Chapter 184 – Mama Spoiled Me?
-Bang!
I heard Eunji running outside.
Hyejin, who was walking around her room, took a deep breath.
Outside, she did her best to act in favor of Eun-ji, but she knew best for herself that she wasn’t like that.
“Ugh! Seriously.. That personality! Personality..!”
She was smiling triumphantly until Eun-ji returned.
Until then, Jinhyeok’s ‘personality’ was on his side.
Because I tried to use that to get him away from Eunji.
And he, who at first refused to even attach himself,
He was about to return home, feeling with his whole body that he was gradually opening his heart.
“But make a U-turn on it…?”
Hyejin murmured as she raised her hand to her heated face with a fever.
The fact that she will meet Eunji’s parents a day earlier than the Monday she was supposed to meet with her parents.
It was as if she already meant that she didn’t have even a 1 percent chance of it.
“No way!”
It seemed that now she could no longer do it the usual way.
“..Ha.”
I didn’t want to do it like this.
Do I really have to go this far?
Hyejin fiddled with her cell phone and she pondered.
“Do? Don’t? Do..?”
Ever since she first entered the officetel, there was something Jinhyeok always talked about.
‘Show your mindset.’ Called.
At first, she dismissed it as a middle 2 disease, but she knew it as she went through him.
Jinhyeok is the type of person whose heart goes out to the other person the more they show him how much he is putting everything into him.
If so, that was the only way.
But if he did, he would have no room to retreat.
Marry Jinhyeok or cut ties with his parents.
I didn’t even know it could be one of them.
“Ha..”
Hyejin took something from her drawer and went out onto the veranda.
The panoramic view of Yeouido came into view.
-Taktak.
After finding out that Jinhyeok smokes, I bought him cigarettes.
He has never straightened since he was born, but he has smelled it a lot while going to clubs.
And somehow, it occurred to me that this was the time to smoke.
Because everyone said that smoking makes you clear your head.
Hyejin sat down on her chair on her veranda and took a cigarette from her.
-Chiik.. Seup!
“Collock! Cough.. Why are you smoking something like this!”
As soon as you smoke a cigarette, it feels as if the smoke is entering your body.
Hyejin stared at her cell phone for a while with her burning cigarette in her hand.
“What should I do…”
Should I risk my life
She wondered if there would be anyone else she could love like this in the future.
“No… No.”
No matter how much I thought about it, the answer came down to one thing.
There are many rich people, and I have seen many.
When I hang out at night, I often meet people who are actually coins, stocks, or gold spoons a few times a week.
And she had given her heart to those people at first.
Because at that time, they looked very reliable in my young mind.
There are a lot of people around you who spend even 10,000 won.
Spending millions of won at a drinking party seemed like non-human beings.
And if I was with them, I felt like I would become a different being like them.
“..It’s a different existence.”
Perhaps because of the smell of cigarettes, the memory of that time came to my mind vividly.
They weren’t really human.
Rather, the children who were born with gold spoons were fine.
It’s because the kids with ideas didn’t try to make things that would get caught.
But the problem was the guys who became rich suddenly.
There were really no animals.
I tried to solve everything with money, and I wanted to stand out no matter what I did.
Once, I even heard the sound of how much it costs at a time.
I was even told to keep a wad of money if I didn’t drop it until I vomited while holding it to my mouth.
I was really shocked at the time.
To the point where I can vividly recall his voice.
“Ugh… I feel bad.”
But Jinhyeok was different.
I’ve touched Jinhyeok’s money at the bank and handled Jinhyeok’s work.
He is rich in cash, commonly referred to as net exhaust.
I didn’t run a big company, and I didn’t have a lot of debt like entrepreneurs.
It’s not that I’m ambitious either.
He had no desire for power, and from the sidelines he lived only up to his level.
He didn’t have to work hard.
If it’s that personality, it’s a life that’s enough to roll money with the money you have now and live on monthly rent.
He wasn’t terribly proud of money, and he didn’t spend money lavishly.
It’s like drawing your own line.
That’s why it was so cool to see him working passionately on the contrary.
Despite the satisfactory environment, I continued to move forward slowly and without overdoing it.
Hyejin, who has worked in a place where money moves, knows how difficult it can be.
“Never miss it.”
Hyejin finally picked up her cell phone.
She extinguished her cigarette and took a deep breath.
“Mom..”
There was only one that came to mind now.
When he introduced Jin-hyeok to his parents, he had only one person on his side.
Hyejin sent her text to her mom first.
She didn’t even know that her dad might be near her mom.
It should never be known to her father.
He was patriarchal, and he was also the one who put pressure on himself all through high school for not having a son.
In addition, his ears are thin, so he is a typical old man who breaks down outside and vents his anger inside.
If he knew that he had asked for someone as rich as Jinhyeok, he would have made a fuss to get him connected no matter what.
If you break up with him…
“Ugh… Absolutely not.”
