Episode 624
The next evening, after returning home.
The Park siblings barged in before I could even enjoy my peaceful daily life.
“I wonder if this is really true.”
“You posted your front door password in the group chat notice. What do you mean by that?”
“But what if you keep visiting that old man’s house like this?”
“What are you talking about, old man? We’re not strangers, and yet you worry so much.”
Park Da-young said confidently.
“We only do this to you, old man.”
“I think that’s the problem.”
“I told you not to do this to other people.”
“So I think that’s the problem.”
“Don’t worry about us.”
“I’m already worried.”
Lee Jae-heon saw Park Da-hoon standing next to Park Da-young, trying to get away.
“What are you so curious about, Dahun?”
“…sorry….”
“I don’t want an apology right now, I’m just curious.”
“… I’m sorry for coming all of a sudden… .”
Lee Jae-heon smiled brightly.
“You should act confidently like your older sister. The school bag you’re holding looks really full, but it’s not just filled with textbooks, right? You brought pajamas too, right? Am I right?”
“I can’t come empty-handed….”
“Usually when you say something like that, you should bring the host a gift instead of your luggage. Of course, I don’t expect such a gift from you, but it’s a little embarrassing.”
Park Da-young winked with the soul of youth. It was dirty and refreshing.
“Are you embarrassed because we’re so cute?”
“Did the definition of cute change overnight? The world has gone crazy.”
“Aww, isn’t it cute?”
“Oh yeah, it’s cute and scary.”
“I get it. It means you care about us terribly, right?”
“This is getting more and more ridiculous as the days go by, isn’t it?”
“Communication is going well, so why are you doing this?”
“Ugh… .”
Seo-ah peeked her head out between Jae-heon Lee’s legs as he let out a deep sigh.
“Sister.”
“Seo-ah-ah, come here, unnie.”
“…and brother… .”
“Oh, it’s been a while… .”
Park Da-hoon, who was awkwardly waving his hand, looked at Lee Jae-heon’s face and said, “Oh no.”
“… We saw each other yesterday, right?”
“Yeah, it’s been a while, but I’m still recovering from the hangover.”
Lee Jae-heon let out a deep sigh.
“It’s hard for our friends to imagine how tired the old man must be after driving for hours. I just got off work. Mr. Lee Yoon-byeol just left. So, I think our friends can understand how tired I am.”
Park Da-young gave a thumbs up.
“Then we can give you a massage.”
“This is crazy. Who are you trying to make into a child exploiter?”
“No matter what, he’s not a child.”
“Then that’s exploitation of youth, you guys.”
“It seems like just leaving them outside is exploitation of youth.”
“I guess the meaning of exploitation has changed?”
Lee Jae-heon, who had been wiping his face, eventually nodded.
“Okay… Come on in, you rascals… .”
“Yay.”
“Excuse me.”
There was no humility in the Park siblings.
‘Raising children is difficult, after all.’
It was bittersweet to realize that I had no talent for raising children. I was sure that those clever people wouldn’t go around starving or getting beaten.
Lee Jae-heon asked while watching two high school students hurriedly taking out their luggage from their backpacks.
“Did you come right after school?”
“Okay.”
“Palm tree.”
“Okay.”
“I guess it’s okay to cut it these days.”
“It’s okay because we are autonomous.”
“There is also a compulsory night study program called autonomy.”
“My previous school was like that, but here, we really have autonomy.”
“The teachers are wise.”
Even if you locked up students who were going crazy from academic stress in a class, none of them would study. The ethical choice would have been to let them go, at least without stress, since they weren’t going to study anyway.
Lee Jae-heon said as he entered the kitchen.
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“I guess you already planned to come here before leaving for work since you already put it in your school bag.”
“Sir, it’s not work, it’s school. I appreciate that you’re already looking forward to our work life, but we haven’t earned any money yet, so we’re just taking your money.”
“Oh, yeah, going to school. So what I said was right?”
“No, I’m just asking the obvious.”
“I wish you were really confident.”
“I guess you now know what my charm is.”
“I’m actually the type of person who doesn’t really understand situations….”
Lee Jae-heon took out green tea from the cupboard and continued speaking.
“I came back from my trip and found that the tea leaves were damaged. The green tea was fine, but can I give you this instead?”
Park Da-hoon asked.
“Would you like some sugar?”
