Chapter 173 (1/2)
Chapter 173 Belonging, For, and By the Choi Family (3)
‘How many days have I been locked here?’ There was no way Chi-Woo could tell the exact nuround But Chi-Woo could ht hi the dinner that Noel handed hi like usual
Not only was he bored with nothing to do, but he had also found so it with Mimi, she came up with her own hypothesis To confir than usual That hen he suddenly heard the door open ‘What? I just ate dinner Is it a late-night snack?’ Chi-Woo’s ht But it was his brother who cah the door
‘Yes, it didn’t ht He believed his brother would come to check on him at least once Chi-Woo’s eyes sparkled involuntarily, but he i his pushbacks with a nonchalant face
“What are you doing instead of sleeping?” Chi-Hyun’s voice was low, and he looked especially tired today
“Can’t you see I’ push-ups?” Chi-Woo replied snidely
“Hey”
“…”
“Choi Chi-Woo” Chi-Hyun looked as his younger brother exercised with sweat trickling down and snore your brother from now on?”
“Don’t say ‘brother’”
“What?”
“Don’t call yourself er have a sibling’”
“Mister what?” It was as if Chi-Woo was talking to a stranger Chi-Hyun crossed his arh, what do you want?”
“Stop what you’re doing and get up”
“Why should I?”
“I have so to discuss with you”
“Well, I don’t,” Chi-Woo said coldly, “Get going Don’t botherto finish then?”
“None of your business”
“Why are you doing push-ups in the first place?”
“I want to becoainst whom? Me?” Chi-Hyun snorted and s push-ups?”
Chi-Woo scowled at his brother’s ain, and Chi-Hyun let out a deep sigh
“Are you really going to act like this?”
“Ha” Chi-Woo snorted “Isn’t that what I should say? Isn’t that what you wanted?”
“When did I ever want that?”
“Ah…It doesn’t evenI’o our separate ithout caring for each other”
By this point, Chi-Hyun finally realized why his brother was so upset and what his mistake was
[You…shouldn’t have been born]
Those words had probably made a deep impression on Chi-Woo and remained as a heavy lump in his chest
“Hey, that’s…” Chi-Hyun paused Truthfully, he had said those words in a fit of anger He knew there were things one should never say, especially not to a family member Chi-Hyun’s lips twitched, and he licked the, “By that…I didn’t…”
Chi-Hyun knew he had to apologize He touched the corners of his hed
“It’s not like nobody has ever said it before”
“What?”
“Well When I said you shouldn’t have been born, I didn’t mean it literally You know, you said it yourself quite often when you were trying to become a shaman at one point That’s what I meant by that” When Chi-Hyun saw that his brother’s face was only creasing eventhat I should apologize for, I would”
Chi-Woo shook his head “Ha…you really are my brother”
“What do you mean?”
“You just spit out whatever you ithout thinking and never ad Please”
“When did I…? No, ould you know?”
“I’m not the only one who thinks so Mom said it too”
Chi-Hyun closed his mouth An aard silence befell theain
“■”
Wing, Wing, Wing, Wing! The ringing noises were accompanied by vibrations The space twisted and swirled before returning to norot up in surprise Looking around, the strange sensation surrounding this rooo now
“You should sleep in your house today”
“Are you telling erous?”
“I’ve set up the basic defense, and I will be staying with you”
“…”
“And when you get up, go aroundpeople”
“People?”
“There were some orried about you,” Chi-Hyun continued, “It’s fine if you don’t e that an i to leave for a while”
Chi-Woo opened his eyes a bit wider
“Send e after you are finished and coister our names on each other’s devices first”
Chi-Hyun stretched out his wrist, but Chi-Woo stayed still and looked disagreeable “Why should I? Where are you going to drag et there”
“Even if I go, aren’t you going to just lock rateful Did you prepare an especially large prison considering that I’m your brother?”
“Choi Chi-Woo” Chi-Hyun’s voice shot down instantly fro Chi-Woo flinched; his brother was squeezing his eyes shut tightly He prepared for another fight when Chi-Hyun let out a deep breath and said, “I’ his own ears What did his brother say?
“I was a little eer, I spoke and acted more harshly than I should I’m sure you would think I went too far, and it’s understandable why you think everything is unfair” Chi-Hyun continued in a low voice with his eyes closed, “I’ize to you hundreds or thousands ive ain and, unlike before, said carefully in consideration of Chi-Woo’s feelings, “Still… I’ from my perspective, of course, but no matter how positively I try to think about all this, I can’t say you did the right thing” Chi-Hyun’s voice was gentle “I can understand your view a bit, but…this proble that you siether since you are here…”
Then Chi-Hyun said in a slightly pleading tone, “I’ht now, or why I have to go this far, but I hope you would think about ative ehtly He rehtly less strained tone, “It still doesn’t change the fact that you are forcing this ontoht?”
“I hope you will follow me before that happens, but I won’t deny that,” Chi-Hyun said truthfully “But I will pro”