learning massage from me these days, you asked me to teach you about the waist. I learned that very hard every day.”

Kang Tae-han added as if driving a wedge.

“Isn’t that what you wanted to do for your father?”

Jooheon Choi’s waist looked quite uncomfortable.

Kang Tae-han could have helped out for a while, but he didn’t bother. Because that was Choi Seong-hyun’s share.

“… Well, the waist is a part that a lot of people are uncomfortable with.”

Seonghyeon Choi looked away embarrassedly and spoke as if making excuses. One, there is no saying no. After shutting his mouth again, he took a sip of water, put the cup down, and let out a short sigh.

“ha. Would you like to listen to your friend sometime?”

“Then I will make a seat for you.”

At Choi Seong-hyun’s reaction, Kang Tae-han smiled and took out his smartphone.

* * *

“… I should have just turned it down.”

The next evening, the 3rd massage of Cheonma Massage.

Choi Joo-heon, sitting on the bed wearing clothes like a sauna suit, scratched his head with an embarrassed expression. The contents of KakaoTalk were displayed on the smartphone held in his hand.

[Mister, I heard that you are in Seoul until tomorrow. Would you like to stop by the store in the evening if you don’t mind? Let’s get a massage and go.]

It was none other than Kang Tae-han who sent the KakaoTalk message.

He is a friend of his son Choi Seong-hyeon, and has known each other for a long time. The KakaoTalk details continued on the smartphone for quite a long time.

Originally, something happened the day before, and I was apologetic, so I was going to refuse… It’s hard to just cut and reject it, so I’ve come this far.

‘I looked for a while yesterday, and it seems to be very famous… … .’

I don’t usually do social media, but I know how to search. So I did a search… I was literally astonished. There are more search results than expected, and popularity and recognition are no joke.

I don’t know the details, but it seems that the director’s direct course is at least one month, and you have to make a reservation two months in advance if you want to receive it on the weekend.

Is it okay to take such a precious thing like this and throw it away?

I am very grateful, but also very proud, I am sorry, and I should have rejected it as well… It is Choi Jooheon who has such subtle thoughts.

In the meantime.

“Ah, is it Taehan?”

The closed door opened and someone came inside. Jooheon Choi put down the smartphone he was holding and turned his head toward the door.

It wasn’t Kang Tae-han who entered Hana.

“It is me, father.”

The one who opened the door and entered was Choi Seong-hyeon, scratching his head with an embarrassing expression.