Chapter 231
The next day.
Yoo-hyun arrived at work 20 minutes later than usual.
It was because he had stopped by the panel measurement room to get the measurement data.
As soon as he put his laptop bag on his desk, he was greeted by a curse.
It was Hong Hyuk-su, the team leader.
“Hey, Han Yoo-hyun. How did the measurement go yesterday?”
“I did it.”
“What? You left early and you say that?”
“I used the automatic measurement program set up by the analysis team.”
Yoo-hyun answered, and Hong Hyuk-su smirked and gestured with his hand.
“Bring me the data right now.”
“Yes.”
Yoo-hyun took his laptop and went to the team meeting table.
There were the team manager and the two part leaders with grim expressions.
Kim Ho Geol, the senior engineer, spoke.
“You left early yesterday?”
“Yes, I did.”
“Why?”
“There was no need for me to be there when there was an automatic measurement program.”
Yoo-hyun answered confidently, and Kim Ho Geol’s eyebrows narrowed.
He suppressed his anger and opened his mouth.
“But there could have been problems.”
“I left log files so there were no problems.”
“Hey. What if the panel dies when there’s a problem? What are you going to do then?”
As soon as Yoo-hyun answered, Hong Hyuk-su burst out in anger instead of the team manager.
He seemed to be determined to break Yoo-hyun.
It was a situation that would freeze anyone, but Yoo-hyun calmly opened his laptop.
Then he asked Hong Hyuk-su.
“Will a dead panel suddenly come back to life if there’s someone there?”
“No, but you can at least check the exact time when it died.”
Hong Hyuk-su’s words were not wrong.
Yoo-hyun knew that very well too.
But he asked on purpose.
“Is that important?”
“Of course. That’s why we stay up all night, do you think we’re just playing around?”
“Yes. I understand what you mean.”
Yoo-hyun answered and displayed the screen connected to his laptop.
There was a measurement record sheet that scrolled down.
The measurement values were empty from around 8 pm last night.
Seeing that, Hong Hyuk-su sneered.
“See? I knew you would screw up like this.”
“But the panel was fine until now.”
“Oh. If you’re going to work like that, pack your bags right now. Who can’t say that?”
Hong Hyuk-su was too angry, but Kim Ho Geol couldn’t defend Yoo-hyun.
It was Yoo-hyun’s fault too.
Jung In Wook, the part leader, was just watching the situation quietly.
Then Yoo-hyun spoke.
“Shouldn’t we check why the automatic measurement didn’t work first?”
“It’s obvious. If it worked in one go, we wouldn’t have to suffer like this.”
“I see. Actually, I also prepared a backup plan in case the panel suddenly went out.”
“A backup plan?”
Hong Hyuk-su’s eyes narrowed at Yoo-hyun’s words.
Yoo-hyun smiled and played a video while saying.
“Yes. I installed a camera in the measurement room. I had to make sure of the panel status.”
“What, what did you say?”
“And I caught an interesting scene on camera.”
Click.
The point where Yoo-hyun paused the playback matched the time when no measurement values were recorded.
A shadow suddenly appeared on the screen that only showed the panel.
Yoo-hyun played it again, and someone on the screen turned off the measuring device that was measuring well.
The camera used for panel analysis was good, so the quality of the video was clear.
There was no way to not know who that someone was.
Yoo-hyun looked around the team executives without saying a word.
A silent silence flowed.
At that moment, Hong Hyuk-su jumped up and shouted out of nowhere.
“Hey. Yoon Gi Chun.”
“Yes? Me?”
“Yeah. You bastard. Come here quickly.”
Yoon Gi Chun, who was bewildered, quickly came to the team table.
He saw the laptop screen clearly in his eyes.
Of course, he also recognized his own appearance.
His mind went blank at that moment.
Hong Hyuk-su started pouring out all kinds of swear words.
“You bastard, are you crazy? Are you insane?”
“Huh? That, that is…”
“How can you ruin your work like that, even if he’s not your senior?”
“…”
“You son of a bitch, I’ll show you what I can do.”
He even tried to do a Hollywood action with a fist fight.
Yoo-hyun spat out a laugh while watching them.
Then he said to Kim Ho Geol, the senior engineer.
“Team manager, then I’ll get up.”
“Oh, oh. Good job.”
“No. The panel status is fine, so I’ll set it up again today.”
“Thank you for that.”
Yoo-hyun said goodbye and returned to his seat.
