Childhood Friend of the Youngest Daughter of a Conglomerate Family

51 – I didn’t like it from the first time we met.

Ara had an excellent memory as well as high intelligence, but when she was 8 years old, it was not easy to remember what happened 12 years ago.

Just around that time, Hansol mentioned the name Kim So in her sleep, and Ara, who brought up the story, showed a suspicious reaction and evaded it, all she remembered.

Actually, she could have managed to remember that much, but she didn’t like Ara.

In order to make an accurate judgment, everything was needed, including the nuances of the conversation with Hansol at the time, his expression, and what his voice was like.

‘… For now, let’s just think about the information we have.’

First of all, was there any timing for Hansol to meet a woman named So Kim until he was 8 years old?

As far as Ara knew, it never happened.

The life Hansol lived until she was 6 years old, before she met him, was not a human life.

Lee Yoon-ah, his biological mother, did not even allow Han-sol to go out of the house.

So he met Soi Kim, remembered her name, and became close enough to talk in her sleep? There would never be time for that.

‘But… First of all, he met me after escaping from that house.’

Did she try to escape once more before meeting herself, and did she only meet Kim So-yi once? That one meeting left a strong impression on you?

No, if that was the case, she would have no reason to lie to Ara about not knowing Kim So-yi.

In the first place, in order for a person you only met once to be remembered like that, shouldn’t he have done something like saving Hansol from being abused? Like Ara herself.

‘Then… After meeting me? Was there any time for that?’

From January when Hansol met Ara, when she was 6 years old, to March when she was 8 years old, she first heard the name Kim So. Hansol was always with Ara.

Not only in kindergarten, but whenever she went out, Hansol was always next to Ara.

In the end, then…

‘It’s really just a coincidence… ? Was the drool talking at that time just an accidental nonsense?’

As of now, Ara could only think that way with the information she had.

She couldn’t help but think that Hansol was a regressor, and that she was in a relationship with So-yi before she returned.

This is an unfortunate conclusion. It is full of unresolved questions.

Then why the hell does Hansol work part-time at her snack bar?

Why did she come to Korea University, which is said to be the most prestigious?

If you need money, you can take tutoring, so why bother at a girl named So Kim’s snack bar?

And what Ara doesn’t understand the most is…

‘Why are you so friendly? Sol, what makes you so happy?’

What makes a woman named So Kim different from other women?

While she went to a coeducational high school, she never had a girlfriend, let alone a common female friend.

Why is she so friendly with the girl she’s seeing for the first time?

Of course, no matter how much Hansol is, as human as he is, he can have a girl he is friendly with.

But it’s not like that. She doesn’t just feel like being friendly.

His childhood friend, Mina, who really went back and forth between her men and women and friends with him, had never made a face like that.

The depth is different. Unlike the faces seen by other women.

But why? What is that woman

Destiny.

The word flashed through her mind for a moment, but Ara quickly put it away.

What is fate? Even if there was such a thing, it would be suitable for himself and Hansol.

Because we met like destiny. Because you were the one who saved him from the thick darkness.

“Okay, good night. I’m going to go to sleep now.”

I heard Hansol saying goodbye to the woman on the other side of the receiver. His kind voice that I haven’t heard lately.

Ara’s thoughts, which were confused, were broken.

As Hansol walked toward the dorm, he ran into Ara, who was looking at me with a complicated face.

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“Yooara? Why here… “

“The kids told me to go out. Sol said you went outside because you wanted to be with me, so you gave me a signal…. But I guess it wasn’t.”

“… Ara, you must have been very surprised today, but she should stop and go to sleep.”

A low voice. A stiff face turned around as if he was intentionally ignoring this side.

It is in contrast to Hansol, who had been happily talking on the phone with a cheerful face until recently.

Ara deliberately walked quickly and grabbed Hansol’s hand as he passed her.

“Is that the person you were talking to? The snack bar you work at… That sora is a girl my age.”

“That’s right. Why?”

“Sol, why do you work at his store? If you need money, you don’t have to work at that snack bar.”

“… I just want to have a social experience, it’s not about money.”

Hansol answered while avoiding Ara’s eyes again.

This is obviously an excuse to gloss over. There was no way Ara could understand her.

And with those thoughts written on Ara’s face, Hansol had a hunch that this scuffle would be prolonged.

