Chapter 346 – Lunar New Year Holiday (3)
Did the shadow and miasma disappear from Seo Jeong-ho’s face?
Seo Joo-hwan corrected his thoughts a little. It’s true that his face brightened, but the momentum that made you want to be strong was still the same. Listening to what he was saying, I immediately remembered the image of Moon Gyu-seok getting hit one-sidedly on Chuseok day and arguing with him.
“Where are you going to college? Hyung, I already blew away all my freshman and sophomore grades. I will get a job right after graduation. Are you just saying it without thinking? The manager of the store where I work part-time now likes me. When I graduate, I want to get a full-time job.”
“Jeong-ho, if you want to go to college but it’s because of your grades, it’s not too late. I’m not asking you to pass right away this year, just try it. If you fall, try again. The money will be provided by my brother.”
It is a pity to give up learning because of the late start and bad circumstances. It was not another person, but a close relative and younger brother, so I could provide as much support as I could.
However, under the premise that you will work hard.
However, Seo Jeong-ho firmly shook his head.
“No, bro. I’m not good with studying. I’m not saying this because I don’t want to study, but I really can’t concentrate and nothing stays in my head. I think it would be better to get a job quickly and make money.”
He seemed to have something on his mind.
Seo Ju-hwan nodded his head instead of persuading him again.
“I said it because you seemed a bit impatient. I think I can live well enough even if I don’t go to college.”
“Don’t worry, bro. I know I can do it well. I’m grateful for the support you said earlier, but shouldn’t I depend on you for my life? I don’t have to worry anymore We don’t need too much help with our house.”
“?”
“Now my parents are already fifty years old. But soon the youngest is born.”
Seo Jeong-ho said with a firm face.
“I have to grow up. I’m Happiness’s older brother, and I’m Dad.”
Seo Joo-hwan looked very proud of Seo Jeong-ho. The guy who had been wandering around for a long time did not stop at centering himself and was planning his future in his own way. He’s a kid you haven’t even seen yet, but he’s already feeling a sense of responsibility. His eyes were different from when he used to fight aimlessly.
But what’s special is what’s special.
‘He’s been like this ever since.’
The news I heard from my parents before returning came to mind.
He slapped Seo Jeong-ho on the back until it made a loud noise.
“Ouch! What, what are you doing, brother!”
Seo Jeong-ho looked at him with tears in his eyes. I think he said something cool in his own way, but why did he hit me?
Seo Ju-hwan said with a pick snort.
“Where are you bluffing? It’s like the ink didn’t even dry on the ID card.”
“No, not bluffing.”
“Listen to me first.”
Seo Joo-hwan suppressed Seo Jeong-ho’s words by raising his murderous voice weakly. I’m a bit sorry, but when I created the atmosphere in this way, the other person would focus more on the words.
“I am proud of how you think of your parents. But man, why can’t you rely on me? And why are you happy dad? That’s up to my little father, so why are you trying to handle it?”
“That’s what it means. Are my parents turning fifty soon?”
“Therefore? Do your parents want you to grow happiness?”
“… Not that.”
“No, why are you excited? Have you mortgaged your life to Happiness? Well, I know I didn’t mean that, but what I mean is that you don’t have to change your life to increase happiness. To blame someone later.”
“No one will remain you.”
“This is skewering. Wanna be scolded?”
“…….”
Seo Jeong-ho shut her mouth. He had seen Seo Ju-hwan fight. However, the inside of my heart slightly leaked out of my unfair heart.
“Kkondee…….”
“What, man?”
Seo Joo-hwan, who is only a few years older, looked like an old man. Why do you keep stroking his hair? Get all messed up
Kkondae Seo Joo-hwan said.
“You know how well your brother makes money, right?”
“…….”
“Answer.”
“… Know.”
The kid is sulky. A guy like that isn’t cute at all. He giggled and continued.
“Your brother doesn’t just earn well, he earns damn well.”
“… Are you bragging?”
“It’s not something I’m proud of, it’s your good fortune to have a brother like this as a close relative. You said you would help, but why did you draw the line first?”
“Because it’s too shameless to keep relying on it…….”
“What if I become impudent?”
He wasn’t just trying to preach like an old man. Ji said that she would design and live her life her, but there is something to know. But that was a story when he was a very stranger, and from the point of view of knowing the circumstances of his relative’s brother’s family, it seemed only to show pride.
