127. Name
Jiheon followed Baeil out. The two sat on the steps behind the police station building.
I kept thinking about my childhood over nothing. Even though she doesn't have a chair, she flops. Even on the dirt floor. She once thought that she could stay up all night if she could just keep playing with her friends without worrying about getting her clothes dirty.
In fact, I have vivid memories of having fun once, but I had no idea what my friend went through after we became distant.
We occasionally ran into each other in the hallway lined with classrooms, but at some point those awkward encounters disappeared. I heard late that he had transferred to a new school.
How have you been so far? Why did the name change? How did you become a police officer?
Bae Il opened his mouth first, as if he was considerate of Ji-heon, who was curious about many things but was unable to open his mouth.
"My mother passed away when I was in third grade, and I went to live with my aunt as an adopted child."
"But even the name has changed."
"Because of the problem with the rebels in my uncle's family. My uncle was a 'su' character. So I can't use that name."
"... ... ."
"All it took was my mother leaving me, and that was how my life changed."
Jiheon couldn't say anything. It seemed like he couldn't even fathom the scale of the sadness and loss.
"I'm used to this name now. "I think living under that name was just a brief dream."
In fact, Bae Il spoke in a calm tone, as if he was talking about someone he briefly knew a long time ago. Even though the voice was devoid of emotion, it felt as if a lonely wind was blowing through every empty space, like an empty house.
He passed away a long time ago.
"How are you doing now?"
"It's what you see. "I'm a police officer and I live alone."
"I didn't know you would become a police officer."
"Then did you think I would become a baduk player?"
Baeil smiled brightly and answered. The question that seemed like a joke was as dull as a bird's cry.
"Are you married this time? Congratulations! "Congratulations on having a daughter as energetic as Yena."
"I had amnesia."
Just as Jiheon opened up his heart to a friend from a long time ago, he first brought up an unasked story. Maybe it was because he did not want to give the impression that he was a cold father to Bae Il, who knew about Noon separately.
"It's not that I didn't intentionally look for noon, it's that I lost my memory and lost everything."
"Are all your memories back now?"
"no. I just traced the past and found Noon and Yena. "She's still trying to retrieve her memories."
Bae Il, who nodded silently, asked after a while.
"What was it like losing your memory?"
"It was empty. "I don't think life was fun for 7 years."
"... ... ."
"What's really surprising is that although I lost my memories from 7 years ago, I remembered my childhood memories more clearly."
"... ... ."
