My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 138

Ep. 137

The amount [of snacks] was so large that, just as my sister had said, I thought I might actually eat myself to death.

From what I heard, Seon-hoo hyung [older brother figure] seemed to live alone, and I didn’t know what to say.

I was truly grateful, though.

“Yeon-hoo, doesn’t Sarang not eat those very well?”

“Yes…”

Both my father-in-law and I had tried giving Sarang rice puffs before, so we knew very well.

Our Sarang doesn’t eat those well.

If we give her one or two in her hand each day, she’ll put them in her mouth, but she doesn’t particularly enjoy eating more than that. No matter how organic the snacks are, it’s not good to feed her too much.

So, even if we buy them, we barely finish one bag in two days. And that’s only because we eat them with her; if we left it up to Sarang, one bag would last a week.

But he bought so many for his niece, so confidently, even though he doesn’t like going out much.

I couldn’t bring myself to tell him the cruel truth. Hee-na and my mother-in-law seemed to feel the same way, as if they wanted to say something but couldn’t bring themselves to.

“Second son. But Sarang doesn’t really like…”

“Mom!! Sarang! Sarang looks like she wants to eat one!!”

“Oh? Does our granddaughter want to eat a snack?”

“Bba jja!” [Baby talk for snack]

“Seon-hoo, can you give her one?”

“Oh~ this little one, already greedy for snacks~”

I barely stopped my mom, who was trying to kill the mood with her my-pace attitude [doing things at her own speed, regardless of others], and could only watch this funny situation unfold.

How could I tell Seon-hoo hyung, who was happily opening the snack?

Fortunately, Sarang was interested because she hadn’t had any snacks or formula yet today. Thanks to that, Sarang received one of the snacks Seon-hoo hyung offered with both hands and put it in her mouth.

In the meantime, Hee-na came back to my side and whispered in my ear.

“Honey, what should we do…? I don’t think Sarang will be able to finish all of this even by the time she goes to kindergarten…”

“Let’s reduce it a bit now. It’s rice-based, so it’s not bad for us either. Let’s open a few bags and eat them while we talk.”

“Okay!”

And from then on, a sudden rice puff party began. Seon-hoo hyung was a little surprised when he saw me opening the snacks, but he must have thought there were too many himself, because he soon started putting them in his mouth too.

I watched him and whispered to Sarang, who was sucking on a rice puff.

“Sarang, is it good?”

“Woob boob…”

“…I know. You’re just eating it, right? Our Sarang! Let’s hang in there a little longer! Just eat a few more…!”

For Seon-hoo hyung!

—

There was a brief moment of pity, but since we had gathered together after a long time, we discussed our future plans.

Christmas was just a few days away, and Sarang’s first birthday party was scheduled for early next year.

In fact, we had been gathering every year since Hee-na and I started dating, so there wasn’t much to discuss about Christmas. We would just naturally gather at one of our houses, have dinner, chat, and then go back the next day.

The important thing was the first birthday party.

“I looked into a few places, and the Juseong Hotel next to us has reasonable rental fees and the food is good too~”

“How many people? We decided not to make it too big.”

“We’re only inviting a few people from my side of the family. What about your sister’s side?”

“We’ll probably do the same. Then we can skip the invitations too.”

However, all we could do was listen quietly to what our mothers were saying and deciding.

Actually, we tried to say that we would take care of it ourselves because we didn’t want to burden our families again, but it was rejected in an instant.

They said, what do kids who don’t even know the ‘D’ of a first birthday party know?

It was really unfair. Hee-na and I had been researching so hard for a month. But the more we looked into it, the more hopeless it became.

Renting a hotel hall costs a rental fee, we have to order the first birthday table [a decorated table with symbolic items for the baby to choose from, predicting their future] from a separate company, and there’s a rental fee for the baby’s traditional Korean clothes [hanbok], etc.

There were so many places to spend money than we thought. No matter how simple we tried to make it, the expenses were bound to be quite large.

Still, we were trying to figure out how to reduce the expenses as much as possible, but that plan was scrapped in 1 second by my mom and mother-in-law.

It’s good to gather with family, but they said they would make it more beautiful and fancy.

My dad and father-in-law had no say in this either. So the two of them, along with my older brothers and sister, were playing with Sarang, and we were just listening quietly next to them.

“I heard that these days, they even do makeup for the kids separately.”

“Oh~ both Hee-na and Yeon-hoo have such fair skin, they don’t need to do that to look pretty.”

“Then should we just get her a traditional Korean dress?”

“That would be nice~”

“And the next step is… a video? It would be nice to make one of these to watch over and over again… Hee-na.”

“Yes, Mother!”

Hee-na answered cheerfully at my mom’s call. With very sparkling eyes.

She was sorry for burdening her family, but Hee-na was also very happy to be able to throw a big first birthday party for Sarang. She sometimes gets jealous, but she loves Sarang as much as she loves me.

“How many solo photos of Sarang and photos taken with her do you guys have? Do you have about a thousand? If you send them, they’ll make it for you.”

