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Chapter 35: The Ventilation Duct
January 14th
Used car dealership.
I've become very familiar with the work now. There's not much complexity, and there's not really anything to do professionally or diligently at a used car dealership in the first place.
Roughly hiding the defects of cars and getting high prices, subtly pressuring weak-willed customers, just making the exterior look clean and taking good photos.
Rather than professional knowledge, it seemed the best skill was being good at improvising and negotiating in the moment.
I had fully adapted to the work aspects, but another part, namely how Mom worked, still bothered me.
I still felt angry every time I saw Mom "working".
Because Mom was... really loose... ah, I'm sorry. To use such words about my own mother. I really am a son of a bitch.
But what can I do when it's the truth?
For example, those groups of "middle-aged boss" men who frequently come to this used car lot like it's a real estate office. Those bastards.
They say they're connections from Kwak Young-cheol's father's side, and since they're all older with nothing to do in the mornings, they come here to drink coffee and chat as their job.
But the problem is those bastards always hang around our mom... blatantly touching her butt and thighs like she's a hostess.
They only take their hands off when I pass by the reception room, watching out for me... as soon as I pass, they're busy subtly caressing Mom's butt and thighs again.
Even worse was that Mom accepted it all with a smile.
I wondered if she was this loose with all men, not just Dad? Such thoughts made me feel almost blasphemous towards Mom, to put it harshly. As if Mom was a pros... no, never mind... sigh.
Another unfilial thought!
And then there's that damn boss's summons.
Even in the middle of work, if there was a "boss's summons", Mom would quickly go to the boss's office. And come out 20-30 minutes later.
Hah...
I don't know what they're doing, but after about 30 minutes, without fail, the panty lines would disappear from Mom's tight skirt when she came out.
Kwak Young-cheol was blatantly calling Mom to use her as a cum dumpster, even though he knew I was working there.
...
And to be honest, very honest
...
I'm sorry. The fact that such lewd, terribly bad thoughts come to mind from Mom being so openly treated like a personal masturbation toy... I know I'm a real son of a bitch for thinking this... but I can't help it.
Because even all the company employees knew. What Mom was doing every day when called by Kwak Young-cheol.
Honestly, it was so fucking embarrassing. Every time, my face would burn with shame looking at the employees, but Mom acted like nothing was wrong.
Anyway, the fact that Kwak Young-cheol was blatantly fucking Mom even at work. I thought that was the worst situation at the time.
But that wasn't the end of it. Fuck.
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As I said, Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho was quite a good person.
On the surface, that is.
But if "on the surface" came out, the words after would be "in reality".
Well... it was by chance.
That I overheard a conversation between Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho and Mechanic Koo.
"Ugh I need to shit..."
I urgently needed to poop so I went into the unisex bathroom to do my business... when I heard some voices from outside.
"...So then I..."
"xxx~ Well, so..."
Curious, I looked and saw that the bathroom was connected to the outdoor smoking area through a ventilation duct, so voices were coming through that vent.
But then
"Kack. Ptui. Ah that Hyeon-seong bastard keeps hanging around, it's annoying"
"Hehehe... Why? Na-yeon xxx..."
"Puhaha. That Na-yeon bitch @@@"
"..."
What's this now.
I strained to listen closely, but the two were snickering about something in unintelligible sounds.
...With an ominous feeling, I stepped on the toilet and put my ear to the ventilation duct.
"Whew. Yesterday @@# the boss ##sent that video I thought I was going crazy#""" """@ Hehe. Dick @## knew#"
"Ah I'm so pent up #%$% furious fap....!#%"
The conversation through the vent wasn't clear because of the rotating fan. I stood there stupidly for a moment then
'Ah! Fuck'
I finally found the string to turn off the ventilation fan and stopped it, but
"Ptui. Time to get back to work"
"Ugh! I don't want to work"
By then they were already dispersing without much more conversation.
Feeling uneasy, I left the bathroom and approached Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho, pretending I hadn't heard anything.
"Oh. Hyeon-seong. I hear you've been getting a lot of praise for your work lately?"
"Ah, thank you"
What was that conversation behind the bathroom about? I had a feeling it wasn't anything good, but Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho in front of me just smiled kindly.
...I wanted to press him about whether they were talking about Mom, but that seemed odd so I had to change the subject and made small talk.
"Is there a separate smoking area in the back?"
