Chapter 914 – 914. Homecoming (4)
Eun Yeon-hwa couldn’t help but be confused.
The feelings they had for their son were real.
Passionate affection and love for a man.
Otherwise, there would be no way to show such a specific and systematic life plan.
The husband-to-be does not have to earn money.
It doesn’t matter if you’re stuck at home for the rest of your life.
They can do the work themselves and earn the money themselves.
What they want is just one thing.
“You just have to join us.”
A pure emotion that only wants that one thing.
I couldn’t help but be embarrassed that not one, but four women had a common thought.
“Why, to this extent…”
“Because I love you.”
Illyana answered with a grin.
“…”
Eun Yeon-hwa was at a loss for words at her answer, which was so simple and clear.
She was unable to say anything for a while, having complicated thoughts in her head, and belatedly let out a sigh.
Then she looked at Illyana and the other women one by one and opened her mouth.
“Alcohol… “Do you know how to drink something?”
“Yes.”
Illyana immediately nodded her head.
She was quite a favorite among her wives.
Of course, she enjoyed drinking and savoring the aroma of high-quality, aged wine, but she didn’t really dislike the drink itself, Earth’s soju.
“Mother. “If you don’t mind, may I use the kitchen?”
“Well, that’s right… Yo. This…”
Eun Yeon-hwa’s shoulders trembled when she heard the title ‘Mother’ called from the mouth of a woman who met her for the first time, and she nodded her head without realizing it.
Could she have imagined the day when she would be called by this title?
After receiving permission from Eun Yeon-hwa, who nodded her head despite being embarrassed, Lily smiled and got up from her table.
“Thank you.”
“Sister! “I’ll help you too!”
Following Lily, Erin also stood up from the table and headed toward her kitchen.
Originally, she was going to set up a simple table so that Eun Yeon Hwa could treat her guests, but Lily and Erin completely stopped her, so Eun Yeon Hwa had no choice but to sit at the table.
“…”
It was awkward.
She found herself in this situation, not with herself or her own son, but with two unfamiliar women who were her first acquaintances, cooking in the kitchen.
When Lily and Erin came out, a simple drink table was quickly set up on the table.
While sipping the soju in her glass, Eun Yeon-hwa opened her mouth.
“… “I feel nothing but sorry for my son.”
Not long after Eunhyeon was born, Eun Yeon-hwa lost her husband.
It was a traffic accident caused by drunk driving.
The only measures taken afterward were strong punishment for the driver and compensation paid by the government.
Neither the driver’s punishment nor the government’s consolation money could make up for the loss of her widowed husband.
She cried for a while in her sorrow and had nothing to do with her hands.
What she was most worried about was her son, who was just starting to walk.
It broke her heart to think of her son’s future as he would have to live the rest of his life without his father.
Eun Yeon-hwa had to force herself to overcome that feeling of loss.
This is because she had to raise Eunhyeon even if she was alone.
It was very difficult for her to work and raise her baby.
Her fatigue was accumulating as time passed, giving no time to relieve it.
Although physical fatigue was a problem for her, mental fatigue due to constant emotional exhaustion was even more severe.
But despite this, he persevered and raised Eunhyeon.
“Then Hyun entered elementary school… “She got a call from school one day.”
It was a call that Eunhyeon got into a fight with her friends at her school.
I was so surprised at first.
It was mind-boggling to learn that my son, who was quiet and never upset at home, had an accident that required a teacher to call him shortly after entering school.
Eun Yeon-hwa, who quickly stopped her work and went to school, was able to hear detailed information from Eun-hyeon’s homeroom teacher.
“Because Hyun doesn’t have a father… “I guess she got ignored in class because of that.”
Eun Yeon-hwa couldn’t say anything at that time.
The only emotion that filled her heart at that time was feeling sorry for her son.
“It’s too much for Hyun-i… I was so sorry. Really…”
“That… “It’s not her mother’s fault.”
“That’s right.”
