Chapter 51 – Shopping (3)
“Oh my, young man~. Your girlfriend is so pretty.”
While sampling oyster pancakes at the food corner on the first basement floor, an older woman looked back and forth between Sujeong and me and said this. I smiled, as if used to it, and replied.
“Right? She’s so pretty it’s a problem. People keep staring.”
“Aigoo. That’s happiness. Don’t be bothered by it, you should enjoy the attention~.”
At the smiling woman’s words, Sujeong looked at me and said,
“Jinhyeon is handsome too.”
“Oh my, look at how good they are together. That’s right. The young man is handsome too. Have another one! I used to be so good back in the day…”
The older woman made a nostalgic expression and briefly shared a story from her younger days. Sujeong listened to the woman’s story, agreeing with her.
‘The taste is good.’
How many times has Sujeong been told she’s pretty today?
I hadn’t counted exactly, but it seemed like at least five times. When buying clothes and underwear for Delia, and when buying my own clothes, I heard it so many times while going around various stores.
But maybe because compliments about appearance never get old, Sujeong’s face was blooming with smiles. When you see that face, you can’t help but compliment her, even if you don’t mean to.
“That’s why. If bodies are far apart, hearts grow distant too. You have to capture them with a ‘wham!’ so they can’t even budge. Got it?”
“Yes…”
Sujeong looked at me and asked,
“How is it, Jinhyeon? Is it good?”
“Yeah. It’s not bad.”
“Should we buy it?”
“Let’s do it.”
“Good choice, young man. Oysters are really good for virility~. And they’re perfect for the young lady’s skin.”
The older woman smiled and packed the product.
“The yogurt drink is a service. I usually only give one, but I put in two especially for you.”
“Thank you.”
“No problem, you should eat well and be strong~.”
We moved, pulling the cart. Sujeong looked at the contents of the cart and made a slightly anxious expression.
“…Did we buy too much?”
“It does seem like it.”
Just the shopping bags containing my clothes and shoes, and Delia’s clothes, underwear, and shoes, added up to ten. Adding in daily necessities like toothpaste and toothbrushes, and the food we just bought, the amount was enormous.
“Hing. Can we carry it all?”
“Of course. And we can take a taxi, so buy comfortably. You said you wanted to feed me good things, right?”
“Yup, yup.”
Sujeong smiled brightly and started putting things in the cart again.
‘Looking at her like this, she’s kind of like a wife.’
I smiled, looking at Sujeong.
******
“Aren’t they heavy? Should I carry some more?”
“It’s okay. It’s more about the volume than the weight.”
After thoroughly going around the department store’s food corner, we finished shopping and came out of the department store.
Even though Sujeong paid for all the groceries, it still cost over a million won. It was the first time in my life I had spent so much at once.
With this, my bank balance dropped to the 3 million won range.
“Jinhyeon, let’s take a taxi.”
“I guess we should.”
Both of my hands were full of things. I had increased my strength, so the weight wasn’t particularly burdensome, but it was very inconvenient to walk.
‘Come to think of it, I should have a car too.’
As a man, I have a fantasy of driving a nice car. But it wasn’t just a fantasy; I realized that it would be necessary when shopping like this or carrying luggage somewhere.
I might go on domestic trips with the heroines someday, and it would be convenient to have a car.
‘I have a driver’s license, so.’
I remember getting my driver’s license in a hurry with a friend before going to the military because they said it was going to become difficult soon.
I decided that if I made a lot of money, I would buy each of the heroines a car.
“Taxis don’t come often at department stores.”
“Ah. There’s a taxi stand over there. Let’s take one from there.”
“Ah, okay.”
We moved to take a taxi. While walking, Sujeong suddenly grabbed my arm and shook it gently.
“Jinhyeon, Jinhyeon.”
“What?”
“Look over there, look. It’s amazing.”
“Huh?”
Looking at Sujeong with a puzzled expression, she was pointing at a place with an expression that she had seen something amazing.
At the end of Sujeong’s finger… hmm.
There was a sign that said ‘Lotto, Lottery.’
It was an ordinary lottery shop, so why… oh?
“Wow. 1st place winner 16 times? That’s amazing. Is that possible at one location?”
“Isn’t it really amazing? 2nd place was 47 times. And it seems like they won again recently.”
“That’s amazing.”
I had bought lotto a few times, but I had never won anything higher than 4th place.
I think I bought lotto consistently for about two months when I first started working part-time? I think I spent about 100,000 won in total, and I only won 5th place three times. It was a miracle to make 15,000 won out of 100,000 won.
Anyway, since I kept losing, I naturally stopped buying them unless I occasionally thought about it.
‘That was when I was working part-time at the gas station.’
I learned it from a guy I met at the gas station, and he consistently bought lotto for more than 30,000 won a week.
