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Episode 62

“I clearly told you to separate the dark-colored clothes so they don’t mix? Or was that it? Has your memory finally deteriorated to the level of an animal?”

Ayase is shaking the laundry with an annoyed expression on her face as she looks at Ju Seol-ha.

Up until this point, it was just a part of everyday life, nothing particularly strange.

What was strange was Ju Seol-ha’s answer to Ayase.

“… … Oh, sorry. I must have forgotten and just put it in. I’ll be careful next time.”

“… … … … … … … … … … … … … Yes?”

For the first time in her life, Ayase doubted her bodily functions, specifically her ears.

Because I felt like I just heard an apology from the woman in front of me.

‘Sorry? What does sorry mean? According to the dictionary definition, it means feeling uncomfortable and ashamed toward others. Is there a metaphorical meaning to the word sorry in this country that I don’t know about?’

Ayase seriously considered that perhaps, without knowing it, the word sorry might have meant, ‘I will kill you right now.’

Otherwise, no one but Zhu Seol-ha would have readily admitted his own mistakes.

‘I guess so. My wife told me not to fight at home, but once I’ve been challenged, I guess it’s impossible for me as a wife to back down.’

Ayase was about to take the knife out of her sleeve, thinking that she should be careful not to break anything in the house if possible, but she panicked once again.

It was because Joo Seol-ha, who I thought would rush in, picked up the laundry that I had dropped on the floor in panic.

“Can I wash this separately?”

“Huh? Oh, yes. That’s true, but… ?”

“Okay. Okay.”

Ju Seol-ha turned away from Ayase, who was standing there blankly, and left with the laundry in her hands.

‘What is this? Is it an illusion?’

Ayase wasn’t the only one who was confused until Lee Seon-woo returned from work that day.

Although their reasons were different, Ha Ye-in and Gu Yu-eun, like Ayase, came to realize Ju Seol-ha’s ideals.

“Mr. Yein. Is that guy going to die soon?”

“Yejin-ah. Why is Seol-ha like that?”

Among the three, Ha Ye-in was the one who was quite close to Ju Seol-ha, so Ayase and Guyu-eun secretly approached her and asked her, but she also had no idea what was going on.

“I don’t know either. When I ask if it’s okay, they only say it’s okay.”

“Hmm.”

“My brother should come.”

About an hour later.

The girls who gathered in front of the entrance to welcome Lee Seon-woo who had just come home from work had no choice but to pause again.

Because Ju Seol-ha was crouching down and burying her head in her knees like a puppy waiting for its owner in front of the door.

‘Why is that guy acting like that?’

‘I can’t get used to it because it’s Seol-ha, not someone else.’

‘What the hell is going on?’

While they were hesitating in an atmosphere where they felt they couldn’t approach each other, the front door opened and Lee Seon-woo came into the house.

“I’m back… … What, Seol-ha, why are you doing that?”

“Brother… ”

As soon as Lee Seon-woo returned, Joo Seol-ha, who staggered to her feet, was held tightly in his arms.

Since this was just his usual appearance, the other girlfriends who would normally have been jealous and angry felt a strange sense of relief when they saw him like this.

“? What’s wrong with you all? What happened?”

“Ugh. It’s nothing. Oh, sorry. You must be tired. Hurry up and wash up and eat dinner. I’m not hungry, so I’ll go up first.”

“Huh?”

Lee Seon-woo, who felt something strange, escaped from his arms and ran upstairs before he could ask anything.

All that’s left is a single father and his three women who have just returned from work.

Among those who blinked at each other, the first to speak was, of course, the head of the household, the mainstay of the household.

“Did you fight?”

“I understand why you’re looking at me and asking, but no. In the first place, there’s no way that it would have gotten to that point just because that woman had a little fight, right?”

“That’s right.”

After hearing Ayase’s answer, Lee Seon-woo’s eyes turned to Ha Ye-in and Gu Yu-eun, but their reactions weren’t much different.

“You ate all the cookies I was saving as revenge for eating my pudding last time, but I just ignored you.”

“I bragged about getting a new item in one go, and they congratulated me.”

The three of them turned their eyes to Ayase. Then, with a stern face, she explained what had happened earlier.

“She got mad because I put the laundry in wrong, and she said ‘sorry’ to me.”

“Okay. I’ll go and talk to him.”

Only then did Lee Seon-woo realize the seriousness of the situation and jump up.

Unusually, no one tried to stop him.

—

In our house, in addition to the bedroom, each person has their own room.

Since we had a lot of rooms to spare anyway, we decided to use them one by one for personal use, so there was no need to worry about running out of space.

So, aside from when I sleep, we each spend time in our own rooms when I need some alone time, such as before I get off work.

Or maybe when you have worries like now.

“Seolha. Can I come in for a minute?”

I knocked on the door carefully and asked, but there was no answer. Then, before I knocked on the door a second time, I heard Seol-ha’s voice from inside.

“… … You can come in.”

As I opened the door and entered the room, Seol-ha, sitting on the bed, turned her head towards me with an emotionless look in her eyes.

But it was easy to see that those eyes weren’t truly emotionless.

