episode_0051

There is an unspoken rule in our house.

No, to be precise, it existed.

My dad didn’t diss my mom, and of course I didn’t diss my mom either.

Since my mom was the number one person in the family, no one even thought of attacking her.

To put it another way, I didn’t say it properly.

Does our Ye-eun take after her mother or father?

Who on earth does she resemble? Ye-eun was the first to break that unspoken rule.

Ye-eun approaches her mother who is preparing dinner after her father comes home.

“Don’t princesses just eat what’s given to them? Our princess makes it herself, right, oppa?”

“”…..””

Is it fearlessness? Is it boldness?

Now that you’re eight years old and have started elementary school, do you still not see anything?

I’m always on our pretty Ye-eun’s side, but this time I couldn’t agree with her.

Honestly, it was funny, but I couldn’t laugh and I had no choice but to become a scarecrow who couldn’t answer.

Ye-eun must have grown up seeing her father and I attacking each other like crazy without even saying a word to her mother.

Why on earth are you attacking your mother?

To be honest, even though Ye-eun is now eight years old and speaks better than before, her attack power isn’t that great either, so her mother has been putting up with it until now.

I couldn’t even imagine what would have happened if the attack power had been just a little stronger.

“Daughter! Why is Mom a princess?”

My oblivious dad must have been wondering about that.

“Dad! Do you know that Mommy is playing a game?”

“Yeah, I’ve seen you do that sometimes. Why?”

“Did you see the game ID?”

“No? You didn’t see it?”

Why don’t those two women know that their mother is staring at them from the side?

I think Ye-eun takes after her father because the things she does are very similar.

“Phew! vPrincess Soyoungv Rae!”

“Hahahaha really? My wife has that kind of taste?”

I’m starting to get a little scared. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that expression, but when was the last time?

I quietly headed to the sofa and casted Dolharbang mode while sitting upright for the first time in a long while.

“I told you I laughed so hard when I saw your mom’s ID?”

“Hahahahahaha, so our wife wanted to be a princess?”

That really clueless woman. I really hope Ye-eun doesn’t end up like her father.

Mom picked up the ladle.

But the women, completely oblivious to this, continued to laugh and talk.

“From now on, I will call you princess, daddy.”

“Haha, is that so, princess?”

Dad froze as he saw Mom holding the ladle with a cold expression.

“If you look closely, my mom is also quite clever, right?”

“…..”

Ye-eun sees her stern father. She tilts her head without even noticing yet. It’s really cute to wonder whose younger sibling it is.

“Should we both continue?”

“”…..””

This might be the first time Ye-eun has seen her mother truly angry.

“If you two don’t want to get hit with a ladle today, just go to your room and eat our food and then eat separately later.”

“Honey, that’s not it, I was just laughing?”

“…..”

“”Okay.””

The two of them, unable to withstand their mother’s cold gaze, went back to their rooms, and I was still in Dolharbang mode.

Fortunately, my mom, who saw my Dolhareubang mode, had nothing else to say to me and went back to serving food.

“Jaehoon, let’s eat.”

“Yeah.”

I wonder if he really has no intention of giving his wife food. It’s been a long time since he had dinner alone with his mother.

“Son.”

“Yeah.”

“I think Ye-eun takes after her father.”

“Yeah, I think so too.”

“Sigh.”

“…..”

“Son.”

“Yeah.”

“Mom, you’re so happy that your son resembles you, he’s smart, speaks well, and fights well?”

“Yeah.”

“So of course I thought Ye-eun would take after her mother.”

“Yeah. Right.”

“But I ended up taking after my dad? What should I do?”

“…..”

“Is it okay?”

“But still, your face is pretty because it resembles your mother.”

“I wish he had a face and personality just like my son.”

“…..”

“Sigh.”

A quiet meal followed with Ye-eun’s mother, who seemed heartbroken after finding out the truth about her.

Still, he said he had to feed her, so he set a new table and went into the bedroom.

“Yeeun called me and we ate together.”

“Okay, I got it!”

After hearing the last words coming through the open door, I went into my room and fell asleep.

***

I woke up, got ready for school, and took a look in the mirror before leaving home today.

I realize once again that my efforts were not wrong.

Isn’t this a face that is starting to shine?

“Oppa, I’m ready!”

“Okay, I’ll go out.”

Today is the first day of school with Ye-eun.

“Mom, I’ll be back~”

“I’ll go too~”

“Oh, take care on your way home.”

I left home, leaving my mother behind, who still seemed heartbroken by the truth about Ye-eun.

Today, too, I rode the elevator with the shouting of my neighbor in the background.

When I arrived at the first floor, Sae-ah was waiting for me.

“Hello, Sister!”

“Hello, Ye-eun and Jae-hoon!”

“Hello, sister.”

The first time the three of them went to school together.

We’re probably the only ones that have a back-to-school party with 1st, 3rd, and 5th graders.

“Ye-eun, if someone confesses or something, oppa will scold you. Okay, got it? ”

“Okay, I got it.”

Today, we arrived at school and went to our respective classes, working hard to protect Ye-eun.

As I opened the half door and went in, a flood of gazes poured in.

Luckily, some kids in the same class came over to say hello and I said hello and sat down.

“Hello Jaehoon.”

