The Heavenly Demon Gives a Massage

“Doesn’t things go well?”

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Lee Dong-chan raised his glass and asked. Kim Min-yeol silently clinked the glasses and then emptied them all at once.

kuh. Soon after, an alcoholic groan broke out.

“This floor is all like that, well. During development, the concept changed, the team members were replaced, and the results continued to be disturbed… Upstairs, they scramble to put a spoon on it again.”

How about this, how about that?

In reality, they are ignorant people, but every time they try to add spoons, the project loses balance like a boat tossed by the wind.

Still, I tried to do something every time, and I endured with a love for the game… … . Not too long ago, the project virtually collapsed.

The day before, we had a dinner party to cheer up together, but the next day, seeing all the team members sitting in front of their desks in awe, I suddenly felt exhausted.

“Now I just want to let go.”

“Hey. still… Try some more.”

“done. I don’t have a wife, so it’s rather comfortable, well. I just need to take care of my body. is not it?”

Kim Min-yeol emptied the soju glass again and burst out laughing as if what he had said was funny. However, the expression on his face was still gloomy.

“… … .”

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Lee Dong-chan silently watched his friend.

In fact, how many office workers do not want to get rid of work? Even a new employee who has only been at the company for a month must have imagined writing a resignation letter a few times.

Still, everyone is just enduring day by day.

However… In the meantime, there comes a time when I feel like I can’t stand it. When I suddenly look back, my body is broken and my mind is at its limit, such an exhausted moment.

It’s hard to open your mouth easily because you know the heart.

‘Aww, child… … .’

Maybe it’s because we’re in the same game industry, so it didn’t feel like someone else’s work. It’s just that that friend went up earlier than the others… It just broke that early.

It’s painful to just watch.

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Lee Dong-chan pondered for a while, then checked his schedule on the calendar app and clicked his tongue. Then, as if he had made up his mind, he slowly opened his mouth.

“Hey, Minyeol.”

“… why?”

“Let’s go to the sauna tomorrow. How are you?”

“sauna?”

Minyeol Kim scratched his head. Do you want to change your mood? However, even considering that, it was a bit out of the blue.

“I still have to go to work.”

“Who made bread? Let’s go after work, dude.”

“… done. Thank you even from the bottom of my heart.”

It’s not fun to do anything these days.

It’s a sauna and nabal, and I just want to stay at home and breathe after work. Even more so these days.

“Let’s go when they say let’s go. yes?”

“It’s okay… uh?”

The moment he met Lee Dong-chan’s eyes while trying to refuse, Kim Min-yeol forgot his words for a moment. Because his eyes were so spleen.

As if sacrificing something big… Like the look in the eyes of a person who lends even emergency money that his wife secretly saved.

“Once you go… Will you thank me?”

right tomorrow. That day was the third reservation for the massage shop, which Lee Dong-chan had been using as a resting place for his mind and body since his first visit. However… … .

“no. You should be grateful.”

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Lee Dong-chan decided to yield this to a friend who was tired of life for a while, with the determination to hold back tears.

* * *

“Dad, how are your shoulders these days?”

[shoulder? not fine It seems to have gone back to the past. No, it seems to be better than then?]

“okay?”

[That’s right. And maybe because of the bellflower you gave me, I just have a lot of energy these days. Are you in the mood to eat ramen at home with handmade noodles?]

Kang Tae-han smiled at his father’s white voice. It was a conversation on the phone, but I could clearly see my father shrugging his shoulders over the receiver.

‘My father has changed a lot too.’

Of course, it’s a good story. In the past, just imagining my father joking was awkward, but these days it feels more natural.

Is it because the father and son have gotten closer differently than before, or is it that they have more room in their lives unlike before? Either way, it was a real pleasure for my son.

[By the way. Wouldn’t it be better to just ignore the store holiday you mentioned then?]

“Yes? why.”

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Last time Kang Tae-han had seriously told his father about taking a break from shop work for one day a week.

Now that you are older, picking hand-made noodles every day is a bigger job than you think. Of course, nothing special has happened yet, but I still want you to take it easy as a child.

[You may have seen it the other day, but there are a lot of customers visiting the store these days. Old-fashioned guests come, what is that… Taste Stargram? There are many young customers who said they saw it there.]

“It seems like a lot.”

Taste Stargram is an SNS that mainly deals with uploads of restaurants. Kang Tae-han also searched for it out of curiosity, but there were more posts than expected that mentioned his father’s shop.

It’s one of the few shops where you can see the hand-picking. In fact, on some posts, there was a video of my father pulling out hand-made noodles.

‘It’s a good thing.’

Handmade noodles was a skill that showed his father’s pride. In its heyday, it even pulled out the water surface, which was named ‘as thin as a dragon’s beard’.

Of course, after the surgery, I couldn’t pull out the hand-made noodles for a long time… Even so, it was to the extent that he left the kneading stand and cleaned it every day.

To Kang Tae-han, seeing his father’s shop again recognized for its hand-made noodles was such a joy that it was hard to explain.

[Last week I rested as you said, but I thought that I should row when the water comes in.]

“I think I’d better get some rest.”

