Chapter 76 – Chapter 76

After taking a taxi from Valentia and flying to the park near my house like a bullet, I belatedly realized one thing.
To put it bluntly, I went to work to ‘just’ clean, but ended up leaving work without even cleaning.
At this time, the thought in my head was not, then who will clean, but why did I waste time and money to go to work if it was going to be like this.

[… ] … Instead, you were able to get appropriate advice from Ahn Ki-pyo. It’s a lesson from life.]
[That’s not something that can be calculated with money.]

“Oh right.”

The voice said

[Sometimes I think, but you… There are times when it’s not always like Joe, a good person.]

What are you talking about spinning around like that?

“I never thought I was a good person, a good person, or a great person. Rather, I am more surprised that you still look at me positively.”

[No, not so much…]

“Really.”

[… ] …]

“I was much uglier than an ordinary human being, so I was the one who was eating up my life with such an inferiority complex, and deliberately looked down on others even more. I know that better than anyone. You don’t know this much better than you do.”

If I looked like a human in the eyes of the voice and a decent human being, it was all thanks to Miho and Noah.

“Anyway, that’s not what’s important right now.”

The reason I didn’t go home right away was because I didn’t want to show off my nervousness in front of the kids at home.
These days, whenever I’m really bored, I come across knowledge related to parenting or children’s social skills and sociability. Among them, it was written that if parents often show fear or nervousness in front of their children, it is bad for their emotional development in many ways.
Above all, I chose a park near my house because the work I was doing might end quickly, and I needed a space where I could walk a little privately.

“Whoa…”

I took a deep breath and relaxed.
After that, he took out a business card from his wallet.

[Manager Seo Mi-hye]

It’s only been a few days, but you haven’t already forgotten who I am, right?
Or even if I was very grateful at that time, when I thought about it, I pretended not to know because it would be embarrassing for a person like the manager to get to know the host.

“No, Manager Seo Mi-hye doesn’t know my phone number in the first place…”

These days, if you don’t know the phone number, there are many cases that don’t answer.
If you don’t answer the phone, send a text message.
But if you really want to pretend that Seo Mi-hye never had a relationship with a human like me… If I text you, will you ignore it?

“Wow, what are you nervous about?”

If it were me in the past, I would have been overflowing with baseless confidence and would have called you casually.
Are you rather weak?

“Tuk tuk, tuk tuk tuk!”

I made up my mind once more and dialed Seo Mi-hye’s phone number on her business card and pressed her call button.

-I got my peaches out…

Should I say overseas?
The ringtone is a foreign pop song.

Humming to a pretty nice ringtone, I answered the phone on the other end before.

-Who are you?

A clear voice and manner of speaking.
It was Seo Mi-hye.

“Hello, there…”

Fuck it, it’s boring
Maybe in Valentia. Even though she definitely returned to Korea at a young age, for the sake of her children her, she was definitely embarrassed to introduce herself as a host in front of the person in charge of the branch office.
Now, it was.

“Valen…”
-Ah, Kim Hyun-woo!

Match!
There was also the sound of applause.

It was a welcome response that didn’t fit anything I was worried about. At the same time, my worries disappeared like snow melting.

– Whoops, I was waiting for you to call me. Didn’t I do much that day? After that, I didn’t go to the host bar and spend money on anything. But it’s a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of I was waiting for when I would be able to repay the favor, living my daily life naturally.
“Ah… Okay.”

Seo Mi-hye was a sharp person.
While raising two children at that age for no reason, she clearly showed that she did not rise to the position of manager. He hears only my voice and sees through its intentions.

-Just in case, you did n’t think of me as an unscrupulous woman who forgets that even after receiving grace for her children her, right?

It’s hot.
I thought that working with a woman like this would make me tired in many ways.
You are so sharp.
Instead, I also thought that a woman like this would be very reassuring if I were my subordinate her. So, she must have trusted Seo Mi-hye abroad and entrusted her with the position of manager of the Korean branch.

“It can’t be.”
-I don’t think so at all, but I like it. It’s about such a trivial thing, between you and me, I can laugh and move on. Whatever it is, you are my benefactor.

[Your words are very refreshing.]
[Does this feel a bit like that overseas group?]

No, it’s just good-natured.
You are also full of confidence in yourself.

It was the voice of a person who was confident in his own ability, rather than bragging to others about what he was good at.

– So, what do you want?
“I do need some help.”
– What about the company level? Or on a personal level? Anything is fine. I promise to cooperate with you as much as I can. You may think you don’t need to do that. At that time, it was about that much for me, so you don’t have to be too burdened.
“It’s a child problem.”
-Hmm… Keep talking
“First of all, you noticed before that I have a child, right?”
-Yes. Don’t worry, I have no intention of telling anyone. She’s not such a talkative woman, and if the fact that the host has a child is known, she won’t be able to continue. Unless you are a woman with unique tastes, I won’t nominate you even if it’s embarrassing.
“Well, there is that too… It’s a fact that doesn’t have anything good to know.”
-Therefore?

