Chapter 1381 – Coffee After 9 Months
The Demon King’s light pink lips gently a bit down on the yellow straw. Contrary to the faint rise of her shoulders in her kitchen uniform, the Americano in her cup quickly disappeared.
“Zuuuuup, keuuuuup!”
The demon ate half a cup of her iced Americano in one go, her face frowning with exhilaration. She reacted as if she were drinking soju and looked at me with eyes that were more sparkly than usual.
“Fragrant coffee aroma, savory and slightly sour! It feels like Americano is filling every inch with her body!”
“I think it will just fill your stomach.”
“Hmm? Jiheon. Are you, by any chance, a fucking tee?”
“Pugh?!”
Haha! I’m sorry! I’m speechless! “Are you Mr. Tibal?”
“Either that or that!”
The postpartum care center where the devil went had a small café attached. After lunch, we went to a café and enjoyed coffee in the bright sunlight.
“Zuuuuup, keuuuuup!”
After sucking on the straw once, the devil frowned at her cute, doll-like face. Then he held up the whole glass of coffee, which was now only half full.
“Jiheon! “I didn’t know coffee could be this delicious!”
“Okay? “I just write.”
Haha! It reminds me of that time! “I’m talking about the time when you started drinking Coke a month after graduating from training camp!”
The Demon King did not even drink coffee during the nine months that he had our Ji-hoo. I even drank cola containing caffeine with caution.
“I was only there for 6 weeks.”
“But that doesn’t mean we didn’t struggle.”
I held up my coffee cup to the demon king who was having a hard time holding back what he wanted to eat and drink. The Demon King now raised a glass with more ice than coffee and made a light toast.
Jang!
Haha. Jjuup”
The Demon King, who shared a glass with me, a bit down on the straw with his light pink lips with a bright smile. I drank all the remaining coffee and put the glass containing nothing but ice on the table.
“Ha, Jiheon. “It was a good drink.”
“Uh. “You drank well.”
“Hmm? Jiheon. How can you do that?”
“What?”
“If you can’t drink it, give me your luggage. Don’t overdo it.”
“It’s okay. “A little.”
I reached out to take my coffee, which was more than half left. I lifted the glass filled with dew and escaped from the devil’s grasp.
Haha.”
The Demon King, who was reaching out his hand pretending to take coffee, leaned against the back of the chair. He sat down comfortably and started talking about something else.
“Oh, well. Jiheon. Jim’s welcome ceremony. How is it going?”
Just a few days later, it was the day when the devil came out of the postpartum care center. At the same time, it was also the day Jihoo came to our house for the first time. I am for that day,
“What’s going on? “I just want to eat chicken and beer.”
There was nothing in particular to do. I just thought it would be better to fry the chicken myself instead of having it delivered.
Haha. Hmm. “It was like that.”
The Demon King, who asked knowingly, raised a cup of coffee without coffee. Instead, he put an ice cube in his mouth and chewed it until the listener felt refreshed.
“Ahh! Ah!”
“Oh! Then what if I leave?”
The sound of ice chewing did not go away even if you killed it. The mothers who were talking at a nearby table out of the sunlight were scared when they heard this.
“Ji-hoo’s mom! You can’t just eat something cold! “Get out of here!”
“Huh? But since when have you been there?”
“Oh! Hello! “I guess you’re Ji-hoo’s father!”
“Oh, yes. Yes. Hello.”
We put aside our comfortable conversation for a moment and got up from our seats to talk. As the average age of marriage is increasing, the women wearing kitchen uniforms looked closer to their late 20s or mid 30s.
“Hohoho, hello. “You were so focused on the conversation that I didn’t have time to say hello.”
At the intervention of third parties, the Demon King bowed his head with a cowardly smile. The mothers, who seemed to be familiar with the devil, bowed their heads briefly in greeting and did not take their eyes off us.
“Ji-hoo’s father, you are truly handsome!”
“Jihoo looks like her dad!”
“By any chance, can I hear where you work? I think I saw this somewhere…”
Instead of focusing on their own conversation, they turned the topic here. I sat down like I did when I got up and told them about my workplace.
Instead of focusing on their own conversation, they turned the topic here. I sat down like I did when I got up and told them about my workplace.
“I’m just working from home.”
“Is it so? Working from home?”
“No. “It’s just housework.”
As soon as I told them that I was a housewife, disappointment flashed in their eyes. I guess they thought I was a rich person or a conglomerate who succeeded at a young age.
“Oh, yes, really?”
“Housework isn’t really easy. Thank you for your hard work.”
“Really? You are so sweet!”
The only emotion I had was disappointment. With eyes full of mockery, he sneered as if it was no big deal. I smiled and nodded without showing any signs of offense to them.
“Yes, well, that’s right.”
It wasn’t a situation that I really understood. The only people who entered high-end postpartum care centers were the rich, and most of them paid others to do household chores instead of themselves.
“Hmm?”
But the Demon King frowned his pretty forehead. Her face frowned, as if there was something unpleasant and strange at the same time, and then she smiled coyly again. Then he asked the mothers who were giggling among themselves.
