Chapter 44 – Seohyun? ③
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When a small commotion broke out between Kim Sol-ah and her little dad, and it seemed like a commotion would break out with her paternal grandmother intervening, the place we moved to was none other than the living room.
It was because the living room was the most suitable place to tell the truth that Seohyun had become a woman, since it was the center of the house and, above all, the place where the whole family gathered.
And, well, I had nowhere else to go.
You can’t talk in the kitchen or bathroom, can you?
After leading my paternal grandmother into the living room, we could see the family gathering in the living room and watching TV.
“Oh, are you here?”
“Are you here now?”
“How are you?”
Lee Yong-heon’s wife and father’s older sisters, the little aunt and the great aunt, exchanged greetings.
“It’s been a while since Seoyeon and Seoyoung.”
“Hello.”
“Hello.”
Lee Seo-yeon and Lee Seo-young exchanged greetings with their little and great aunts.
The little aunt who exchanged greetings turned her head to greet Seohyun, but when Seohyun was nowhere to be seen, she tilted her head and asked Lee Kang-heon.
“Isn’t Seohyun here?”
“Really? I can’t see Seohyun.”
My eldest aunt next to me also agreed and wondered if Seohyun hadn’t come.
Then, this time, Lee Kang-heon, not Lee Seo-young, stepped forward, cleared his throat, and opened his mouth with a serious expression.
“From now on, a major announcement will be made.”
“?”
When Lee Kang-heon suddenly made a major announcement, everyone said, ‘What are you doing?’ I looked at it with the eyes of
Lee Kang-heon tried to ignore those gazes and continued.
“Ask everyone to gather.”
“I thought it was something really important?”
“I know?”
The little aunt and the eldest aunt, who were looking at Lee Kang-heon who suddenly stepped forward, wondered, nodded their heads saying they knew when they saw Lee Kang-heon’s serious expression.
The two of them each went somewhere, and each time they went in and out, the living room started to have more and more people.
“Seoyeon, Seoyoung! Long time no see?”
“Ah, sister! Hello!”
“This guy… What does he eat to keep getting prettier?”
“Ahaha. Thank you.”
As more and more people gathered in the living room, I was able to see my cousin for the first time in a while.
“······Ah, I was playing a game…”
“Come out if you want to come out.”
“Okay, so please put that fist away…”
Lee Hyung-ah, the second son of Lee Yong-heon, also appeared, and it seemed that he was still a long way from growing up, perhaps because he was still in the third year of middle school.
“What, are you going to party already?”
“No dude.”
“Then why are you meeting?”
“Not me? Ask your little daddy.”
Finally, the eldest brother Lee Kun-woo, who was sleeping in the room, also appeared after Lee Hyung-ah.
“Uh. Seoyeon, Seoyoung! It’s been a while.”
“Hi oppa!”
As soon as they came out, Lee Kun-woo, who found Lee Seo-yeon and Lee Seo-young, greeted them, and Lee Seo-young greeted them and exchanged greetings.
With the eldest brother Lee Kun-woo finally in the living room, the whole family finally gathered in one place.
When there were only Lee Yong-heon’s wife, aunts and aunts, it felt a bit quiet, but with all the family gathered, it felt like I was in a bustling market.
“So, is everyone gathered now?”
“As if… Ah! Grandpa didn’t come out?”
“Oh, is that so?”
I thought everyone had gathered, but I couldn’t see the most important person, my paternal grandfather.
That time when we were talking to each other asking if we should go find them.
“You man! Come out quickly!”
Suddenly, a loud voice came from the room where my paternal grandfather was.
“······Grandma?”
“······You are healthy···.”
“I know···.”
The owner of the voice was her paternal grandmother, who was still healthy.
It was as if he was waking up his paternal grandfather, who was still sleeping in the room.
“Oh, you woman, your ears will fall off!”
“Then wake up soon, man.”
The grumbling paternal grandfather was eventually dragged out to the living room by the hand of her paternal grandmother.
It seemed that her paternal grandfather was still being held captive by her paternal grandmother, but she still seemed to be on good terms, so should I say fortunately…?
“So why are you asking me to come out?”
“Moller, my son wants to come out!”
“Does this bastard dare to call his father?”
“Stop talking and listen!”
“Oops! You woman, I can’t get a back because of that hand! A back!”
“Then don’t do the right thing, man!”
Even after coming out to the living room, they keep bickering, but I’ll tell you in advance, it’s not a fight, it’s just a daily routine.
Even if they look like they’re fighting in real life, it’s more accurate to see that they’re joking around, not fighting.
“Oops! Stop hitting me!”
Joe, should I say it’s not a common joke…?
“You’re still good friends.”
“That’s right.”
“You look great!”
In the meantime, it seemed that my family was not thinking of stopping me from talking about it carefreely.
It could be something like that because it’s a daily routine that we always see whenever we get together.