Because I look at her as much as she looks at me.

“Can I sit next to you?”

“Yeah.”

As I sat down next to her, Seol-ha silently rested her head on my shoulder.

I quietly wrapped my arm around her shoulders and looked around the room.

The ceiling and walls are covered with photos of me taken from all sorts of angles. Of course, most of them I don’t even remember being taken of.

“I can’t get used to your room no matter when I come.”

“Other kids’ rooms are similar.”

“The amount is overwhelmingly yours.”

“If we only look at the photo, then yes.”

Actually, other kids’ rooms were filled with all sorts of things besides photos.

In Ayase’s case, she has a large stock of baby products because she doesn’t know whether her future child will be a boy or a girl, and maybe both will be born at the same time.

Since Yejin got a taste for cosplay sex on the Gold Game Show, she has all kinds of cosplay clothes and props on display.

Eun-i’s room is filled with dolls. To be exact, she decorated a village with dolls of male and female couples.

“Does she still play with dolls these days? Last time I saw her, she always gave her brother’s name to her male dolls and her own name to her female dolls.”

“Don’t tease me too much about that. That’s a personal preference.”

At that moment, Seol-ha’s body in my arms froze.

I was wondering since I didn’t think she had said anything particularly strange, and then Seol-ha lifted her head and looked at me.

“Excuse me, oppa. Can I talk to you about your worries?”

“As much as you want.”

Something happened.

But what is going on that has Seol-ha so troubled?

Seol-ha, who had been hesitating, continued speaking as she waited quietly, feeling both worried and curious at the same time.

“That’s why… …There’s a boyfriend maker at your company.”

“Yeah.”

“You know there are several community bulletin boards for that game?”

“Why is that?”

I wondered if the game was the problem, but I soon realized that wasn’t the case.

“I was active on one of those community boards, and I got into an argument with a user yesterday. We were fighting, and I got so angry that I said I wanted to meet him in person and fight him… … ”

“Where is the body now?”

If it were yesterday, the level of corruption would not have been that serious, but depending on the location, it could have been discovered quickly.

In the worst case, we may have to deal with it by mobilizing all our cognitive and common sense skills.

“Don’t worry, Seol-ha. Oppa is always on your side. He won’t change his view of you just because you killed one or two people, so don’t worry and first, let’s find out where the bodies are hidden… … ”

“No, I didn’t kill him! What are you talking about! My hands are still clean!”

Not yet.

In other words, aren’t you saying that you’re going to get your blood on them someday?

hmm.

Let’s move on for now.

“Then you’re saying that you didn’t use violence that exceeded the legal limits set by society, causing the other person to become paralyzed or dead?”

“That’s not true! In the first place, it was Dasol who showed up at the Hyunpi location!”

“Dasol?”

“Yeah!”

If it’s Dasol, isn’t that Seolha’s younger sister’s name?

“Why is Dasol there? Is Dasol also a Boyfriend Maker user?”

“I think it started recently, but I guess it was like that anyway. But that’s not the problem.”

If the story had ended there, it could have been passed over as just a passing incident.

If some time passes, it will become a story we can laugh about and talk about.

However, the story of Seol-ha that followed was not something to be laughed off.

“I was really shocked. It was more shocking that he came out of the house on his own, even though he had bodyguards, than that he fought with Dasol on the internet.”

Seol-ha’s words reminded me of Dasol’s appearance that I had seen once before.

Since they were twins, they looked exactly the same, but their auras were very different.

His hair was disheveled, he was wearing a T-shirt and shorts that didn’t match, his posture was hunched, and he had dark circles.

It’s not an expression I really want to use, but I remember Dasol as having a much darker and gloomy feel compared to Seol-ha.

“Dasol, unlike me, was born with a weak body, and when she was young, she was kidnapped by a woman who wanted to pay her ransom. Fortunately, she was found before it became dangerous, so she didn’t get hurt, but since then, she’s always been afraid of people.”

Seol-ha explained that not only herself but also her parents always take care of Dasol because she is the sore thumb of the family.

“Just for reference, what happened to the kidnapper?”

“Dad sent me far away.”

“Aha.”

Yes, I guess so. I think so too.

“My family kept trying to help him, and he tried really hard. He tried to go to school, he tried to get along with people, and he tried to make friends, even though he was awkward, but things just didn’t work out for some reason.”

Seol-ha’s side profile, with her face filled with genuine regret at the thought of her younger sister, looked like a truly mature older sister.

It feels different than usual, so it’s quite… …

“Hey, why are you here, oppa?”

“Don’t worry about it and keep going.”

“? Okay. Anyway, we talked after that, um. Um, oppa. I have a favor to ask. Can you do it for me?”

I nodded. Honestly, I had no idea what I could do, but I was willing to do whatever I could.

If she’s Seol-ha’s younger sister, then she’s my sister-in-law. We’re not officially family, but I guess you could say she’s like a younger sister to me.

“Just say anything.”

I said that with the attitude of telling her to leave it to me, but this time again my first girlfriend said something that exceeded my expectations.

“Excuse me, but please eat my little sister.”

“… … … … ”

what?