Chapter 68 – Conflict of Opinion

“It’s Changjae. There’s nothing to be so nervous about.”
“No, though.”
“Because it’s okay. Do you think that if the mother is left alone, she will be able to fight people?”
“No, it is.”

It’s different from my mother.
He’s the kind of person who can easily beat a wild boar.
If you set your mind to it, can you kill people?

I swallowed those words.
I might be listening in the bathroom.

“How is Seunghee? Can you fight for your life with someone else when you are left alone?”

Dory dory.
Seunghee also shakes her head.

That’s right, there’s no way Seunghee would try to fight.
In addition, only the future that is attached to someone is drawn.

“Chang-jae, Seung-hee, and my mother, everyone lived an ordinary life until just a few days ago. Even if the environment suddenly changes, the nature does not change. Just because you force them into a fight doesn’t mean everyone can fight.”
“No, nonetheless, Mom. Seungpil.”
“At that time, I was just unlucky to meet someone with a bad nature.”
“So how do you know it’s that nature?”
“I can tell. A mother is a mother, and that person is also a mother.”
“No…”

I was speechless.
I don’t mean to tell such a sentimental story.

It was frustrating.
Why am I being so sensitive?
It’s all to protect the two of them.

“You don’t know that. What did you do if it went wrong? What if you were attacked there? What if you were taken hostage?”
“But since nothing happened like this, it’s okay, right?”
“It’s not that kind of problem!”

Why does my mother trust people so easily?
I worked hard to build a wall to keep people from entering this room, but why did they open the door so obediently? Why are all my efforts in vain?

“Come on, calm down, brother. Nothing big happened…”
“You stay still.”

A sharp voice came out without my knowledge.
Seung-hee was also frightened by my unusual attitude and withdrew.

Mom said calmly.

“It’s Changjae. Did you look like he was lying?”
“I don’t know. How can I know a person’s heart?”
“Did you tell me before? You shouldn’t let go of the success of the big possibility by being afraid of the failure of the small possibility.”

I definitely remember having a similar story.

“But Mom.”
“I know the situation is difficult. It is also not easy to trust people here. But even more so, I think we shouldn’t miss the opportunity to catch someone who can help each other. Just as he needs us to keep his child alive, we might need him to survive as well.”

90% success. 10% failure.
If you succeed, you win 100,000 won, and if you fail, you lose 1 million won.
Are you going to make this bet?

Perhaps I don’t.
Losing that one million won is directly related to our lives.

“For him, the safest way to achieve his goal is to cooperate with us. Cooperation is more effective than betrayal, so why not betray? Especially if it’s a mother trying to save her son.”

But mom did.
It is because we may not survive because that 100,000 won is not enough.

I don’t know which decision is correct.
As a result, it may be successful according to the mother’s judgment.

Still, I was angry.
It’s because you so easily bet on the mother I’m trying so hard to protect.

“Mother. I am.”

I was about to speak, but I kept my mouth shut.

-It’s sweet.

The bathroom door opened and a woman came out.
The woman looked at us and hesitated for a moment, then she abruptly lowered her head.

“Sorry!”

And she said it like that.

“If it’s something that can help you, I’ll do anything. Over there, so…”

The voice was unsteady and precarious.
To the point where I was worried that he might be vomiting blood from his cracked throat.

“…”

Me, my mom, and Seung-hee also kept their mouths shut.
And look out for each other

Who will tell I can’t. Tell me mom
Have such eye-to-eye conversations.

In the end, I couldn’t stand it and my mother took the lead.

“If I’m going to do anything, I’ll do it first… Shall I wash up?”
“Ah… Yes. Sorry.”

The mother took the woman into her bathroom.

… Thank god.
The woman smelled badly, perhaps because she hadn’t washed for a long time.

It was less noticeable from the outside, but it was evident when I entered the hideout.
If you land on an uninhabited island, this would be normal. I was distracted because I had a big problem, and I couldn’t help but not wash for a few days.

Following the two of them, I also tried to enter the bathroom, but my mother prevented me from following with her eyes.

… I don’t really want to follow too much.
Still.
Don’t you know could be dangerous

So I decided to wait in front of the bathroom until my mom came out.
You can hear it when you’re here. If something happens, you can go right in.

My mother’s voice leaks from inside.
Wash with this, wipe with that, shave with that.
My mother was telling me that one by one.

Just like a mother teaches her child one by one.
It somehow reminded me of my mother and me as children.

“…”

After I calmed down, I regretted the fight with my mother.
Actually, this wasn’t even a fight. At best, it should be seen as a clash of opinions.

