“Try a little drink. “That will ease the tension.”
Kang Ha-jun handed Eun-yul some champagne and looked at her complexion. It was as if he had been suddenly dragged in, so it was obvious that he was wondering if he was okay.
“You don’t have to look at it that way. Because it’s nothing.”
Something unexpected happened, but I had adapted to it now.
Kang Ha-jun passed Eun-yul’s hair and lightly touched her cheek with the back of his hand.
“Sorry.”
Just as he was about to add what he was sorry about, Eunyul covered his mouth. He didn’t actually cover his mouth, but just placing his palm close to it was enough.
“Right now I’m focusing on the engagement ceremony. And know this. “Kang Ha-jun reached out to me to get engaged, so it happened, but it was only my choice that made it happen safely.”
It is said that it was Eun-yul who persuaded Kang Yi-heum not to ruin the engagement ceremony.
Eunyul lightly clinked her glass against Kang Hajun’s. A clear sound rang out. After tasting the champagne, Eunyul smiled brightly at Kang Ha-jun.
It seemed like he smiled at Haneul like that. Hajun couldn’t take his eyes off the smile being directed at him.
“The best use of this moment is to show the two of us being very affectionate.”
Only then did I realize why Eunyul was smiling.
“Then I guess I should smile too.”
Kang Ha-jun gave a most convincing smile.
This time, Eunyul couldn’t take her eyes off his face. Kang Ha-jun, who was creating an atmosphere of lovingly looking at each other, called out someone who was sad that he was not here now.
“It’s a pity that there is no sky.”
“Yes. The sky… … .”
Eunyul just nodded like a doll. How she wished she had not only heaven, but also her grandmother.
“Let’s do it one more time.”
Eun-yul, who was wondering if it was Ha-won’s time in the sky, looked back at Kang Ha-jun.
“What? “Are you going to have an engagement ceremony?”
“huh.”
At Kang Ha-jun’s bright smile, Eun-yul looked at his face and muttered.
“Don’t drink champagne. Because I want to quickly run to that sky… … .”
When Kang Ha-jun told him that he shouldn’t drink alcohol, he rounded his glass without thinking about it.
“It’s non-alcoholic.”
Kang Ha-jun tilted his head and whispered in Eun-yul’s ear.
“I feel the same way.”
Hyun Je-ha poked at the dented egg roll with chopsticks, like a burst balloon. It wasn’t just that it went in smoothly, it was amazing that the whole thing shook like pudding.
“It’s not about playing with food.”
Namgoonghyeok, who was worse off, crossed his arms and disapproved of what Hyeonjeha was doing.
“Is this really food? I’ve never seen anything like this… … .”
“It will still taste good. It took a lot of work for me to sift it through a sieve… … .”
“that word… … .”
Hyun Je-ha took his chopsticks off the balloon he had claimed to be egg rolls and looked at Namgung-hyuk.
“Seongyul is the same as Yul.”
“I’m the same as Seong Eun-yul… … .”
“It took a lot of work.”
Seong Eun-yul was like that too. He told me to eat all the side dishes, saying that none of them were prepared.
“But what she made looked good, but yours is ugly.”
“Are you the same as me? “I am a beginner who tried cooking for the first time today.”
As if Namgung-hyuk couldn’t bear it any longer, he picked up Hyun Je-ha’s spoon and cut the balloon in half. Then he lifted the class and put it to Hyun Je-ha’s mouth.
“Open your mouth.”
Otherwise, Hyeonjaeha opened his mouth with a very sinister look in his eyes, as if he would just push in mercilessly.
“It contains rolled eggs.”
Aside from his rough behavior, Namgoonghyeok’s touch was careful as to whether the spoon might touch Hyunjeha’s teeth. Because of that, the large egg roll couldn’t fit all of it in his mouth and ended up spilling to the side, but it didn’t matter.
“how is it?”
While Hyun Je-ha ate the egg rolls with her mouth shut, Namgung-hyuk asked while picking up the spilled items on the table.
“… … delicious.”
“If it’s delicious, it’s delicious. Why are you so hesitant to tell me?”
Namgoonghyuk acted as if he knew that would happen, but his voice was excited as if he was happy on the inside.
“It tastes just like what I had here.”
Hyunjaeha found it strange that the shape was not at all the same but the taste was the same, so he cut a small piece of the egg roll with a spoon and ate it. It looked even more messed up as it dried, but I didn’t care. Because it was ugly from the beginning.
