Chapter 594 – I Never Thought I Would Have Kids!

Instead of eating the sushi Minah bought me, I paid for the motel with my own money… I didn’t. After lunch, we headed to an interior shop.

“Hello~!”

When she entered an unfamiliar place, Minah started acting as if she was shy. Since she was also Mina, I held her hand and looked around inside her to say hello.

“Hello. Here you go.”

“Yes, I am going.”

An old man walked out between the untouched furniture. Appearing to be in his 40s, he approached us and asked a question with a friendly face.

“Yes, what is going on?”

“I’m trying to leave the job for a while. Would it be okay?”

Mina, who started her performance, smiled and said, and the man smiled and nodded happily.

“Sure!”

When he realized that we were guests, a smile bloomed on his face. He laughed and asked us what we would like to drink, then he called out to the back of the store he came out of.

“Yang Kim! Just bring three cups of coffee here!”

“Yes.”

A soulless reply came from there, and he pointed to a sofa near the entrance, as if to gloss over it.

“For now, sit over there, over there.”

“Yes. Mr. Jiheon?”

“Ah, yes. Okay.”

Mina played a kind older sister and took me to the sofa. As we sat down, the boss asked, sitting on the opposite sofa across the table.

“Then yes. What job would you like to entrust?”

“Remodeling. It’s not like we’re going to overhaul everything, but we’re going to drill through the wall and put down a door.”

“Uh, a wall?”

At Mina’s words, the boss frowned as if he had misunderstood. Seeing him like that, Mina nodded her head.

“Yes. I plan to break through the wall and make a door there.”

“Uh, a wall?”

However, the smile on the face of the boss who heard it disappeared little by little. As if to reaffirm what he heard, Mina repeated what she said.

“So, break through the wall and put out a door?”

“Yes.”

“Is this, no good?”

When I cautiously asked about the unusual response, the boss tilted his head and sighed. At this time, a woman he seemed to have called Miss Kim approached with a tray.

“Here, coffee.”

As before, he put the teacup down in front of us with a casual tone. However, the voice when giving coffee was quite different.

“So, do you enjoy your meal?”

Appearing to be in her late twenties, she greeted her by holding her tray against her chest like her armour. Seeing him move away from me, I smiled politely.

“Thank you. Have a good drink, will you? Hey.”

In the middle of the greeting, Mina took my coffee at will. At first, Minah tried to take hers, but she pushed her coffee to the right to prevent me from taking it.

“It’s Mina. That’s my coffee,”

“President.”

Mina said nothing and continued her conversation with her boss.

“Are there any problems with construction?”

“No. No problem. Write this…”

The boss tilted his head again this time and took a sip of coffee. Then he explained why he was exhibiting this attitude.

“For now, I can. I can do it. The process is a bit complicated. Because it changes the structure. Is it a house or an apartment?”

“Yes, it is an apartment.”

“Then the average… ?”

“It’s 100 pyeong.”

“It’s nice that it’s wide. Since this is to change the structure, even self-construction is not allowed. You have to get permission from the residents, and you have to go through the procedures at the management office, ward office, and here and there. By the way, do you really want to do it?”

“Sure. If it’s not what I want to do, why did I come here?”

“Because it’s not possible just because you want to do this. There are also procedural issues. And it’s not the end of putting a door through the wall. The floor, walls, and ceiling need to be renewed. Really, I want to make money too.”

Having said this, the boss took another sip of coffee and said,

“It is better to just not do this. Money is broken according to money, and all relationships with neighbors are broken.”

“Is that so?”

When the expert said that, Mina seemed a little shaken. Her boss asked her softly as if she was looking for a chance.

“By the way, may I ask you for what purpose?”

I frowned in embarrassment at this question. Unlike me, Mina answered casually.

“Because I’m thinking of making something like a secret room.”

“Is it a crime or something like that?”

“No. Just because of the kid.”

“Ah! It must have been because of the child!”

Upon hearing the reason, the boss even clapped and nodded with a smile.

“But you don’t look like that, but you look so young!”

“Yes?”

“For a while?”

“I thought I had developed a bit of an eye for people through this work, but I was lacking. I didn’t expect it at all.”

Gradually, I started not understanding what the boss was saying. Luckily, he was telling me why he was saying this.

“I thought they were just a prospective couple doing the interiors of their newlyweds. I never thought I would have a child!”

“I don’t have that kid, boss?”

“I think there is, right?”

“I don’t have kids, boss.”

“Well, having a child…”

“My friend. It’s not my kid, it’s my friend’s kid. I see her often and she is like my daughter, but she has no children. Did you know, boss?”

“Yes, yes!”

At first glance, it seemed that he was speaking in a friendly manner without getting angry. However, life flowed out of each word, and his eyes sparkled like lasers. Being hit from the front by that kind of thing made the president’s face pale.

“Whatever. This one is right.”

Mina, who killed her anger, said as she crossed her arms with me.

“It was right to decorate the newlyweds’ house, boss. The prospective couple is also right.”

“Uh, hey?”

“Oh, Mr. Jiheon. Was I the only one who thought so?”

“No, that’s right, but…”

I was taken aback by Mina’s words about a newlywed house and a prospective couple, but it was for a different reason that her words were blurry. It was a bit embarrassing to mention it in front of others like this. Of course, Mina was shy, so she was never like that.

“So, boss.”

Mina, who looked at me with her blushing face, explained to the boss again.

“As I said before, my friend’s child often comes to our house to play. So I want to make a room for her husband and wife without my child’s knowledge. How can I not?”

“Yeah, it works! Yes, that, how to do it!”

When she asked, her boss scrambled her as if he had found a chance to save her. He picked up a piece of paper and a pen from the table and illustrated how to do it.

