Chapter 112 – Raise and Eat? (One)
Fuck… It’s frustrating!
Eventually, I stayed up all night with my eyes open.
It’s because of the mother’s photo album that keeps lingering in my head. My photos stored by year in her phone. I couldn’t figure out the source, so I was very embarrassed.
Is there really a mother’s secret that I don’t know about? Or am I overdoing it?
You can’t live without your family and your family. It was something that could have been overlooked, but I, Yuseong-tan’s intuition, are not quiet.
I needed confirmation.
“Where can I take you?”
“Sammi Nursery, please go to the nursery.”
As soon as dawn broke, we set out on the road. Just in case the three mothers and daughters noticed, they were dressed in training clothes pretending to be jogging.
I grabbed a taxi passing by and shouted Sammi Nursery School.
“Are you going to serve?”
“Yes?”
“Oh, the customers who take the deluxe taxi usually go to the nursery school to volunteer.”
“Ah… Well, yes.”
Not really.
I’m taking a taxi Even with a standard taxi.
I counted on my fingers the number of times I took a taxi in my life. The bus fare was a waste, so I walked on two legs. In just a few months, my life has completely changed.
After inheriting, the first flex is a model taxi. Me too…
Those who have spent money will spend it. One by one. I also had to learn how to spend money.
I went up the winding mountain road along the soft cornering of the deluxe taxi.
Because of the land price, it is not easy to locate a nursery school in the city center. There is also strong opposition from residents. Difficult to access without a car. I’ve been walking around this place for twenty years.
You begin to see the appearance of Sammi Nursery School surrounded by a fence in the distance. The memories are fresh. Like it was yesterday
Growing up with children without parents wasn’t easy. Every day was a war and a struggle to live. The only place I can rely on is my body.
I was the strongest survivor there. Sometimes, I was beaten with words, bumped and trampled with my body, and made it impossible for anyone to ignore me.
Hellish place.
I thought it would never come again. Life is something you don’t know.
Clap.
When I open the door to the nursery school and enter, a familiar smell flows.
Shoes were scattered at the end of the corridor, and there were dozens of children living their lives according to their age.
From newborn babies who have not been abandoned for a few months, to nursery class, elementary school lower grades, upper grades, and now to teenagers who are not far from leaving the school.
They rubbed against each other in this small space and grew fiercely.
Something tickled the tip of my nose.
Is hell my home? It won’t happen again to me, but it’s still in progress for the remaining children.
“Seo… Christmas?”
Familiar voice. I turned around and saw the gray-haired director.
“Sam, how are you?”
“You… What are you doing at this hour? Is something going on?”
Perhaps surprised by my sudden appearance, he examines my body here and there.
Truly, he is a very good old man.
“No. I just wanted to talk to you. Last time, I couldn’t even say hello properly.”
“Yeah…But what really happened?”
What happened… A lot happened.
Would you believe it if three mothers and daughters who seemed so nice buried her father in her cellar? If it wasn’t the work of a company employee, it was all the work of three big women.
I just took a sip of the warm tea he gave me without saying a word.
“Yeah… What the hell is going on. From dawn.”
“Sir… The other day you came to my house, you said something was wrong with me.”
“I?”
“Yes. My mom, Song Min-ju. Didn’t you say something was strange in the documents?”
“Um… Well. I don’t remember at all. I was just passing by and wanted to say hello.”
This inspiration…
I was pretending not to know. For some reason it doesn’t look me straight in the eyes.
Undoubtedly, his senses were suspicious.
“Sir… Tell me something. You said there was something at that time.”
“Hmm… I don’t know, Christmas.
Sudden change of attitude. The director, Sam, kept pretending all along.
Under. Fuck.
Isn’t it worthwhile to come here?
It was then.
Wiing.
It was my mother.
[Christmas, where are you?]
Mom’s message shown in the notification window. There were also four missed calls.
[Seongtan, if you see the message, please contact me.]
Under. Fuck.
Isn’t that why you’re being dragged into the basement?
“Are you my mother?”
The director looked at me and asked.
“Christmas came without telling you… Your mother? No way. I’ll have to contact you.”
“Yes?”
“You man, how worried would your mother be if she found out you were here?”
“Why did you do that…”
“It’s a duty to the sponsor, but I can’t stand still.”
Sponsor…?
“Sam, did you get any money?”
“What?”
“Did you get money from your mother?”
“Muh… What are you talking about? You dude, what’s the habit of talking to the teacher?”
For an instant, the corners of his lips quivered.
Damn, I got it got it
After all, it was money.
It was clear why his demeanor had suddenly changed from last time.
