My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 170

Ep. 169

Each time we were stuck in traffic, I showered Heena with kisses.

Under the bright sunshine, we cruised along the highway as if on a leisurely drive, and soon arrived at the first rest stop.

I was prepared with motion sickness pills, but thanks to the pleasant excitement bubbling inside me, I felt perfectly fine so far.

I got out of the car and checked on Sarang. She seemed to have woken up, blinking and looking around a bit groggily.

“Did you sleep well?”

“Yes… Daddy… Where are we going?”

“We’re going on a trip far away. Daddy told you, remember?”

“Yeah… Sarang is hungry…”

“Are you very hungry? Shall we go eat something delicious with Daddy and Mommy?”

She had slept for quite a while, so it was natural for her to be hungry. I immediately unbuckled her seatbelt and headed inside the rest stop with Sarang in my arms.

“What do you want to eat?”

“Udon. That’s all I’ve been thinking about since earlier.”

“Then let’s go to the food court first. I’ll eat whatever Sarang wants to eat with her.”

“Will that be okay with you?”

“Yeah. I want to eat something light, and you’re going to have snacks anyway, right? I’ll share those with you too.”

As expected, Heena had a plan.

To be sure, it would be a bit disappointing to just have udon at the rest stop. There’s so much to choose from. And if Heena shares snacks with Sarang, it would be fine to let her have a little more.

Sarang’s eyes were sparkling as she looked around at the tempting food smells wafting from all directions.

“Wow! Daddy, potatoes over there!”

“Do you want to eat them?”

“Yes!”

“Sarang, when do we eat snacks?”

“After we eat *bap* [Korean for ‘rice’ or ‘meal’]!”

“That’s right~”

Actually, I could be very happy filling my stomach with things like that, but I couldn’t indulge like that with Heena next to me. I can’t get scolded on a trip.

We passed the individual restaurants and entered the main building. Inside, I saw convenience stores, more restaurants, and the food court.

I lifted Sarang a little higher and showed her the menus one by one.

“Sarang, what do you want to eat?”

“Same thing as Daddy!”

“Same thing as Daddy?”

“Yes! I want to share!”

She must have overheard what Heena and I were talking about earlier. Sarang seemed to be hooked on the idea of sharing. The same thing as me. It would be a shame to just order two udons.

After thinking for a moment, I said to Heena,

“Let’s order one udon and one bibimbap [Korean mixed rice with meat and vegetables] and share it between the three of us. How about that?”

“Okay. I’ll go order, watch Sarang for me.”

“Alright.”

—

There were quite a few people, but as expected of a rest stop food court, the food came out incredibly fast. It seemed like it took less than 5 minutes after ordering.

We put the udon and bibimbap on the table and the three of us ate deliciously.

“Ah~”

“Ah!”

“Chew it well. Got it?”

“Ue!”

“Our Sarang~ eats her food so well~”

However, with Sarang around, I inevitably ended up focusing on feeding her. Seeing Sarang munching away, I felt full just watching her.

And next to her, Heena was nibbling away. The rest stop udon, which I hadn’t had in a while, was as good as ever. No joke, I wanted to eat it every time I stopped at a rest stop from now on.

Most of all, I was glad that Sarang seemed to enjoy it very much.

“Heena, you should try it too. The udon is really good.”

“I’m eating~ Stop taking care of Sarang and eat something yourself. Han Sarang. You can eat by yourself, right?”

“I can… but it’s more delicious when Daddy feeds me!”

“Really? Then I have no choice!”

“Tsk, you shouldn’t keep indulging her like that.”

Even as she said that, Heena was looking at us with a happy face. Sarang even put down her spoon and we took turns eating from my spoon.

After finishing our meal, which took longer than expected, we all took a stroll around the restaurants inside the building.

“Sarang, do you want to eat potatoes?”

“Potatoes… Hot dog! I want to eat a hot dog!”

“A hot dog? That’s good too.”

I went into a famous bakery that sold hot dogs and lifted Sarang up again. As soon as her eyes were level with the counter, Sarang smiled brightly at the employee and placed her order.

“Hello! Sarang wants a hot dog!”

“Hello~ Which one would you like?”

“One potato hot dog, please.”

“Okay, I’ll help you with the payment over here.”

After paying, I received a thick potato hot dog from the employee and headed to a bench outside. It was so thick that it would be hard for Sarang’s small mouth to eat… Honestly, it looked a bit tough for me to eat too.

I asked the employee for a disposable fork and knife and cut the hot dog into small pieces. And the smallest piece on top went into Sarang’s mouth.

“Munch, munch…”

“Is it delicious?”

“Reawwy delishush!”

“You have to say it after you finish eating. You have to chew this well too~”

“Nue!”

The next piece I cut, I fed to Heena, who was sitting in front of us with her chin propped up, watching us.

“Aum…”

“How is it?”

“Hoohoohoop…”

She covered her mouth and nodded in response to my question. Heena’s mouth is also quite small, so even if I cut it up for her, it would be hard to talk while eating.

But then again, I ended up putting my own eating on the back burner. But who cares? My daughter and wife are eating so deliciously.

As I continued to cut the hot dog, it suddenly occurred to me that my dad must have felt this way when we went on family trips.

Instead of always ordering what he wanted to eat first, he would just casually take a bite of what we bought.

Before, when the whole family traveled together, my mom or mother-in-law often took care of Sarang, so it was hard to notice this.