I’m already used to that situation for a long time.
By the time the paternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were fighting and calming down a bit, the eldest aunt suddenly opened her mouth, wondering why they were gathered here.
“So why are we really here?”
“Therefore.”
“Didn’t Kangheon ask for a meeting?”
“Right.”
At those words, the eyes of the entire family began to pour on Lee Kang-heon.
Lee Kang-heon, who suddenly received everyone’s attention, coughed once, and then opened his mouth to present his question.
“Didn’t you feel something strange?”
“What?”
“Anything strange?”
The eldest aunt, who had a face asking what she was talking about at Lee Kang-heon’s words, clapped her hands and opened her mouth.
“Ah, come to think of it, I haven’t seen Seohyun since before?”
“Didn’t you go to the bathroom?”
Everyone realized the existence of Seohyun who had disappeared and started talking about Seohyun.
“No. I went to the bathroom on the way back, but no one was there.”
“Yes? Then what?”
“Didn’t you come?”
“Ah, is it your paternal grandfather’s birthday?”
Everyone was naturally gathering opinions that Seohyun did not come here, but Lee Kang-heon clapped his hands once and drew attention.
“Not that.”
“Then what is it?”
“Is Seohyun here?”
Everyone was staring at them wonderingly, but Lee Kang-heon, who was staring at her, suddenly grabbed Seohyun and brought her to the front, pointing at Seohyun and continuing.
“Can you recognize who it is?”
“?”
“?”
All the eyes that had been focused on Lee Kang-heon were moved to Seohyun as they were suddenly brought forward by Lee Kang-heon.
Seohyun, who suddenly received the attention of the whole family, lowered her head nervously, and her eldest aunt, who was watching Seohyun, opened her mouth.
“Come to think of it, she’s the girl I was with from a while ago. Is Seohyun your girlfriend?”
“She said Seohyun’s girlfriend? Wow this guy, did she make a pretty girlfriend?”
“Seohyun is at that age now.”
“So when are you getting married?”
“What do you ask? I’ll figure it out on my own!”
Haha!”
Her family members, who accepted Seohyun who was standing in front of her as Seohyun’s girlfriend, were talking among themselves, and even when Lee Kang-heon tried to talk to her, he couldn’t find a chance to intervene, so he had no choice but to keep her mouth shut. .
“So, where is Seohyun?”
In the meantime, thanks to my eldest aunt, who was really curious and asked, Lee Kang-heon finally had a chance to intervene.
Lee Kang-heon, who caught the timing well, clapped his hands again and focused his attention.
Then…
She pointed at Seohyun and replied.
“Here.”
Then, everyone started to look at Lee Kang-heon with puzzled eyes.
Looking at all of them, Lee Kang-heon pointed at Seohyun with a more accurate pronunciation and said.
“This is Seohyun.”
However, all of them still had faces that did not understand.
Paternal grandfather, paternal grandmother, aunt and aunt, Lee Yong-heon’s wife and cousin, and even the eldest brother Lee Kun-woo.
“Oh no son. What do you mean by that?”
As expected, the paternal grandfather, who came back to his senses first, asked with a puzzled face that he could not ignore the time he had lived his life, and everyone started to open their mouths with puzzled faces.
“No, son. Seohyun? You mean that pretty wife?”
“This pretty lady is Seohyun? Hey, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, brother?”
“Don’t talk nonsense!!”
Seeing everyone reacting naturally, Lee Kang-heon nodded his head as if he knew that.
“Calm down… When did you see me lie?”
He said the same thing that persuaded his younger brother Lee Yong-heon, but it was enough to embarrass everyone.
“Kangheon doesn’t lie…”
“Yeah… So I only have a few memories of being beaten by my mother…”
“······Sisters···.”
Seeing that Lee Yong-heon and Aunt Lee and Aunt Aunt are still remembering things like that, it seems that Dad has accumulated a lot.
While the two of them were agitated by Lee Kang-heon’s unbelievable words, he had been watching the situation ever since he said a word earlier, to be exact, he was watching Seohyun, but anyway. The paternal grandfather, who had been observing the situation, opened his mouth.
“Really?”
It wasn’t something I said to Lee Kang-heon.
Those were the words to Seohyun.
The paternal grandfather’s eyes were looking straight at Seohyun.
It was a solemn and serious expression.
Seohyun started to get nervous when she saw her paternal grandfather’s serious expression for the first time.
Perhaps sensing a heavy atmosphere around them, the loud noise gradually subsided and soon became completely quiet.
In the quiet living room, there was even an illusion that her paternal grandfather and Seohyun were the only ones there.
Seohyun’s paternal grandfather, who looked as if he was looking into Seohyun’s inner self, seemed to be waiting for Seohyun’s answer.
After several minutes had passed, Seohyun looked her paternal grandfather straight in the eyes and carefully nodded her head.
“······Yes.”
