Chapter 1047 – [The True Story]

The catastrophe of Ji-hee’s house was already decided.

A workaholic father who has no interest in his children. She is a mother who is passionate about educating her child, but can’t give her child proper love. A family with those two parents could not continue.

And the seeds of that catastrophe sprouted. Growing and blooming is a bit of a future story, but once it sprouts, you can’t get rid of it.

A person’s emotions are not something that can be conveniently plucked out like weeds. Even if that was possible, weeds would re-grow tenaciously as long as only the roots were left.

Unless we erase the memory itself, we cannot get rid of its roots. What a sad story.

“From what I’ve heard, I don’t think it’s just about being independent.”

“Yes, I’m severing ties with the house.”

“The world is a tough place for a child who has just grown up to live alone.”

It sounds like nagging, but it’s because the world has developed and the time for self-reliance has been delayed. And compared to the past, these days, there is a feeling of unemployment even more in a recession.

Even as an adult, to a certain extent, she can only rely on the majesty of her parents. If you live without it, all you have to do is to float a small boat in the open sea and wait for it to reach land.

“But no matter how I live, I think it will be better than living at home. I can’t live anymore because the house is stuffy”

“It looks very big.”

“Yes, compared to the past.”

She used to be a good child, like a puppet who only listened to her parents. That’s not quite right, though.

However, she is now more like an adult than a child. She must be smart enough to study like that, and if that’s the case, since she’s growing up, she’ll know that her house isn’t normal right now.

And it’s a time when her mother’s interference feels like pressure. Adolescence is a confusing time, but it is also a time to become an adult.

“I had my first fight with my mother today. About the palm tree.”

“Nighttime self-study? Are you doing that kind of thing these days?”

“Yes, because the school I attend is like that. They have self-study at night until 8 o’clock.”

“Whether that’s better or not… Write”

I don’t have any intention of being brash, but when I was young, there were schools that made me sleep until 9:00 or 10:00. I told them to do it only for those who wish, but they pressured me to do it if there was no reason, so most of the students did it.

When I think about that, I feel a lot better these days. It’s a problem because it’s gotten so good, and it’s a problem that modern teachers, not old school trash teachers at the time, suffer from the aftermath, but that’s unavoidable.

“School ends around 5 o’clock, but I eat dinner and sleep for about 2 hours. There are kids who do more than that, but I go to private academies.”

“I see. But why did you fight over it?”

“Actually, I’m going to secretly take out the palm now and do a part-time job at that time.”

“Alba?”

Unless you get a job right away, everyone will have some part-time job experience to earn pocket money. If you don’t have it, it will grow finely.

Anyway, Alvara…… It’s not that I can’t understand. Because you need money to leave home after you graduate and become an adult.

“Because you need money to be independent. You won’t be able to earn much because you won’t be able to spend that long, but if you save for nearly two years, you’ll have enough money to spend right away, right?”

“What part-time job are you going to do?”

“I’m looking for it. But there are almost no part-time jobs available.”

“It can’t be helped. From 5 to 8, it’s only 3 hours, but considering the travel time, it’s only 2 hours, and at that point, it’s hard to call a short-term part-time job.”

From the hiring point of view, it is not easy to hire an employee who only works for two hours. It might be there if you look for it, but there will be conditions like this and that.

Maybe it’s hard to find……. If you’re a minor and your time is limited, doing a part-time job is very difficult.

“But my mother said she would take out the coconut, so she said she would go to an academy again. So she fought over it.”

“No, how many academies do you go to?”

“During vacation, or during the weekend? It’s vacation now, so more than usual…”

“……It’s okay. At the point of saying that, it’s scary how many people go there, so it’s okay.”

Our Eden still knows nothing!!!!

Of course, if Eden wants to learn something, he intends to send anything, but he’s a kid who’s good at anything, so there’s nothing like that yet. Still, wouldn’t she go to at least one academy when she grows up?

I think it will be okay because I go to academy and see other kids who are not my school friends and develop my social skills.

“Anyway, if you go to private academies during the night time, it will ruin all your plans to become independent later. So she said that she would sleep at school, but that’s why we fought.”

“So how did it go? Will you do that?”

