193 Petty Quarrels (1/2)

”Wait!”

”Please, Yeo Ri-ah...”

”Don't go...!”

”Wait, please...!”

In the public park, several people were eavesdropping on a boy and a girl. The two, presumed to be a couple, seemed to have gotten into a fight.

The girl turned away from the guy, shrugging away his hand every time he tried to hold her.

”Yeo Ri-ah, do you seriously have to do this? Can't you let it go? Listen to Oppa, okay?”

The spectators watched with rapture, highly interested in the pair. They wondered just what kind of mistake the guy committed to have made the girl so angry. Perhaps he cheated on her, or perhaps they were breaking up...? In any case, the drama-like scene that was currently unfolding between the boy and the girl was good entertainment for the bored bunch.

The girl seemed to have had enough with the boy. She stopped in her tracks and turned to face the boy, frowning with wrinkled eyebrows.

”Aah, Oppa! What's wrong with you?” She huffed. ”Do you have to be so dramatic? Do you have something to hide? What, did you do something bad?”

”No, it's not that! Yeo Ri-ah, listen to me—”

”All I want is to see your workplace! Is that so bad? I'm not asking you to commit a crime or something!” She raised her voice in exasperation.

The bystanders held their breaths as they saw the girl's eyes reddening. Her cheeks flushed as unshed tears made her eyes glassy. Inwardly, the lot of them were already condemning the guy, complaining about why he refused to take the girl to his workplace. Was it that hard of a request?

”No, you don't understand—it's getting late, and that place isn't a good place for a minor like you to hang around in. Yeo Ri-ah, won't you trust Oppa? Please, I don't want anything to happen to you,” he begged, looking as if he was ready to kneel on the floor.

”...” Yeo Ri pursed her lips in dissatisfaction.

They had been walking in the park after having a meal at a nearby restaurant when an idea struck in Yeo Ri's head. She was curious; what did Gun look like when he's working? Thus, in order to satisfy her curiosity, she asked to accompany Gun to his workplace later. He had a late shift which usually started at around 6 p.m., and it was right around the corner.

However, Gun did not relent to her request. It would be fine if it was during midday, but he worked the evening-to-night shift. It was a dangerous time for a minor like Yeo Ri to be out and about. On top of that, a lot of students and adults who had just gotten off from work frequented the joint, and ten out of ten times, they would end up ordering alcohol and getting drunk.

Suffice to say, Gun merely did not want to expose his precious baby sister to that kind of raucous environment.

Despite his many worries, Yeo Ri continued to insist.