Chapter 142 (1/2)

Chapter 142

Again, Hyunwoo looked at Suji's face to read her mind.

“Just pick up the phone,” she said as if she was giving up.

“Oh, it's you, Juhwan.”

As soon as Hyunwoo picked up the phone, Juhwan spoke in an excited voice, “Sir, I've hit gold. I've received some orders of coating film from Vietnam. If the quality is good, they gave me an oral promise that they would order more!”

Hyunwoo's eyes popped out suddenly. He had Juhwan learn some sales skills just in case, but he already pulled off a contract. Though it was an oral promise, it was still a great success.

“Great job, dude!”

Hyunwoo wanted to shout together with him and share the joy, but he had to be conscious of Suji's cold look at the moment, so Hyunwoo tried to hide his joy and spoke in a casual and calm tone.

Was it a good reason? Juhwan's voice became subdued, too. It looked like his morale was down because of Hyunwoo.

“I think the monthly sales will be 20 million won, and the profit on our side is about 4%.”

At that moment, Hyunwoo felt he made a big mistake and regretted it.

He thought it was just stupid to undermine Juwhan's moral because of Suji's mood. She could understand it if she knew the situation, so he changed his tone and praised Juhwan in a cheerful voice.

“What a nice job! Wonderful. I didn't ever dream that you would hit gold so quickly. I am really surprised,” said Hyunwoo.

Juhwan also changed his voice and answered cheerfully, but he seemed to have noticed an air of awkwardness on Hyunwoo's end.

“By the way, are you uncomfortable speaking over the phone now, sir?”

“Oh, just a little bit. We can talk briefly.”

“Oh, I see. Sorry, sir. Let me give you a call later.”

“Really? Sure then.”

Hyunwoo ended the call and then tried to turn off the phone.

Then, another call buzzed on his phone.

This time Suji's voice was much more subdued.

“Please pick up the phone.”

Instead of picking it up, however, Hyunwoo tried to power it off, but Suji stopped him.

This time it was a call from another older woman asking about the faceless angel.

“By the way, I'm too bored when I wake up at dawn. Call me if you need help. I can make some food.”

“Thanks for your attention,” said Hyunwoo and hang up the phone.

Then, he powered off the phone.

However, Suji was pretty upset, and Hyunwoo tried to soothe her in vain.

“I'm going to go home,” said Suji in a chilly voice.

“Shall we have dinner together?” said Hyunwoo, quickly holding her shoulder as she turned back.

“You told me to go home and take care of my father.”

“Oh, what I mean is…” murmured Hyunwoo. He had a ready tongue, but he was at a loss for words now.

“No, thanks,” said Suji curtly and then turned back, without looking at him at all.

Hyunwoo felt funny about the situation.

Why is she mean? What did I do to her? By the way, what was the day before yesterday?

There might be some reason why she placed particular emphasis on the day before yesterday.

Hummmm… Was it Suji's birthday?

Come to think of it, he wrote down the birthday of other people, but not Suji's. He didn't even try to find it out.

“d.a.m.n it! I'm so dumb. I have been completely unaware of her birthday! I think I have been so indifferent to her up to now.”

He then turned on the cellphone.

“Nonetheless, let me send her a text message anyway.”

He texted a message expressing his regret. He didn't expect any reply, though. By tomorrow, her anger would melt away; then, he would call her. Then, she would probably pretend to give in and pick up the phone.

Hyunwoo called Juhwan.

“Sorry about a moment ago. I was kind of uncomfortable talking with you long then. By the way, you're so great. How could you open a business network so quickly?”

“Well, I was just lucky. Actually, I called you to ask you something.”

“What is it?”

“I know a couple of friends who are very competent. Would you hire them? They are really competent and diligent. If you hire them for three months as contractors and like them, you can hire them as full-timers.”

“Can you guarantee them?”