“Sugar in green tea? What kind of weird food is that?”
“There’s also green tea cake, but I think green tea with sugar would be just as good. And the black tea I drank on this trip was too bitter.”
“That’s why you gave me milk back then, right?”
Lee Jae-heon shook the teapot containing the tea leaves.
“And these are young leaves, so don’t use them.”
“Can I believe it?”
“Oh, then just drink plain water.”
“Can you be sure that you won’t use it more than water?”
“What is it? Are you here to pick a fight?”
“Please don’t use it.”
“Sir, it’s hard.”
Lee Jae-heon placed a few Korean snacks on the table along with green tea with a hint of green. The green tea, made from leaves picked when the young ones were young, had a strong, fresh and fragrant aroma.
This was especially liked by children like Jang Seo-ah.
“Seo-ah, you drink tea well.”
“The tea is delicious.”
“Don’t people usually like sweet things at this age?”
Lee Jae-heon answered Park Da-young’s muttering.
“Seo-ah doesn’t like things that are too sweet.”
“Oh, really?”
“It’s not that I hate it at all… but if I had to choose between chocolate milk and honey milk, I’d choose honey milk.”
“I see.”
Lee Jae-heon, who had finished his snack and sat down, asked.
“so.”
“yes.”
“Why did you come?”
“… … .”
“Because of the story I heard during my recent trip?”
Park Da-hoon shrugged his shoulders with an awkward expression.
“I’m worried.”
“okay?”
“We might be able to help….”
“That’s amazing.”
“…I feel anxious too.”
“That could be possible.”
Lee Jae-heon nodded.
“But don’t come looking for me too often.”
“…yes.”
“Hurt.”
There were a number of physical injuries.
Park Da-young, who had been quietly watching the situation unfold, soon rummaged through the school bag next to her and took something out. It was an A4 piece of paper that looked like it had clearly been written by a school teacher.
“Mister, mister.”
“Oh, okay. Why are you calling me?”
“We have a home practice.”
“Oh, I see. So why?”
“Let’s go shopping.”
“… … .”
Jaeheon Lee looked out the window.
“…Has the sun set now?”
“Oh my, what should I do? I’ll just sleep today and go grocery shopping tomorrow.”
“Our Dayoung won’t go anywhere and get eaten.”
Rather, if Park Da-young had hit him on the back of the head, he would have hit her. He wasn’t the type of guy who would get hit by anyone. Lee Jae-heon sighed as he realized that deeply in his heart once again.
“What’s with the sudden home practice and what’s with the market? No, in the first place, where did you guys leave your friends and come here alone? They’re already scared if you leave them alone.”
“First of all, the condition of ‘alone’ doesn’t hold true since there are three of them, sir.”
“It’s not like we don’t know the context of what you’re saying, right?”
“So, there are three people, so there is no problem.”
Park Da-young shrugged her shoulders slyly.
“They’re not even in first grade. How could they not do it on their own?”
“That’s not what I meant….”
“The kids spoke first.”
“… … .”
“You guys look anxious. I’m not going to ask you why, just go to your uncle’s house.”
“oh my god….”
Lee Jae-heon smiled faintly.
“Your friends are very considerate.”
“Because I have a bit of luck.”
“Aren’t they scary? Especially Naeun, who will have to use the house all by herself without you, will only get more scared.”
“That’s why the three of us said we’d all sleep together. We’re on the same floor anyway, and we live next door.”
“We get along well.”
While Park Da-young and Park Da-hoon were at the aquarium, three high school students who were not the main members had to tremble in fear while looking at the two mannequins. It must have been quite painful not being able to show such fear because of the eyes of others.
This was evident during this vacation home trip as well. The house was spacious and had many rooms, but the sight of everyone huddled together in the same bed was a clear expression of their anxiety.
‘And yet you sent me like this.’
Anyway, there were no people who lived only seeing losses.
“So… what about home economics and grocery shopping?”
Park Da-hoon answered Lee Jae-heon’s question while munching on some snacks.
“… That’s… There’s a third-year home economics class coming up soon. It’ll be reflected in my grades…”
“however.”
Park Da-young intervened.
“Cooking is evaluated. Let’s cook, sir.”
“cooking?”
Lee Jae-heon nodded his head.
“You know the basics of cooking.”
“That’s obvious. As you can see, I’ve already decided what to make.”
“Let’s see.”
