Big Life

Chapter 49

Chapter 49- Follow Me If You Can

“Yes?”

Kyunguk’s smile froze in place .

Jaegun sipped his drink and added .

“I’m wondering what you liked about the new . ”

“Hm, yes, Well first, there was a good flow… hm, and the writing is clear and… really amazing . Yes, that’s right . ”

“I see . ”

Jaegun smiled slightly and nodded his head .

He had already known from Kyunguk’s expression that he hadn’t read Jaegun’s .

Kyunguk coughed purposely once or twice and opened his mouth .

“Yes, but about Writer Ha’s new . I want to say something before the contract . ”

“Could you talk to me about the webtoon first?”

“Webtoon…?”

“The webtoon that is going to be made by Comic KT . That’s first so I wish to talk about that . ”

“Ahah, yes . That’s going great . Right, Somii?”

Kyunguk, slightly surprised, passed the baton to Somii .

He had no idea about anything going on at work or at the job, so Somii had to repeat the news that she gave Jaegun already .

“They are recruiting the drawer and the writer . It’ll take about a week or so . ”

Jaegun nodded his head as if he understood . Somii looked at Jaegun in her peripheral vision and wondered .

What would be the reason to ask about the Webtoon in a place like this .

‘What are you thinking, Writer Ha…’

Somii wondered why Jaegun was even here in the first place .

She said that Tewon had resigned .

She also knew that Jaegun would push back the appointment with StarBooks and contact Tewon first .

But that’s all Somii knew .

The question about the webtoons was meaningless .

The real reason was not because of himself, but for Jung Somii .

This was Jaegun’s last favor that he could do to Somii, a StarBooks employee .

He came out here to directly say to the editor that Somii, his personal editor, could not be damaged in any way .

Silence continued .

Kyunguk opened his mouth to try and earn some points with Jaegun .

“I personally support any of your projects . I will do anything to make sure you can continue your writing career . Not even with a writer contract . The previous editor was a bit strict right? You must have struggled . Uh, what was his name, Go?”

“It was Kwon Tewon . ”

“Yes, Kwon Tewon . He worked under my dad… I mean, a representative, for a long time . He intervened with many writers, I’ve heard? So how could writers like him? He didn’t have the skills . Now with me, your writing process will be a lot better . I will support you . Obviously, I will support you . ”

Somii was so embarrassed that she felt like she wanted to make a fist .

It was a foolish attempt to gain points that he lost .

She didn’t understand the representative’s mind to put this person as the editor .

She worried for StarBook’s future, and dropped her head .

“…”

Jaegun was sipping water stolidly .

And then

He lifted his head and said calmly .

“It was because of Editor Tewon . ”

“…yes?”

Kyunguk tilted his head .

Jaegun continued as he pulled out his hand for his jacket .

“It was because of Kwan Tewon’s feedback that I’d got here . It wasn’t just because of me . ”

Assistant Go’s face became pale .

Then Kyunguk’s face also became pale . Jaegun stood up from his seat .

“I don’t think I can eat anymore . I’m sorry but I’ll excuse myself . ”

“W, writer? Writer Ha? Wait . ”

Kyunguk and Go stood up after waking up from their shock .

Jaegun had already put on his shoes and left .

‘Writer Ha?’

Somii couldn’t be here now either .

She put on her shoes .

There was no reason for her to be stopped because StarBooks was a frequent visitor .

“What, where did he go?”

“He’s not picking up either, sir . ”

Kyunguk and Go was in the front of the building looking for him .

It wasn’t an easy thing to find Jaegun in the darkness .

“Go, did I do something wrong?”

“No, no . What could you have done . Writer Ha must have been in a bad mood today . You know how writers get irritated . ”

Somii stood in front of them .

She said to the two men .

“I’ll go to the subway . ”

“Yes, Somii, if you see him, persuade him to come back . What is this? Go, let’s go this way . ”

Kyunguk pulled off his tie and walked with Go .

When they were far way, Somii’s phone started vibrating .

“Writer Ha!”

“I’m sorry, you were a little surprised, right?”

“Not a little, but a lot . Where are you?”

