My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 143

Ep. 142

Three years had passed since Sarang’s first birthday.

Since then, well… Of course, a lot had happened, but not as much had changed as I thought it would. The family was still harmonious, Hee-na was still clinging to me, and Sarang was still a daddy’s girl.

Still, if I had to pick the biggest event in that time, it would be Jung-hoo hyung [older brother] and Yoon-jung noona’s [older sister] wedding.

The two of them got married the year after Sarang’s first birthday. They had both settled into their jobs and were planning to move out right after the wedding, but unfortunately, it didn’t work out.

Not only were house prices a joke [extremely high], but they were both so busy with work that it was hard to even think about housework after getting off.

So, inevitably, Noona, or rather, Hyung-soo [brother’s wife], ended up living with her in-laws. Just like I was living with Hee-na’s family.

Since Hyung-soo was already living in our house half the time anyway, it wasn’t a big inconvenience.

Other important events included Hee-na passing the large corporation’s open recruitment in the second half of her fourth year and starting work in January.

Or the fact that I was still getting web design outsourcing work that I had occasionally done when I was a college student, even after graduating.

I had received outsourcing work like a part-time job through a senior’s connection in my third year and made a website, which was surprisingly well-received. Thanks to that, I’ve been steadily receiving requests ever since.

The problem is that Hee-na saw that and said.

“Honey, how about working from home as a freelancer? You use the computer for your major anyway, so you can just do it, right?”

That’s what she says. To be honest, web design was something I was doing on the side, using what I had learned, but my major wasn’t something I could just start freelancing in right after graduation.

There was no way a computer science student with no experience would get any work. The web design work was also thanks to a lucky word-of-mouth referral for a very low price.

But Hee-na, wanting me to stay home and not go anywhere, insisted on it several times with shining eyes. It took me several days to convince her that it was impossible.

I was only planning to do part-time work at home until I went to the army.

Originally, I was going to apply for active duty and go straight after graduating from college. That way, I could finish my service quickly and get a job.

But once the application was successfully accepted, there were no active duty reserve enlistment plans for the nearby units in the near future. The earliest was right after summer, so I ended up postponing it until then.

Thanks to that, I became a semi-unemployed person, doing web design part-time, taking Sarang to daycare, taking care of her when she came back, and waiting at home for Hee-na to come back from work.

I had become like a full-time househusband.

Well, Hee-na and Sarang liked it a lot, though.

Because I was always at home.

—

Hee-na, Hee-sung hyung, and Father-in-law had gone to work, and Mother-in-law was out for work, so she wasn’t home today.

On top of that, there was construction at Sarang’s daycare today, so I had to take care of her at home all day. Thanks to that, I got to spend time alone with Sarang, and I put on an apron and made her a snack.

Hotcakes, no less!

I had studied cooking as a hobby when I was living with Hee-na, and those memories were now shining.

Of course, even though I was semi-unemployed, I wasn’t just cooking and playing around every day. I was steadily studying coding and English in my spare time.

Besides, Sarang was a very, very good girl who didn’t bother me when I was doing something, so I could have studied as usual even at this time.

“Sarang eat this by herself! Daddy okay!”

Sarang, whose hair had grown a lot and had become so much like a mini-Hee-na, was smiling brightly with her eyes slightly drooping like mine, flipping through a picture book as if to say she didn’t need me to pay attention to her.

How could I concentrate on studying?

So I immediately picked up Sarang and went to the kitchen to make hotcakes.

It was almost snack time anyway.

I put the hotcakes on a plate, making sure they weren’t too thick so that Sarang wouldn’t choke while eating, even if they didn’t look pretty.

Then Sarang followed me, tiptoeing and looking at the hotcakes on the table.

“Daddy! What is this?”

“It’s a hotcake. Do you know what a hotcake is?”

“Know! Samchoni [uncle] gave Sarang!”

“Hee-sung samchon gave it to you?”

“Yes! But~ what Sarang ate, different!”

“It’s different from this?”

“Yes!”

Well, Hee-sung hyung wouldn’t have bought cheap stuff to feed Sarang, so he must have bought a very expensive hotcake. Compared to that, my hotcake would be lacking.

“Which one looks more delicious?”

“Daddy made it!”

“You haven’t even eaten it yet.”

“Still more delicious!”

“You’re the only one for me, Sarang~”

“Hehe~”

Sarang smiled happily at my words.

Like when she was a baby, Sarang still loved me so, so much.

When I try to pick up Sarang from daycare, even if she’s having fun with her friends, she runs straight to me without hesitation when I call her. And on weekends, she and Hee-na would cling to me all day.

To be honest, I wondered if she liked me too much, so I secretly got counseling.

But seeing that she’s doing fine even when I’m not around, they say it’s not strange because she just likes her dad a lot.

