Chapter 188 – Afterword – Our Family (2)
That day, when the five of us were all rolling on the bed together, it was revealed that Sooyeon was also pregnant.
As a result, everyone is pregnant except Eunji, who is currently having a hard time having children.
Yuri hugged her full stomach, and Yumin and Suyeon were busy studying and editing videos, each with their own child in their stomachs, still completely invisible on the outside.
When Eun-ji saw Yuri’s growing belly and Su-yeon’s double-breasted pregnancy, Eun-ji was at a loss as she wiggled her whole body with envy, but she couldn’t give up on her career as a player right away, so she just swallowed her regrets.
Instead, perhaps as a reaction, he hung out with me more often when he was at home, and because he was waiting for Yumin and Suyeon to stabilize, he took up all the time he couldn’t spend with me.
When the child was born, we would need more space, so we moved out of the rented house we had lived in for over 3 years and looked for a place to live for the rest of our lives.
Using a significant portion of the money we had earned, we succeeded in buying a two-story house with many rooms and a yard, and we settled there and continued our lives as a large family.
As time passed, Yuri finally gave birth to my child.
It was a daughter.
“Mites! Mites!”
When I heard the baby’s cry coming from inside the delivery room, I, who was waiting in front, jumped up from my seat and asked the nurse who was busy running around.
“Are you okay? Are my wife and baby okay?”
Yuri’s screams that I heard for several hours in the birthing room made me feel so tense that my heart felt like it was going to burst.
“Yes, both mother and baby are healthy. Don’t worry.”
“Haaaaa…”
At the nurse’s words, my whole body lost all strength and I sat down again.
I wanted to hug Yuri right away, but there was nothing I could do now other than leave Yuri’s care in the hands of the doctors and nurses.
As soon as Yuri was brought to her hospital room and given permission to enter, I ran to her and held her hand.
“Yuri!”
Yuri, who was wheezing with her eyes closed, heard my voice and opened her eyes and turned her head to the side.
“Haa… Ugh… Seongjin…”
“Are you okay? Did it hurt a lot? How are you feeling? Is it bearable? I’m sorry, I can’t do anything for you…”
My heart ached when I saw my wife still struggling.
“Ugh… Better than before… My child…”
“They said they’ll bring it soon. Let’s wait a little longer. You’ve had a really hard time.”
“Yes… I want to see you soon. My baby…”
And as soon as Yuri could speak, the nurse took our child, wrapped tightly in a cloth, and carefully placed him by Yuri’s bedside.
“The child fell asleep. There is no problem with his health. The mother worked really hard.”
“Ha… Ha… Thank you…”
The nurse left the room, and it was just the two of us and the child in the room. Yuri, who was the only male, shed tears of emotion when she saw the child next to her.
“I’ve become a mother… My daughter is so pretty…”
Yuri lifted her arm with difficulty and gently placed it on her child’s small hand.
“Seongjin, take a picture of me.”
“Yeah. Wait a minute, I need to put it on silent, so please use the app…”
In case the child woke up, I turned on the photo editing app instead of just using the camera app and took silent pictures of my wife and newborn daughter.
I sent that photo to the group chat room where my family is and to my father-in-law, who is probably running this way right now while stepping on the accelerator.
Yumin, Suyeon, and Eunji all flipped out at the same time, and my father-in-law was unable to reply because he was driving. Instead, my mother-in-law called, overjoyed and saying she would be there soon.
Inside the hospital room, there was a moment of silence.
Yuri looked at the child and then at me, and then she asked.
“Seongjin, what should we name our child? We can’t keep using our birth name.”
“Aren’t you going to look into things like Nammyeongso?”
“It’s okay. It’s better if you, the child’s father, make it for me than that.”
“Hmm… I don’t have much sense in that regard…”
I thought for a moment and then quickly expressed my opinion.
“How about Eugene? One letter from your name and one letter from my name, Eugene, Han Yujin.”
“Eujin… Han Yujin… Huh? Isn’t the name pretty and nice? Okay, then, from now on, our daughter’s name will be Eugene. Eugene, did you hear? Dad gave you the name? Mom and dad will be good to you from now on.”
She is only 24 years old, but once she became a mother, Yujin put her cheek into her daughter’s hand, smiling naturally, as if it was her instinct.
I put my hand on Yuri’s cheek and gently stroked it, and Yuri looked up at me with her eyes smiling while lying down on her bed.
“You had a hard time giving birth to a child, Yuri. I’ll take good care of you in the future. I love you.”
