episode_0068

When I entered the living room, I saw my mother lying on the sofa reading a book. The posture of picking up and eating a cookie with one hand seemed comfortable. I do not like it.

sat next to me

“mom.”

“Hmm, why are you calling me? Ah! Are you hungry?”

Mom gently lifted the cookie basket off the table.

“I’m not hungry. I ate curry.”

“Curry?”

My gaze, which had been reading a book, turned in this direction.

“Haneul, isn’t it a bit wrong to make curry at someone else’s house…?”

It was a remark mixed with criticism. Do Yu-geon cooked it, not me.

“It wasn’t me, she did it the way she wanted.”

“Did Yugeon know how to cook? That’s surprising. Was the curry delicious?”

“Curry is delicious if you add a lot of curry powder, but then it won’t taste good?”

Mom shook her head.

“Mom, I’ve had bad curry.”

This answer is a bit surprising. It’s a mother who lacks authority as a parent, but ah, it feels like both a grandfather and a father, but in any case, she is that kind of mother, but even though she looks like that, she comes from a wealthy family on her mother’s side. This means that he was born and grew up eating only delicious food. This is especially true if it is a food that is difficult to destroy, such as curry.

“where?”

“Your father when you were dating.”

It’s surprising in a bad way.

“My cooking skills are perfect.”

My mother laughed in surprise and took out her smartphone and touched it repeatedly. I think I’m probably sending a KakaoTalk message to my dad.

Mom giggled as if the answer came quickly.

“I’ll make curry for you in the morning. It’s a world away from my current skills. That’s right.”

“Ah… I don’t like it. I just ate it and it’s curry again.”

My mom agreed, exchanged KakaoTalk messages, and laughed under her breath.

“What? Why are you smiling?”

There was a sullen emoticon on the smartphone screen. My dad sent it.

“Isn’t it cute?”

hmm… … .

An image of my father looking sullen flashed in my mind for a moment.

“I respect Mom’s preference, but I’ll decline.”

Reject politely.

“Gee, I’m cute.”

Ah, yes.

“But how did Dad make it so the curry wasn’t tasty?”

I can’t imagine. The great curry powder is so great that even if you just dissolve the curry powder in plain water and mix it with rice, it tastes like curry rice. Of course, this does not mean that I tried it in a past life. Of course not in this life.

“They bought turmeric powder and added it as curry powder. They said they did it because they wanted to eat eco-friendly products instead of industrial products.”

“Why did you do that?”

“All children of rich families are like that. Who would know?”

The rich lady said that as she picked up a cookie. Then he glanced in this direction and nodded as if he was convinced.

“Well then. What do you know?”

Do you feel bad about something?

“What did you just mean?”

“What’s wrong, my daughter? Mom wasn’t at all sad about why my daughter grew up so pitifully.”

“…Isn’t this a home education issue?”

Mom’s eyes widened, she put down the cookie, and touched her smartphone again and again.

Then he covered his mouth with one hand and spoke in a whisper.

“Your father doesn’t think it’s a home education issue. What should he do? His answer is different from your daughter’s?”

“Huh. What does it mean when those in charge praise themselves?”

My mother smiled at these words and stood up to hug me.

“We are happy as long as Haneul is healthy. He is growing up healthily, so everything is good.”

Turn your words to the truth. Still, it was nice to feel cozy in my arms. I was drawn to the feeling and held it for a while.

Mom was stroking my head and muttering in a voice that everyone could hear, as if telling me to listen.

“I wish I was taller, though.”

Those words pushed me away. Mom was exaggeratedly pushed away and ran into the kitchen.

“I’ll get you a drink!”

Mom is bad.

I crossed my arms and leaned back on the sofa. It seems like the mother lacks respect for her child. In many ways.

Yes… … .

But if you think about it that way, isn’t there a lack of respect for parents? mom… … , is it… … ?

I slowly uncrossed my arms.

Anyway, there was something I wanted to ask my mom more than that. I couldn’t ask because the conversation went somewhere else. What was it? Oh, I was moving to a new city.

Anyway, thanks to the power of modern transportation, moving doesn’t mean you won’t be able to meet Do Yoo-geon, but you still need to know. Because there are many variables in many ways.

Even though I am still attending a different middle school, I find it difficult to change to high school. I think I would be a bit shocked if I had a better friend than this one. I guess this is what friendship is. Well, even if you don’t move, you may end up going to different high schools. Still, it feels different from being definitively divided. It could be the same high school, but because of the move, it will definitely become a different high school… … .

uh?

