Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 6 : It’s an Incredible Gift (3)

1 hour… 2 hours… 3 hours… 4 hours…

Jaegun couldn’t feel the flow of time.

Sweat fell down his face. His ten fingers had grown red from the heat.

-Tap!

“Haaaaa…”

Jaegun sighed as he typed the last line. As he looked around, it was already dark outside. There was a bright moon outside of the window.

“What? How? How long have I worked for?”

The clock read over 7.

He didn’t even remember when he started. Jaegun remembered his sister’s call and checked the call history. It showed about 11.

“8 hours…? What… Why am I… like this?”

He was completely in the zone to the point where he hadn’t rested his fingers at all.

There was never a point in time before where he had put this much effort into writing. Really, he completely forgot about everything except for writing during that time.

‘This is fun! This book has changed so much after these edits.’

Jaegun exclaimed as he looked over the book. He had no basis for the confidence, but he was confident nevertheless. This was something that the producers would like. It was the first time he had this feeling.

Jaegun sent the book to the editors by email. After he had sent it, he heard Rika’s growling.

“Ah Rika, Rika. I’m sorry. You must be hungry?”

It wasn’t just Rika; Jaegun was also starving. He hadn’t ate anything at all today. As he was going to have to walk because he had some things to buy; he put on some clothes and left.

“It’s 45,000 Won”

“What? It is that expensive?”

On the pet store’s counter, Jaegun was surprised as he asked the clerk.

The clerk smiled and replied.

”For that amount of food, it is pretty cheap. It would be cheaper if you purchase it online, but there’s not that big of a difference.”

“It’s… A bit more expensive than I thought.”

“So are you going to buy it?”

“Yes. Yes. Here.”

His hand shook as he gave the money to the clerk. What could you do if you were poor? Imagine how much food he could buy for 45,000 Won.

“See you again.”

Jaegun left the store in a half-shocked state. Rika, who was in his arms, looked at him with her two, bright round eyes, it was as if she was asking ‘what’s wrong.’

“Is that a ‘making fun of me’ look?”

“Meow.”

“I get it. What do you know? It’s fine. My sister always used to say, ‘don’t save money on food; live with plenty of food.’ Since you’re now family… family… Let’s go. Let’s go eat some ramen at home.”

Jaegun moved his body back home.

“I ran out of eggs. I should buy some on the way home. Put 2 eggs in the noodles and bam: a freakingly good meal. Adding rice on top of that would fill me up, don’t need anything else”

-Wiiinnnng!

His phone in his pocket vibrated. As he thought it would be from his best friend Jungjin or his sister, his eyes suddenly widened.

‘What’s the occasion calling this late?’

To think that he would get a call back as soon as he uploaded his updated story. ‘What for? This couldn’t be good’ he thought.

“He-h.e.l.lo?”