“That’s how it happened.”
My maternal grandfather also sensed that the two were constantly falling apart. Even though they were obviously dating well, the relationship was so calm that even if one person left somewhere or came back, it didn’t have much of an impact on the grandchild’s life. This seemed strange to my grandfather, although no one else knew.
“I hope you and I have resolved things well.”
Instead of saying more, my grandfather expressed his intention to watch.
“Then did that child want to do that too?”
When the question changed to the person he wanted to call, Kang Ha-jun shook his head. It was his decision now, and he didn’t think he would accept it right away.
“I plan to first prepare a place to live and then try to persuade the other party.”
I knew it as soon as I saw the child Seong Eun-yul was holding. Why didn’t he die at the inn and why didn’t he show up in front of me?
I couldn’t ask why I didn’t tell him. Since he was the one who pushed him to the floor in the first place, he would not have been able to reveal that he was the child’s father. The thought of giving birth and raising a child alone made it impossible for him to stay still.
I thought about what to do and acted as soon as I decided.
First, I organized my surroundings. I immediately said goodbye to Hyeon Je-ha and looked for a house. The castle was decorated so that Yul could just enter with her child. He thought about going into the house himself, but he wouldn’t go in if Seong Eun-yul didn’t want him to. It’s okay because I have a greater desire to give them a cozy home.
After receiving the call that someone had been rescued, I went straight to Seong Eun-yul. He was going to reveal to him that he knew everything.
But I couldn’t say it.
I couldn’t reveal my true feelings because he told me not to see him again. He didn’t even reveal that he had a child of his own, so I don’t know what would happen if he suddenly asked me to live with him.
Ha-Jun Kang forced down the boiling nervousness in his heart. There was no need for him to rush.
“We will approach slowly.”
Since I was entering his peaceful life, I had to approach cautiously.
* * *
Eunyul was pacing in place, repeatedly holding and unfolding her phone. My heart pounding did not subside because of the thought that Namgoonghyuk was coming tomorrow. He walked around anxiously all day.
I didn’t know that Namgoong Hyuk may have set a time limit for this. She couldn’t afford to consult a lawyer, and he couldn’t think of a better way. However, if he said that he wouldn’t pay back the money and told him to give up, I couldn’t turn him away because I knew that he was really a bad person.
If things continue like this, I will have to go and work under Namgoong Hyuk… … .
Eventually, Eunyul called someone.
“I… … “I’m really sorry.”
He was the only person I could turn to for help right now.
“Please help me just this once. “Young man.”
Since Namgung-hyuk went back as soon as he saw Rep. Han Cheol-seung, I just hoped that he could be of help in some way.
But if you say no… … .
What should I do?
It was a night where I was afraid of where I would wake up the day after tomorrow.
* * *
D-day.
I have not yet heard what happened to the request I made to Old Man Cheolseung Han. Since he didn’t come to the restaurant and I couldn’t contact him, I had to spend the whole day anxious.
“dad?”
Haneul snooped around Eunyul and called her. She noticed that her father looked different from usual, so she grabbed the hem of his clothes and tried to shake him, or even wrapped her arms around his waist and hung on him. Every time that happened, Eunyul stroked Sky’s head or picked up the child hanging on her waist and held her in her arms. The reason he was nervous now was because Haneul was there too, so he felt the child’s warmth whenever he got the chance.
My eyes stayed glued to the clock as I checked the time every hour. She couldn’t do it even though her inferior grandmother, Lim Bong-sun, yelled at her to stop looking.
While Eunyul nervously checked the clock again, Lim Bongsun locked the restaurant door.
“ah… … .”
Before we knew it, business was over. Eunyul turned his head for the first time and saw the locked door.
“Did you think at least a goblin would attack?”
“Iknow, right. “I was so nervous, right?”
“All the customers who came today ran away after seeing your expression.”
Eunyul let out a dry laugh at Grandma Lim Bong-soon’s scolding. In fact, she wasn’t laughing, but she couldn’t make any other facial expressions other than smiling.
“Don’t stay here forever, come on in.”
Even though the restaurant door was locked, the lights were turned off only after a long time, and she also turned off the lights in the restaurant as if she wanted to rest early.
Now that the surroundings can be gauged by the complaints coming from the room, Eunyul looks outside again.
Namgoonghyuk did not come.
Today hasn’t passed completely, but I was able to catch my breath for just a moment.