Thanks to that, I was able to understand my dad’s feelings for sure now. And back then, when I told my dad to eat more, he said he was okay and told us to eat a lot. That wasn’t just empty words.

“Daddy! Ah~”

Looking at Sarang opening her mouth in front of me like a baby bird, I was deeply feeling the happiness of giving.

—

After finishing our enjoyable *mukbang* [eating broadcast] at the first rest stop, we stopped at every rest stop after that. We had left with plenty of time to spare, and I didn’t know when Sarang would need to use the restroom, so we just stopped at all of them for safety.

Since Sarang was awake, I sat in the back seat from then on to take care of her. Heena was very disappointed because of that.

“I’m so sad because I can only see your face in the rearview mirror…”

“Um… the car won’t move right away, will it? Look here for a second?”

“Okay!”

-Kiss!

It’s more dangerous than when I’m in the passenger seat, so I quickly kissed Heena as she turned around.

“Sarang too! Sarang wants to kiss Daddy too!”

“Alright, alright.”

-Kiss!

I also granted Sarang’s request.

With that, we were able to arrive at our destination after a pleasant drive. The time we spent in the car talking and playing with each other, and the time we spent at the rest stops in between, were so enjoyable.

It felt like we arrived in the blink of an eye without even realizing it.

I massaged my wife’s shoulders, who had worked hard to drive all the way here by herself, since she tries to keep me from driving as much as possible.

But I can drive well too… I guess I’ll never be able to drive again because of one mistake.

“You worked hard.”

“No, it was fun.”

“Give me the bag. Let’s leave the bag and look around.”

“Okay, here.”

“Daddy! I want to go too!”

“Okay. You have to hold Daddy’s hand tightly~”

“Yes!”

We crossed the dazzling hotel lobby, confirmed that we were reservation customers with the staff, and left our bags. Then we heard that we could check in even if we came back a little earlier than 3 o’clock. About 30 minutes, though.

We’ll just take a quick look around nearby.

“Is it possible to use the hotel’s facilities from now?”

“Yes. Feel free to use them.”

“Daddy! I don’t have Alruki! I think it’s in the bag!”

“We’re going for a walk now, so let’s let Alruki rest a little. Okay?”

“Alruki wants to go for a walk too…”

“Alruki is going to be sleeping. And Sarang has to go see the swimming pool, right?”

“Swimming pool! I want to see it! You know! Sarang is going to see the swimming pool!”

“Hehe, is that so?”

Well, we can’t see it right now since we can’t change our clothes.

The lobby staff smiled kindly at Sarang’s innocent words and laughter. I nodded in gratitude and the three of us began to explore the hotel.

Honestly, just the first floor lobby alone, with its open space, clean and pretty interior, and comfortable-looking seats, already felt healing.

It’s a bit pricey, so it felt like I was being treated well just by sitting there.

“That sofa was so fluffy~ I want to replace our sofa with that.”

“Should I look for something similar and buy one?”

“Wouldn’t it be very expensive?”

“It probably would be.”

Heena seemed to have already felt satisfied with the sofa she had been sitting on a little while ago, and kept looking back at it.

As we walked a little further, I saw a hotel map attached to a large pillar, and my heart began to race.

I already knew roughly what was there because I had researched it online, but it felt completely different to come to the hotel and see it with my own eyes.

From the fitness center to the arcade, swimming pool, sauna, *jjimjilbang* [Korean public bathhouse], cafe, bookstore, etc. In particular, there was one swimming pool outdoors, one on the top floor of the hotel, and another one on the rooftop.

“We can’t go into the swimming pool without changing our clothes… let’s just look around and go in.”

“Yeah. You’re not hungry, are you?”

“I’m not hungry after eating so much. Sarang’s stomach is full too.”

“Sarang is full!”

“Oh my… Sarang has to swim hard today. Her stomach is going to burst.”

We stopped at every rest stop and ate this and that, so Sarang’s stomach was visibly bulging. Of course, even that looked cute.

After the three of us took a look around the facilities on the first floor, we came back and were able to check in.

And as we entered the room we had booked, guided by the hotelier.

“Wow… it feels completely different from the pictures.”

“Really… it’s so pretty~”

I was impressed from the moment I opened the door.

The ocean view visible from the veranda, and the bright tone, very clean and spacious room. There was one very large bed and one small bed for children.

Even the bathroom I glanced at as I entered was as big as my room at my parents’ house. The size was good, but what I liked most was the large bathtub.

Of course, Heena’s house also has a bathtub, but the size is a bit tight, so it was a bit uncomfortable for the two of us to go in. But the bathtub here was big enough for the three of us.

While I was admiring the bathroom and bathtub, Sarang was jumping up and down and lying on the bed.

“The bed is big! Daddy! Are Sarang, Mommy, and Daddy going to sleep here together?”

“Should we? The bed is so big that the three of us can roll around, right?”

There was a cute bed for kids that was safe for children to sleep in without falling off, but if Sarang wanted to, it would be nice to sleep together.

Shortly after the hotelier, who had been guiding us about the facilities, left the room, Heena headed towards the bathroom and started talking.

“We’re going to go in together later, right?”

“Of course. But Sarang will probably want to take a bath with us too, right?”

“Then the three of us will go in then… and after Sarang falls asleep.”

She paused there and gave me a suggestive wink.

“The two of us can go in again.”