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When I went to the underground chapel, the first thing that greeted me was a mountainous pile of offerings sent by the executives while I was in the hospital. The next thing that greeted me was Ji-Ah. She trotted toward me and glared at me silently for a while.
"...What’s wrong?"
"Nothing."
She shook her head with big motions and started tidying up the scattered offerings on the floor.
"These are the offerings that the executives sent. I wrote down the list while they were piling up. Shall I read it to you?"
"A list?"
"Yes, it's a list of who sent what offerings."
"Aha. Yes, please do."
Ji-Ah recited the list. Yun Chang-Su from the Gangwon Branch sent this and that, Yeom Man-Gun from the Jeolla Branch sent that...The list went on.
I listened without much thought until she got halfway through the list. It was only when I heard the list of offerings sent by Ha Pan-Seok from the Chungcheong Branch that I felt any discomfort.
"He sent fewer offerings than the other executives?"
The problem was not the amount of offerings he had sent. The other executives had sent offerings once a month for a total of two times. On the other hand, Ha Pan-Seok had only sent them once.
Ji-Ah nodded slightly.
"Yes, that's correct."
"Was there any particular reason?"
"No, there was no explanation from the Chungcheong Branch. There were no letters or anything like that either."
"Hmm."
Ha Pan-Seok had a history of planning a rebellion. I thought I had him under my influence after the previous executives' meeting. Maybe this was why they said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
I glanced at the offerings scattered on the floor.
"Nuna. The Chungcheong branch was near… Cheonan, right?"
"Yes, that's correct. There hasn't been any new information about them moving their chapel’s location."
“That's good to hear."
I was planning to go down to the Jeolla Branch to meet...
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