Big Life

Chapter 68

Chapter 68

“Looks good?”

Jaegun said as he saw the necklace . It was a thin, flower-shaped gold necklace . There was a small diamond in the middle .

“I think your neck is pretty, so it fits very well, ma’am . Try it on . ”

The girl employee offered with a bright voice .

Dasul hesitated and held it up to her neck .

“Wow, it’s really good . You can try it on . ”

“I think it’s good like this . ”

“Then look closer . Here, a mirror . ”

The girl quickly gave a mirror .

Dasul looked at her neck through the mirror . And a small smile appeared on her face

“You like it?”

Jaegun read her expression .

Dasul didn’t answer .

“There’s no rush . There’s many, so just look slowly . ”

“No, I like this but…”

Dasul slurred her words .

Jaegun knew why Dasul was hesitating . She was worried about the price . The price was 649 dollars .

Not a small amount .

“Give it to me . ”

Jaegun said to the employee .

There was no reason to spend more time if she liked it .

Dasul swallowed awkwardly .

“Thank you . I will pack it for you . You can pay over here . ”

Jaegun paid with a card . The girl packed the necklace in a small bag .

“Thank you . Have a nice day . ”

Jaegun and Dasul left the store .

A few people were walking by drunk .

Jaegun put his back to them as if protecting Dasul and pulled out the bag .

“Here . It fits into the jumper pocket . ”

“I don’t think I can take it . It’s expensive . ”

“Don’t worry . ”

Jaegun put the bag into her pocket .

He stretched as he walked on .

“I don’t think we can eat heavy stuff . How about going to a beer pub and getting some cream beer?”

“I’m fine with anything . ”

Dasul answered quietly . Her hand held the bag in her pocket tightly .

“Your voice became so calm . I wonder why?”

Jaegun asked as if teasing .

Dasul looked up . And with a red face, she held Jaegun’s arm .

“Don’t tease me and let’s go quickly . ”

The two people walked like a couple with their arms clung together . Dasul asked .

“Why did you buy it for me anyway?”

“You told me to buy you one . ”

“But you brought out the topic first . Why don’t you do one . ”

He couldn’t say that her neck looked too pretty so he wanted to buy her one .

And then he answered after looking at a pub .

“I just wanted to repay you and you just didn’t have anything… so yeah . ”

Dasul looked dumbfounded .

“What is that? Then I don’t have a ring, and a bracelet, and other? You’re going to buy me everything?”

“Really? Let’s go then . ”

Jaegun turned around quickly . Dasul, surprised, hit Jaegun’s back lightly .

“Joking, just joking . Let’s go . How’s that? It looked good . ”

“Let’s go . ”

The two people sat opposite of them .

It was a small store . There was jazz coming out the speakers . Jaegun liked the quiet mood .

They were full so they just order a cream beer .

Dasul pulled out the necklace before drinking .

“Can I try it now?”

“It’s yours, Why ask me?”

“Haha, yes . ”

Dasul laughed playfully and pulled it out . She took off her jumper and tried it on .

“How is it?”

“It looks good . ”

“So enthusiast . But can you buy me this? Didn’t you spend your month’s money into this?”

“I bought this with the money I got . ”

“How much is it? 1000 dollars? No, too small . 3000 dollars?”

“30000 dollars .

“…!”

Dasul opened her mouth . Her two eyes were in surprise .

“30,000 dollars? In prize money?”

“Yes, so there’s no worry . ”

“Haha, you should have said it first . Worry? No . I would have bought more . ”

“Haha . ”

Jaegun laughed . Dasul also laughed .

JANG!

The two people cheered .

“Tell me now?”

“What?”

“Your name . Tell me because you got 30,000 dollars because of me . ”

“Ha, Jaegun . ”

Jaegun answered immediately . There was no reason to hide his name . ”

“Ha Jaegun? I don’t know about books too much . Are you famous? A person who comes up on the internet?”