I lifted Sarang up and sat her in her special children’s chair, then cut the hotcake into small pieces with a knife. So that it’s easy to put in her mouth.

Then, I poked a piece with a fork, put a little honey on it, and asked Sarang.

“Sarang, how many times do you chew your food before swallowing?”

“Euum…”

She wiggled her fingers at my question, then spread both palms wide over her head and shouted.

“Thirty times!”

“That’s right, our Sarang is so smart~ Here, ah~ [open your mouth]”

“Ah~”

-Munch munch

When I put a piece of hotcake in her mouth, she chews diligently. Even so, Sarang’s eyes, smiling, were directed at my face.

I also smiled back at Sarang, making eye contact, and put a piece in my mouth.

Um~ Delicious. I’m really good at cooking, really.

While praising myself inwardly, I handed Sarang a character fork. But Sarang didn’t move with the fork I gave her in her hand, and opened her mouth again.

“Ah~”

“Sarang can eat by herself.”

“Daddy giving is delicious!”

“Sarang is not a baby anymore. But Daddy keeps feeding you?”

“Ah~!”

There was a small argument, but in the end, I kept feeding her. If Hee-na was there, she would have said sternly, “Han Sarang!”, but I couldn’t bring myself to do that to Sarang.

How can I raise my voice when my daughter is so cute?

—

“Turtle… is… following… rabbit…”

“The turtle followed the rabbit hard?”

“Yes. Turtle slow!”

“I know~ Why is the turtle slow?”

“Back heavy!”

“I see~ The turtle is slow because its shell is heavy?”

“Yes!”

After eating snacks, I held Sarang in the living room and read a fairy tale together. It was getting late in the evening, and it was still just the two of us at home.

Father-in-law and Hee-sung hyung rarely get off work at this time, and Mother-in-law also sent a message saying that she would arrive later.

Only Hee-na was about to arrive home. You might say, how can a new employee of a large corporation get off work at this time, but recently, there is a widespread trend in Hee-na’s company to prevent severe overtime and encourage leaving work on time, so she usually gets off work around this time.

Of course, not everyone does, and it is said that they are doing it only for new employees to show others. But we were thankful.

-Click, ding-dong~

And just in time, I heard the sound of the door opening, as if Hee-na had returned.

“Sarang! Mommy must have come!”

“Mommy!!!”

-Thump thump!

As soon as I heard the sound of the door unlocking, Sarang put down the book she was reading and got up and ran towards the front door. I slowly followed behind her, and Hee-na in a suit was taking off her shoes.

Black hair flowing like silk, no different from when she was a high school student, a pure white shirt. And a black suit.

Hee-na looked really cool in a pants suit. Until I was a senior in college, I always thought Hee-na was just cute and pretty.

Is this what a beautiful career woman feels like? After about three months of joining the company, she had a sense of composure in her demeanor.

Sarang greeted Hee-na with a bow in front of her.

“Welcome home!”

“I’m home~ Our Sarang, were you listening to Daddy?”

“Yes! Ate hotcake too!”

“Really~? That must have been delicious~”

She came inside and stroked Sarang’s head. And then she came to me, wrapped her arms around my neck, and immediately kissed me.

-Kiss!

“I’m home.”

“Welcome back. You worked hard again today. Do you want to eat right away?”

“Yeah, after I wash up.”

“Should I wash Sarang now too? Do you want to wash her together? If you’re tired, I’ll wash her later.”

“Euum~”

Hee-na made a face as if she was thinking for a moment at my words, then looked at Sarang and opened her mouth.

“Sarang! Shall we take a bath with Daddy and Mommy today?”

“Yes! Want to do together!”

“That’s what she says, honey. Mom said she’ll be late today too, so wouldn’t it be okay?”

“Ugh… Okay. I’ll heat up the water, so please get Sarang’s clothes.”

“Thank you~”

-Kiss!

Hee-na kissed my lips again and went into the room.

And I immediately headed to the bathroom. To fill the bathtub with warm water. But Sarang didn’t follow Hee-na and was pulling on my sleeve.

“Daddy Daddy!”

“Yeah? Why?”

“Sarang too!”

“Give you a kiss?”

“Yes!”

“Okay. Here, lips!”

-Kiss!

I lightly kissed Sarang, who puckered her lips like a duck. Only then did Sarang laugh and run to the room.

“Mommy~ Sarang kissed Daddy too!”

“Really? Should Mommy give you a kiss too?”

“Yes! Kiss!”

Listening to the happy conversation between mother and daughter coming from the room, I moved my steps back to the bathroom.

This was a very ordinary, recent part of our daily life.

A cute daughter, a wonderful wife, and a husband who guards the house. Although we are still living with her parents, it is a happy family anyway.