episode_0011

hello.

This is Jaehoon’s mother, Soyoung Ahn.

It seems like it was just yesterday that I first met Taesan at a college blind date.

Before I knew it, I was married and had two children.

As the new year begins, Jaehoon is already eight years old and entering elementary school.

I remember when I first gave birth to Jaehoon.

After 10 hours of labor, Jaehoon was born.

Jaehoon came out as soon as Taesan left his desk due to an urgent matter at work.

The first cry was so weird, different from what I thought. I thought the baby was going to vomit right after he came out? Haha.

Still, I can’t tell you how grateful I am for being born healthy.

When I first saw Jaehoon in the pain that felt like my back was going to break, honestly, a baby that was just born doesn’t have a pretty, wrinkled face, right?

But do you know that he is my child?

It really looked so pretty.

I think Jaehoon was different from other babies since he was a newborn.

I’ve heard that the baby cries a lot even when there’s no time to cry, but I’m not sure if the baby is crying at all?

I didn’t cry, so I got tested and was told I was healthy, so I was so thankful.

It seemed like he understood what I was saying even though he was only a few days old.

I asked just in case, but it turns out that wasn’t the case.

I even had delusions that I was pretending not to understand for a moment. Haha.

Strangely, our Jaehoon hated his father so much since he was little.

It must have been so bad that the loudest crying I remember was when the baby was being held by his father.

Even though I knew it wasn’t true, I felt so sorry for asking Taesan if he had ever touched the child…

You can’t even imagine how terrified I was when I hit my father on the head with the gavel I had caught at the first birthday party.

Other people might have laughed, but the child’s expression I saw was genuine.

I was so worried because my grandfather called me by my aunts and uncles but he never said “dad” and when I did, he ignored me and didn’t even look at me.

But at some point, I’m glad that he seems to be getting along well with his dad, although not as well as I do.

Our Jaehoon has never been interested in toys.

I was a little worried at first, but my child is so smart that after he turned two, he stopped watching children’s programs and only watched economic news.

Whenever I watch economic news, my eyes sparkle and I think he’s having more fun than ever.

It’s so frustrating when I brag to my relatives and friends but they don’t believe me and tell me not to talk nonsense.

It reminds me of when I was pregnant with Ye-eun.

I was so surprised when Jaehoon told me that he knew how babies are born.

As expected, when I heard “Have a baby, yip!”, I was so touched by how cute Jaehoon was. Hehe.

When I was suddenly asked where Ye-eun made it, I felt dizzy. Surely she wasn’t awake, right? Haha

Since I was pregnant with Ye-eun and my belly was growing, a housekeeper came to help me with the housework. After about a week, my aunt said this.

He said that he had never seen a kid like Jaehoon before. He said that he was so smart, that he could speak well and even knew how to use formal language. He said that he thought he was a genius, and it made me feel so good.

But since it was my first time raising a child, I didn’t know that Jaehoon was that smart.

I thought she was smart, but I didn’t know that someone who raised three children like my aunt and said she had seen many children would say that it was the first time she had seen such an expression.

After hearing that, I think I started looking at Jaehoon more closely.

When I see Jaehoon watching the economic news, I can tell that he definitely understands it.

When I ask, they always say they just watch it because it’s fun. I feel like I’ve been watching it since Jaehoon was born, so I understand why, but I don’t think they do it. But would they say they didn’t do it if they understood? Haha

I realized this after Ye-eun was born.

Jaehoon said that raising children was heaven.

To be honest, after giving birth to Jaehoon, I thought it was a joke that adults said it was hard to take care of a baby.

Even now, thinking about it, Jaehoon was really easy to take care of.

He never picked up anything and put it in his mouth, he ate whatever was given to him, he never threw a tantrum, and he never cried unless something really serious happened.

I wonder if it’s because I have a clear idea of what the child wants?

But it wasn’t like that when Ye-eun was born?

I cry all the time and don’t know why, and if Jaehoon hadn’t been there to take care of me, I think I might have given up on my current life.

