By Zephyria 
After this commotion, Choi Hwan and Moon Kyeon-woo were not just disliked by Park Yeo-sa, but deeply resented. It wasn’t that Park Yeo-sa was particularly harsh or critical. She brought out meals as usual.
However, she never said a word unless spoken to first, and she never asked if they wanted snacks or desserts before being asked. She only treated Yeon-rok warmly, calling him ‘Our Young Master.’
“Park Yeo-sa! Why is the young radish kimchi so delicious today? I can’t eat anywhere else now. Everything else tastes bad.”
Yeon-rok simply acted cute, as if nothing had happened, and continued to receive Park Yeo-sa’s affection. Around that time, Yeon-rok, with Park Yeo-sa’s full support, obtained a Korean cuisine chef license and earned a lot of points by preparing a full meal just for Park Yeo-sa. Park Yeo-sa was so touched that she even teared up.
Now that he had lived in this house for several months, Yeon-rok had adapted to life here to the point where he didn’t even think about his old home. Someone did all the housework and prepared every meal, and he didn’t have to pay a penny. This warm, fulfilling, and leisurely life was honestly quite good. Except for the fact that his condition fluctuated because he didn’t have enough contact with his Name partner, it was a perfect time.
However, the only downside was…
“Hwan-ah.”
Yeon-rok’s chopsticks twitched as he was eating breakfast. No matter how many times he heard it, he couldn’t get used to this affectionate voice.
“I heard you have a shoot today? Take this with you.”
He pretended not to hear and focused on picking apart the grilled croaker, but sadly, Yeon-rok’s ears were too sharp.
“What’s this?”
Moon Kyeon-woo handed a thermos to Choi Hwan, who looked bewildered, and curved his eyes gently. His actions and tone were so sweet that it seemed like honey was dripping from them.
“Yuja tea. The weather is still a bit chilly, so make sure to drink it.”
“Hyung, you didn’t have to go to all this trouble.”
It was time to go to work, and Yeon-rok turned his head at the sound of the two giggling.
Moon Kyeon-woo, who had forgotten his old lover so desperately missed in an instant, looked at Choi Hwan with affectionate eyes. It was amazing how someone who used to be so cold could be so affectionate. When and how did he fall for Choi Hwan?
Anyway, after hearing this nonsense every time he came out for breakfast, Yeon-rok thought it was better when Choi Hwan was dating Yeom Cheon-ho.
“Have a good day.”
“Yeah. See you tonight.”
Only after Moon Kyeon-woo left for work could Yeon-rok escape the torment. He was wrapping rice in seasoned seaweed and eating it deliciously with pickled radish when Choi Hwan, who was still sitting there because it wasn’t time for his schedule yet, suddenly got annoyed.
“Ah, damn…”
He was sending texts diligently, as if something wasn’t going his way, and eventually couldn’t stand it and even made a call.
“Yeah, Jun-ho Hyung… Do I really have to? I can do well on my own… No, do you think I’m such an idiot that I can’t even get a glass of water myself? Do you really have to attach the President? He must be busy. And we’re not a good match! He retired as a manager ten years ago!”
He didn’t know what it was, but judging from Choi Hwan’s personality, it didn’t seem like he was really worried about the busy President.
“No, it’s just a few hours, so I can just take a road manager with me… Ah! Seriously! Hyeong! I told you I never eat anything from others! And when did I ever catch a manager!”
Yeon-rok was drinking kiwi juice without much thought, listening to Choi Hwan whine, when suddenly the sparks flew at Yeon-rok.
“Thinking about it, there’s someone I can take! Uh! There’s that guy, uh, Kim Yeon-something. The one who’s always playing at home.”
“…?”
He was calling out a name with a completely different surname, and somehow the tip of his finger was pointing at him. Yeon-rok looked at him with a dumbfounded expression.
“You still can’t remember my name?”
“I got it! That’s all that matters! Don’t attach the President!”
Whether Yeon-rok was bitter or not, Choi Hwan abruptly hung up the phone. Then, ignoring the buzzing phone again, he looked at him triumphantly.
“Did you hear that?”
“So what…”
“Be my manager for today.”
Yeon-rok was busy today. He had to chat with the bodyguards around the house, have a delicious lunch, take a nap, and do the woodworking he had just started… Anyway, he was busy, so he ignored Choi Hwan’s words.
Then, Choi Hwan rummaged through his wallet and took out a one million won check. When Yeon-rok snorted, Choi Hwan pointed his finger.