“You say with your own mouth that your parents are getting older and it’s difficult. Your body is also unwell. Then you should be ashamed of yourself and ask for help, man. It’s not that there aren’t people to ask for help, there are people next to you who want to help first.”
“…….”
“Your father and mother have a harder time saying things like that. If anything, did the little mother ask for help first when I gave her money the other day? I forced myself to push it first, so they thanked me. And if the circumstances were good enough for them now, no matter how much I gave them to the two of them, I wouldn’t have received them.”
“…….”
“But why are you trying to deny that in the first place? Even if you shamelessly ask for help, it won’t be enough. Would it be easier for your parents to ask me for help, or would it be easier for you to put down your pride and ask your brother for help?”
“… I think it will be easy for me to do.”
Seo Jeong-ho replied in a slightly morose voice. She hadn’t even thought of that.
Seo Joo-hwan tapped him on the shoulder.
“University takes care of you. I’ve said it before, but I’m not saying you’re forced to go there. If you like working at the store, do that.”
“… Yes.”
“I’m not saying anything, so cheer up. Even if you don’t have to go to college, if there’s something you want to do, tell me. It’s good that you want to raise happiness well, but can you not think about your life?”
Having said that, Seo Joo-hwan licked his lips. He needs to stop, but as he talks, he keeps nagging. It was all the more so because I knew, at least roughly, the future of Seo Jeong-ho, whom I had heard from my parents before returning.
‘He said he raised me like a real dad. He doesn’t even date, he just works.’
The youngest to be born soon is the one who was my life itself. Of course, he thought that if he was happy, he would be okay with that too. However, no matter how much I think about it, he can create a better future for me, but I just can’t let him go.
‘Anyway, this bastard’s a mess.’
Whether this is nature, it doesn’t seem like it will ever change.
At that time, Seo Jeong-ho, who had been lowering his head sullenly, opened his mouth.
“Hyung, I actually have something I want to do…….”
“What do you want to do? What?”
“That is…”
Seo Jeong-ho barely spoke about his dream with a face that was even more reddened than when he was talking about happiness.
*
Seo Man-sik looked at the youngest kneeling in front of him with deep eyes and said,
“Yeah, I’m glad you’re awake now.”
“Sorry for worrying you, Father.”
“You have nothing to apologize to me for. Be good to Ami and Jeongho.”
“It should be. I feel sorry for Jung-ho especially, as well as Soon-ae. I have no face as a father.”
Did a mean thing to his son her, who was her adolescence her. Even though I couldn’t give him a hug, I couldn’t overcome the hardships and ended up slapping my son, so it was a sin that I couldn’t talk to him easily even after I came to my senses.
“I just need to know. You know how to do it well.”
Seo Man-sik waved his hand to stop talking about it. Seo Jae-hyeok bowed his head slightly in gratitude and apologetic to his elderly father.
“How did you name the baby who will be born soon? They say Tae-myeong is Happiness.”
“This is the name given by Jeong-ho. He hasn’t come up with a name yet.”
“I’m giving birth next month, but what if I can’t build it yet?”
“Father build it. I couldn’t come up with a good name.”
“… I?”
“Yes. The mother of the child also said that it is better for the father to build it.”
Seo Man-shik closed his eyes and was lost in thought. What name would be good for a child who will soon see the world? He is a precious child who reconnected the youngest son’s family, which almost collapsed once. He thought it over and he deserved a good name.
It was time for him to close his eyes and come up with meaningful names one by one.
“Jaehyuk-ah, come out quickly! Mr. Jesu!”
It was Jaepil Seo’s voice. When I rushed out the door, I saw Kim Sun-ae in the living room in pain.
*
Seo Joo-hwan and Seo Jeong-ho received the phone call and rushed into the house. I saw Kim Soon-ae moaning while holding her husband’s hand tightly.
“Mom!”
Seo Jeong-ho approached her mother, her face mixed with embarrassment and fear. She said she had one month left till the delivery date, but what does this mean.
Meanwhile, Seo Joo-hwan looked back at his father, who was relatively calmly sorting out the situation.
“Dad, what about the ambulance?”
“I called 5 minutes ago. They say he’ll be back soon.”
“Whoa. It’s New Year’s Eve, but I’m glad it is.”
