episode_0182

“That…mother?”

I look down at the treasures radiating brilliant light from the ground and call out to my mother-in-law.

“Huh?”

Do you not know what you have done? Or do you know but are pretending not to?

My head started hurting a little at the sight of her smiling brightly.

…You should give gifts in moderation. If you give this much, it will be burdensome.

I barely managed to pull myself together from my daze and spoke calmly.

“This, these are the things I’m talking about. No matter how I think about it, they seem a bit excessive for a first birthday gift, right?”

“Hmm.”

“Honestly, I would be so grateful if you gave me just this small gold ring, but if you give me this much…”

Nonsense.

Even if I wanted to speak calmly, the pile of treasures was enough to completely shatter my composure, and as I was talking nonsense like that, my mother smiled and cut me off.

“Just one more, just one more, and that’s how it turned out. So, you don’t like it?”

“Poem, it’s not that I don’t like it…”

“Then why are you worrying about it? It’s not for you anyway, it’s for Jin-ha. Sae-ah, you don’t want to trample on the grandmother’s heart that wants to give a present to her granddaughter, do you?”

“Ugh…”

It’s against the rules to pay, Mom.

Eventually, unable to withstand my mother-in-law’s nagging, I moved all the treasures on the floor into my pockets, and after roughly organizing them, I showed them to my mother-in-law.

“Would you like to hug me?”

“Is that okay? I saw you before and you seemed a little shy.”

“No, that’s just because they look so scary. If it were someone like your mother, she’d probably squeal and like it instead?”

If you like someone, you like them. Jin-ha has never been shy.

The only people who are covered up are those with faces so hideous that even a normal adult would think, ‘Wow, that’s a scary person.’

When I answered while looking at my husband and father, my mother smiled faintly and hugged Jin-ha.

“Oh, really? Then let me hug you once…”

And at that moment.

“Hey, what the heck?!”

Jin-ha started to hiccup and looked at his grandmother with trembling eyes.

“Oh, my – !”

With an anxious look on his face, he struggles with his whole body and tries to escape from her embrace.

He looks at me with desperate eyes begging for my help and calls me until his throat is hoarse.

“Ji, Jinha? Grandma, Grandma! You’re not scary!”

Although she approached him in an unexpected situation and tried to comfort him, Jin-ha only cried more sadly, and in the end, her mother gave Jin-ha back her with a bitter smile.

“I never thought I would be hated.”

“Uh, uh… That’s right…”

What should I say, is it because the child is still young? Is it because he is very shy?

I try to think of an excuse, but nothing good comes to mind.

I said I would like it and this is what happened.

When I felt depressed for no reason and let my lovely tail and fluffy ears hang down, my mother-in-law, who should have been sadder, comforted me by patting my back.

“No, it’s okay. It’s normal to be scared.”

“Huh?”

“You must have a reason to cry, don’t worry too much about it.”

He knows the reason, but he doesn’t seem to want to say it.

I didn’t ask any further questions and just nodded.

“By the way, where is your father? I thought you would put everything else aside and come see Jin-ha first.”

“Oh, husband? I heard you and your husband are fighting again. They were talking about what Jin-ha would catch during the stone catch and then they suddenly started fighting like that.”

“Phew, but it’s nice to see that the father and son are so close. Ah! It’s almost time to start the first birthday party, so I’ll take my leave now. See you later, Mom!”

“Can I look forward to it? Since you two prepared it, it looks like it’ll be quite fun.”

“Of course, Mom. You can look forward to it!”

My mother raised the corners of her lips and turned around to go where she was, and I called out to my husband, who was still bickering with my father, in a low voice.

“Honey.”

“No, Dad? Jin-ha said he’s picking jujubes! You can tell just by looking at him!”

“Honey?”

“What kind of pencil or brush is that! Sungha Na and Nana have no talent for studying! Don’t you know that we used to fight for 1st and 2nd place?”

“Honey!”

Snap – !

My husband finally became quiet after I hit him hard on the back to tell him to stop.

When my husband gave me an innocent look as if asking why I was stopping him, I took out my cell phone and showed him my watch.

“It’s about to start, stop fighting with your father and go to the stage quickly. And father? I’m sorry for greeting you late.”

“No, it was my fault for hanging out with my son without thinking. Hurry up and follow your husband. We should start the first birthday party, right?”

“Thank you, Father.”

My father patted Jin-ha’s soft cheeks once and headed to his seat, and I quickly followed behind my husband who was walking ahead.

And after a while.

[We will now begin Yoon Jin-ha’s first birthday party. Please be seated.]

Finally, my beloved daughter’s first birthday party has begun.

—–

[Wow – !]

The mighty roar of a beast flows from the speakers and engulfs the venue.

