232 Sharing Good News (2/2)

Yeo Ri didn't object to his reminder, and quickly turned back to her original quest.

After manoeuvring through the hallways for some time, Yeo Ri finally arrived at the lecture hall where Gun had his last class, as written in his schedule.

Just in time, the class had ended and the door opened, with students streaming out hurriedly as if they couldn't wait to leave the room.

Finally, after craning her head for some time, Yeo Ri spotted her brother among the many students. Her action and appearance caught the attention of the other students, but with Secretary Kwon guarding her side, none dared to come closer.

”Oppa!” Yeo Ri called out with elation, hoping to catch her brother's attention.

Just as she had expected, Gun immediately reacted to her voice, and after scanning the area once, he instantly spotted her. He glanced briefly at the man standing next to his sister, but paid him no mind as he poured his undivided attention on his baby sister.

”What brings you here? Did you finish work? Yeo Ri-ah, you should've just gone straight home. Aren't you tired?”

As soon as he was within her earshot, he bombarded her with a string of questions.

Yeo Ri's smile widened at her brother's concerned look. She shook her head, ”I'm not tired. Today was a good day so I thought I'd come pick you up so we can eat out later, Oppa. Is that fine with you?”

”Of course,” he replied instantaneously. He would always spare some time for his one and only baby sister no matter how busy he was.

”Hi, Yeo Ri-ah!”

Behind Gun, a couple of his classmates were present. Yeo Ri hadn't realised their presence since her attention was on her brother the whole time.

”Oh, hello, Da Na-unnie, Ha Jun-oppa, and Gun-oppa's friends,” Yeo Ri bowed her head politely towards them.

”Geez~ you two sure love being in your own world, huh?” Ha Jun sighed in exaggeration, teasing the Lee duo. He came closer towards them and slung his arm on Gun's shoulder. Only a second later, his arm was shrugged off by the other man.

”No way, the VitaQua girl—?!” Murmured one of the people in the group of friends.

Da Na glanced at them briefly before bumping Ha Jun's shoulder with a ridiculing grin. The two had always had a silent competition between them on who can be closer to Gun, and Ha Jun's attempt at normalising skin-ship had failed yet again.

Choi Da Na turned her head to look at her friend-cum-crush's more beautiful and younger female counterpart. ”How's work been, Yeo Ri-ah? I hope my mom isn't working you too hard,” Da Na casually joined into the conversation, showing off her familiarity with the Lee siblings in front of her other classmates.

”It was alright. Auntie was just with me until earlier. She went back to the company, though.”

”Oh.” Da Na shifted her eyes to the strange man standing next to Yeo Ri. ”You... must be the new assistant... manager... right?” She asked slowly with wariness in her tone. Her eyes narrowed at the man, looking as if she was trying to gauge him out.

”Yes. Sec—Manager Kwon has been looking after me for a while now,” Yeo Ri answered in Kwon Tae Yang's stead.

Da Na nodded in understanding, deciding to put her trust in him since it seemed like Yeo Ri was vouching for him, but on the side, Ha Jun's head tilted slightly.

He had managed to catch Yeo Ri's slip, and he wondered what that could be about.

Hiding his frown, his gaze alternated between his friend Gun, Yeo Ri, and Manager Kwon. Although the latter two appeared unruffled, Gun's expression seemed to worsen after Manager Kwon was mentioned. He figured there was something deeper going on behind-the-scenes, but he didn't know how he could approach the subject without seeming nosy.

The two friends exchanged several more pleasantries with Yeo Ri before finally letting the Lee siblings go about their way, leaving no room for anyone else to cut in-between the harmonious exchange.

With curiosity biting away their minds, Gun's other classmates could only watch as the two Lees and the unknown man walk away.

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”So what's the occasion today?” Gun smiled down at his sister who was happily swinging his arm as they walked.

”I got a big bonus today, so I wanted to eat out to celebrate. Also, I set an appointment with In Guk-oppa, this Saturday. I thought it might be a good time for us to move to a nicer place,” Yeo Ri beamed back at her brother.

”That's nice, but do we have enough to move...? The rent here can get pretty expensive,” Gun said, his brows furrowing.

Smiling proudly, Yeo Ri presented him with a bomb: ”That's okay! We have ten thousand dollars to spend.”

”...!” Gun halted in surprise. ”Ten thousand?!” Ten thousand was certainly a huge amount. Although not enough to buy a house, it was more than enough for a year's worth of rent at their current place. With that amount of money, they certainly could move to a better place and live comfortably for at least a few months. But knowing Yeo Ri, she would probably continue to earn bigger and bigger amounts of money. He was also worried about safety now that Yeo Ri was getting so well-known. It was better for them to move to a secure area before anything happened to his precious sister.

”Yeah!” Yeo Ri laughed giddily after seeing his response. Behind her face mask, her lips curved into a large smile and a blush bloomed on her cheeks. That was exactly the response she had wanted from him, and now that she had witnessed it, she was satisfied.

With the good news finally revealed, the two continued their walk with ease.

As they were walking down the street of a nearby strip mall, Gun turned to his sister again, ”Yeo Ri-ah, do you want anything?”

”Hm...” Yeo Ri's eyes drifted around the rows of shops before focusing on one particular store. ”Ice cream!” She exclaimed, her eyes lighting up.

Gun sent her a disapproving look. ”Ice cream again? It's unhealthy to eat so much ice cream, especially before a meal. You'll lose your appetite.”

”I can't?” Yeo Ri pulled down her mask and shot back with a saddened pout.

”...” Gun was silent for a moment as he bore Yeo Ri's puppy-eyed attack head-on. Unable to bear her heartbreaking expression, Gun quickly caved in.

”...Just a little bit. No more than one scoop, okay?”

”Mm!” Yeo Ri nodded in delight. She hurriedly pulled Gun's sleeve, dragging him to the direction of the ice cream shop.