“Yes… I love you too, Seongjin♡”
Our daughter was sound asleep, not even noticing that her mom and dad were kissing her right in front of her.
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As soon as I heard the news that I was having a baby, gifts poured in from everywhere.
When I announced the news of my baby girl on YouTube and Instagram Live, a huge number of people donated gifts, including gifts of baby products from acquaintances and businesses where I work.
At the same time, as we found out that Yumin and Suyeon were pregnant, food and useful items that were good for pregnant women continued to be sent to our house.
After completing her care at the postnatal care center, Yuri returned to her home with her child.
Our daughter Eugene has become the new owner of our home, receiving tremendous attention and love from not only her mom and dad, but also her big mom and her little mom.
Everyone cared for Yujin with great care, and Yuri showed herself to be an iron person by studying for her accountant exam in her spare time while her child was asleep.
Yuri used to have no stamina, so she would get tired and fall out after just running a few laps on the playground. I don’t know if it was because she has been building up her stamina by going to the gym consistently over the past few years or because she has become stronger after becoming a mother, but these days, even I am surprised.
And time continued to pass, early the next year.
We are all now in our mid-20s and Yumin turned 27. She gave birth to a child around the same time as Yumin and Suyeon.
Everyone except Eunji became mothers at a young age, and now our family has 8 members, including me.
The sight of all new mothers gathering together and asking their parents for advice on parenting showed that they were all adults now.
Of course, Su-yeon, who had cut ties with her parents, could not ask them, so she asked Yuri’s parents for advice.
On days when I wasn’t filming, I helped them with household chores like cleaning, and sometimes when my wife was busy studying or editing videos, I took care of the kids for a while until they fell asleep and then came out quietly.
Eun-ji, who has not yet had children on her own, was furious with envy and jealousy, and while other wives were taking care of her children, she took me to her bed and frantically demanded my body.
After the three of them had children, the number of times he and Eunji intertwined became more than the other three combined.
After rolling around on the bed like always, Eunji lay down naked, her whole body soaked in sweat, and muttered.
“… I will play only until the next Asian Games and then retire.”
“Three years later? Aren’t you still old enough to be a player then?”
“That’s true! I can’t have children while I’m playing as a player! I want to have children of my own too!”
“Are you jealous?”
When I hugged her from behind and bit the back of her neck, she shuddered slightly and held my hand on her belly button.
“… Yes, I was envious. Yumin, Yuri, and Suyeon were all so cute… I regretted deciding to become an athlete for the first time.”
“Oh, don’t be so mean. You’re monopolizing me right now, right? And when you have kids, you’ll have to hide your tendencies pretty well. Are you confident?”
I said that and started playing with my fingers.
Then Eunji responded right away.
“Huh… Aang…♡ Master, I just left…♡”
“You can’t show your child that Mom says things like this to Dad, right? Back then, you have to hide and do this when we’re alone, but enjoy it as much as you can now.”
“Is it going to be like this even after the baby is born♡?”
“I will learn from the fact that the child is perfect. The father-to-be should provide some education in advance to the mother-to-be who has bad habits!”
“Haaa~♡”
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Following the birth of three of my four wives, another important milestone in my life has arrived.
This is the military issue that has been put off until now.
I looked around to see if there was a way to get an exemption, but even though I have dependents, it didn’t seem like I could be exempted, as it wasn’t at all a problem for me to make a living because I didn’t have any assets.
However, since Yuri gave birth to a child, it was confirmed that she would be absent full-time.
I decided that if I couldn’t get an exemption anyway, it would be better to throw off the shackles as soon as possible, so I immediately enlisted and became a full-time soldier.
At least because I had a child, I came here full-time, and with the added bonus of my popularity, the local battalion commander, at his discretion, allowed me to leave work at 4 p.M. To take care of my children, skipping the roll call, and also working as a broadcaster or fitting model to make a living.
In the end, the only thing that changed in my life was that I couldn’t do anything else until 4 p.M.
It doesn’t matter if the broadcast is done in the evening, and although the work time may be reduced, I can continue doing it anyway.
So, I worked full-time from morning until noon, then came home and spent time with my family, and when filming was scheduled, I went straight to the filming set or turned on the broadcast.
Just one problem…
“Is this where Han Seong-jin works?”
“Oppa! Please show your face just once!”
“I love you Seongjin! Please marry me too!”
Sometimes, extreme people come to work and cause havoc…
‘Not everyone really does this.’
The more I worked full-time, the more I realized that home was the best.
