Han Dae Sung Returned From Hell Chapter 17

# 17

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“I really can’t survive.”

The next afternoon.

Hyejeong looked down at her phone connected to the charger and sighed.

Daesung tilted his head.

“No matter how urgent it is. “What would you do if a person who said he was going to a part-time job left his cell phone behind?”

Hyejeong picked up her phone and sighed again as if she couldn’t survive.

-brother. Let me introduce you to a popular idol these days… Huh? omg! How much time has passed already?!

It was an hour ago that Jisoo made all kinds of fuss about being late for her part-time job.

She had been chatting with Daesung about various issues since the morning, but, uncharacteristically for her, she ended up procrastinating.

In my haste after washing my face, I seemed to have forgotten my cell phone.

“…What if something happens to the kid coming home from work at night?”

As a mother with a daughter, I couldn’t help but be worried, as it was already a small town with poor security.

‘Oh my gosh, I’m so anxious.’

Then Hyejeong’s face took on an embarrassed look in a different way.

‘But I also have time…’

The restaurant where she worked and the cafe where Jisoo worked were located in completely opposite directions.

If I gave my cell phone to Jisoo and went to work, there was a high possibility that I would be late.

Moreover, since she was a restaurant chef, it was even more difficult if she was late.

That was the time when Hyejeong expressed her disapproval, unable to do either this or that.

“I’ll tell you.”

“uh?”

Daesung, who was able to guess what Hyejeong was thinking, said that.

“Your son will pass it on to you?”

“uh.”

“Well, Mom, I’d be grateful if you did that, but… I don’t even know where the store Jisoo works at is.”

“If you let me know, I will find it myself.”

“No, it’s a bit difficult to explain in words…”

It’s not even possible to draw a map.

As Hyejeong pondered whether it might be a good idea, she soon came up with a clever idea.

Hyejeong fiddled with her phone and motioned for Daesung to come.

“Hold on son.”

“….”

“Look.”

She held out her cell phone to Daesung who came close.

A map application appeared on the screen.

“Do you see the red dot here?”

“uh.”

“This is the location of the store where Jisoo works.”

“uh.”

“And the blue dot here is where my son is.”

“Does this mean I can just follow this?”

“Yes, you can do it, right?”

Daesung nodded indifferently.

“you can do it.”

“….”

Hyejeong looked suspiciously without realizing it.

‘I’m worried, I’m worried.’

Still, it is impossible to doubt that my son, who is 26 years old, may not be able to do this much.

Hyejeong smiled slightly and handed him the cell phone.

“Then you trust your son and go to work?”

“uh.”

“If you really don’t know, call your mom using the number saved there.”

“uh.”

Hyejeong tried to add something more to the series of short answers with no clear meaning, but gave up and left the house.

‘It would be nice if the child would at least become more talkative.’

It was already my third sigh.

***

“Haa….”

Same time. Hyejeong wasn’t the only one sighing.

A large franchise cafe.

After serving customers at the counter, Jisoo lowered her head.

In the end, I got really upset with the store manager.

As soon as I arrived at the store in a huff, I had to be scolded by the manager.

I didn’t even call him to the back of the store and nag him.

Isn’t he yelling loudly in front of the guests and pushing them as they go?

There was no shame like this.

Of course, it wasn’t a good act of being late… but it doesn’t mean that I don’t feel any resentment at all.

‘You’re one minute late.’

Not 5 or 10 minutes, but 1 minute. It would be easy to just turn a blind eye to that.

Moreover, considering the time when I left home, being 1 minute late was almost a miracle.

‘I’d rather be 10 minutes late.’

“hey.”

‘Just because you’re one minute late, you’re calling me a lazy bitch in front of all these guests, or you’re crazy because you want to get fired…’

“Hey?”

‘No, but. ‘Isn’t this the first time I’ve been late?’

“hey!”

“Hi!”

Jisoo’s shoulders suddenly trembled at the sound of a shout coming from across the room.

When she got out of her thoughts and looked up, the customer who had been waiting for her from earlier was staring intently at her.

“Oh, I’m sorry! “What would you like to order?”

“Americano regular.”

After receiving the card from the customer, Jisoo quickly finished paying and then made an Americano.

The young male customer took the coffee from the counter and spoke as he passed by.

“Sometimes people make mistakes. “Don’t be too discouraged.”

“….”

I thought he was talking about getting scolded by the store manager earlier.

Jisoo muttered in confusion as she watched the back of the customer returning to his seat.

“Thank you… thank you.”

It was a moment of warmth. Immediately afterwards, a huge sense of self-destruction swept over me.

It was a very twisted day.

‘It wasn’t enough that I broke down with the store manager, but I also received comfort from the customer…’

Jisoo, who was slowly losing her mind, suddenly turned her head to the side and said,

“I’m embarrassed and ashamed of everyone I see from the side.”

“Ah…”

The store manager, a man who looked to be in his mid-20s, was standing there awkwardly.

Jisoo, who came to her senses, inadvertently took a step back, but soon corrected her posture.

“Thank you? “What am I so thankful for?”

