“Heaven, you go in and eat.”
Lim Bong-soon immediately cut off the conversation and let Haneul into the restaurant. Her Haneul smiled brightly as she entered her store. Im Bong-soon held her ladle and she approached Eun-yul.
“Did you know?”
“Did you think I didn’t know? “It’s even weirder that you don’t know it when it’s so similar.”
“But you might just think that it resembles the sky.”
“If you wanted to hide it, you shouldn’t have been so scared.”
I guess my surprised and embarrassed reaction when I saw Kang Ha-jun was the same as Ha-neul openly revealing that he was my father. Eunyul tangled her hair and was confused as to what to do, but then she spoke incoherently.
“that… … That person doesn’t know that heaven exists. We haven’t even talked, and we’re not just dating or anything like that… … .”
“If you want me to behave well, go and do your work.”
Lim Bong-soon didn’t want to hear Eun-yul’s stuttering, so she cut him off.
“Why aren’t you going?”
“song. “You can just go.”
Even though Eunyul grunted at the cold slap that made her feel grateful to her grandmother, she walked diligently toward the store. She always knowingly abuses and curses me… … Her grandmother went into her store, thinking of taking out her anger on the altari she had bought with her gold money.
“That stupid guy.”
Lim Bong-soon’s merciless evaluation of Eun-yul fell.
* * *
The elegant hands cutting the steak stopped and a sweet voice soon came out.
“Really?”
Hyun Je-ha tilted his head. Then his hair glided down the soft lines of his face. His hair covered his forehead for a moment, but when he straightened his head, it returned to its original position.
“okay. “It’s okay to postpone your engagement.”
When Ha-Jun Kang spoke again, Hyeon-Je-Ha made a strange expression. I should be happy that Kang Ha-jun spoke as if he was listening to me, but I didn’t feel very good.
It was a marriage to keep the families together, and Hyeonjeha liked Kang Ha-jun. I chose him because he was nicer than other alphas. He liked me at first, but at some point he stopped.
As the relationship became sluggish, Hyun Je-ha was the only one looking at this marriage. However, he instead suggested that Kang Ha-jun postpone the engagement. It seemed like it wouldn’t be enough to push it any further, but there was only one reason for delaying it.
To wait for Kang Ha-jun to beg me to get engaged again.
Kang Ha-jun’s father will not remain silent if he does not become engaged to him. I wanted to hear that he wanted me, but he happily said yes.
“It would be better not to get caught up in unnecessary gossip before the appointment of the current prosecutor general.”
Kang Ha-jun’s father is an entrepreneur-turned-politician, so if they get involved, rumors will definitely spread in some way.
When Kang Ha-jun turned the wine glass round, the contents flowed gently along the glass wall. Wine with a mild aroma and moderate acidity was something he enjoyed drinking. He had a sense of elegance and neatness that didn’t harm his cooking, but he didn’t follow suit today.
Maybe it’s because I smell a strong smell that takes away my sense of smell during the day.
“Thank you for listening to my concerns. But I didn’t make the decision because of my father. Hajun’s father is a rare person, and he is the only person my father recognizes. “Just because we’re engaged won’t affect my father’s greeting.”
Hyun Je-ha smiled softly.
“I will tell my father that our engagement is not urgent. If you need any help, can I contact you? My father listened to Ha-jun better than me… … .”
“okay.”
“But were you busy today?”
Hyun Je-ha asked while drinking wine. It seemed like it was because I had postponed my appointment.
During the day, Kang Ha-jun ate at a shabby restaurant. Kang Ha-jun, who was pondering whether this was the busy work that Hyun Je-ha mentioned, slowly nodded.
“Because things didn’t go well.”
Rep. Han Cheol-seung did not listen to what I wanted and posed a riddle to show off. He went to the restaurant to try and figure it out, but he came back with nothing to gain and more confused.
The grandson of the restaurant that I kept looking at. Since I saw he wasn’t there in the kitchen, he just had to go back, but strangely, his feet didn’t fall.
‘What is she?’
The man appeared with a child in his arms. He disappeared because of the child.
If it weren’t for the restaurant owner, I might have approached him again when I met him.
As I was still unable to completely shake off the events of the day, I heard Hyun Je-ha’s words.
“No matter what, take care of your health first.”
Hyun Je-ha pushed the plate containing the steak in front of Kang Ha-jun. Kang Ha-jun looked at it and eventually stood up without touching it.
* * *
“Oh, it’s hot.”
Eunyul quickly removed the hand that was holding the pot and grabbed my ear. I was trying to grab her handle, but I ended up touching the side of a hot pot and it made a mess.
“You did a good job when you came to your senses. You did a good job.”
Lim Bong-soon, who was carrying the freshly washed Haneul by her side, clicked her tongue.
“I put a damper on my otherwise smooth life by accepting that guy for no reason. “He is the most crazy person in the world.”
“Say that when I’m not around.”
“It’s because you do useless things.”
“You’re going to cook a lot to make kimchi. “Why do you start mistreating her without even asking why her grandmother was hurt? It makes people sad.”
“Who told you to do this? Who was the guy who stuck to me like a tick when I told him to go home? … “Why don’t you take care of this old man?”
