After pitching the tent completely.

Kang Tae-han moved the belongings left in the car into the tent, took out the firewood and brazier he had brought, and started preparing to start a fire.

‘If the place to sleep is ready, then it’s a fire.’

Outdoors, the level of campsites is completely different with the difference between having a campfire and not having one. Not only can you eat warm food, but it is also very advantageous to maintain your body temperature at night when the sun has gone down.

Of course, now he’s not setting up a camp for survival, he’s just camping out for leisure… For Kang Tae-han, who has a long experience of living in the wild, a fire is necessary to feel stable.

“Would you like a fire?”

“Yes, I have to have dinner a little later, so I’m going to prepare some charcoal to grill the meat and smoke it in advance.”

Kang Tae-han pointed at the sun slowly sinking to the west and said, It was still quite early for dinner, but it is better to eat dinner on the mountain earlier than usual, when the sun has not yet set.

“Is there anything I can help you with?”

“Well… What?”

“Then, can I watch from the side?”

Taehan Kang nodded happily.

I don’t think it’s something worth watching, but it wasn’t something worth hiding either.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever seen a fire lit like this.”

Yoo Se-ah smiled with a look of anticipation and brought a camping chair and sat next to him.

and then… He glanced sideways, then turned his head to the front again with a puzzled look on his face.

‘… It’s closer than I thought.’

I took a seat next to Kang Tae-han without much thought, but it was because the distance was closer than I thought. Because when I turned my head, I could see Kang Tae-han’s profile right nearby.

Of course, to be honest, sitting in the driver’s seat and the front passenger’s seat, it was exactly that distance… Sitting in a car and sitting right next to each other in such an open and spacious space felt completely different.

To put it bluntly, it’s good. It’s so good that it makes my lips twitch for some reason. But it was also true that she was ashamed of it, and the tips of her ears were slightly red.

“Why are you like that?”

“… no. Oh, the air here is so nice.”

Then, Yoo Se-ah began to look around for no reason.

“The air is definitely clear.”

At her words, Kang Tae-han smiled and nodded, then lit the kindling stick on the firewood.

The weather is quite dry, and the wind blows gently. The fire kindled quickly from the kindling, and then moved to the dry firewood standing next to it, completing a fire worthy of being called a bonfire.

‘great.’

At first, the flames come up violently, but when they enter a stable period, they put the charcoals brought separately into the bonfire. Unlike the firewood used in the bonfire, they were charcoal to be used for barbecue.

‘This is enough… I think it will take about twenty minutes.’

After completing a series of processes, all that remains is to wait. Kang Tae-han roughly estimated the time required for the charcoal to be prepared by looking at the strength of the campfire.

“… It’s just the beginning of camping.”

Was it like that? Yoo Se-ah, who was sitting next to her, spoke in a low voice. She watched him carefully as he started the fire, and now, like Kang Tae-han, she was quietly watching the blazing bonfire.

“What can I say, it’s very nice.”

“okay?”

“Yes, unlike the city, the quiet atmosphere is nice, the moderately refreshing breeze, the sound of the forest when the wind blows is nice, and… … .”

I thought Kang Tae-han, quietly and concentrating on the fire, was so cool, but I couldn’t bring myself to say it.

“… A campfire is good too.”

In the end, she couldn’t get the words she wanted to say, so she evaded them appropriately.

* * *

“what? Do you have two hearths?”

“Yes, that’s for the campfire, this is for cooking.”

As white ash began to form on the surface of the burning charcoal, Kang Tae-han took out another brazier and moved the charcoal. The splendid flame had faded, but it was still radiating calm and hot heat.

‘It’s good that I brought plenty of charcoal.’

When I put my hand over the brazier, the hot heat was immediately transmitted through my palm. Kang Tae-han put the grill on the brazier and immediately put the meat on it.

Chee Hee Hee… … .

A large piece of pork neck cooked over a charcoal fire.

After a while, when I turned the meat over, the scent of the meat with the scent of charcoal fire stimulated the tip of my nose, and at the same time, the grill pattern clearly embedded in the meat caught my eye.

“Wow… Will it be too delicious?”

Seah Yoo, who glanced over the brazier, opened her eyes wide and said, The meat cooked over red-hot charcoal fire was enough to stimulate the appetite in itself.

“I knew Taehan was good at grilling meat, but I didn’t know he was good at grilling outdoors.”

“What… In a way, this is more of a major.”

Kang Tae-han shrugged lightly and said.

There were quite a few differences between grilling meat indoors and grilling meat outdoors like this, but Kang Tae-han had more experience grilling meat this way in the first place.

“I think Sae-ah does some cooking, too.”

Then Kang Tae-han turned his head to Yoo Se-ah and said. She cooked pot rice with the burner and ingredients she brought separately, and now she was boiling soybean paste stew.

Sliced zucchini, tofu, and even sliced Cheongyang peppers were added to the beef brisket, giving it a savory yet sharp taste.

“I haven’t even tasted it yet.”

“You can tell whether the soybean paste stew is well cooked or not just by smelling it, well.”

At Kang Tae-han’s words, Yoo Se-ah’s lips pouted. I couldn’t tell if it was empty or real, but it was something I was proud of just hearing it.

After a while, a delicious table was set on the table spread out by the campfire.

Tender meat with the scent of charcoal fire, chadol soybean paste stew with a savory yet sharp taste, and even fluffy hot pot rice with steamed rice.

Here, the kimchi and lettuce that Kang Tae-han brought separately came up, and a luxurious table was completed while feeling the camping feeling.

“Wow, why is the meat so delicious?”

It is the neck meat, but it is chewed softly without a bit of a dry feeling, and the gravy that comes out with each bite is flavored with charcoal fire, creating a deeper savory taste.

