Chapter 226 – Chapter 226 – Happy Mother and Daughter Rice Bowl (4)

Inside the house

“Come in. Is it too narrow?”

After taking off her shoes, Yoon Na-eun looked at Jin-hyeon and said.

He did not refuse an invitation to come over to play.

The house was less than 10 minutes from the cafe, so I was able to arrive in no time as I walked while watching Da-jeong or Yoo-jeong talking to Jin-hyeon.

‘But do I have that many questions?’

Jinhyeon wasn’t just Da-jeong or Yoo-jeong, but she talked to herself quite a bit as she walked.

Is it really out of curiosity, or is it simply to avoid awkwardness?

‘What…… Huh.’

In any case, she wasn’t in a bad mood, so Yoon Naeun couldn’t stop smiling as she walked all the way home.

If you work all day at a soup restaurant, you will be dealing with a lot of real customers.

No matter how much you appreciate Da-jung or Yoo-jung, if the person itself isn’t good enough, you won’t be affectionate, but Jin-hyeon was the opposite.

He looked around the front door and the house for a while before replying with a clear smile.

“No. Is it very tidy?”
“Then I’m glad. Rest in peace for now.”
“Thank you.”

Seeing Jinhyeon greet politely, Yoon Naeun smiled at her and stood in front of the kitchen.

Although she had already eaten dessert at the cafe, she still couldn’t bring out anything when guests came.

“Brother Brother! Come and see. I’ll show you our room.”
“Yes? Where?”
“Here. This is my room with my sister, hehe.”

As soon as they entered the house, Da-jeong and Yoo-jeong took Jin-hyeon to see what was so good about her room.

‘It’s a bit embarrassing.’

This house was poor even in comparison with his office.

I don’t have money, so my two daughters share the same room.

Of the two rooms, the larger room was given to the daughters, but it was still too small for the two of them to use.

“Da-jung, you should wash your hands before that.”
“Ah, that’s right.”
“Oh, I’ll wash too.”

Da-jeong and Yoo-jung, followed by Jin-hyeon, went into the bathroom to wash their hands.

After washing her hands in the kitchen herself, she put some fruits, including a tangerine, on a plate and poured orange juice into a cup.

I opened the door and served it as a snack to Da-jeong, Yoo-jeong, and Jin-hyeon, who were talking in the middle of the day.

“Let’s talk while eating this.”
“Oh, thank you.”
“Wow, tangerines!”

The three seemed to get along really well.

To be honest, there is no such thing as a game console that kids these days enjoy having fun in the house, and it is very limited to play, but the three seemed to have a lot of fun just talking to each other.

After sitting on the sofa in the living room and spending time with the sound of the TV and children talking in the background, it was time for dinner.

“Hey guys, do you want something to eat? For dinner.”

When I opened the door and asked, Da-jeong immediately asked back.

“Dinner? What do you have?”
“What. Can I order it, or can I do it? I can make stew, rice cake soup, or something like that.”
“Ah, rice cake soup!”

When she answered Da-jeong’s question, Da-jeong’s eyes lit up and she grabbed Jin-hyeon’s arm and shook it.

“Brother Brother. My mom is very good at cooking. The rice cake soup is especially delicious.”
“Yes? Rice cake soup?”
“Right. Mom’s rice cake soup is delicious.”

I was embarrassed for nothing when Yoo-jung helped me by my side.

Jinhyun nodded.

“Well, then, may I ask for some rice cake soup?”
“I’m fine, but Jinhyeon, will you be one of tteokguk?”
“Yes, it doesn’t matter.”
“Okay. Then wait a little bit.”

Yoon Na-eun said that and went back to the kitchen.

Stir-fry the meat, make the soup, and boil it with rice cakes and dumplings.

Lastly, after adding seaweed and garnish, she set rice and side dishes just in case and called her children.

“Wow, it smells good.”
“Hee hee, that’s right. Eating it is even better. It’s really good.”
“There are more, so eat a lot.”
“Yes, I will eat well.”

Dalgrak- Dalgrak-

There was the sound of dishes clashing.

Da-jeong and Yoo-jeong were sitting on the right side of the table, and Jin-hyeon was on the left. He himself sat in the center and ate.

Normally, the three of us always ate together, but just being four made the table feel very rich.

Da-jeong and Yoo-jeong also look much more happy than when the three of them ate together.

It was a scene of a really happy dining table.

‘I wonder if my husband would have felt like this if he hadn’t fallen into gambling and left the house…’

I had that thought momentarily, but Yoon Naeun shook her head.

If you think about it now, it’s a thing of the past anyway. She was alone now.

Her husband, whom she once loved, now only resents her.

“Mom, Mom.”
“Yes? Why?”

In the middle of eating like that, Da-jeong said again as if begging.

“Hey, can’t you tell your brother to go to bed today?”
“Sleep?”

In response to Da-jung’s question, Na-eun Yoon inadvertently asked back.

But the answer was already out there.

‘Is there anything I can’t do…?’

If you think about it, it was the first time inviting someone else to this house, but since I had already invited, I wondered if there was anything I couldn’t do.

