Chapter 14: Small Changes

“Oh dear, Taeseo. What is going to happen? It seems the shock was really severe.”

His father pulled out his mobile phone and contacted their primary care physician, Dr. Song, while his second older brother and older sister were dazed from shock, and his mother jumped up to smell Taeseo.

She was checking whether he had inhaled drugs.

Because not only their family but also influential figures in the business world were gathered in the dining hall, attention was focused on the small commotion.

“Stop making such a fuss. Our family gets excited way too easily, except for me, and that’s the problem.”

“Taeseo.”

“Just eat your meal. I have to eat quickly and go.”

Taeseo chuckled.

It was a real smile, not a cynical sneer.

It wasn’t that non-existent filial piety had suddenly emerged or that sibling affection had surged.

He already knew he was lucky, and it wasn’t that he newly reflected on his unfilial behavior.

He just assumed for a moment.

If Choi Jeong were here, how he would be written about in the post Choi Jeong would write tonight.

[By the way, that lucky guy treated his family so arrogantly! I wanted to punch him once with my fist.

If it were me, I would treat the family that cherishes me really well.

I could treat them really well, so why is such an unfilial person the lucky one?

I could really do well…]

He just didn’t want Choi Jeong to write such a post.

Because Choi Jeong would surely have been lonely while writing it.

Minseok [Good night, deeply filial Park Taeseo ^^]

Park Kangjin [Our family gets excited way too easily, except for me, and that’s the problem~]

Lee Sora [LOL Stop it you crazy bastards, it’s not Taeseo who’s gonna die, I’m gonna die LOL]

Minseok [My father asked if Taeseo hurt his head when he had the accident LOL]

Park Kangjin [I’m healthy, Mom, Dad, Brother, Sister, take care of your health~]

Me [Park Kangjin, you die if I meet you at school]

Park Kangjin [Hing, don’t kill Kangjin…. take care of your health]

Me [Shut up you bastard]

Lee Sora [So funny LOL QQQQQQQQQ]

“Ah, damn it.”

Taeseo uttered a low curse.

Secretary Yoon Junho, sitting in the passenger seat, watched his reaction.

Yoon Junho had also heard the news from the dining hall.

There must be a reason why this demon uttered such words.

The family members were no different in their thinking from Junho, so even while being moved, they coolly set up a health checkup schedule.

Taeseo would have his blood tested on Monday to check whether he inhaled a new type of drug, and he would receive counseling from a professional psychological counselor.

Looking at his face through the rear-view mirror, he had a ruined expression, frowning heavily just like usual.

His eyes certainly seemed bloodshot, but there appeared to be nothing wrong with his body.

Did the psychological aftermath of the traffic accident only reveal itself now?

At any rate, with that arrogant personality, having to receive psychological counseling as well meant his mood would be extremely terrible.

Sparks might fly if one was careless.

The driver’s and Junho’s eyes met.

The driver stepped on the accelerator while holding his breath.

‘Why did I do such a stupid thing? I should definitely try getting counseling.’

On the other hand, unlike the worries of the two, Taeseo was feeling the necessity of psychological counseling.

Choi Jeong wasn’t even in that place, and rather, the probability of him being dead was high.

Why was I like that?

‘It’s because I didn’t sleep properly for four days. Let’s sleep today.’

The embarrassing behavior in the dining hall where numerous people gathered brought a vivid sense of reality to the twenty-year-old youth.

As proof, Taeseo did not enter Choi Jeong’s cafe even once while inside the car.

‘I’m not going to read these kinds of shabby diaries anymore.’

Taeseo hardened his resolve.

And as soon as he arrived home, washed up, and came out, he turned on his laptop.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Finally finally]

[I turned 19!

Now the end of my teens is not far away.

I want to become 20 quickly~~]

59 remaining posts, plus 10 recovered deleted posts, totaling 69.

1,201 comments.

He planned to read them all this weekend.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Volunteer work~~]

[I decided to do volunteer work once a month starting this year.

At the orphanage I came out of. hh

I did it today too and feel proud^^]

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[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: I’m thinking of raising a pet]

[When I come home, because I’m alone, I feel kinda gloomy too

Actually, since a little while ago, a stray street cat in the neighborhood has been wandering around the front yard

I put out some tuna and it ate it well hh

It was cute hh]

┗[Kimchi Stew O Kimchi Soup X] Pet X Companion animal O

Speaking of a stray cat, he thought of the dirty yellow cat he saw when he went to Choi Jeong’s house.

That cat might have come to see Choi Jeong.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Today I went to a cafe for the first time]

[The college student hyung who came to work part-time took me because I said I’ve never been to a cafe

That thing called America was too bitter and not my taste

Vending machine coffee is 200 won, so what kind of coffee costs as much as 3,000 won;

Even though it doesn’t even taste good hh]

┗[GAU] Nim next time try eating a Caffe Mocha.

┗┗[Jeong24] Can I just go and ask for a Caffe Mocha?

