Real Man

Yoo-hyun nodded his head as he learned the depth of Jeong Da-hye’s feelings.

“Alright, I understand. But where did you find a place to stay?”

“I’ll explain it to you later. Let’s go to the gym first.”

“Why the gym?”

“We have to greet the manager.”

“The manager went to LA. He said he wanted to watch the filming of Jang-woo’s movie.”

“Let’s go anyway. I’m curious about it, and we’ll have to exercise from now on.”

Jeong Da-hye’s interest in martial arts was still the same as in New York.

Yoo-hyun teased her as he saw her determination.

“That’s not something you should say, since you can’t even ride a roller coaster.”

“Fine, fine. Let’s go.”

Yoo-hyun smiled and led her to the third floor.

He showed her around the gym and did some simple exercises with her.

Then they relaxed their muscles and went down to the first floor to eat some kimbap.

It was as if she had suddenly entered his daily life.

Jeong Da-hye exclaimed as they came out.

“The kimbap was really, really delicious.”

“People always say that, that the kimbap is good.”

“Yes. Jang-woo wasn’t lying when he bragged about it. Next time, I’ll try the champion kimbap.”

“You’ll have to work out hard then.”

“Work, exercise, eat delicious food, it’s perfect. It sounds fun.”

Yoo-hyun asked her as he saw her happy face.

“By the way, where did you get a place?”

“Where do you think?”

“I don’t know. If you arrived yesterday, aren’t you still staying at a hotel?”

“Wrong! It’s easy to settle down these days. I already moved in.”

“Already? Where?”

“Where, you ask…”

Jeong Da-hye said with a playful smile.

Yoo-hyun’s eyes widened as he heard her.

“What?”

Soon after, Yoo-hyun arrived at his officetel.

He looked at the new building next to his and asked for confirmation.

“So you’re saying that’s your officetel?”

“Yes. I checked it out and the price was reasonable, and the facilities were good. I also liked that it has a swimming pool.”

“It’s quite far from the company, though.”

“I prefer a place where I can live more comfortably than the downtown area near the company. This place has greenery around it, too.”

Jeong Da-hye answered and pointed to the opposite side of the road.

There was a park where Yoo-hyun ran every morning.

-There’s a park in front of the house, and it’s very refreshing to run in the morning. You’ll like it, too, Da-hye.

Yoo-hyun remembered what he had told her before and chuckled.

“Why don’t you just admit that you wanted to live close to me?”

“No, it’s not that. It’s purely personal and rational.”

“Sure, sure. It’s fine because you like me.”

“Really, it is.”

As they bickered face to face, everything seemed good.

Yoo-hyun found her very pretty.

“Let’s go to your place, Da-hye. Let me see it.”

“There’s nothing to see inside.”

“What does it matter? As long as we’re together.”

“What are you saying?”

She was dumbfounded by his affectionate gaze.

Then, Han Jae Hee popped out of Yoo-hyun’s officetel building.

She was startled to see them, but she had something to say, so she called out to Yoo-hyun.

“Jae Hee! Hey, let me introduce you…”

Yoo-hyun didn’t even finish his sentence when Han Jae Hee cut him off.

She had a mix of annoyance on her face.

“Ugh! Brother, I’m going crazy. They want me to come back to the office right now.”

“Why do you have to go back to the office?”

“They want me to change the design of the Hansung Note app again. The software team idiots had a meeting with the client and changed the direction again. How does that make sense?”

“Maybe they found a better direction.”

Yoo-hyun answered, feeling a bit guilty.

“A better direction my ass. What kind of client is it that they want us to remove the Hansung logo? What are we, a pushover?”

“Don’t you know who it is?”

“I don’t. But you’ll see. I’ll give them a piece of my mind.”

“…”

Han Jae Hee, who was ranting, belatedly noticed Jeong Da-hye next to Yoo-hyun.

She frowned and glared at Yoo-hyun with her arms crossed.

“By the way, what are you doing with a woman in front of your officetel? What about your sister in America?”

“Hey, it’s not what you think.”

“What do you mean it’s not? What if I didn’t show up? What were you going to do? Brother, that’s not how a man should act. When did you die and come back to life, that you’re already seeing another woman?”

“It’s not like that…”

“Stop talking nonsense and give me your sister’s contact. No, give me your phone.”

Han Jae Hee reached out to grab his phone.

Yoo-hyun was speechless.

He turned his head and met Jeong Da-hye’s eyes, who was covering her mouth and laughing.

Han Jae Hee sensed the strange atmosphere and her eyes widened.

“Wait! Don’t tell me, you’re his sister?”

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?”

“You didn’t give me a chance to talk.”

“Ah! Han Yoo-hyun, really, you’re no help, no good.”

She sighed deeply and pretended to be polite to Jeong Da-hye.

She had a forced smile on her lips.

“You’re Da-hye, right? I’ve heard a lot about you.”

“I’ve heard a lot about you, too. Nice to meet you.”

Jeong Da-hye stepped forward and greeted her, and Han Jae Hee quickly grabbed her hand.

“I’m so glad to meet you. But what do I do? I have an urgent matter to attend to, so I’ll have to see you later.”

“Anytime. I’ll be in Korea for a while.”

“Okay. Then let’s have a drink sometime. You must have a lot of complaints about my brother, I’ll listen to them all.”

“Sounds good.”

“I’ll contact you as soon as I set a date. Have a good time. Sister, fighting!”

Han Jae Hee, who was spouting nonsense, ran off and got into a taxi.

She must have been really called by the company.

Jeong Da-hye, who was watching her sister’s back, said.

“She’s such a cute and pretty sister.”

