CODE NAME: ANASTASIA [Novel]

Chapter 19

Wherever the train moves, the scene remains the same. The mountain slopes stretch continuously one after another. Seeing that scene repeat incessantly soon made Kwon Taek Joo feel boring. The sadness that he had forgotten seemed to come rushing back.

Kwon Taek Joo yawned, looked at his watch and took a briefcase off the shelf. At first glance, it looks like any other normal briefcase. But inside it is actually a device that helps pull the satellite communication network temporarily. If necessary, you can contact Korea without leaving any trace.

Kwon Taek Joo turned on the power and entered a command using the keyboard. Then, the radio antenna inside the communication device will be activated and receive the satellite signal. Kwon Taek Joo plugged the headset for mobile phones into the jack on the side and then entered the phone number.

Zheyna stood beside him with his arms crossed and looked at him for a moment. He originally planned to go to breakfast, by the way, he would observe Hong Yeo Wook's movements. Although he didn't particularly want to go with Kwon Taek Joo, looking at his awkward awkwardness now, he was curious as to who could make a man who looked like this log want to fold. Called like that.

"Yes, mother. It's me here."

Kwon Taek Joo's mother quickly picked up the phone as if she had been waiting for this call for a long time. Because he called a bit late, so his mother worriedly asked all kinds of things, Kwon Taek Joo could only try to reassure her to help her calm down. He didn't even notice that Zegna was still listening to the conversation between the two of them.

Kwon Taek Joo kept spewing out strange language. He also met Koreans a few times for work, just like what Kwon Taek Joo was saying, they also spoke Korean. But he wasn't fluent in Korean, so he couldn't tell who he was talking to or how the conversation was going. He could only speculate about the person on the other end of the phone because Kwon Taek Joo's tone sounded friendly and gentle as he tried to placate the other person. That voice of Kwon Taek Joo, he had never heard before. If you listen to it, the sound coming from the headset is a woman's voice. Surely it was not just an overnight object but also a person with whom Kwon Taek Joo worked so hard to maintain a deep relationship for a long time.

Zheyna quietly took out his phone and launched a translation app.

As expected. The language that Kwon Taek Joo speaks is Korean, and the repeated words in that story mean 'mother'. Zheyna stared intently at the explanation and sneered. The gentleness that was not suitable for the other Kwon Taek Joo turned out not to be for a woman but for her mother.

The phone call ended quickly. Kwon Taek Joo pressed the disconnect button while sighing. He rearranged the communication equipment with a tired look and raised his eyes and immediately met Zheyna's eyes. He was looking down at him frowning. What he meant to say seemed so obvious. Kwon Taek Joo ignored him and put the communication device on the cabinet and sat down again. Zheyna smirked as if he was just waiting.

"I've always been curious as to what mamaboy would be like, it turned out to be right in front of my eyes."

"Does it look as stupid as everyone thinks?"

"You got stabbed in the black heart, so you got mad?"

"I'd rather be a mamaboy so I don't get tired."

Kwon Taek Joo shook his head and grumbled.

Zheyna didn't know what the other families were like. And he doesn't care. But after witnessing with his own eyes a man who was originally like stone suddenly became soft when facing someone like that, he was curious as to why Kwon Taek Joo said it would be better to do that.

"Go on."

"How can someone like you understand how hard it is to try to survive alone? Anxiety, worry, insecurity, restlessness and even the expectations of the only family member left in my life.... All of this is something that I have to shoulder, even the share of those who have die. Because I knew my mother would be worried, I would rather lie to her. I can only pretend to be bright in front of my mother. If she knew where I was now and what I was going to do next, she would have collapsed in an instant. Now she's still thinking I'm doing a desk job in a local civil service..."