CH 840

Memories that could not be saved (1)

That was a long time ago.

fake one

that day. The moment a group of young children playing in the neighborhood kick the ball in the wrong direction, everything

work has begun

“Uh huh?”

The boy in soccer boots shouted in embarrassment.

Even so, the ball that flew in a parabolic shape moved even if its feet were running and went into the gap under the gate of a house.

“Ah, I’ll take it out.”

The child who kicked the ball spit out swear words and went looking for the ball.

At that time, the friends next to him stopped him with a look of concern.

“Hey. Just drop the ball.”

,,That’s the house with the swearing grandma over there.” “I was very upset when I went. My mom told me not to go near that house. He’s an old man with dementia and a disfigured personality.”

But the boy in soccer boots doesn’t care

didn’t

“Hey, what are you afraid of old grandma? Did you have dementia?”

He grinned and ran towards the slate roof and slanted concrete wall house.

Then I looked under the rusty iron gates that had been stripped of paint.

“Gong-ah, where are you?

A child lying flat on the floor and peering under the iron gate.

Moment. He felt a single gaze looking at him.

“Hey!?”

A cold gaze was looking down at the boy through the iron gates.

Gwi-yeon, who is known to be scary in this neighborhood, was standing there.

“Aww! You devil! Just throw the ball away!”

When the soccer boot boy runs away, the other children run away in panic.

“… … The little ones.”

Pyun Gwi-yeon sighed as she saw the children running away.

Noisy is disgusting.

Pyun Gwi-yeon checked the waste paper collection truck in the yard and went back into the house.

As I sat on the floor and looked at the yard, it started to snow.

snow falling profusely. When you look at it, it looks very warm, but when you touch it, it is actually cold.

Moreover, for Pyeon Gwi-yeon, who has to drive a rear car, the street

The snowballs piled up and stained with black are very difficult.

“I’m sick. stop coming.”

Are you talking to the eyes, or to people and the world?

Pyun Gwi-yeon looked at the door-to-door salesman’s shoe nose through the gap under the gate and tried to ignore the buzzing sound of the doorbell.

[Sir, skip this house.

It’s a weak old man’s house.]

Another salesman’s voice was heard outside, and soon the sound of footsteps moved away from the gate.

Pyun Gwi-yeon was finally able to look down on the quiet courtyard by herself.

She didn’t mean that she was alone like this from the beginning.

Of course, even for Pyun Gwi-yeon, when she was small and plump, she was bright and pure.

There was a life of a young girl, a youth that blushed with trembling in love, and a fierce middle-aged life.

But now, after all these things have burned like flames of passion, one person’s life is fading away, and in this place, only the scorched ashes remain and contain the unquenched embers.

“parents. Sisters, brothers, friends, and our inspiration… … Everyone left first.”

Pyeon Gwi-yeon is left alone in this world. She has seen everyone around her leave.

Memory fades as you get older, which is a big help in this case.

“Everyone is gone, now I’m the only one left.”

There is no one to wait any longer. It was sad and sad, but there was also a sense of relief and emptiness.

It is difficult to remove the bond once it is attached. Now that everything is organized, all you need to do is finish your life well.

Pyun Gwi-Yeon kept quite a bit of cash in a well-visible place in the room, just in case she fell down unexpectedly one day.

It is because I want the person who found it to use it for funeral expenses.

“Can I cause trouble to others?”

Pyun Gwi-yeon quietly mutters to herself while looking at the snow falling from the sky.

Then something strange appeared in her eyes.

furnace

Since yesterday, no firewood has been put in, so only ashes have been piled up, and there is something empty sticking out of it.

“… … Yes. Those little guys

It was a ball I was playing with.”

Again, I hate being noisy. There is nothing more distasteful to hear than the swear words and fuss uttered by children.

It’s difficult if you sneak in and break the car or steal money like you’re looking for a ball, so I’ll have to throw the ball out. Pyun Gwi-yeon thought so.

However.

Pyun Gwi-yeon, who went near the furnace, knew that it was not a ball.

‘Keeping… … .’

Fluffs of white fur that trembled with a painful sound.

The back, buttocks, and fur all over the footprints of the football boots.

