Chapter 59

Chapter 59

Something Strangely Cheap Here

Right after opening time.

“Oh my god!! Finally found!! My black noodle chef!!!”

A man holding a smartphone gimbal in one hand, running in waving sweat-soaked blonde hair.

Past Jin Myeong Gak days, foreign YouTuber Michael with 300,000 who uploaded a video ‘black noodle chef’ falling for Jin Myeong’s wok work though only one visit.

“Welcome··· eh? Hello?”

Bong-gu wiping the hall paused at the unfamiliar foreigner’s noisy appearance and approached.

Then Michael pointed at Bong-gu and opened his eyes round.

“Oh! I know you! I know you! Saw in community photo! Loyalty overflowing large bro!!”

“Eh? Ah, yes! Thank you, thank you! Haha.”

Bong-gu also smiled back using his characteristic good-nature.

Michael poured sweat and said toward the camera.

“Guys! Barely found because the restaurant moved place!!”

Michael who plopped down at an empty seat opened his eyes round seeing the new menu board hanging on the wall.

“Oh? Menu increased? Meat jjamppong? And··· Cheong···hyeol···eum?”

Michael who turned on the translator app and confirmed the meaning tilted his head.

“Blood clear potion (Blood clear potion)? The name is like magic potion appearing in some game! Okay! One jjamppong, one jajangmyeon, and this potion one too please!”

A moment later.

On Michael’s table meat jjamppong with bright red chili oil floating, and jajangmyeon upgraded to hand-pulled noodles were placed.

“Smell is still amazing!!”

Michael held the chopsticks and first slurped the meat jjamppong.

“Hururururuk!! Keok! Kekkek!!”

Even coughing at the spicy taste his chopsticks didn’t stop.

Amazing umami of the broth the lard and pork emitted.

“Oh my god! Crazy meat soup! This is heaven!”

Michael who showered with sweat and finished one bowl of jjamppong, then sucked the jajangmyeon too.

Crazy delicious even when machine noodles.

But when the amazing elasticity hand-pulled noodles were newly mounted this was completely a different dimension taste.

“Hua··· beautiful···.”

Finally Michael who emptied both bowls entirely.

“Guys··· I really the belly seems like bursting. Feeling of meat fully filled even to the esophagus. Want to lie down and sleep like this.”

Made a satisfied expression with a sweat-covered face.

And his gaze headed toward the amber liquid placed on one side of the table.

“Ah, turn to drink this Korean magic potion.”

He who said like a joke lifted the cup without any expectation.

And lightly drank one sip.

“······.”

In an instant.

Was surprised at the strange feeling going down along the neck.

“······Oh, my······”

Michael who spat out a short exclamation held the cup as if entranced and gulped all the remaining Cheonghyeol-eum at once.

Gulp, gulp.

“Puhaa···!”

Feeling of the unique greasiness of Chinese food finely circling on the tip of the tongue cleanly disappearing.

Together with the comfort softly caressing the inside, only a pleasant refreshing and neat aftertaste circulated.

“Oh my gosh! What happened in my body just now?!”

Michael opened his eyes wide and shouted with a noisy expression.

“Things inside the inside coolly all washed down! Unbelievable!!”

He couldn’t control excitement and raised both hands’ thumbs with a chak and shouted.

“This is really magic potion! Jin-chwa jackpot! Jin-chwa jackpot!!”

At Michael’s appearance full of madness the comment window also became a mess.

-Michael reaction crazy! ㅋㅋㅋ

-What identity is that potion? I need right now!

-Jin-chwa jackpot ㅋㅋㅋㅋ look at the pronunciation sticky ㅋㅋㅋ

-Michael hyung ㅋㅋㅋ eyes rolled again ㅋㅋㅋ but that beverage really effective?

-I’m booking Korea flight to go to that restaurant.

-Went after a long time overdoing too much? What magic potion?

-Even if Michael overdoes a bit doesn’t lie. Seems something.

In that way the chat window heated hot after a long time.

***

Seowon Group headquarters, outside the chairman’s office door.

Secretary office chief Park secretary was standing with both hands neatly clasped unable to even make breathing sound in a tense appearance.

Peoeok!

Kwadangtang!

Park secretary’s shoulders flinched matching that sound.

“This stupid bastard! Rolling the new ad planning like that?!”

Chairman Seo’s thunder-like shout burst.

“Because you unnecessarily meddled and poked around, that kind of garbage-like result came out! Bastard who doesn’t know his place!”

Peoeok!

Park secretary gulped dry saliva and wiped the cold sweat formed on his forehead.

Because of the matter that Seo Tae-jin overturned the concept forcing according to his stubbornness at the recently proceeded new product ad filming site and got beaten by public opinion and the entire project overturned.

A daily quite familiar even to Park secretary as a matter experienced often for business problems from young, but the sound of the merciless chairman’s punching was chilling the spine whenever heard.

“Get out of my eyes right now! Don’t even want to see the form!”

Soon the heavy door of the chairman’s office opened with a deolkeok, and Seo Tae-jin walked out.

“...”

For a moment the legs almost gave out, but he supported leaning on the wall and caught rough breath.

Then nervously dusted the pants hem and jacket of the messed suit with tak tak and began adjusting the disheveled clothes.

“...Chit!”

A bit of blood seeped between the burst lips, and one cheek was swollen red.

“...”

Park secretary hurriedly approached and carefully glanced seeing his appearance.

“...Why? You also my form funny?”

“Ah, no. Here...”

When the secretary held out the handkerchief Seo Tae-jin nervously snatched it.

Then firmly pressed the burst lips

“Damn...”

“...”

“Prepare the car.”

“Yes, director.”