“Her? You saw her personality earlier.”

“She’s assertive and expressive. I also like that she’s upright. But I feel sorry for her.”

“Why?”

“I feel like she’s suffering because of me.”

Jeong Da-hye was the reason why Double Y and Hansung were collaborating.

Thanks to her consulting, Double Y was able to design the way they wanted, but Hansung, who urgently needed a killer application, had to change a lot of the existing ones.

The aftermath of that fell on Han Jae Hee.

Yoo-hyun waved his hand.

“Don’t worry about it. She’ll calm down soon.”

“But I can’t just let it go. What does she like?”

“She goes crazy for alcohol.”

“Alcohol? Pfft.”

Jeong Da-hye’s expression was amused.

The next day, Yoo-hyun went to work with Jeong Da-hye for the first time.

They both were used to arriving on time, but there was no one in the office.

The working hours were flexible, so everyone came late.

Thanks to that, Yoo-hyun had a cozy morning coffee with Jeong Da-hye.

As they faced each other, it felt like they had gone back to the past.

“It’s been a while, being in the office like this.”

“It’s been a while?”

“Ah, just. I was thinking of the Texas days.”

“That’s lame. We didn’t have an office back then.”

“That’s true.”

Since they couldn’t say that they worked together before, Yoo-hyun just smiled.

It was funny to think about it.

The two people who had met at Hansung in the past had now settled in different companies.

And yet, they both had one foot in Hansung.

How would this connection continue?

Yoo-hyun was drinking coffee and thinking about the future.

Suddenly, the door opened and Jo Yong Hee, who wore horn-rimmed glasses, came in.

He was the core of the software development and greeted them loudly.

“Hello, Alice! Wow! Director, you’re here too.”

“Yes, Silent. Good morning.”

“Good morning to you too. I’m so happy to see you. Haha!”

With his big laugh, the employees started to arrive one by one.

The way they greeted was different.

The unique personalities of them showed Yoo-hyun’s changing work life.

Double Y was very different from the previous company system.

It wasn’t because of the horizontal organizational culture or the free-spirited atmosphere.

The company valued individual autonomy to an extreme degree.

Especially when opinions clashed, this part stood out more.

Jeong Da-hye was surprised to hear Choi Dae Gi’s opposing opinion in the meeting room.

“Waiting, you’re going to scrap the existing one and make a new one?”

“I guess I like the way I suggested better. I think the corporate messenger needs an AI chatbot item.”

“You can just set up the framework first and add it later. We have an agreement with Hansung, and we have to keep the schedule.”

“I’ll just do it for fun. If it’s good, I’ll use it, if not, I’ll do something else with it.”

“Dividing the resources at this point is not a very rational decision.”

Jeong Da-hye spoke strongly even though it was her first day.

She tried to understand as much as possible, but Choi Dae Gi’s action was irrational by her standards.

But Na Do-ha seemed to welcome it.

“We just have to finish both on time. Right, Waiting?”

“Of course. I’ll do it without delay.”

“Good. Who else wants to join Waiting? Let’s have a bet with us. We’ll do a blind evaluation to see which feature is more useful.”

“Ooh! Sounds good. Let’s win this time and not be humiliated like the last demo program.”

Jo Yong Hee quickly caught fire.

Jeong Da-hye was dumbfounded by what she saw.

“Did you make the demo program I requested in this way, too?”

“Ah, the one we sent to Hansung? That was done by Silent alone because he lost the bet. Why?”

“He did all that by himself…”

Jeong Da-hye was speechless by Na Do-ha’s casual answer.

Park Young-hoon, who was just watching, shrugged his shoulders at Yoo-hyun.

-I’ve met a lot of IT experts and customers, you know. Honestly, I think our employees are higher than their top level. It’s like having multiple Do Has.

Yoo-hyun chuckled as he recalled what he had said before.

‘It wasn’t an empty talk.’

Park Young-hoon had a reason to be proud of Double Y’s employees’ skills.

It was more than Yoo-hyun had expected.

Jeong Da-hye, who had experienced Double Y’s employees for a day, stuck out her tongue.

“Yoo-hyun, how do they all work so freely?”

“They still get it done surprisingly fast.”

“That’s why it’s more amazing. They look like they’re doing nothing but playing…”

In Double Y’s office, no one touched them whether they read comics or played games.

Not only the working hours, but also the meal times were flexible.

They could sleep if they were tired, and it was fine to exercise at the gym.

It all looked strange to Jeong Da-hye’s eyes.

Yoo-hyun wasn’t used to it either.

“I feel the same way. Well, what can you do. It’ll be fine if you do well.”

“I guess so.”

“You need to relax a bit, too. Just trust them.”

“Okay. I’ll do that. Oh, you know we have a date with Jae Hee tonight, right?”

“Of course.”

Yoo-hyun was a bit nervous about the meeting in the evening.

‘I hope Jae Hee doesn’t say anything unnecessary.’

Jeong Da-hye wasn’t easily swayed, but her sister was so eccentric that he was worried.

Jeong Da-hye, who didn’t know his mind, smiled brightly.

“I prepared something for Jae Hee since she likes alcohol. I wonder if she’ll like it.”

“She’ll like anything with alcohol.”

“Then I’m glad. Oh, let’s have kimbap for lunch. We can’t eat it at night.”

“Again?”

“Again? I could eat it every day.”

Yoo-hyun laughed as he saw her serious face.

“Alright. I’ll go talk to Young-hoon and come down later.”

“Then I’ll pack up and go down first and order for us.”

“Okay. See you soon.”

Yoo-hyun sent Jeong Da-hye off and went into the executive office.