“How did you do it?”
“Is there anything else to do about this? “I just do it.”
Namgoonghyuk leaned back on the chair and crossed his arms. If Lim Bong-sun had seen that swagger, she would have tripped and fallen, but now she wasn’t there to pick up Haneul.
“How difficult is it to just beat an egg, put it on fire, and roll it? Oh, I did add this and that.”
Namgoonghyuk said it wasn’t that difficult, but he didn’t seem to care at all that the finished egg rolls would look messy.
“delicious.”
Namgoonghyuk cleared his throat and turned his head in response to Hyunjeha’s simple evaluation.
“I need to eat something else too. I also baked that seaweed. And I didn’t do anything special with the hangover soup, but I put it in an earthen pot.”
When Namgung-hyuk said that he put his own touch into the food as he was cutting it one by one, Hyeonjeha looked back at the items placed on the table one by one.
The seaweed was shriveled up and had holes in it, the hangover soup had a lot of ingredients so there was little broth, and the kimchi was all in the side dish bowl… … .
“thank you.”
Hyun Jae-ha calmly expressed his feelings at the award, which warmed his heart for no reason.
“Well, that’s all I have to be thankful for.”
Namgoonghyeok could not meet Hyeonjeha’s eyes when he greeted Hyeonjeha, who was usually sensitive and did not open his mouth unless he had something to say.
“Now that I think about it, we’ve never had a meal sitting across from each other like this.”
Namgoonghyuk stirred the hangover soup he brought with rolled rice and spoke about what he felt again. Considering that we mostly met for coffee or drinks, I wondered why we didn’t eat together.
“Because I don’t eat well.”
Hyun Je-ha pointed this out.
“I guess so.”
Namgoonghyuk was still stirring the spoon and looking at Hyeonjaeha. I had a doubt. Even if he didn’t have much time to eat alone with himself, I think he had a lot with Kang Ha-Jun… … .
* * *
Haneul got off the kindergarten bus and looked around.
“Come on.”
Lim Bong-soon, who was standing with her back towards Haneul, waved her hand for him to come closer.
“grandma.”
Haneul seemed to slip into Lim Bong-soon’s arms and raised her head to make eye contact.
“What about Dad?”
“Where did you go? “I will come later.”
So even though Haneul knew that Im Bong-soon had arrived, she could not hide her disappointment.
“Do you hate me coming?”
“no.”
As Haneul stood next to Lim Bong-soon holding her hand, she looked down at the child.
“I’ll come with you tomorrow.”
“really? great.”
Haneul, who quickly regained her energy, shook Lim Bong-soon’s hand. And as she walked away, jumping up and down, Lim Bong-soon lost her heart to her child’s bright smile.
“Were there many customers today?”
“It’s the same as usual. People who don’t want to eat with their hands… … “Womae?”
Even to customers who said they didn’t want to cook with their own hands, he always told them to eat well and gave them a lot of food, but his words were always full of dissatisfaction. But even that was cut off due to something discovered.
When Haneul looked up at Lim Bong-soon, she was looking somewhere else.
“Did you buy radishes without me?”
“Where? Can you see it all?”
Haneul craned his neck and looked at the floor in front of Youngie’s supermarket. Her grandmothers were huddled together, but I couldn’t see what they were doing.
“Heaven, you go in first. “I’ll just say what I have to say to those old ladies and leave.”
“yes.”
Haneul obediently let go of Lim Bong-soon’s hand. Sooni’s restaurant was right in front, so all I had to do was go in. Haneul waved her hand to say hello, but she was already walking to Youngine’s supermarket.
“You’re going to fight again.”
Haneul, who clicked his tongue like an old child, as if he knew without looking, grabbed the strap of his kindergarten school bag and turned around.
* * *
When Hyun Je-ha put down the spoon, Namgung-hyuk, who was scooping up hangover soup and putting it into his mouth, glanced at him.
“Aren’t you going to eat more?”
“Ate it all.”
“I haven’t even eaten half, but I want to eat more.”
“I’m full.”
Hyeonjeha shook his head and drank water.
“Did you eat that much when you ate with Kang Ha-jun?”
“Why is that person suddenly here?”
“No, just… … “I was wondering if you couldn’t eat because of me.”