Sam always struggled with money. The national budget is decreasing day by day, and sponsorship is also gradually cut off. On the other hand, abandoned children were steadily coming in.
It was a board to feed and put the children to sleep while crying and eating mustard.
To him, his mother’s donations must have been a sweet temptation.
“I’m going to tell my mother to take her away right away. If you’re going to be so rude, don’t come back!”
Red-faced, he tried to dial her mother’s number.
“For a moment!”
“Where is this bastard making such a loud noise…!”
“How much did you expect to receive?”
“What…? This bastard is still!”
“I am!”
Stared straight into his eyes.
“I’ll live in this nursery.”
“What…!?”
“Here is Sammi Nursery School, I live.”
Fuck, how much is that?
How much did he get to change his attitude like this? I was just making a bigger offer he couldn’t refuse.
The director only blinked at the sudden suggestion.
And he was in agony. He lowered his head, sighed, and checked again and again to see if my doctor was real.
Well, it’s real.
The only money in my hands is 10 billion. Ten billion in cash! Buying an orphanage located in a remote mountain valley was like buying a bag of Shine Muskets at a convenience store.
“Whoa… Christmas.”
“Yes, sir.”
“Can you promise me? Can you take care of our children?”
“Sure. I’m from here. From facility renovations to children’s school fees and scholarships. I’ll pay for it all.”
“Hmm…”
How much time has passed
After nodding a couple of times, he poured hot tea into my teacup and said.
“Dil.”
“To…?”
“Deal. Don’t you know what Christmas means? I hear kids use it a lot these days?”
What the.
The director laughed heartily. His hand shook hands with strength.
“Please take good care of me. Christmas… No. Commander.”
Okay!
“Now, tell me. Everything you know.”
“Hmm… That’s what you mean…”
Weing weing.
“Uh… Is it your mother?”
He held up the screen of his cell phone over my face.
[Minju Song sponsor]
“Don’t take it!”
“That… Can I?”
“Yes. Don’t accept it. You don’t want to sign a contract, do you?”
“Ah… Yes. Got it.”
He quickly covered his phone.
What is the power of money? He was the one who had been yelling at me for 20 years. It just makes me laugh when I see him cracking up.
“Song Minju. Your mother. The first time I saw your mother was probably about 10 years ago.”
10 years. Was it such a long relationship?
“He came to volunteer at our orphanage among a lot of people. I didn’t know it at first, but the more I looked at it, the more familiar it was… I thought I’d seen it somewhere.”
“I’m used to it.”
“That’s why. It’s not an easy-to-see appearance… But it’s definitely familiar to the eye.”
“So? Tell me quickly, because I’m curious.”
“But Seongtan was particularly interested in you. I don’t know if Seongtan was young, but I could see it. But he didn’t approach it again. He just watched from a distance. Or he brought a camera and took pictures. That was it. “
As expected … The photos in her mother’s album were the ones she took herself.
He continued his talk.
“But one day, they suddenly said that they would adopt you. Even by paying a huge amount of money to this orphanage.”
“So… Did you sell me in such a hurry?”
“Damn selling it. It was a win-win for both my mom and the daycare. It was a lot of money for a daycare that didn’t have money.”
That’s right.
“But who am I?
Father’s body found in rich man’s basement. It was Jung Jae-ho’s news.
“I couldn’t sleep after watching the news. No matter how much I looked at it, I was uncomfortable, so I looked through the documents again… That… Where did I leave it?”
Sam took out a yellow file from among the piles of papers on his desk.
“Now. This is the document. Christmas, would you like to take a look at it?”
Gulp…
[Adoption documents: Minju Song]
Inside the file were several documents required for adoption. Things like my mother’s resident registration card, property certificates, and criminal facts confirmation.
“Hmm… Is there anything special?”
I rummaged through the paperwork and couldn’t find anything odd.
“Now… Take a close look at this.”
The director’s finger pointed at the mother’s resident registration card.
Is this a photo taken when you were in your 20s?
Looking a little bit younger. She was the same as she is now, except that she looked innocent without makeup.
Yes… Pretty
“Not pictures. Names. Names.”
Huh…?
Where the director’s fingertips are headed.
Her mother’s name is Song Min-ju.
There, it was written Song Mi-ju.
America… America?
What is this. Could it be a computer error? Why is your mother’s name different?
Clap!
It was then.
“Stop… Christmas.”
The director’s voice trembled slightly.
“That… Stop it.”
“Wait a minute. Why is this like this?'”
“Uh… Mother is here.”
“…Yes?”
When she raised her head in surprise,
Behind the director’s back…
Mom was standing.
