“Sorry? You're looking for Jin-Ho?” Park Yu-Min tilted his head.

“Yes. I heard that a university student named Kang Jin-Ho can be found here.”

Park Yu-Min was puzzled by this middle-aged man.

'Never saw this man before, though...?'

He prided himself in knowing almost everyone in Kang Jin-Ho's circle of acquaintances, but this middle-aged man was a total stranger, someone he had never seen before. Then again, his knowledge ended at 'almost', so...

“Uhm, yes, Jin-Ho's inside. Please wait. Jin-Ho! Someone's looking for you!”

Kang Jin-Ho turned his head slightly to look, and his expression froze almost instantly. He silently stared at the middle-aged man without moving an inch.

Park Yu-Min tilted his head. “What are you doing?”

"Mm..." Kang Jin-Ho finally got moving when his friend urged him. He walked toward the middle-aged man waiting for him in measured steps. "Who?"

The middle-aged man retorted. “Huh. Aren't you a rude dude?”

Kang Jin-Ho didn't respond and simply held the man's glare.

“No need to be that tense, fella,” said the middle-aged man.

"Maybe you haven't heard about what I'm like? Is that it?"

"No, I've heard enough stories about you. So much so that I could be the real, undisputed expert in all things related to you in this world. And yes, I'm well aware of how much you hate having your territory intruded upon like this. That's why I'm only dipping my toes in. If I dared to step any...