How happy his father must be when he feels this new. Kang Tae-han couldn’t bear to strongly oppose it because he could only vaguely guess that feeling.

“These days, it looks more like a restaurant when you have a day off.”

[Anyway, since I’m staying at the store every day and resting at home, this is very awkward. People who have eaten meat eat it, right? It’s kind of like that, well… … .]

Kang Ho-yeon rarely took a break from the store. It was like that even when there were no customers, and it was the same on public holidays. It’s all about holidays or a day or two off.

In the past, I thought of my son and suppressed the desire to play, but stayed at the store… It’s a little different now. Rather, it became awkward to rest.

Kang Tae-han let out a small sigh.

I understood what the situation was, but I had to stop even more because of it. Isn’t it time to relax a bit?

“Then let’s go play with my son.”

[…] uh, with you?]

“Yes, every week will be tough, but… It would be nice to go hiking together, eat out, and go fishing together.”

In the end, it is Kang Tae-han who pulls out a powerful card.

[that… Sounds good.]

As expected, the father had no choice but to react to these words. Kang Ho-yeon said in a shy yet pleasant voice.

“At this point, it would be nice to have a hobby. Is there anything you’ve always wanted to do? Even in the past.”

[Well… Come to think of it, I wanted to play golf properly.]

“Golf?”

Kang Tae-han asked back at the unexpected word.

[Among my hometown friends, the better-off guys went out to play golf. Well, I did go and see it once. It wasn’t even fun.]

Contrary to words, a voice filled with regret.

Kang Tae-han was lost in thought for a moment.

‘Golf… … .’

Something has happened recently with golf.

Suddenly thinking about it, Kang Tae-han fixed the smartphone on his shoulder and cheek, then opened his wallet to find the business card he had put in before.

‘If you need to play golf, call me!’

Cho Won-ho, owner of Gongju Country Golf Club.

There was a high probability that these were empty words, but there would be nothing wrong with contacting them. Kang Tae-han shrugged the other shoulder and put his business card on the desk.

* * *

When booking Kang Tae-han’s Artisan Course on weekdays, the most competitive time slots are the last two times.

Two hours between six and seven in the afternoon.

In fact, it had to be. Because it was only two times that ordinary office workers who could not go outside during work could visit during the week.

There is also a fact that you have to come on weekends if it is not this time, but besides that, there were many office workers who preferred it because they could get a massage right after work.

“thank you sir. Thanks to you, my energy is soaring.”

“It seems that even my worries melt away when I go here.”

Is it because of such special circumstances? At this time, the reaction of the guests is also more intense than other times.

Some say it’s the vitality of life, someone says it’s an oasis, and some customers who seem to work in the game industry say it’s like a save point.

“Not too long ago, if there was a reservation cancellation, they tipped me to let me know first.”

Director Hwang said as he put down the teacup he was holding. Rather than being a selfish person… It was a look that made me want to grab a straw at least once.

“So, did you do it?”

“No, if you ask Taehan, what I do for you is a strange drawing. Cancellations don’t go well either.”

Responding to Choi Seong-hyun’s words, Chief Hwang filled the teapot with hot water and brewed a third cup.

The tea leaves used are Yukangwapyeon (六安瓜片). It is Director Hwang who bought a simple set of tea utensils and tea leaves after drinking it for the first time after being recommended by Kang Tae-han.

“… Is that delicious?”

“Is it just the taste? It just melts and melts in your mouth. It’s cold.”

Director Hwang smelled the incense and shook his head with a profound expression. Seeing from the side, it was quite unsightly, so Choi Seong-hyun’s eyebrows were distorted. He changed the subject again.

“By the way, the facial expressions of customers definitely change after work hours.”

“I can’t help it, what… Because they are all tired.”

Who are the people who come to the sauna?

Some people come simply to wash up, but most of them come to those who are tired and need to recharge because they are tired of life.

Especially for office workers who come after work hours, there is no need to mention it.

Still, it would be nice to recharge in the sauna and go back energetically, but most of the time I’m still tired. Fatigue is too deep to be recovered by sauna alone.

“It’s our job to release it and revitalize it.”

Director Hwang put down the teacup and said. Choi Seong-hyun stared at him like that and opened his mouth alludingly.

“It sounds like you have a very high work ethic, but… The manager doesn’t give massages.”

“… Are you going to draw that line?”

Director Hwang puts his hand on his chin and bursts into laughter. Seonghyun Choi shrugged his shoulders and averted his gaze.

‘… Is this right?’

Meanwhile, at that time, a customer came to the lobby of the massage shop.

The guest is none other than Kim Min-yeol, who took over today’s reservation from Lee Dong-chan. Lee Dong-chan also came to the sauna together, but when he went in together, he said that he would go to get a massage as usual, and headed to the sauna.

‘It looks like an ordinary massage shop… … .’

Maybe it’s because the mind is exhausted, but most of the thoughts are pessimistic. I wondered if coming here was a waste of time.

I thought about going back for a moment.

‘When it’s over, you’ll thank me, right?’

Suddenly, I remembered the face of the friend who had brought me here. Thinking of that favor, Kim Min-yeol moved into the store.