138. A fool who only knows you
There are some people I hate just by looking at their faces.
Eunbi actually hated Noon from the moment she first saw him.
A child in the same class who was similar in height, build, and even grades.
"I think Lee Jeong-oh and Eun-bi are the prettiest in our class."
Eunbi was often compared to Noon-o in the frame created by her friends who hung out together.
"Hey, noon is much prettier than me."
Eunbi smiled and acted humble, disappointed at her friends who rated her and Lee Jung-oh as equals. If you say something like that, shouldn't they say, "No, you're prettier?" Eunbi's friends kept their mouths shut as if they thought that was right.
Then one day, Eunbi saw Jeong-o and a lady at the cafeteria talking happily.
"Are you getting along well with the cafeteria lady at noon?"
"She's her mom. Didn't you know?"
Eunbi's friend answered the words she blurted out. Eunbi was startled.
My mom works in a cafeteria, but how can she have such a bright expression? And not be embarrassed?
"The kids say that Lee Jeong-oh lives with his mom. I guess he doesn't have a dad."
"... ... ."
"But you have a really good personality. I thought you were a rich girl like Noon-o."
Eunbi was annoyed by her friend's comments, but she couldn't say anything.
After that, Eunbi started to look at Lee Jeong-oh more closely.
Lee Jeong-oh never felt intimidated. When he ran into his mother and other friends asked him questions, Jeong-oh introduced his friends to his mother with a bright face.
Neither the fact that his family was extremely poor, nor that he was born without a father, nor that his mother worked in the kitchen of a cafeteria, could cause the child to fall into the abyss.
A child who is not afraid. A child who is going through this intense school life so smoothly. A child who is making friends that are so hard to maintain so easily.
The truth is, I didn't like the way that kid walked around smiling. I just didn't like it.
Lee Jeong-oh, who had been annoying me throughout my school days.
I thought I would never see him again in my life, but after more than ten years, I met him again at work. And that too, as a copywriter in the same team as me.
Lee Jung-oh was the same now as she was ten years ago. She showed off that she was loved and raised, and she was loved even more because of that. Even though she became a single mother, she didn't feel intimidated. That got on Eun-bi's nerves. On the other hand, she was impatient.
In order for me to hate you, you have to become a worse person.
I felt wronged because I didn't do that, and I was in pain because I couldn't resolve that feeling of injustice.
It was always I who was struggling inside, struggling and becoming unhappy because I could not fulfill my own satisfaction.
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"Tell me. I need you to tell me so I can help you."
Eunbi's eyes shook at the firm voice of Noon.
How can you be so serious about my work? How can you be so serious, as if you could really help me?