“I forced myself to come here. But it’s not like I’m going to play, I’m going to study on my own at school, but I’ll give it to you in the end.”

“You lied to your mother and tried to run a part-time job. You’ve changed a lot.”

“Sure”

I thought she was just a child who only listened to her parents, but now she is able to deny herself and walk away.

It’s still staggering and uneasy, but it’s important to move forward on your own. Then you can meet someone you like and walk with them. Because humans are social animals.

If Jihee thinks so, I want to help too. From the beginning, when I learned about Ji-hee’s family situation, I wanted to help. If it was like before, I would have just wanted to do that, but after raising Eden, I feel like my paternal love has increased dramatically.

Since they are still minors, it is difficult for us to do anything for them, but if they are willing to carve out their own path in this way, we can help them subtly.

“Then, would you like to work part-time at the old man’s shop?”

“At Mr.’S shop?”

“Yes, our store closes early. But it would be quite helpful if you could come and help.”

“But how long have I not been able to work?”

“It’s okay. Our store closes at 7 anyway. It closes late on Fridays, but then it’s okay if you do a little work or wash the dishes.”

To be honest, I was lacking part-timers. At least, I was holding on somehow by putting in a break time in the middle, but in the end, it was the point where I had to hire someone.

However, if you hire Jihee here, it becomes quite comfortable. Even if I came at the end of the business, it was honestly an advantage since my time off work was shortened.

“For a daily wage…… Is it okay if I give you around 50 thousand won?

“I don’t know much about part-timers, but isn’t that good enough?”

“What about 50,000 won?

In fact, I know that 50,000 won is a lot for just two hours of work.

5 to 8 o’clock. Excluding travel time, the actual working time is 2 hours, and if the daily wage is 50,000 won, the hourly wage is 25,000 won. With an hourly wage of that level, even if it is extremely difficult, people will flock to it.

If it’s a week, it’s 200,000 won for 4 days excluding Friday, and if it’s a month, it’s 800,000 won for 4 weeks. And if that was 1 year, it was 3.6 million won, and if it was twice that, it was 7.2 million won.

Even if it was not enough to find a room, it was enough to live comfortably in a gosiwon. That’s why I decided urgently.

“If you can accept it, ask your parents for permission to work later, okay?”

“Uh…… My parents won’t give me permission to work part-time?”

“Ehh? What? You don’t know that much about your house, so even if I show you a rough sign, you wouldn’t know who did it?”

“……Um, okay.”

For minors to work part-time, the consent of a legal guardian is required. But even if I forge it, in the end, I’m the one who’s responsible.

Yeah, in the end it’s just me getting into trouble. It is all the more so because Korea is a strange place where people who are deceived are more harmed than those who do wrong.

If there is a problem later, the lawyer will take care of it. Either way, it will end in fines or probation. It was a tolerable problem. So I can accept Ji-hee’s foolishness.

At that, Jihee smiled comfortably. It’s the kind of smile you don’t show in front of your parents.

“You’ve been very helpful to me since the old days.”

“Maybe it’s because Eden is there, and the story of a house with a girl doesn’t sound like someone else’s.”

“Okay?”

“Honestly, I was a bit sorry that I couldn’t help you even though I knew about your family situation.”

This is true. Because Zion and I did too. Especially, if Shion were like America, she would report it as child abuse and expect her parental rights to be taken away.

No, she sent her child to an academy like that in America, and she took the child away from her parents a long time ago. It’s no wonder that Timmy and the Unstoppable Guardian Angel hired a babysitter like Vicky.

“Your uncle will take responsibility, so come back to work later. How many days are left before vacation ends? I’ll be waiting.”

“Yes, then……The vacation is over.”

“There are only a few days left. See you then.”

“That……Wait a minute!!!!!”

Just as we were about to part ways laughing like that, Jihee stopped for a moment and started talking to me. Her face is intertwined with complex emotions.

Ji-hee hesitated about something and then shouted.

“You look like a tall man!”

“Daddy Long Legs?”

“No, that’s not it…”

“I know what a long-legged man is. Why are you talking about a supporter who supports girls?”

“That’s right”

In fact, even if the nuance of Ji-hee is a little different, it was good to perceive it that way from my point of view. If it goes beyond this, the relationship will become ambiguous.

