Chapter 77 – Episode 77
“Hmm… “
My uncle cleared his throat at my words.
“Well, you saw me last time.”
“What happened?”
“Why, that… Nayu and some girl were both wearing it!”
Ga-hye just clung to me on her own, it wasn’t me who hugged her.
“Oh, when you came out talking with Hong Eun-ji and her uncle?”
“Yes, that time!”
“Yes, why is that?”
I suppressed my embarrassment and deliberately asked confidently.
“Uh, so… “
My uncle is already psychologically depressed.
When I confidently took the attitude of ‘Why is that?’, I started to get embarrassed.
“What was the problem?”
Hong Eun-ji also helped me next to me.
Thanks to this, my uncle seemed speechless and could not say anything.
“Take a sip of water.”
Hong Eun-ji handed her uncle a cup of water, and her uncle took one shot.
Jump, jump!
“Ugh! No, ha… “Why are you so confident?”
Still, he is a person with detective skills.
The two of them pushed the mood like this, but in the end, they brought out what they wanted to say.
“A long time ago, when I saw you at school, I thought it must have been an accident, but you proudly crossed your legs like that!”
“It’s not a leg of lamb, is it?”
Before I could answer anything, Hong Eun-ji intervened first.
“Eunji, please stay for a moment. I need to talk to my kid… “
“I was just asking because I was curious. “If both women know that you’re dating two women, wouldn’t it be a cross between two women?”
“Uh… “
An uncle who can’t say anything.
What Hong Eun-ji said is correct, so she has nothing to say.
“Uncle, why is it a bad thing to have a leg of lamb?”
This time I pushed it.
“What, what?”
“This is why legs of lamb are bad. If you think about it carefully, the problem is that a man hides his cheating from his lovers. Then, if you don’t hide it, there won’t be a problem, right?”
“No, that’s, uh… “
My uncle started to panic.
“Hey dude, it’s still adultery…” “
“It was abolished.”
“Yes, it was abolished.”
He was so embarrassed that he broke his words so easily.
“Not like this! No matter how much the crime of adultery has been abolished! Infidelity… “
“What is the definition of affair?”
“That… “
“I understand that a person who has a spouse engages in sexual activity or an intimate relationship with a third party without informing the spouse. Is this correct?”
“Oh, yeah, that’s it.”
“I am currently in a relationship with two people and I know them well, so it has nothing to do with an affair, right?”
And I’m not even married yet.
“Wow… “
The uncle is speechless and begins to seethe.
“No, I still think it makes sense based on common sense! Can you see Eunji too? Do you think that makes sense?”
“Yes.”
“Yes? I think it makes sense… Are you doing it?”
Uncle Eun-ji Hong’s reaction makes him laugh.
Hong Eun-ji has been taking my side just now, but I felt both pitiful and funny at my uncle who kept trying to assume that Hong Eun-ji was on his side.
“Some of my friends have it too. “Polyamory.”
“Po, Polly… What? Polymoly?”
“Polyamory. “It’s called a non-exclusive, multi-party relationship.”
“Well, what is that? “Economic terms?”
“It refers to several people dating together with mutual consent. Would you say it is polygamy without marriage?”
At those words, her uncle came out and looked at Hong Eun-ji’s face in turn.
It seemed like they wanted to ask what the hell this was all about and what they were both talking about.
“No, where can I find something like that…” What nonsense is that… “
“Excuse me.”
Just as my uncle was starting to get excited, a waiter came inside with food.
Good timing.
I feel like even the surroundings are on my side.
“Enjoy your meal~”
The waiter laid out delicious-looking food and went out.
“Umm… “
The uncle groaned, probably because he was uncomfortable with the interruption.
Hong Eun-ji was giving her uncle a pat with chopsticks.
“You don’t like it?”
“Of course… “
“Oh my, these delicious looking foods?”
“No, not food!”
Her uncle is amused by Hong Eun-ji’s skills, which he doesn’t know whether it’s comic storytelling or trolling.
For some reason, I expected my uncle to continue to be captured in the future.
“Okay, wait a minute, let’s say everything is fine. Yes.”
My uncle forced his mouth towards me again.
“Still, Nayu is just like a daughter to me?”
“Did you?”
“Yes!”
I know it well, but I deliberately pretended not to know and tried to distract myself.
It was to relieve my uncle of his power even a little.
“What kind of daughter is that?” “
“Polyamory.”
“Yeah, that polyamory thing, I don’t want to admit it.”
“Why?”
Hong Eun-ji walked next to her.
But this time, she seemed quite serious.
“Are you unable to acknowledge that you are doing it because you like it?”
“Anyway, it’s like that… “
“What’s the problem? She says she likes herself and there are no problems with anyone related to her.”
“Well, that’s true, but… “
“Kang Na-yu is an adult. Then wouldn’t she interfere as a guardian?”
“Yeah, that’s right… “
Wow, that’s scary.
As Hong Eun-ji argued seriously, the atmosphere was very heavy.
Until a few days ago, her uncle rejected Hong Eun-ji’s love because of the age difference, or more precisely, because of the opinions of those around him.
Thanks to that, she ignored the pressure of Hong Eun-ji, who asked, ‘She says she’s doing something good, but you’re stopping her from doing it?’
‘What’s more, her uncle himself gave Hong Eun-ji a hard time… ‘
There must be quite a bit of guilt.
Even if you look at her from the side, you can’t help but notice how much pressure her uncle feels… I don’t even want to imagine her.
“Seok-ho, as I just said, some of my friends are polyamorous.”
“Yeah, really?”
