My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 120

Ep. 119

And a day passed, marking the first day of classes along with the entrance ceremony.

Waking up with an excited heart, I hurriedly finished getting ready. Today, I had to visit the lecture hall right after the entrance ceremony. There were required courses, and I had signed up for most of the morning classes that everyone, including my friends, had warned me against, simply because the timings worked.

Of course, it wasn’t because I was determined to live diligently by squeezing every minute out of my day. It was just that my routine had been fixed since my senior year of high school, and lately, I hadn’t been able to sleep deeply because of Sarang, waking up early in the morning, so I decided to do it for those reasons.

With the simple thought that since I was up and active early anyway, I might as well quickly attend classes and come back to spend time with my family.

Soohwang had said, ‘Are you out of your mind?’ as soon as he saw the schedule, and Heena was also a little worried, but when I told her I did it to spend time with her, the corners of her lips twitched upwards.

And the whole family decided not to come to the entrance ceremony. Dad had to go to work, and Mom had an urgent matter on her maternal side of the family, so she had to go there. Heena’s family was in a similar situation. Sarang was still too vulnerable to go outside, so they couldn’t bring her.

In fact, both my parents wanted to attend even if they had to force themselves, but they had recently used a lot of their vacation time to take care of Sarang, so I told them it was okay and they didn’t have to come. Honestly, I didn’t think there was any need to come all the way for a short entrance ceremony.

“Don’t forget anything, okay?”

“What would I forget on the first day? I’ll be back soon.”

“No. If you get plans after it ends, go ahead and come back. You didn’t even go to the orientation, so skipping too much isn’t good.”

“You skipped most of them, didn’t you?”

“Well, I just didn’t find it very interesting, and it was better to keep a moderate distance. But you like that kind of thing, don’t you?”

“Hmm… Okay, I got it. I’ll contact you later.”

“Be careful driving… Sarang~ You have to say, ‘Daddy, have a good day,’ right?”

There was no way Sarang, who was less than a month old, would say those words, but she still looked at me, rolling her eyes. A smile naturally spread across my face at her adorable face.

“Daddy will be back~ Sarang, are you going to feed her now?”

“Yeah. Oppa [older brother] is preparing it. He’s determined to do it himself today? He fought with Dad about it earlier.”

“Ugh… Then I’ll go now. Call me if anything happens.”

-Chu!

I gave Heena a kiss on the lips one last time and left the house, leaving behind Heena, who was still waving until the door closed.

—

I arrived at Seoyeon University, where I had come to see Heena off several times, and spent some time texting before attending the entrance ceremony. There wasn’t anything special. Just a few performances and congratulatory speeches.

Even those didn’t particularly stick in my memory. I think they said some good things, but I entered the auditorium a little late, so I was too far back to concentrate.

So, I listened casually, and as soon as it was over, I left the auditorium. And just like when I entered a new class in high school, I peeked into the lecture halls with a pounding heart, and finally, I was able to meet some of my classmates. It was a required course, so most of them would be coming soon.

“Yeonwoo hyung [older brother]! Your profile picture looks exactly like you!”

“Jaehwan~ You came earlier than me? Didn’t you go to the entrance ceremony?”

“Of course, I went. I came quickly to see hyung as soon as it was over.”

“Really? Anyway, nice to meet you. Let’s grab a meal together later…”

“Oh! A married man!”

“Who’s this? I recognize the face from your profile picture. You’re Chanhyeong, right? Are you jealous?”

“Hyung-soo-nim [term for older brother’s wife] is… no, I’m very jealous!”

“Sarang is cute too, man.”

“But Yeonwoo hyung, you didn’t even come to the orientation because of your profile picture, but you’re super famous. No one in the group chat didn’t know you, even though you didn’t reveal any personal information.”

“Isn’t Yeonwoo hyung’s profile picture already like revealing personal information? Anyone can tell it’s a family of three.”

We had already introduced ourselves via text, and after talking, they found out that I had retaken the college entrance exam, so we agreed to call each other comfortably. Without honorifics, just ‘hyung.’ Anyway, even though I was meeting them for the first time, unlike them, I was able to treat them comfortably without feeling awkward.

Heena was a little surprised by this. The group chat for classmates without seniors was much more active from the start compared to other departments. Usually, it’s awkward, so people don’t talk to each other much. Our group chat was on fire.

Anyway, after meeting the two of them, students started gathering one by one in groups of twos and threes. And what I realized as I met them one by one was that they were more interested in me than I had thought.

I guess they were intrigued by the fact that I was married and had a child at my age. Not only the guys but also the few girls approached me and started talking to me.

Well, I couldn’t help but be curious about a twenty-one-year-old married man with a child who proudly posted it on his profile picture.

“Oppa [older brother], show me Sarang! Do you have more pictures?”

“My gallery only has pictures of Sarang.”

“Aww~ What about your girlfriend’s pictures… Ah, you’re not a girlfriend. What should we call her?”

