My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 144

Ep. 143

I returned to my parents’ home for the first time in a while that weekend, bringing Heena and Sarang with me.

I’ve been visiting more often since graduating from college. Before that, unless my parents came to our place, we were too busy to travel back and forth.

My parents were a little sad that I was still living at my in-laws’ house. Actually, they weren’t so much sad about not seeing me, but about not seeing Sarang.

But our house only has my old room left, and frankly, it’s not big enough for the three of us. It’s cramped even for just Heena and me.

The room I currently share with Heena only had enough space for Sarang, who has gotten bigger, after we removed all the desks and cabinets. There was no way the three of us could fit in my smaller room at my parents’ house.

“Grandpa!”

“Granddaughter, have you been well?”

“Yes! Have you been well, Grandma?”

“Of course!”

“Sarang, you have to come to Grandpa too!”

“Grandpa!”

“Hehe, yes. Grandpa’s here!”

As soon as we entered the house, Sarang ran around, completely captivating my parents.

A hug for Grandma, then one for Grandpa.

Sarang is probably the only one in the world who can bring such a noticeable smile to my mom’s face, who usually doesn’t show much expression.

“Mother, I brought a health drink.”

“You didn’t have to buy something like this.”

“I’m sorry I can’t visit more often.”

“Don’t be sorry, I know you’re busy. Get some rest. We’ll take care of Sarang.”

Sarang is so well-behaved that it wasn’t tiring to have her around. We didn’t bring her so we could rest, but because my parents wanted to see her so much.

So we sat on the living room sofa and watched my parents play with Sarang.

“You know! Daddy made me a… heart… heart cake?”

“Oh my, he did? Our granddaughter must have been happy.”

“It was so yummy! Sarang wants to eat it again!”

“Should Grandma tell Daddy to make it again?”

“Yes!! But… but…”

“Huh? Why?”

Sarang, who had been talking to Grandma in a loud voice, suddenly lowered her voice and began to whisper in Grandma’s ear. Of course, we could all hear it.

“You can’t say Sarang asked you to. Mommy will scold me.”

We all smiled silently at that cute request. After a moment, my mom lowered her voice to match Sarang’s and asked.

“Mommy will scold you?”

“Yes. Sarang ate a lot of snacks… yesterday… Daddy and Sarang got scolded…”

We did get scolded. Not on the day I gave her the pancake, but yesterday, because Sarang and I finished two bags of chips before dinner.

Honestly, I had no excuse. I couldn’t even get her to eat dinner properly because of it.

“Oh my, that won’t do. Grandma will say she wants to give Sarang a heart cake.”

“Hehe, thank you, Grandma! Sarang will give you a kiss on the cheek!”

“Really? Here, here!”

-Chu!

Sarang kissed Grandma on the cheek and began to list all the things that had happened recently. Dad watched the scene with a pleased expression, then came over to me and asked quietly.

“Yeonwoo, what’s a heart cake? Do you even know how to make cakes?”

“I made her a pancake a few days ago. On Sarang’s day off from daycare.”

“Did she like it?”

“She ate it well. She likes honey too.”

“Why did you get scolded by your wife?”

“Because I fed her too many snacks before dinner yesterday…”

“You deserved it.”

“Hey, Dad, you wouldn’t be able to resist if Sarang kept asking for snacks. You can’t win against her.”

“Hehehe, maybe. Sarang likes snacks because she takes after you.”

“I guess so. We like the same snacks.”

“Hehe…”

Heena, who was listening to our conversation, suddenly burst out laughing.

“What’s wrong?”

“You used to say you wanted Sarang to have your taste. Because you were worried she would like unhealthy things too much.”

“Did I say that?”

“Yeah. But her taste is exactly like yours, isn’t it?”

“Ahem…”

“Well, the other day, when Sarang went for a walk with her grandma, she kept staring at the street vendors.”

“She’s like that when she goes out with us too. Whenever we go out, she always has a skewer [of street food] in her mouth.”

I had nothing to say. Sarang definitely has the same taste as me: street food, sweets, snacks. Not to the point of being crazy about them, but she likes them quite a bit, just like me.

Thanks to that, Sarang always looks at me first whenever she wants to eat something outside, knowing that I probably want to eat it too.

Of course, there’s no way I wouldn’t buy it for Sarang if she wanted it. Of course, I don’t feed her too much, usually just buying one and sharing it.

-Click

“Yawn…”

While we were talking about Sarang’s taste, my sister-in-law came out from her room, looking very disheveled, along with the sound of the door opening.

Judging by her tired face, she must have been stuck in overtime yesterday, which was Friday.

My sister-in-law scratched her head and headed towards the bathroom, but her eyes widened when she saw us sitting in the living room.

“Oh! Yeonwoo! Heena! Then, could it be…!”

“Ah! Big Mommy!!”

“Sarangaaaaaa!!!!!!”