Jung In Wook, the part leader, looked at his back with a complicated expression.
Hong Hyuk-su’s swearing continued for a while.
It was like he was pouring out his own sins on Yoon Gi Chun.
But did he know?
That he would lose his right-hand man because of this.
Yoon Gi Chun’s expression, which clenched his teeth and shook his fists, proved it.
There was no way Yoon Gi Chun would back down like this.
Even a rat would bite a cat when cornered.
Yoo-hyun returned to his seat and looked at Kim Seon-dong, the senior engineer.
He was restless.
He said to him.
“Kim senior engineer, you saw it, right? They’re just people like that.”
“…”
Yoo-hyun was about to say more when Lee Jin-mok, the senior engineer, came up behind him and said.
“You got scolded.”
“No, I didn’t.”
“No. I knew the 2nd part guys would tackle you, but I didn’t know it would be this bad.”
“No, it’s not. The other people are nice to me.”
Yoo-hyun said calmly, but Lee Jin-mok looked determined.
He clenched his fist and said.
“Kid. Wait. Maeng senior engineer and I will talk to the 2nd part.”
“Thank you for that.”
“Thank you? What do you mean…”
Lee Jin-mok was about to say something when Hong Hyuk-su moved first, followed by Yoon Gi Chun.
They made a fuss in front and then spat out some words behind.
Yoo-hyun stopped Lee Jin-mok from talking.
“Senior engineer, I’m sorry.”
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“Yes. I have to go see something. Kim senior engineer, excuse me.”
Then he grabbed Kim Seon-dong’s wrist and dragged him along.
Kim Seon-dong’s eyes widened at Yoo-hyun’s sudden action.
“Huh? Why me?”
“You have to come with me.”
“Do I really have to?”
“Please, just this once.”
Yoo-hyun said firmly, and Kim Seon-dong reluctantly got up.
Lee Jin-mok was surprised by the unexpected situation and just tilted his head.
Yoo-hyun dragged Kim Seon-dong along and followed the two men.
Kim Seon-dong seemed to have an idea of the situation too.
“Why are you following them?”
“You have to see it.”
“See what?”
“It will help you make a decision.”
Was it because of Yoo-hyun’s confident eyes?
Kim Seon-dong’s eyes wavered.
As Yoo-hyun expected, he was still struggling with his weak self.
A moment later.
Yoo-hyun and Kim Seon-dong were listening with their ears open at the bottom floor of the emergency stairs.
The conversation between Hong Hyuk-su and Yoon Gi Chun came from above.
Hong Hyuk-su’s voice had softened considerably.
“Yoon senior engineer, you know how I feel.”
“Team leader, I really can’t do this to me.”
“Hey, come on.”
“If this continues, I can’t work with Hong team leader.”
Yoo-hyun’s prediction was correct. The two men were bickering.
People who were tangled up in a dirty relationship never lasted long.
He couldn’t trace their past actions, but they must have twisted at some point.
It was just that the timing was faster now.
Yoon Gi Chun’s sharp voice came out.
“I can get out of here by selling Seon-dong’s name. But what about Hong team leader?”
“I can do that too. The team manager signed it too.”
“But all the money went into Hong team leader’s hands.”
“You ate some too.”
“I can’t do that much.”
“No, it’s not. The other people are nice to me.”
Yoo-hyun said calmly, but Lee Jin-mok, the senior engineer, had a determined expression.
He clenched his fist and said.
“Kid. Wait. Maeng senior engineer and I will talk to the 2nd part.”
“Thank you for that.”
“Thank you? What do you mean…”
Lee Jin-mok was about to say something when Hong Hyuk-su moved first, followed by Yoon Gi Chun.
They made a fuss in front and then spat out some words behind.
Yoo-hyun stopped Lee Jin-mok from talking.
“Senior engineer, I’m sorry.”
“Why? What’s wrong?”
“Yes. I have to go see something. Kim senior engineer, excuse me.”
Then he grabbed Kim Seon-dong’s wrist and dragged him along.
Kim Seon-dong’s eyes widened at Yoo-hyun’s sudden action.
“Huh? Why me?”
“You have to come with me.”
“Do I really have to?”
“Please, just this once.”
Yoo-hyun said firmly, and Kim Seon-dong reluctantly got up.
Lee Jin-mok was surprised by the unexpected situation and just tilted his head.
Yoo-hyun dragged Kim Seon-dong along and followed the two men.