I wonder if I don’t know that the ending of Mr. Long Legs is the ending of the helmsman. I’m a liberal arts major, but I’ve read novels like that a long time ago. Even reading it now, it’s an interesting masterpiece.

In any case, it was better to clear up the misunderstanding rather than being ambiguous with each other. That way, you’ll be able to come up with an excuse later.

“That’s good enough for a sponsor. Okay, see you later.”

That’s how I drew the line from her and broke up with her.

I hope to meet Jihee with a brighter face later.

* * * *

I came in after shopping and was beaten up for the time I spent talking to Jihee. That’s why you came so late.

To be honest, since I spent about an hour, I can’t help but think that I came late. If it’s 30 minutes, you’ll just wonder what’s going on, but if it’s an hour, it’s a different story.

And this evening. I made jjamppong topped with seafood and chatted with Xion over a glass of soju while the children ate.

Of course, soju is distilled soju like Garam, not Chamisul, and the story is not an ordinary story, but a story about Jihee.

Shion is quite impressed with Jihee’s story and expresses her opinion. The person he was worried about had developed that much, so it was only natural that he had such an attitude.

“It’s quite nice to see Miss Jihee appearing like that.”

“At least it’s better than following your parents’ opinions”

“Of course it is”

“Why?”

Eden, who was listening by the side, asks. She thought about answering something, but decided to just answer without hesitation.

“Eden, even mom and dad can’t make a decision just right.

“Oh, I see”

“That way, even if you regret later, it’s not easy to blame others. Even if you have a problem later, it’s better to blame yourself than to blame others.”

“If you make a mistake, you should take responsibility yourself. That’s the simplest.”

You cannot live your life for someone else. You can ask for advice, but in the end you live your own life.

Same with Eden. We protect them like this now, but later they had to live their own lives. There are limits to what I can cover.

No, only you know the answer to your life, so how can someone else tell you? There are as many correct answers as there are people in the world.

“By the way, how old is Jihee this year?”

“Oh, are you in high school now?”

“Then you’re 18… No, you’re 17 if you count it as your age.”

“I will probably”

“By the way, how old are you?”

“About mid-late 30s?”

Come to think of it, I am now in my 40s. Of course, in the eyes of others, I still look like I’m in my 20s because I’m young.

And that’s normal. If it was a normal reincarnation, the body would have a lifespan, so there would be aging, but since it is a load now, such aging does not come. It probably won’t die and will continue to look like this.

Later, when Eden grows up, I don’t think he will be seen as a parent/child…… Shion is already like that, but thinking about me doing that makes me feel strange.

“Anyway, how big is the age difference between the two of you? Isn’t it about twice as much?”

“No, why are you asking that?!”

“Are you asking because you don’t know, Mr. Long Legs?”

“I know!!!! In the novel, the long-legged man and the main character got married!!!!!”

It is certain that Ji-hee has feelings for me beyond a simple crush, but that is not affection. At least not yet.

She simply feels her love from me, which she did not receive from her father. He only works and doesn’t pay attention to his children, so if you’re a man of a similar age and take good care of him, you can’t help but feel paternal love.

The important thing is how to direct that emotion. Having a romantic relationship with a man the same age as your father is a bad thing from the social point of view, but if you are married with a child, it is very serious to ruin your first love.

“It’s nice to act as a substitute for a father, even if it’s late, but I don’t want a rabbit drops ending.”

“Why do you even have to use a metaphor?!”

“Ah!!! I know that too!!!! It’s a cartoon where you raise a 6-year-old aunt, right?”

“Eden, how far have you seen that?”

“I saw up to volume 4”

“Then, stop there. If you want to remain childish, just look there.”

More than that, it was a reverse kijab ending. I have no intention of being a helmsman or a reverse helmsman, so I help Jihee out of pure compassion. There are no other emotions here.

And this episode is exclusively called Zion!!!!! Are you crazy to flirt with a girl half your age?!

“When her close sister becomes her mother, Eden will see and learn well.”

“Please don’t keep beating me…”

“Oh!!!! Ji-hee unnie, are you going to be my family? I hope!!!!!!”

No, our Eden is in a state of mind?!?!