NOVEL NEXT chapter 25
25 – I made a mistake
“Mother? Uh… what? Is Hansol your mother?”
“…… “
Gu Min-seop looked at me and Yoon-a Lee in turn and asked.
But neither I nor Yoona Lee could answer his question.
In an unexpected meeting, we were just staring at each other in a daze.
“Uh… I guess so. They both have similar faces… “
“No!! … My, not my mother That, just… Someone you know The words came out wrong.”
In place of the stupid head that couldn’t think of anything, the first word of negation came out of his mouth.
Instinctively I wanted to hide from my only friend.
A horrible childhood I don’t even want to think about.
“Oh, or not, why are you screaming… “
“… Hey, Minseob. You go first I’m meeting ‘this person’ after a long time… The two of you have something to talk about.”
“What? No, what is it all of a sudden?”
“Please. Now, don’t ask and go.”
“… Yeah, got it. Instead, tell me tomorrow… No, just see you tomorrow.”
“Thank you.”
“Instead, come to school earlier than I really do tomorrow and wait for you? Or will you really die?”
“… Yes, I will.”
Gu Min-seop smiled and said that, then turned his back on me.
He didn’t ask me anything I didn’t want to talk about and even tried to lighten my mood with a joke.
It’s something I’ve always felt, but he’s a friend I’m really thankful for.
After shaking her hand at him as he walked away, I turned her head to Yuna Lee.
At some point, a middle-aged man stood beside her with a worried face.
“So… Where shall we go and talk? Should you go with them too?”
“… No, you don’t have to. Would you like to go home first? I’m going to talk to this kid for a while.”
At Lee Yoon-ah’s words, the man withdrew.
I followed her into the franchise cafe.
I ordered Cold Brew Americano and Yoona Lee ordered Cold Brew Latte.
Of course, Yoona Lee made the payment.
“… You already drink coffee.”
“It’s common these days. Even at 14.”
“… Okay. Anyway… How have you been?”
“I’m doing better than back then. Although something bad has happened recently.”
“I heard about Seung-ah. I didn’t go to the funeral there because I didn’t feel like going there… “
“That’s right. It was not a place her mom would come to.”
“… Yes, it is.”
Even after that, Yoona Lee asked me a lot of questions.
“You are very tall… How much is it?”
“A little over 170.”
“You’ve grown so much… Are you not sick?”
“Yes, even though my father is such a human being, he seems to have inherited the body well.”
“I see… Have you made many friends?”
“… Well, in moderation.”
Lee Yoon-ah asks questions as if she were really a parent.
Could it really be that during these 8 years, Lee Yoon-ah has had a change of heart?
In my previous life, I hadn’t been like that since I was 14 years old, but this time, living apart from me, I might have really reflected on it.
She continues to smile awkwardly as she continues her words, this time she asked a question from my side.
“Is the person you were with someone you are seeing these days?
“That, that’s right… ? Ah! But it’s not like we met lightly like before! We live together now… He also treats me well… He’s a good person anyway.”
“Who said what? … Anyway, your mother seems to be doing well.”
In the end, I think this was the right answer for us.
To live apart from each other.
Me and Yoona Lee hated each other so much when we lived together, but now we can have a normal conversation like this.
I had nothing more to say, so I got up.
“It’s enough if we live well together. Then I will go now. The mother and the uncle… “
“Wait a minute!”
“Why? Shall we exchange numbers? Anyway, contact me anyway… “
“Not that… Ooh, would you like to live with us?”
“… I beg your pardon?”
Unbelievable words came out of Yoona Lee’s hesitant mouth.
No matter how long we haven’t seen each other, even if our negative feelings for each other melt away, to this extent?
… But no matter how much she has such a mind, I’m not.
Even if my resentment toward Lee Yoon-ah has faded, it doesn’t mean I’ve developed positive feelings.
I don’t think I’ll live with Lee Yoon-ah because of her big body, but that doesn’t mean I’m comfortable living with her.
Besides, Yoona Lee said that she just said that she is living with the man.
There’s nothing good about me getting stuck between them.
In the first place, I have no intention of leaving Ara’s house.
I told Yuna Lee her words of rejection.
“… That doesn’t sound like much.”
“Why, why?! Even though we’ve had such a thing in the past… We are family! It also shared blood… “
“It seems like you’ve become a little over-emotional since we haven’t seen each other in a while. Is there anything good about us living together again? Just forget each other and live as we do now. We’re good right now, each other.”
After saying that, I got up from my seat.
Lee Yoon-ah grabbed my arm as it passed by her, clinging to it.
“Wait! So, can you tell me something? Because I’m begging you… “
“… Tell me? To whom?”
“Ha, Han-sol, you know the person you are indebted to right now. That, CEO Yoo Jae-joon… “
“What do you say to him? What does your mother have to say to the boss? Please come and take good care of me… “
If that’s the case, it really has to come now.
Several years have passed since then, but now she is my real mother…
However, Lee Yoon-ah’s subsequent words were completely different from those, disgusting words.
“It’s not me, is that guy from before? He actually runs a small company… So, Hansol asked you to talk to me so that I could meet with your boss… “
“… You want me to introduce your girlfriend to the boss? Lee Yoon-ah, was that the reason you asked me to live with you?”
“Hey, why does he say that… It’s just that my son lives in a rich family, so I’m asking for help from this mother… “
“Ha! Mom… ? You know that I really think of you as a mother because I call you a mother, but the only one I really think of as a mother is my wife… You are worse than everyone else!”
