episode_0080

Slush funds.

A general term for money that is specially managed so that taxes cannot be tracked.

But for me, it’s not about taxes, it’s about money that my family can use without my knowledge, that is, without my knowledge.

It was money I couldn’t let my family get caught up in, but since I didn’t have any 50,000 won bills, I had no place to keep around ten million won safely.

Up until now, it had been well hidden by dividing it here and there.

With an additional 4.5 million won coming in this Lunar New Year, there was no room left to put it.

If I leave it in the bank, my mom can check it from time to time, so it’s not possible.

It’s so big that it’s more than two bricks, and the ten thousand won bills are too big to hide in the house.

If you try to hide it in a separate compartment, your mother will probably look for it here and there if she finds even one by chance.

Even these days, when my mother sees a thick book, she sometimes opens it, but it’s not the same book as last time.

I thought about putting it behind the toilet, but there’s the problem of mold and it’s too much of a hassle.

I was thinking for a long time if there was any way.

“Jaehoon!”

Sister Saea opened the door and came in.

“Did you have a good trip?”

“Yeah. What about Jaehoon?”

“It’s me. It’s the same.”

If it’s Sae-ah Noona, can’t I trust her?

No. I can’t explain to my sister every time I spend money on her.

“What are you thinking?”

“Huh? No. I just blanked out.”

“Really? Did you eat lunch?”

“Yeah. I just ate. What about you, sister?”

“I ate too.”

I continued to think while lying next to my sister on the bed.

What on earth could there be?

“Jaehoon. Should we take a picture too?”

“Huh? What kind of picture is this all of a sudden?”

“My grandfather said he was curious about Jaehoon, but he didn’t have any pictures on his phone.”

“Oh really? Then just take a picture.”

My sister and I took a picture with our cell phones and then lay down next to each other again.

“Can you print something like this so I can frame it?”

“Yeah. Right. I don’t know if the image quality will be clear.”

A picture frame? Ah! If it’s a picture frame, wouldn’t it be possible to use it like a book?

I thought it would be okay to divide it into ten pieces of one million won each and close the gap behind the picture frame.

If that doesn’t work, maybe we can custom order something like a picture frame.

The price won’t be that expensive either. Okay, I decided to frame it.

“Sister. Should we go to the photo studio and take pictures?”

“Huh? You don’t have to do that for me?”

“No. I want it, that’s why.”

“Yeah.”

Although the reason was probably impure, it was nice to have a couple’s photo hanging in the room, so it was killing two birds with one stone.

“Now that we’re on the subject, let’s go now!”

“Huh? Like this?”

“Why?”

“Can’t I change my clothes and put on makeup?”

“You’re already pretty enough, so why?”

“No. I’m going home for a bit.”

“Okay. Okay.”

After my sister went out, I lay down on the bed and waited.

10 minutes.

20 minutes.

30 minutes.

40 minutes.

After an hour, I was able to meet my sister.

Do women really take this long to get ready?

I headed to the place where I took a family photo holding my sister’s hand, and luckily the photo studio was open for business.

I opened the door and went in.

“Hello.”

“Ah. Welcome. ID photo?”

“No. We just came to take a picture.”

“Ah! A couple photo?”

“Yes. That’s right.”

“Hmm. But if it’s a couple photo, the two of them don’t match well?”

No matter what, I felt like my expression was getting worse because I thought it was a bit too rude.

“That student. Don’t get me wrong, they came to take couple pictures, and the girlfriend was dressed nicely, right? But no matter what, isn’t the stretched-out tracksuit too much?”

“…..”

“Right?”

“I’ll change and come back.”

“Yeah. Good idea.”

This is our first time taking couple photos.

My conscience was pricked by the unexpected remark.

“Sister. Sorry.”

“Huh? Why?”

“No. I think I’m going too far.”

“No. I know Jaehoon is like that originally.”

Yeah. I was originally a very bad guy.

If that’s what your older sister said, then that must be it.

Since it was a couple photo, I looked at my sister’s clothes and changed into clothes that were as similar as possible before coming out again.

I went into the photo studio again and this time the owner was satisfied.

“Yeah. You should have come dressed like that earlier.”

“Haha. Yes. Thank you for telling me.”

“Yeah. I’m glad you realized it though.”

I took pictures while sitting on a chair with my older sister, and then changed my position to take pictures while standing, so the photo taking was over quickly.

Each person was able to receive photo files via email.

“Boss, can I print a photo too?”

“Of course.”

“Then do you have a picture frame too?”

“Yeah. Do you want to come here?”

Looking at the picture frame the boss showed me, it was too small for me.

“Nothing big?”

“It’s a couple photo, but is it bigger than that one?”

“Yes. It should be 60cm.”

When I went to the warehouse with the boss, there was no picture frame with a space to put money in.

I decided to put the best picture in a large frame and the rest of the pictures I liked in smaller frames, so I bought small frames for my sister and I to use.

My sister and I left the photo studio after hearing that developing the photos would take about an hour.

“Why did you make the frame so big?”

“I need some things and I want to take a picture with my sister, right?”

It was a prick to my conscience, but it wasn’t wrong.

It’s a problem that can be solved by hanging up a picture of a carp that is said to be good for feng shui.

