“Where should I put the meat?”

“Oh, please leave it here.”

When Seonghyeon Choi removed the surrounding plates to make room, a plate full of meat came up on top of it.

Pork belly with layers of red meat and white fat. The meat was soft and had a subtle sheen, and the meat was of good quality at a glance.

“Hey, the meat here is fine.”

“I’ve been there once before and it was good.”

Director Hwang naturally reached for the meat tongs. However, before that, Kang Tae-han picked up the tongs first.

“Oh, Tae-han. I’ll bake. I have a hard time getting a massage every day, just rest.”

“a. How difficult is it to grill meat? And originally, people who buy meat don’t grill meat.”

This evening, Chief Hwang decided to buy a seat. It is desirable that the person who originally obtains and eats meat grills it. Kang Tae-han shook his hand with a determined expression.

“Director, leave it to Taehan.”

“… You can even pretend to bake.”

Choi Seong-hyun smiling with a pod in his hand from the side. When Director Hwang scolded him, Choi Seong-hyun shook his head.

“You don’t know. It’s not because I don’t like grilling, but when Taehan grills the meat, it’s delicious.”

“… How well do you want to bake it?”

“I don’t know what to say if you ask me that… In terms of game, it feels like one item rank goes up.”

“… okay?”

I’ve had dinner with Kang Tae-han a few times, but this is the first time I’ve come to eat meat with them.

Other people would say, ‘How different would it be if grilling meat was different?’

“What are you talking about so loudly?”

“I don’t know, but I bet you bake better than the boss here.”

“Don’t say anything weird again.”

Kang Tae-han laughed and shook his head.

However, Chief Hwang saw it. Watching Kang Tae-han look at Choi Seong-hyeon and talk, turning over the thick pork belly one by one with a snap of his wrist.

“But chief, you said you were watching Moorim Hunter, right?”

“That webtoon? see I don’t watch it every week, but.”

Director Hwang nodded at Choi Seong-hyeon’s words.

Moorim Hunter is the name of a webtoon serialized on the most famous webtoon platform in Korea.

A work about the story of the Moorim people becoming hunters after the gate incident broke out in Moorim. The first time I saw it, I wanted to know what this was about, but the more I look at it, the more it tastes.

I don’t watch it every week, but it’s just because I get tantalized when I watch one episode at a time. Director Hwang had quite a deep interest and affection for the work called Moorim Hunter.

“Why, are there any interesting episodes coming out?”

“No, they say it’s going on a long hiatus.”

“What?”

Hwang’s smirking face hardened.

It’s a work that has been on hiatus often, but it’s a long-term hiatus at all. From the point of view of those who have been waiting for the latest episode to come together, it sounds like a thunderclap.

“… why?”

“There is no official word… There’s been a lot of talk about the writer’s wrists being bad since before. So I had surgery, but it seems to have gotten worse lately.”

“ah… I can’t help being sick.”

Director Hwang shook his head with a regretful expression.

I’ve never really done anything creative, but I’ve heard that aristocrats called writers are in very poor health. In fact, I’ve read articles that say the job average life expectancy itself is low.

“Well, being a writer must be the hardest.”

“I guess so… I didn’t know you were sick I wish I could rest well and find my condition before coming back.”

Director Hwang said while waving green onions for no reason. I felt a lot of regret because there were only a few webtoons I could read, but wouldn’t it be better to take a break when you’re sick?

“I can eat now.”

Meanwhile, Kang Tae-han, who had been grilling the meat, quietly spoke up. At that moment, Chief Hwang turned his head over the fire and opened his mouth.

“… Taehan, have you worked part-time at a meat restaurant before?”

Perfectly cooked pork belly sizzling on the grill.

The meat was thick and cut into bite-size pieces, and they were lined up in three or ten columns on the grill.

In addition, in one corner of the grill, grilled kimchi and garlic are served with meat.

‘good night.’

It’s fine if you just look at it.

If ‘something that can impress people’ is taken as the definition of art, then this should also be called art. At least Chief Hwang thought so.

“Eat first.”

A piece of meat tongs entered the art, picked up a piece of pork belly, and placed it on Chief Hwang’s plate. Director Hwang carefully picked up the chopsticks.

“… Shall we eat then?”

Originally, I would eat it with ssamjang, but I think you should try at least this first one. Chief Hwang brought the pork belly he picked up with chopsticks to his mouth.

‘Five.’

The chewy texture of fat and well-cooked lean meat.

The texture of the two different parts blends harmoniously in the mouth, and the greasy juices that come out the more you chew it create a deep savory taste.

“… This is delicious.”

As the name suggests, samgyeopsal is meat with layers of fat and lean meat. And the charm of pork belly comes from the proper mix of fat and lean meat.

In that sense… The one piece I just ate seemed to have brought out the charm of pork belly to its fullest.

At Director Hwang’s plain and honest impression, Choi Seong-hyun raised the corner of his mouth as if he knew that.

“I told you. Taehan is good at grilling meat.”

“… I know.”

Director Hwang nodded his head with his mouth slightly open. At the same time, the hand was already moving for the next bite.

“Meat is good, right?”

Kang Tae-han said indifferently.

It wasn’t empty talk. He was just effectively bringing out the flavors in the meat. just… Most people just describe it as grilling meat well.

“… Mr. Taehan, if you have something to eat meat in the future, tell me.”

Chief Hwang, who ate the second piece of meat and wrapped it up in the meantime, opened his mouth insinuatingly.

“Because I will buy any amount of meat… Just plug it in.”

If there is someone who grills meat like this, it is not a waste to buy meat. Director Hwang said so in a half-sincere voice.