A bright idea passed by. Can’t you definitely choose a high school with this? I looked back at the files related to the new city that I had read a few hours ago. When I looked at the high school records, I discovered that our foundation was the only high school in the new city. This means that when you move to a new city, there is only one high school to go to.

If Do Yu-gun also moves to a new city, he will be able to attend the same high school. It doesn’t matter whether Do Yu-geon’s parents have money to move or not. To be honest, Do Yoo-gun’s parents are just friends of my parents, so we would probably be a good match, and all we need to do is bring Do Yoo-geon over.

Don’t you like living alone when you’re in high school? If you give them a house, they will freak out, so you just need to come up with a plausible reason to leave. For example, a few friends get together and live together. It sounds like a college student, but isn’t this an offer that would appeal to a high school student?

The people are Do Yu-geon, Yumina, and uh… … . 3 people is a bit small. uh… … . that… … . ah. There was Laplace, who would soon die. Well, since there are 4 people, it is a good number of people to stay together. Living alone isn’t a good thing, but it’s not a major issue, so it’s a good plan.

“Mom. Are we moving?”

“Huh? Where did you hear that?”

My mom was embarrassed as she brought me two mugs.

“I heard somewhere that it’s because there are rumors around school, so I guess it’s like that. Surely I don’t have a friend who can tell me this?”

“Um… I tried to speak slowly.”

“Really? Let’s go first, right?”

Mom nodded.

“Then can I sleep alone? Of course, the security will follow me.”

“Traces? Our daughter? How?”

“Hey Mom, isn’t there something strange about being surprised?”

“Haneul may also start to feel a desire for independence. Mom already expected it.”

Mom added and handed me the mug.

“Still, it’s difficult to be left alone.”

“I’m not saying I’m going to stay here, but I’m going to go to a new city and live separately.”

“In a new city? Then is there any meaning to independence?”

“I have no intention of becoming independent. I just wanted to gather some friends and live alone.”

After thinking for a moment, my mother smiled kindly.

“with who?”

“It’s not confirmed, but for now, I’m thinking of Do Yoo-geon, Yumina, and Yumina as friends.”

“I see. Then, since there are four of us, in terms of gender ratio, Yumi and her friend will be boys.”

They try to guide the newspaper, but unfortunately, it is the wrong approach.

“Of course it’s a girl.”

Mom thought again and nodded.

“It’s okay. You’ll have to ask your father’s doctor first, but I’ll allow it.”

“Huh? Isn’t it too easy to give permission?”

“I don’t know about my daughter, but there are a lot of things I want to do with Mom and Dad alone.”

It’s a strange smile.

Ah, yes.

Anyway, if this happens, a big hurdle has been overcome. I didn’t get my dad’s permission, but that’s not a difficult problem.

To persuade Yumina and Laplace, you will have to somehow persuade Yumina. If it doesn’t work out, you can almost guarantee it if you hand over some cash. As expected, Yumina is a good friend. At first, I made him my friend because I liked his looks, but somehow I seem to like him more because he can use cash.

Do Yoo-geon… … , are you really going to refuse to leave?

Hehe, good.

While trying to drink coffee, I noticed something strange. The coffee is white. The scent is like hot milk.

I looked closely for a moment. It’s not the same, it’s just milk. what? Why milk? Of course I waited for cappuccino, but it was milk.

I looked at my mom’s mug to see if the mug had changed, but she calmly drank black coffee.

“It’s a special recipe cappuccino with 99% milk content.”

I don’t know where to start in my response. I held this mug with both hands and shook it. Instead of being black, it was white all the way through.

“Does it contain 1% coffee?”

“Isn’t there a coffee flavor in it? And I didn’t say 1% is coffee. 1% is sugar.”

“…Then it’s not cappuccino.”

I didn’t have the energy to speak loudly, so I put the mug to my mouth.

When I took a bite, it had a savory yet sweet taste. Exquisite.

delicious… … .

“Eat cookies too.”

A cookie was put in my mouth. These are homemade cookies made by my mom. It’s bite-sized so it’s easy to eat and tastes good.

“With milk.”

With those words, I took another sip of milk.

scent… … .

Harmonious and delicious.

After taking this picture, I glanced at my mom, who was smiling and sending me a KakaoTalk message, and picked up a new cookie and ate it.

delicious.

Milk might be okay for a while.