A Lie Has Become Reality

3 – First Meeting

Two days have passed.

The dark histories were uncovered and scattered pieces of information were collected and arranged in chronological order like a puzzle.

I also finished some of the assets I own now.

‘Real estate?‘

Because of these two lines, I became the landlord without a second thought. Besides simple deposits, there are so many types of assets. It was an unfamiliar experience for me, who only had a loan as my asset.

Besides that, I had four private cars.

I am a person who did not even take the driver’s license test because the cost of taking the test was a waste. In other words, it is normal to not be able to drive, but is driving a big deal when the face and voice have changed.

Thanks to one sentence, ‘I enjoy driving’, I suddenly became a master driver.

[Seoha: Oppa, arrive in an hour!]

[Hot potato: ㅇㅇ]

The preparations for the meeting are over.

Only the departure remains.

****

I picked up clothes that caught my eye and seemed comfortable to wear and a watch on display.

I also picked up some perfume and sprayed it roughly.

I put on the neatly designed shoes among the piled up shoes and headed to the parking lot.

Haa-

The sound of lamentation leaked from inside the car.

I never thought the day would come when I could actually meet my friends on the Internet.

I am just deeply moved.

What should I say when we meet? How do you speak?

As I was running the conversation simulation in my head, I arrived at the meeting place before I knew it.

I put the key in, got off the car with the ignition on, and left the valet to the staff.

I feel like my blood is drying up when I’m actually going to meet him.

I tried to calm my beating heart and looked around.

Took-

I hurriedly turned around at the feeling behind my back.

“Huh…?”

“Your brother, right? I’m Seoha!”

“Uh uh… That’s right”

A cute and innocent beauty with a round and small face.

Could this guy be standing?

I was speechless at the fact that she was so much prettier than I thought.

It’s so different from the image I had in mind.

She looked me up and down in shock.

She tried to make eye contact with her and opened her mouth.

“····Nice to meet you.”

“It’s touching… You know I came all the way here to see my real brother, right?”

“Uhhhhh, shall we go in soon? I made a reservation.”

“Good! It feels so good to finally see your face.”

At her embarrassing words, she bowed her head and took the lead.

Only then did she suddenly recall a fact she had been overlooking.

Unlike me, a hikikomori in the corner of the room, she was the insider among the insiders.

I followed her and answered her appropriately to the woman who spoke to her, and went inside her.

Notably fewer guests compared to neatly arranged tables and a large space.

Even the soft lighting installed here and there on the open high floor.

Does this amount have to be done to receive 500,000 won per meal?

She felt overwhelmed from the interior, but she moved her gait as calmly as possible.

I went into the innermost private room under the guidance of the staff.

Her pupils trembled as if an earthquake had struck, as if she had seen the prices on the menu.

Jackie, I know that feeling.

Of course, now it’s just the price of gum, but until a few days ago, I was living on convenience store food.

“Isn’t the price really crazy?”

“Once you try it, you will understand.”

”Isn’t this enough to put some kind of gold on the food?”

“Kuhm. Don’t be afraid to eat. Because I live.”

She coughed out of embarrassment for nothing.

We kept having nonsensical conversations.

Thanks to her replying with her excited face no matter what she said, her tension was relieved to some extent.

“Hello, I will guide you through the course.”

At some point, an employee came over and started serving food one after another with a lengthy explanation.

I never thought I’d think ‘beautiful’ first than ‘delicious’ when I saw the food.

Thanks to the extreme plating, it was more like a work of art than food.

‘Crazy…!’

The softness of the tongue and the esophagus before chewing properly.

A feast of flavors and flavors exploded like firecrackers with each bite, hitting the tongue.

What do you mean by the things I ate?

I can’t believe you can feel such a fresh shock with just one food.

It is something to live for a long time.

“There was food in my mouth, but it’s gone…”

She also marveled at her wide-eyed eyes.

After that, as if we made a promise to each other, we silently pushed the food that came out one after another into our mouths for an hour.

I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly at the fact that I had lived without knowing this.

Is this the current address of capitalism?

“Brother, I have made up my mind.”

Huh?

A spleen voice that doesn’t fit the atmosphere.

“This is how I earn money.”

Guy, that must have been pretty shocking.

It was an experience that was well worth the money.

She nodded at her words.

****

The day finally came when we decided to meet the rumored name, Hot Potato.

The community we became close with isn’t a place with a lot of influx, but it’s that close to each other, and users often meet each other.

