Chapter 103: Meeting You Twice. Is It Luck Or Misfortune?

Seeing her falling silent, Seo-Jun insisted, his gaze becoming more intense. 

"If you knew that, what other reasons would you have for refusing to leave early?"

For some reason, being stared at by him in that way made Yeon-Ah doubt her own mind. 

What other reasons could she possibly have apart from those she already mentioned? 

Nevertheless, she was clear about one thing. No matter what happened, she didn't want to inconvenience Seo-Jun, nor did she want to spend too much time alone with him. 

As a consequence, Yeon-Ah pulled herself together and insisted on staying behind with everyone else.

In the face of Yeon-Ah's unexpected stubbornness, Seo-Jun could only relent.

After packing hers and Su-Jin's things, Yeon-Ah followed Seo-Jun back downstairs. 

The 'ribbon hunt' challenge was the last event of the Sports Day. As soon as everyone returned from the forest and had their points counted, they could go to the hotel and clean themselves. Once everyone was ready, they would eat, then the buses would come to pick them up. 

Since Yeon-Ah was adamant about following this schedule, Seo-Jun could only give up in trying to convince her to leave early. As such, he also stayed, waiting to have dinner and leave with everyone else. 

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During this entire time, Jung Seok was going through his own troubles. 

As soon as he picked up the call, a woman's anxious voice traveled from the other side of the phone. 

"Mom, wait. Slow down, please. What do you mean the results are bad?" Jung Seok asked with trepidation. 

Immediately after, Jung Seok heard rustling and someone else took the phone from his mother. The other person told him something but, for some reason, he just couldn't comprehend.

After urging that person to repeat the answer a couple of times, Jung Seok felt as though his mind suddenly turned blank. 

"That can't be…" he muttered. "That's impossible. Last time they said everything was going well. The treatment was working. So… what happened? Why is it like this now?"

In the meantime, his mother had taken back the phone. Her distressed voice coming from the receiver snapped Jung Seok out of his daze.

"You wait for me there. I am coming back right now." he said. 

Then, at something his mother said, Jung Seok lashed out at her.

"I don't care! I will find a way, so you just wait for me there!"

While he spoke with his mother, Jung Seok had already reached the front of the hotel.

Hanging up the call, he hurried towards his room, packed his stuff, then went downstairs in the lobby. Once there, he loitered around the front desk with his phone tightly clasped in his hand.

"Should I call Director Kang and let him know I have to leave early?" Jung Seok wondered aloud. 

Thinking about it, he quickly searched for Kang Ji-Won's number in his phone. Scrolling the screen, his fingers suddenly hesitated, hovering above the man's name. 

Just then, someone called out to Jung Seok, startling him in almost dropping his phone.

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"Jung Seok, how come you're here? Did you finish already? And what's with the luggage?"

That person was the man Jung Seok had been sharing a room with. The young coworker kept glancing between Jung Seok and his luggage in confusion. 

"Are you leaving already?" the young man asked.

"Yes. Something unexpected happened back home, so I have to leave now. Here, you should take this." Jung Seok handed him the key card. "I will talk to Director Kang and tell him about this."

"You might not be able to reach him, though." the other man shook his head as he pocketed the key card. "A little while ago I saw him driving off in his car. Before that, there was also an ambulance in front of the hotel, so I guess something must have happened."

"Really?" 

"You didn't know?" the young man's eyebrows rose. As he continued to speak, he kept rubbing his chin pensively. "Right before the ambulance took off, I thought I saw that young intern from your team. What was her name again? Ah! Yes, Su-Jin… Park Su-Jin."

Jung Seok looked perplexed. Then, all of a sudden, he remembered Seo-Jun coming up to him and Yeon-Ah.

'Could it be that he came to talk about that?' Jung Seok pondered. 

The young coworker eventually waved goodbye, leaving Jung Seok alone to think.

Ultimately, he decided to give Kim Seo-Jun a call. 

After getting rid of all these troubles, Jung Seok finally went outside to call for a car. 

The area was too remote for ordinary cabs to reach easily, but he thought that maybe he could still find someone willing to come for a hefty sum of money. 

With this thought in mind, Jung Seok walked outside in front of the inn.

Being too focused on his phone, he wasn't really paying attention to his surroundings. Consequently, as soon as he took a few steps on the porch, Jung Seok bumped into someone who was standing at the end of the staircase. 

"Ah!" Jung Seok gasped.

During the impact, his hand shook and the phone slipped between his fingers. The object slid down heavily, lading on the ground with a loud clatter. 

At the same time, Jung Seok heard someone mumbling something.

Pushing the glasses up his nose, Jung Seok stared at the person in front of him. 

The sight of a young man dressed in casual wear, with his soft-brown hair tousled by the wind caused Jung Seok's breathing to stop for a moment.

He watched in astonishment how that person gracefully bent down, picking up his phone.

"Here you go." the young man said, stretching one arm towards Jung Seok.

For a long moment, Jung Seok merely glanced at his phone, then at that person's face. He hemmed and hawed in stunned silence before finally taking back his phone. 

As he did so, his hand turned rigid and his face almost flushed crimson in embarrassment. 

How was it possible to meet the same person, in the same manner, not once, but twice?

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