Her sorrowful expression made Eleanor and her other wives comfort her.
How could that be Eun Yeon-hwa’s fault?
Eun Yeon-hwa must have also felt a great sense of loss for her husband, who died in a car accident.
It wasn’t a problem that could be solved no matter what she did.
It wasn’t, but Eun Yeon-hwa’s feelings didn’t change despite their comfort.
“That’s how her parents feel. I want to give you something more, but I can’t… “I was so sorry about that.”
She wanted to raise her son with love.
She wanted to raise her child without anything lacking, but she did not want to let him experience ‘nothing’ as the awareness of ‘no father.’
There would be no mother anywhere who would want to raise her son as ‘a child without her father’.
Eun Yeon-hwa did her best to raise Eun-hyeon so that she would not feel the absence of her father, but there were clear limits to that.
“I taught Hyun that fighting is bad, but she kept asking. Then, the next time she makes fun of her because she doesn’t have a dad, she’ll have to put up with it.”
Eun Yeon-hwa could not answer.
Fighting is bad.
But is it really right for her to scold her son for having to endure being teased for not having a father?
She was so confused because she couldn’t tell him that she had done well, and she couldn’t scold him for not fighting.
“I thought about it then. At times like this, I wish I had a father…”
It didn’t take long for her to realize that it was impossible for her to fill her father’s shoes.
However, even though Eun-hyeon was aware of the empty space, she had not had any major accidents and had grown up well.
“But I had no idea that my son, now a college student, would suddenly introduce four such beautiful women as the people he would marry.”
“…”
“Hi-Hi. I’m pretty. Mother!?”
“Erin… “What you just said wasn’t a compliment.”
Seeing Erin scratching her head and twisting her body as if embarrassed, and Lily sighing as she corrected her words, Eun Yeon-hwa burst into laughter.
For some reason, she thought that Eunhyeon would be able to get along well with these people.
If she really didn’t like them in the first place, Eunhyun wouldn’t have brought them to her house and introduced them.
The story of continuing a relationship with not two, but four women was truly shockingly absurd, but it was also believable that the women, not Eunhyun, were accepting the situation and clearly planning their future.
“Really… Hyeon, can I leave it to you?”
“Sure. Mother. Please believe me.”
Illyana smiled and accepted Eun Yeon-hwa’s words.
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“… “What kind of situation is this?”
“… I know?”
Eun-hyeon, who came home after briefly shopping with Joo-hong, reacted in confusion to the completely different atmosphere in the house than when she left.
When I got to her house, I saw that her future wives and her mother were getting along well with her, setting up her drinking table and drinking her alcohol.
“Ah! “Hyun-i is here!”
Erin was the first to discover Eunhyeon.
Erin got up from her seat and ran straight to Eunhyeon, and she was held in his arms.
“Ehehe, Hyeon’s smell.”
“… “Have you been drinking?”
Of course, I wasn’t asking because I didn’t know.
Erin’s cheeks were already red and the smell of alcohol was coming out of her mouth.
The look on her face, her mouth fluttering open, showed how good she was feeling right now.
The question came out because it was so absurd and embarrassing.
“Huh! “Jjookkeum?”
It was as if I had just poured several bottles, not just a little.
“Hey, I drank a little with my mother!”
“Uh, mother… ?”
Eunhyeon was surprised and looked at her mother, who might have been called by that name.
Eun Yeon-hwa also found Eun-hyeon and smiled and welcomed him.
“Son. I’m here?”
“Mom. “How did this happen?”
“I had a drink with my in-laws and talked about it.”
“Daughters-in-law… ?”
“What’s the matter? “Didn’t you bring me here to introduce you?”
“Yeah, that’s true, but…”
What on earth was being discussed while she was at the supermarket?
I was very confused because I couldn’t understand the situation.
“Now let’s get this sorted out.”
Perhaps because all the alcohol and snacks they had been drinking had run out, there was an atmosphere of slowly clearing up the table.
“Mother. “I will sort it out.”
