Chapter 156 – Shopping (3)

“Do whatever you want. That’s what you’re going to do, right?”

Due to her competitive nature as a slave, Mi-jeong feels that her tone of voice is becoming a bit cold without her knowledge.

“Yes. Oh, that’s right! I have to pick out Sua’s swimsuit too~ I’ll put it here, Mom! And it’s a secret from Sua that I bought this~”

Sujeong struck a pose with her lips hissing, and she placed the two swimsuits she had chosen into her mother’s shopping basket. And then she stomped away and went to where Su-ah was.

“It’s dirty, but I think it does the job.”

Mijeong didn’t go right away, but she stayed alone and looked around a little more at the design of the swimsuit that Sujeong had just bought.

‘I can watch it more comfortably because Sujeong is not around.’

Mijeong put down her basket and slowly and leisurely looked at her swimsuit.

As Sujeong said, if she wasn’t completely hairless, she had a very minimal area that would stick out a little. It was a swimsuit that had an area similar to the leggings and panties she wore when working out.

“Maybe she’s sexier than completely naked~?”

The area looked small, but since it was a swimsuit, her pelvic size would increase to fit her undetermined body. Undecided, she chooses the white color that suits her best and takes a quick look in her mirror.

‘When I come to buy it, I should buy it too… Hehe’

Mijeong put her swimsuit in her basket. And she quietly walked out, looking at the people around her.

“Please pay for this first.”

“Yes, I understand.”

The price didn’t matter. She had enough cash left over to buy something.

“Oh, please put this separately.”

Mijeong packed her own envelope and her crystal envelope separately. She would die of embarrassment if it were discovered that she had bought the same design as her crystal swimsuit.

‘But… I bought it while it was still there’

Mi-jeong ends her payment by rationalizing herself as best as she can.

Mijeong finished her payment and, holding her shopping bags in both hands, sat down on the chair located right in front of her store, where Suah was picking out her swimsuit.

To-do Dodog- Talk- Talk-

[I bought all the swimsuits. Do you want to eat something?]

After sitting for a while and not seeing Soo-jung and Su-ah, Mi-jeong, who was bored, leaves a text message to Jun-woo.

[Mom, I want to eat it haha]

“Phew~”

Mi-jeong smiles without realizing it at her playful answer.

“Mom! Why are you so happy~?”

Meanwhile, Soo-jung, along with Su-ah, was approaching Mi-jeong, holding her swimsuit side by side.

“Ah, it’s nothing”

“Sua bought two to match ours. Is that okay?”

“Okay! At times like this, I have to buy a lot. When will I come back to buy it again? Hehe~”

Mi-jeong couldn’t help but hum at the thought that Jun-woo’s text message proved that she was in a higher position than Su-jeong.

“What design did you buy, Su-a?”

Mijeong looked at the swimsuit Suah was holding and asked.

“I don’t know, I’m so stubborn, so I just chose the scholar style of the Joseon Dynasty.”

“Scholar style?”

When Mi-jeong was curious, Su-jeong held up a stuffy-looking swimsuit that she said was scholar-style and showed it to her.

Also, Suah said she would wear something like a swimsuit on top, right? It’s really absurd~”

Sujeong shook her head and made a pose saying she couldn’t stop her.

“Still, I chose the pretty one”

Sua said a short word as if making an excuse.

“As long as Su-ah likes her, that’s fine~”

Mijeong even paid for what Suah chose.

“Shopping ended too quickly…”

Sujeong walked away and said that she wanted to play more.

“Then, while we’re out, shall we take a look at some of the other clothes?”

“Then can I buy just one pajama? I want to buy something pretty!”

Sujeong didn’t miss her opportunity and asked Mijeong what she had to say.

“I want to eat something delicious.”

Su-ah also helped out by Sujeong’s side.

“Then let’s do both~”

Mi-jeong decides to spare no effort in going out for the first time in a long time. After the three of us chose Sujeong’s pajamas, the mother and daughter enjoyed eating out at a delicious pasta restaurant, just as Suah said.

“Ah, I’m full. My stomach is so full.”

Sujeong was sitting in a relaxed posture behind her, patting her stomach.

“That’s right~ It’s nice because it’s been a while since I ate outside food.”

He said while rubbing his slightly protruding stomach.

“What is outdoor food? The word is so old-fashioned. Giggling.”

“It’s outside food, right? Bar, what about outside food!”