As Haneul was running around bare-chested, Lim Bong-soon took out the clothes she had left somewhere in the store. As she covered her head with it, her face came out as she wiggled. Im Bong-sun, who was watching Haneul put on her clothes by herself even though she only put her head in, looked back at her Eun-yul.
“Don’t get into an accident and go home.”
“… … all right.”
I knew that staying with Eunyul wouldn’t help, so I gave up. It was her grandmother who fed and washed Haneul while I went around soaking her.
“But you don’t ask anything?”
“I saw your little guy, so what do you want to know more about?”
I’m talking about when Eunyul first appeared. At that time, Eunyul was looking for a place to shelter herself. It was Lim Bong-soon who accepted him as he appeared after turning around.
“I couldn’t ignore him because he was like a dirty puppy that looked like it was going to run over at any moment, so he gave birth to a baby and became a pair… … “I shot myself in the foot.”
“I’ll come tomorrow.”
After listening further, Eunyul held Haneul’s hand, wondering if the story from when she first met him would come out. As I was roughly brushing off the not-so-dry hair with my hands, Haneul yawned as if she was feeling sleepy.
“Go quickly.”
Eunyul bowed her head in greeting and lifted Haneul up. He planned to carry his sleepy son. Even when Lim Bong-soon saw this and closed and locked the store door, Eun-yul could not easily take his steps.
“What are you going to do if you lose your waist while making kimchi alone?” … .”
I did my best, but it must have been quite difficult to put together. Of course, if you voice these concerns, you will not receive a friendly response.
“Ugh.”
Eunyul turned around, holding on to the already sagging sky.
* * *
In an old house that was falling down, Eunyul and Haneul lived in a semi-detached house with a separate door on the side of the building. If you go beyond the iron gate and turn to the side, there are two doors side by side. One is a house where a man in his 50s lives alone, and further inside is Eun-yul’s house.
There was no door lock, so Eun-yul opened the door with a key and gently pushed Ha-neul’s back.
“Wow, it’s my house.”
Haneul went in excitedly and took a couple of steps into the living room without even taking off her shoes, but Eunyul bowed her head and went in with a calm smile. This was because if he kept his back straight, his head would touch the door.
The house that Haneul loved running around in was their very small, unattractive but cozy space with one room, a two-pyeong living room adjacent to the kitchen, and a cramped bathroom.
This was a monthly rental house that Eunyul bought with the 5 million won she had in her pocket. We thought 500 was a lot of money, but the world was so obsessed with real estate that we couldn’t find a decent room for the two of us with that money. This house was also moved in because the landlord, who was particularly concerned about Eun-yul’s situation, reduced the deposit.
It was Lim Bong-sun who first accepted Eun-yul as she wandered around. She worked and slept in her restaurant and after saving up some money, she settled down here and bought her own home. She asked why she bothered going out when her grandmother couldn’t just stay at her store, but she felt like if she didn’t do this, he would pretend not to know and cling to her.
“I had dinner at the store and washed up before going to bed… … “That’s it.”
Considering that, Grandma Lim Bong-soon took a lot of care… … .
When Eunyul spread the blanket, Haneul, who had just washed her hands and feet, came inside. His body was shaking because he wasn’t warm yet, but he stamped his feet as if he was okay with it.
“Dad, come in quickly too.”
Eunyul grinned at Haneul’s gesture, then went under the blanket and hugged Haneul’s body. As if that wasn’t enough, he diligently teased and tickled Sky’s stomach and legs.
“Ugh. don’t do it.”
As Haneul twisted her body and laughed, Eunyul farted into Haneul’s stomach. He is no longer one or two years old, and when Haneul accidentally gets hit in the eye with a fist, it hurts so much that tears come to his eyes, but it’s still fun, so we have to play around with him.
“Isn’t it fun?”
Eunyul came out, took off the blanket, and started talking to me with a smile, but I was surprised. Haneul was crying with a tearful face.
“Why, why are you crying?”
“I told you not to do it… … .”
We stopped talking several times, but Haneul mumbled something about why I was crying and then turned her back on Eunyul.
“ah… … sorry. “That was a lot of fun.”
Eunyul scratched her head and poked Haneul in the back. Stop getting angry, okay?
After begging a few more times, Haneul gently held out his hand.
“I’ll take a look if you shake my hand.”
Eunyul quickly grabbed the small hand and shook it, and Haneul turned around.
“I’m just looking at this one thing. “There is no next time.”
“okay.”
It’s not just one, it’s just once, but whatever. It’s cute. After hugging Haneul, Eunyul placed her nose on his head and rubbed it. The smell of shampoo mixed with the child’s unique smell.
Eunyul closed her eyes, smelling a sweet scent like cotton candy.
And I thought of the man I met today.
‘Kang Ha-jun is connected to Hyeon Je-ha.’
In the original, 5 years have passed since I died, so wouldn’t I have already gotten married and had a child?
‘He too… … Does he look like Kang Ha-jun?’
As my thoughts expanded, I even imagined a wedding photo of Kang Ha-jun and Hyun Je-ha standing side by side.
Without realizing that because I didn’t die, many things were completely different from the original.
* * *