“The problem is trying to break through the wall now. But then money, time, and things like that will be lost a lot. But don’t do that, just hide the door altogether. Put something like a bookshelf instead of a door.”

“If I do that, can I not get permission?”

“Yes. It will save you a lot of money, and it will take very little time. In vain,”

The boss pointed at me and continued.

“Even if my husband does it, it won’t be long. It will probably take half a day.”

“Is it so?”

Mina, who nodded as if she liked the proposal, looked back at me.

“You think so too, honey?”

“Uh, honey?”

“Then honey, who are you?”

What I liked was not the proposal, but the title honey. Hearing this made me feel a little bit ticklish, but it made me feel good.

“Oh, but.”

Of course, there were things I couldn’t forget.

“Can we talk for a minute? It’s not because it’s just the two of us deciding.”

Mina and I were not the only people living here. I had to ask for understanding from the people I would live with later, and the boss, who did not know the exact circumstances, smiled kindly.

“Sure. These issues should be discussed with the parents of both families.”

“Ah yes.”

I answered awkwardly and asked for Mina’s understanding as I got up.

“Then Minah. I’ll call and come.”

“Come on, honey.”

Very simply, the word honey sounded delicious.

Even as I thought this, the words that came out of my mouth were the same words.

“Honey, I will come. Oh, I will call you for a while.”

“Yes, take it slow.”

I left after talking to the boss. I was so far away that I couldn’t hear you talking, so I immediately called the demon king.

-Turrrr, turrrr

Uncharacteristically she didn’t answer her phone right away. Still, after waiting a while, I heard the demon king’s voice.

– Why did you call! I’m busy!

The voice was full of annoyance, but I immediately explained the purpose of the call anyway.

“I came to the interior shop with Mina today. Do you remember the other day? Making a door through a wall.”

– Mmm! That! I remember that! Why, why, but!

“I think that would be a bit difficult. Because the money is expensive and there are procedures.”

-That, then! Oh oh! Then! Gen canceled, such a politician!

“… What’re you doing?”

I couldn’t help but ask when I heard a voice that couldn’t concentrate on the call. When I asked, the demon king shouted in an urgent voice.

-It’s a game, it’s a game! So what happened to the secret room!

“I can’t make a hole in the wall, but I can camouflage the door instead to hide the room.”

-Ugh! Then do it! I’ll leave everything to you and Mina! Glory to know! And, and you!

“Why?”

-Don’t forget fingerprint recognition! And, I love you! Then hang up!

After saying that, the phone hung up. It was a little absurd, but the last words stayed in my heart and I felt happy.

Having obtained permission from the demon king, I called Se-hee next.

-Turrr, yes, hello.

Unlike her older sister, Se-hee answered the phone right away. I don’t know if it’s just because she’s her sister, but there was no soul in her voice as if she was also concentrating on something.

-Yes, brother. What happen?

“Sehee. Are you busy?”

-I’m not busy. I’m just doing something. It’s video editing.

“Why?”

– Just. But why are you calling? Didn’t you go with Minah unnie to get a quote?

“I did. It’s a bit difficult to penetrate the wall. Get permission, cost money.”

– So you can’t?

“It’s not okay. Instead, they say it’s better to hide a room by hiding a door. Can I do that?”

-Yes, then let’s do it. Don’t forget fingerprint recognition instead. That’s what her sister said.

“Ah, yes. Okay. So you said you knew?”

-Yes. I did it. Then brother There is something I was doing. I’ll hang up now.

“Okay. But wait, Sehee.”

-Why?

“Before I hang up,”

I looked at Mina and her boss for a moment. The place where a woman named Miss Kim went earlier. Everyone saw that they were not interested in this side and said what they wanted to do.

“Just one kiss.”

-…

No answer came. Still, I could tell she was smiling as she held her phone up to her ear. As evidence of that, a bright voice followed the sound of a kiss.

-Are you okay?

“Any?”

-Then what should I do?

“Well, can we meet later?”

– Ha, I can’t help it. All right. See you later. After the date, I’ll see you at Minah unnie’s house.

“Okay, then I’ll hang up. I’m still making estimates.”

-All right. Then see you later.

Unlike when the call started, Se-hee, whose voice became brighter, hung up. I thought about her for a while, then she called Taeyeon on her phone.

-What.

As befits her cop, her phone was connected before she could even ring. I said the purpose of the call, forcing myself to think that this was waiting for my call.

“Oh, Taeyeon.”

-I’m working. Let’s do that later

“No, not like that! Mina’s house remodeling! I was going to ask that!”

-Ah, that one?

Taeyeon wasn’t there when this story came out, but she knew to some extent because she talked in a chat room. “Why is she like that?” She asked.

-Why are you asking me that? Isn’t it Mina’s house?

“I have to ask you about this, though. You will come too.”

-Am I crazy? Why do I go and live at Minah’s house? I’m staring at my house!

“Uh? I was just talking about you coming to play with Jena.”

-… Fucking guy

The corner of his mouth went up at the shameful muttered curse. She pretended not to like Taeyeon, but it was like proof that she thought of a future together with us.

Meanwhile, Taeyeon, who seemed ashamed of revealing her inner feelings, spoke briefly and ended her phone call.

– You guys do it yourself, bitch.

Whoa, who sees it, can a mother be this cute?

After muttering that to myself, I went back to my seat to announce that I had been permitted. There was the boss showing the catalog and Mina looking at it.

“If you look here, there are low-noise wheels underneath, so it moves quietly. It’s sturdy, so it’s okay to put something heavy on it.”

“Can’t we install a door lock here?”

“A digital door lock? It does. What kind would you like?”

“Then.”

I was the one who had the last words. I also asked the Demon King what he wanted to let me know that I had been granted permission.

“Is there no fingerprint recognition?”