9. Meet-and-greet

I don’t know if I should say good or bad…

Kyung Hee had definitely changed insidiously.

It was good to say that he had both cunning and slyness to the extent that he could not be called a rabbit before.

Even while eating lunch like this, there was a fuss that he would feed them while acting cute.

And whenever I got a chance, I would pretend not to know and say something suggestive.

There was a time when I replied back because I thought it would calm down if I answered it, but I couldn’t help but be surprised when I replied back as if it were natural.

It was on a different level from the naive look that didn’t know anything.

“So you don’t like it?”

“No, I don’t hate it.”

Kyung-hee, who got into the agent’s car and leaned on my shoulder, nodded slowly.

Then, as if to make sure he answered well, he started rubbing my arm with his head.

Seeing her ears prick up, it was clear that she was secretly expecting it.

“It’s actually good.”

“I knew you would say that.”

“But, not outside.”

“Can’t go outside? Then, it means you can do it at home.”

“I don’t have anything to say about that, but please refrain from going outside.”

“Okay.”

I looked ahead, wondering if I might have interfered with the agent, but luckily it didn’t seem like a big deal.

Agent Park Tae-ho turned on the engine as usual and started driving.

Originally, I would have walked to the bus stop and then took the bus to the terminal.

And from the terminal, I must have taken the express bus to my house.

However, thanks to Kyung Hee’s persuasion that it was necessary, he had no choice but to change his route.

“Isn’t it inconvenient? No matter how much it is, it uses an NIS agent as a driver…”

“I’m fine. Rather, it’s what I’m going to say.”

“is that so…..?”

“Yes. I’ll take care of Jangyu comfortably, so you can talk without worrying about me.”

I was really sorry, but I nodded my head for now.

He said he wasn’t uncomfortable, because he couldn’t say anything.

So I just asked him to tell me if there was any inconvenience and took Kyung-hee’s hand.

Fortunately, the entire trip to Jangyu was an uneventful trip.

“Then I’ll go back first.”

“goodbye.”

“Call me if anything happens.”

After arriving in Jangyu like that, as agreed in advance, Agent Park Tae-ho was sent back.

It’s not just a few days, it’s because I plan to be in Jangyu for two weeks.

During that migration, it was impossible to keep Agent Park Tae-ho on standby.

I didn’t even need an agent in the first place, because Kyung-hee deliberately forced me to do it to deceive me.

Once again, with an apologetic heart, I saw off Agent Park Tae-ho and turned on my phone screen.

“Call me?”

“No, I told you the arrival time in advance. But, I asked you to contact me just in case.”

“yes?”

“yes.”

“yes……?”

Kyung Hee blinked anxiously.

As if she was worried about seeing her parents-in-law, she shuddered while rubbing her hair while contacting them.

It was to the point where I wondered if my ears would have gone down if I had taken off my hat.

Still holding her hand, Kyunghee seemed to be calming down.

It wasn’t long before I laughed and said I didn’t buy condoms.

“You’re a little late.”

“what?”

“He said that he would feed them first, and that he would come by car.”

“By any chance, is that the car?”

Kyunghee reached out and pointed at a black SUV.

My father’s car was hit. It was a car I bought after convincing my mother that I would go out with friends from hometown.

I even checked the number, so that was my father’s car.

Besides, it was certain because he stood in front of us.

Even after checking this far, there was a reason I couldn’t believe it.

“……………..”

“Son! Why are you standing there blankly?”

“Dad?”

“Ah, it was cool.”

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other, and both of them are dressed up.

Even though my father told me to cut it like that, he shaved off all the beard and even tidied up his hair.

Even that wasn’t enough, so he wore a high-class suit that he only wears when meeting people with high positions.

My mother also took out the clothes she hadn’t worn in a few times and put on her makeup properly before coming.

Originally, she was pretty even without makeup, so she just went around lightly.

Fortunately, I was originally a boy, so I was able to move quickly, but…

“……ah.”

Kyung-hee was completely frozen and couldn’t even come to his senses.

Well, just because it was a meeting, I wouldn’t have thought it that important.

You would have thought that we were just meeting each other, talking, and eating.

It was embarrassing to even call it a meeting.

To be honest, I didn’t expect both of my parents to be so sincere.

I thought I could just talk moderately at home.

But since you came out like this, I felt good.

I wanted to know that you valued Kyunghee that much.

Of course, I felt like I had to take care of Kyunghee first.

“Open the trunk, please.”

“Uh, son.”

