What on earth is this situation?
Looking at the scene unfolding before my eyes, I had to think countless thoughts.
No, first, rather than thinking, I need to understand it.
‘What is that?’
Why are those old men here?
Not only is Shinui here, whom I was planning to look for anyway.
Why is Paejon, who should be in Shanxi, here?
‘What is going on?’
No matter how I look at it, I can’t understand.
I came to the lodging guided by the request at the Baekhwa Merchant Group.
Not only are Shinui and Paejon here, but what on earth is this situation?
In the midst of being flustered and unable to say anything.
Paejon’s eyes, who had been laughing heartily while looking at the collapsed Shinui, turned toward me.
“Oh.”
Our eyes met. Paejon reacted to this and smiled slightly.
“Nice to meet you. It’s been a while?”
“…?”
I wondered why he was using a different tone than usual, but I realized that Seongyul and Tang Soyeol were right behind me.
Since these two probably don’t know Paejon’s identity well, that’s why he’s reacting like this.
“…Yes. It’s been a long, long time.”
At the greeting, Paejon smiled brightly.
Looking at that smile, I had to break out in a cold sweat.
‘That old man.’
He’s definitely angry.
From getting beaten by Paejon for several years, I learned one thing.
That is, the angrier Paejon gets, the more he smiles.
Smiling because something’s funny and smiling because he’s angry aren’t the same.
There was a very subtle difference,…