“I’m on a taxi . I’m in a hurry . ”

Somii couldn’t say anything

She knew why he was in a hurry and where the taxi was going .

“Somii?”

“I’m listening writer, go ahead . ”

“Did I stress you?”

“No, nothing like that . And why are you worrying about me . You should worry about your work and yourself . ”

“I don’t need to . If you’re fine, I’m ok with that . ”

“What does that…?”

Somii stopped .

A thought in her head becoming clear .

‘Because of me…?’

A puzzle piece was finding its spot .

Jaegun’s actions made sense now .

And a new question came up .

Why would he be worrying about a simple regular editor .

“You were busy being my personal editor . Thank you . I’ll buy you dinner sometime . ”

Somii pushed the emotions away and smiled .

She did nothing to Jaegun . She never had any trouble with Jaegun . He was a good writer, and his works were almost perfect .

Now her work relationship with the writer named Jaegun closed .

Unless she stopped working at StarBooks, she would never edit his work again .

Somii lifted her head .

She breathed a few times and her energy came back . She said in her usual cheerful and energetic voice .

“I’m gonna eat a lot, so you have to do good . ”

“Of course . I’ll do better than the entire 3 Ranking series . ”

“I’ll be here . Be careful . ”

“You too . ”

Somii turned around as she hung up .

Her figure disappeared in the darkness .

Only then did Jaegun leave his hiding place near the building and catch a taxi .

***

– I’m sorry, Representative Tewon . The pay by part is a bit different from paper books so I don’t really have confidence . I’ll stop here .

– I really wanted to sign with the management you’re doing, but I have a relationship with my last company, I can’t . If I have another opportunity, I’ll call again . I’m sorry .

– I can’t . I said yesterday, but I don’t have the confidence in your management . I know your skill but it’s only beginning and I don’t have data to work with, so it’s kind of risky . I’ll have to pass the first start to another writer . ”

“Sigh… . !”

A sigh came out

Tewon who had slept for over 12 hours woke up and had no idea what to do .

He got rejected from 3 writers he trusted .

His body was completely fatigued as well .

“Is it not good?”

A girl who was sitting on a computer next to his asked .

It was his wife, Sin Dongmi .

“I think everyone’s afraid . I have no previous work so . ”

“Really though . You did so much for them . ”

“If you think like that, it’s harder . Forget the past . ”

Tewon comforted her .

She looked around her house with a complicated expression . . The two kids should be looked after by their mother .

“You know . ”

“Hm?”

“What about Writer Ha?”

Dongmi knew her husband’s personality so she had waited this long . But she couldn’t wait any longer and finally asked .

“You said he’s good? He’s good at writing and you complimented him so much . You said you wanted to go to the end with him . ”

Tewon’s couldn’t answer her .

The words that representative Jeguk said was still in his head .

-Don’t think about taking away any of our writers . Especially Ha Jaegun . I’m gonna find out if he uses a pen name and we need to earn too . I gave you 3 months of money with your resignation fee . Use it well and I hope you do well .

This was why he couldn’t ask Jaegun .

If Jaegun knew he resigned, he might not work for StarBooks anymore .

And this was a huge problem as well .

StarBook’s influence was huge for every subject . If Tewon did something to hurt them, there was no knowing what harm that they could do to him .

A management had to sell the writer’s works to the biggest market that it could .

This was what Tewon had to know from now . But if he lost his market before he could sell anything?

That was the end .

“Where are you going?”

Dongmi asked seeing Tewon taking his coat .

“I’m going to take a walk . ”

Tewon went down to the first floor with the elevator . .

He was holding a cigarette .

He was about to smoke one without his wife knowing .

Beep!

Then his phone vibrated in his pocket .

Tewon pulled in quickly hoping that one writer had changed his mind .

“… . !”

He froze when he saw the name Ha Jaegun .

Beep! Beep! Beep!

The vibration continued in his phone

But Tewon couldn’t answer .

What could he say to Jaegun at this time?

He had nothing to say and he couldn’t think of anything to say .

Just then…

“I guess it’s a vibrating machine instead of a phone . ”

Tewon froze .

The voice behind him was so familiar .