“Why was it at that store? She seems to be very close with the person named So, but is this the first time she’s seen her?”

“… No, I saw it for the first time. And she ended up working at Soi Food… He picked up my wallet. That’s why I ended up working there while it was meant to be.”

“… For just that reason?”

“Isn’t that possible?”

“But…… “

Actually, the disadvantaged side in this scuffle was clearly Ara’s side.

Even if Hansol just repeats that it’s a coincidence, Ara won’t have anything more to say to him.

But that didn’t mean that Hansol’s heart was at peace.

His heart was very throbbing with his seemingly calm face.

Ara asks about Soi. It was very uncomfortable for her to talk about her and her incendiary.

Tired of the conversation where she couldn’t get the answer she wanted, Ara eventually gave up telling her back.

“All right. Yes, you can. However… Why are you so close to that girl named So? Why are you laughing so much What is she taking me to at night? Why do you do that?”

“… Were you listening to my calls?”

“… Okay.”

“Haa… “

She just came out and I thought she only saw herself talking on the phone, but she wasn’t.

Hansol had a headache.

“The only reason I took her at night was because the road Kim So-yi was walking on was too dangerous, so I went with her. Because the houses are close to each other. And… Can’t I just be friends with him? He’s a part-time colleague.”

“You’re getting along a little bit, isn’t it? How come you come all the way to Moggoji and talk on the phone late at night? And what do you take me to at night? If the road is so dangerous that you can’t even walk alone, shouldn’t that person move house? And… “

“… What are you?”

“Huh?”

“Who are you to say that to me? Ara, are you my girlfriend? Are you entitled to control whoever I am and what friendships I have with anyone?”

Ara had nothing to say at the words that hit her bones.

Obviously he could have deserved it. But it was you who kicked it.

In the end, Ara and Hansol are strictly friends. No matter how much she liked each other and how much she’d spent most of her life together, it didn’t get any better than that. No, she didn’t do it herself.

For other purposes. She didn’t prioritize him.

When Ara could no longer continue her words, Hansol gently let go of Ara’s hand that was holding him. And he turned her back on her.

“It is true that I like you. But that doesn’t mean you can do whatever you want with me or give me the right to know everything about me. I’m not going to be your property.”

“Sol… “

“And… The promise I made to you was just until I was next to you. My heart is not included there…. As for that, I am always free to choose.”

“…… “

“I’ll go back to the dorm first…. Ara, don’t get hit by the cold wind at night and go to bed early.”

From Hansol, who was worried about Ara until the end, Ara felt her warmth and coldness at the same time.

The saying that you can choose at any time. It was said that the woman named So Kim could one day clear her place of Ara.

I am the one who has been with Han-sol all her life… The one who saved Han-sol was himself…

Han-sol’s back goes away.

I suddenly remembered. It was you who always smiled warmly, but now that smile is blurry even in my memory.

———-

“Soi~ Then, work hard while I go to the mart~”

“Don’t think about going to meet your brother in the middle, come quickly?”

“Eh, ah~ It’s not like that~”

“You have to be able to believe it.”

Soyi saw off Joohee Kwak as she left her store to purchase her food ingredients.

Most of the food ingredients for Soi Bunsik are purchased through wholesale websites.

However, when running a restaurant, there are times when ingredients run out unexpectedly.

The owner, Kwak Joo-hee, drove out at 15:00, when her customers were quiet and there were not many customers.

Since the two part-time jobs, Hansol and Dami Im, work only during the busy lunch and dinner hours, Soi has to keep the shop alone.

With my daughter~

“Welcome~ Are you alone?”

“… Yes.”

Quite coincidentally, she came in just as there were no other guests.

When Soyi told her to sit where she felt comfortable, she took a seat at the counter right in front of the kitchen.

Staring straight at Soi, who served her water, instead of her order, she asked a question.

“I don’t think Sol-yi is there?”

“… Yes? Who is that?”

Soi shook her tongue. In a slightly rude tone to her guests.

No matter what, it’s because we started fighting over there.

She was grinning in a soft voice, but the eyes of the woman sitting in front of her did not try to hide blatant hostility.

And that was true of Soi as well.

This woman in front of Soi, Yua Ra, did not like her since she first met.