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At first, I thought this was okay.

Well, we’re just going home together after school, so I don’t think anything will happen.

But one day became two days, then three days, then four days.

Isn’t this it?

Why am I walking home from school with Sae-ah-noona naturally, even though Min-ji-noona isn’t there?

“Sister.”

“Yeah, Jaehoon. Why?”

“I told you I really don’t have any plans on having a girlfriend?”

“Yeah, I told you. Why is that?”

“But why do you keep following me?”

“Just because you like it?”

“…..”

After hanging out together for a few days, we started talking a lot and now we’re closer than Minji.

As someone who has been single for 29 years and was a trainee magician in my previous life, I don’t know how to deal with this situation.

So I tried running away once.

I felt bad for following him around desperately, gasping for breath, so I ended up walking home with him from the middle of the school day.

And now the situation makes even more sense.

“Hello. I’m Jaehoon’s friend, Han Sae-ah.”

“Oh my, what a pretty friend. In the same class?”

“No. I was introduced by Minji’s friend.”

“Huh? Our son? Our son was introduced?”

Mom’s wide eyes turned to me. I guess Mom would be surprised and dumbfounded too. I’m dumbfounded too.

I wonder how Sae-ah came to our house.

Since he followed me to the elevator, I naturally assumed he was going to Minji’s house to play like usual.

So I said hello to my older sister and opened the door to go into the house, but she followed me in.

“It’s almost summer vacation. My mom said it would be good to say hello to Jaehoon’s parents if I see him during summer vacation, so I came to say hello.”

“Ahaha really? You’re not dating my son or anything, are you?”

“Yes. Jaehoon said he has no intention of dating a girlfriend.”

“That’s right. There’s no way our son would do that already. Haha.”

“I’ll come visit again next time. Goodbye, Mom.”

“Ahaha. Okay. See you next time?”

As soon as the greetings were over, Saeanuna opened the door again and left, as if she had achieved her goal just as she had said.

As my sister left, my mother’s gaze turned to me.

I’ve never brought anyone here before, so I was even more surprised when I brought a woman instead of a man.

“Son?”

“Huh?”

“Can you explain it to me?”

It started with Park Si-hoo, but since I couldn’t bring up Park Si-hoo, I just told the truth.

“I said hello to Minji because she’s my friend, and she followed me around for over a week because she liked me.”

“Huh? So you brought your son home?”

“I thought you were going to Minji noona’s house to play, and since you live in the building next door, we come home together after school.”

“So, does your son like that kid?”

“No, I told you I don’t want to date you?”

“Sigh. Mom already thought her son had a girlfriend like Minjun.”

“No, that won’t happen.”

“Hehehe. But still, isn’t it amazing that my son takes after his mom and already has friends following him around?”

“That’s because she resembles her mother.”

“Hehehe.”

After changing clothes in the room and saying goodbye to my mom, I left the apartment and saw my older sister Sae-ah waiting in front of the apartment.

“You didn’t go home?”

“I want to go to the gym too.”

“You don’t go to the gym to play, you go to exercise.”

“Then I want to learn exercise too.”

Why on earth is this happening? I asked because I couldn’t figure out why.

“Sister. But why am I good?”

“I fell in love when Park Si-hoo knocked me down in one go!”

“Because of that?”

“And somehow he looks mature and handsome?”

“Oh, okay. Okay, I understand for now.”

Anyway, I couldn’t take her to the gym because I had to tutor my older sister.

“I have to go to the gym today, so I’ll take you home first. Let’s talk later.”

“Yeah!”

Only after dropping off Sae-ah’s sister’s house, which was a 15-second walk away, could I head to the gym.

Of course, I ran to protect my Confucian boy ideology.

***

My daily routine is simple.

I go to school, then stop by home, go exercise, come home, wash up, sleep, eat, and sleep again after a while.

The reason I sleep a lot is of course for my height, it’s definitely not because I’m lazy.

Anyway, so now I’m working out and sleeping, but why is this dad like this?

“Jaehoon!! My son!!!”

“Why again! I’m really sleeping well, why are you doing this!”

“Did Dad hear a loud noise?”

“What! What is this”

“Your son brought a girl home?”

He speaks with a sly expression, the corners of his mouth twitching, but his expression is quite irreverent.

“So what’s the problem with that?”

“Who are you? You want to date a girlfriend?”

“Please dad! Don’t talk too much and speak properly. It’s embarrassing.”

“Ahem, so who are you? You said you don’t have a girlfriend, but are you a prospective girlfriend?”

“No. I’m just Minji’s friend, so don’t touch me. I’ll be fine.”

I kicked my dad out of the room and locked the door.

I slept like that until my mom called me for dinner.

***

The same time as usual when I leave school.

Today, for some reason, my older sister Sae-ah, who always came first and waited for me, wasn’t there.

But I guess I’ll have to wait since you’ve been waiting for me all this time.

I felt bad for waiting without knowing that you had gone first. That was all.

After about 5 minutes, Sae-ah Noona was running from afar.