“Hey, mothers? “Have you hired a housekeeper?”
“…”
Blue eyes sparkling mischievously were revealed through narrowed eyelids. I knew he was planning to do something, but I didn’t bother to stop him. Even though I pretended like nothing was wrong, I was still annoyed.
“What is a housekeeper? Jihoo’s mom. He’s a housekeeper. Howth, Kippuel.”
A woman who seemed to be the representative of the mothers said, rolling her tongue a lot. She looked like she was just over 30 and looked down.
“Why? Jihoo’s mom? Would you like me to give you an introduction, even if it’s just a Howth song? But Puraissu, I think it will be a bit more extensive.”
“Hmm. No. “I have a few questions.”
“Yes. Whatever you ask, try it. “Ansel, I’ll do it for you.”
“Did you do an installment plan when hiring a housekeeper?”
“Eh, eh?”
She told me to answer as many times as I wanted, but when I actually asked her, she just rolled her eyes. For her who didn’t seem to understand what she was saying, her demon king kindly explained it to her in Korean.
“Oh, I’m sorry. I lived abroad for a bit. “Does English come out like this sometimes?”
She explained with a laugh-out-loud expression.
“Did you calculate it in installments when you hired a housekeeper? It was this question.”
“No, what do you mean?”
The woman’s face turned red as she understood the devil’s question. However, soon the meaning of blush changed.
“I heard it unintentionally the other day. I heard you paid in installments when you came here? I remembered it because it was a bit surprising. But I suddenly wondered if the housekeeper did the same. “I’m sorry.”
“…”
“…”
“…”
The women who were chatting obnoxiously silenced themselves in an instant. When the Demon King saw that reaction, his blue eyes widened as if he couldn’t believe it.
“OH, MY, GODDESS. Are you sure all three of you came in on an installment plan? Why, why? Why did you do that? Don’t installments accrue interest? Wouldn’t a lump sum payment be more economical? Isn’t that right, honey?”
“Oh, yes. Yes. We decided on a lump sum payment because it was cheaper. Are there any benefits if I pay in installments? If we had known it would be like this, we would have paid in installments. “Not a lump sum.”
I joined in, trying desperately to suppress my laughter. Although he was the only son of a soup restaurant, he talked about that amount of money casually, like the youngest son of a chaebol family. For reference, the money here was given to me by my father-in-law. Of course, a lump sum payment.
“Well, then!”
He showed sharper eyes and tone of voice than when the representative woman spoke to him. She aimed for a twist by even pointing her finger.
“Two, you two paid in a lump sum, right?”
“Ho ho ho. “Of course.”
“Z, proof! Do you have any proof? Something like a receipt!”
Evidence. It was a phrase always used by disadvantaged people. The Demon King shamelessly blinked and asked back, as if we were in an advantageous situation.
“A receipt? When you look at it, does it say it’s an installment plan?”
It was something someone who had never seen a receipt in their life would say. Even I was shocked to see that money was just a number.
“… !”
Seeing the devil like this, the woman seemed at a loss for words and just glared at him as if he were going to kill her. She looked at him angrily for a while, and then, in an even sharper tone, she shouted at her companions.
“Let’s go, let’s go! “I can’t stay with these scammers!”
“Yeah, that’s right!”
“How can you believe such an obvious lie!”
For someone who said they didn’t believe him, he seemed quite genuinely upset. They stood up, glaring fiercely at the Demon King and me. We held back our laughter until the back of us left the café.
“… Puheap!”
The Demon King burst into laughter first, and I couldn’t help it either. We laughed as quietly as we could to avoid causing trouble.
“Phuheup, hehe, you. Did you see the authors fussing?”
“Uh, uh. “Pugh”
Haha. They say you do more with things you don’t have. “The things that exist are a bit harsh.”
Hehe!”
Even though I couldn’t laugh out loud, I was extremely refreshed on the inside. After giggling quietly for a while, I asked about the card the devil had pulled out.
“No, but how did you know that? “Did that lady calculate her installment here?”
“Hmm. “I heard it while I was breastfeeding Ji-hoo.”
“What. Do you feed the group a meal? “Get wet?”
“Write it. Don’t think dirty thoughts. There is a separate nursing room. “It’s a place where you can breastfeed your baby and talk, that’s the kind of place.”
“Uh, really? But are you okay?”
Earlier I just smiled because it was cool, but now that I’ve calmed down a bit, worry started to creep in. I tend to think that it is better not to build up resentment anywhere. I asked, remembering the woman who was fussing earlier.
“What should I do if that person spreads a bad rumor here?”
“Get off. Anyway, there is no one here close enough to tell the rumor.”
“Oh.”
“Don’t look at me with such sad eyes. A beautiful woman as beautiful as Jim is bound to be lonely.”
The Demon King’s beauty was as dazzling as hers. However, she also thought that her foreign-like appearance may have contributed to her loneliness.
Anyway, the Demon King and I had a leisurely time as usual even after experiencing a minor incident.
