Chapter 81 (2/2)
LJ, who had been fiddling with the remote control, said,
”I'll be here too It's not such an ao to the States for it”
Ah, LJ's parents were in the States
Still, I thought it ht be lonely if only the two of theely
”I'll just exercise Well, if I really get bored, I'll go play in I's room”
”What?! Hey, no way! What are you planning on doing in o!”
”I can pick that in three seconds”
”You-you're lying, right? You joking again, right?!”
I in her roo a hole just noorried that the entertainotten all about it because of LJ LJ was also enjoying herself while she poked fun at I
They didn't really look they would get along with each other but they did
On one side, it was noisy as usual, and on the other, their leader just watched over the her beer The youngest was eating enthusiastically before handing
In this farinned
Suddenly, LJ said,
”Ah, you said you didn't get to watch any movies You have two choices”
”Choices?”
LJ waved the remote
”One, watching a new e watch Mermaid out of Water fro that”
We unanireat choice
I laughed so hard that I relieved my stress
In the end, it wasn't a bad, no, it was quite a good break
We got three days and two nights for our long weekend
It was shorter than the official long weekend, but even this would have been impossible if we didn't slave away on the phone Kim Hyunjo and I pro or so
The dayand left Seoul
Even though the traffic congestion was severe on the highway, I didn't get annoyed and even started hu
The further away I got frohter my heart felt It was the ropes which had bound me were cut one by one
How long had it been since I felt this sensation of freedom?
Long after I left the inner city, long after I passed the high-rises that were getting rarer and rarer, and long after I drove down the dirt country roads where the farmland was barren because it inter, I arrived in the town my parents resided in
Maybe it was because I was an unfae looks
I parked my car and entered my parent's house In the flowerbed on one side of the yard was still the fake tree the quadruplets had planted on Christhouse, unaware that a person had come
It seemed my brother's fa with noise
”I'm home”
As soon as I opened the door, the sures gathered around and stuck next to me One on my stomach, one on my back, and one on each arm
”Uncle!”
”Yes, my children”
I felt purified I patted each head, and the third, Kaeul{3}, smiled mischievously
”Why are we uncle's children? When we are our dad's children?”
”Let's forget about the biological factors I took care of you half the time”
”No, you didn't We grew up by ourselves”
”This is why they say there's no use being good to your nieces and nephews Do you kno ht with ht a ton of stuff to eat but I guess I'll eat it all by ht”
Only then did they sees in e their words
”No, I want to be uncle's kid!”
”Me too!”
Like that, they flapped around like chicks asking for food
I passed the kids the shopping bags and greeted my other family members My brother and sister-in-laere the sa a book on the sofa, took off his glasses and smiled
”Iyour face”
”If you think it's getting dangerous, just look at father I look the same as him”
My father, as eating a pear my sister-in-law had peeled for hihed, their shoulders shaking
I looked at them while I unpacked, and it seemed that the countryside suited them as my parents' co in Seoul
My hed
”Just look at how ht I had lost one of my children”
”For soot in a company, he has to work hard if he wants to settle in”
Mylook when my father said this
While eating a pear, I suddenly re Then I took out a stiff piece of paper I had put in an envelope
”Father, here”
”What's this?”
”Mrs Jang Yoonok's autograph”
I got her to write my father's name and about how she wished for his complete recovery My father, who didn't s froraph of Seo Jijoon Looking at their reactions, it was a success Seo Jijoon was effective regardless of age
Just then, htly as he said,
”But Sunwoo, I heard you're appearing on TV?”
”That's right Ah, as it? Star Manager? I heard you're appearing on that You should have told us We only learned about this after hearing it from mother-in-law”
At aze towards my mom
My mom waved her hands as she said,
”I only told daughter-in-law”
”Hey, Sunwoo, are you appearing on TV?”
”It ended up that way, uncle”
”Sunwoo! I heard you're appearing on TV? Eldest brother orried whether you being aon TV, aren't you a success? But do all ers appear on TV nowadays?”
”I just happened to go on once, aunt”
”Sunwoo, are you really appearing on TV? Star, Star, as it?”
”Star Manager I wish it was a lie”
”Sunwoo, are you-!”
”Yes, I am”
I had expected this
My mom only told my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law only told someone else, and that someone else only told someone else
As the start of the special broadcast approached, my uncle's family and even my aunts' faathered at my parents' house
The living roo with people
{1} IPTV - Internet Protocol Television Like 'video on demand'
{2} There are a variety of Korean pancakes, but etable in batter to form flat discs There are versions with seafood, etc
{3} I' to romanize their names so it's less weird, but his name is Kaeul (가을) which means fall/autumn in Korean Guess what the other kids' names are?
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