“Yeah, as long as Jinhyun is okay, it doesn’t matter.”
“Ah! Brother! I see. Let’s go to sleep at Jihee’s house today.”
“Um, is that so?”

Da-jeong was excited and seduced Jin-hyeon, and Jin-hyeon also nodded her head.

‘But where should I sleep?’

Suddenly, I thought, but it was impossible to make her guests sleep on the floor.

Apparently, the two daughters should have her daughter sleep in her room as usual, and she should come out to the floor and ask her Jinhyeon to sleep in her room.

As she was organizing the bedding in her mind, the meal time was over before she knew it.

“I ate well. Wow, I really enjoyed it.”
“I’m glad you liked it.”

At Jinhyun’s words, Yun Naeun smiled and nodded her head.

To say that it was delicious is an empty word, but he really emptied the bowl and ate it.

Yoon Na-eun, who was happy, arranged her dishes happily.

She even said that Jinhyun would help her wash the dishes in the middle, but of course she is a guest. She refused.

She couldn’t stop offering to help her peel the fruit instead.

To be honest, at first, she was nervous about what to do if she got hurt, but she was surprised to see that it was extremely well cut, contrary to her thoughts.

“Hehe. Tada~ Look. How is it, did you cut it into a rabbit shape?”
“Oh, brother. Did you know you could do something like that?”
“Heh. Since I was young, I’ve been a bit family-.”
“What is hypothetical, lie. You learned from Sujeong and Lia.”
“No, sister. What if I say that?”
“Ah, what is it?”

I listen to the sound of conversation in the room.

As expected, I was resting on the sofa with the sound of the TV and children talking in the background, and it soon became dark.

Yoon Na-eun prepared a futon.

“Jinhyun, you sleep here. It’s my room, so I’ll put a new blanket on you.”
“Ah, yes. All right.”

She moved her existing bedding to the floor, and Yun Eun-eun spread her new bedding in her room.

“Don’t talk about it until too late. Da-jung, you have to go to school tomorrow, and Yoo-jung has to go to work. Know?”
“Ugh.”
“Yes.”

Da-jeong and Yoo-jeong were still sitting next to Jin-hyeon in pajamas.

She seemed to want to talk a little more and go to sleep.

‘Because he’s all grown up… He’ll take care of himself.’

Yoon Na-eun thought so, and she lay down on her futon spread on the floor.

She closes her eyes and recalls the day.

Seeing her daughters having fun. And even that the cafe owner is a decent person. It was such a good day.

As soon as I let her body relax and covered her with the blanket comfortably, the tides came rushing in.

“Does affection come first today?”
“Right! Sister next time…”

What’s the story?

Anyway, leaving behind the children’s pleasant stories, Naeun Yoon fell into a deep sleep.

******

Aang, anti-!

“Um…?”

Yoon Naeun rustled and twisted her body.

She opened her eyes and looked out of her window.

The dark night itself.

‘What time is it…?’

Did you wake up in the middle of your sleep?

Yoon Na-eun turned on the cell phone next to her and looked at it.

[ 01:54 AM ]

“……”

It was an awkward time.

She fell asleep around 11:30 and woke up at this time.

‘I’ve always slept soundly without waking up in the middle of the night…’

It was a rare thing.

When she wakes up, she always feels refreshed and in good shape, but now she seems to have woken up less from sleep because of something dreamy…

‘Yeah… I guess.’

She usually slept in her room and suddenly came out on the floor and it seemed like that.

Yoon Na-eun got up from her seat and went to the kitchen.

She decided to drink a glass of warm water and go back to sleep.

Squeeze-

So she tries to drink hot water from the water purifier.

Whoa, whoa-!

Another strange sound came to my ears.

‘What?’

I heard this noise when I woke up earlier.

This voice sounds like Dajeong’s voice.

Are you still awake and not asleep?

‘The kid who has to go to school tomorrow…’

She was a kid who was good at taking care of herself, so I thought she would fall asleep while talking in moderation, but it seemed she was excited when Jinhyun came.

‘I should tell him to sleep.’

She was worried that she might be late.

She quickly drank the warm water and went to Da-jeong and Yoo-jeong’s room, but strangely, it was very quiet.

‘?’

She opened the door slightly and looked inside, but the lights were off and it was very quiet.

‘Oh right.’

I wondered if I had heard it wrong, but I remembered that Da-jeong and Yoo-jung were talking in their room before going to bed.

I moved to another room like that, but this time I heard a relatively clear sound.

Haaang, heuuugh-!?

‘Uh?’

It seemed that his voice was slightly damp. It sounds like holding back something…

‘Is the child sick by any chance?’

Only now did I feel that way.

If so, I was worried.

It hurts so much that I can’t stand moaning like that.

Whoa, whoa-!

The closer he got to his room, the louder the voice grew.

Looking at the door, a dim light, still on, was shining through the gap in the door.

‘As expected, he’s not sleeping.’

If I was sick, I had to go to the hospital.

Since I am still on vacation today, not tomorrow…… I could have told Da-jung to take a break from school and go to the hospital with her.

Yun Na-eun quickly opened the door in her worried mind.

“Dajeong-ah, where does it hurt…”

Uh……!?

And.
Yun Na-eun stiffened her body at the shocking sight that followed.