I was circling around the park before I knew it.
Other people may say that I am crazy, but I was serious about this call right now.
I don’t know why I can’t stay still while talking on the phone… Should I say that this makes it sound a little better?

“That, the kids are a little shy… No, that my family? Except for me, I can’t talk well with anyone else. The first one is just better. If I’m by your side, you still show a pretty active side. Instead, in the second case, even when I’m next to you, you can’t open your mouth at all.”
-Hmm…
“By the way, the first one is the same as the second one when I’m not around. No, back then it could be even worse. He can’t even breathe well.”
-… It’s very serious, both. How the hell did you raise a child… !

Seeing Seo Mi-hye shut her mouth after getting angry for a moment, I also quietly shut my mouth.

“Sorry.”

[Why are you apologizing… It’s not your fault.]

Now that I am the parent of those children.

[… ] … !]

– Whoa, no. Maybe mom
“There is not…”

As of now.

– Hyunwoo, to be honest, I’m so angry right now that all the gratitude I felt for you disappears. I don’t want to have preconceived notions about the host, to the point where a bad perception of the host is established.

[Tell me that you are an adopted child. The children were so pitiful that they were adopted. So it’s not your fault They said they were very sick children since they were already adopted.]
[What are you doing frustratingly?]
[This is not something you should listen to. I never asked you to endure anything like this!]

It’s frustrating…
It could have been.

If someone else sees it, they might wonder if this is a truckload of sweet potatoes, but I didn’t even want to say that I adopted the children again.
It was like foolish stubbornness.

[Silly… There is nothing to gain from doing that.]
[No one knows.]

Still, it’s just like my resolution.
I will sincerely try.

– That’s the worst. I don’t have a mother… You’re not asking me to play the role of a mother, are you?
“Oh, that’s not it. What I would like to ask of you is to have time to meet the manager and the manager’s sons and ‘my children’. That’s just what I want. Even that can be difficult, but if I say someone I know, the kids can feel a little relieved.”
-Whoa…

After taking a deep sigh, Seo Mi-hye spoke.

– In a way, that might be the best. Because you can’t pick up water that has already been spilled.
“Yes…”
-Huh, I think it might be bad for me to be angry like this.
“No, not at all.”
-But the problem with the children made me angry as a single mother. No, this is a problem that anyone can’t help but be angry about before being a mother.
“… You’re right.”

Rather, I was grateful.
The fact that other people hear the children’s circumstances and get angry. Should I say that I feel comforted when I get angry?

Food.

-What are you laughing at?
“Sorry.”
– Then, let’s see it tomorrow. Even though it’s Wednesday. Tomorrow, just in time, is my day off. Are you okay?
“I’m so good. You’re the manager, aren’t you overdoing it?”
– You said it was a day off. And if a child’s problem is that serious, it wouldn’t be a good idea to solve it as soon as possible.

She was truly a woman who never said anything wrong, and even boldly took action.
But she was very grateful for that.

“Thank you.”
– And this is what I’m saying as a parenting senior. In the first case, there is still a lively side when Hyeonu is by your side, but in the second case, you said that there is no such side at all.
“Yes.”

I listened more seriously than ever.
After going round and round to the point of frenzy, how would you stand there and listen with your waist slightly bent?
Anyone who sees it will know that Seo Mi-hye is right in front of me.

-Hasn’t the first one been cute?
“Yes? What is that…”
– Normally, children’s personality and emotional development are determined by their parents’ physical contact, love, or various emotions during infancy. For example, in the case of the first, kiss often, love, cute… I grew up only looking at this positive side.
“…”
-In the second case, they grew up only seeing bad things, or they grew up without such parental love at all. Or, in the case of a child who usually has a passive personality, when the parents are anxious or receive little love from such parents, they grow up with a personality that keeps a distance from others.

There was something I guessed in Seo Mi-hye’s words, so I couldn’t help but be amazed and shocked at the same time.

At least, Miho grew up receiving a lot of love from her parents her, but in Noah’s case, she received only abuse and hatred, not love, from the beginning without her parents her.

“Then what should I do?”

It was a billion dollar question.
If I could add a little exaggeration and get a proper answer, it wouldn’t be a waste to give all of my possessions right now.

-What do you do? You have to do well from now on.
“…”
– Start with something light, step by step. Even if it’s just 10 minutes, it’s okay, so I usually give them skinship or play with them. Now, um, that’s it.

Seo Mi-hye said.

– Why don’t you go home and kiss me and tell me I love you?