Episode 7 of the 100th regression of a max level player
7. 101st Democratic Party (Part 1)
“Oh, hello? My name is Minjoo-ri. Nice to meet you… … .”
As I was talking while looking at the mirror, Hyeonta came by.
Anyone can see that he looks awkward.
‘Ha, what are you doing?’
The year is almost over, but I still haven’t been able to say anything.
To my classmate Ryumin.
‘There’s a title for being in the same class. ‘It’s natural to add words.’
But that only seemed natural at the beginning of the semester, right now?
‘It’s winter break and graduation soon, but I can’t even talk to you…’ … .’
How long will you continue to stalk?
How long will we only have unrequited love?
“okay. Let’s be courageous, Min-ri Min. “Aja, aja!”
I’m talking to the mirror with my fists clenched.
“What kind of courage do we need?”
“Hey!”
A person suddenly appears from the bathroom stall.
It was Jeong Ham, who was in the same class.
“Juri. “What did you just say?”
“Oh, no. nothing.”
“Do you think I’ll let it go if I say that? Let’s take courage, Minju-ri. “Ajaaja!”
When I repeated the line from before, my face got hot and I couldn’t raise my head.
“Well, can you just pretend not to know?”
“How can you do that? I already heard it. who is this? why?”
“W-who are you?”
“Who is your favorite person?”
I like it, but I don’t remember mentioning it.
Anyway, maybe because he’s the class president, he’s quick to notice.
I don’t intend to say that, though.
“Yeah, it’s not what you think. “I don’t have anyone I like.”
“No, it doesn’t matter. Hey. huh? Just tell me. “I won’t say anything anywhere, okay?”
“I can’t tell you.”
When he refused with a strong attitude, Ham Jeong-ah did not ask any more questions.
That didn’t mean I gave up.
“Hmm, really? “I think I know who you like, right?”
“what?”
“If there’s someone you like, it’s probably going to be in the same class. “Do you like Hyun Bin?”
“What are you talking about. “There is no such thing.”
“I guess it’s Hyun Bin. “Then the handsome Song Min-hyuk?”
“Even if not?”
“It’s flippers all the way. Who on earth is this? Could it be Ryumin?”
“… … .”
Minjoo-ri, annoyed, remained silent.
“Ryumin? If it’s Ryumin, I’m a bit disappointed… … .”
“What are you talking about? that is?”
For a moment, Minjoo-ri’s expression hardened.
Without realizing it.
“No, Ryumin, he’s too gloomy. He doesn’t say anything all day, and his expression is gloomy… … .”
Is this a prejudice?
You judge that person as if you know everything about them even though you haven’t even spoken to them a single word.
That’s the same for me too.
“Min is not that kind of person. “And how hard she lives is contrary to what she looks like.”
“okay? anyway… … I’ll support you. Although you are a bit of a waste. Not a little, but a lot. Hi-Hi.”
I didn’t feel good when I saw the class president leaving with a big smile on his face.
Are you saying that you put someone down because of how good you are?
Do you even know that even though Min is suffering to the point of death from being tormented by the Iljin gang, she perseveres and works part-time at a meat restaurant?
“even though you do not know it that well.”
Min Joo-ri, who was complaining, sighed as if the tension was relieved.
‘I almost got caught.’
Fortunately, the crisis seems to have been passed.
But what do you mean by cheering?
* * *
The weekend after school.
Min-ri Min helped at the convenience store today as always.
Beep-
“It’s 3,800 won.”
It wasn’t difficult because it was something I had always done.
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Studying too.
Living alone with my dad.
‘mom… … .’
Suddenly, I thought of my divorced mother.
Divorce due to father’s business failure.
It was an obvious story, but for the father and daughter, it was like a lightning strike.
‘If the business is successful… … ‘How good would it have been?’
If so… … Dad and Mom wouldn’t have divorced, and they wouldn’t have taken on debt to open a convenience store like this.