“….”

“Are you feeling energized because a customer said something nice?”

“Oh no.”

“Let’s just say I was late. But should I get away with being blank at work?”

“….”

“Luckily, that person has a good personality, so it’s a shame. I guess I got caught wrong. “If a customer makes a complaint, will you take responsibility instead of me, the manager?”

Jisoo cowered slightly and wiggled her hands with a dark expression on her face.

I had to answer… but my mouth wouldn’t fall as fast as my heart.

“Don’t just keep your mouth shut like a mute, tell me to say something!”

In the end, the manager couldn’t stand it anymore and started yelling again.

The attention of customers who were leisurely drinking coffee and chatting focused on the counter.

A chill ran through the guests who had already seen a similar scene a few minutes ago.

‘…Isn’t it a bit too much?’

‘But there’s no need to get angry like that in front of customers…’

‘Oh, go outside and do it. Lose your appetite…’

But no one was willing to come forward.

Whether or not the store manager’s actions are intrusive is ultimately someone else’s business.

Only Jisoo, the person involved, feels like dying.

Jisoo, barely able to swallow her frustration, anger, and fear, answered.

“I will… work harder.”

“You don’t have to work hard.”

“yes?”

Jisoo realized that the conversation was going strangely and her eyes widened.

The store manager tilted his chin.

“Take off your apron.”

“Now wait a minute. Store manager…!”

“why? no?”

Then the manager said, pointing to the customers who were looking at the counter.

“Or go to that customer earlier and apologize again.”

“….”

“Either get fired or apologize. “Choose one of the two.”

Jisoo bit her lip.

I was daunted by the position of store manager for only a moment.

As soon as the fear passed, anger like an active volcano crept up.

‘A real store manager and all. Are you going to pour out a bunch of curse words and hit me?’

But my thoughts had no choice but to remain just thoughts.

Without the manager’s knowledge, the strength drained from his tightly clenched fist.

‘But other than here…’

Still, this was the only place that guaranteed the minimum wage to her as a teenager and even gave her night parts.

Especially for her, who desperately needed to add a penny to her living expenses, being able to work at night was quite important.

‘There’s nowhere else to work… other than here.’

In today’s world, finding a workplace that hires minors is a dream.

‘You have to endure it.’

Jisoo closed her eyes tightly.

‘Even if it’s dirty, let’s endure it just once. ‘I was embarrassed for just a moment.’

She rationalized with all her might that she could just endure that one moment and turned towards the counter.

“I’m sorry-”

The moment Jisoo cried out and opened her eyes.

Something was blocking my view.

The area in front of my eyes where I should have seen the customers’ faces was blocked by someone’s body.

“…huh?”

Feeling puzzled, Jisoo looked a little higher.

Daesung was there.

“Oh…”

…I couldn’t continue the word ‘pa’ until the end.

Daesung’s eyes were not on her, but on the store manager next to him.

“Ugh…?!”

The emotions in those eyes were enough to make even my younger sister, Jisoo, drool.

It was cold and bloody.

The first thing Daesung, with his forehead covered in criss-cross tendons, said,

“Where does this bastard keep coming out?”

It was a pure question.

***

Contrary to Hyejeong’s worries, Daesung was able to visit Jisoo’s place of work without any problems.

It was good up to that point, but…

“….”

The moment I saw my sister being insulted by some scumbag.

I was both angry and genuinely curious.

“What what? No, what did you say just now?…”

Sigh!

“Whoop?!”

Daesung stretched out his arm and grabbed the store manager’s chin with his clumsy hand.

Being curious is being curious, and being angry is being angry.

What reason would there be to endure when the family was humiliated before one’s eyes?

“Are you giving me a choice between getting fired or apologizing? Then I’ll give you a choice too. Either have your hands and feet cut off by me or die, you too, choose.

“…! …!!”

The store manager resisted as his jaw was held with the force of his cheekbones being pushed into his mouth.

Then I suddenly realized that my feet were not touching the floor.

‘Suddenly, what is this…!’

It was a monster-like grip.

From the store manager’s point of view, it must have felt like a lightning bolt had struck the dry sky.

“….”

Daesung narrowed his eyes and tilted his head.

I’m worried.

I could break the chin by applying too much force to my fingers, but…

‘What if I die all at once?’

I want to inflict pain for as long as possible.

I was worried, but at the same time I wasn’t confident. Confidence in controlling your strength.

“town…! Ugh…!”

The store manager’s bloodshot eyes gradually lost focus.

Every time Daesung put more and more pressure on his fingers, the muscles in his face tightened and his bones were compressed, to the point where he couldn’t come to his senses from the pain.

My fading consciousness recalled only one sentence.

‘If I keep doing this, I’m really going to die…!’

The guests who were watching the scene just now sighed and fell silent.

Daesung also didn’t want to think about anything more complicated than this.

I decided to just follow my feelings.

‘Let’s kill him.’

The verbal abuse that was just poured out on Jisoo.

And Jisoo’s facial expression when she heard that verbal abuse.

Isn’t this a situation where patience is possible?

“brother!”

