Life, Once Again!

like I’m profiting since you keep looking for your own work by yourself.”

“I do owe you 300 million won.
I have to do my worth at least.”

“I see.
I hope you continue that and raise the value of our company.
I’ll give you some stock options once we decide to go public.”

“I guess I should do my best then.”

He turned his head to drink before picking up the soju bottle.
Junmin reached out with his glass.

“Have you talked to Suyeon?”

“Not regarding the shoot, no.”

“You should learn from her once the shoot begins.
They say that TV programs are a battle of money, but the ones that survive that battle are the ones with skill.
Suyeon managed to gain a lot in a short period of time.
Not all of it is from making men fall.
There are her acting skills and her social skills too.”

Junmin emptied half of his glass before continuing to speak,

“Suyeon does not make enemies.
In that sense, Miso’s rather special.
This is the first time I saw someone express their hate so much to Suyeon.
That’s why I thought that the two might actually become good friends.
Well, from the way things are going now, I don’t think it’ll be that easy.”

“I think the reunification of the country might come sooner.”

“Maybe.
Anyway, you should watch her.
I’m a little worried about you since you seem to draw the line too well, but it won’t be that bad to learn a thing or two from her.
Well, I’m sure you know better though.”

Junmin smiled in satisfaction.
Just then, the door opened before Miso came in with a refreshed expression.
A while later, Suyeon appeared with a rather sour face.
Just from that, the outcome of this ‘battle’ was clear.

“Let’s get along well from now on.”

“Yes, yes.
Unni.”

Of course, the two were still glaring at each other.

* * *

“Be careful on your way back.”

Maru said goodbye to the elder standing in his yard before turning around.
Junmin, Ganghwan, and Geunsoo remained behind as they seemed to have something to talk about.

“I wonder if Sooil went back properly.”

“Byungchan-hyung is probably having a hard time.”

“True.
I should beat Sooil up in the future if he grabs a drinking glass.
He’s someone who shouldn’t drink,” said Miso while sighing. 

“Ah, what do I do about the car?”

Miso crossed her arms in front of her car.
She couldn’t drive since she drank quite a lot.
Maru and Miso naturally looked at Suyeon.

“I’m going to take the taxi though?”

“Don’t say that.
Why don’t you drive for me?”

“Why would I?”

“Listen to this unni’s words for once, hm?”

Miso opened the door to the driver’s seat before forcefully pushing Suyeon into it.
Suyeon did not drink saying that she had a bad stomach.
Well, she did drink until she passed out the day before, so she probably didn’t want to drink.

“I’m going to get some sleep.
I feel dizzy.
My house is on the GPS so please take me there.”

Miso lied down on the back seats and soon fell asleep.
She looked completely fine when she left the elder’s house, but it seemed that she was only acting tough in front of the elder.

“I really hate this.”

Suyeon started up the car.

“I’ll take the taxi home.”

“Shut up.
Get on.”

“What? I live in Suwon though.”

“My studio is in Suwon too, you know? Forget about it if you want to have an easy time.”

“Let’s minimize the casualties, shall we?”

“Oh, you’re going against me?”

Suyeon narrowed her eyes and stared at him.
Maru got in the passenger seat with drooping shoulders.
He had a hard time ignoring her gaze since she looked like she might actually do something bad if he left her alone.

After starting the GPS navigation, Suyeon started driving.

“Oh yeah, what did you talk about outside? I feel like something happened since you’re obediently giving her a drive.”

“I was hit.”

“I see, what?”

“I was hit.”

“Ah… really?”

“I’m joking.
We can’t fight like kids until the end of time.
It’s not like that ahjumma is completely incompetent, and she has a lot of connections too.
There’s nothing to be gained from being at odds with her, so I made some sacrifices.”

Miso, who was lying down in the back, said that she wasn’t an ahjumma.
Suyeon retorted that all married women were ahjummas.

“You should try to get along with her.”

“That’s the plan.”

Suyeon opened the window slightly.

“How long has it been since the car was cleaned? Why is it so smelly?”

“I guess it is a little bad.”

“Sheesh, whoever is marrying that woman is not sane.”

“I think Miso-noonim will say the same thing about you when you get married.”

“Me, married?”

Suyeon chuckled.

“Why would I marry anyone when I don’t trust men?”

“You’re going to live by yourself then?”

“I might get married since I don’t know what the future has in store, but right now, I can’t imagine such a thing.”

“What if Geunsoo hyung-nim wants to marry you?”

“That sounds attractive.”

“What a light-hearted person.”

“People think that everyone else other than themselves are light-hearted.
But marriage, huh.
Would I be able to get married at all?”

“If you live a quiet life from now on and spread rumors about how your dream is to become a faithful wife, I think it might be possible.”

“Maybe.
Men are all idiots who believe me when I say that I’m not the person they think I am and that they should trust me.
Just like how I trusted that man.
Maybe this is why first love is important.”

“What good is complaining about past matters? You won’t get anything from it.”

“Ooh, I felt better now since you tried to console me in some way.”

“I’m only telling you that to tell you that we should get along well in the future.
I feel good since I scored some points.”

“Right, do just that at the shoot too.
This big sister will dote on you.”

“I’m asking this just in case, but you won’t actually touch the kids, right?”

As soon as he finished his words, Suyeon turned the wheel violently.
The car shook a little and Maru shut himself up as he grabbed the handle above the window.

“I can’t guarantee what will happen if you touch the sensitive part of this big sister.”

“Yes, I will shut up now.”

“That’s right.
That’s a good boy.”

After looking at Miso once, Suyeon kept driving while singing a pop song.

Maru thought that he should really have taken the taxi home as he made an awkward smile.