Chapter 129 – Chapter 129 – #Bridge Hospital Visit
I put the received 30,000 won in my wallet and headed to the house where Maeng So-yul lived.
Before boarding the bus, I looked up at the sky, and the sky was bluer and clearer than any other day.
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Blind rate.
As the days got colder, she patched up her clothes at her house.
The boiler was turned on, but it was so old that it sometimes spread.
“It’s creepy…”
In the small house, her grandmother and her younger siblings huddled together under one blanket and fell asleep feeling each other’s warmth.
I had a bit of a cold feeling, but sure enough, the fever was boiling from the morning.
“Ah… I have to go to work…”
I had to prepare early in the morning for today’s symposium, but when I checked the time on my cell phone, it was already past 10:00 in the morning.
There were a lot of missed calls, but I couldn’t call because my body was boiling and I was dizzy.
“Eww…”
Even if I spoke, my throat was locked and it felt like only metal noises were heard.
Seeing that her younger siblings were nowhere to be seen, it seemed that her grandmother had made arrangements for her to go to school.
“Sigh…”
My body trembled as if I had a chill when I pulled back the blanket lightly.
After wiping the sweat on my forehead, I headed to the chest of drawers in search of medicine.
I barely swallowed the medicine and got into the futon.
The boiler was still running and I felt cold even though I was covered with a thick blanket.
“…”
After closing my eyes for a while, I fell asleep again, probably because of the medicine.
She woke up because of her younger siblings returning from her preschool.
“Sister~.”
My little brother called, but I couldn’t get up to greet him.
“Can I not go to work today?”
At her sister’s words, she barely got up and sent a text message.
“I have to rest today because my sister is sick.”
“It hurts?”
Her younger sister looked at her worriedly with her young eyes, but her younger brother didn’t even know her sister was sick, and she was running around excitedly.
“Yeah, sister hurts.”
“I’ll take care of you.”
She laughed at the thought that she was being nursed by her little brother for a while.
“Now, listen to the boat.”
She came from somewhere with her strange twine and was pretending to be her doctor, just like her stethoscope she saw in the hospital.
“My sister is not sick anymore ~. It’s thanks to her younger brother to cry ~.”
When she walked on her stomach, it was cold and she pulled her sister who was playing doctor and hugged her wide.
She was so cute and adorable in her warm and squirming that she kept wanting to cuddle.
“Uuu~, sister, it’s hot.”
Soon after that, she and her twin brother excitedly headed to the yard.
“…”
She looked on happily and went back to sleep.
The second time she awoke from her slumber was the loud voices of her brothers from the side of her yard.
“Who are you!”
“Um… Your sister’s co-worker.”
“What is it?”
“Friend.”
It was a familiar voice, but I hoped.
Sigh.
The old tin door opened, letting in light.
I heard a voice that opened my eyes.
“Soyul~. You’re not faking it, are you?”
His voice as he saw his flushed face.
“Senior… I’m sorry…”
I was sorry that I had come this far, but I felt embarrassed before that.
In such an old house, the man was not ready at all.
The younger siblings who opened the door to the first person they met felt savage.
“Oh, let’s sit down.”
He groaned, sitting down beside her.
“No, what kind of house is on the top?”
“…Sorry…”
“…So, are you okay?”
I put the back of his hand on my forehead, but it was very cold because he was outside.
“It’s real. It’s warm, so I’ll stay like this for a while.”
“Yes…”
When something cold touched my forehead, I felt my whole body cool.
“Oh, yes. And this.”
In his hand was a white envelope and gift box of beverages.
“Woohyun gave me 30,000 won. So I bought some medicine and a drink.”
“I’m fine, I’m fine…”
He couldn’t say anything and couldn’t say anything because he felt sorry for taking care of him like this even though he was off work.
“Take a break until tomorrow. I’ll just tell you that I think I need to rest with my authority as a shooter.”
“…Sorry…”
“Sorry, get well soon and come the day after tomorrow.”
When he felt more sorry, he smiled.
Pounding.
My heart started pounding at his smile. She knew this feeling too.
She couldn’t have known that she was in love. It was just that she had never expressed it before.
From the moment she realized that it was love, her heart beat uncontrollably.
“Have you eaten your meal?”
“…Ah, still…”
“Hmm…”
As he looked around the house, he was more embarrassed, perhaps because he liked it.
It was the same for both men and women that she did not want to show her shabby side to the person she loved.
“I bought porridge just in case.”
There was a small porridge that I bought at a convenience store.
“I don’t have a microwave at home…”
“Looks like it. Do you have a pot?”
He got up, stood in front of the sink, poured water into the pot and started to boil it.
When the water started bubbling, I put the porridge inside.
“If you boil it for about 10 minutes, it will be warm.”
Maeng Soyul quietly lifted the blanket up to cover his nose.
I didn’t want to show my bare face.
Because it hurts, I’m afraid I’ll look ugly.
“Are you a friend of your sister?”
Nam Si-woo’s younger brother looked up and asked when he had come.
He got down on his knees, leveled his eyes, and stroked his hair.
“Yes, you are my sister’s friend.”
“Really? It’s the first time I’ve seen my sister’s friend!”
It wasn’t intentional, but it was embarrassing.
I think she’s letting you know that she doesn’t have any friends.
“Yes? Then am I the first friend you visited?”
“Yes!”
“Then it’s an honor? You mean I’m your most precious friend? Later, take your most precious friend and introduce it to your sister.”
I looked at him dearly as he treated his brother kindly.
“Brother! Do you like soccer?”
