episode_0024

Eunju, Mingwoo’s wife, chuckled at my words and said, “Jinwoo seems good at saying embarrassing things.”

“I’m just speaking my mind, though?”

“Oh… I see…”

“Let’s go now before Mingwoo misunderstands.”

I stood up and told Eunju as Mingwoo’s wife.

Eunju followed me out of the room.

Mingwoo, looking at us, asked, “Are you both ready?”

“I’m all set,” I replied.

“I just need to change clothes,” Eunju said.

“Alright, hurry up and change,” I said.

“Eunju,” clad in a beige skirt and a white shirt with a headband, emerged from the bedroom.

“I’m ready,” she said.

Looking at Eunju, I remarked, “Wow, Eunju, you look beautiful. If someone saw you, they’d think you were a maiden.”

Mingwoo, standing nearby, commented, “You’re overdoing it with the lip service.”

“Lip service? It’s just the truth,” I retorted.

Mingwoo dryly replied, “Okay, let’s go then.”

“Sure,” I replied.

Mingwoo left first, and I followed behind him.

Eunju put on her shoes and joined us.

We took the elevator to the underground parking lot, where Mingwoo said, “Let’s meet at Happy Mart.”

“Okay,” Eunju replied.

Eunju got into Mingwoo’s car, and I got into mine as we set off for Happy Mart.

After parking underground, we all got out of our cars.

Looking at Mingwoo’s family, I suggested, “Let’s grab a cart and head in.”

“Okay,” they agreed.

We moved towards the carts, and I took one out, saying, “I’ll push the cart.”

Mingwoo insisted, “I’ll handle the payment, so just pick whatever you want to eat.”

“Alright then, I’ll choose well for our camping trip,” I said.

Mingwoo walked ahead briskly, with Eunju and I following at a slightly slower pace, giving the impression that Eunju and I were a couple, and Mingwoo was a friend.

Our first stop was the ramen section.

As I picked out some ramen, I asked, “Do you like Neoguri ramen?”

“Yes, I do,” Eunju replied.

Mingwoo seemed disinterested, probably knowing he wouldn’t be eating any later, and checked his phone before informing us, “I have an urgent call, so I’ll be shopping separately.”

“Alright, let us know when you’re done,” I said.

“Okay,” Mingwoo replied before hurrying off to take the call.

“He’s been busy lately,” I remarked to Eunju.

“Yeah, always glued to his phone these days,” she replied.

“Being busy is a good thing, right? Let’s go get some meat; after all, the essence of camping is meat,” I suggested.

“When the time comes, he’ll show up,” Eunju said.

Eunju and I headed towards the meat section.

As I pushed the cart, I joked with Eunju, “Walking around like this, we don’t look like a couple, do we?”

“To others, we probably do,” she replied.

“Yeah, who goes shopping with just a friend’s wife?” I laughed.

“It does seem like a date at the mart,” Eunju added with a smile.

“I agree.”

“Stick closer to me, so we look more like a couple,” I teased.

“Got it,” Eunju said, moving closer to me as we reached the meat counter.

When I asked Eunju if there was any specific meat she wanted, she filled the cart herself.

“I love all kinds of meat, so I’ll pick them myself,” she said.

“Sounds good,” I replied.

Eunju selected pork belly, pork jowl, neck meat, beef ribs, sirloin, and ribeye, placing them in the cart.

Looking at the meat in the cart, it seemed like Myeongu’s wife Eunjoo might be chubby.

As if casually putting the meat in the cart, he said, “Ah~ I should buy sausages too!”

Then, he also picked up a pack of handmade sausages and put them in the cart.

Quietly whispering to Eunjoo, who was putting the handmade sausages in the cart, I said, “I’m holding the sausages, right?”

“Huh?”

“The sausages that Eunjoo likes are in my pants!”

Eunjoo, Myeongu’s wife, blushed and said, “Oh~ My goodness~”

“Hehe~ Will Eunjoo eat the sausages with both her mouth and… another mouth?”

“Maybe she won’t eat with the other mouth because of Myeongu?”

In response to Eunjoo’s words, I placed my hand on Eunjoo’s shoulder and whispered in her ear, “Seems like Eunjoo wants to eat a lot too?? I’ll let you eat as much as you want while watching.”

Eunjoo slightly pushed me away and said with a shy expression, “I… I don’t know… Let’s go towards the vegetable and fruit section now.”

“Alright, but aren’t you buying too much?”

“So what? The three of us will eat for 2 nights and 3 days, and since you’re paying, we should buy a lot.”