┗┗┗[GAU] Yep that’s not very bitter so it might suit you

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[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: I went to a cafe alone but]

[A total failure

I went to eat the Caffe Mocha recommended by Gau-nim

When I asked for a Caffe Mocha, the employee kept asking something

I didn’t understand what they meant at all~~

I just told them to give me America and came out without even drinking half]

┗[Ervantes] I deeply understand. I don’t go to cafes unless my daughter buys it for me^^

┗[GAU] Huh what did they ask, was it the size

┗┗[Give Me Bone Hangover Soup] Whipping cream?

┗┗[My Kimchi] Didn’t they ask about take-out?

┗┗[Hey Hey Hey Hey] Hot or ice?

┗┗┗[Jeong24] I don’t know I’m never going again

┗[Triangle Gimbap] I. Want. To go to the cafe with you.

Among Choi Jeong’s posts, there was one new difference upon turning nineteen.

It was the title toward [GAU], whom Choi Jeong affectionately called ‘Gau-nim’.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Last cafe attempt]

[When I didn’t know about cafes I just passed by

When I found out, there was a cafe in front of the neighborhood bus stop.

So thinking it was the last time, I tried entering

What kind of menu board is all in English lol

I just quietly came back out again lol

I mean, is this place America? It’s Korea ]

Taeseo touched the edge of his mouth at a strange feeling.

He should be sneering, a laugh should be coming out, so why were the corners of his mouth going down?

He couldn’t know the reason.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: I ate gopchang today~]

[The misters at the company where I work these days bought it for me~

When I was first introduced by an older guy I know, everyone looked rough and scary, but spending a year or two together, I realized they are good people hh

The college student hyungs who occasionally come to work part-time look down on me and talk down to me, giving me nothing but humiliation without even buying meal and doing Dutch pay, but the misters buy me meals, buy me taxi fare, and give me pocket money to buy ice cream hh Knowing I’m not a student, they steadily call me student. Student is an expression that respectfully honors teens, right? hh Instead of going to the food stall, there are many times I eat the packed lunches the misters brought too. As expected, you really can’t judge people by their appearance.]

Taeseo recalled the article comment.

[chl*****] Ah yes, I understand what you mean. If it’s something like that, the title student is correct. Thank you, kdm-nim.

Choi Jeong had truly understood and accepted it.

Really, he was commendable beyond words.

Even though there are many people in this world who don’t accept it even when wrong things are corrected for them.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Something really annoying]

[The college student hyungs doing manual labor part-time during vacation.

Whenever they see me, they bullshit about studying, I wish they would stop.

Give me money to live on while telling me to study

Or if you don’t know someone else’s situation, just shut up.

Super annoying]

┗[GAU] Manager Jeong got angry,,, sigh. Wherever you go, there are those immature people. People trying to act like teachers. Manager Jeong is living a much more rewarding life than those people, so ignore them~

┗[Ervantes] Actually.. looking far ahead, studying comes first. Manager Jeong is still nineteen years old. It’s an age with a bright future ahead, but if you do hard labor from a young age, your body gets ruined quickly too. h Actually, this is my story. If I had studied even a little younger… I always regret it. If circumstances don’t allow it, it can’t be helped though.

┗[Norwegian] They say study by night and work by day. How about working by day and studying by night..?

┗┗[Jeong24] Are you crazy? I’ll die because my stamina is lacking.

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[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: I had a big fight with the college student hyungs today]

[The college student hyungs kept talking down to the misters, so after a long time, my temper flared up and I had a fight.

Of course, it wasn’t a physical fight, I’m a bit small so if I fight physically, I lose right away.

It was a verbal fight, so I won. Those hyungs quit, saying they couldn’t deal with ignorant things. They came out to the labor site for experience when they could earn millions through easy tutoring part-time, and they left after having a dirty experience.

Did only they have a dirty experience? We did too, really absurd ㅡㅡ Guys who will eventually end up unemployed just have filthy long tongues]

┗[GAU] Unexpectedly, Manager Jeong has a temper lol

A smile flickered on the edge of Taeseo’s mouth.

It was commendable that he didn’t just live getting pushed around.

If Choi Jeong were in front of him, Taeseo wanted to praise him, saying he did well, and buy him a Caffe Mocha.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Two stray cats]

[I told you a little while ago that Yellow was wandering around the yard.

After giving a few cans of tuna

I wonder if it thinks I’m a easy mark, it brought a friend lol

From the start, it acts cute and rubs its round head on my hand

Ah~~ so cute~~]

As expected, it seemed that yellow cat was correct.

The cat wouldn’t know that it could never again meet a easy mark who gives tuna cans.

[Author: Jeong24]

[Title: Men grow taller even after 20, right?]

[To be honest, I’m not on the tall side lol

I kept thinking I’ll grow, I’ll grow, but because I didn’t grow even after turning 19, I’m a little anxious.

Of course I’m over 170, but because I’m young and small in stature, the hyungs don’t include me well when working

I’ll grow taller, right? ]

Taeseo ground his teeth once again.

Guys who say bullshit like studying by night and working by day to such a fragile Jeong24 should have their arms cut off.

A kid grows tall only if he eats well and sleeps well by nature.

He wanted to leave a comment like that.