“No. Are you okay. “I even made it for you, and this is my home, so I can’t do that.”
She immediately stopped Lily from washing the dishes, and Eun Yeon-hwa smiled and headed to the kitchen with her empty dishes.
“I guess there was no need for me to come.”
Unlike Eunhyeon, Joohong was able to grasp the situation right away.
Eun-hyeon’s wives have already succeeded in persuading his mother, Eun Yeon-hwa.
Not only that, it was unexpected that they were able to become friends so quickly, but Juhong thought that persuading them wouldn’t be that difficult.
“Brother. Then I’ll just go home. “I told my father that I thought it was well discussed.”
“Uh, yes. Yeah, yeah…”
Eunhyeon nodded her head slightly at Joohong’s words and saw her off.
Later, Joo Hyeon-seong will also hear this news.
“Hmm…”
“Hyuna. “What are you thinking so hard about?”
As Eunhyeon moaned softly, Erin, who was in his arms, tilted her head and asked.
“Well, maybe I should call this a blessing…”
I couldn’t shake the feeling that the situation had become more complicated.
The only consolation was that Eun Yeon-hwa was relieved that she had come to terms with the shocking fact that she had taken four women who were her lovers faster than she thought.
“Ugh, I’m drunk… Illyana. “I’m going to go out for a moment and get some fresh air.”
“Okay. “Don’t go too far, just walk around and come back.”
“Yesep!”
Erin asked, looking up at Eunhyun while she was still in Eunhyun’s arms.
“Hyuna. “Shall we go for a walk?”
“… Is it so.”
Although she had just come home, Eunhyeon sighed and accepted Erin’s invitation.
There was no way I could leave her out alone in the middle of the night while she was drunk.
Even if Erin was slightly drunk, she was not weak enough to be dangerous if attacked by an unidentified assailant, but Eun-hyeon does not know Erin’s strong side.
In Eunhyun’s eyes, Erin just looked like a delicate woman who was cute and cute like a puppy.
Eunhyun came out of the villa, held hands with Erin, and walked together at night.
“Ha~. “It’s refreshing~.”
The night breeze in the quiet countryside was quite chilly.
It felt good to feel the wind filling my whole body, instantly waking me up.
“… “What did you talk about with your mom?”
“Yes? Hi-Hi. It is a secret.”
“…”
I was more concerned about Erin’s reaction as she laughed sinisterly.
Perhaps because she saw Eunhyeon’s reaction, Erin opened her mouth, choosing her words appropriately.
“You didn’t say much. Just… Please take good care of Hyeon. What you told us. “That’s it.”
In fact, what was impressive was the story of Eunhyeon’s childhood, but she never spoke of it out loud.
Eunhyun was already making an awkward and embarrassed expression after listening to Erin’s chosen words.
“Mom too…”
No matter how old she is, she still feels worried as if she were a child in elementary school, and her feelings were complicated.
It wasn’t that she didn’t like it, but she felt complicated and embarrassed to be seen by others.
“Hehe, what do you think! “It means that you cherish it that much!”
While flirting like that, Eunhyeon and Erin arrived at a convenience store to buy drinks and food that were good for hangovers.
She selected drinks and food, paid for them, stuffed them into a bag, and headed home again.
“Huh?”
“Uh?”
As soon as she left the convenience store, she was confronted by a group of several men trying to get inside.
They instantly recognized Eunhyeon’s face, and Eunhyeon also recognized them, but Eunhyun tried to ignore them and pass by.
“Wait for a sec.”
One of the men grabbed Eunhyeon’s shoulder and stopped him.
Then he slowly looked at his face again, and his expression brightened.
“Eunhyeon. “Is that you?”
“…”
“What did you come here for? “Didn’t you go to Seoul to find your stepfather?”
“Puhup!”
“Kick!”
The other men in the group burst into mocking laughter at the man’s bad joke.
Erin, who was walking with Eunhyun holding her hand, frowned at her vulgar tone.
“… “What are these?”
