Once Jo Gyu-Min exited the cafe while tapping on his phone, Kang Jin-Ho sighed softly and stared aimlessly outside the windows.

“You've tasted various hardships since a young age, so it's understandable why you're so distrustful of people, child. However, it is impossible to live alone in this world. A man who can't trust others certainly can't trust himself. Failing to trust himself means he will never reach his peak. If you wish to live in this world, you should first learn to trust others.”

Words from a long, long time ago suddenly flooded his mind. Then again, those words had already been branded deep into the recesses of his memories.

'I don't trust people, is it...?'

Indeed, Kang Jin-Ho had always stepped up personally to deal with everything. Sometimes, he did rely on the strength of Jo Gyu-Min or Hwang Jeong-Hu, but the task of tying up loose ends had always fallen onto his lap.

Until now, he hadn’t found anything wrong with this arrangement. His tasks should be his to finish, after all. However, after listening to Ju Yeong-Gi, maybe it was time that Kang Jin-Ho thought about this from a different perspective.

Kang Jin-Ho's teacher, the orphanage director, and even Ju Yeong-Gi... They all had said roughly the same thing to him.

'Relationships, huh...'

The core of their advice centered around 'relationship'. Kang Jin-Ho thought he had assimilated pretty well with the...