A puppy is scared

He was looking up at Pyun Gwi-yeon with a Lynn expression.

“It’s like people who eat vera.”

Pyun Gwi-yeon spit swear words at the children who were playing soccer in the alley.

whatever anyway

What can I do when a small blood clot is trembling and dying in front of my eyes?

Pyun Gwi-yeon boiled two eggs from the refrigerator.

“Eat this and go.”

The dog ate the egg in a hurry with its eyes that couldn’t open because of the spicy ashes.

The guy’s stomach, who licked and licked even a plate of water, soon became chubby.

The puppy soon approached Pyun Gwi-yeon and tried to rub her face.

However.

“Arthur. Dirup Guro, where the ash is everywhere.”

Pyun Gwi-yeon grabs the dog’s back neck as it is, lifts it up, and puts it down outside the gate.

Just like the words she mumbled earlier, for me, it is easy to attach a bond and it is not easy to take it off.

because it’s difficult

But the dog is small, so it keeps creeping back under the door.

And somehow, he worked steadily and hard to rub his body against Pyun Gwi-yeon’s body.

Seeing the puppy desperately trying to please her, Pyun Gwi-yeon didn’t say anything for a moment.

A guy lying on the floor, showing his pink belly and soles.

Seeing that little chubby little chubby panting with his little tongue sticking out makes me laugh somehow.

Since it was so small anyway, there was nothing to prevent it from crawling through the gap under the gate.

“How much longer will you live?”

The blood in front of you and your life

It was a quiet comparison.

Time goes by quickly.

Pyun Gwi-yeon is seen off by an old-timer who is a junk dealer and pulls out an empty truck.

“You come out all the time these days, Mr. Pyun. Your face has improved a lot. Is there anything far away?”

Pyun Gwi-yeon laughs at the old junk dealer’s words.

“What are the good things about this age?”

“Heh heh heh- why are you saying this? Living for the fun of growing up with your grandchildren… … Oops.”

The old lady of the junk yard was talking without thinking, and then covered her mouth with her hand.

This is because I belatedly remembered the plight of Pyun-gwi-yeon, who has no family.

However, as usual, Pyun Gwi-yeon, who would have left without replying, was smiling dryly.

,,Well, I understand a little bit,”

At those words, the old lady in the junkyard put on a blank expression.

Pyun Gwi-yeon returned home on the same road.

On the way home, for almost a day’s pay

Even buying canned snacks at a reasonable price.

You can see the gate in the distance.

Heck heck- heh heh heh-

We had just entered the alleyway, but already heard the sound of scratching.

“You furry bastard. Are you already scolding me? How else do you know you bought snacks for me?”

Pyun Gwi-yeon opens the door with a bashful smile.

Then, the puppy, who has grown so much, rubs his face on Pyun Gwi-yeon’s feet and knees.

He opened the can and gave it to him, but the puppy didn’t even care about it and was just busy licking the back of his hand and forearm.

“Shut up. An old man who only beats every day

What is it? It’s good. Hey Canna Gamura. Be careful not to empty your tongue, fiction.”

Pyeon Gwi-yeon petting the puppy and smiling.

She said as if she had thought of something.

“Look, you’ve grown a lot. I went out and bought a new house.”

The house I used before was already small, so

When the baby enters, the tip of the nose sticks out slightly.

Pyun Gwi-yeon groaned and got up and took the squadron.

“Let’s go to the market, Kangsaeng.”

Naturally, the puppy follows behind such a pyeon-gwi-yeon.

I’m going to go to the market like this now and buy a big dog house.

It will cost about 50,000 won, and that’s about it. It’s okay to have some money saved up.

After you buy a house and put it in a truck, you have to take out a duck down duvet that you lost a long time ago and put it inside.

Pyun Gwi-yeon made a plan for the future and went out of the alley.

… … But. Life doesn’t always go as planned.

Even Pyun Gwi-yeon, who has gone through all the hardships she has experienced during this long period of time, cannot help but be surprised and bewildered by the intervention that comes into daily life.

This was the case, for example, of that luxury car that overcame a speed bump and rushed at a startling speed.

