episode_0078

Buuung-.

“We’re here, Yerin.”

“Ah… , yes. Boss.”

As I was dazed, the car quickly arrived in front of the hotel.

I, who had been lost in thought, came back to my senses after hearing Kang Hyeong-man’s words and quickly tried to get out of the car.

however… .

“Thank you for today, boss.”

“… Yerin.”

“… Yes?”

As I was about to open the door and get out, Kang Hyeong-man spoke in his characteristic indifferent tone.

“If you are having trouble or need our help, please contact us at any time.”

“… … .”

While coming here from the set of Naaah, Kang Hyeong-man and Sang-gu did not say anything out of consideration for me, who seemed to be in a bad mood.

But the first thing I said was this… .

I felt my heart grow warmer than it was… , He smiled and nodded.

“… Yes I will. Boss.”

“Okay, take a good rest over the weekend and come back to pick me up at school time on Monday. Well then… .”

“I… , boss.”

“Hmm?”

I have not been able to repay Kang Hyungman anything for the kindness he has shown me so far.

Nevertheless, he treats me warmly one-sidedly… .

“Thank you. always… , thank you.”

“… … .”

I was so thankful.

When I expressed my sincere gratitude, Kang Hyeong-man paused for a moment and then nodded.

“… It’s pointless. Okay, I got it. I received a nice greeting. Let’s go.”

“Yes. Please enter carefully, boss. Sanggu oppa too.”

“… Hello.”

After saying hello to my blunt brother Sang-gu, I gathered my luggage and waved my hand to see him off until Kang Hyeong-man’s car disappeared in the distance.

“Ah… , Come to think of it… .”

Now I see that Kang Hyeong-man’s car is the same model as Seo Yu-jin’s parents’ car that I saw earlier.

When I remembered that fact, I was able to notice the changes that occurred in my mind while I was with Kang Hyeong-man.

In fact, after seeing Seo Yu-jin’s family that was in harmony earlier… , I felt bitter. To be precise… , I felt envious.

But now, I no longer feel envious when I think of Seo Yu-jin’s family.

It was because Kang Hyungman and Sanggu oppa were together just now.

‘It’s amazing.’

Kang Hyeong-man and I started out as a debtor’s family and a private loan shark… , now it’s just a simple relationship between an employee and the boss… , Why do I feel so secure when I’m with Kang Hyeong-man?

At that time, this thought suddenly occurred to me.

‘The boss… , if they were my parents… .’

If so… , that would have been nice.

“… … Hey, what was I thinking.”

I imagined that and then quickly shook my head.

For Kang Hyeong-man, a widower who hasn’t even married yet, to have an eldest daughter like me… .

Already, women wouldn’t be attracted to him because of his scary face, but if that were the case, Kang Hyeong-man would never even dream of getting married in his lifetime.

‘is not it? Does the boss have no intention of getting married in the first place? He has a lot of money, and honestly, he’s not ugly, but seeing as he’s not married yet… .’

I entered the hotel with such foolish thoughts.

This is a hotel that Kang Hyeong-man personally provided. It’s not a 5-star luxury hotel, but it has the cleanest beds I’ve ever slept in.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been staying here for over a week now, but now it feels like my home.

‘I’m tired… , I need to rest quickly.’

After filming, my body often loses strength to the point of exhaustion. It was still the same now, so I was full of thoughts of quickly going up to my room, taking a shower, and going to sleep.

But then… .

“… Yerin?”

“… … ?”

As I was taking the elevator up to my room, I heard someone’s voice calling my name.

When I turned my head to see this… .

“Yes, Yerin… ! Hey, honey, wake up now… ! It’s really Yerin!”

“… Umm, huh? … Ugh! Hehe! Yerin-!!”

“… No, how.”

I made eye contact with my biological parents, who were lying on a sofa in the corner of the hotel lobby.

When I saw the two people’s faces, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed.

How on earth did those people know and came here… .

And the two people took advantage of my panic and rushed at me, crying and screaming.

