A considerable silence followed. It was Junghyuk who broke the silence after a while.
“Well, I guess I don’t have a chance to feel loneliness more than anything else.”
Making such a statement, he looked so serious that it only heightened the impact for those witnessing.
“Ugh, lucky bastard. I feel lonely.”
Loneliness… The words passed through a corner of Junghyuk’s heart with renewed force.
One thing for sure, Junghyuk didn’t know what loneliness was. He couldn’t feel it because he didn’t know what it was. Perhaps that’s why. It seemed that there was no confusing period in his life as turbulent as when he learned about the existence of Yoo Dajeong and Yoo Siwoo.
Not knowing what it was, he couldn’t feel it, so perhaps. After meeting the two, he realized that his life was a lump coalesced with loneliness and deficiency. Come to think of it, he felt loneliness every moment.
“Listen to me for a moment. I had a meal with those guys I met at the middle school alumni gathering, and they brought their spouses along. Do you know them? No Jisoo, who was the class president in the second semester?”
Due to not paying attention, Junghyuk couldn’t recall when Junho’s lament began.
“Anyway, that No Jisoo was struggling with chopsticks and wrestling with sesame leaf pickles. So, I absentmindedly held the chopsticks for her. Oh, and then, her husband just stood there quietly, and what are you doing, grabbing that for her, he said! No, is it such a deadly sin? Huh? Say something.”
Junghyuk didn’t want to say anything.
It feels really happy. It’s true that I just reached that conclusion.
For a change, he was guarding the front of the kindergarten, and soon the children poured out through the entrance. They were five-year-olds corresponding to the lower grades.
Seeing the busy children shouting like little animals to find their own moms, Junghyuk suddenly remembered the five-year-old Yoo Siwoo coming out slowly from the distant memory. Thinking about it, Junghyuk burst into laughter.
After a while, the children from the upper grades appeared inside the entrance. Junghyuk quickly spotted his son.
Siwoo was calmly walking out of the entrance, talking with his friends. Seeing that, there was indeed a difference between seven and five years old.
If we had to compare, five-year-olds were like little animals. In contrast, around seven, even in small gestures, there was a sense of refinement and dignity.
“Yoo Siwoo.”
When Junghyuk raised his hand, Siwoo also smiled brightly. Then, cheerfully and briskly, he walked toward his dad. It was a moment when he missed the days of Wadada when he was five years old.
As soon as they met, Junghyuk gently ruffled his son’s hair and touched his cheek with his nose. Expressing affection for his seven-year-old son was always excessive.
Inside the returning car, Junghyuk swept his hand through his son’s hair and asked, “How was your day?”
“Um, it was good.”
Now, he spoke quite like an adult. While Siwoo looked out the flowing car window, Junghyuk gazed at his son’s face.
“Yoo Siwoo, starting tomorrow, Grandma from Yeoju is coming to pick you up. Can you behave well?”
Siwoo’s head, which was looking out the car window, quickly turned towards his dad.
“And what about Dad?”
“Dad also has to go to work now.”
“Uh, um… Is Dad’s vacation over too?”
“Yeah.”
When he mentioned taking parental leave, Siwoo seemed to understand the past two months as Dad’s vacation.
“Siwoo can do well! Because Siwoo… is going to school next year!”
Siwoo, who confidently answered, covered his mouth and chuckled. With only six months left until he entered elementary school, he was in a time full of anticipation for going to school.
By the way, my son is going to be an elementary school student?
Junghyuk found it difficult to decide whether to be happy or unhappy. He just felt sentimental about how quickly he had grown up.
Looking out the car window, Siwoo suddenly began to kick his feet and muttered, “I miss Cha Sha…”
Junghyuk chuckled. Siwoo, lost in his thoughts, was only thinking about a bee. It was surprising to see an older brother so fond of his younger sibling.
Not pouring attention onto one child simultaneously! This was the principle the couple decided on before Sia was born. After the birth of the younger sibling, the couple made a lot of efforts to distribute their attention to the children so that Siwoo wouldn’t feel left out.
When Dajeong fed Sia, Siwoo was Junghyuk’s responsibility. They played games and soccer together.
During the newborn stage, as it was unavoidable for the mother’s touch to be more needed, taking care of Siwoo naturally became Junghyuk’s responsibility. Junghyuk showered love on Sia when Siwoo was asleep or away at kindergarten.
Transitioning from the breastfeeding period, role reversal became more natural. When Dajeong focused on Siwoo, Junghyuk could freely adore Sia.
Thanks to these efforts, Siwoo not only did not feel jealous of his younger sibling but sometimes seemed to regard him with pity.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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