* * *
As we checked and rechecked late into the night, the lights at the Korean restaurant, ‘Twelve Moons’, were bright. Perhaps because it was built as a Hanok, there were no high floors, but it had a quiet and neat atmosphere. While people usually start with Western food when entering the restaurant business, Namgung-hyuk was stubborn about everything from selling Korean food to the fact that it had to be a Hanok. He said it had to be this way and Hyeonjaeha helped him do whatever he wanted.
I liked Namgoong Hyuk’s expression as he hummed and flipped through the pamphlet. ‘Twelve Months’ hasn’t even opened yet, but it was the face of the owner who saw customers already pouring in.
“You seem to be in quite a good mood.”
Park Joo-hwan, one of the employees who was cleaning the area, quietly came next to me and lowered his butt. This was a case where he received receivables from Namgoonghyuk and then came to this side. He had been working out all his life, so he started working in this field, but it wasn’t for him. So as soon as he heard that ‘Twelve Moons’ was being made, he jumped right in.
Park Joo-hwan’s role was serving and security. Anyway, compared to the other newly hired employees, I was closer to Namgoong Hyuk, so I asked cautiously.
“Very good.”
Namgoonghyuk looked back and forth at the pamphlet and tapped his leg with the sharpest part.
“How far do you think humans can change?”
It was an odd question, but knowing Namgung-hyuk’s personality, Park Joo-hwan held the mop tightly and was lost in thought. Park Joo-hwan, the only man with a physique on par with Namgoong-hyuk, who has a muscular body built through exercise, scratched his forehead as if he was seriously thinking about it.
“How do people change? Brother Seung-Gap, look at him. “Even though they ask you to buy cigarettes with your own money, you always take your own and smoke them.”
“Not like that. “It means that people really change.”
Namgoonghyuk tapped his lips with a pamphlet with a crushed end.
“A child who used to be very mean and fierce turns into a steady person. “Is that possible?”
“Wouldn’t it depend on how mean and fierce they are?”
Park Joo-hwan swept the surrounding area with a mop.
“hmm… … It wasn’t a joke. He looked like that kid from a morning drama. “I get on my nerves, bite others, gossip, and make plans.”
“My brother must have been really mean to say something like that.”
“… … .”
When Namgoong-hyuk glared at him, Park Joo-hwan pretended not to notice and then turned his head, which he doesn’t usually do.
“Then wouldn’t there be a huge reason? “I lost all my money overnight.”
“It was the same back then.”
“… … Betrayed or not?”
“I didn’t have anyone close to me.”
“family?”
I just skimmed over it, but Namgoong Hyuk’s expression changed. It seemed like he was just squinting with one eye.
“family… … okay. He was a bit of a lonely kid. Have you become calmer because your family has grown? ah!”
Namgoonghyuk looked at the time and stood up.
“Where are you going?”
“We should bring a chef. “The child will come with us, so get ready.”
“A child is coming?”
“Think of it as one plus one.”
“But why are you going now?”
Namgoonghyuk grinned.
“To strike when you are most at ease.”
It’s thrilling to imagine Seong Eun-yul’s surprised expression at that time.
* * *
As soon as I arrived, I turned on the heating, so the house was warm. Heating costs were expensive, but it was one of the things Haneul had to spare to avoid catching a cold.
While Haneul took out her pajamas and put them on, Eunyul soothed her stomach with bottled water. On days like this, I want to drink, but I can’t because I have a child. Under the compulsion not to lose his mind, he opened a bottle of bottled water and drank it again and again.
‘You’re not coming, right?’
Did you do it right?
‘Then, from now on, can I set up an automatic transfer there instead of savings?’
There are three hours left until today ends. Namgoonghyuk didn’t disappear like fog just because it was 12 midnight, but in my mind, I was counting down the hours, minutes, and seconds that were left.
“It’s not even Cinderella… … .”
Although Cinderella is visited by a prince, she herself is a fierce gangster. Hold a debt document, not a glass slipper.
“Dad, aren’t you sleeping?”
“I need to sleep. “The sky is the caterpillar first.”
Eunyul patted Haneul’s butt. She smiled at that gesture because she liked Haneul and went into the room and picked up the blanket. They told me to lie down on the floor and wrap the blanket around my body, but I think they were planning to wrap it around me like a cloak.
Seeing Haneul who was consistently excited, Eunyul smiled without even realizing it.
“Sky.”
“why?”
Haneul, who was fiddling with the blanket with her small hands, looked up with her big eyes blinking.
“Daddy, thank you for being born as your son.”
“I love you too.”
Haneul accepted it familiarly.
“If you are born again, you will still be your father’s son, right?”
“no.”
Instead of wrapping the blanket around Haneul, he came up to Eunyul and hugged her neck.