It was too long to wait, so I came back into the house with my sister.

“I’m going to use the computer for a bit.”

“Yeah.”

I had my sister lie down and search for a deep picture frame.

There already existed a safe-type picture frame, as if someone had thought the same thing as me.

There was a method like this, so people really had to use their heads.

I wrote down the frame size, placed an order via bank transfer, and then turned off the computer.

“Are you done?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay!”

Sister Saea moves to the side and tells me to lie down.

Let’s lie down side by side and look at the ceiling. My sister asked.

“So what are you going to use the picture frame for?”

“Huh? How did you know?”

“I’m not an idiot. I went to a photo studio to take a picture and found a big frame. Don’t you know that?”

“That’s right.”

I guess it’s inevitable that I let my guard down when I’m with my older sister.

If it were someone else, I would never have noticed.

“So what do you use it for?”

“Secret safe. It’s a secret safe. Keep it a secret.”

“Haha. Okay, I got it.”

You probably knew why I took a picture with my sister. But she still smiled brightly.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“That’s why you took a picture?”

“Yeah.”

“I had an inkling of it from the beginning. Jaehoon is always like that.”

Yeah, I was that kind of guy originally.

I think I did too much to my older sister.

I should try to be better to my older sister from now on.

As I was lying down with my older sister and killing time, time passed quickly and we headed back to the photo studio.

My sister smiling brightly while looking at the photo.

“Do you like it?”

“Yeah!”

If I had known you’d like it this much, I would have taken it a long time ago.

Anyway, I left the photo studio after ordering additional photos to fit in the secret safe.

Since I’ve already taken the picture, I should finish the safe.

I stopped by the bank to make a deposit and watched my sister display a picture frame in her room before coming home in the evening.

I fell asleep excited at the thought of having a secret safe.

***

It took 4 days for the frame to arrive at my house, whether it was a problem with the delivery or a long production period.

It’s actually a lot bigger than I thought, but it would be nice if the secret safe was bigger.

After putting the frame that came by courier in my room and receiving the photo from the photo studio and putting the photo in the frame, the frame was complete.

Now it’s time to hammer in the nails for installation.

I searched through the storage room for some nails and a hammer, lined them up in a prominent spot above the head of the bed, and started hammering nails into them.

-Bang. Bang. Bang.

“Son!! What are you doing!”

“Can’t you nail it?”

“Why are you suddenly hammering a nail in?”

“I want to hang a picture frame in the room.”

“What frame?”

“Couple photo frame.”

“Oh my, I’m dying of joy.”

Mom sighs and leaves without any suspicion after looking at the picture frame containing the photo.

It seemed like a misunderstanding, but it actually turned out to be an advantage.

It would be even more perfect if Mom left the room without any suspicion.

After finishing hammering in the nails and hanging the picture on the wall, I took a few steps back and looked at the picture.

hmm.

I think I understand why my mom had that misunderstanding.

Hanging up a couple’s photo this large seems a bit over the top.

Still, no one would suspect that this photo is a safe, even if they are surprised.

After I locked the door and collected and cleaned up the slush funds that were scattered here and there, I felt relieved.

This way my slush funds will be safe.

-dripping

“Okay. Come in.”

“It’s locked?”

When I opened the locked door, Ye-eun was standing in front of it.

“Why?”

“My mom said there were couple photos, so I came to see them!”

I opened the door and stepped aside to tell her to come in, and Ye-eun came in and looked at the photo.

“Wow.”

“Why?”

“Brother. Do you like your sister that much?”

“Huh? Okay. Why?”

“No. I wonder if you like it enough to hang up a big picture like this.”

Well, whatever you like, you like. I guess it doesn’t matter.

After looking at the photos, Ye-eun went out and now lay down on the bed to take a nap.

About thirty minutes later, just before falling asleep.

-dripping.

“Yeah, you can come in.”

“Son-in-law!”

My mother-in-law opens the door and comes in.

“Ah. Hello.”

“I came here to see a large photo of a couple.”

“Hahaha. What is this.”

My mother-in-law came into the room and looked at the pictures for a long time, laughing out loud.

“Our son-in-law likes Sae-ah a lot.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Ah. It’s been a while since I laughed so much. So, have lots of pretty love.”

“Yes. Goodbye.”

Did Sae-ah expect this?

If that’s the case, then it makes sense that he smiled so brightly as if he was in a good mood.

I lay down to fall asleep again, and just as I was about to fall asleep again.

-dripping.

“Okay. Come in.”

“It came out.”

Sister Saea opened the door and came in.

As expected, he looked at the photo, smiled brightly, and lay down on the bed with me.

“I like the big picture.”

“Really? Then that’s good, and your mother-in-law went to see it too.”

“I know. I heard it from my mom.”

My sister and I were lying in bed talking and we both fell asleep and time passed.

My room became a place to look at couple photos as my father, my father-in-law, and even my aunt who somehow knew about it came to see us.

Even my mother spoke to my youngest aunt.

The next day, even my youngest aunt came to see it.

Everyone cheered for Sae-ah and her sister to have a beautiful love.

Well. Isn’t it like killing three birds with one stone by receiving blessings from everyone?

Besides, many people saw it, but no one recognized that it was a safe.

It was even verified.

What was good was good.