What else did I expect from this woman?
In the end, all the words that seemed to be worried about me and asked me to live together were just words I said because I wanted to connect with my guardian, Yoo Jae-joon.
Yoona Lee pointed at me and yelled, as if my words were getting hotter.
“What? Han Seung-ah is your mother? I don’t know what she heard from that hypocritical b*tch, but you’ve just been duped! She said that she’s that girl chess! She said that the reason she died was because of that kind of karma, and she died!”
“You… How dare you say that to him… ?”
At the words of insulting his benefactor, Han Seung-ah, the heat rose in his head.
I didn’t feel any pain even when I clenched my fists.
Her head was full of only the urge to beat Lee Yoon-ah to death.
“Sol, you can’t do that.”
“… Uh?”
My raised arm was blocked by a small touch.
I turned around at the familiar voice and Ara was standing behind me.
“Yooara… why are you here… “
“I left early because I wasn’t feeling well. I was walking and Sol saw you and came in.”
“I don’t feel well… ?”
Considering her words that she was sick, Ara was gasping for a little bit, but other than that, she seemed fine.
If you were really sick and left early, wouldn’t it have been better to call a car right away from school and go home?
Without time to think about the answer to this question, Ara grabbed my hand and dragged me.
“Let’s go home, Sol. You are in such a bad state right now.”
“Oh no, wait… “
The fever that had risen in my body suddenly cooled down, and I felt dizzy and lost all my strength.
I was dragged away without being able to resist Ara’s small hand.
As soon as we left the cafe, Lee Yoon-ah, who had been staring blankly at us as we walked away, hurriedly followed her and blocked her path.
“What, what are you! It suddenly appears and does it on its own… Won’t you let go of her hand!?”
“… What is it, we’re old friends, don’t I know? And of course she won’t let go. Sol is my family’s child.”
“My family… ? Uh? You can’t… “
“Long time no see? Can I call you a real lady now? Right, ma’am?”
Ara gave a cold smile to Yoona Lee, as if she still remembers the only time she met her when she was 6 years old.
Lee Yoon-ah seemed to be unsure of what to do. She stiffened and did not move.
“Well, I’m not very happy with the lady, so I’ll leave. And with Sol… Don’t even think about seeing us again.”
“No, wait… “
“Oh, right! I heard about it earlier, but her auntie’s lover said she wanted to meet my dad, right? I’m sorry, but my dad doesn’t talk about business with someone who doesn’t have eyes for choosing a woman like an ajumma. Please refer to this?”
“…… “
I heard a crash behind us as we walked hand in hand with her.
I’m really done with Yoona Lee.
From now on, even if we run into each other, we won’t even pretend to know each other.
… I should have just done that.
For no reason, I only had bad memories.
I have no strength in my body as if I have body aches.
“… Thank you yara If it wasn’t for you, I would have gone to juvenile detention, really.”
“Whoops, that shouldn’t be the case. Anyway, can Sol-yi be without me?”
“… It seems like that. When it comes to Lee Yoon-ah, I always get your help.”
“Good job if you know~ Now, let’s take a taxi.”
“Yes… Oh, come to think of it… “
“Come to think of it?”
“No… I don’t remember very well.”
“What is it? Does that make you curious?”
I feel like I can remember something, but I can’t.
The man who was with Yoona Lee seemed to resemble someone I had seen before.
… Seeing as I don’t remember, he probably wasn’t an important person.
———-
“Then Sol, can you get some rest? I’ll wake you up for dinner.”
“Yes… Thank you for today.”
“… What is this between us?”
After letting her exhausted Hansol into the room, Ara went into her room and lay down on the bed.
I felt exhausted in my body.
‘… I made a mistake.’
It was a lie, of course, that I left early because I was not feeling well.
When she receives a text message from Gu Min-seop saying that her Han-sol met the woman she called her mother, A-ra ran out to find her Han-sol without thinking about her afterlife.
She knows, of course, that King Yu-chul isn’t watching her even on the street, but this kind of sudden action is not good.
Returning home alone with Hansol will be reported through the eyes of the servants at home.
It’s a trivial thing, but when each of these small things accumulates, you can’t help but be suspicious.
‘Why does the body move without countermeasures when the brush is working? ‘
Frustrated with herself, Ara came out with the idea of her drinking even her cold water.
When I went to the kitchen, Jaejun, her father, had come into the house for some reason.
“Father? Are you at home today?”
“I stopped by because I forgot something. She is Ara She came earlier than you were told.”
“I left early. Meanwhile, she came with Sol.”
“Leave early… ? Ara, where are you sick?”
“It’s just mild menstrual cramps. Came a little rough today… It was a bigger deal for Sally than me. She met Yoona Lee.”
Ara, who took care of Jaejun’s words of concern about her, told him the story of Lee Yuna.
Jaejun made a bitter face.
“… She hasn’t changed that woman either. If you happen to meet by chance.”
“For now, Sol is sleeping… He is in shock and has no strength.”
“Yes. Then, for dinner tonight, the two of you, let’s eat something that strengthens us.”
“… What about your father? Are you late today?”
“… Okay.”
After Seung-ah’s death, Jae-joon became more immersed in his work.
It’s also because of overlapping busy times, but… He was also meant to forget bad things.
I feel sorry for my father. Ara gave him a small hug and said.
“Father, I will try too.”
“You just need to be healthy. And… I hope you do as you please. Whether it’s your studies or your future… Be it love.”
“… I am already doing what I want.”
The father and daughter, who had different ideas, hugged each other for a long time.