I Love You Since 2002 - English Version

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They have been walking around the mall for about two hours. Eunwoo has tasted all the free taste products, he has already returned three times to a food stall that offers a free taste of a new flavor of brownies. And because he is handsome, he has been receiving calling cards several times by scouts who are looking for new idol trainees and rookie actors. He has collected brochures of new condos, car brochures and even insurance offers.

"Noona, aren't we going home yet?" Eunwoo asked like a child. The girl was not even buying anything. He is not sure why they went to the mall.

"Eun, what do you do when you miss someone? But you don't want to show yourself to them because you can't do it yet" Chaeyoung asked.

"Did you do something wrong?" Eunwoo asked.

"Nothing" she answered, but suddenly avoiding Jennie feels so wrong.

"Why don't you want to talk to them? If you take too long, it will be more difficult for you. If you miss them, show up. If you don't want to show up, think of a way. You get yourself into that situation, so find a way out yourself" He said.

"Ugh, Thank you, you are such a great help" Chaeyoung said sarcastically to the young driver.

"It's because. It's obvious that Miss Jennie is the one you miss," the driver said.

"Hey! Don't say bad words" she said quickly.

"Bad word but her name makes you blush?" Eun woo teased her. If you think about it, Chaeyoung treats him like a brother. Eun woo is the Som of her Nanny, she's 4 years older than him. He often came to their house when they were children, he spent Christmas and New Year with them several times, as well as during vacations, which is why she feels comfortable with him.

"Arrghh" she muttered and entered a clothing store. The young man followed her. Upon entering the store Chaeyoung handed over all the t-shirts and hoodies she could find in different sizes, Eun woo is confused about what his boss is on but he just goes along with it. 

They weren't even halfway through the store and Eunwoo couldn't see the way properly already because of the amount of clothes he's carrying, so three sales rep at that store helped. When they arrived at the cashier, they were surprised at how much she took, like ten people went shopping because of that.

"Noona, are you going to buy all of this?" Eunwoo asked a little nervously. His boss is a little shopaholic when stressed.

"Take what you want and the rest we'll give it to the orphanage. After this, let's go to the grocery store, I'll buy food for the children," Chaeyoung said.

"Orphanage? Ah, the one you are helping Miss Jennie?" Eun woo asked.

"Aish! I told you not to say bad words" Chaeyoung said.

"Okay okay, zip zip" Eunwoo said. The sales ladies laughed  because of the two of them. While scanning the clothes, Eunwoo get himself 2 hoodies and 3 t-shirts. Chaeyoung told him to add more but the young man refused. He said he was fine with what he took and didn't want to take more from the kids that will receive  the clothes.

Before they went to the grocery store, they passed by a toy store and then a bookstore. They bought some toys as well as books and school supplies. In Chaeyoung's second month on the job, she thought of allocating the salary for the children in the orphanage. She is also determined to become a full-fledged teacher, which is why she will study again to obtain a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Chaeyoung has found a passion for teaching and knows that it will never go away.

They reached the orphanage before dinner and were greeted by social workers and other children who were there. Even with a short notice, they were warmly welcomed, the children were very happy with what they brought, they were offered to have dinner in the orphanage and they agreed. While waiting for meal time they played with the children, Chaeyoung read them children's stories. It was a fun activity because even Eunwoo was happy to listen to listen to her read the stories animatedly.

After dinner, Chaeyoung walked around the orphanage with a social worker. They showed her where their donations went to, what kind of projects they established using the donation money and even the new facilities that were made possible because of the regular donations that Chaeyoung's group of friends are donating.

When they got to the back where there was an undeveloped area that was also covered by the orphanage, she saw a sign stuck on the ground near a big tree. Chaeyoung asked the social worker about it.

"Ah, that one? Time capsule. Last Saturday, the other former orphanage people came here. It was like a mini reunion, some of them already have jobs, some of them have families and they decided make a time capsule, they say they will open it after 20 years. They have also invited the children here," explained the social worker.

It was as if Chaeyoung had been hit by a large light bulb. Time capsule. Right! They also have a time capsule. And it was exactly 15 years ago when they buried it in the old village playground. Chaeyoung thought of talking to her friends to dig up the time capsule again. Curious about the letters they wrote to their future selves. What could the toys and things they included in the time capsule look like?

They went home with Chaeyoung still thinking about it. She needs to talk to Irene and Jisoo as the only two sane people in their group. Even if she tried to think about it, she had already forgotten what she had written and put in there, which is why she was more excited about opening it.
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It was late at night when the meeting ended. They approved 5 new designs and tomorrow there will be a meeting for 2 endorsement proposals, there are two artists who they want to endorse their brand. There's also a meeting for an ad, a big advertisement is planned for new designs.

Jennie is so tired. They have already eaten dinner during the meeting so she just wants to sleep when she gets home. Since she feels that she cannot drive herself home, she hired a proxy driver to drive her car and bring her home safely.

While waiting for the proxy driver she hired, she decided to stay in her office for a while. She started tidying up some of her mess, she wipes the table and checked if there is anything missing from her pantry and if she needs to go grocery shopping. While cleaning, she heard her phone rings. Thinking it was the driver she immediately took it. When she opened the message, she saw that it was Eunwoo who sent the message.

The young man reported to her what Chaeyoung did until they got home. Eunwoo knows what he should and shouldn't say to Jennie, that's why she still has no idea who gave her the flowers and lunch she got from earlier.

Anyway, in Eunwoo's message, she found out that the two went to the mall, there was even a picture with Eunwoo posing and Chaeyoung eating ice cream behind him while holding a peace sign. Jennie also saw that they were carrying many shopping bags. She got the answer when she read the next message.

Ah, they visited the orphanage. Chaeyoung is really unpredictable she thought while chuckling. She thought of visiting the orphanage too but she couldn't fit it into her schedule. Maybe she could on the weekends. She looked at the picture that Eunwoo sent and stared at Chaeyoung's face, Jennie smiled and it was as if all of her tiredness that day had disappeared. She saved the picture and cropped put Eunwoo and only saved Chaeyoung's. She doesn't need Eunwoo's face even though he is handsome.

"You are starting to get creepy, Jennie" she said to herself and looked at Chaeyoung's picture again as if Chaeyoung's smile is for her. After a while, her proxy driver sent a message and she left the office to go home.

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