The driver peeking through the windshield looks like he’s talking to someone.

He held the phone to his ear and giggled.

It looks like it doesn’t look forward at all.

,,What?,,

Pyun Gwi-yeon was startled, put down the rear car and crouched down.

It’s such a fleeting moment that I don’t even think about avoiding it.

Just people screaming, fast

The noise of worn-out tires, splattering stones, and flying no-parking signs can be felt slowly but clearly.

‘Is this far?’

In Pyun Gwi-yeon’s mind, two words came to mind: resignation.

This is the last thing I’ve been preparing for so long. I didn’t know it would end like this, but anyway, I’ve always been prepared for the end, so I’m calm.

could

… … one thing.

Except for one thing.

‘It’s a puppy.’

If he goes first like this, who will stay and take care of him?

What are your thoughts at the end of your life?

right then

There was an existence blocking Pyun Gwi-yeon’s eyes.

A flash of white light flashes out of nowhere.

In the blink of an eye, it cuts between Cha and Pyun Gwi-yeon.

And.

went far away

Easy profit-

The car narrowly stopped in front of Pyun Gwi-yeon.

People screaming in front of the alley.

Then the driver gets out of the car.

He was on the floor with a wrinkled expression on his face.

I spit on it once.

“Aww, that’s a surprise. It pops out of nowhere and sucks. Whoa, my bumper!”

The front part of the luxury car is dented.

The cost of repair alone is estimated to be the price of a small car.

But such things were not Pyeon Gwi-yeon’s interest.

“Gangsaeng!

Pyun Gwi-yeon flew to the corner of the alley and held the dog that was lying down.

What would this little thing do to jump into that big car? What would you do with this little body, what would you do?

The dog, who was panting for breath, was dyed red as it is.

A single twilight is setting in the alley where white snow is gently falling

there was.

then.

“Grandma. How are you going to do this?”

The driver asks Pyun Gwi-yeon.

He grunted as if he had had bad luck.

“Is this a grandma dog? Should I call the insurance company or give me cash? Ah, Mr. X, it suddenly popped out.”

It was the people of the alley who answered that word instead.

“No, you drove the car in the alley first!”

“Didn’t you know that this is a one-way street?”

“I’m the president of Artbox here, and I want to hear that, so I’m very talkative to older people.”

As the voices of many people increased, the driver seemed a little dazed.

did.

“Oh, I knew I knew it. You’re such a damn dog. I got crushed in the car and my grandmother died, so let’s just say that we’ve damaged each other’s property. Well, he’s not a very good dog.

Pyun Gwi-yeon stood up at those words.

“What did you say now?”

At her words, the driver was puzzled

look back in color

Then he thought about what he had just said and then nodded as if he remembered it.

“Let’s hug each other.”

“Then.”

“on? What did I say? Ah!”

The driver looked down at the droopy dog and said.

“A dog like this gets very hot when I go to the market. Hana Sash with the same guy.”

He looked at Pyun Gwi-yeon’s whereabouts and the rear car alternately, then sighed and took out a fifty thousand won bill from his wallet.

“Even so, I feel a little sad that I killed a living thing. W- I have to do my best.”

“Oh, what are you doing? Go ahead and Sash. Be the same guy.”

But Pyun Gwi-yeon did not receive the money.

It just trembles and bites the arm that doesn’t rise well because of old age.

“Where in the world is the same dog?”

But the old and decrepit old man’s neck

The sound is engulfed in intense emotions and does not come out properly.

The driver frowned and tilted his head, then pulled out another 50,000 won bill and put it in Pyun Gwi-yeon’s waste paper rear car.

“Won, I’m old. I was raised to catch it anyway, but greed… … ,”

Then he drives his car and leaves the alley.

Only Pyun Gwi-yeon is left alone in the snowy alley, hugging the puppy.

“… … There is only one thing in the world.”

White breath spewing out of her mouth melted her eyes with water.

right then

flap-

On top of her scrap car, someone throws away the flyer that she was holding.

Pyun Gwi-yeon suddenly looked at the flyer.

Bright advertising text. What he would not normally have looked at is engraved on Pyeon Gwi-yeon’s hazy retina.