Only then did Seo Joo-hwan let out a sigh of relief and soothe his surprised stomach his. What a surprise he was to be contacted.
‘Have you given birth at this time before the return?’
I do not know. At the time, I was living alone with my eyes closed and my ears blocked, so I didn’t hear anything. No, his parents told him, maybe he does n’t remember. At the time, he didn’t even attend the holiday party.
Anyway, that’s not what’s important now.
Seo Joo-hwan approached Kim Soon-ae, who was breathing heavily. And I removed Seo Jeong-ho’s hand from her that was holding my mother’s hand from her. Seo Jeong-ho looked back at him with surprised eyes.
“Brother?”
“Stay.”
Instead of explaining Katabuta, he held Kim Soon-ae’s hand and activated the ‘sacred touch’. The effect of the current A+ grade skill is incomparable to the previous one. The effect of the skill, which was renamed from Intermediate to Advanced, and from ‘Stability’ to ‘Tranquility’, was maximized.
“Little mother, how are you?”
“Haha. A little bit better…….”
“I’ll put my hand on your stomach.”
Still holding his left hand his, he carefully raised the other hand over his distended stomach hers.
‘Happiness, don’t worry. I was born safely last time, so I’ll be able to come out well this time too. Let’s not make it too hard for mom.’
Warm energy flowed through his palms. Could it have been passed on to the child? For some reason, the movement of the round and swollen stomach changed to regularity. At the same time, Kim Soon-ae’s face became noticeably more comfortable.
As everyone looked at the scene in amazement, an ambulance siren sounded.
*
Seo Joo-hwan, who has the special ability of the system, but there was nothing he could do other than relieve the pain. After her ambulance arrived, Soon-ae Kim was taken to the hospital.
Currently, Kim Soon-ae is exactly 35 weeks and 6 days pregnant. However, if she gave birth before 36 weeks, her child could be taken to the university hospital alone.
Two full days passed.
Soon-ae Kim felt intermittent contractions, and on the second day, her amniotic fluid burst. She was barely past 36 weeks.
Fortunately, she gave birth safely. Although she is a little short, the tests showed no abnormalities.
“Did the baby come out so quickly?”
“Because it’s second. Jung-ho, when you gave birth, the labor pains lasted much longer than 10 hours.”
It took less than 30 minutes for her child to come out, unlike how painful she was.
She muttered as if Seo Jeong-ho, who saw the baby in the newborn room, was amazed.
“It is very small.”
“It will be more so because I was born sooner.”
“I really became an older brother. Brother, how would you like to be an older brother?”
“How are you…….”
Seo Joo-hwan thought of Seo Joo-hee, who would be with Kim Soon-ae in the hospital room. His expression darkened strangely in her. I like it but I don’t like it, I hate it but it’s good, it’s annoying to death, but if it’s not there again, how can I express this regret?
Seo Jeong-ho asked with a fluttering face.
“Did you like it too?”
Seo Joo-hwan awkwardly nodded his head.
“Uh? Uh, uh gee, what Wouldn’t it be better to have than not have?”
“Happiness wants to hug you soon.”
“Are you still happy? Name is?”
“I heard that my grandfather built it, but I guess he hasn’t decided yet.”
Did they say that even a tiger would come if I told them? Seo Man-shik walked from the end of the hallway. I was with Jaepil Seo and Jaehyuk Seo.
Seo Man-sik said looking through her window.
“Haram. Her youngest child’s name is Seo Haram.”
“Are you Haram Seo?”
Seo Jeong-ho tilted his head and asked.
“What do you mean, Grandpa?”
“It is a pure Korean word with the meaning of ‘precious person sent by the sky. From my point of view, Haram is like a child sent by heaven to reunite your family.”
Seo Man-shik added while looking at Seo Jae-hyeok and Seo Jeong-ho.
“Raise them with care.”
“Yes, Father.”
“I will raise you well. Don’t worry, Grandpa.”
Seo Jae-hyeok flinched at Seo Jeong-ho’s words that followed, then looked at his son and said,
“… She is my daughter.”
“He is my younger brother.”
Seo Jeong-ho speaks without losing.
Seo Joo-hwan quickly stepped in between the two and said.
“He is also my cousin. Anyway, I hope Haram grows up healthy. Right? Is it not?”
The rich man looked back at Seo Haram and nodded heavily.