One second before Daesung lost his senses and crushed the store manager’s face.

Jisoo’s shout, which came like a thunderbolt, made him stop for a moment.

“….”

Daesung looked in Jisoo’s direction with expressionless eyes.

She pursed her lips and tugged on Daesung’s collar.

“Then I’m really going to die.”

“so?”

“That’s why it’s so fucking stupid!” Let go now! “Don’t just make things more complicated!”

“….”

“I’m getting embarrassed. hurry.”

Only then did Daesung relax his hands after hearing those words.

The store manager, who was floating in the air, flopped down to the floor.

“crane…! crane…!”

The store manager, who had come back from the dead, was breathing heavily and caressing his cheekbones.

It wasn’t broken or cracked.

But I could tell.

If he had applied a little more force, his face would have been crushed like a tin can.

Thinking about that, the store manager was out of breath and could only moan.

“Either get fired or apologize. “I asked them to choose one of the two.”

Jisoo said that, took off her apron and threw it on the floor.

The store manager looked up at her, his face covered in cold sweat.

She cried and something surged in her mind.

To what extent were you influenced by Daesung’s behavior just now?

This time, she was able to vent her anger, just a little.

“Please… don’t live with that kind of personality. “If you catch my eye one more time…”

At that point, Jisoo blurted out his words and let out a sigh.

“Then don’t even think about it ending like this.”

“….”

The store manager was speechless.

Jisoo, ignoring the stupid store manager’s gaze, grabbed Daesung’s hand and left the counter.

Just before leaving the store entrance.

“Shipal! Just wait and see! I’m going to sue you! I’m going to sue! It’s all caught on CCTV here! “You fucking kites!”

In the end, the manager realized that Daesung would not cross the ‘line’ and shouted that in an evil voice.

Daesung and Jisoo, of course.

The reaction of the customers, who were third parties, was nothing short of cold.

Daesung asked.

“Sue….”

“You mean to take revenge. That stupid bastard. Ha, things are going to get complicated again.”

“plural?”

I could clearly understand the meaning of the word.

Daesung’s eyebrows twitched.

The manager, who didn’t know this, continued to shout ugly things.

“Do you know that this is definitely a crime of bodily harm?! “I have no intention of reaching an agreement, so you guys should-”

“Try revenge.”

That moment.

The air subsided.

“uh?”

The store manager felt the words he was trying to say get stuck in his throat.

Daesung stood at the entrance and slowly turned his head to glare at the store manager.

A chill ran down the store manager’s spine. My hair stood on end.

What is this feeling?

Is it because of my mood?

“Try it.”

It seemed as if hellfire was boiling behind the man’s back.

That fleeting vision was also a kind of warning.

A warning that the true meaning behind those words is not a lie.

The store manager froze.

“let’s go.”

Daesung left the store with Jisoo, leaving only those words.

***

“….”

No matter how much I think about it, I don’t know.

He asked Jisoo, who was walking away in the distance.

“Why did you stop me?”

As soon as the question came out, Jisoo backed up as if she had been waiting.

She approached with terrifying force and poured out words.

“Are you asking because you don’t know? “Is it possible for a person who was just discharged from the hospital yesterday to end up in a cell in one day?”

“ward?”

“Sickness. Let’s not talk. “You crazy brother.”

She clutched her temples.

As I lost the energy to get angry, my steps also became slower.

Jisoo pointedly questioned Daesung, who was walking slowly, matching his pace.

“In the end, I got fired from my part-time job. What do we do?”

“Is there some problem?”

“You can’t make money! money!”

“Do I have to endure such humiliation to make money?”

“….”

At that moment, I was at a loss for words.

“It’s actually a good thing.”

With this incident, Jisoo no longer has to suffer in vain.

This was what Daesung wanted.

“….”

Rather, it was a good thing.

Jisoo, who had been pouring out words like bullets at that one word, only trembled without saying a word.

Was it frustrating because I didn’t know if I would like this brother who had no solution?

or not.

“….”

Is it because of her gratitude towards her brother, who was willing to be angry for her in that situation?

‘…I thought it was hard.’

Tuk –

She hit Daesung’s shoulder with her fist for no reason.

“Why are you hitting me?”

“I don’t know.”

“….”

“Mr. I have a fever and am hungry. “What do you want to eat?”

“Um…”

“A call from the restaurant where your mom works?”

“It’s good.”

“Crazy. It was just something I said once…”

Jisoo really lamented her shy personality, unable to say ‘thank you’ even if she was about to die.

***

A place far away from where Daesung and Jisoo were walking.

A woman was looking at the two from the corner of the alley, sticking her head out.

“….”

It was impossible to guess his age because he was wearing a hood.

The woman alternately looked at Daesung, who was far away, and then at the photo in her hand.

“It’s a bit vague, but the real thing is even more impressive.”

I was convinced that the person being followed was the person in the photo.

Now all we have to do is wait for the right time.

“If I want to kill you, I’ll have to go through a lot of trouble.”

Beyond the shades of the gray hood.

The woman’s lips were curved like a crescent moon.