As soon as Sarang saw my sister-in-law, she pointed at her and shouted, and my sister-in-law rushed towards Sarang, wailing with excitement.

She hugged Sarang tightly and started rubbing her head against her.

“Kya~ Our Sarang!! You came to visit!? You’re so cute today too!! Wait, Big Mommy bought a doll for Sarang!”

“Really?!”

“Really! But didn’t Sarang want to see Big Mommy?”

“I wanted to see you so much!”

Actually, we hardly ever talked about my sister-in-law at home. Grandma and Grandpa often say they want to see her.

I didn’t bother to interrupt Sarang’s flattery to get the doll.

After hugging Sarang for a while and basking in her happiness, my sister-in-law went back to her room and brought a small cat doll, small enough to fit in Sarang’s arms.

Sarang had loved cat dolls since she was a baby, so her eyes lit up as soon as she saw it.

Most of the ones we bought when she was little were donated to nearby daycare centers or orphanages, so there weren’t many left at home.

There were too many to keep, and I thought she would gradually like other dolls as she grew up, but Sarang was still obsessed with cats.

“Wow! Meow!”

“Hehe, Sarang! Do you want this cat doll?”

“Yes!”

“But there’s a condition!”

My sister-in-law, holding the cat doll in one hand like a hostage, continued, pointing to her lips with her finger.

“I’ll give it to you if you kiss Big Mommy here!”

“Ah! I, I can’t…”

And at that condition, Sarang suddenly hesitated. It seems like she would be affectionate and give kisses to anyone, but surprisingly, Sarang only allows me and Heena to kiss her on the lips. For other people, a kiss on the cheek was the limit.

I’ve never asked why, but she’s been like that ever since she became aware of her surroundings.

My sister-in-law probably knows that, and she’s probably setting that condition with a triumphant look on her face, thinking she wants to receive one this time.

Thanks to the fact that she chose a doll that Sarang would like, Sarang is conflicted like this.

Sarang, who was fidgeting for a while, eventually clung to my sister-in-law, acting cute.

“Sarang will give you a kiss on the cheek!”

“I won’t give you the doll if you don’t kiss me on the lips!”

“I can’t do that…”

“Huh~? Why can’t you? I won’t give it to you if you don’t kiss me on the lips!”

“But… Haya… Hayangi said she wants to play with Sarang…”

“Hayangi? Ah, this one?”

I was wondering what she was talking about, but she must have already named it Hayangi [whitey] after seeing that the doll was white.

“Hayangi wants to play with Sarang?”

“Yes… Sarang has many friends at home! So she wants to play with them together!”

“But there are many Hayangi’s friends here too? Big Mommy is Hayangi’s friend too?”

“But… I promised to play with Alrok…”

It seemed like she was throwing out excuses as she thought of them, wanting to avoid a kiss on the lips at all costs. I listened to it and asked Heena in a small voice.

“Who is Alrok again?”

“That’s Sarang’s pillow.”

“Ah~”

That’s right, the cat-shaped nap pillow. It was called Alrok because it was colorful.

Anyway, a fierce confrontation continued between my sister-in-law, who wanted to receive a kiss on the lips no matter what, and Sarang, who wanted to compromise with a kiss on the cheek.

Seeing Sarang becoming more and more sullen, my sister-in-law eventually surrendered.

“Okay~ I’m sorry, Sarang~ Then I’ll give you Hayangi if you give Big Mommy a kiss on the cheek!”

“Really…?”

“Yeah! Here, kiss~”

“Kiss!”

-Chu!

Sarang immediately got up at my sister-in-law’s surrender declaration and kissed her on the cheek. And she hugs the white cat doll preciously.

“Daddy! Big Mommy! Gave me Hayangi!”

“Did you say thank you to Big Mommy?”

“Ah! I didn’t! Daddy, play with Hayangi! Hayangi~ You have to listen to Daddy! Sarang will be back!”

Sarang entrusted Hayangi to me for a while at my words, and then went back to my sister-in-law and bowed deeply.

“Thank you!”

“Thank you for giving me a kiss on the cheek too!”

My sister-in-law returned the bow in front of her. After exchanging greetings, Sarang ran to me and hugged Hayangi again.

“What should I do! At home, Hayangi, Alrok, Totto! Genie! What should I do! Alrok has so many friends!”

There are so many people who give Sarang gifts, so she reacts endlessly, making it worthwhile to give her gifts, even though she has received them more than once or twice.

Everyone was watching the scene with a fatherly smile, and I suddenly brought up a question that came to my mind.

“Sarang, why can’t you kiss on the lips? You kiss Daddy and Mommy.”

And Sarang’s answer to that question was very Sarang-like. No, it was like Heena’s daughter.

“Sarang’s lips! You can’t because it’s Daddy’s! Mommy’s lips are Daddy’s, so it’s okay!”

“Oh…”

Is that so?

No, Heena. Why are you nodding your head with a triumphant look on your face?