“You cooked the stew too well.”

To Yoo Se-ah, who burst into admiration and even clapped, Kang Tae-han also threw a compliment with a smile.

I scooped a piece of chadol together with the stew and rubbed it with white rice to eat it.

One drink with meat, one drink with stew.

After eating like that, the two men emptied the table neatly before they knew it. There was not even a single piece of lettuce or even a side of kimchi left on the table.

“Oh, you ate so well.”

“Thanks to Se Ah, I ate well.”

“Ah, Mr. Taehan suffered.”

At her words, Kang Tae-han smiled and peeled off the rolled foil.

The things Seah Yoo said she had brought separately when lighting the campfire and put them in. When the foil was peeled off, softly cooked potatoes were revealed.

“… But, what about that tent?”

On the other hand, Yoo Se-ah carefully threw out a topic she had deliberately avoided mentioning until then. The sun was slowly going down, so I couldn’t help but ask.

“I can’t help it. I told you before.”

Kang Tae-han said that in a calm tone, and put the potato slices he had removed and left to cool in his mouth.

“may I?”

“You know the tent Se-ah chose. It’s a bit too wide to write alone.”

A tent that Yoo Se-ah chose and even purchased at a department store. She chose it because the tent was big enough for two people.

‘The size of the tent is not the problem… … .’

Sharing a tent with Kang Tae-han!

If you were to judge whether it was a good thing or a bad thing, it would belong to the good thing, but even so, this was unexpected. Who could have predicted that a tent that had never been opened was torn apart.

“Oh.”

In the meantime, a popping sound was heard on the table, and a water drop mark appeared. Then, one by one, the sound of falling raindrops began to be heard.

“what? There was no rain in the weather forecast.”

Yoo Se-ah said in a troubled voice. The good news was that they had finished cleaning up after dinner.

“I will fold the table, so Sae-ah, go into the tent first.”

As the rain started to get thicker, Kang Tae-han got up first and pointed to the tent and said,

“Then I will move the chair.”

“That would be good.”

Yoo Se-ah folded two chairs and set them down under the tent and went inside the tent, and soon came inside Kang Tae-han.

“Phew, it was sunny until a while ago, but it’s suddenly chaotic.”

“Iknow, right. What about the campfire?”

“You can just leave it in the rain. If the fire spreads, that’s a problem; if it goes out, it’s no problem.”

Kang Tae-han sat on the floor answering her question.

“It’s a bit of a waste, though.”

“it’s okay. It’s nothing great.”

The two sat side by side inside the tent, silently looking towards the entrance. The only sound between the two of them was the sound of rain hitting the tent.

‘What do we do… … .’

From the outside, it looked natural, but Yoo Se-ah was stiff with tension.

Even if the inside is wide, it is a tent at best.

Maybe that’s why, Kang Tae-han’s presence next to him felt bigger than usual. Why do thick forearms look so good? After conscious once, it was Yoo Se-ah who couldn’t even look sideways.

“It’s good.”

“… yes?”

“Listening to the sound of rain in a tent like this. I’ve always liked it.”

Kang Tae-han said in a calm voice with a faint smile. Unlike her nervousness, she seemed to be no different than usual.

‘Am I the only one conscious… … .’

Momentarily, at Kang Tae-han’s reaction, Yoo Se-ah becomes sullen without even realizing it. I knew he was dull about things like this, but I felt a bit bitter to think that he hadn’t reacted to anything like this.

However, in the meantime.

On the right hand that was resting on the floor, a slightly rough yet warm feeling was gently covered.

Kang Tae-han’s left hand covering his right hand before he knew it.

Yoo Se-ah glanced down at her folded hands, then unconsciously looked at Kang Tae-han. When our eyes met for a moment, Kang Tae-han smiled and turned his head toward the entrance of the tent.

“Whoop whoop.”

Then Yoo Se-ah burst into laughter involuntarily. It was a small burst of laughter.

“why?”

“I like it too. Listening to the rain like this.”

In response to Kang Tae-han’s calm voice, Yoo Se-ah also responded in a calm voice. Then, he flipped his right hand over and grabbed Kang Tae-han’s left hand.

The two spent a quiet time looking at the same place for a while without speaking.

* * *

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Late afternoon the next day.

“haha.”

Kang Tae-han, who had just gotten out of the taxi, looked up at the building in front of him and let out an involuntary laugh.

A building that has just been completed and looks brand new. It is said that it was designed for the main purpose of a hotel from the beginning, and the exterior of the building was also a sophisticated design.

‘I think it’s higher than the 22nd floor?’

I had to lift my head a little more than I thought to see the top. However, as a result of counting, the number of floors is the same as the 22nd floor. That would mean that the heights of each floor were set quite generously.

“Are you Mr. Kang Tae-han?”

In the midst of admiring the exterior that was better than expected, someone approached him and talked to him.

“Yes, that’s right.”

“This is the interior designer Hwang Yun-soo, whom I decided to meet today. We were supposed to meet at the cafe, but as we arrived, the teacher caught my eye.”

“Ah, hello.”

Hwang Yoon-soo handed over his business card and bowed, and Kang Tae-han also took a business card and bowed face to face.

‘I was told he was famous in the industry… … .’

When we had dinner together after Chae Seo-yoon’s massage.

When the story of the store came out and the interior was mentioned, Junho Shin offered to introduce a famous trader he knew.

And now his business card handed over. The company written there was a company Kang Tae-han had looked for and contacted some time ago.

It seems that he is already in charge of designing stores for chain stores that are already quite famous in the industry and that you can know by name. However, at that time, it was clear that the schedule was already full, so it was difficult to receive requests for a while.

I did.

‘Certainly, President Shin must have a wide network of people.’

When Shin Jun-ho contacted me, he readily accepted and came out like this.