Chapter 285
"Hey, uncle."
Ahn Do-hun, who'd sat in silence beside Choi Hyun-woo long after his story had ended, finally answered his phone.
"I'm gonna be a bit late. What? No, I told you, it's important. Aw, come on, I got it… I know, no. Listen, uncle. If you're that worked up about it, come over here yourself."
He held the phone away from his ear as if the booming voice on the other end was too much to bear.
Then he hung up just like that and stuffed the phone carelessly back into his pocket.
He clicked his tongue once for no particular reason, glanced over at Choi Hyun-woo, and quietly opened his mouth.
"So, what you're saying is this?"
Ahn Do-hun spoke in that distinctive tone of his — the one that sounded like he was diagnosing and sizing someone up.
"You suddenly realized out of nowhere that you've been harboring an inferiority complex toward Yu Ji-hyeok. So now you're not sure you can keep on with him like before. Above all, you hate yourself for carrying around something this ugly, and you can't even bring yourself to look your master, Han Su-yeong, or your friends in the eye…."