Among them, a being like a heretic is ‘Hot Potato’.

Obviously, according to rumors going around, he is a man of enormous wealth, but he is confined to his house because of his antiphobia.

Honestly, I doubt it. If you are proud of yourself, why would you avoid dating?

That day, I was just wondering.

“Honestly, I just stabbed him.”

As a result of persistent obsession, I finally got a confirmation that we would meet.

To be able to confirm the true nature of rumors.

I went all the way to Seoul, but I’m a little worried that it won’t come out.

“If it doesn’t come out, I’m going to miss it…”

My mind is already tilted to some extent.

In the community, sniper posts about hot potatoes were gradually emerging on the surface.

He is handsome and has countless amounts of money, but he is afraid of meeting people.

“Does that make sense?”

Laughing, I went up from Daegu to Seoul.

I didn’t expect it at all when I was told that I had booked a fine dining room that costs hundreds of thousands of won per meal.

I just hope that everything about him is not a lie.

Maybe I’m kind of attached to it.

[Seoha: I have arrived hahahahaha I don’t think it will come out, but I’ll wait for now]

[Byuli Barry: I don’t think he’ll come out with potatoes… Isn’t it just wasting time in Seoha? ㅜㅜ]

[Cha Tae-hoon: Why? It may come out.]

[Byuli Barry: Will you come out? In the first place, it doesn’t make sense for someone who looks like that to just communicate in a corner of the house hahahaha]

[Seoha: hahahaha… that’s a glitch]

Today’s meeting is of interest to all, as many people have been waiting for his true identity.

It was finally time to meet.

I look around, but I can’t see the man in the profile.

Moreover, he hadn’t even read the text I sent asking when he would arrive. Could it be that it was blocked?

He expected it roughly, but he didn’t have a pleasant experience at all.

Ha.

I suppressed the feeling of disappointment that engulfed my whole body.

“Ehh… I just wasted time.”

A moment when you put aside any expectations and prepare to leave.

Among the ordinary cars, a luxury car that looked particularly expensive caught my eye.

The symbol of wealth, Rolls-Royd, the finest handmade car brand in existence.

Isn’t it a brand that even people who don’t know about cars have heard of at least once?

What kind of person is he to drive a car like that?

How much money do you have? What did it look like

But that car seems to be coming this way. Is it an illusion?

A Rolls-Royd drives toward the parking lot of a high-class restaurant where we were supposed to meet.

No way? Ah it’s not

Still, I’m curious about who will get off, so let’s go and watch.

Duck-

A man gets down with the sound of a softly opening door.

“hehehe!”

You look exactly like your hot potato profile picture!

‘It was all real?’

I was frozen in place with confusion in my head.

The man got out of the car and strode this way, looking around him as if he were looking for someone.

Of course I thought it was a lie.

He would have given the same answer to anyone else.

Although it was certified, he uploaded photos and gave gifts often, but his authentication was lacking somewhere and his attitude was always ambiguous.

I didn’t know it, but public opinion was already on the decline.

And now all that confidence has been denied.

The feeling of disappointment that had eaten away at my brain had disappeared, and expectations and curiosity were amplifying.

How will other people react?

I calmed my heart that was boiling with excitement.

Took-

Carefully, I went back and patted him on the back.

He must have been startled and our eyes met as he turned away.

‘Crazy.’

The profile picture was not manipulated in any way.

The real thing might be better.

Not only that.

As someone who works in the fashion industry, I pride myself on being well-informed when it comes to fashion brands.

Fendi knitwear, Daall track pants, Hermes sneakers, Butega Veneta crossbody bag, and even a Richard Mal watch.

It seems that the price will come out with only the clothes you wear.

“Huh…?”

The voice of the protagonist of luxury fashion full of madness.

That voice I’ve heard countless times, laughed and talked about as usual, is right.

Ah… Everything was real.

I tried to manage my expression and greeted him brightly.

“Your brother, right? I’m Seoha!”

“Uh uh… That’s right”

My almost sure doubt was wrong, and he was always sincere.

Although this brother doesn’t even know what I suspected, he was very sorry.

The time spent laughing and chatting together for a long time was not a lie.

“It’s touching… You know I came all the way here to see my real brother, right?”

“Uhhhhh, shall we go in soon? I made a reservation.”

“Good! It feels so good to finally see your face.”

Seriously, I can’t feel this good.

Maybe it could lead to a really good relationship?

I thought he was cute as he took the lead with a slightly reddened face as if running away.