“Well, it’s not my money.”

I turned towards the fruit corner with Myeongu’s wife Eunjoo.

After buying a watermelon and a box of oriental melons, we headed straight to the adjacent vegetable corner.

When we arrived at the vegetable corner, Eunjoo said, “I’ll handle the shopping here too.”

“Okay.”

Eunjoo put onions, mushrooms, sweet potatoes, lettuce, and various other vegetables in the cart and said, “I think this is enough.”

“Yes, Eunjoo must have chosen well.”

“Jinu says you buy well even when you buy a lot, unlike Myeongu.”

“What does Myeongu say when you buy a lot?”

“Well… He says you’ll gain weight from eating a lot…”

“Oh~ Eunjoo is just plump.”

Eunjoo laughed at my words and said, “Hehe~ Now we just need to buy a few snacks and drinks.”

“Yes, let’s buy some snacks and then call Myeongu.”

“Okay.”

When we reached the snack corner, Eunjoo’s eyes sparkled as she said, “I’ll choose first, so if Jinu wants something, put it in.”

“Okay, I’ll try calling Myeongu first.”

“Sure.”

Even though Eunjoo was saying she would call Myeongu, she was focused on choosing snacks without paying attention to the phone.

I called Myeongu on my phone.

Ring ring ring~

After a brief signal, Myeongu answered the call.

“Hello?”

“Hey Myeongu, is the call over?”

“Suddenly Jina called.”

“Does she always call without warning?”

“She’s been calling more often lately.”

“Because she’s a successful single woman, does she want to catch you?”

“Sigh… It’s getting harder…”

“Forget your worries for now. Where are you? We’ve almost finished shopping and are at the snack corner buying snacks.”

“I’ll come over there, just wait a bit.”

“Okay.”

After ending the call and selecting a few snacks to put in the cart, Myeongu arrived.

Seeing the pile of items in the cart, Myeongu said, “Are we moving or immigrating?”

“We’re not immigrating, just going camping for 2 nights and 3 days.”

“You bought so much, I thought we were immigrating.”

“You said to buy whatever you wanted, so I bought freely.”

After Myeongu sighed once, he said, “Sigh… but still…”

Glancing at Eunjoo’s expression, I pulled Myeongu aside and said, “Eunjoo tends to buy a lot of food she likes when we go to the mart, so I do try to control it…”

“Even though I think you bought a lot, Eunjoo insisted on buying this much.”

“Sigh, nothing we can do about it.”

Seeing Myeongu sigh, I said, “If it’s a burden, I’ll split the bill. We’re going together to have fun, so it might be burdensome for you alone.”

“If you do that, thank you.”

“You didn’t even plan to go, yet you bought so much.”

“That’s true.”

“I’ll pay half, so don’t worry.”

As I offered to pay half of the amount, Myeongu’s

“Even though I’m chubby, I wanted to look cool in front of my wife,” I replied to Myungwoo.

“Yeah, pay and text me the amount,” he said.

“Got it, thanks.”

After finishing the conversation with Myungwoo, I approached Myungwoo’s wife, Eunjoo.

Eunjoo, with a slight frown, spoke to Myungwoo, “Did you scold him for buying too much?”

Quickly responding to Eunjoo, I said, “No, Myungwoo mentioned that he bought a bit too much, so I told him we are three people going for 2 nights and 3 days, so this amount is necessary.”

“Yes, Jinwoo said he needs this much for his 2-night, 3-day trip,” I added.

“I see,” Eunjoo nodded.

Looking at Myungwoo and Eunjoo, I said, “Alright, let’s just buy drinks and leave.”

“Okay.”

“Yeah.”

We put water, soju, and beer into the cart.

Myungwoo looked at the cart and said, “Looks like we got everything, let’s go now.”

“Sure.”

“Yeah.”

Dragging the cart filled like a mountain of goods, we headed towards the checkout counter.

As we scanned and bagged our items, the total amount kept increasing with each barcode beep.

10,000, 20,000… the numbers climbed until it stopped around 423,000 won.

The cashier looked at the total on the register and said, “That will be 423,300 won.”

Handing over his credit card from his wallet, Myungwoo said, “One-time payment.”

“Thank you, sir. Your card is accepted,” the cashier confirmed as the payment went through.

Taking the card back, Myungwoo suggested, “Let’s pack them in boxes.”

“Good idea. I’ll carry some separately and put them in the cooler when we go camping,” I responded.

“Yeah, that’s a good plan. There’s too much for both of us to carry,” Myungwoo agreed.

“Okay.”