It’s already past 4 o’clock, almost 5. I came to this house at 12:30, so I’ve been here for 4 and a half hours already.

Hand-washing the wet clothes was the problem. Even after running the small dryer repeatedly, the clothes were still damp, perhaps because I didn’t wring them out before putting them in.

“Stop running the dryer. The humming noise is annoying!”

Woo Jin came out of the room into the living room, expressing his irritation. Because he sends all the laundry to the dry cleaners, he had forgotten there was even a dryer in the house.

But this woman kept running the dryer to dry her clothes, and whether it was unfamiliarity or not, that sound was terribly grating.

“The clothes need to dry so I can wear them and leave! Seol Woo Jin, you soaked all my underwear too!”

At the mention of underwear, Woo Jin’s face instantly turned red. Then she’s not wearing underwear right now…!

He quickly shook his head, but found himself stumbling over his words without realizing it.

“Aren’t, aren’t you wearing my clothes? Just wear those and go.”

“Seol Woo Jin. Do you know I’m wearing your T-shirt like a dress because my pants are wet too? How can I go home like this?”

“My T-shirt is… like a dress on you? Are you a dwarf?”

Even as he said this, he couldn’t bear the image that came to mind. To hide that he was affected, he deliberately sighed loudly as if for her to hear.

Not to be outdone, Soo Young also sighed and said.

“Haaaaaah….. Seol Woo Jin.”

“What?”

“Did you know that lately I’m most envious of Seol Woo Jin in the world?”

What is she talking about now? Woo Jin’s expression twisted involuntarily.

“Why? Dissatisfied because I look good?”

“That’s not it. There aren’t many people in the world who live saying everything they want to say like Seol Woo Jin. You won’t get stress-related illnesses, right?”

“Are you not saying everything you want to say?”

“Of course not! Do you know how much I hold back!”

From Woo Jin’s perspective, it seemed like she was also living saying everything she wanted to say, and he became slightly afraid of what more she would say if she didn’t hold back.

“If the problem is not having clothes, buy some. Online.”

“Will they come right away? Even at the fastest, they’ll come tomorrow. So annoying.”

Woo Jin thought about calling Yeon Seo, but soon gave up. She would be busy with the memorial service today, and there was no need to add to that. Not knowing what to do, the dryer noise seemed to get even louder.

“Anyway, turn that dryer off. It’s giving me a headache.”

“Then how am I supposed to go home!”

“You said it’s like a dress? Wear it like a dress and go!”

“Wow… just because it’s not your body…! Do you know how sexy I am right now? How can I ride the subway like this?”

He should have protested, but the sexy scene was already too much to bear, and when she herself said she was sexy, Woo Jin didn’t know what expression to make.

To hide his expression, Woo Jin quickly rubbed his forehead with his large hand and turned towards the room. And as he hurriedly entered the room, he bumped his shoulder on the doorframe.

A cry escaped involuntarily, but he covered his mouth with his hand and closed the door.

At his suddenly flustered appearance, Soo Young wondered if she had done something wrong and blankly stared at the tightly closed door.

A moment later, suddenly the phone rang. It was an unknown number.

“Hello?”

− The dry cleaner’s number should be somewhere. Take it there.

It was Woo Jin. No, why was he calling while in the room… But since he was such an unpredictable person, Soo Young just went along with it and answered.

“If I take it now, will it come back today?”

− If it can’t come today, then stay overnight.

“What?”

− You said you can’t go home, right?

Whoa… Suddenly her heart went crazy. Sleeping with… David’s statue? Of course, he probably didn’t mean sleeping together, but the scene of lying side by side in bed came to mind and Soo Young let out a silent scream.

− Breathe.

Woo Jin’s soft voice was heard, but she couldn’t manage to answer.

“Huh… huh… huh?”

− I said breathe.

“I, I am breathing!”

− Just try taking it there. Tell them to do it as fast as possible. Well, if you absolutely must stay overnight, don’t force yourself.