“Kyung-hee. Stay inside.”

“Huh? Huh? Shi, Siwoo, you…?”

“Why? Ah.”

I knew it when I saw the strange smile on my father’s face.

It was a signal to get into the passenger seat so that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law could talk.

It was an expression that said if you don’t like it, don’t you know, but it was a dilemma.

Thinking of going while talking to your mother-in-law, do you take care of Kyung-hee, who has hardened as a burden?

Or do you raise the hand of a father who wants to talk with his son next to him after a long time.

Again, there was only one option.

“Siouyaa!”

“I’ll ride in the back when you come.”

“You’re too…!”

Kyeong-hee cried with an expression that she had been betrayed.

But I couldn’t help it.

There are more people who are happy if I ride in the passenger seat.

And since her mother was a kind person anyway, it seemed that Kyung-hee would feel free to talk to her.

Of course, it was my imagination, but Kyung-hee, who looked in the rearview mirror, was in the same state as when we first met.

It’s a state of hardening and smiling.

Then, when you tap it, it is in a robot-like state that only responds routinely as if it had waited.

In the past, it was more burdensome than that, but now it’s just cute.

It’s because I’m hardened by the pressure of having to look good for my mother-in-law.

Fortunately, my mother seemed to understand that, and opened the door with a casual conversation.

“son.”

“Yes, Dad.”

“You’re good at it. You bring your daughter-in-law from abroad.”

“hahahaha……..”

The father let out a long sigh and complained, “Where has everyone’s cute son gone?”

It seemed like yesterday when he boasted to his friends and mother’s friends that he was a toddler.

He joked that he was bringing his daughter-in-law when he was already grown up.

So I joked face to face.

Then, my son is already in his second year of college, so did you think he wouldn’t have a girlfriend?

He joked in a way to lighten the mood, saying that he had a good relationship with him because he resembled his father.

Fortunately, the atmosphere seemed to have eased up, so Kyung-hee carefully straightened her face and smiled.

I wondered what would happen if Kyung-hee talked for a long time about a topic that she couldn’t talk about well, but it was fortunate.

Before long, the topic changed to what happened to me as a child.

It seemed like it would be a useful time for Kyung-hee, who was interested in me but didn’t know much about me.

Of course, rehearsing the dark history of my childhood was never pleasant.

I was taken to the emergency room because I had a stomachache after eating this and that.

I tried to raise a puppy, but eventually gave up because I was tired of playing with my father’s friend’s dog.

We spent a lot of time talking about various topics.

He also listened to the stories his father had heard about mutants.

The pros and cons of the life of a mutated person that Kyung-hee talks about were also interesting.

Even though we were just talking, the time flew by.

Kyeong-hee’s face turned pale as she continued to talk with a smile on her face.

I couldn’t help but be surprised.

As if he was really determined to impress his daughter-in-law, the restaurant he arrived at was a famous fine dining restaurant.

A high-class restaurant that costs several hundred thousand won for a meal.

Kyeong-hee was stiff as before, and only rolled her eyes here and there.

In the end, Kyunghee said straight away that she had made up her mind.

“I’ll do the math.”

However, they were not parents who would let Kyung-hee calculate.

No matter how much it is, Kyung-hee’s words were ignored, saying that it is not polite to make a daughter-in-law spend money at a meeting.

Kyeong-hee sank at the end of her father’s words that there was nothing owed because there was something exchanged anyway.

Still, Kyeong-hee put on a complicated expression, probably wondering if it was okay to write this much on herself.

Of course, apart from that, I have to lower it slowly, but since I didn’t wear a hat, I rolled up my ears.

I put on my hat and parked in a suitable place, and as soon as I got off, Kyung-hee came into my arms.

“Oh, it’s okay, right?”

“Of course. Kyunghee, you spent more money.”

“But if you spend this much on me… it’s not like I don’t have money…”

“It’s the heart. Just pretend you don’t know.”

“Is that going to work?”

“If you’re nervous, can I buy you coffee later?”

“……..ah!”

Kyung-hee smiled brightly when she saw the coffee shops lined up around her.

This is on the valley side, so there were many coffee shops that used the surrounding scenery.

Of course, it was aimed at people who did not just eat and finish, but also went to drink coffee.

And your parents will even think about drinking coffee.

Of course, he wasn’t sure if he would go to the coffee shop or not, but it was good to calm her down.

There must be times when good intentions are accepted straight away.

Well, that was one of Kyung Hee’s charms.