His brother didn’t contact the family again after that. Geunseok only learned this later, but his brother had gone off to do military service during that time period.

His dad’s fury was inevitable. After all, his brother practically disappeared for two years, before saying he wanted to drop out of college and become an actor.

To others, it seemed that his brother just wasn’t cut out for studying. After all, the man couldn’t stay still for even ten seconds. His father often said even if studying wasn’t all there was to life, it was still important to know the basics. So his brother always ended up doing the bare minimum. And every time, he would complain about studying to Geunseok.

Despite the five years that passed since then, Geunseok still remembered those words. He remembered how he responded, too.

“But mom and dad are happy if we do it.”

And his brother said:

“But it’s boring even if they are happy.”

In the end, his brother argued with their dad for a year straight before going to an engineering school. Apparently he won his dad over with the words, ‘I’d rather become the head of a snake rather than the tail of a dragon’ back then.

Geunseok could somewhat remember what his brother was like in high school. He remembered his mother saying ‘You were only six then. You...