“Calling her ‘sunbae’ [senior] is a bit ambiguous. Just call her ‘unni’ [older sister]. She’s also a Seoyeon University student. She only did one semester and then took a leave of absence.”

“Really?! Really?! Wow, then you’re a Seoyeon University couple!”

A junior with short hair and fresh makeup, who clearly started dressing up after coming to college, leaned closer and sparkled her eyes. Her name was Yujin, I think. I was slightly taken aback by the strange familiarity. It seemed like she felt safer and more comfortable because I clearly had a partner.

Heena would have given a cold smile at that distance, so I subtly moved my body away and said,

“The professor will be here soon. Do you want to talk while eating together later? Anyone want to try the school cafeteria around one or two o’clock!”

“Me! Me! Me!”

“Hyung, me too!”

“Me too! But can this many people sit together? How many are we already? Six, seven…”

“Hey, not everyone can come anyway. The times will be different.”

“Does anyone know the way?”

Since it was the first day, a surprisingly large number of people gathered from this time, making it very noisy.

We talked until just before the professor came, then scattered, and listened to various explanations from the professors I met for the first time.

“Hello, everyone. I’m Professor Shin Jeonghoon, in charge of Discrete Mathematics. Nice to meet you. This lecture is─”

Of course, they didn’t teach, and it was just an orientation including the lecture plan. Still, it felt very new to see a professor, whom I had only heard about, speaking in front of me, unlike high school teachers.

Anyway, today I just went around listening to orientations for my registered courses. Because each lecture hall was different, I temporarily separated from the others and met up with a few people for lunch.

I felt bad that we only met briefly and talked when our schedules overlapped, so we ended up making plans to drink. So naturally.

Was this why Heena told me to go if a gathering came up? Honestly, I felt like I couldn’t miss this drinking session even if I missed the orientation. If I missed this too, the distance between me and the others would become too awkward.

“Damn it, it’s a maze. Hyung, do you know the way?”

“No, wait a minute… Let me see the map.”

I went to the lecture halls, getting lost on the large university grounds, and also looked at the club promotions in between, enjoying the first day of university all day long.

Around a little after 5 p.m., after enjoying my first day of college in that way.

The group that had gathered earlier, plus those who joined late after receiving a text, headed to a bar with more than a dozen people. It was a bit early, but it was an impromptu gathering, and it was awkward to spend more time just to drink in the evening.

Most of them had just turned twenty, and even those who had retaken the college entrance exam, like me, were at most twenty-one or twenty-two.

This youthful first classmate gathering took place at a chicken restaurant near the back gate of the school.

“Yeah, Heena. I’ll drink a little and go in soon.”

─I thought so. I knew you wouldn’t be able to refuse if they asked you to go.

“No… it’s not that, but I thought it would be good to attend at least once since I met them for the first time today…”

─I know. Have fun. But don’t drink too much, and take a taxi if it’s hard to come back. I put a hangover cure in your bag, so make sure to take it.”

“Okay, thanks. How’s Sarang? Is she sleeping?”

─She just fell asleep again. It was OO Chicken, right? Then call me again before you come!

“Okay~”

-Click

As soon as I entered the chicken restaurant, I got permission from Heena first. Until I arrived here, I was thinking of staying for only an hour, but when I arrived, I felt like I couldn’t because of the atmosphere, so I called her now.

After the call with Heena ended, I raised my head, and everyone around me was looking at me for some reason. While gazes of great curiosity gathered, Jaehwan and Chanhyeong, who were sitting next to me, opened their mouths.

“Wow, do you have to get permission from your girlfriend to drink?”

“Hey, she’s not his girlfriend, she’s his hyung-soo-nim [term for older brother’s wife].”

“Ah, that’s right. Is that why he’s getting permission?”

“I guess so. But the way he said, ‘Is Sarang sleeping?’ had a real married man vibe… So this is what a dad is like.”

From then on, conversations about me started to take place here and there.

“Still, it’s good to call your girlfriend like that before drinking~ If you just eat without saying anything and get caught, you want to kill them.”

“Are you talking about your boyfriend?”

“Yeah.”

“Ah… Sorry.”

“Someone’s already married, but what have I been doing all this time?”

“Studying, probably.”

“Even while studying, people who are going to do it will do it all.”

There was still quite a bit of awkwardness between us, but once the conversation started with that as a starting point, the exchange with the people sitting around each other became active. Without doing any clumsy drinking games, focusing only on conversations for friendship.

I also ended up talking to the four people next to me, the two guys and the cute-looking Yujin with short hair in front of me.

From how they studied to get into this university to various personal stories.

“That unni [older sister] completely carried oppa [older brother], didn’t she?”

“Unfortunately, I can’t deny it. I wouldn’t have even dreamed of Seoyeon University without Heena.”

“That’s amazing… Oppa is really amazing too. You came here after retaking the college entrance exam even though you had a child. Did you retake it because your score was not enough last year?”

“Well… something like that.”

My story of retaking the college entrance exam was definitely something to be proud of, but I was embarrassed to say it as if I was bragging, so I vaguely glossed over it.

