Chief Jung and Shin Yu-Bin’s heads went blank. They had never expected Kang Ra-Eun to reveal that she had a boyfriend when it hadn’t been that long since the school violence incident had been resolved.
Ra-Eun clarified to them, “Not me. It’s about my friend.”
The two shocked people maintained expressions of disbelief despite Ra-Eun having clarified it.
“People usually make excuses that it’s about their friend when it’s actually about themselves,” Chief Jung commented.
He was not wrong. There definitely were people who talked about themselves while claiming that it was about their friend. However, Ra-Eun was not that kind of person.
“When have I ever beat around the bush like that?”
“Well...”
“...Never, I guess.”
Ra-Eun was a straightforward kind of woman; if she didn’t like something, she would outright say it. Even when something was on her mind, she was not the type to talk about it indirectly by pretending like it was about her friend.
Despite all that, Chief Jung was not able to lower his suspicions.
“Are you sure you don’t have a boyfriend?”
“Yes, nor do I plan on getting one.”
“Well, relationships are a private matter, and it’s not like our agency prohibits relationships. If there’s a man you’d like to go out with, you can. But still, try as best as you can not to get caught by reporters.”
Chief Jung had gone through an extreme amount of trouble during Ra-Eun’s dating scandal with Ji Han-Seok. Ra-Eun nodded. Chief Jung turned to face the road again and thought about what Ra-Eun had just asked.
“When you hear from the person you like that they have found a lover, huh...?”
“Have you had that kind of experience, Chief?”
“I have. It was when I was still a university student.”
Fortunately, it happened to be around when he was Seo Yi-Seo’s age.
“There was a sunbae I liked that was three years older than me. I was planning on confessing when I graduated and got a job, but she had gotten a lover before that.”
Chief Jung laughed bitterly as he reminisced the past.
“The longer one’s unrequited love goes on for, the more painful it is for themself. If they like someone and their feelings are true, then it might be a better idea to just let the other party know sooner than later. When it comes to unrequited love, time is not on your side.”
His advice stemmed from experience.
Yu-Bin asked while glancing at him, “But Chief. Didn’t you end up marrying that sunbae in the end?”
“Well, yeah.”
Ra-Eun was left stunned as she watched Chief Jung laughing awkwardly. She had thought his story had a bad ending, but it had been a happy ending instead.
‘I guess the ends justify the means, huh?’
Chief Jung had stolen the woman from that other man, and he had ultimately ended up as the winner.
“In any case, if that friend of yours really likes that person, tell them that they might be better off mustering up the courage at least once.”
“Okay, Chief.”
However...
‘Easier said than done,’ Ra-Eun thought.
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