Ma Roo was struck deep down by the unexpected news, "Sir, am sorry but did you say that your company wants to hire me." Ma Roo asked for the man on the other end of the phone to make sure he heard right. "Sir, could you please come for an interview right away. Our company address will be sent to you via e-mail. Come as soon as possible after reading it." Then the man hung up. Ma Roo went to the window and opened the curtain, "The sun's still in the east. Why do things that don't normally happen are happening? Let me guess it's fraud."
After receiving the e-mail, Ma Roo went to his room and changed into something else. He wore a beige coloured knee-coat, black trousers and a plain white and black Gucci sweater shirt with a black bag. He went in Rin's room where the girls were chatting. "Hey, am going to drop by somewhere. I don't want anything in ashes." He said worriedly. "Don't worry. You won't anything find in ashes. You'll find when everything's ashes have vanished." Saet Byul joked. "Then make sure you vanish along with them." Ma Roo said. "Bye, bring me a vanilla flavoured ice cream." Rin said with a smile. "Bye." He closed the door and left.
When he arrived at the large broad 5-story building, he gazed at it in disbelief. Though still he didn't know what this large company's genre of work was. He doesn't even remember asking for a job in this company but anyway he still thought it was his luck to get the job. He didn't think much into it and entered. When he entered, he went to the reception, "Can I know where interviews are taken from?" He asked the lady working at the reception. "What's your name sir?" She asked politely. "I am Kang Ma Roo." He answered. "Please go on the 3rd floor, room B12 You'll meet the chairman there." She answered him after checking in her book.
He went and entered an elevator which had a few more people in it. Since he was antisocial, he greeted neither of them though they were all older than him. When the elevator arrived at the destination. He looked for the room he was told till he saw it. He knocked on the door three consecutive times. Before he could knock again, the door opened. A man in his early forties wearing black rimmed spectacles and a black suit opened the door. "You must be Mr, Kang Ma Roo." The man said with a smile. "You must be the chairman." He also tried to guess. "I am his secretary nut he is inside waiting for you." The man led the way
Inside was a quite aged old man seated behind a desk with a glass name plate in front of him with his name and title 'Chairman Song Tae Jook.' When he saw Ma Roo, he smiled. "I heard a lot about you Mr. Kang Ma Roo, can you please take a seat." The man said to Ma Roo. Ma Roo took a seat at a chair in front of the desk. He took his bag and took out an envelope and put it on the man's desk. "Sir, this is my CV. I don't have anything I am profession in but I can any do any job." The old man smiled and put the white envelope in his locker. "I think you made a mistake coming here before not looking for what does. You seem quite desperate but I am wondering what type of person you are that you don't know this company.
"I am sorry sir but I am not a person who watches TV a lot or uses my phone for other things other than answering phone calls." He spoke honestly. "I heard that 10 or 9 years ago you were a great singer, I wonder what made you stop. I saw your videos and you were great. You also knew how to play a piano and a guitar with your skills you could be in a boy band. Many agencies contacted you but you turned them down." The old man interrogated. "I don't know what you talking about." Ma Roo when they talked about things that happened 10/9 years ago. The old man took out his wallet and took out a business card and gave it to him.
"Illuminate You. We make your talent useful to you and others." Ma Roo read out aloud the word on the card aloud. He quickly understood what did. "I hope you come work with our agency and don't let your talent waste." The old man offered. "Sir, thank you for the job but it's just not for me. I quit singing long ago. Can't I get any other job in your company which does not involve singing." He asked. "What other job? I can't let you waste your talent. Think about it carefully and come back whenever you've made up your mind. We'll be paying you two times the best singer's salary." The man gave a tempting salary.
"Thank you but no thank you, sir." He stood up to leave. "Actually, my daughter recommended you to me. She did so much to make research on you better make up your mind soon." The man told Ma Roo but received no answer. Ma Roo just opened the door and left. He wondered who the chairman's daughter was but just couldn't think about anyone. When he got out, he felt so down that he didn't feel like going back home just yet. Each job he got, he was fired because of his attitude or the one who hired him just fired him for no reason with petty excuses. He walked and went to the Han river with a bottle soju in his hands.
He remembered the time when he was fed up by life at a rainy a night, he attempted to kill himself on this bridge on a rainy night. He opened his bottle to drink it and drank while he walked besides the rails slowly. "hahahaha, god you must be happy to see me like this. Why don't you just let die?" He thought in his head. In the evening, when it was becoming dark, he eventually went back home. He was feeling tipsy. "He went to Rin's home where she was reading a comic book. Saet Byul seemed to have been taken by her mom. "Rin, I am back, he walked staggeringly to Rin's bed." Rin stood up to go help him. "Ma Roo, are you okay?" She helped him to her bed. "I am not." HE took his bag and took out a large tin of ice cream. "Here brought you ice cream." He stood up and walked.
"Where are you going?" She came following from behind. "I am going to get some beer from the fridge." He answered. And went to the kitchen and took out a carton of beer. He went to the living room and moved the coffee the table and sat down on the floor and took out a bottle can of beer. He gulped down on it. "Can I have some too?" Rin asked. "You not yet the age." He answered.
In the morning, Ma Roo woke up only to see that he was sleeping on Rin's laps. Multiple empty cans of beer were scattered on the floor. Rin was sleeping just like an innocent child. He stood up but was still feeling dizzy. He collected the empty can and took them to the bin. He came back and carried Rin and put her in the couch. And covered with the blanket which he found that she had covered him with. "He looked at the time on his hand, "it's late, I have to hurry and get dressed up." He ran to his room. And took a shower quickly' when he got out, he found Rin seated in the couch also dressed up in other clothes.
"You, how? Why?" He didn't know the exact question to ask her. "I am going with you." She said happily. "No, I am going alone, go hang out with Saet Byul." Ma Roo said. "Saet Byul is learning with her teacher at home. "Then watch TV." He looked for what he should give her what to do. "Please Ma Roo." She begged. Ma Roo finally gave up. "Okay, you can come if you promise me not ask weird questions." He only let her come on one condition. "Yes!" she allowed with all the conditions. When they got out, Rin wearing a white sweater shirt, a pair of white pants and a pair of white furry shoes with a cashmere white knee jacket. Her hair was tied up into a pony tail while Ma Roo was all dressed in black and today, he had no bangs. Ma Roo arrived at a certain crematorium. When Ma Roo and Rin entered they found like there was a sort of a ceremony with people there. Ma Roo was stupefied because he didn't expect to find this. "Rin, let's go." When Ma Roo realised what this was, he decided to go back, "My little brother, Ma Roo. You've just arrived. Why go now?" A young man said.