Chapter 94 – Anecdotal – The Story of a Nuclear and Goldsmith (8)

“I’m home!”

Kang Kyung-cheol deliberately greeted Seol-ah Lee in a loud voice as he entered the front door of Seol-ah Lee’s house.
It was also to let people know that So-yeong was brought, and to change the mood.
But there was no response from the house.

“Can you stand?”
“Yes…”

Kyung-chul carefully put down So-yeong. But as her feet touched the floor, So-young grimaced at her in pain.

“Lee Seol-ah? Do you have disinfectant? So-yeong’s foot hurt.”

When Gyeong-cheol called again, Seol-ah came out.
Seol-ah’s expression was firm, and the corners of her eyes turned toward the sky. She could tell at a glance that she was angry.

“Why did you come back? Didn’t she leave because she didn’t want to live with her mother?”

When Seol-ah questioned her with her fierce eyes, So-yeong broke into tears again. It was to the point where I was afraid of the light rail that I was watching.
Kyung-chul gave a signal to So-yeong to apologize quickly with a wink.

“I was wrong… I won’t do it again.”

Even as Soyoung cried at her, she apologized properly.
Seol-ah sighed heavily as she glared at So-yeong.

“If you do it one more time, I really won’t do it with my daughter, okay?”
“Uh…Hhh…”
“Cry for something you did well. Do it.”

Meanwhile, Seol-ah crouched down in front of So-young to check her wounds.
The soles of So-young’s feet were black from her barefoot running. She had cuts and blood all over the place, so it was a pity to look at the light rail.

“Her feet are all black. So why did you go out in her bare feet? What kind of caveman are you?”
“Hey…”
“Go and wash up. I’ll apply the medicine when I get out.”
“Uh…”

So-young, whose feet are sore, went into the bathroom as her mother told her to.
It wasn’t until So-yeong went into the bathroom that Seol-ah let go of her expression.

“Thank you Soyoung for bringing me. Wasn’t it difficult?”
“No. Because I am also responsible.”

Gyeong-cheol didn’t do anything wrong, but anyway, it wouldn’t have happened without Gyeong-cheol.
Kyung-chul felt uncomfortable because he seemed to have only caused trouble in the family.

“The piled up piled up exploded. You don’t have to worry about it.”

Seol-ah tapped Kyung-chul and said. Seol-Ah’s unreserved attitude made Gyeong-Chul feel nostalgic for her when he remembered her high school days.

“Rather than that, they said they had to restore the character. What should I do?”
“Ah, did you delete the game too? It’s called ‘Grimflo’.”
“I’m reinstalling anyway.”

Kyung-chul saw that the download was about 30% in progress.

“Once the download is complete, let’s try it. And before that…”

Kyung-chul took out her envelope from her bag and handed it to Seol-ah.
A money envelope containing 30 million won in cash. It was my 2nd try today.

“What’s this?”

Seeing the money envelope, Seol-ah’s expression hardened.

“Don’t get me wrong. You heard about it from Soyoung, right? This is the prize money you bet on finding the original account owner. It’s also a reward for restoring your character.”
“Take it back. I’m not doing this to get money.”

I expected it, but Seol-ah’s reaction was not good. She didn’t, but she couldn’t just put it in.

“Seol-ah. This is originally the money we have to give you. We have already announced that if you restore the account, we will give you 30 million won. I put a bounty on it and drew a lot of attention, but if I said, ‘It turns out, I solved it for free because I know someone,’ will people understand and move on? They’ll try to bury us right away?”
“But, this big money…”

Despite Kyung-cheol’s repeated persuasion, Seol-ah hesitated.
Kyung-chul forced the envelope into Seol-ah’s hand.

“Just don’t think about anything and accept it. To be honest, considering the profit we will get from restoring our account, this is not enough. And So-young has to go to college next year. Are you going to take out a loan to send So-young to school? Make So-young suffer for her student loans for the rest of her life. Are you going to do it?”

To be honest, Kyung-chul felt sorry for Seol-ah and So-young. Gyeong-cheol himself lives without lacking in her grandmother’s inheritance, but Seol-ah, who seemed to have a much brighter future than himself, is living in such a difficult way, so he felt guilty for some reason.

Seol-ah looked down at the heavy envelope in her hand for a while and then threw her words away.

“…I must have lived in vain until now.”

Tears fell from her eyes.
When her pregnancy was discovered in high school, Lee Seol-ah held her head up proudly no matter how many fingers were pointed at her from behind. Seol-ah’s tears made Gyeong-cheol panic again, thinking that he had made a mistake.

