Chapter 54 – 2nd Store.

Silently I walked forward, and the two women followed, restlessly looking at each other and talking with their eyes.
A little closer to my house was Yeonghee’s sister’s house.
I had to cross the road, pass the market, cross the main road, and go a little further.
From there, Gyeongmi’s house had to go a little further along the main road toward 00 Middle School.
At the entrance of the alley leading to Young-hee’s sister’s house, he looked back at the two women and spoke.
“Did you two see how I live? I’m not the kind of person two people would love this much. And I’m really disappointed with both of them today. Do you know what I hate most in this world?”
The two women just stared at me with puzzled faces without saying anything.
“My mother, who is struggling to raise us in that difficult environment, is making my mother uncomfortable or difficult. But today, the two of them made my mother very uncomfortable. I know that to look good to me, but I don’t want to do this. I don’t know how lucky I am to be loved by nice and kind girls like you two, but I don’t think this is real. So I’ll talk about it where you two are.”
I took a deep breath and spoke.
“Let’s not see each other for a while. I won’t say anything more because even if I try to talk about many things, it will only give me lame excuses. Go in sister Let’s go, Kyungmi, I’ll take you home.”
The two of them couldn’t move with shocked faces.
Then, eventually, she started to cry.
“I’m sorry, Sungjin. It’s my fault. I won’t do that again. Do not be like this.”
“Brother, I was wrong. Sorry.”
The two women were about to grab hold of my trouser crotch at any moment.
“Stop. If you keep doing this, you won’t see it anymore. You said it was for the time being. It’s just that we want to get away from each other and have time to think about each other. So don’t cry.”
At my cold words, it seemed that the two women finally understood the situation.
I realized that my words were not intended to tame the two women, but were sincere.
“Come in, sister. I had a hard time today. Thank you.”
I smiled awkwardly at Yeonghee and I turned around and walked slowly in the direction of Kyungmi’s house.
My older sister, Young-hee, looked at me with trembling eyes, let out a sigh, let her head hang down, and walked into her alley.
Kyungmi cautiously came and stood next to me with her terrified face on her face.
While she was walking in silence, a wall of women appeared.
If you go a little further past this wall, you will find Gyeongmi’s house.
Thinking that if this wasn’t an opportunity, she might not be able to speak anymore, Kyungmi cautiously approached her.
“Are you angry with your brother? Sorry.”
Kyeong-mi, who was very nervous, was saying honorifics to me in a heavy and frustrating situation.
I glanced at Kyungmi and silently just walked.
“Brother, don’t do that, say something. What if we just broke up like this? Sobbing.”
In the end, unable to hold back, Kyungmi burst into tears.
Still, I didn’t say anything and just walked in silence.
I arrived in front of Kyungmi’s house before I knew it.
“Go in now. You worked hard today, thank you.”
I just said hello and turned around right away.
“I am really sorry brother. I won’t do that again. Please don’t do this.”
Kyungmi came running and clung to my arm.
“My dear. Don’t do this I thought a lot today. And it’s a decision you made, so you understand. Come in quickly.”
I ruthlessly removed Gyungmi’s hand and walked away at a brisk pace.
She tried to shake her heart when she heard the sound of Gyung-mi crying behind her, but she quickly ran out into the main street.

Upon entering the house, her mother was blowing her chills with her angry face.
“Lee Seong-jin. Come out.”
Then he went out to the rooftop, and I sighed and followed him.
“What the hell are you doing? They told me that this guy was good..”
“Huh~ I’m sorry. Mother. It’s all my fault.”
“What did you say to Younghee and Kyungmi?”
My mother seemed to have sensed our mood already.
“I told you not to see me for a while.”
“What? This bastard you are the guy Do you know what kind of man is the most pathetic man in the world? He’s the guy who brings tears to women’s eyes. But are you saying that now?”
Mother said she was very angry and she screamed loudly.
“You go right now and bring the kids. Hurry.”
“I’m sorry, mother. Calm down a little.”
“No. This guy Do you look calm now? I’m going to tell you, so go and get the kids.”
“All right. I get it. Calm down and have a seat.”
He dragged her mother and forced her to sit on the bed.
“Hey, you bad boy. How ugly a boy must be to cry and break up because he couldn’t guard a single woman?”
My mother hit me on the back as I sat next to her.
I smiled bitterly and was beaten as I was beaten.
“Iknow, right. I thought I was good, but I’m not. Phew~ It’s something you have to experience at least once. Maybe faster is better.”
“No. This guy still?”
My mother screamed at her and she slapped me on the back again.
