Chapter 166 – Side Story 6 – What if You Are a Great Person?
Then Kim Joo-won looked down at me with regretful eyes.
Even though the child is looking for her mother, there is nothing that can be done.
As a man, you probably don’t want to give up when you’ve come to the point where a woman has been stimulated.
“Yes, father.”
The content of the phone call was the same.
Our little princess, who was left in the care of her grandfather, won’t stop crying as if she’s looking for her mother.
Although she was a very quiet child for a new child her age, she was still strong when it came to asking for what she wanted.
If she doesn’t stop crying no matter what you do, there is probably only one reason.
“Okay, I’ll go as fast as I can. Okay? I’m just out there right now.”
Although I had a bit of trouble trying to suppress my heated voice.
When I hung up the phone, I nodded when I heard, “Sae-ah, you won’t stop?”
“How far is your father’s house from here?”
“Uh…”
“If I go by car, it might take a while because the roads are congested right now.”
When I searched the map on my phone, I couldn’t help but sigh at the travel time.
I thought I ate dinner a little early, but it happened to overlap with my work time.
“It won’t take long if I run, right?”
At that moment, when he heard the voice and saw the guy, Kim Joo-won loosened his belt as if nothing was really wrong.
Then, the moment I was about to ask where I was going, he quickly got out of the car and disappeared in an instant with a flash of light.
When I looked at the empty seat where Kim Joo-won had been sitting just a moment ago, the only thing that came out was another sigh.
“You can return it and use my abilities, you crazy person…”
I picked up my phone left on the empty passenger seat and put it in my pocket.
* * *
“I’m here…”
“Oh, are you here?”
As I opened the gap between dimensions and came out, I heard Kim Joo-won’s voice saying I was happy to see him.
Even though she was with her grandfather, was she tired from being away from her parents all day?
Kim Joo-won The bird in her arms was sleeping soundly.
“The child recognizes his father well.”
In fact, it will be very sad if you don’t recognize it.
A lot had happened to her before she was born…
“But it’s been quite a while. Sae-ah, you’re really shy.”
“There wasn’t much to do. Just give him formula if he seemed hungry, change his diaper if he smelled bad, and call his mom if he looked like he was looking for his mom.”
“… Isn’t that all you’ve done?”
“Are you the only one who grew up alone? Seeing a new baby is nothing compared to that.”
“It’s either that or this.”
But she couldn’t stay here for long.
She’s a baby. If you go home and put her in the baby’s bed, she’ll sleep on her own.
Isn’t it possible to resolve a slightly heated body in front of other people?
“Go right away?”
“Yes. There’s still more to do.”
“Then can you please watch more Sae?”
“No, it’s okay. I’m thankful enough for what you’ve already seen so far.”
I greeted her father carefully.
It might be better if the new baby were a little older and could walk and talk well.
Since he is much younger than that now, his father probably took him with him personally.
“I’ll treat you to a meal next time.”
“Is it okay? Abby doesn’t go anywhere, does she?”
“Well, wouldn’t it kill you to treat you to at least one meal?”
“It’s okay. If you really appreciate it, please contact me often, okay?”
“Yes. Then take a break.”
As I carefully said hello and left my father’s house, a darkened alley came into view.
While Kim Joo-won was holding Sae-ah in his arms, she made a dimensional blade and sat on it for a moment as a chair.
It takes about 3 minutes, so it should arrive soon.
‘I’m tired.’
The guy holding the child next to me touched it, and my heated body had already cooled down.
Is it because I unintentionally drove the car for the first time in a long time?
Originally, I would not have felt it at this time, but I was dozing off due to fatigue.
“Seoha, you’re here.”
When she opened her eyes after hearing Kim Joo-won’s words, she noticed a taxi coming towards the house.
But that doesn’t mean it’s easy to resist falling asleep.
The commute time was slightly off, so the road wasn’t blocked.
Still, it was a little over an hour away, so I decided to get some sleep and rested my head on her interior.
Because Kim Joo-won is holding her new baby in her arms.
*
She sat Sae-ah on her thighs, supported her with one arm, and then turned her gaze to her side.
With his head stuck against the window of the taxi, Seo-ha, who was carrying a lot of luggage, caught his eye and stretched out his hand.
Rather than sleeping with your head against the window, it would be more comfortable to sleep on my arm.
“The young man is having a hard time.”
