“What can I do for you, Ms. Jiyoon?”

The director exited after Sungyoon did. She asked the question as she closed the door.

“It is about time for me to go. I came to say goodbye.”

“Oh my! Is it already that time?”

The director opened the door once again to check the clock on the wall of her office. It really was around that time when Jiyoon's volunteer work finished. She always left around this time. No, actually, she had stayed later than usual that day. It seemed that the delay happened because she had waited for the conversation between Sungyoon and the director to come to an end.

“You should have just left. It really isn’t that important to say goodbye to this old woman.”

Jiyoon vigorously shook her head from side to side.

“It is really bad manners if I don’t.”

As she said those words, Jiyoon glanced towards Sungyoon.

“Also, I had a question I would like to ask Shinhae’s father.”

“You have a question for me?”

She didn’t have much of a relationship with him. They were basically strangers with Shinhae as the only common point between the two of them. They talked to each other if they had to, but for the most part, they ignored each other’s presence. Their relationship could be described as being indifferent. At the very least, it was like that...