“Mother, I am a mother first in this world. Since we were still young, we could have laughed and moved on. But today, seeing how uncomfortable my mother was because of the two of them, I thought this was not the case. I’d rather not go out with the two of them, and I’ll never see my mother uncomfortable.”
“What’s inconvenient? I was not uncomfortable at all.”
“It’s not uncomfortable, what’s not comfortable? Of course, if there was only one of them, my mother would have liked it. However, both of them went there to look good to their mother, but suddenly someone else appeared, so no matter how good-hearted people are, there’s no way they’d be comfortable in that situation. Then she can’t even let her mother go, but rather she has to notice the two of them. I hate that.”
“No. It is, though. If you do this, how will they feel now? Even when we break up, there is an order, and there is a way. Do you know how much it hurts your heart if you broke up like this?”
“Because I live a hard life, my heart is very hard. It’s because it’s a caution that you have to be clear about making and breaking up.”
“No. Are you talking nonsense about how hard you lived? Even if I lived without wearing or wearing clothes, I have never left you without a meal, and I have never had you guys beg for money. But if you’re having a hard time, do you talk nonsense about how hard it was? Did you turn the newspaper at dawn? Is it that hard D? Is that what you want to say to Emmy now?”
“Omg. I’m sorry mother. I didn’t mean that.”
Of course, what I meant was that in my previous life, I lived 45 years, went to prison due to business failure, and went through a difficult life after getting a divorce.
My mother must have felt unfair and angry at my words, and she was on the verge of shedding tears at any moment.
I quickly hugged my mother.
“Let go. Hey. Let go.”
She shook her body desperately trying to get away from me, and she punched me in the back with her fist.
“Mother. When I said that I was having a hard time, it was never because I was poor. How proud I am of my mother who raised me through such hardships until now. Have you ever resented me for being poor? It absolutely doesn’t mean that. I have a secret I can’t tell you. I said that it was difficult because of that, but I never thought that it was difficult because I was poor. And we are no longer poor. How much money does your mother earn per week? Besides, if we open a branch soon and add a new menu, we can become rich in the future. Never, ever, I didn’t say that it was difficult because I was poor, so don’t be angry with my mother.”
My mother listened to me and she relaxed her body, as if to some extent her mind was relaxed.
“Okay. But what is the secret that troubles you?”
“Uh? That. I’ll tell you later. It’s not a secret, it’s a secret to tell. Lol.”
I was embarrassed and laughed awkwardly.
“I get it. By the way. What about Younghee and Kyungmi? You must have been hurt a lot today.”
“Ahh~ I’m the one to kill. Both are pretty and nice, but if I choose one of them right now, one will be happy, but the other will be hurt even more than now. It might be better to part ways fairly.”
“That’s true. You can’t do this. You should have let them break up slowly and naturally without getting hurt.”
“I was short-tempered. Seeing the two of us making her mother uncomfortable today, I suddenly got angry. But it’s ridiculous to say that I’m sorry and let’s meet again.”
“Ego. You bad guy So why are you fucking with multiple girlfriends?”
My mother hit me on the back again.
But this time, for some reason, the meaning seemed a little different.
“Ouch. Stop hitting me Mother, are you jealous because I’m dating another woman?”
I laughed and joked now.
“This guy hasn’t come to his senses yet.”
“Mother, I always put you first. No matter how young, pretty, and nice a girl likes me, if she does anything wrong to my mother, I will cut her off right away. Did you see today? If you dare to make her feel uncomfortable, she should consider herself glad she didn’t hit me.”
“Such a madman. The most pathetic guy in the world is a woman-beater. Where do you hear that you are beating a woman like crazy?”
“Ah! Are you saying I’m really hitting you? That’s just the way it is And if I hit you, will you guys be able to handle it with your body? Anyway, my mother is the best in the world for me.”
She held her mother tightly in her arms.
She let out a small sigh and hugged my back, as if she didn’t hate my mother either.
“Mother, don’t worry too much. I’m not going to break up unconditionally, I’ll watch over you for a while. If they realize what they did wrong and still come to me, I will accept it.”
“Then what if neither of them come back, or if they both come back?”
“If I don’t come back, I will live with my mother as I do now, and if they both come back, I have to live with them both. If you don’t like it, tell me to leave.”
“What? You are my son, but you are a complete madman. Where in the world is there a woman like that?”
“That is what it means. And neither I nor those two are still young. You have to suffer from the fever of love, and even if you are sick, you have to try and mature. If you want to come to me even after going through that, you have no choice but to accept it.”
“Okay. You are good You are good.”
My mother was bewildered with an expression saying, “What kind of guy is this?”
“Did you know now that I am good? I love you. Mother.”