At night, Seo was walking on the side of the road, trying to calm his somewhat chaotic mind and thinking about something. He looked for a food stall on the side of the road and went into one of the stalls and ordered food and soju.
You, the owner of the tent he entered, you and your mother opened a street food business with other vendors and he happened to enter your tent. you don't think much about him ordering soju and making his order
After making his order, you bring his order to his table, he sits on a plastic chair and pours soju into a small glass and is about to drink it. he thought about the boy he met at the hot springs, the boy was with his father and they looked happy
"...family..." he thought and was about to drink his soju before your mother stopped him. your mother held his wrist
"hold on." your mother said, grabbing his wrist before he could drink his soju and he stopped, his eyes wide in surprise
"From what I see, you looks like you're still a school kid. School kids aren't allowed to drink alcohol!" your mother said in a firm tone
"where are you from? did you run away from home? your family must be worried!" continued your mother.
then you come along
"it's true, alcohol isn't good for your health either" you said while wiping the plates*
he just kept quiet, thinking about something before taking the bottle of soju and saying
"I'm not a school student" he said before taking a sip of the bottle of soju
"Oh my, this child!" your mother said, sighing.
then a group of men with white t-shirts that said "Seokdoo" entered the tent.
"What did you tell me to look at? Damn, this old woman is still selling here?" said one of them as he entered the tent
"tch, those guys again" you muttered while staring at them
"Didn't we tell you to move?" another man said as he came in and pinned your mother against the refrigerator and held her neck with his arms
"we really have to use violence to get parents to obey" said the man that hold your mother's neck
"Hey! Don't be like this! If we move, what will we eat?!" your mother said in a panicked tone
"of course eat rice, you idiot" he said with a laugh
you are confused and trying to find a way to beat them back and..
"Ma'am, one more bottle of Soju." Seo said
"this guy-" you thought to yourself in annoyance then another person came, it seemed like the leader of the group of men. He came and took the bottle of Soju and gave it to Seo.
you don't know what they were talking about, but suddenly Seo beat up all the men there, including the one who pinned your mother to the refrigerator. You protect your mother behind the counter while peeking a little. watch him beat up all the men in your tent with ease, even the leader.
he sat next to one of the men he beat up while drinking a pot of tea from the teapot straight away and then beat up the leader. After rendering the leader unconscious, he sat on top of him grumbling and smoking.
in the tent it was chaotic and messy, lots of water from the fish pond and vegetables were scattered around
afterwards your mother and you come out from the counter and he gives your mother a wallet. your mother asks in confusion "eh? w-what is this?!"
"why did you give me your wallet.." your mother muttered
"sell it and use the money. By the way, I don't have a family. from the start, never had a family"
she said as he walked out of the tent
you and your mother look at each other then look at the wallet in her hand. her wallet looks expensive and she gave it for free? wow
"what is wrong with that guy.." you thought to yourself as you sighed and cleaned up the mess
Sei walked out of the tent and went somewhere else