“Until now, I’ve been working hard so as not to open my hands to others. Because So-yeong insisted on giving birth to her, it’s only natural that this was the path I chose. I thought that even though I was poor and struggling, I just had to live confidently. What did So-young think inside? I don’t even know how to do it… It’s really stupid. I don’t even qualify as a mother…”

Seol-ah sobbed and cried. Even if she pretends not to, her words spoken by her daughter, So-yeong, are embedded in her heart.

She is Lee Seol-ah, who became pregnant as a high school student and ran away penniless. How much trouble did a woman have to give birth and raise a child on her own without the help of her parents? Just thinking about it made his heart ache.

Kyung-cheol, the representative of a stiff middle-aged man, had no talent for soothing a crying woman. But he couldn’t help but do something.

“Seol-ah. Even So-yeong didn’t mean it. You know that? When you were a teenager, you just said anything even if it went a little wrong. You don’t have to listen to all of that sincerely. If you hadn’t run away from home then, you wouldn’t have been born into the world of Soyoung.”
“Ugh, ugh…”

Kyung-chul moved to a seat next to Seol-ah and patted her on the back. The feel of the bra straps in his hands bothered him, but he pretended not to know.

“Kyung-chul, I had a hard time. I wanted to give up several times.”
“Yes. I know everything. How hard it was.”
“Every time she wanted to die, So-young was stepped on by her eyes… If I died too, So-yeong would have no one, so she couldn’t die because of So-yeong. I didn’t save So-yeong. So-yeong saved me. Will.”

Seol-ah started to cry as if a dam had burst. Seeing Seol-ah like that made Gyeong-cheol’s heart hurt.
If it had been Yuzu, he would have hugged her in a situation like this. However, Kyung-cheol did not have that level of courage.
Still, he pulled Seol-ah and leaned on his shoulder, wanting to lean on him even a little bit. Even this alone was a great development in terms of light rail.

After a while, Seol-ah stopped crying and separated from Kyung-chul.

“…Thank you Kyung-cheol.”
“Have you calmed down?”
“Yeah…It’s fine now.”

Seol-ah hesitated as if embarrassed. Kyung-cheol felt complicated and subtle, as if he was fortunate or regretful.

“Mom~ About~.”
“Oh, Soyoung, wait!”

At the sound of So-Young’s calling, Seol-A left her seat in a hurry. Gyeong-cheol was also somehow uncomfortable in that position, so she thought it was just fine.

“The disinfectant stings.”
“Be patient.”

Seol-ah disinfected So-yeong’s wound, applied ointment to her, and applied a bandage to her. She was also worried about the light rail, so she snooped around and checked it out.
However, as the part of her injury was her foot, So-young’s bare feet and bare legs were inevitably exposed.

“Mister pervert. Where are you looking?”

Without missing that moment, So-yeong gave a sharp blow to Kyung-chul. Seol-ah also opened her ax eye and looked back at Kyung-chul.

“No, I’m just that…”`

I didn’t mean to do that, but in any case, it ended up stealing it. Kyung-cheol, whose position was narrowed, turned his head in a hurry and moved to the corner of the living room.

“Phew…”

In the corner of the living room, Kyung-cheol sighed deeply. Seol-Ah and So-Young are completely back to normal and laughing and talking to each other. It was a mother-daughter relationship that anyone could see.

Seeing this, Kyung-chul felt bitter for some reason.
Clearly, Gyeong-cheol was satisfied with his life now. But he thought maybe he was missing out on some other kind of happiness.
Family unity. Kyung-cheol does not know the happiness of having and raising children. He also may not be able to experience it for the rest of his life.

Feeling faintly lonely, Kyung-chul manipulated his smartphone. At this time, Gyeong-cheol had only one person to call.

As soon as the signal rang, the call was connected and Shinuiju answered the phone.

[Yes brother! Did things go well?]
“Yes Uiju. Good talk, now I’m installing the game to recover.”
[Is that true?! Well done brother! Congratulations!]

Euiju’s voice was also filled with joy. Kyung-cheol was proud for nothing.

“I can’t watch the broadcast right now, but how about Yuzu?”
[Yes. During the day, I keep wandering around the village, and after sunset, I just sit where Ray is gone.]
“Really? It just went well. I wondered what it would be like to be resurrected in the wrong place.”

At the time of deletion, Ray was naked. No matter how noble she is, she couldn’t guarantee what would happen if a naked woman suddenly appeared.
However, if Yuzu is waiting on the spot, she will be able to create a more dramatic resurrection scene.

“Then I’ll restore it as soon as it’s downloaded. It’ll probably be done in 30 minutes.”
[Yes, brother. We will also prepare.]
“Yes. Hang up.”

After ending the call, Kyung-chul approached his mother and daughter.

“You have to stand.”
“Uh?”

When Kyung-chul spoke in a serious voice, the two eyes turned to Gyeong-chul.

