With a face that seemed to cry, Yumi glared at Isu. Today, she even smiled kindly and called her sister, so Isu couldn’t figure out why she was acting like that.
Isu and Yumi didn’t talk about that day at all. Both of them felt awkward talking about it.
“No, there’s nothing particular to say. Are you doing well without any trouble?”
“Yeah.”
“During the vacation, is there only volunteer work, and nothing else?”
Instead of answering, Isu stared at Yumi for a moment. She couldn’t figure out why she kept asking questions in a roundabout way.
“Well, it’s the same every vacation. Aren’t you going on a trip this vacation? You used to go with your mom every summer.”
Since Yumi knew that Isu went to London every vacation, she might have been curious about that. Without providing a detailed answer, Isu, instead, asked Yumi.
Wondering what kind of lie she would tell.
“Uh, uh… Me?”
Either not thinking that Isu would ask or pretending to be surprised, Yumi replied, “If we meet at the airport, how surprised will you be? You’re only flustered by such a simple question.”
Isu seemed to have just found a way to quickly get Yumi out of the house.
“Where did you decide to go this time? A resort? Or a tourist spot? Oh, didn’t you want to go on a trip to Europe?”
“Did I say that?”
“It seemed like you did, didn’t you?”
As Isu continued to stare at her with an inquisitive expression, Yumi’s pupils shook slightly.
“If she finds out that I’m going to my brother’s house, she might be really surprised. Should I just tell her? Especially if I let her know that I’ll be there the same day as my brother, how would Isu react?”
Yumi wanted to boast in front of Isu. She wanted to see Isu’s face flustered at least once.
“But if Isu knows in advance, she might stop me from going. So I have to keep it a secret until I go. I can tell her later after I go to London.”
“Yeah, no.”
Suddenly, Yumi stood up.
“Oh! That’s right. I forgot I have plans. I’ll go now. Thanks for the water.”
“Sure. Then you should go now.”
“Yeah. I’ll come again next time.”
Leaving words that were not sweet at all to Isu, Yumi left.
“Wow, it’s really delicious. I wanted to try the sushi here too.”
“You would have liked it. It was worth it.”
Isu, who likes sushi, had intentionally brought sushi from a famous restaurant far away for her.
“Did Yumi used to come here often?”
“No. She came once on the day I moved. It was the first time since then. I was surprised too.”
Isu nodded while putting a piece of sushi in her mouth. The chewy texture was excellent.
“Did she mention going to London?”
“No. She didn’t talk about it. It seems like she deliberately didn’t say anything. Well, we’ll find out soon anyway.”
“Um… Isu. I didn’t ask my mom pretending not to know, but if Sumin’s aunt comes to London, she’ll probably keep staying at our house. My mom won’t tell her to stay at a hotel after inviting her.”
While watching Isu eat deliciously, Jiho said. While Isu’s sushi decreased by half, Jiho hadn’t eaten half of it yet.
“You’ll be staying with Yumi at our house. If you’re concerned about that, I’ll stay at a hotel.”
Jiho felt very sorry for unintentionally hurting Isu’s feelings on Yumi’s birthday. It wasn’t intentional this time either, but he couldn’t help but feel uneasy about staying in the same house with Yumi during their time in London, so he wondered how Isu would feel.
“Well…”
Isu hadn’t thought that far.
She didn’t know how Yumi felt right now, but Jiho wouldn’t be swayed by Yumi. Was it necessary to worry about it to that extent?
“No. I appreciate you thinking of me, but don’t do that.”
“If it bothers you even a little, tell me. I can stay at a hotel.”
“If your son, who came home after a long time, says he’ll stay at a hotel, your parents will surely feel disappointed. Just stay at home. There’s no need to make them upset because of me.”
Isu wasn’t happy with this situation either, but she thought it couldn’t be helped.
“I trust you. So, it’s really okay.”
At least it seemed that Isu wouldn’t be jealous of Yumi.
Looking at Jiho, who checked several times, Isu met his eyes as if to assure him and said.
Isu filled her stomach and sat down on the sofa with a relaxed body.
The fever seemed to have subsided thanks to the fever reducer, but her body still felt heavy, as if she had caught a cold.
Leaning against the sofa with a remote control in her hand, Isu flipped through TV channels.
Then her hand stopped on a certain screen.
Icon of the nation’s first love, Lee Hanna, was on air, participating in an interview for a while.
Several actors who appeared in a movie recently released were answering questions together.
Among them, the lead actress Lee Hanna received the most questions.
“Hanna, let’s finish the questions related to the movie. You mentioned your first love in a recent interview. Are you still unable to forget that person?”
“Oh, well…”
“Oh my! You’re serious. Wow, I’m so curious about who that person is!”
Even another woman, seeing the very pretty woman blushing because she hasn’t forgotten her first love, commented.
Jiho, who had washed his hands, sat down next to the sofa.
Following Isu’s gaze, Jiho watched the screen, narrowed his eyes slightly, and turned his head.
“Hanna can’t forget her first love. I guess she might send a video letter to that man now.”
With an interesting expression, Isu, without taking her eyes off the screen, said.
“Isu, let’s watch something else.”
“What?”
In an instant, Jiho picked up the remote control on the coffee table and changed the channel.
With a slightly puzzled look at Isu’s firm attitude, a new movie was just starting on the channel Jiho turned to.
“Let’s watch this. I realized that we haven’t watched a movie together at the theater yet. Shall we watch a movie at the theater next time?”
Jiho, who returned with a gentle look, asked Isu.
“Sure.”
“Come here. Let’s watch comfortably.”
Jiho, pulling Isu into his arms, lay down on the wide sofa.
Isu lay down in Jiho’s embrace, holding hands, and said.
“But, I find it so comfortable and nice to watch like this.”
Jiho chuckled, hugging Isu tightly.
“Well, come to think of it, I think this is better.”
Isu felt Jiho’s warm body temperature through her back.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