Kim Seon-dong seemed to have an idea of the situation too.
“Why are you following them?”
“You have to see it.”
“See what?”
“It will help you make a decision.”
Was it because of Yoo-hyun’s confident eyes?
Kim Seon-dong’s eyes wavered.
As Yoo-hyun expected, he was still struggling with his weak self.
A moment later.
Yoo-hyun and Kim Seon-dong were listening with their ears open at the bottom floor of the emergency stairs.
The conversation between Hong Hyuk-su and Yoon Gi Chun came from above.
Hong Hyuk-su’s voice had softened considerably.
“Yoon senior engineer, you know how I feel.”
“Team leader, I really can’t do this to me.”
“Hey, come on.”
“If this continues, I can’t work with Hong team leader.”
Yoo-hyun’s prediction was correct. The two men were bickering.
People who were tangled up in a dirty relationship never lasted long.
He couldn’t trace their past actions, but they must have twisted at some point.
It was just that the timing was faster now.
Yoon Gi Chun’s sharp voice came out.
“I can get out of here by selling Seon-dong’s name. But what about Hong team leader?”
“I can do that too. The team manager signed it too.”
“But all the money went into Hong team leader’s hands.”
“You ate some too.”
“I can’t do that much.”
The two men came out very meanly.
Even if they thought there was no one around, they were exposing their flaws without any hesitation.
And their attacks were also childish.
“What if I tell Seon-dong? If he knows you took the money, will he just sit still?”
“He’s a useless pig. But what about the team manager?”
“You bastard.”
This was not in Yoo-hyun’s expectation, so it wasn’t very surprising.
But Kim Seon-dong wasn’t like that.
He shook his fist clenched hand.
He only saw their dirty faces now.
Yoo-hyun silently held his hand.
Kim Seon-dong nodded as if he had made up his mind.
Yoo-hyun didn’t have a sense of mission to correct all the corruption in the company life.
He had no reason to do that either.
But this case was different.
Yoo-hyun went up to the rooftop lounge of Ulsan 4th factory and handed Kim Seon-dong a paper cup filled with coffee.
Then Kim Seon-dong said in a clumsy voice.
“Th, thank you.”
“You paid for it.”
“Still, it’s only 200 won.”
“That’s more than enough. Sit down there.”
Yoo-hyun said kindly, and Kim Seon-dong’s expression finally softened a bit.
Vroom vroom vroom vroom.
The loud sound of the exhaust fan was the background noise as Yoo-hyun drank his coffee.
He had never been alone with Kim Seon-dong before either.
It was because he was very shy.
Yoo-hyun broke the ice and said his thoughts first.
“I’m sorry, senior engineer.”
“Why, why?”
“Just because. I feel like I dragged you into this.”
“No, it’s not like that…”
Kim Seon-dong hesitated.
Yoo-hyun didn’t just say that either.
Kim Seon-dong stood still for a moment and opened his mouth cautiously.
“Actually, I saw you once before you went on a business trip.”
“We had a meeting together.”
“No, not that.”
“Then what?”
Kim Seon-dong licked his lips and slightly lifted his mouth corners.
He seemed to be imagining something fun.
Then he threw out an unexpected word.
“At the emergency stairs earlier.”
“Oh.”
“When you confronted Yoon senior engineer, I saw it with Maeng senior engineer.”
“Did they curse at you?”
Yoo-hyun asked with a smile, and he suddenly said his feelings.
“No. I was jealous.”
“…”
His gaze that was cast down was directed at the paper cup on his crossed legs.
He hesitated for a moment and continued.
“I wanted to be like that too.”
“I wasn’t in the same team as you.”
“No. It wasn’t like that.”
Kim Seon-dong shrugged his shoulders.
Then his face got closer to the paper cup.
Yoo-hyun called him softly.
“Senior engineer.”
“Yeah.”
“You’re a strong person too.”
“…”
“It’s just that your style is different.”
Yoo-hyun’s words made Kim Seon-dong turn his head.
His lips were trembling, but he held the paper cup tightly.
“Can I… really do it?”
“Of course. You’ve already decided, right?”
“Yeah. Th, this time, I won’t run away.”
Maybe it was because of what Yoo-hyun said when he was drunk.
Yoo-hyun held his hand again and said.
“I’ll be with you.”
“Thank you.”
“I should thank you.”
“What do you have to thank me for?”
Yoo-hyun looked at Kim Seon-dong who shook his head.