“Is this house rent?”
“Eh? It’s monthly rent.”

Even though Seol-ah was taken aback by Gyeong-cheol’s bold question, she answered correctly.

“At work?”
“A job? Why a job?”
“Anyway.”
“…He’s a cashier at the mart in front of here.”
“What’s your salary?”
“Why? What are you talking about?”

Seol-ah frowned at the personal questions that were being thrown at her.

“Seol-ah. This is just an offer from me, so if you don’t like it, you can decline it.”

And Kyung-cheol took a breath.
Now, Kyung-cheol was very nervous. He said he could refuse, but he was about to throw the win of his life for Kyung-chul.

“My house is sick, but there are many rooms left. Since it is so large, there are many places to clean, and since I live alone, there is no one to cook for me. .”

Kyung-chul looked at Seol-ah as he spoke. If she seemed even slightly offended, she was ready to end the conversation.
However, the mother and daughter were just staring blankly at Kyung-cheol. He had a face that I couldn’t read what he was thinking.
Kyung-cheol continued the story with an uneasy feeling.

“So, why don’t you live with Seol-ah and So-yeong in our house? All you have to do is cook and do housework. Just like a housekeeper who eats and sleeps. If you say I’m leaving midway due to my circumstances, I’ll find you a place to live and a job. Of course, I’ll write a contract.”

Kyung-chul said at once what he was thinking.
He honestly didn’t think it was a bad idea. It’s not without problems though.

Lee Seol-ah and Lee So-young are both women, and the owner of the house is a man. No matter how hard he was, he couldn’t be said to have no dark heart at all. I came up with this proposal because something kind of heartfelt was born in my heart when I saw the two mothers and daughters.

There’s no way he wouldn’t know even if he had such an ulterior motive. I don’t know if Seol-ah is alone, but she also has a grown-up daughter, So-yeong. If Seol-Ah thinks that Kyung-Chul’s presence is a bad influence on her daughter So-Young, she will surely refuse.
If you get rejected… Then there’s nothing you can do about it. I have to live like this for the rest of my life and die.

Seol-ah, who hesitated for a long time after hearing Gyeong-cheol’s story, opened her mouth with difficulty, as if she had finally made up her mind.

“…Hey, Gyeong-cheol, thank you for the story, but…”
“It’s me, mister! I’ll do it, housekeeper!”

Seol-ah said she was about to say no. Gyeongcheol was also aware of the results after seeing Seol-ah’s expression.
But So-Young cut her off midway and interjected by raising her hand.

“Lee So-young! She told me not to interrupt what adults are saying!”
“Mom, I don’t want to go to school. The kids bully me. He’s poor and has no father.”
“What?”

Seol-Ah was shocked by So-Young’s sudden shocking confession. She couldn’t even shut her gaping mouth.
It was obviously an important story, but at least it wasn’t a story to be told in this atmosphere.

“Soyoung, what is that…”

When Seol-Ah tried to question her So-Young, suddenly her Seol-Ah’s smartphone worked. The download she had been waiting for was finally over.

“Mom, let’s recover your account first. Mister, you’ve been waiting since before.”
“…Okay. Then talk about that later.”

Since Seol-ah had already received her large sum of money, she wanted to finish the job quickly.
The three gathered in front of Seol-ah’s smartphone, putting their heads together.

“By the way, how do I recover my account?”
“Well, I didn’t try to restore it, so…”
“Ahh. Give it to me, I’ll do it.”

As expected, young children were good at manipulating the latest devices. Taking the smartphone away from the two stumbling around, So-young completed the process of recovering her account in an instant.

“Lee So-young. Did you memorize your mother’s social security number?”
“Huh? Isn’t that obvious? Mom is also memorizing my number.”
“It’s different from that one and this one! Where else did she write it?”

Seol-ah and So-yeong started bickering again, but Kyung-chul couldn’t take his eyes off the screen. It was because Ray was just about to be resurrected.
There will surely be one of the best scenes in the history of YouTube broadcasting. Kyung-chul focused on the screen with expectations.

“…Wait. What is this? Why is this girl naked?”

Hearing Seol-Ah’s frozen voice, Kyung-Cheol finally remembered the fact that he hadn’t told Seol-A the contents of Grim Flow.
There is nothing wrong with an adult Gyeong-cheol playing adult games. However, it was a big problem that Soyoung, who was underage, was playing this game.

“Keuheum, it’s late, so I’m going to…”
“Kang Kyung-cheol. What is this?”

Kyung-chul, who was about to get up quietly, had no choice but to sit back down at Seol-ah’s sharp eyes.
And on that day, Kyung-chul had to sit side by side with So-young and listen to the scolding for a long time.