Actually, neither my maternal family nor Taesan’s paternal family are ordinary families. They are usually conglomerates, right?

My maternal and paternal relatives are suggesting that I move to a bigger house and hire some house workers to live a little more comfortably.

I hope Jaehoon and Ye-eun grow up normally.

If you grow up with a lot of people taking care of you since you were little, you might develop a sense of superiority, right? I’m afraid that kind of strange sense of superiority will develop.

My younger sibling is like that, and Taesan’s younger sibling is like that too. There are people like that around us sometimes.

Jaehoon and Ye-eun probably don’t even know that our family is a conglomerate.

Would you be surprised if I told you later when you were a little older? It’s rare to see Jaehoon being surprised, so that would be precious. Haha.

When the kids moved in next door and Minjun first met his mom, she didn’t seem like a bad person.

I was also worried about what would happen if I got influenced by strange kids.

Despite such worries, Minjun, who is the same age as me, said that he wanted to play a dictation game, but instead of playing, he studied.

In the end, I thought it would be like that, even to the point of raising a problem and winning.

You already knew that Jaehoon was smart, right?

Actually, I don’t think I’ve really studied Korean or math.

Well, I asked him if he didn’t understand but was pretending to understand since he didn’t respond and just listened quietly.

But I said that once you hear something, you understand and know everything?

When I came back from taking care of Ye-eun in the middle of the trip, she had already finished reading and memorized the book. Whose child is she?

Even in math, you learn addition and subtraction, so when I asked why you have to add and subtract, I was at a loss for what to say, but you solved it in one go, right?

Anyway, I think Jaehoon is definitely a genius.

That day, I called my relatives to check in on them and brag about Jaehoon. I also asked my friends how they were doing and bragged about Jaehoon.

I hear people say that I can’t sell it, but Jaehoon is really my child, not because he’s so pretty and smart and already so mature, but because when he grows up, what if he comes holding a girl’s hand and says he wants to get married? Thinking about it makes my heart ache. Sob…

Anyway, when Minji, who is five or seven years old, wins through studying, he tells her not to cry, to sharpen her pencil, and to study hard.

When little Minji cries, you can’t laugh as an adult, right? I really gritted my teeth and held it in, you know? Haha. In the end, I couldn’t hold it in and I laughed a little.

I remember when Jaehoon first came home from kindergarten, which he had said he didn’t want to go to.

I’m really curious to see if your child is making friends, eating well, and playing well at kindergarten.

Well, I was originally going to pick you up on the first day, but I was so curious that I couldn’t stand it.

When I arrived and waited, Minjun just greeted me with a grumpy face and ran away. When Jaehoon came out and asked, how could five-year-olds be dating!!!

Jaehoon said that he was already done for without any sign of it, like an old man, which was funny, but I was also really glad that it didn’t seem like something like that would happen.

The second day that Jaehoon went to kindergarten. As he left the house, Jaehoon’s expression seemed like that of a liberated old man. Did he really not want to go? That day, Jaehoon told me not to come, but I went to pick him up because I was curious.

As I was leaving the front door and waiting for the elevator, I heard Minjun’s mom and Minjun fighting next door. It was chaotic.

At first, I felt a little envious that he could fight with his son like that, but then I thought about it again. It might seem comical from afar, but up close, it’s probably a tragedy, right? Right?

I guess you thought I was full because my son is Jaehoon?

When I met Jaehoon and asked, Minjun’s mom was angry. How could she give her parents’ wedding ring to her girlfriend? Jaehoon laughed like a villain and said, “I told you so.” It was so funny.

Since Jaehoon is early, I guess he knows it’s wrong, right? That’s why I didn’t say anything. Suddenly, I imagined that Minjun was my child.

Um… There are all kinds of toys, from beads to cards scattered all over the floor.

As soon as I entered kindergarten, I got a girlfriend and gave her my wedding ring the same day…

Wow… I’m getting so worked up inside.

Thinking back, I am so happy and glad that Jaehoon is my son.

I hope Jaehoon grows up healthy without getting sick or being smart.