“Yes, I like it.”
Then he rushed out and brought a green bouncy ball from where he had picked it up.
“Can you play with me?”
There were no men at home, so I used to play ball all the time.
“Is that so? Then let’s just eat porridge and play together.”
“When do you eat it all?”
“Um~. 30 minutes?”
In a very long time, my brother became sullen.
“It will be more fun as long as you wait~. Come on, let’s go out and wait~”
He was very good at handling young children.
When the younger brother left and the porridge was cooked, he took it out with tongs, opened the lid, and transferred it to a separate bowl.
“Let’s stay while it’s warm, Mr. Soyul.”
It was funny that I changed it back to polite language after trying to speak her language, so I quietly raised the corner of her mouth.
“What, why are you laughing?”
“Hee… Just like that. Thank you…”
She carefully took her bowl and took a bite. When something warm came into my stomach, I felt like my whole body was getting better.
“Tongue.”
I wanted to be with him a little longer, but the voice of my younger brother calling me felt harsh.
“Okay ~. Mr. Soyul, then eat slowly. I’ll play with her sister. Is that okay?”
“…Yes.”
After he left, he heard his younger brother’s voice talking excitedly outside.
It’s a little sad, but I still smiled while watching the warm porridge.
“Huruk.”
Maeng So-yul ate the porridge with a smile on his face.
After he finished eating, heat spread through his body.
It wasn’t a fever because I was sick, but a fever that spread as my body warmed up.
“…”
I didn’t even sit still, so I got up and put on my vest.
“…”
Looking in the mirror, for some reason, she looked like an old woman, so she took off her vest again, put on her favorite padding, and went out into the yard.
It was a narrow yard of about 3 pyeong, but even in that narrow space, the younger brother was running around like a wide yard.
“Right. This time this time.”
As if training a puppy, I bounced the ball against the wall and my younger brother ran to pick it up.
It was a ball game so simple that you could hardly call it soccer, but both twins were laughing with excitement.
“Soyul, why did you come out when it’s cold?”
“…But still a guest.”
“And what if it hurts more?”
“Okay, it’ll be fine.”
I wanted to answer that kindly and kindly, but the habit of short answers that had been ingrained in my body made it difficult.
Click.
Sigh.
The old iron door opened and her grandmother came inside.
“Grandma~.”
As soon as she saw her grandmother, her younger siblings rushed to her grandmother.
“Hello, I’m Soyul’s co-worker.”
“Oops, a special guest has arrived.”
Her grandmother looked surprised at first, but when she listened to him, she smiled broadly.
“I don’t know if my grandson is okay at work.”
“Soyul is so good at her job that the company won’t work well without her. Haha.”
“Eh, a company that would go bankrupt without a child would go bankrupt right away.”
At the words of her grandmother he made a puzzled face.
“Ha, grandma! That, stop it~!”
I screamed and screamed in embarrassment.
“Grandma is deaf.
“No. I have another business in the evening. Soyul said she was sick, so I stopped by for a while.”
He nodded and was preparing to leave, but she hurriedly moved to the side.
“…?”
“I’ll see you off… I’ll do it.”
“Even if you don’t…”
“No, I will.”
She speaks softly.
“Really? Then only to the bottom.”
“Yes… I’ll go to my grandmother…”
Then her grandmother said with an understanding face.
“You don’t have to come in until you feel better.”
“…”
She hurriedly left the house, passively pulling Nam Si-woo’s sleeve.
“I’m sorry grandma…”
“No, no, it’s rather friendly and nice. I also have a grandmother on my mother’s side.”
“Ah…”
Trudge.
Why are the stairs in Daldongne, which usually felt so long, so short today?
I wanted to continue talking, but today I can’t think of a topic again.
I turned my head and looked at him.
“I think we’re all here…”
“No, the bus stop is below.”
“Yes, yes.”
There wasn’t really a conversation going on, but this little pounding feeling was good.
“…”
Standing in front of the bus stop, he said with a smile.
“You can go up now. Then you catch a worse cold.”
“…I’m sorry for coming as a guest.”
“It’s because I’m in the hospital. If I go to play later, please play with me then.”
I know it’s empty words, but I really wanted you to come.
“It says it will arrive in 5 minutes. Huh?”
While looking at the remaining bus time, he found a small food stall next to the bus stop and headed with Maeng So-yul.
“Oh, since it’s December, Taiyaki is coming out. Just give me 5,000 won.”
Taiyaki in a white paper bag.
“Do you like Taiyaki…?”
Looking at the taiyaki bread, I wondered if it was his favorite food.
He took only one Taiyaki from the envelope full of food and handed it to Maeng So-yul.
“Give it to my younger siblings. I don’t know if Grandma will like it too.”
“…!”
Meng Soyul tried to return the envelope he had received, but he grinned and said,
“Just eat.”
“Every day, I only received it every day…”
“I’ll buy it for you when I get paid later. Oh, the bus is coming.”
Bus round the corner.
“Seniors!”
“…?”
“Well, then can I buy you rice then…? Other than Taiyaki…”
“Hmm? Oh, yes. I’m going. Take a break until tomorrow and come back the day after tomorrow.”
He hurriedly put taiyaki in his mouth and waved his hand as he got on the bus.
She had been watching the bus Nam Si-woo was riding leave for a long time, and as she turned around, the man sitting in her food stall was staring at her happily.
Fire!
Her face blushed for nothing, and she hurried back up her steps with her galloping steps.
“…It sure is long…”
When I came down, it was so short, but when I went up, it seemed like I was climbing a mountain.