“Oh my~ Yerin… !! How long has this been… !”

“Huh-! I missed you, Yerin!!”

“Lee, let go of this… , Tsk.”

In an instant, I was grabbed by both arms as if the detectives were trying to subdue the criminal, and I tried to separate them… .

Hold, hold.

‘Ugh… , strength… .’

I couldn’t do that because my physical strength was completely exhausted and the power of my parents holding on to me was so strong.

The two people who had tied my arms didn’t let go of their hands and pressed their faces to my arms like water ghosts.

“Yerin-!! We were wrong! Huh-!!”

“I won’t do that again. So please forgive me!! Hmm-!”

“Ha… , put this down.”

“No… ! I can never let you go!! It’s my daughter’s face that I haven’t seen in a while… !!”

“Forgive me! Yerin! Miu or Gou, we are family!”

“… Let me put this before calling the boss.”

“… … !!”

The two people were shocked for a moment when they heard that they would only call Kang Hyeong-man. but… .

Kkook-.

“But that doesn’t work! I can never let you go-!”

“You’d rather kill us and go-!! No matter how much that gangster threatens, I will protect my daughter!!”

Perhaps because they had made up their minds today, the two gave me even more strength to hold on.

‘ah… , really… .’

Unlike me, whose eyes are closed and whose body strength is gradually decreasing, the two of them are very energetic.

‘I tried not to contact you because I thought it was a nuisance… .’

I became convinced that it would be difficult to resolve the current situation simply on my own.

The moment I took out my phone to really call Kang Hyeong-man… .

“Oh my gosh-!! Yerin-!!”

“Please don’t abandon us~!!!”

The parents, perhaps sensing a crisis, started screaming at the hotel lobby to leave.

Murmur.

Although it is late, this is a hotel in the center of Seoul.

Of course, there were a lot of people passing by… , Thanks to the parents’ screams, people’s eyes began to focus on us.

And among those views… .

“… What is it?”

“I don’t know, do family members fight?”

“This is a family of celebrities with really handsome men and women. uh? But he… .”

“I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere… .”

… Some people recognized me.

‘… ah.’

At that moment, I felt very frustrated.

I am no longer the person I used to be.

Although he hasn’t debuted yet, he is currently the main cast member of Naaah, one of the most talked-about programs… , there are many people on the internet who call themselves my fans.

Even though it’s only half… , celebrities are celebrities.

It was clear that if I got caught up in the gossip here, it would have a negative impact on me.

‘For the boss to come back… , it will take at least 5 minutes… .’

5 minutes… .

Although it seemed short, it was a very long time.

‘If a picture is taken during that time… .’

… … .

“Huh-uh-! Yerin-!!”

“My daughter Yerin-!! Ugh-!!”

“… I guess… Please.”

“Uaaaa! … huh? What are you saying, Yerin?”

“… I understand, so let it go.”

okay… , the relationship between me and my parents was not so easily severed.

Because there is no way to escape this situation right now… , I couldn’t help but say to my parents with a dark expression.

“Not here… , let’s go up and talk in my room.”

“… … !”

As soon as I heard those words, a smile appeared on the lips of my parents, who were crying for the world to pass away.

No matter how much I think about it… , these people had to be actors.

**

“… I’m just going, so please leave this behind.”

“… No, you have to go like this at least to the inside of the room.”

‘… Sheesh.’

If I had to, I was thinking of going into my room alone, locking the door, and calling only Kang Hyeong… , My parents were thorough in this aspect.

Just like that, my parents held onto my arms tightly as if they were arresting a criminal and crawled into my room… .

thud.

Only after entering the room did he let go of my arm.

And then… .

“… Well, now that you’re here, if you have something to say, say it quickly and let’s go… .”

dump.

“… … !”

“Yerin-!!!!! Forgive me-!!!”

“It will never happen again-!!!”

He immediately knelt in front of me and began to beg.

“We were wrong-!!”

“We were so foolish back then!! This will never happen again! I’ll promise! Huh-!”

