Chapter 21
Chapter 21
Ch. 21 .｡.:✧ Lee Mina - 2 ✧:.｡.
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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Chaos
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After we returned to the office, we distributed the coffee.
People were dazed by the sudden coffee.
Well, I guess so.
It was only natural that there would be cognitive dissonance when the person who had ruined the office atmosphere left and came back with coffee for everyone.
“Have a cup of coffee and get back to work.”
Mina said curtly and returned to her usual expressionless self as she tossed the remark and walked back to her desk.
It was really amazing… whether that was her original face or whether she was just good at keeping a poker face.
Perhaps because of her slightly relaxed appearance, the atmosphere in the office seemed better than it had been in the morning.
I sat down at my seat, finished my coffee, and looked through the shared folder.
If I didn’t want to struggle while learning the ropes this weekend, I’d better start studying it right away
[Lee Mina: In-ho-ssi]
While I was looking at the monitor with my neck stretched out like a turtle, Mina sent me a message.
[Lee Mina: What kind of movies do you like?]
Along with the question, an image of the latest releases from a movie theater’s website was attached.
Why is it that I don’t know any of the movies or actors?
Seeing this made me realize that I had traveled through dimensions. It was similar but subtly different.
I searched each of the movie lists she had sent and skimmed through their rough plots, but there wasn’t a choice that particularly appealed to me.
But it wouldn’t be polite to send her back a message saying, “I don’t like any of them,” so I picked a melodrama which seemed appropriate.
Honestly, I believe theaters are best for watching blockbusters, where screen size and sound really matter.
But, I thought that a genre like that, with lots of explosions, would be a matter of preference, so I made a safe choice.
[Lee Mina: Okay. Then I’ll book this for around 4 p.m.]
She was already saying that she was going to make a reservation, as if she was in a hurry.
[Kang In-ho: It’s still Monday. If we go to see a movie at 4 p.m., we’ll have to leave the company around 3 p.m.]
[Lee Mina: Don’t worry. I’ll teach you all the work before then.]
No, why are you deciding that?
[Lee Mina: What if all the tickets are sold out? Even if we have to cancel it later, we should still make a reservation.]
I agreed with her logic and went back to work.
Well, it was understandable that she would be excited since it was a date with someone she liked.
It felt like a fresh, youthful feeling of someone in their 20s, which was cute.
Okay, let’s focus again.
30 minutes later
[Lee Mina: How’s the food here? I heard it’s a great steak restaurant.]
[Kang In-ho: I’m fine with any kind of meat.]
[Lee Mina: Hmm, but it seems like the reservations are all sold out and the waiting list is long. Just a moment.]
10 minutes later
[Lee Mina: There’s another one here. It’s an Italian restaurant.]
[Kang In-ho: Yes, it looks delicious.]
[Lee Mina: In-ho-ssi, is Western food okay with you?]
[Kang In-ho: Western food is fine, and Korean food is fine too, anything is fine.]
[Lee Mina: Ah, do you like Korean food more? Just a moment.]
[Kang In-ho: No…]
30 minutes later
[Lee Mina: This is a Korean restaurant.]
[Kang In-ho: Yes. It looks good.]
[Lee Mina: It looks good, right?]
[Kang In-ho: It looks delicious.]
[Lee Mina: The menu is like this.]
[Kang In-ho: Oh… I like noodle dishes.]
I was about to say that since there were noodle dishes here, it was just my style.
[Lee Mina: Ah? Really? Then I’ll look for a pasta place.]
Alchemists were wrong. The ouroboros was not a snake biting its tail, but rather, it referred to Lee Mina, who repeated the same conversations.
Even the Kojiki should’ve recorded this.
It took exactly three hours after her first message for us to finally decide on a restaurant.
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The days had become longer, so it was still bright outside, but the clock hands had reached the finish line of quitting time.
People who had been focusing on their work also started packing their things, following the sound of the second hand.
“I’m heading out.”