“Yes! We have about ten thousand.”

“Okay… Ten… ten thousand?”

“Did you guys take that many?”

“What? Did we take that many?”

My mom was surprised at Hee-na’s answer. My mother-in-law was surprised too. I was surprised too.

No, Hee-na takes pictures all the time, but Sarang hasn’t even been born for a year, and there are that many pictures? Knowing Hee-na’s personality, she wouldn’t have kept any poorly taken pictures… Wow.

I must have taken hundreds of pictures separately, but what is ten thousand? Even if you take a hundred pictures a day, it’s 100 days… Oh, it’s possible?

“Okay… but it would be a bit of a nuisance to send them all, so please pick out about a thousand and send them to me.”

“I’ll send them to you right away!”

My mom and mother-in-law were very embarrassed, but anyway, pictures are memories that will last a lifetime, so it wasn’t bad to have a lot. After that, the two of them discussed various things such as the hotel menu and the first birthday table company, and even calculated the total estimated cost.

The amount that came out was much larger than I had expected, so I couldn’t bring myself to raise my head.

Sometimes, whenever I feel sorry for these money issues, my mom tells me, ‘You’ve already done everything you need to do just by going to Seoyeon University, so don’t worry about it,’ but that’s that and this is this, isn’t it?

The feeling of guilt grew again, and I felt heavy-hearted and lowered my head, but Hee-na grabbed my hand.

“We’ve talked about this before. We’ll pay you back later. Don’t be too down, honey.”

She comforts me as if she knows what I’m thinking.

“I know. But I have to work harder in the future.”

“Yeah. I’ll help you too. Let’s work hard together.”

I was periodically discouraged by the reality of only receiving help, but I was fortunate to have Hee-na, who encouraged me from the side like this.

As we were smiling at each other, my mom and mother-in-law, who had finished talking, began to say a word to us.

“I wonder if they’ll neglect Sarang if they go out and live on their own later.”

“I know~ if they’re always like that, Sarang will feel left out.”

“Are they still like that these days?”

“Oh my~ don’t even mention it! They’re still always saying Yeon-hoo~ Honey~ it’s a mess!”

I’m sorry. Please stop! I’m going to die of embarrassment!

—

After the family gathering ended, Hee-na and I looked at the traditional Korean dress [hanbok] list that my mom sent us that night before going to bed. My mother-in-law took Sarang to put her to sleep today, so we could lie in bed and chat happily.

She told us to pick our favorite from this list first, but… it’s not like our choice will be decided right away; it has to pass the screening of my mom and mother-in-law.

“Oh my gosh, honey, look at this! It’s so pretty!”

“Do you like this too? Aren’t you liking too many things?”

“But what can I do if they’re all pretty~ The coral beige color is also good… I thought it would be nice to have a white top, but the colored ones are so pretty too!”

“This one has a white skirt. Wow, you’d look so pretty if you wore this. And so would Sarang.”

“Really? But the men’s one looks good too. The pants are purple, so it looks cooler.”

“Then should we register it as a candidate? There’s still some time left, so let’s look at others too.”

“Okay! Let’s do that!”

We were so busy looking at the traditional Korean dresses while lying on our stomachs that we didn’t even realize how time was passing. I had never looked for traditional Korean dresses like this before, but they were prettier and cooler than I thought, so I was more worried.

In the end, we couldn’t decide on one out of the three sets, so we decided to leave the rest to the adults.

Once the traditional Korean dress selection was settled, Hee-na climbed on top of me and couldn’t hide her happy heart.

-Thud! Thud!

“Ouch! Hee-na, it hurts!”

“Hehehe… sorry! But I’m so happy that I can’t stand it!”

“Ugh, it hurts. Are you that excited about Sarang’s first birthday party?”

“Yeah! It feels like a wedding too~”

“Well… it’s kind of like that.”

Other relatives are coming, and we’re wearing elegant traditional Korean clothes and having a ceremony.

Of course, the main focus was Sarang, but it felt like it was for us too.

“Do you want to have a wedding?”

“Huh? Of course~ but I can do it really slowly. It’s just that I like the feeling of matching clothes with Sarang and doing something together.”

She says that on my stomach and smiles shyly.

Our wedding is still uncertain, so I thought she wanted it more because of that, but it didn’t seem to be the case. Is it just that she likes the family event?

“And I’m so excited to see you wearing a traditional Korean dress! Why haven’t I thought about traditional Korean dresses until now?”

“I really agree with that. I really want to see you wearing a top too.”

“Right? But honey.”

“Yeah?”

“Do you want to see me wearing a top, or do you want to see me with ‘only’ the top off~?”

She’s hitting on me right when Sarang isn’t here.

There was only one answer I could give to Hee-na, who was smiling slyly and asking me that.

“Of course, it’s the naked one! Iyap!” [Sound effect]

“Kya~” [Scream]

And the night continues. I couldn’t see Hee-na taking off her top right away, but I played with Hee-na, who was wearing ‘only’ a T-shirt, as a consolation.

Until the morning dawned.