Park secretary quickly pressed the exclusive elevator button.

Seo Tae-jin moved his steps with large strides with eyes full of poison.

A moment later, Seo Tae-jin who got on the back seat of the highest-grade sedan annoyedly loosened the necktie.

“Haa··· shit, unlucky from morning.”

He who was touching the throbbing lips took out the smartphone to divert nerves and habitually turned on communities and SNS.

And his brow scrolling the screen sharply wrinkled.

[Jin Myeong Roo 100,000 won tenderloin steak form crazy ㄷㄷ]

[Luminous opening run!!!]

[Antoine chef, completely catching lodging near Jin Myeong Roo and stamping attendance every day ㅋㅋㅋ]

[Jin Myeong Roo new menu Cheonghyeol-eum? Reaction hot???]

“Shit··· completely fucking going well.”

Irritation lingered on Seo Tae-jin’s expression.

If usual he would be pondering ways to properly revenge the matter suffered before.

But now he couldn’t.

Because father Chairman Seo fell for the jajangmyeon of that restaurant and became a regular.

Because if touched there for nothing really might break somewhere.

Seo Tae-jin clicked his tongue with an expression of not liking.

“···Tsk!”

At that time one thought suddenly brushed Seo Tae-jin’s mind.

“Hey, Park secretary.”

“Yes, director.”

“Turn the car. Let’s go to that fake Jin Myeong Gak or something.”

“···Yes?”

Park secretary sent flustered eye light through the room mirror.

“There director... why trying to go there? Anyway not the place the original owner does... moreover scheduled right after this afternoon too.”

“Canceling is enough.”

Seo Tae-jin cut with a tuk as if annoying, but Park secretary couldn’t erase the difficult color and hesitated.

“Th, but...”

“Ah, shit!”

Seo Tae-jin kicked the front seat headrest nervously and shouted.

“If say go then go, why so many words? These days ignored even by neighborhood jjangaeng house bastard, look like complete shit in your eyes too?!”

“Ah, no! I’ll turn the car right now!”

The secretary freaked and hurriedly turned the handle.

And after running for a while the sedan that entered the neighborhood alley stopped.

In front of Jin Myeong Gak.

Even though peak lunch time the front of the restaurant was empty and chilly.

“Ha! Look at this.”

Seo Tae-jin burst out a sneer looking at the restaurant.

“Completely went bankrupt, went bankrupt.”

“...Here these days reviews extremely bad. Taste is taste, the owner’s personality here also largely riding the internet...”

“But why looking at me like that?”

The startled Park secretary sharply turned his gaze.

“Ah, no.”

“...”

Seo Tae-jin who looked at Park secretary with strange eyes turned his head toward the restaurant again.

And made an pathetic expression.

“Ahyu idiot bastards couldn’t do that properly.”

“Then shall we go back?”

“Why just go after coming here? Have to go in and see.”

“...Yes?”

Seo Tae-jin who got off the car opened the restaurant door and entered acting arrogant.

Park secretary hurriedly finished parking nearby and entered inside the restaurant following him.

Seo Tae-jin who entered inside lightly looked around the interior.

“Heuum...”

The interior remodeled flashy pouring money was quite wide and pleasant, but among the numerous tables places where customers were sitting were only two or so.

“Ah, welcome.”

The manager guarding the hall gave a energy-less greeting.

Seo Tae-jin scanned the manager up and down crookedly with both hands stuck in the pockets and one leg propped.

“Look at the greeting form. Keukkeukkeuk.”

Whether heard the sound of Seo Tae-jin openly sneering and muttering the manager’s expression stiffened hard for a moment.

Park secretary couldn’t stay still at the atmosphere that seemed like a fight would attach soon, and hurriedly guided Seo Tae-jin to a window side seat.

“Di, director. Sit this side.”

When Park secretary hurriedly pulled the chair, Seo Tae-jin let out a hollow laugh with a pik and plopped down on the seat.

At that time, a hall employee approached and put down the water cup on the table.

“Customer, what will you eat?”

Seo Tae-jin crossed his legs and deeply leaned his body on the backrest and chin-pointed.

“Bring two jajangmyeon here.”

“...Received order for two bowls of jajangmyeon.”

The employee answered in a soul-less voice and stepped back.

Seo Tae-jin who snorted looking at that back turned his head and lightly looked around.

“Hey, something strangely cheap here. The owner’s sense can know.”

Seo Tae-jin spat out sneeringly tapping the table with fingers with tok tok.

Park secretary sitting awkwardly opposite carefully opened his mouth.

“Anyway not a high-grade cooking house.”

“You, spokesperson here?”

“Ah, no. How would that be.”

Park secretary became pale and hurriedly waved his hands.

Seo Tae-jin clicked his tongue nervously with a tsk and turned his head crookedly again.

“No way business will go at a place like this.”

“...”

A moment later, two bowls of jajangmyeon contained in plausible bowls were placed in front of Seo Tae-jin and the secretary.

Heard brought hotel-origin chefs, looking at the appearance gloss flowed and looked quite plausible.

“Where, shall I taste a bit?”

Seo Tae-jin roughly mixed the noodles with chopsticks then stuffed a handful into his mouth.

Umul umul.

“······.”

Seo Tae-jin’s brow sharply wrinkled for a moment.

His tongue already remembered that amazing umami of the real Jin Myeong Gak.

Compared to that this jajangmyeon was literally only seasoning lump oil noodles.

The disgusting smell of wood vinegar artificially sprayed to imitate fire taste, and the terrible harmony of tough noodles that break with tuk tuk.

Tui!

“Shit, ugh! Is this food people eat?!”

Seo Tae-jin spat the noodles he was eating on the table and sharply threw the chopsticks.

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