But it was clear that they both had feelings for each other.
Mom, me, and Seunghee too.

“It’s Seunghee.”

Seung-hee was throwing away the woman’s shoes in her garbage bag.
It did smell a bit too.

“… Why.”

Seung-hee seems to be sulking.

“Come on.”

When I called, Seunghee sulked but approached meekly.
I grabbed Seunghee’s cheeks as she approached me.

“Eh?”
“I’m sorry for speaking so harshly.”

And extended on both sides.

“Ahhhhh?!”

It’s growing well.
When I let go of my hand, Seung-hee hurriedly spreads the distance.

“What are you doing!?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Woo!”

Swinging her arms around, he moderately intercepts Seung-hee, who is attacking her.
It seems that the anger has also been resolved. Simple guy.

Then the mother finished talking and she came out of the bathroom.
It seems that nothing special happened.

“Mom.”

Mom seemed to have something to say to me too, but I spoke first.

“Sorry. I must have been a bit sharp.”

Even if there were complaints, it was not good to spoil the atmosphere. Seunghee is also watching.
Later, Seung-hee sees and learns that she might climb on her mother. It was something I shouldn’t have done, even for the discipline of the women’s camp.

“No, Changjae. I’m sorry mom.”

Mom also apologized.

“She said that if her mother was ahead of her heart for no reason… Even if she stayed still, Chang-jae would have taken care of her, but I’m sorry that she only increased the burden of risk.”
“No. Maybe i… I couldn’t have done that.”

He probably killed that woman nine times out of ten.
Because that’s the safest way.

If that woman was on the same side, it was her mother’s credit.

“No. I shouldn’t have stepped out. When I heard that my son died, it didn’t sound like someone else’s business, so stop… I think she was only ahead of her emotions.”

She also seems to have felt a sense of kinship with her mother as well.
It can’t help that her heart was shaken by the cries of her mother at the loss of her son.
Because my mother is such a person, I love her mother like this.

I hugged her crying mother.
Mother’s son is alive, so don’t worry.

“Really. You can’t do that next time.”
“Huh…”
“Honestly, when that person hugged her mother, her heart sank.”
“I will never do that. I’m sorry mom, Changjae.”

Mom hugs me tight too.
Seung-hee stood awkwardly next to her.

“Seunghee come here too.”

Seunghee was also included, and the three hugged each other.
I feel sorry for you if you turn away.

“… I.”
“Why.”
“… No.”

Seunghee looks a bit embarrassed.
Stay still. Don’t break the mood

– Beep beep.

“Ah. Beep. Woke up?”

It seems that Peepy, who has been sleeping all day since yesterday, finally woke up.
With a good excuse at the right time, Seung-hee got out of the ring.

– Beep beep!

As soon as Peepee wakes up, he is bouncing around on an empty rice bowl.
I can’t tell if this is a pig or a chick.

“Would you like some food? Wait a minute.”
“It has nothing to do but eat and sleep.”
“Hasn’t it only been one day since you were born? It was like that when I was younger.”
“Is it?”

Even if he grows up later and lays three eggs every day, until then, it seems that the price for him will be more.
After all, wouldn’t it be better to just catch and eat the eggs separately?

Anyway, compared to when I saw you yesterday, I think you’ve grown quite a bit in one day.
Grew… I guess I should have said I was fat. The wings and head are the same, but only the body is spread out.
If you fatten it a little more, the chicken feet might get buried in the flesh and roll around.

“Pepper. Eat a lot.”

– Beep beep!

Seunghee pours the feed so that it overflows the rice bowl.
No matter how you look at it, the amount of pijak is bigger than the body.

“Hey. Seunghee Han. Will you stop feeding me like that?”
“Why. Piyak means that even this is not enough. Right, pip?”
– Beep!

“Ugh. That fat chick.”
“Ah! Don’t scold me for eating!”

She clapped her hands as if her mother remembered something.

“Oh! I need to make something to eat! It looks like you’ve been starving for a few days.”

Ah. It did.
The smell was so strong that I forgot about anything else.

“But what do you give to foreigners?”
“Um~ well. A hamburger would not work, right?”
“If I had starved for a few days, I would have eaten anything. Since I’m a foreigner, wouldn’t it be okay if it wasn’t spicy?”
“Then, I’ll have chicken soup for lunch today, so that even those who starve for a few days can eat it.”
“Tell me how to make it too!”

Chicken Soup.
There’s a decent chicken here.
I looked at Peepy, who was restlessly sucking feed with her head in the bowl.

-Beep?

Peep, who caught my gaze, tilted his head.