“Jaehoon. Sorry.”

“No, I didn’t wait that long.”

“Today is an important day, if Jaehoon had gone first, it would have been a big problem.”

“Important day? What day?”

“You’ll know when you go. Let’s go.”

What is it? I feel anxious. It’s the same as usual. It’s an important day? What could it be?

First of all, putting that aside, I had something to ask Sae-ah.

“But why did you say hello to my mom yesterday?”

“My mom told me that I should say hello so that I can naturally go out and play later.”

I really wanted to meet her at least once to see what kind of mother she was.

As I walked home with my sister-in-law into the apartment complex, an old woman was waving at me in front of the apartment.

“New baby~”

“Mom~”

Today was definitely not the day I wanted to see you. I guess I should at least say hello.

“Hello.”

“Okay, hi. It’s Sae-ah’s mom. Are you Jae-hoon?”

“Haha, yes.”

“Don’t you know how much Sae-ah Jae-hoon talks?”

“Haha, yes.”

She was a pretty mother who resembled her older sister Sae-ah, although not as much as our mother.

But no matter how much I racked my brain, I couldn’t come up with an answer to what the heck was going on.

“Jaehoon. Go home quickly.”

“Huh?”

“I have to go to the gym.”

“Huh?”

“I’m going to go with my mom and register.”

“Suddenly?”

“Yeah.”

Does the reader of The Rooster Who Came Out of the Yard have such extraordinary execution power?

The unimaginable happened.

Even Sae-ah’s older sister’s mother is waiting next to me, so how can I reject this?

In a situation where there is no answer, I should first talk to Sae-ah’s mother.

“Haha. I’ll go quickly and change my clothes.”

Because of Sae-ah’s mother, who was her hidden card, she could no longer escape.

I went into the house, said a quick hello to my mom, changed my clothes, and ran out.

It probably took about 3 minutes.

Today, I forgot all about Confucianism and walked to the boxing gym with my sister-in-law and my mother.

“How much exercise did Jaehoon do?”

“It’s been about 4 months since I started going.”

“That’s all you did, and you beat a 3rd grader?”

How much does my mother know?

“That’s because his brother is weak.”

“I’ve heard a lot about Jaehoon from Sae-ah and Min-ji.”

“To Minji noona?”

“Yeah, Minji, you said we lived next door since you were seven?”

“Haha, right.”

“They say that since he was five years old, he studied well and listened to his parents very well.”

“Yes. You should listen to your parents.”

“Minji’s mother always said that she couldn’t date other kids and that she had to date someone like Jaehoon, so she introduced Saeah to her?”

This is the karma I had for pushing Minjun into the early stages of princess syndrome.

This was actually a newbie to Minji.

I should have thought of Minjun successfully defeating it when he was five and it came for revenge the next day.

The siblings really have a deep bond. Ye-eun and I should be like that too.

I arrived at the gym while listening to the words of Sae-ah’s mother.

Still, as an official, I must provide guidance.

When I opened the door and went in, I saw Sister Positive studying on the ring as usual.

“Sister, a guest has arrived~”

“Hey kid? A customer?”

When Sister Sae-ah and Mother came in after me, Sister Geum-seong got up from her seat and approached me.

“Hello~ Are you here to register?”

An expression that you can’t see when you’re with me. It was like that to me at first too. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a positive older sister.

“This is the kid. No, Jaehoon is like that too, but since we don’t have a separate children’s class, Jaehoon is the only one there during this time, so I’ll tell him. So when he registers again, there will be only the two of them, so I’ll tell him.”

My mother, who was listening to the positive words of the older sister who explained it like a service center employee, ended up registering by filling out the membership application form and paying the membership fee.

“Jaehoon. Then let’s meet again next time! Please take good care of our Saeah~”

“Yes. Bye. See you next time.”

“Jaehoon. See you on Monday~”

“Goodbye, sister.”

The gym became quiet after the mother and daughter left.

“Hey, even the little official asks and praises you?”

“I’m not a dog, so why are you asking me questions? If I had to make a comparison, it’s like guiding it while wearing a leash.”

“Then in the end, aren’t they both dogs??”

“I see?”

“Anyway, girlfriend?”

“No. I won’t date that girlfriend.”

“Why? I thought you liked it?”

“That’s true. Anyway, we have to have a strategy meeting.”

“What kind of operational meeting?”

“I think I’ll be coming with Sae-ah from now on. I have to keep tutoring her to go to college.”

“Oh, is that right?”

“I need to think of a way to naturally let you know, Sister. ”

“Can’t you just let me know that you’re a genius?”

“I told you that it’s a secret that only you know?”

“But what would you lose if he told other people?”

“It’s strange to anyone who sees it. What kind of eight-year-old is teaching me how to study for the college entrance exam?”

“Is that wrong?”

Only after a long strategy meeting with my positive older sister was I able to do tutoring and exercise.

Starting on Monday, I ran harder than usual on my way home, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to keep the Confucian boy ideology when I went there and back.