“You just stay there.”
A little later, Choi Hwan returned with a paper bag full of cash and checks tucked under his arm. The cash-filled paper bag with the luxury brand logo was truly surreal.
“…What is this?”
“It’s all because of you that I keep withdrawing cash.”
He was still shameless as ever. Choi Hwan began to place bills on top of the check. 1.2 million, 1.5 million, 2 million… Eventually, it went up to 3 million won. He couldn’t even imagine how much he hated having the agency President attached as his manager.
But one thing was certain. Choi Hwan really spent money lavishly. At first, he still paid with bills, but these days, he was casually handing out crisp million-won checks. He was really spending money like water. It wasn’t a bad thing for Yeon-rok.
“Hey! You can’t get this much money for working a day anywhere else unless you’re a manager for an actor like me!”
Choi Hwan shouted loudly, which was true. From experience, it was hard to earn that much in a month even if he worked two jobs day and night. When Yeon-rok glanced at the money, Choi Hwan put two more checks on top, making it 5 million won. Eventually, Yeon-rok, tempted, picked up the wad of money and said.
“I don’t know what a manager does, though.”
“Just drive and run errands. And Jun-ho Hyung said he’ll join us in the afternoon anyway.”
Hmm. 5 million won for working hard for half a day? It wasn’t bad, as long as he didn’t have to get caught between a couple?
These days, Yeon-rok was into Gold Decoration. Gold Decoration was decorating the safe that Kim Jeong-seong had prepared with wads of bills, checks, gold bars, or expensive men’s accessories that Yeom Cheon-ho had bought. Adding 5 million won worth of money and checks to the current state would make it quite impressive.
“Ah, please do it! Do you know how much the President chewed me out for taking something that wasn’t even drugs before? I said I wouldn’t do it again, but he didn’t even listen! Isn’t that too much?”
No matter how you think about it, it’s not the President, it’s you who went too far…
“And you can see a lot of celebrities if you go. Of course, not as famous as me.”
Tempted by the words ‘celebrity sightseeing’ and 5 million won, Yeon-rok ended up agreeing to be Choi Hwan’s one-day manager. Even after agreeing, Yeon-rok worried if he would regret this decision today. He was unlucky, so if he was unlucky, today could be really tough.
“Well, it can’t be harder than manual labor.”
No matter how hard the half-day manager job was, it wouldn’t be harder than loading and unloading parcels. …Would it? Yeon-rok went to tell Park Yeo-sa that she didn’t have to prepare his meals today and to pack him some hearty snacks. Then, Park Yeo-sa packed him a lot of snacks and said this.
“Oh, is that so? I’m going to the hospital for a health checkup anyway, so I won’t be here until tomorrow morning. Instead, I’ll leave a lot of side dishes in the refrigerator, so make sure to eat dinner and breakfast well even when I’m not here. Okay? If it’s too hard, just leave that Young Master behind!”
With Park Yeo-sa’s encouragement, Yeon-rok left the house with Choi Hwan. However, there was a brief confusion regarding security before departure. Yeon-rok’s bodyguards, who suddenly had to work together without much notice, and Choi Hwan’s bodyguards were arguing in small voices.
“You guys have been living comfortably, just taking leisurely strolls around the house in the morning, so you don’t know how hard it is to guard that brat… Anyway, do you know how hard it is to guard a famous actor?”
Was it really an argument? Or was he just complaining? It was a conversation that allowed him to guess how much Choi Hwan had been making the bodyguards suffer. After a short conversation, Choi Hwan’s security team decided to take over the security control.
Not knowing what kind of conversation the bodyguards were having, Choi Hwan got into the car with a look in his eyes that was eagerly waiting to torment Yeon-rok. Yeon-rok grabbed the steering wheel with a face that said, ‘Try it if you dare.’
“Let’s get some coffee before going to the set.”
“Sure, whatever.”
Yeon-rok entered the cafe address that Choi Hwan told him into the navigation and drove. He glanced in the rearview mirror and saw that the bodyguards’ car was following them well. This time, he looked at Choi Hwan. He was glancing around as if he wanted to find fault with his driving, but then he looked at his phone and frowned as if he had received some kind of contact. Tap, tap, tap… After texting someone for a while, Choi Hwan muttered with a serious face.
“No matter how I think about it, I think Yeom Cheon-ho snitched on Hwang Si-yeon.”