Kim Yuna, who was next to me, got up and said goodbye.
She intentionally didn’t speak loudly, as if she was trying to make it so that Mina, who was far away, wouldn’t hear her.
She slowly and secretly headed towards the exit.
“Yuna-ssi. I can get the quarterly settlement materials by tomorrow morning, right?”
A clear voice was heard from the other side.
Kim Yuna’s expression, as she turned around, was filled with a weariness that was as thick as her foundation.
“Ah, well… it’s almost done. About 90%.”
She rolled her eyes around.
“I see. So I can get it by tomorrow morning, right?”
Mina asked again, as if asking for confirmation of something obvious.
“If I come to work and organize it for 1-2 hours tomorrow, I can give it to you.”
“What time do you come to work tomorrow?”
The company has a flexible work schedule from 8-11 a.m.
“Around 11 a.m… My house is far away, so…”
“If you come to work at 11 a.m., it will be afternoon if you take 1-2 hours. Then it’s not in the morning, is it?”
As if asking about something obvious, Mina asked Yuna for her agreement.
“Th-that’s right.”
“Give it to me by the morning.”
Mina emphasized the word “morning,” making it clear she wasn’t going to cut any slack, and after giving several excuses, Yuna agreed and left for the day.
If it were me, I would’ve finished it up today and left.
Otherwise I wouldn’t be able to rest properly at home, worrying about work, what was she even doing?
With Kim Yuna’s departure, a few people who had been planning to go home started to put their things down and work again.
And surprisingly, the people who had finished their work shared it with Mina and went home.
Ah, of course, the people who had done a rough job were left behind again.
At 9 p.m.
Everyone who was going to leave had left. Only Mina and I were left in the office.
I had succeeded in looking over all the work that the past me had done.
Kid… you did so much work.
“In-ho-ssi. Is the work roughly done?”
“I didn’t do anything, though.”
When I replied with a serious face, she chuckled.
For some reason, it was nice to see her expressionless face break down.
“Why did you do nothing?”
As if she had already finished preparing to leave, she placed her chin on the headrest of my chair.
I turned my head back and looked at her face.
“I’ve only looked at the work I’ve done so far, so it doesn’t feel like I’ve done anything.”
She stared at me with wide eyes, and I smiled slightly as I responded.
“Of course you’ve done something. Studying hard is a type of work too.”
She fired back with a teasing smile.
Ah, I feel a little shy.
“Do you know that your face is red, In-ho-ssi?”
For some reason, she looked pleased as she pulled her head away.
“Hurry and get ready to leave. You haven’t eaten dinner yet,right?”
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Yun Hye-young was in a bad mood because she had gotten off work later than usual.
She was late for her date with her boyfriend because of the unexpected overtime.
“So, why did she act like that?”
Her boyfriend asked while they were having coffee after dinner.
“I don’t know. Maybe she’s having her period or something.”
Why did she suddenly act like that? She mumbled.
“You said there was a male employee at your company.”
“Yeah. That pushover?”
“He’s acting strange too. He used to just do whatever you asked him to do, right?”
Hye-young narrowed her eyes, as if she was confused.
“But today, even if I asked him to do something, he just flatly refused, saying that he has his own work to do.”
“Well… that could happen, right?”
Her boyfriend didn’t seem to sympathize with her words, and she became even more angry.
“Ah, I don’t know. Honestly, that pushover was doing almost all of my work, so it was easy for me. But now what am I supposed to do?”
“It looks like you’ll have a lot of work from now on.”
“If they keep giving me work like this, I’ll have to talk to the director.”
“How? Are you going to tell them that you’re getting too much work?”
“Well, not that. I’m kind of close with the director, so I’ll just subtly tell him that it’s unfair.”
“Uh… I have a feeling that it won’t be good.”
“Ugh, whose side are you on right now?”
“Ah, okay, I’m sorry.”
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[T/N: Mr. Bf dump her ass right now and run away]
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