“Yeah, hello.”

I greeted my classmate Yejin, who had arrived early, and sat down to wait. Then the bell rang and the homeroom teacher came in.

The homeroom teacher glances at the children as she comes in.

Our eyes met and it seemed like my homeroom teacher didn’t like me.

Why on earth? I’m sure it’s my first time seeing this teacher.

“Let’s introduce the temporary class president.”

“Attention, salute the teacher!”

“”Hello.””

The teacher called attendance as the morning roll call began.

Then class started. It wasn’t just a feeling, it was a certainty that the teacher hated me.

“Seo Jae-hoon.”

“Yes.”

“Come out and solve this.”

What are my chances of being chosen out of thirty-four people?

It’s not even a 3 percent chance. I couldn’t help but be certain that they chose me with that probability.

It was definitely like this from the first hour of the first day of class.

I went forward, solved the problem on the blackboard that the teacher had written, and returned to my seat.

“Should I say hello before going in?”

“Oh, yes.”

I went out again, said hello, and came back.

I don’t know what I did wrong to deserve this, but if it keeps happening, I’m going to have to find a way.

Fortunately, there were no major problems until lunchtime, and I got up after lunch to check on Ye-eun.

“Seo Jae Hoon!”

“Huh?”

“Follow me.”

“Yes.”

I started walking following the teacher who called me and arrived at the teachers’ office.

“Are you that good at fighting?”

“No. Why?”

“You won until the 5th grade?”

“I was standing there and someone hit me from behind for no reason and I just responded?”

“I saw it all. Is that a response? Is it violence?”

“But why are you doing this about something that already ended two years ago? And how is your response violence?”

“Is kicking a kid who’s been hit and knocked down the right way to respond?”

How did you know? I think it was violence. It seems like you actually saw it with your own eyes. My bad mood has subsided a little.

“I was afraid I’d get hit if I got up. It was so cold that I couldn’t get up.”

“Anyway, just try to bully the kids once! I’ll watch.”

“Yes.”

“You can go now.”

“Yes.”

I think he’s a teacher with some strange beliefs. I have a bad feeling about this.

I bowed my head and headed to the first grade classroom to see Ye-eun.

“Friend, I’m sorry, but can you call Ye-eun?”

“Oh, yes, just a moment.”

Let’s ask a child from Ye Eun’s class. It’s the first day, but the child knows Ye Eun and heads straight to her.

“Brother!”

“How is it? Is it fun? Is there any problem?”

“Yeah! I made a lot of friends and there were no problems.”

“Okay. Then when you’re done, come to the main gate?”

“Okay, see you later!”

I patted Ye-eun’s head once, assuring her that everything was fine, and headed back to the classroom.

Looking at her expression, it seemed like Ye-eun, unlike me, would be able to make a lot of friends.

After I entered the classroom and sat down, the closing ceremony was over and I headed towards the main gate.

After greeting Sae-ah, who had arrived first, and waiting, Ye-eun came with her friends.

“Brother!”

“Huh? Friends?”

“Yeah! My friends from kindergarten and new friends!”

“”Hello.””

“Yeah, hello. Are you friends with Ye-eun?”

“”Yes””

After saying hello to Ye-eun’s friends, the three of them headed home just as they had come.

“Some of them have impure eyes.”

“Huh? Which part?”

“The way he looks at you is like that.”

“Oh my. Let’s go home, sis.”

“That’s right! My friends say my brother is handsome!”

“Because you take after your mom. Let’s go home.”

“Yeah.”

I also feel this when I look in the mirror, but it’s true that I’m quite handsome.

And even though eight-year-old Ye-eun feels a little better when her friends tell her she’s handsome, she doesn’t feel much of a difference.

You shouldn’t just do the opposite.

I guess I need to start maintaining a better posture from today and also start massaging my growth plates, which I’ve been lazy about doing.

After saying hello to my new sister and entering the house, I was greeted by my mom again today.

“Are your son and daughter here?”

“”I’m back.””

“Yeeun, would you like to talk to your mom for a moment?”

“Yeah, why?”

“Put your bag down and come to the living room.”

I wondered what was going on because of my mother’s serious expression. I also put my bag down and sat on the living room sofa.

“Yeeun-ah.”

“Yeah.”

“When I see Ye-eun these days, I feel like something big is going on.”

“Why?”

“You’re starting to resemble your dad.”

“Haha really?”

“Ye-eun. This is not something to laugh about. Even your laughter is starting to resemble your dad.”

“…..”

“Please don’t do that. You should be like your brother.”

“Doesn’t your brother look like your mom?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“…..”

“Yeeun-ah. There are people who resemble you and people who don’t. And Yeeun is a girl.”

“Then why did mom marry dad?”

Oh. The memory of what I had asked came flooding back. I could guess what he would say next.

“Before I married my mom, I was different from now.”

“But I like my dad now too?”

“Mom is good, but I can’t be like her, Ye-eun.”

“But you don’t have any friends?”

“…..”

“Honestly, there’s no one else I hang out with besides Sae-ah unnie.”

“…..”

“Isn’t it okay to resemble dad?”

“”…..””

Ye-eun showed off her double-crossing attack, even to me who was standing still.

Even the mother was speechless.

You may not have any friends.

It was a peaceful family day today too.