Chapter 140: Side Story – Monday Blues Have Disappeared (10)

“Get on!”

“What?”

Team Leader Kim, whose gaze was focused on the infused liquor, flinched at the woman’s booming voice and took his hand off the button.

Then, the child named Yulri pressed the open button from inside.

Yoon Seok, standing next to her, was staring as if asking why they weren’t getting on.

“Aren’t you getting on?!”

When the woman with the loud voice and red lipstick asked brightly, it felt for some reason like he had to.

Above all, led by the children’s waiting, Team Leader Kim’s feet moved unconsciously.

Seung Ho, standing behind him, as expected, only looked at his phone.

“Unni, what floor was Bodam on again?”

“Why can’t you memorize that? Call him!”

Then, at the name the plainly dressed woman brought up, Seung Ho’s head lifted.

The woman, whose impression was gentle yet strangely strong, hummed “Bbo-dam Bbo-dam” as she searched for Bodam’s number.

When Team Leader Kim, who had also been listening to the familiar name, turned to look at Seung Ho, Seung Ho was already heading towards the elevator.

Seung Ho’s calm gaze landed on the pale, round faces of Yulri and Yoon Seok.

‘It was as if if you compressed Yoon Bodam, those two would come out.’

“I can’t believe they still can’t memorize it after coming here so many times.”

Geun Young, who had finished getting ready to go out, giggled, thinking of her younger sisters who asked what floor it was every time they came.

Geun Young and Bomi had decided to stay at their aunt’s house today.

They had dressed up nicely to have a weekend dinner out together before that.

“Are the aunts coming up? They should just stay in the car.”

“They said they’re coming up for a moment to give something.”

Bomi, who had come back after changing her earrings, boasted her keen intuition, saying it was definitely alcohol.

The two mother and daughter watched Bodam, who was running around busily, moving between the room and the kitchen because the house was so big.

It was amazing to be seeing Bodam’s company people for the first time.

Above all, to think they would see the famous Han Seung Ho in person.

“Mom’s son is capable. You raised him well.”

Bomi, who lightly massaged Geun Young’s shoulders, pointed to Bodam, who was sliding right in front of the kitchen table.

Bodam, who had gotten up as soon as he had fallen, was laughing while talking on the phone with Jo Yeon.

The sentimental Geun Young just smiled gently without a word.

“Oh, they must be here.”

At the bell that rang widely in the living room, Bomi ran to the front door first.

The aunts’ giggling laughter sounded even louder today for some reason.

Bomi, who threw the door wide open, greeted her aunts and briefly met their eyes before immediately lowering her gaze to Yulri and Yoon Seok.

“Uh…”

She slowly lifted her head, feeling the presence of two large men standing a step away.

“H-Han Seung Ho…?”

Bomi, with her excellent intuition, recognized Seung Ho, who was known only by name, right away.

It was understandable, because Han Seung Ho was, just by looking at him, Han Seung Ho.

Just like if you saw Bodam, you would think, ‘he must be Yoon Bodam.’

Seung Ho, who looked down at the agape Bomi, gave a very small nod.

Even that restrained gesture was Han Seung Ho-like.

His deep eyes, as if drawn with a brush, his nose bridge, which couldn’t be that of an East Asian, and on top of that, with that tall height, his face was the size of a fist.

“Why aren’t you coming in? Oh my.”

Behind Bomi, who was admiring Seung Ho’s appearance with a hand on her chest, Geun Young also wore a surprised expression.

Seeing the large frames of Seung Ho and Team Leader Kim, who looked anything but ordinary to anyone, the short Geun Young’s gaze went up as if looking at the ceiling.

“Hello, Mother! I’m Guide Yoon-nim’s work colleague. This is my team’s team leader.”

Geun Young’s tension eased at Team Leader Kim’s gentle voice, who had pointed to Seung Ho.

To the aunts, the affable and handsome Team Leader Kim had already become the number one groom candidate.

Geun Young, whose pale cheeks had turned pink at Team Leader Kim’s sincere wit, where he had said he thought she was his older sister, hurriedly greeted them.

Team Leader Kim laughed, because even her flustered appearance resembled Bodam’s, and Seung Ho bowed his head low.

“Please come in! Daughter, don’t block the way, come out.”

“Right, right. Why are you keeping the guests at the door! Yulri, Yoon Seok, don’t sit on the sofa. We’re leaving soon.”

“Okay-.”

The children, who had escaped the chaotic entrance, ran to Bodam, who was busy talking on the phone with Jo Yeon in the kitchen.

Bodam, who had a wide smile seeing his younger cousins running towards him, welcomed them with a gesture of lifting both of them in his arms.

Because the children were growing day by day, it was too much to hold both of them at once.

“Team Leader-nim!”

Bodam smiled, seeing Seung Ho who had entered the living room hallway before Team Leader Kim, who was surrounded by the aunts.

Seung Ho, whose feet had stopped at his smile, looked intently at Bodam, who was approaching, welcoming him.

“You came with Team Leader Kim-nim by teleport, right? Did you have lunch? Ah, Jo Yeon said he’s going to be a little late. His exclusive guide is his cousin, so they’re coming together.”

