episode_0105

The day after the face-to-face ceremony.

I had class early in the morning, so I was getting dressed when someone knocked on the door outside.

Cancankang!

Just by the feeling of a knock on the door, I knew who it was.

There is only one person who can kick someone like that.

“Hey, open the door!”

After all, it is Shin Yu-jeong.

What is he doing this morning?

I roughly put on the shirt I had taken out to wear today, walked over, and opened the door.

“What are you doing opening so late?” .”

The guy who was habitually trying to vent his frustration became slower toward the end and soon became speechless.

A blatant gaze is conveyed through the open gap of the shirt.

Seeing the Mokuldae bobbing around without mercy, it seemed like he was swallowing his mouth.

That’s quite perverted.

“What happened this morning?”

As I spoke while purposely buttoning my shirt, the guy licked his lips.

“Tsk… , eat breakfast.”

“Hey.”

It’s a little surprising that Shin Yu-jeong prepares my breakfast.

“What is it, those eyes?”

“Just because it’s a bit strange?”

When I spoke honestly, he answered with a slightly embarrassed expression.

“It can’t be helped. “Mom told me to make sure you eat breakfast while she’s away.”

My eyes widened slightly at his words.

While you’re away… I think the story is that Lady Ramen has gone somewhere.

Even for several days.

“west… , No, where have you gone?”

Since I said my name once, I kept calling it.

I tried to explain the previous words and asked in a confused tone about the woman’s whereabouts.

“I don’t know.”

“… “You don’t know?”

“uh. He said he wanted to get some fresh air and came back for a few days. “I asked him where he was going and he said it was a secret.”

“Oh yeah… .”

“I thought Mom told you too, but I guess she didn’t.”

“I know.”

The sudden decision to travel was probably because of me.

Would the confession, like a strong fastball thrown at a person with too much at stake, bring more pain than good?

The reason he left without saying anything to me was obviously because he needed time.

Time to clear my confused mind and decide the answer to my confession.

Even in the midst of all this, I was heartbroken to hear that he left after begging me to eat my own breakfast.

“I guess I’ll have to wait… .”

“What are you waiting for?”

Shin Yu-jeong tilts her head and asks back at the words that suddenly came out of her mouth.

I shook my head.

“Nothing. “So what did you do this morning?”

“There are a lot of side dishes in the refrigerator. I just boiled soybean paste stew… ?”

“I’m really excited because you cooked it. “Let’s go and eat before it gets cold.”

“… “Is it my mistake that the word ‘expectation’ sounds so off-putting?”

“I guess so.”

Madame… , Now that Seo Jeong-hee has left on her journey in silence, there is only one thing I can do.

Just waiting.

How long will it take, will all my thoughts be organized, and what will the decision be?

I don’t know everything, but all I can do is trust and wait in silence.

“Actually, it doesn’t matter either way.”

Depending on what answer you get from her, your feelings will change a bit, but your thoughts will not change.

I have no intention of giving up on her.

“Hey, why don’t you come quickly?”

“Go now.”

When I heard a voice calling from downstairs, I put my thoughts aside and went straight down to finish breakfast for the two of us.

The moment I tasted the soybean paste stew made by Shin Yu-jeong, I thought:

There is one more reason why we should not give up on Seo Jeong-hee.

* * *

Her decision to travel was quite impulsive.

I desperately wanted to go somewhere and have some alone time.

So I decided to leave.

When I suddenly thought about it, it turned out that it was like that.

It occurred to me that there was no reason why I couldn’t leave.

‘My daughter is all grown up, so there’s no reason why I can’t leave anymore.’

It used to be that I couldn’t even dream of traveling because I couldn’t leave my young daughter behind, but that’s not the case anymore.

That evening, she immediately booked a train ticket.

I asked my daughter if I would like to go on a short trip, and she happily accepted.

It took exactly less than 30 minutes from booking the train ticket to packing my luggage.

A bitter smile leaked out from my heart, feeling something in vain.

“Why is it so easy… .”

I was filled with regret, wondering why I had not been able to do such easy things until now.

She left home early in the morning.

A dusky dawn as the sun begins to rise.

I boarded the train at Seoul Station with a full heart.

Her destination is Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do.

I had heard that the place in autumn was very pretty and beautiful.

Finally, we arrived in Jeongeup.

The red and yellow scenery she saw there was beautiful enough to meet her expectations.

“ha… , good night.”

Everything was good.

Beautiful scenery and an extremely relaxed mind.