“… … .”

Of course, my gaze looking down at such parents was as cold as the deep winter.

My parents have already stabbed me countless times… , This incident also crossed the line.

There was nothing I could do to forgive them.

And my parents must have noticed my behavior and this time they grabbed both of my legs and begged me.

“Never again-!! I will never borrow money from anyone again!!”

“I won’t be extravagant-!!”

“Just come back home… , Yerin-!! Hmm!!”

“We’ll do all the housework too… !! Please don’t just say you’re going to break off ties with us… !!”

“We are family… ! Even if we hate each other, we are a family that must embrace each other… !”

“You’ve finished what you had to say, right? Get out. If I don’t leave right away, I’ll contact the boss… .”

“Now, wait a minute… !”

No matter how much he pleaded, it didn’t work, so my dad took something out of his pocket, probably thinking about changing the strategy.

That’s it… .

“Huong, Yerin. Take a look at what Dad brought… .”

“… This is.”

… It was a photo from my childhood.

My dad had many hobbies: gambling, drinking, golf… , Among my father’s many hobbies, the one that cost the least money was taking pictures.

Thanks to this, my house was overflowing with photos from when I was a baby to when I was in middle school. I guess I brought some of them.

Dad said, stroking my photo with a sad face.

“Ugh… , You can’t even imagine how much Yerin thought of you while looking at these photos with her dad and mom while you were away.”

“Phew… .”

“Dad’s friend… , Yerin also said that if she sold these photos to her fans, she could get up to several million won for each one… .”

“… What is that?”

In an instant, I got goosebumps all over my body.

Idol fans spend up to hundreds of thousands of won to buy photo cards.

From their perspective, the photos our parents have are like limited editions. Obviously, there will be plenty of die-hard fans willing to pay millions of won per ticket.

“Of course I haven’t sold it ‘yet’! These are my family’s memories, how could I sell them to someone else!”

“… … .”

Looking at my father’s reaction, fortunately, it seemed like he didn’t sell the photo or anything, but the word ‘yet’ really bothered me.

“And look at this, Yerin… !”

While I was frozen, my father took off the top he was wearing and pointed to his back.

On my father’s bare back and waist… , the patches were attached in a way that did not match.

“… Dad got a job. I go to the logistics center every morning to load and unload.”

“Dad… , loading and unloading… ?”

My father, who has never done anything extravagant in his life… , I couldn’t believe that I was loading and unloading with that slender body.

“Yerin, look at your mom’s hands… !”

Then this time my mother held out her hand and said,

In my mother’s hands, which were always well-maintained and looked like white jewels… , housewife’s eczema was showing up.

“… My mom works at a restaurant now. I’m washing dishes at a restaurant.”

“… … .”

… It didn’t seem like it was a lie.

My dad works in loading and unloading, and my mom works in a restaurant.

I was embarrassed to hear that the two people who thought they would live their entire lives as innocent people had started doing something worse than anything else.

And the parents, perhaps seeing this as an opportunity, launched their final attack with tears in their eyes.

“Ugh… , This all started because Yerin didn’t want to open her hands to you.”

“Yerin… , we’ve done too much… . But we have really changed… .”

“We will earn our own money, Yerin. You don’t have to give a single penny to your dad or mom… .”

“We just missed our daughter’s face so much. therefore… .”

“Please come back… .”

“… … .”

There is a saying that no parent can beat his child. But my house seems to be the opposite of that.

I am crying and pleading… , My heart pounded when I saw my father with a patch on his back and my mother with eczema on her hands.

The past 19 years have been truly terrifying.

Have I really been tamed by my parents?

closely.

I thought he would say yes at any moment, so I closed my mouth with my hand.

‘Don’t be fooled, Hayerin. Please don’t be fooled.’

I kept my eyes tightly closed and told myself not to be fooled.

“Yerin ah… !!”

“Mom and Dad really love you… .”

Meanwhile… , my parents did not stop their dizzying temptations towards me.