303 – EP.11 The Troubles of Buying-1
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“Isn’t the injury from yesterday still there?”
Kang In-ho asked after seeing Kim Seong-ah’s gait as she came down.
“…It’s not like that.”
She came down the stairs at a slow, tortoise-like pace and carefully sat down in front of her table.
Then she sniffed and looked around the kitchen.
“What’s wrong?”
When Kang In-ho asked about her sniffing like a dog, Kim Seong-ah shook her head.
“It’s just that. I thought you looked good in the kitchen.”
“Why, let me be your housekeeper forever?”
“Yes. I will use you as a housekeeper forever.”
“Did you sleep well? Did you feel any discomfort?”
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“…I’m a little restless too, so I’m going to sleep a little more after breakfast.”
“If you sleep right after eating, you will get esophagitis.”
He advised seriously, handing her a plate with her ham and cheese toast on it.
“That damn esophagitis….”
She muttered happily as she took her plate.
As she was about to take a bite of her toast, Kang In-ho also sat across from her, holding his own plate.
When I ran a fork over the outside of the golden brown bread, a crunchy sound was heard.
“It’s perfect.”
Feeling proud of himself, he cut the toast into small pieces and put it in his mouth.
“It’s delicious, as expected.”
She said while wiping her mouth with a tissue.
“I missed your food.”
“Only food?”
He grinned and took another bite of toast. Looking at him, Kim Seong-ah smiled and said.
“I missed everything about my uncle.”
“Hey, I’m going to pretend. What are you doing in the morning…?”
When Kang In-ho received words that were too heavy to accept lightly, he got irritated and avoided her gaze.
Despite the indirect expression of rejection, Kim Seong-ah opened her mouth again without any sign of disappointment.
“Mister, I have a question.”
“What is it?”
“Well… You have an ex-girlfriend.”
She glanced at me and spoke.
“You…”
As his face suddenly hardened, Kim Seong-ah waved her hand away.
“No, that’s not it! I’m just curious about something… I’m sorry if I offended you. It’s just that I’m really curious about something.”
“Huh… What do you want to ask?”
He pressed his temples to calm the sudden headache.
“Well… Was your ex-girlfriend a teacher?”
“Teacher? Are you talking about your job?”
“Should I call it a job… Anyway.”
“I was just an ordinary office worker.”
Raising his head up, he remembered.
“Aren’t you a school or academy teacher?”
“I don’t know why I keep asking, but no.”
“Ah… Then what is it?”
Her jaw slowed as she chewed the toast. She frowned, looking like she was thinking deeply about something.
“But why am I suddenly curious about that?”
When Kang In-ho looked at her with her cold, salty eyes, she straightened her back as if stung.
When his gaze didn’t break, she lowered her gaze to her right and muttered.
“I… I heard you talking in your sleep.”
“Sleep talking?”
“Yes, I came out briefly to go to the bathroom in the early morning, and I heard him talking in his sleep.”
“To the extent that you can hear him talking in his sleep outside the door? That’s strange.”
When he opened her eyes and asked again, Kim Seong-ah closed her eyes tightly and raised her voice.
“So, are you saying I’m lying?”
“No, I didn’t mean that… Why are you so irritable? It’s like…”
[It’s like looking back at me when I was young.]
He swallowed his words.
“[Like] What?”
“No. Anyway, what did you say in your sleep? Are you asking me about my ex-girlfriend?”
“I said [Master].”
“[Master]….”
Kang In-ho’s eyes sank. He leaned his bowed body against the chair.
“…….”
He took some time to think with his mouth in unison.
“Huh, indeed.”
Then he chuckles.
“What’s funny?”
“No, I wanted to see you so much that I wondered if you would appear in my dreams.”
Kim Seong-ah bit her lower lip as she saw him laughing.
“…I guess we were very close.”
“We were close… Well, yes, we were close. We spent a lot of time together.”
“Yeah, I see.”
Her hand, which was placed on the table, clenched into a fist.
“Why Master?”
“Because you taught me this and that? It’s thanks to you, Master, that I can fight this well.”
“I guess he was some kind of gym instructor or something.”
“Uh… Well, it’s similar.”
“If it’s right, it’s right. What’s similar?”
“You wouldn’t know even if I told you.”
“…….”
Kim Seong-ah bit into her toast again.
Chewing nervously with her cheeks puffed out, she asked him before she had even finished eating her food.
“Is she pretty?”
“It’s pretty.”
When the answer came back immediately, she got up and headed to the refrigerator.
“What do you need?”
“Milk!”
She answered in her bright voice, took out her milk carton from her refrigerator and put it to her mouth.
“Hey, don’t drink with your mouth.”
He stopped her, but Kim Seong-ah did not hold back.
In one gulp, the milk ran down her throat, and a few drops of milk that escaped her left her lips and flowed down her neck.
“Ugh, you drink it all.”
When he hinted that he would not be able to stop him, Kim Seong-ah huffed and returned to her seat.
“Mister, it’s too much.”
“What?”
“You know that I like you.”
“So?”
“Then at least you can’t talk about other women in front of me!”
“What nonsense. You asked.”
“No! Not that. Just say she’s pretty, huh? Just like this. Reminisce vaguely about memories, huh? Well, that’s not possible! Without morals!!”
“It’s moral and immoral. Wipe off the milk on that mouth. Now, here’s a tissue.”
“Ah, thank you. …Profit! Is milk important now?”
“It’s important. First, wash your mouth. It’s unsightly.”
“…Is it very ugly?”
“Not a lot, but a little.”
Kim Seong-ah wiped her mouth thoroughly with a tissue. Then he continued talking to her.
“Liking someone doesn’t give you any right to force your feelings on them.”
“…….”
“If you like someone and want to win that person’s heart, you should make the same effort and show courtesy.”
“To attack the old man?”
“No, it’s a story about a typical relationship.”
“Hmph!”
After the verbal battle was over, the two focused on eating again.
The heat of conversation that had boiled over in an instant began to gradually cool down.
“Ah, it was a good meal.”
He ate the toast before Kim Seong-ah and stood up, holding his plate.
As he put the dishes in the sink and turned to the refrigerator, Kim Seong-ah asked him again if he was tired.
“How many times have you been in relationships, uncle?”
“Once.”
“It’s less than I thought.”
“Then how many times did you do it?”
“…Haven’t you tried it yet?”
“Sloppy.”
“Ik! I’m still 20 years old, and you’re over 30. Thinking about the future, who knows if I’ll be even older!”
“Seong-ah. Some people can’t date even once until they are 30.”
Kang In-ho spoke in a calm voice. At first glance, his eyes seemed to contain an emotion called sadness.
“Is there someone like that who can’t date until they’re 30? Anyway, this story is over. So, how many times have you had s*x?”
“Some?”
“Don’t you know Some?”
“No, I know. It’s a relationship….”
He stretches out his hand and folds his fingers to count.
As she watched her fingers fold one by one, Kim Seong-ah gritted her teeth fiercely.
“Ah, but.”
As he was counting the numbers, he looked at Kim Seong-ah and asked.
“Is confinement PT also a romance?”
Kim Seong-ah wrinkled her face as she saw him asking a question she had no idea about.
What nonsense are you talking about? This guy.