“When did I…!”

But before she could finish her sentence, the call abruptly ended. However, Soo Young remained dazed for a moment, still holding her phone. If she can’t find the number… she’ll stay overnight!

She thought she might get a beating from her mother, but it seemed worth it even if she got beaten to death.

“Where is… that number…”

Soo Young slowly started looking for the number.

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It wasn’t because she was slow, there really was no number. She turned off the noisy dryer that he had complained about. She took out the wet clothes and hung them on the veranda, then started looking for the number again.

Thinking of searching for dry cleaners in this neighborhood, she called all the dry cleaners listed on the map, but they all said it couldn’t be done today.

At first she just said okay and hung up, but somehow afraid of being misunderstood for not trying her best, she picked up her phone again.

As it happened, the place that answered asked if it would be okay to bring them around 10 PM.

She readily agreed, but somehow felt a bit empty inside and briefly scolded herself. I shouldn’t have… looked at David’s statue…

But for some reason, there was no word from the dry cleaner who said they would come pick up the laundry. This won’t do. I need to let him know that I did my best to get it done.

Just as she was about to pick up her phone to make a call again, Woo Jin came into the kitchen.

“I’m hungry.”

“What?”

It was more surprising that the words “I’m hungry” kept coming out of his mouth than the fact that it was already dinner time.

When she first met him, she had to beg him to eat, but now he asks for food like a child at every meal.

“What, what should we eat?”

“Gimbap.”

“What?”

“I want to eat gimbap.”

The tteokbokki and gimbap they had for lunch were all menus she had bought before. There were lots of lunch boxes in the fridge. They should eat those too.

“You don’t eat the lunch boxes at all? Won’t they all go bad and have to be thrown away?”

“The lunch boxes don’t taste good. Make me gimbap.”

“…What?”

“I said make me gimbap.”

“You mean buy it?”

“Can’t you understand what I’m saying? I said make it.”

“I don’t know how to make gimbap. And we don’t have the ingredients either!”

“Order from the mart. The number should be somewhere.”

“You keep saying the number is somewhere but there is no number! I looked up the dry cleaner’s number myself and called.”

“…You did? I saw Ji Hyun ordering from the mart. They delivered quickly.”

Woo Jin muttered as he turned and left the kitchen. Soo Young glared at his broad back.

But suddenly that distinctive voice of his phone was heard from the living room. As usual, it was too fast to understand what was being said. Is that how he uses his phone, listening to what the phone says?

From what I saw on YouTube, Korean phones don’t have voice support, and everyone uses American phones because they work well. I suddenly wondered if his phone was one of those too.

Soo Young suddenly picked up her phone and checked his outgoing number. After clicking to add a new contact and saving the number, she pondered what to write in the name field.

Landlord? Seol Woo Jin? Then she carefully touched the screen. Da, vi, d.

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Knowing that Chairman Seol valued the memorial service for his second son, relatives who wanted to impress him gathered at Chairman Seol’s house from early evening.

It was with the intention of showing sincerity, even if they didn’t bow in front of the memorial table.

While talking with relatives, when his phone rang, Ji Hyun excused himself. It was Woo Jin.

Hoping that maybe he was calling to say he would come, Ji Hyun quickly pressed the call button.

− What’s the mart number?

As soon as he answered, Woo Jin asked abruptly.

“What?”

− The mart number.

“What mart?”

− The one you ordered from when you came to our house that time. They delivered right away. What’s that mart’s phone number?

“Why? Do you need something?”

− Just tell me the number. I’ll order myself.

“…You? Directly?”

− Yeah.

This was a first.

He who disliked contact with others, let alone phone calls, was going to call the mart and order things himself. Ji Hyun gave him the mart’s phone number with a somewhat excited feeling.

− Thanks. Hanging up.

Even after the call ended, Ji Hyun stood there dumbly for a while. He was surprised that Woo Jin said he would order himself, and then he even said thank you.