In the performance evaluation paper that Park Da-young handed over, there was a round bread that looked like it was drawn with a three-color ballpoint pen. When I looked into it, it seemed like the inside of the morning bread was hollowed out, tomato sauce, cheese, and eggs were put inside, and it was baked in the oven.
Lee Jae-heon said, gently stroking his chin.
“It looks delicious.”
“…is it so?”
“The recipe isn’t that difficult, and the flavors will be varied. As long as the sauce isn’t too thin or the oven isn’t too hot, it’ll come out delicious.”
“Right?”
“Then what is there to be worried about? I took care of everything.”
Park Da-young said, her eyes sparkling at Lee Jae-heon’s compliment that wasn’t really a compliment.
“But we need to buy the ingredients for this.”
“Oh… I see, I see. Was the allowance I gave you not enough? Did you buy a car?”
“You don’t even have a license. What kind of car are you driving? You know this and you’re doing this anyway.”
At that moment, Park Da-young moved.
Park Da-young lifted Seo-ah up and sat her on Lee Jae-heon’s lap, then grabbed Park Da-hoon, whose face was red from foreseeing the future, by the collar and placed him on Lee Jae-heon’s left side, while she clung tightly to Lee Jae-heon’s right side and looked up at him.
Park Da-young asked with her eyes wide open.
“Can you go shopping with us?”
“Why me?”
“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.”
“Hey hey… Hey… Don’t do that… Why are you doing this to me, really?”
“I feel sad seeing the old man lying down with Dayoung and the value of the house.”
“I told you not to do that. I’m begging you now. I’m really begging you.”
Lee Jae-heon said, pushing Park Da-young away.
“Can’t you just… have it delivered?”
“Sir, don’t you have any romantic cells?”
“What? There’s no such strange cell. And what kind of romance do you find in shopping? Isn’t it our student Park Da-young who’s missing the romantic cell?”
“Oh, mister.”
“Do you think I don’t go to work? Even if I come back from work like a ghost, when is the time to go grocery shopping?”
“It’s not that late.”
“Ugh, patience.”
Phalang.
Lee Jae-heon, who was looking at Park Da-young’s performance evaluation sheet, let out a slow sigh.
“…Okay, let’s go.”
“Oh, really?”
“What can’t those guys who broke into my house do? They can sleep and go shopping.”
“Are you going with me too, sir?”
“For now….”
Lee Jae-heon looked down at Jang Seo-ah.
“Seo-ah.”
“yes.”
“Do you want to go too?”
“… … .”
Jang Seo-ah looked at the clock and calendar once and then answered.
“Tomorrow is the day of the Manimoni Witch.”
“Oh, I see.”
The law of a child’s obedient life had to be strictly observed.
Jang Seo-ah, a typical example of a child who doesn’t get along with others, didn’t have any particular hobbies. She ate whatever was given to her when she was fed, and slept whatever was put to bed when she was told to.
If you are stubborn at all, it would be to the extent of decorating yourself with accessories or clothes that you like.
‘If that’s a hobby, then it’s a hobby.’
But other than that, there was nothing special about her, and one of the few things she insisted on was watching children’s animations. Lee Jae-heon decided to respect Seo-ah’s opinion.
“Then, Teacher Lee Yoon-byeol will have to stay a little longer tomorrow.”
“Wow, what a wicked boss.”
“If you knew how much extra allowance I give you, you would call me a villain.”
“How much do you charge?”
“… … .”
Lee Jae-heon whispered the amount in Park Da-young’s ear, and Park Da-young slowly nodded.
“…indeed.”
“What, how much are you giving me?”
“I understand.”
“Are you the only one who understands this? What is it? How much do you pay?”
“If you know, you’ll get hurt.”
Park Da-young asked Lee Jae-heon about her younger brother’s absurd expression.
“Then we’re going to see the market, right?”
“Oh, yeah.”
“Aren’t you going to cry?”
“Why would someone who knows my house password do something so stupid?”
“I really like this about you, sir.”
“Sometimes I get scared by this aspect of you….”
“Hey, just kidding.”
“I guess it wouldn’t be a bad idea to think that way….”
Lee Jae-heon thought to himself.
‘The exorcist has arrived.’
It seemed like I wouldn’t be able to see Park Min-jun’s face for a few days.
“… … .”
and.
They would have known that too.
(Continued in the next episode)