She walked from place to place with a brisk gait.

I took a cable car in Naejangsan National Park, looked down at the scenery beneath my feet, and even went to a place called the Maple Tunnel.

Red, yellow, and even a greenish green that remains undyed.

The three colors come together and blend together, and the maple leaves that cover the sky so much that I can’t see the sky made me understand why this open space is called a tunnel.

“I should take a picture and show it to my daughter.”

When you are holding your smartphone and taking pictures of various places with an excited expression.

A man with his face as red as an autumn maple leaf approached her side with shy steps.

“excuse me… .”

“Oh my goodness!”

Seo Jeong-hee is startled by a voice that comes out of nowhere.

Then the man hastily lowered his head.

“No, I’m sorry for surprising you.”

In response to the polite apology, Seo Jeong-hee soon recovered her complexion and smiled softly and shook her head.

“no. “I guess I was too focused on taking pictures.”

The man’s stiff face softened a little at her generous response.

“But for some reason… ?”

“Oh, that’s it.”

The man hesitated to answer, then closed his eyes and shouted at her.

“Hey, over there! “Ho, if you came alone, why don’t you take a look around with me?!”

“oh.”

Seo Jeong-hee was surprised once again.

This time with a different meaning.

The man didn’t seem to be very old.

I guess I have to hit it a lot to be in my early 30s.

Although it looked a little sloppy, it didn’t look bad and the outfit was very nice.

So I was a little puzzled.

And I was able to hear the answer straight away from the man.

“Well, you look so pretty from afar. Well, I’m not the type of person who usually talks like this… “I felt like I would regret it forever if I didn’t do it.”

It’s pretty.

A man who was only in his early 30s, to myself, who was in his mid 40s.

I suddenly became curious.

“How old do I look?”

The man was embarrassed and answered the question out of nowhere.

“yes? Oh that… , around early 30s… .”

“Hoho, really?”

The joy that slowly fills my heart.

But regardless of that, she smiled awkwardly and declined his offer.

“Thank you very much for the offer, but I will decline it.”

“ah… .”

Saying that, Seo Jeong-hee raised her right hand, which was not visible to the man, and showed it to him.

A ring worn on the fourth finger.

What it meant was clear.

The man’s face became even redder.

“S-sorry. “I really didn’t know you were a married woman.”

“no. “Thanks to you, I felt good.”

That was indeed the case.

I felt happy and relieved at the same time because I realized that my attractiveness as a woman had not diminished yet.

After experiencing a pleasant incident, she entered the hotel room she had booked for the evening.

It was worth spending a little more money to get a room with a good night view.

Just looking at the beautiful scenery from upstairs made me feel good.

I received a glass of wine and some light snacks through room service and drank a glass of it.

“ha… !”

The feeling of alcohol flowing through your entire body.

I even feel like the fatigue accumulated from busy walking around is melting away.

She recalled what had happened a moment ago.

“Hehe… .”

Even thinking about it again, it felt good.

However, there was also something a little puzzling.

When showing a ring on your ring finger to reject a man’s proposal.

The person who came to her mind was not her husband, but Kim Do-jin.

“I guess you ate well… .”

My heart keeps going.

Now, I am more worried about Kim Do-jin’s meals than my husband’s meals.

In the past, if I didn’t answer the phone for a long time, I would call first just because I was curious, but now I’m a little afraid of just thinking it’s okay and moving on.

I feel like I’m becoming a bad woman who indulges in adultery, just like in dramas.

Even though I know it won’t work, I can’t get out of it.

He is changing at a frighteningly fast rate.

And the direction of the change was perfect for shaking me up even more.

“What should I do…” .”

Seo Jeong-hee is immersed in sorrow.

His passionate confession made her immerse in happiness.

I wanted to throw myself into his arms and tell him I would go with him, but I couldn’t.

No matter how far away she is, she still has a husband.

In fact, what she was truly afraid of was not the presence or absence of her husband.

That’s what I think when Kim Do-jin touches my heart.

Can we say that we are a couple if we live so far away and only see each other on holidays?

Either we live apart like this, or we break up and live as strangers.

I wonder what else will change.

No matter how much I thought about it during the long night, I couldn’t come up with an answer as to what to do.

Divorce… , I hesitate.

However, I now know that it is not easy to stay away from Kim Do-jin.

She, who was struggling alone, changed the destination of her trip.

Haenam, the end of the land village.

To the place where my husband is busy working.