Hyejin shuddered and shook her head.
She said that next time she would bring any man she would compare her to Jinhyeok and that she would waste her whole life, it was clear that she would only cry about that story.
“With my father, I can’t do what I want.”
-Giying.
[Why there is no father?]
Hyejin confirmed that her mother was alone and called.
-Oh daughter, why? Are you pregnant?
“Oh! Mom too!”
She let out an irritated tone, but a smile caught on her lips.
Even so, the only reason she was able to hold on was her mother.
She was so open-minded that she didn’t know how she married a man like her father.
What she heard about her as an adult and drinking with her mother was shocking.
She was so famous in Myeong-dong, Apgujeong that if you didn’t know her mother’s name, you would call her a spy, she said.
She didn’t even have to ask if it was true.
Because her own body, skin, and face all seduced her mother.
Even though she is in her mid-40s, she was also young enough to hear her older sister go out with her anywhere.
– Then why? Mom is busy Dad says he wants to take care of himself today.
“Ha..Really. I don’t understand. Why did you marry a man like that? Do you want to live with me?”
– Again! There’s nothing I can’t say to my father. Will you be able to feed me?
“..It could be.”
Hyejin answered with a blurring of her words, and there was a little bit of silence.
-Is it because of the guy you said you were going to see on Monday?
“..Yes.”
-What is our daughter in the world so worried about?
“Maybe…Maybe. Mom, don’t misunderstand and listen.”
Hyejin put her phone on her speaker phone and put it on her table and continued her words.
“Because he has a lot of money? What would he do if he told me to marry him?”
– What?
“I have a small shopping mall… I think I’m going to put up a small building this time. It seems like I’m investing a lot here and there…”
-You have to catch it, girl! Let’s do some fun too!
“Dad…?”
– I have something to ask you. A man just needs to earn money. Look at your dad, he always throws money at stocks or coins.
“Then, how far can I go to catch it?”
The words were interrupted for a moment by the slightly trembling tone.
She seemed to sense that this was no light question for chatting.
Hyejin didn’t even know her cigarette was burning and she waited patiently for her mother’s answer.
-Is he a bad guy?
“No… It’s good if it’s bad.”
– So, are you crazy?
“No… It’s too normal, so it’s a problem.”
-Do you like drunk gambling girls?
“Women.. Have a bit of a bias, but it’s ambiguous. I wonder if they have special tastes..?”
-Then you have to catch it by any means! What are you thinking about!
“Ah, but my tastes are a bit peculiar.”
-Why. How unusual Can’t you afford it?
“..It’s a bit hard to say that far.”
-Do you like middle-aged women? Do I pinch you know mom still on active duty
It must have been a joke to lighten the mood, but I thought this was an opportunity.
Hyejin took a moment to catch her breath and continued her words.
“Really? Can you?”
– What? Really?
“No, I was asking if you could.”
-Is there anything you can’t do?
“I’m asking you seriously. Can you really do that?”
A long, quiet voice came from the other side of the phone.
Then, her mother’s words flowed out, as if they contained her sincerity slightly.
-You… How much do you like that guy?
“..Okay die.”
– Whew. I get it. Mom somehow…
“No! No. What kind of middle-aged taste! And when I’m a younger woman who looks just like her mom, do you think there’ll be a place for her mom?”
-This year…
“So… You mean you can turn a blind eye to whatever I do on Monday…? It’s better than having my mom seduce my boyfriend.”
– Tsk. I guess it’s a genetic problem. I can’t pick a man. Whew. It’s the year my mother kills me.
“No! Are you really a good person?”
-Yes, yes. Whatever you do, do as you please.
“So, by the way… Can’t I only see my mom and not my dad?”
-Of course. Take him when you don’t know what you’re going to do? Crazy
“Thank you! Mom! Then only Mom will come on Monday! Okay? Dad, I’ll do something for you.”
-I get it.
The phone hung up and Hyejin banged her head on her table.
It seemed like I had really gone crazy.
“Hyejin-ah.. Kim Hye-jin.. Why are you doing this..”
Mom said, ‘Do you want to spruce it up?’ The moment I said that.
She had a strange idea.
She thought that Jin-hyeok would like her because her mother is also pretty.
She came to her senses right away, but she might have done the favor if she had distracted her a little.
At that level, I even thought about abandoning Eunji and looking after myself.
“Operation… Now all we have to do is come up with a strategy… I’m sorry mom, but…”
As long as she saw her mother, she would be fine.
After she became an adult and went to clubs and talked to her mother, they even talked about their sex fantasies.
It was a bit of a strange mother-daughter relationship, but Kim Hye-jin is who she is today because she had a mother who was the exact opposite of her father who ran the pole of patriarchy.
And with today’s phone call, I thought my mother would prepare her mind to some extent.
“Because I can’t leave any regrets…”
Hyejin was lost in her thoughts as she lit her cigarette once again.