“hey. “Can’t you give me an envelope?”
“yes? Ah, here it is. sorry.”
I was distracted for a moment and forgot to give it to the customer in an envelope.
I should come to my senses, I thought, but then I saw the book I left next to the cash register.
‘right. ‘I was studying, right?’
Whenever I had free time, I devoted myself to studying with worksheets in hand.
You can’t skip studying even on weekends.
If you want to reach your goal of becoming a doctor.
The reason Min-ri Min chose to become a doctor as her future career was quite simple.
‘I have to go to medical school and help my dad improve. certainly.’
I want to be of some help to the father who is having a hard time raising his child.
For that reason, I strongly discouraged my father from working even on weekends and took his place.
Because I felt sorry for my dad who worked all week.
rattle-
“welcome… … dad!”
My father came to visit me without any contact.
“Now get ready to go, Juri.”
“What are you talking about. “There’s still a long way to go before I can shift.”
“I told part-time workers to come out early because I would give them more money.”
“huh? Why all of a sudden?”
Dad Min Do-hoon noticed something and barely opened his mouth.
“Your mother said she wanted to talk to you.”
“uh?”
“You and me, together.”
At this time, things quickly passed through Minjoo-ri’s mind.
Somehow I have an ominous feeling.
* * *
Unlike my father, my mother was not a very friendly person.
A very cold personality.
This was evident in the fact that as soon as his business went bankrupt, he filed divorce papers and left without looking back.
If you look at the notice being given now, the same is true.
“I’m getting remarried this month. He’s a good guy. “I have a lot of money.”
“what?”
Min Do-hoon looked at his ex-wife with bewildered eyes.
“You really called me to say this?”
“Then, what do you think I called you for? “Did you think I was going to say something nonsense like, ‘Let’s do well again’?”
“You are a person without blood or tears. How could you say something like that in front of your daughter? … .”
“I have a daughter too. “Even though she is the daughter of my stepfather and his ex-wife, I try to think of her as my real daughter.”
“It’s been a few months since your divorce and you’re already starting a household?”
“If you get divorced, it’s over. Where are you already? “Is there any grace period given?”
The mother, who was speaking calmly, looked at Min-ri Min.
Min Joo-ri could not bear to make eye contact.
“Are you studying well?”
“… … .”
“okay. You must hate me for leaving your father and daughter. But think about it calmly. What is life like for a family of three living on your father’s income? “How do I feel about having a man as my husband who has lost all his savings?”
“you! I can’t be quiet… … !”
“You just be quiet. “I didn’t say anything wrong, right?”
“Why are you doing this? “As you said, it was already over, so why did you come and remarry?”
“It’s just that I want to make our relationship clear. You still have regrets about me, right? “When you break up, you have to make it clear even if you break up.”
“So, are you feeling refreshed? huh?”
“Don’t take it badly. If you’re remarrying, you can’t just leave a text message, right? I feel like we should at least talk face to face. I have no other intentions. “I just called you here to say this.”
Mom said that and stood up.
“I’ll get up first before we end up not seeing each other again. Now let’s live each other’s lives. I’ll buy the food, so eat slowly. live well both.”
After leaving a dry congratulatory message without any change in expression, the mother left.
The steam from the steak was still rising on the table.
* * *
That day, my dad almost drank the entire bottle of alcohol.
“Stop drinking, Dad!”
“Oh, don’t stop me! “Because I want to get drunk on days like today!”
“You’re already drunk!”
I was humiliated to the point where I couldn’t bear it with my sanity.
The day my pride as a man, head of household, and ex-husband all plummeted to rock bottom.
How could you not drink on a day like this?
I understand.
However, the moment he got divorced and was left home alone with his daughter, he was a father who resolved to quit drinking.
“I decided not to drink any more! I told you to stop me if you see me drinking in front of you! You said that you and I would somehow survive together! You promised! is not it?”