Was the driver who was quietly driving the taxi bored with the not-so-short driving distance?
“Ahaha, what?”
“You look young, but it’s not easy to take a child with you.”
Why does he seem proud of something?
When I responded in an awkward voice to the man’s voice coming from in front, the driver even turned off the quiet sound of the news.
Did they at least be considerate of Sae-ah waking up to the sound of the news?
“Still, he’s good. He looks like he’s the same age as my son, and he already has a wife and a child.”
I felt like Seo-ha and I looked like a married couple.
Well.
It might be a little strange if a man, not a woman, is holding a child, and it doesn’t look like she’s married.
“If you don’t mind, may I ask how old you are?”
“Oh, I’m twenty-four.”
“Twenty-four? What, younger than my daughter?”
“Well, it just so happens that I’m like this.”
Is my current age really that surprising to you?
In fact, considering the number of times I have regressed, it would be difficult to say that I am really 24 now.
Well, there’s no need to correct it.
“You are really going through a hard time at such a young age. It must not be easy to live with a child at that age.”
“Well, it was okay because this person next to me was good to me.”
“Hehe, really. I can’t believe there are such great young people still around these days. My daughter is still playing at home with her job and all.”
There was a hint of envy mixed in the driver’s voice.
Then she began to feel uncomfortable somehow.
It’s not because I’m great that I can live with Seo-ha and Sae-ah, so why am I such a great person?
“Actually, my wife is a better person than me, which is why we can live together like this. I haven’t even graduated from college yet.”
But even if I didn’t fix things about myself, I had to correct things about Seoha.
Because the truly outstanding person is not me, but Seoha.
“This person next to me is a pretty famous writer. I can’t tell you what he writes, but thanks to him, we can live together like this…”
“Hmm.”
“I just have a part-time job before I go back to school.”
When I said that and stopped talking, only the quiet noise of the car could be heard inside the taxi.
Did the driver riding in front think I was a great person?
“By any chance, what is the student’s name?”
“My name is Kim Joo-won.”
“Well, I may be presumptuous.”
There was a hint of discomfort in the voice of the driver who spoke later.
Maybe you think I fooled myself.
“Student Joo Won. Even if it seems like I’m going off-topic, I’m saying this because I want to talk about it, but even so, as the head of the family, I shouldn’t belittle myself in front of Jo Gangji and his wife.”
“Yes?”
“What if the wife next to you is a great writer? These days, there is equality between men and women and everything, but if the father still fulfills his role within the family, he is the head of the family and the pillar of the family.”
However, the driver’s words that came out soon hit my head quite hard.
“Of course, Joowon may be an ordinary college student outside. But that doesn’t mean Joowon is an ordinary college student even at home.”
“Oh, that’s…”
“If student Joowon is an unreliable person and says that the wife next to him is some kind of writer, wouldn’t he have left the student even though he already has his own way to live?”
I had nothing to say to the driver’s words.
Just like the uncle said, if Seo-ha had left, she would have left me a long time ago.
Because I wouldn’t be here right now.
“But the reason you live with the student is that the student is a trustworthy person, so isn’t that why you have children and live together?”
“When I think about it, I guess so.”
“So, no one else knows, but at least don’t show a servile attitude in front of your wife and children. You are a student now, you won’t be a student until later.”
“That’s right.”
“Well, I’m now this age, and I’m working as a taxi driver, but even so, I always bow down to my kids and my wife when they’re not around. Even if they scold me at home for not making enough money, in the end, my kids are in my father’s arms, and my wife is in my husband’s arms. He leaned on me.”
I turned my attention to the driver’s words.
Just as he said, Seoha, sound asleep, was leaning on my arm.
Sae-ah was in my arms with her eyes closed.
“So don’t lose your confidence. Just being responsible at that age and getting married and having kids is a great thing.”
“Thank you for your kind words.”
“No, I just told you because I’ve been a taxi driver for a long time and this is all I know.”
I carefully stretched out my hand and took Seoha’s hand.
Then, did Seoha feel my touch in his sleep?
“Ugh, are we all here…?”
Without even opening my eyes, I quietly heard a cute, sleepy voice.
“No, there’s still some time left, so you can sleep more.”
“Yes…”
And soon after, quiet sounds like sleeping began to be heard again.
I wanted to stroke his head, but it was a shame that I couldn’t because my arm was a pillow.
Afterward, the taxi headed home in silence, with only the occasional noise.