* * *

“Whoa… … .”

Kang Tae-han exhaled a long breath as he lifted the weight he was holding. As I lay on the bench for a while, the heat radiating from my lightly heated muscles felt quite pleasant.

‘I have to train my body steadily.’

Excluding martial arts and simply looking at how to train the body’s muscles, the modern method is much more efficient than the Moorim era.

There are various types of exercise equipment, and deep academic research has been conducted.

Thanks to that, Kang Tae-han was able to take care of his body faster than he thought… However, there was no stopping the exercise. Muscles do not end after being built, but you have to constantly manage them.

‘The growth of internal energy was also much faster than expected.’

In the meantime, while doing massage, the amount accumulated through the absorption method is quite large, but above all, the speed of growth of internal energy rapidly accelerated while securing the source of the elixir.

And the internal and external skills must be trained together in balance. The fact that the inner work has grown means that the outer work has to be trained accordingly.

Therefore, unless Kang Tae-han had other work, he would stop at a nearby fitness club after work to train his body. Even days like today when we had dinner appointments were no exception.

“Certainly, it’s better to be strong when exercising… … .”

Originally, since I have to take the elixir at home, I only eat simple snacks and exercise, but the day I have dinner appointments like today is an exception.

A feeling of fullness that fills the stomach differently than usual. Because of this, I feel that the efficiency of exercise has also increased.

“Me, teacher.”

Then someone spoke next to me. He is shorter than Kang Tae-han, but a little bigger. He came with a dumbbell on each side.

“what happened?”

It was a situation that could have been embarrassing, but Kang Tae-han got up from the bench and reacted naturally as if it was a common occurrence.

“I got some help the other day… I’m sorry, but can you look at your posture one more time?”

“It won’t work. It’s about watching.”

When Kang Tae-han shrugged his shoulders and replied, the man bowed his head and straightened up. Then he moved the dumbbell up and down three or four times.

“You are doing well. It is much more stable than last time.”

“Is that so? Since I’m doing this alone, sometimes I feel insecure about whether I’m doing well.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, the man scratched his head with an embarrassed expression. He bowed his head in gratitude, then went back to his seat and began to immerse himself in his exercise.

Was it like two weeks ago?

Rumors spread that Kang Tae-han had raised from 3 to 500 in one month, and as more members saw him working out, people began to seek advice from Tae-han Kang in this way from one day.

‘It feels like I’ve gotten a bit more lately.’

First one, then two… But when rumors spread that those advices fit perfectly, three, five people. Now, it’s just Kang Tae-han who thinks he’ll do it whenever someone approaches him.

Actually, there is nothing difficult.

It’s not like I’m asking for some herbivorous diet or seeking enlightenment, it’s just that I’m asking you to look at my posture like this or what kind of exercise I like.

“I am, teacher. Me too once… … .”

“Please take a look at me too. I’ve been walking in place lately, but I’m not sure where the problem is.”

As one person receives advice, the other people around him start snooping one by one. Everyone was watching each other as if they were exercising.

“I’ll do some exercise for now.”

“Oops, I’m sorry.”

But even so, if Kang Tae-han starts exercising again or notices them, they will disperse on their own.

The original muscle is how to recognize the muscle. It meant that they already acknowledged him at the point of asking for advice from Kang Tae-han, so they are muscular young men who respectfully follow his words.

* * *

It’s obvious, but mornings in Seoul are busy.

Cars are blocked, the streets are crowded, and the subway is clogged with people, so there is no place to hold it with your hands.

Where there are a lot of pedestrians, even the wide crosswalks on the main road are obscured by people and the signal is difficult to see.

“Oops… … .”

People walking forward as soon as the green light turns on. As it is a busy time, they have no choice but to hurry.

But in the meantime, there are people who lag behind. Perhaps she sprained her back while walking. An old woman was crossing the crosswalk with a staggering step while holding onto her waist.

The green light is already blinking.

But the grandmother hadn’t even crossed the center line yet. A look of nervousness appeared on the old woman’s face, and her steps became more hurried, but that doesn’t change much.

“grandmother. Can I lend you my shoulder?”

At that time, someone came from behind and stood next to the grandmother, and spoke to her while leveling her shoulders.

“Yes?”

“Excuse me for a moment.”

It was none other than Kang Tae-han, who was on his way to work. He propped up on the slanted shoulders of her grandmother, wrapped her arms around her waist, and started walking forward.

That’s all, the posture is strangely comfortable. At first, I was confused as if I was embarrassed, but the grandmother’s steps got faster and faster, and before I knew it, I had already reached the other side before the green light went out.

“go… thanks, student. Thank you so much.”

“You’re welcome.”

Kang Tae-han, who came out with his shoulders relaxed, smiled.

I didn’t notice it when I was bending my back to adjust my height, but after straightening my back, it looks like I’ve almost doubled in size.

“You must have a bad back.”

“It’s all like that when you’re old… But, maybe it’s because of the student’s help, I feel like I’m fine now!”

The grandmother patted Kang Tae-han’s arm and said.

“Whoops. It’s not just how you feel.”

“Draw?”

“Yes, my hand is originally a weak hand.”

Taehan Kang waved his hands lightly and said. It sounded like nonsense at first glance, but I wonder if that feeling was conveyed, and a smile formed on the grandmother’s lips.

“Let’s see, I’m so grateful that I want to buy something… … .”

“it’s okay. I have to go to work.”

So have a nice day! Kang Tae-han left with those words. In my experience, it is cleaner to avoid the seat quickly in this case.

‘I need time to soak in the hot water.’

And as always, Kang Tae-han could not give up taking a bath before starting work.