"Huh? Ah yeah. Actually the boss is a smoker so he smokes anywhere, but we have to smoke there since customers might see us. Oh, does Hyeon-seong smoke too?"
"Ah, no"
"I see. That's too bad. It's good to learn to smoke when you start working. It makes smoke breaks a bit more bonding"
"Ah... I'll think about it. But... what kind of person is the boss?"
"Huh?"
"Ah. I heard you've worked here for quite a while. I was wondering if you knew him personally"
"Ah... Perhaps... because the boss is close with your mother?"
"What? Ah... yes"
Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho's facial expression then was a bit... strange.
His eyes looked at me with pity, his expression like he wanted to confess something hidden, and his twitching mouth all mixed together in an unharmonious mosaic that looked grotesque.
After his expression twisted for a few seconds, he thought for a moment then opened his mouth.
"The boss... is a bit of a scary person. He could live without laws, but not in a good way?"
"Pardon?"
"Ah geez. No, no. Just a meaningless joke that came out without me realizing! Haha. I have some documents to organize so I'll be going"
"..."
"Forget it haha"
What is he saying?
It wasn't a particularly meaningful conversation, but Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho's appearance then often came to mind later. I only realized what it meant a bit later.
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January 15th.
"I got in!"
"Really?!"
January 15th. That was the day I got accepted to K University. Mom and I were getting ready for work when the acceptance notification came early in the morning. I was really happy to get in, since it was a pretty high-ranking university and department in Seoul and I had been nervous.
"Let's have a celebration party after work today. To think our son... my goodness, got into K University"
"Mom, it's not that big a deal to have a party"
"No... you know your dad, Mi-hyun and I have nothing to do with university. But you've grown up so well... as a mother I feel sorry I couldn't do anything for you but you've turned out so great"
"..."
Surprisingly, Mom was tearing up slightly as she expressed her joy.
Ah
Honestly, growing up I was a bit envious of my friends' moms.
Not envious of anything else, just... normal moms who come to graduation ceremonies and show loving interest telling their kids to study.
Not an irresponsible mom who has sex every day while sleeping in the same room as her kids,
A mom who's indifferent and listless about everything, not caring how her kids are doing in school, whether they get first place in class, or become delinquents staying out late.
But seeing her talk like this, it seems Mom had some guilt in her heart about not being able to do well for her children.
Somehow, seeing her try to take care of me now that she's earning money herself...
It seems Mom had the same feelings as any normal mom after all.
I felt sorry and touched for no reason.
"Ah why are you crying Mom. It's a happy thing"
"I'm crying because I'm happy..."
"Hey now. Stop it Mom!"
At times like this, it felt like our roles were reversed. A mom who's still mentally fresh like a teenager, and a son who's unnecessarily opened his eyes to the world early.
Ah... please refrain from saying bad things like Mom hasn't matured mentally.
Anyway, that day was a happy day for me in many ways. Not just getting accepted, but discovering a motherly side to Mom made me even happier inside.
That is, until we got to work
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Mom and I went to work in a much more cheerful mood than usual.
But for some reason that day, Deputy Manager Kim Cheol-ho kept giving me lots of miscellaneous tasks. Document work, that is.
And then
"Na-yeon? A moment..."
"What is it?"
"Ah, about that customer I mentioned before, well..."
Mom was called away, and I headed to the accounting office to do the document work Deputy Manager Kim had given me.
Since the boss hadn't come in that day, I was comfortably doing document work at Mom's desk in the accounting office (though she's called an accountant, Mom mostly doesn't sit there so it's used like a shared computer), when I got a bad feeling.
"Da-hye noona. I'm going to the bathroom for a moment"
"Okay, go ahead"
I said I was going to the bathroom but looked around the shop... and couldn't see Mom well.
Getting an uneasy feeling for some reason, I headed to the bathroom just in case...
I could hear voices from inside.
"...%##"
Of course I couldn't hear clearly because of the bathroom door, but with a strange intuition, I thought for a while then headed to the outdoor smoking area adjacent to the bathroom wall.
Since I had heard Deputy Manager Kim and Mr. Koo's voices through the ventilation duct last time...
Fortunately the outdoor smoking area I rushed to was empty, and I started peeking inside through the bathroom window.
And the conversation I heard from inside.
January 15th. That was also the day I learned all the ugly secrets of Mom and Kwak Young-cheol in detail.
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