The excited Bodam greeted Team Leader Kim from afar and simultaneously rattled on.

Because Seung Ho was so quiet, he had developed a habit of talking at length even if he didn’t react.

“Kids, say hello. This is a scary person.”

Bodam, who held Yulri and Yoon Seok’s hands and waved them at Seung Ho, smiled playfully.

Bodam’s cheeks, flushed from moving around busily, were as noticeable as if he had put on blush.

Seung Ho put strength in his fingertips to resist the urge to touch the cheeks he always wanted to touch whenever he saw them.

“Mom, our team leader.”

Bodam, who had called for Geun Young who had turned into a carrot from Team Leader Kim’s shower of compliments, formally introduced Seung Ho.

The good-natured Team Leader Kim-nim was already in the middle of a chat with the aunts he had become close with.

“I’ve heard a lot about you. That you take good care of our son.”

Seung Ho, who had been standing as if frozen for a moment at Geun Young’s thanks, slowly opened his mouth.

“…Not at all.”

Seung Ho, who had met the kind and clear eyes of Geun Young, which were just like Bodam’s, finally lowered his gaze to her chin and continued in a heavy voice.

“The team is maintained thanks to Guide Yoon.”

Bodam’s eyes widened at the praise that rarely came out of his mouth.

It was something he heard from Tae Hwan and Ji Oh almost every day, but it was new to hear it from Seung Ho.

“He is an important talent. We cannot do without him.”

At Seung Ho’s praise, which continued in a very serious tone, even the aunts and Team Leader Kim, who had been listening intently from afar, fixed their gazes.

Team Leader Kim looked amazed yet seemed to be holding back a laugh, and the aunts and Bomi seemed shocked by Seung Ho’s cave-like voice.

Geun Young, who faced the stiff but serious Seung Ho, naturally exchanged a few more words and ended with a short greeting, telling him to enjoy his time.

Geun Young’s expression, as she dragged the dazed Bomi away, was quite bright.

“Aunt! Is this alcohol?”

“Yes, Bbo-dam. Ladle this and drink it in a glass like this. You know, right?”

“Oppa, I’ll just sit here. Hmm? I’ll eat without even breathing, so can’t you include me? Ah, please.”

“Unni, did you cook all this? When did you do all that.”

A boisterous conversation continued between the entrance hallway and the kitchen.

The sociable Team Leader Kim was busy introducing Min Ji Oh, who had joined in without anyone noticing, to the aunts and Geun Young.

Bodam was busy avoiding Bomi, who was whining that she wanted to sit next to Han Seung Ho, and Seung Ho.

“……”

He quietly watched the scene alone.

In the center of the endlessly continuing words and laughter was Yoon Bodam.

That white face, which no longer cried, made Seung Ho smile along.

Although to others it would look like an expressionless face of discomfort, those who had watched him intently recognized Seung Ho’s smile.

Like Bodam, who had just discovered the smiling Seung Ho.

“No, but Bbo-dam. Do all Espers look like that? Do you become an Esper if you’re too handsome?”

The aunts, who were reluctant to part with Team Leader Kim, held onto Bodam, who had come out to see them off, and whispered.

They had been surprised by just Seung Ho and Team Leader Kim, but they were shocked again seeing Ji Oh, a flamboyant beauty who looked like a top model.

“Hey. Then I would have become an Esper too.”

“They don’t just trade on their looks, do they? What are their personalities like.”

The aunts, who were disappointed at the news that their favorite Team Leader Kim was not on Bodam’s team, became interested in Seung Ho and Ji Oh.

They were waiting for the elevator in the hallway, but the Espers, with their excellent hearing, could hear the conversation from the living room.

“Your team leader seemed strict. He doesn’t smile. Is he in a bad mood?”

“No. He’s always like that.”

“His expression was so cold. The kids were scared too. It must be hard to work together.”

“If he gives you a hard time, tell us. Your aunts are always ready. You know your uncle was a marine too, right?”

Bodam waved his hand at his dependable aunts’ encouragement until they were all in the elevator.

He even clicked his tongue at Bomi, who was running towards him, shouting, “I loved you! Esper Han Seung Ho!” from the entrance hallway.

“I liked them, Mom. All three.”

Geun Young held her son’s hand tightly one last time.

As a guide working in a special environment, not an ordinary company, she couldn’t help but have more worries about her son’s colleagues and superiors.

But after meeting them in person, she was relieved.

She could feel that they genuinely cared for her son.

“Me too.”

Above all, her son looked comfortable with them.

What more was there to worry about when he was smiling so sincerely and saying he liked them too.

Thus, Bodam, who had finished seeing off his noisy family, finally went in to properly greet his guests.

Bodam’s excited voice shot towards the three large men standing in the living room.

“You’re hungry, aren’t you?!”

“Yeah!”

Ji Oh’s face, who had answered the loudest, was flushed red.

Seung Ho, standing behind him, had an unreadable, unfamiliar expression, and Team Leader Kim was snickering and laughing to the point of wiping away tears.

Bodam didn’t know what it was, but he was just happy.