“This hyung [older brother] is just a walking contradiction, you know? He has a beautiful girlfriend, a daughter, and the couple are both Seoyeon University students. Sigh… I want to meet a girl too.”

“Go on a blind date. A senior said that after about a month, you’ll get a lot of offers. Whether it’s a group blind date or a one-on-one blind date.”

“Damn, I have to go no matter what. Ah, but can’t Yeonwoo hyung join?”

“Why would I join that?”

If I go to something like that, Heena will really kill me… No, she won’t kill me, but she might confine me to the house.

“Then oppa won’t come to drinking parties often in the future?”

“Probably? I have to go take care of Sarang too. I can’t leave her to suffer alone.”

“Wow, a family man! Cool! Okay, cheers for Yeonwoo oppa!”

“Cheers!”

Yujin looked quiet on the outside, but she was more outgoing than I thought, leading the cheers by getting up from her seat like this. She was also leading the conversation at some point. I felt like she would do well if she became the class president or something.

Anyway, the atmosphere gradually ripened. Before gathering, we had decided that there would be no second round from the first day, so it felt like we were playing even harder.

“I’m jealous, but… hyung must be having a hard time too. It must cost a lot of money to raise a child. And you have a long way to go before you graduate.”

“That’s right. Make sure you use contraception well.”

“I don’t even have a girlfriend, so why would I use contraception.”

“Why do you need contraception? This guy’s face is a condom… Ack! Crazy, this bastard is really hitting me!”

“Your face and my face are about the same, you son of a bitch!”

Suddenly, Jaehwan and Chanhyeong started an ugly fight over who was uglier, and Yujin sighed.

“Ugh~ Look at those ugly kids fighting. Yeonwoo oppa’s level is not the same at all.”

“I agree. These ugly guys.”

“Ah, I’m better than Shin Jaehwan!”

“If you’re not at oppa’s level, just be quiet.”

“Did you hear that? You guys!”

“This hyung is happy about that again… I want to tell hyung-soo-nim when I see her, really.”

“Don’t say scary things.”

Even if I’m not super handsome, I’ve heard a lot of stories that I’m objectively above average and have a good impression, so I’m warmed. Besides, Heena helped me in many ways, so my hair and coordination style are well-established.

Anyway, as the distance decreased, there were also bickerings, so we had a good time anyway.

And after changing seats little by little and building friendships with several classmates for a few hours.

As it got dark around us, I got up from my seat, thinking it was time to go home. A few people were fidgeting, looking around, showing signs that they wanted to go home.

I could easily take the lead on this much.

“Okay~ Let’s stop here today, everyone! I have to go take care of Sarang!”

“Aww~ Isn’t that too personal of a reason?”

“Enough! The calculation is split evenly! I think Jinseong hyung was going to pay first?”

“Yeah~ Thanks for the card performance~”

“Hyung will upload the receipt to the group chat later, so send it on your own! One last cheers?!”

“””Cheers!!!”””

With my lead, everyone cleanly emptied the alcohol in their glasses. I also emptied the remaining beer and packed my things. I’ll send the money before going to bed later, and I have to go back quickly and feed our Sarang.

With that thought, I hurriedly moved with excited steps and left the chicken restaurant with the other kids.

Of course, we didn’t just break up cleanly as soon as we came out. We gathered in front of the chicken restaurant and talked for a while.

“Hyung! Are you coming tomorrow too?”

“I have to go. But I’m not going to drink again?”

“Can we game?”

“PC room is not possible… Send me a text when you do it. If the timing is right, I’ll connect from home.”

“Oppa! I want to play games with you too! I’m good at LxL too!”

“Oh, Lee Yujin~ What’s your rank?”

“Diamond!”

“What?!”

“Crazy… Hyung, don’t be fooled. She’s definitely a support bus [someone who is carried to a higher rank by their teammates].”

“I only go top?”

“There’s a psycho here…”

I also heard a shocking fact along the way.

No way, a girl passed Seoyeon University and is also a Diamond in LxL [League of Legends]. I used to be able to reach it when I was playing games a lot, but I can’t even get close to it now. Should I ask Yujin to give me a ride later… Would Heena be upset if I did?

Anyway, even those small talks gradually ended, and we were finally about to break up with a real farewell atmosphere.

But.

“Uh? Hyung! Isn’t that hyung-soo-nim [term for older brother’s wife] over there?”

“What? Heena?”

Everyone said goodbye, promising tomorrow, and just as I was about to say goodbye to the three people I had spent the most time with, Jaehwan suddenly said something out of the blue. His voice was quite loud, so everyone’s attention in this place started to turn towards that side.

I also turned my head slightly in the direction Jaehwan was pointing. Of course, I didn’t believe his words.

No, there’s no way Heena would be here. He must have only seen Heena in the profile picture and mistaken someone else.

“Hello.”

But it was really Heena who walked over from afar and shyly greeted my classmates.

Wearing full makeup, which I hadn’t seen lately, and dressed up beautifully.

In serious mode.