On the screen, Jin-ha, who had a fatal softness, was struggling to keep her soft cheeks, and this cute appearance made the hearts of the guests attending the first birthday party flutter.

[Our daughter is not like that, she’s really cute. Should we have another one while we’re at it, honey?]

[Shut up! There’s nothing you can’t say outside, you.]

[Look at that fluffy tail, the body says no, but the tail is honest…]

[What the hell are you talking about when you see a 4 month old baby, you idiot!]

[…I want to touch those soft cheeks and belly fat too. If I ask, will you let me touch it?]

[Will you allow me to say that I’m crazy? Wipe off the drool from the corner of your mouth, you pedo bastard.]

The guests continued to watch the video, each expressing their admiration, as it went from 6 months to 9 months.

[Oh my!]

Jin-ha smiles brightly while covered in apricot-colored crayons all over her body.

I smiled involuntarily at the scene I hadn’t seen in a long time, but unfortunately, my smile didn’t last long.

Wait a minute… That’s that, the one that represents the bend (cross press) with four circles and a pillar!

“Who the fuck is that…”

“Oh, that’s a bad word.”

“Ah, phew…”

I kept watching the video, thinking that he would show it to me for a while and then cut it off, but Jin-ha ended up completing the picture by wiggling her plump butt.

[[oh…!]]

Everyone who saw the finished painting applauded and cheered.

Indeed, do these people think that it is a pure painting? Or do they think that it is a scene from a love affair?

Luckily, the video showed Jin-ha at the age of one as she was holding the yellow crayon, and the video ended with my lovely daughter walking towards me with a big smile and a hug.

“That’s fortunate.”

“What?”

“It’s nothing.”

Judging from my husband’s sinister smile, it seemed like he had an inkling of what the picture was about, but I just pretended not to notice and grabbed the microphone.

There were many things to do before the birthday party, such as making toasts and singing the happy birthday song, but Jin-ha was currently very tired after crying so many times.

Since she was already half-asleep, her soft cheeks pressed against her clothes, I had no choice but to go ahead and grab the stone first.

“Please set it up quickly. Jin-ha, I think she’ll go on a trip to dreamland soon.”

[Is that possible, Madam? I will prepare as quickly as possible.]

The maids set up a large table and some stone tools in perfect order, and I watched the scene and quietly asked my husband a question.

“Our Jin-ha, what do you think you’ll choose?”

“Maybe it’s a jujube? You look so much like me that I’d probably pick a real jujube. What about you?”

“Um, well. Personally, I’d rather have something like noodles.”

“Why?”

“I just want to live an ordinary life. Even if you just look at my appearance, I’m far from ordinary, but it’s still good to live without any problems, right?”

“That’s right too.”

As the setting was gradually finished, the husband put one of Jin-ha’s fluffy tails in his mouth to wake her up, who was dozing off. Jin-ha was startled and burst into tears again.

“Eee …

“There’s no more hurting now, my sweet daughter. So who said you’re sleeping now?”

“Kyaang!!!”

I think it’s a threat and shows its small fangs, but my husband, who has seen its sharper and stronger fangs hundreds of times, just finds it cute.

The husband ignored the fierce threat and placed Jin-ha down where the stone grabbing object was.

“Okay, Jinha? Pick just one of the items here.”

“Woong?”

“Just hold it in your hand. If you don’t like it, just push it off the table.”

“Wow!”

Jin-ha, who was flustered by the sudden situation, soon began to slowly move around the table.

The lovely daughter walked along, wagging her fluffy tail, and stopped in front of something.

Then he stared at the object for a long time as if he was thinking deeply.

“…Money?”

“Is our daughter destined to make a lot of money? But she already has plenty of money.”

The object in front of Jin-ha was none other than money.

I kept watching him, wondering if he might become a famous businessman later on, but Jin-ha just stared at him and turned around to walk away.

“I knew it wouldn’t be like that. I told you, my family has no business connections?”

“Be quiet, it just stopped again.”

This time, Jin-ha’s steps stopped in front of the jujube tree that her husband had strongly insisted on.

The husband waited for Jin-ha’s choice with expectant eyes, but unfortunately, Jin-ha turned away much faster than when she looked down at the money.

“Ah…”

“Why, you can’t choose.”

“Still, I expected it a little bit.”

I think as I look at my regretful husband.

What on earth do you want to choose that makes you take so long? Will you end up falling asleep because you’re tired?

Judging from the fact that her movements had slowed down significantly, it was definitely a situation where she was overdoing it. When Jin-ha looked at his daughter with worried eyes, he smiled brightly as if he had finally discovered something.

“I see you finally chose.”

“So, what did you choose?”

Jin-ha walked to the door with everyone’s expectant eyes and chose –