Thank you… When was the last time I heard those words?

It seems like the child is getting better, but he’s changing too suddenly, which is a bit worrying. What if Soo Young suddenly disappears? Then what?

As his chest warmed but his back felt chilly, someone hugged him warmly from behind as he shivered slightly.

“What are you doing here?”

It was his beloved wife.

“Ah, Woo Jin asked for the mart number.”

“Why the mart number?”

“Seems like he wants to order something.”

“Young master himself?”

His wife repeated the same words Ji Hyun had said earlier. Ji Hyun chuckled and nodded.

“Yeah.”

“Ooh!”

Knowing the meaning of his wife’s exclamation, Ji Hyun turned and hugged her lightly.

“I, I should go visit young master’s house tomorrow.”

Yeon Seo suddenly said in an excited voice.

“Why?”

“To see that young lady.”

Ji Hyun quickly separated from her and said urgently.

“Soo Young? No. Don’t go.”

“Why not? I’m really curious… And I should cheer her on too. Oh right, there’s something I need to find out too!”

“Find out what?”

Then Yeon Seo stood on her tiptoes and whispered softly in Ji Hyun’s ear.

“I need to see if she likes young master.”

“How can you find that out?”

“I can tell by looking at her eyes.”

“Eyes? How can you tell by looking at eyes?”

“They’ll be like my eyes. Eyes in love.”

His wife’s eyes were so bright as she said this that he felt he could immediately understand what kind of eyes she meant by eyes in love. Ji Hyun’s lips naturally pressed against her forehead before pulling away.

“Don’t say anything weird when you go.”

“I won’t say anything weird. I said I’ll just look at her eyes!”

Afraid the in-laws might hear, Yeon Seo chirped like a small bird and hugged her husband’s waist tightly.

Ji Hyun became newly curious if Soo Young had melted Woo Jin’s heart with this kind of endless aegyo, just as his wife’s aegyo had melted his heart.

However, aegyo was a different world altogether for Soo Young. She was laughing in disbelief at the mountain of gimbap ingredients in front of her.

Are they sending this to some school to make group gimbap, or are they going to sell it in front of a subway station at dawn? What am I supposed to do with all these ingredients?

Just then, the person who had ordered all these ingredients delivered walked slowly into the kitchen. As expected, even his walking posture was different from an ordinary person. That leisureliness.

“Is it done?”

“How can it be done? I told you I don’t know how to make gimbap! Why did you just order ingredients like this instead of ordering gimbap…”

“If you don’t know how to make it, I’ll make it for you.”

“What?”

“I said I’ll make it for you. I know how to make it. Just prepare the ingredients that don’t need cooking like pickled radish, ham, carrots, cucumbers, tuna… I’ll roll it.”

“Really?”

“Yeah.”

“Do you want to eat gimbap that badly?”

“Yeah.”

“Suddenly?”

“Yeah. Suddenly.”

“Huh…”

As if entranced by his gaze, Soo Young prepared the ingredients and put them in separate bowls. It didn’t take long to prepare the carrots, pickled radish, burdock root, sesame leaves, seaweed, warmed rice, and tuna.

Soon Woo Jin pressed the rice firmly onto the seaweed with his large hands, then placed the ingredients one by one and pressed firmly as he rolled. Like magic, one roll of gimbap was completed.

Soo Young watched the magical gimbap-making process without blinking.

“Did it, turn out okay?”

He asked, looking at Soo Young.

“Yes. Did you really make that without looking? It’s really well made! Even without those, those rolling mats…”

“Yeah? That’s good. Then cut it.”

“What?”

“You have nothing to do. At least do the cutting.”

“I prepared all the ingredients!”

“I rolled it all. You look like you’ll eat about five rolls, and I only need one, so I still have to roll five more. I’m busy, so you hurry and cut.”

While Soo Young was too dumbfounded to speak, Woo Jin started rolling gimbap again, purely by the feel of his hands. He looked almost like a gimbap master.