Mi-jeong is embarrassed by Su-jeong’s words and retorts, as if she feels unfair.

“Whoa~ I think I’m happier after moving here these days~”

As Sujeong muttered to herself, Mijeong and Suah looked at Sujeong at the same time.

To Mi-jeong, it was said that she meant something lewd, and to Su-ah, it was because of financial abundance.

“Hmm, in a way, that’s true. We were chased and struggling.”

“I cannot agree. We should quickly repay the money and go to a better place.”

Mi-jeong listens while nodding her head, and Su-ah doesn’t sympathize with her. But Suah’s pupils were shaking.

“I can’t go to a better place. Junwoo is a great person. He can feed the three of us like this…”

Sujeong gently rubbed her protruding belly and shook her head.

“It’s great, but it’s something we inherited anyway, right? And we’re like that because of our dad. I’ll be entering college soon, and when my sister graduates…”

In response to her anger, Su-ah poured out many words, but Su-ah also paused for a moment as if she was not convinced by what she was saying.

“If it weren’t for Junwoo, we would have been chased by loan sharks for the rest of our lives. Let alone having such a peaceful time, we would have been toiling to make inefficient money? That’s an amount that we can’t repay in our lifetime.”

It was true no matter who heard it. Mijeong nodded and said, as if she agreed with Sujeong’s words.

“The intentions are impure. Is it okay to treat people like this with money? I think everyone has changed so much.”

Only now did Su-ah begin to tell the truth about what she was thinking.

“Change? I’m still the same. Instead, I even work part-time to make money.”

Soo-jeong responded to Su-ah’s words that she had changed, and she straightened her back from a flowing posture and sat up straight again, speaking clearly.

“You didn’t want to come here at first either. She hated it even more than me and…”

“Contract?”

“Yes, that’s right. She was the one who saw that ridiculous contract and asked us to go back!”

Mi-jeong is slightly surprised by the suddenly heated atmosphere. But since she couldn’t be biased to one side, she stayed still for the time being.

“You persuaded me to agree to the contract and only do so until we can get back on our feet!”

“···Anyway, she has changed a lot from the sister I knew.”

Su-ah remembered the shock she had received when she saw evidence of Jun-woo and her older sister intermingling. But she did not reveal that fact.

“I am who I am. And what has changed?”

Su-jeong, who was unaware of that fact, frowned in frustration and spoke to Su-ah.

“Things have changed! Ever since Junwoo oppa got closer to her older sister, her relationship with me has become awkward.”

“···”

The atmosphere cooled down rapidly, as if cold water had been poured into the atmosphere where a fight was about to break out. In a state of awkwardness, Sujeong said nothing for a moment and swallowed her words.

“Let’s continue the rest of the story when we are alone. This is a public place.”

Mijeong spoke up at the perfect time and began her mediation.

“Same goes for Mom! Don’t you think she’s going too far with him?”

That person was referring to Junwoo. Mijeong was shocked that she called her master that way, and she became a little excited.

“Soo-ah. Jun-woo is my son and your older brother. He helped us avoid falling into the abyss, but I don’t think it’s right to call him that and…”

Mijeong takes a deep breath and then slowly exhales again. Was it because she called her master ‘that person’, or was it because she did not like the idea of ​​tying her with her crystal and pointing out that it was wrong? She opens her mouth again with a slightly angry tone.

“I don’t think I’m going too far. I did something wrong, but Junwoo embraced and understood all of it. It’s all thanks to Junwoo that you were able to study in a comfortable and pleasant environment and that we weren’t chased out, right?” 〈 Br〉

Su-ah felt her mother’s cold energy and looked into her uncertain eyes. She was a mother who was always gentle and warm, but this time she seemed to be attacking herself on Jun-woo’s side.

Su-ah is embarrassed to see Mi-jeong like this and tries to speak, but she hesitates for a moment.

She felt sad because she felt like she was protecting someone named Jun-woo, but Su-ah pursed her lips because she felt like she had crossed her emotional line and said something to her mother while having a small argument with her older sister.

“I’m sorry, Mom…”

“No, I’m sorry, Mom. Anyway, Su-ah, focus on your studies first. Don’t worry about the rest.”

It was finished before the fire spread, but it was extinguished suddenly, and none of the inexplicable discomfort in Su-ah’s heart went away.

‘Still, something feels unfair. I don’t think everyone is on my side’

Su-ah kept her mouth shut after talking to her mother.