“… … Wow, ugh… … .”
Dad must have remembered his promise, stopped looking for the bottle, and began to sob.
For a long time.
* * *
From that day on, Dad never drank in front of his daughter.
Instead, I promised myself one more time.
“Juri. Now I won’t show my ugly side to you, Dad. “I will never cry.”
“You promised? “You can’t break it like you did yesterday.”
“then! of course. Now she won’t even think about it. Thanks to that, she completely threw away any regrets. “She actually had some regrets.”
Since it was a unilateral divorce from the other party, there was no way that there would be any regrets left behind.
‘Did it actually turn out better?’
Min-ri Min thought that her father had become stronger since her mother came to see her.
It’s a phone call.
“Good luck, my dad! “You’re all grown up now!”
“What? “This is treating you like a child!”
“Ahahaha!”
The father strikes a prank pose and the daughter runs away with her tongue sticking out.
It was a sight of a father and daughter who could be seen as happy.
“Don’t ever cry anymore, Dad!”
“Ah, then! “A father cannot show his daughter tears of shame.”
The tears of that day were the last tears Min-ri saw from her father.
No, I thought so.
Until January 1st.
* * *
December 31st, 11:45 PM.
A cold winter day.
“Ho-ho, ho-ho.”
Min Joo-ri rubbed her hands, put on her coat, and went outside.
The reason for going out at night was no different.
It was to pick up my dad, who was working late into the night.
rattle-
“dad.”
“uh? Why did you come? “I told you to stay home because it’s cold.”
“Hehe, how can you do that? “My dad is working alone like this.”
“You too… … .”
I was originally working a part-time job at night, but my dad told me not to come to work today because he would take care of it.
They said they would give me an allowance for my work.
Minjoo-ri was dissatisfied with that.
“Dad, don’t go through all the trouble and put your part-time worker to work right now.”
“Hey, it’s the end of the year, isn’t it? “He also needs to spend time with his family and attend the bell-ringing ceremony.”
Seeing my dad, who is an employee and takes care of his part-time job, makes me sad.
It was even more so because I knew I was struggling with debt.
‘I don’t want to see my dad working this hard. I must succeed quickly.’
I took the CSAT, but my score was lower than the standard.
It is an ambiguous level to go to medical school.
That’s why I’m thinking about taking the exam again.
‘I haven’t told my dad yet.’
When the new year comes after midnight, the first thing I do is decide on a wish to make.
I hope you do really, really well on this year’s CSAT.
So, I want you to go to medical school, succeed, and make a lot of money.
Then, fathers who have children who are doctors will now be able to hold their heads up proudly.
I brag to my friends that my daughter has become a doctor.
‘Even my mother, who only cared about money, will regret it. ‘They chose another family, not us.’
As I was making my own resolutions, a TV hanging in a convenience store caught my eye.
A bell-ringing ceremony was in progress.
“When are you going, Juri? “It’s cold, so go in quickly.”
“Oh, wait a little longer. But Dad, did you make a wish for the New Year?”
“huh? wish?”
“Now it’s just one minute and it’s a new year. “You have to make a wish.”
“Hmm, it’s a wish… … .”
Min Do-hoon, who had been thinking for a while, smiled and said.
“Has my wish already come true? “Living happily with my daughter.”
“Happy? “You live through such hardships?”
“Suffering does not mean there is no happiness. What’s the big deal about happiness? Spending quality time with my beloved daughter. “That is happiness and memories.”
“It’s surprisingly sentimental. “Dad, isn’t it F?”
“huh? F?”
“Oh, you know that. MBTI… … .”
It was then.
Dang! Dang!
A bell is heard on the TV screen.
It’s finally the new year.
“Juri, happy new year… … .”
dump!
Min Joo-ri suddenly fell to the floor.
It was around that time that Min Do-hoon’s eyes widened.
“Juri, Juri!”
fantasy,