“I don’t know if I’m famous . I should come up, though . ”

“Yeah? Then I’ll search it right now . ”

Dasul looked at Navin . She typed in the name and widened her eyes .

“Wow, auto fill-in? I put Ha and J and it came up . ”

And she pulled up Jaegun’s profile .

She couldn’t close her mouth alternating looking between the real Jaegun and the profile Jaegun .

“Wow! Wow! There’s a star in front of me!”

“What star . There’s nothing there . ”

“I don’t know but that’s great . Wow, I’m your fan now . Your picture went great too . You picked this?”

“It was a picture that Navin took for my interview . I accepted . I don’t take pictures too much . ”

“Wow… You have a twitter?”

“I made one . I don’t really use it . ”

“You have 5000 followers? Wow . There are so many fans . A Dumb Woman? Is that the title? Child of the 90s?”

“Stop looking . ”

Jaegun tried to stop her to no avail .

Dasul was looking with surprise

“I want to read it too . I think I’m going to read because of you . ”

“I’ll buy you one . ”

“I’m going to buy one, you know?”

She pulled out her tongue . Jaegun smiled and sipped a drink .

“What’s the story of this ?”

“Hm… read it when it comes out . ”

“Just tell me . I’m curious . Hm? Hm?”

Dasul repeated and moved next to Jaegun .

And she put her legs on Jaegun’s thigh and smiled .

“There’s a wall, so it’s hidden from view . No one can see, ok?”

“OK . ”

“Tell me . Now . I want to know the plot of the 30,000 dollar story . ”

Dasul repeated . The beer glass almost fell .

“It was a story about a guy at work with a karaoke helper dating .

He opened his mouth as he pressed on Dasul’s knee .

Dasul shivered as he touched her knee .

It was a strange feeling .

It was different when she first touched him .

“The girl isn’t as young as you . She’s in her 30s and has a kid . She’s a hardworking woman who got divorced . ”

“Go…on . ”

“The man goes to the karaoke bar to relieve stress . And meets the girl . The man is attracted to the girl immediately . The girl sees only a customer out of the many customers she sees . Ah, we’re done . Give us two more drinks . ”

“Yes, sir”

Dasul was entranced by Jaegun’s story .

“They start a weird relationship . They both live differently . The man lives diligently and tries to keep morals, but he also takes in stress from society . The girl has a different personality . She works as a karaoke helper to live, but she keeps her pride and lives . Recklessly . Like a storm and gale . ”

Jaegun added awkwardly .

“So the title is like that . ”

“Storm and Gale? Why did you make it?”

“The helper who is like a wind . Like that?”

“Wow…! Amazing . The title is really trash . ”

“I think so too . I can’t make a title . I don’t know if the company might ask me to change the title . ”

“You should . It’s going to bomb if you don’t . ”

“Haha . ”

Jaegun laughed . Dasul looked down at her necklace .

She muttered .

“You were really a great person . I thought you were a weird person . You came in and said you wanted an interview . ”

“You helped me . ”

“How does the story go . ”

Dasul asked .

She wondered how the story would end .

“You really read that . ”

“Tell me . Hm? Hn?”

“They get happy . ”

“Wowwww . ”

“They know what they really want . And they get happy . That’s it . ”

Jaegun lifted his cup .

Dasul gave up and lifted her cup too .

Jaegun thought of her as he drank . If she could get happy like the female main character .

“Why did you become so blank?”

“No, just… dizzy . ”

Dasul put her head on Jaegun’s shoulder .

A warm temperature could be felt .

Jaegun made a good angle to put her head on .

Dasul smiled . She thought he was a warm person . There was no way that this person’s writing would be bad .

“Do you think we should stand up?”

“No, I just have to be like this for a second . ”

Jaegun sipped the beer alone . The customers had already left and the store was quiet .

The night crept on .

TL- I think Storm and Gale have some kind of meaning of being like emotionally unstable in Korean terms . It was the closest thing I thought of .