“Yes. And those friends had a hard time because of the people around them. It’s not uncommon for people to openly joke and ask if you’re cheating, and you get all kinds of insults.”
“…”
An uncle who becomes speechless.
At the same time, I also listened to Hong Eun-ji.
“You can’t say it’s unpleasant or unhealthy, but the people involved are not having any problems, but people around them are pecking at it, and the relationship is falling apart… “
So, you weren’t that surprised by the relationship between me, Gahye, and Nayu.
And that must be the reason why you came forward to help me.
“It was a pity. They didn’t do anything wrong, but they suffered because of the mistakes of those around them… “I know the pain and suffering very well because I saw it from the side.”
“…”
“Seok-ho, it’s my greed, but I don’t want Seok-ho to say anything about us as a ‘peripheral gaze.’ Please think about the happiness of the person concerned first.”
At those words, my uncle crossed his arms.
After being quiet for a while, I finally open my mouth.
“But… “
This time, Hong Eun-ji and I waited without interrupting his uncle.
“… I’m worried about that guy.”
There is also no rational reason.
Still, this worry cannot be helped.
That’s how my uncle feels.
That made sense.
“Thanks for your concern, uncle.”
At that time, Nayu suddenly appeared.
***
After the meal, as the four of us were leaving, the uncle came out in front of the building door and turned his head towards Nayu.
“You guys.”
“Yes.”
“Huh?”
As Nayu and I react, our uncle hesitates.
It seems like today you are doing everything you would hesitate for the rest of your life.
“That… Do it without any problems.”
“What do you mean, Seok-ho?”
Hong Eun-ji nags from the side.
At those words, my uncle cleared his throat.
“Hmm, no, that’s not it… “
My uncle was embarrassed and scratched his head before changing his expression.
“… If anything happens, please contact me. “I will help you.”
“Thank you.”
“Yeah, okay.”
With those last words, my uncle took the lead and walked away.
When I tried to follow behind, my uncle waved his hand.
“Go home! You must be tired. “I’m tired too.”
I guess it’s harder to talk face to face now.
After sending my uncle off, Nayu and I started walking in the opposite direction from my uncle.
After walking quietly for a while, Nayu spoke up first.
“… When you arrived at the restaurant, the timing was right, right?”
“Huh. It was the best timing.”
While contacting Eunji Hong, I also contacted Nayu.
‘Please come here as quickly as possible.’
Nayu was called because she planned to join in persuading her uncle, and the timing of Nayu’s appearance was a very good time for her persuasion.
“Hmm… “Mister, no matter what happens, you still acknowledge me.”
“He’s a good person.”
“Yeah, he’s a good guy.”
After saying that, we both started giggling.
“Ah, I was a little worried what I would do if I couldn’t convince him… I’m glad it worked out well.”
“Were you scared? It didn’t look like that at all?”
“Of course I didn’t show it. “I thought it would be difficult to persuade my uncle if I was pushed by him.”
“Oh, I’m doing quite a bit.”
“When you have to do it, you do it.”
“A man who does what he does… Hannam?”
“It has a strange sound, so don’t call me that.”
Giggling.
Nayu laughs.
“Well, I was a little scared too… “
“Nayudo?”
“Huh. “I was a bit worried about what would happen if he said something like this because he has the temperament of an old man.”
I had the same worry.
“But Hong Eun-ji is really helpful.”
“My uncle couldn’t move.”
“I will be caught from now on.”
“I know… “What is the age difference?”
“Hong Eun-ji, you don’t look younger than me at all.”
“So, maybe you like your uncle? Their mental age is similar… “
“I see. He seems a bit naive in spirit for his age… “
Is this a compliment or an insult?
“Ah, but whatever! “I’m glad it worked out well!”
“Huh. Really.”
“But I didn’t know you could persuade him with money.”
“Ah… “
While talking, my uncle mentioned economic power as one of his concerns.
‘I might have to make twice or even three times as much money to support two people, but is that money enough?’
It was my uncle who said that, but he prepared for that and dragged me to a high-end restaurant.
I showed my uncle the amount of salary I received last month and told him there was no need to worry about that.
‘Actually, I thought the three of us were sharing the burden and that I wasn’t the one supporting them all, but… ‘
Neither Gahye nor Nayu are dependent on me.
I respect that freedom unconditionally.
That’s why you shouldn’t think that you carelessly provide for the two of them… That is the base of my thoughts.
Huh? Is the house you live in now your home?
Of course that’s true…
‘If you live with a friend, you don’t think like I have financial power, right?’
Even in friendships, the person with more money often pays more, but that doesn’t mean they try to campaign with other friends.
That’s the feeling I have for both of them right now.
I’m just making more money, but I have no intention of campaigning or controlling the economy.
“You prepared thoroughly.”
“That’s the way it is.”
After answering that, I stretched once.
I felt dizzy, perhaps because the stressful situation was over.
Nayu also stretches out with me.
I guess she was quite nervous too.
“Whoo, yay, yay!”
“What is this all of a sudden?”
“You saved me one big worry, right? “I’m happy.”
Nayu smiles while saying that.
I held her hand.
While walking like that, she suddenly looked at me and said.
“Ah, maybe it’s because I’m relaxed, but I’m really craving it.”
“What?”
When I asked again, Nayu put her mouth to my ear.
“Sex.”
Her face was a little red after saying that.
“Let’s go home quickly.”
“… Shall I catch a taxi?”
“Giggle, it’s a 20-minute walk.”
“5 minutes by taxi.”
“It will take more than 10 minutes to catch it. Don’t do that… “
With those words, Nayu lets go of her hand and starts running lightly.
“Let’s run a little!”
I run away with those words.
And I started following her.