Well, he said he was aiming for the jackpot. When I asked him, he said you have to choose the location well, and he was very passionate about it. I realized now that he was talking about places like this.
I looked at Sujeong.
“Sujeong, do you want to buy one?”
“Hmm…”
Sujeong looked like she was hesitating a little.
‘Come to think of it, in the heroine app store…’
Could there be an item that could make me win the lotto? I suddenly had that thought.
If so, that would be amazing.
Either way, even if I were to start a business, I have no initial capital at all.
To get initial capital, I would have to find someone to invest, but it would be perfect if I could just get the funds from the lotto without having to do that.
“I want to buy one too… but we have too much luggage right now.”
“I guess so. We also have to cross the street, so should we buy one when we come on another date?”
“Yup, yup! Let’s do that.”
I should ask Delia about the lotto too.
Thinking that, I was about to turn around.
‘Huh?’
A woman suddenly caught my eye.
‘A school uniform… is she a high school student…?’
She was a high school girl with a cute bob haircut. The girl was lingering near the lottery shop as if she had something to do.
She also seemed a bit restless.
‘Minors aren’t allowed to buy lottery tickets.’
Just as I thought that, a woman came out of the lottery shop and looked around slightly. Then, she handed something to the girl who was lingering in front of the lottery shop.
It was two pieces of paper, like receipts.
‘Lotto?’
The girl bowed repeatedly to the woman who had given her something. It seemed like she was saying thank you… The woman just waved her hand slightly and left.
The girl held the paper she received to her chest as if it was something precious, and then put it in her skirt pocket.
The girl had a smile on her face.
“Jinhyeon, should we just buy it now? Huh…?”
Sujeong, who was puzzled by my lack of movement, looked at the lottery shop again.
And then she realized that I was looking at a girl.
“Maaas.ter?”
“Huh?”
Sujeong pouted her lips with a squinting look and poked my side.
“Why are you staring so intently at that girl… Don’t tell me that now that you’ve even eaten Delia, you’re already thinking about adding another woman?”
“Hey, no way~.”
I said that, but I was a little taken aback.
To be honest, half of it was true. Even if I wasn’t thinking about adding another one right now, I would add more someday.
But this time, it was unfair. At least it wasn’t that girl.
“In the first place, that girl is a high school student.”
“Hmph. Isn’t it even better because she’s a young high school girl?”
“No. High school students are not allowed. She’s a minor.”
“So, if she wasn’t a high school student, you would have thought about it?”
Sujeong was quite persistent.
“Heo. Are you rebelling now because your master can’t use his hands and feet?”
Sujeong stuck out her tongue at me.
“That’s right. You only had fun with Delia yesterday…”
“But I was broadcasting then.”
“Still…”
At her reaction, I chuckled and looked at the girl. The girl was waiting for the bus at the bus stop right next to it as if nothing had happened.
Even though I couldn’t judge well from afar, she was a very pretty girl.
Her chest seemed smaller than Sujeong’s or Delia’s, but her hip line was well-defined, and above all, her face was very cute.
I frowned.
‘Come to think of it, she kind of looks like someone…’
She looked like someone I knew, but hmm. I shook my head.
“In the first place, Sujeong is much prettier, so I wouldn’t have thought about it even if she wasn’t a high school student.”
“Really?”
“Of course. I was just looking at her because it seemed like she bought the lotto on behalf of someone else.”
“Bought on behalf…?”
I told Sujeong what I had just seen.
“Ah. She must have really wanted to buy it.”
“Right. When I was a student, I also begged my dad to go buy it with me.”
“I’m sorry.”
I shook my head at Sujeong’s apology.
“No. You don’t have to be sorry. I’m going to punish you for rebelling against your master just now.”
“P-punish…?”
“Yeah. You have punishments piled up from yesterday too. Be prepared today.”
“Yeees…”
Sujeong had an expression that she was looking forward to something, unlike the word punishment.
******
“Okay, Delia, these are your shoes, and this is your underwear. I only bought two sets of clothes to wear at home and two sets of clothes to wear outside.”
After returning home with Sujeong, I handed the shopping bags to Delia. Sujeong changed into comfortable clothes and said she would organize the food and groceries she had bought.
She was planning on living in my house, so she said she would bring some more of the things in her refrigerator.
“So much… Thank you, Jinhyeon-nim.”
Delia had a happy expression as she received the shopping bags I handed her.
“I was originally going to buy you a phone too, but there was too much luggage. I’ll buy it for you tomorrow. For now, why don’t you try these on to see if the sizes fit?”
I took out underwear, hot pants, and a t-shirt and handed them to Delia.
“Right now?”
“Yeah.”
“Ah…”
For some reason, Delia looked at the shirt I was wearing and made a slightly disappointed expression.
