Considering giving it to him, but if she accepted, it seemed that there would be no end, so she reluctantly accepted it with the tips of her thumb and forefinger.
“By the way, why did you come looking for me all of a sudden? I thought you would have been thrown out just as you are, treating an old man like me so rudely……!”
While grumbling, San belatedly conveyed the news of Moa and Il-lee to the White Old Man.
“Parents…”
The one who had a bit of a cloudy end to his words opened his mouth again.
“Have passed away.”
There were remnants of a soul left in Gang’s body, but physically, it was no different from death, so it was appropriate to convey it that way.
There was no time to explain the situation in detail.
“…What?”
The eyes of the White Old Man, who received the news, widened in surprise.
Although he never blinked an eye at most world events, he was stunned by the news of Moa and Il-lee for a while.
With a disheveled face, he sighed as if deeply regretful, having just finished smoking a cigarette.
“Your parents knew it would end up like this, but they still gave birth to you.”
“…….”
“So live. Live splendidly, even taking your parents’ share.”
In response to the White Old Man’s words, San quietly smiled.
“Now, show me what you brought. Your expression looked suspicious.”
The man, who had been unable to take his eyes off the alcohol San had brought, revealed his eagerness.
Upon hearing that, San gently smiled and said, “It’s soobaekju, the one you like, sir.”
“Oh, really! Are you teasing an old man? Both you and I are outcasts from Heaven, so how did you manage to get celestial alcohol?”
“It’s a bottle I received from my mother.”
Soobaekju was a drink made from the water of the Hwaguk, the heavenly river.
The White Old Man loved that drink, but unfortunately, he couldn’t have it anymore.
So, there was nothing strange about his eyes lighting up.
“Quick, give it to me! I need to check if it’s real so I can taste it……!”
He jumped up with regret, but San swiftly took the bottle from him.
“Don’t fool an old man like that with your youthful mischief.”
“If you listen to my request first, I’ll give it to you then.”
“What did you say?!”
Though disappointed, the White Old Man jumped up, but faced with San’s stern gaze, he reluctantly held back his tongue.
“Then don’t dawdle and tell me quickly, you rotten brat!”
The White Old Man, who visited Gang’s house with San, glanced at the messy balcony window.
“You’ve really wrecked this place. It’s not an ordinary person who breaks down a balcony window like this. It must be someone who has completely lost their mind and gone beyond normal.”
In a world where there was nothing good to see, it was rare for someone to leave such clear traces of their existence.
So, an involuntary tension gripped them.
Meanwhile, San checked on Gang’s condition with Romi.
“How is he?”
“He’s just sleeping.”
“He hasn’t woken up at all?”
“No.”
As she nodded, preparing to sit by Gang, Romi jumped back, surprised.
Crack!
Without noticing, she had sat on the White Old Man’s knees, who had been sitting there silently.
“Where is this beast sitting?”
“Hey, the grandpa was sitting quietly, wasn’t he!”
An indignant Romi shouted, but upon seeing a tuft of fur in his hand, she screamed in horror.
“My, my, my tail!”
“If you make a brush with a tail hair of a celestial, it becomes a very precious item.”
“But I never said I’d give it to you!”
The White Old Man took out an old pouch from his sleeve and tossed it.
“What is this?”
“Eye candy.”
At his words, Romi cautiously sniffed.
While there was a strange smell emanating from the worn pouch, the contents emitted a distinctly delicious aroma.
“It smells like dried mongma eyeballs.”
“I told you it’s eye candy.”
“But for something like this, there’s another smell……”
“Hehe. Yeah. It’s like the grass I used to grow in Hwaguk when I was a blacksmith in Heaven.”
“Grass?”
“Oh. Not just any grass.”
“I know! This is extremely precious, isn’t it?”
“Um, whether it’s precious or not.”
He explained that it was something he had for occasional use with the help of celestial beings.
“Wow. Grandpa, you’re more capable than you look.”
As Romi spoke, the White Old Man squinted his eyes and cursed.
“Gave him something precious, and he goes chewing on dog grass. How am I!”
But she, already intoxicated by the scent of dog grass, had half-closed eyes and teased him.
Forgetting about the tail hair from the pocket, she rubbed it on her cheeks, giggling.
Meanwhile, San had been deeply asleep, only monitoring Gang’s condition without paying any attention to what the two were saying.
“Is that human woman your lunchbox?”
Although the White Old Man spoke, San, whose attention was entirely on her, didn’t hear anything.
Seeing this, the White Old Man let out a fleeting laugh.
“Now that I see, it wasn’t a lunchbox but a snack.”
He vividly recalled the image of Moa and Ili in his memory.
Looking at San gazing at the sleeping human woman, he thought that San’s gaze resembled the look his father had when seeing his mother.
“Well, shall we move now?”
When the White Old Man stood up, only then did San’s gaze move away from Gang.
“Sir. I’m sorry, but time is limited.”
“Don’t worry. I’ll turn everything back to normal before the freeze.”
“Please take care.”
“Are you passing the soobaekju directly?”
“Yes, sir.”
After getting a clear answer, the White Old Man, using nails he had gathered from various places in the broken house, stood in the middle after hammering them. Then, he put his hand into his pants and fiddled with something.
Seeing that, Romi turned up her nose in disgust, and San reached out to cover her eyes.
After a while, the White Old Man took out a tool that looked like a hammer, holding it up high with a triumphant expression.
Then, with a lively expression, he said to Romi, “Watch closely. You might be surprised, so be careful not to be amazed and watch your back.”
Concerned about her words that he seemed ‘different’, he winked as if showing it off.
Romi, with curious eyes, slightly turned her head.
“To you, I might look like a simple old man.”
“…….”
“I was a bit of a big shot even in Heaven in the old days.”
Spitting on both hands, he gripped the hammer and, revealing a few remaining molars, laughed.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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