My Girlfriend Is Very Good To Me [EN]: Chapter 177

Ep. 176

“……”

It’s freezing.

A dagger flies and pierces my heart…

Hee-na’s displeased hum stopped Yoon-sung and me in our tracks.

The silence that instantly took over the space left us speechless. Only Sarang was happily eating her *tteokbokki* [spicy stir-fried rice cakes] beside us.

After a moment, Yoon-sung cautiously excused himself.

“…Then I’ll get back to work…”

“Hey, you…!”

This crazy bastard says something unnecessary and then runs away on his own!

But I couldn’t stop him since he was in the middle of work. Unable to hold onto Yoon-sung as he left, I cautiously turned my head to look at Hee-na.

-Smiling

Her smiling face came into view. Seeing this, it seemed like she didn’t care, but.

-Tap, tap, tap

Her fingers tapping the table like a metronome indicated that she was not in a good mood.

In fact, it wasn’t something to react to so strongly. It was just my daughter’s cute declaration.

“Honey.”

“Huh, yeah?”

“Is your mouth about to reach the sky? Are you that happy?”

“…This rascal is moving on its own. I’ll talk to her later.”

“Hmph.”

It seemed like she didn’t like that I was so happy in that moment. Honestly, I could feel my mouth curving upward.

But, wasn’t this inevitable? Sarang said she’s going to marry me! How can I not be happy about this! Our daughter is saying such adorable things!

Of course, I couldn’t say those words out loud. Who knows what might happen tonight if I did. So, I swallowed those words and picked up my fork.

“Hee-na, do you want some fried food? Yoon-sung packed a lot of shrimp tempura. You like shrimp, right?”

“Sounds good.”

“Right? Wait a minute. I’ll feed you.”

I quickly cut the shrimp tempura into thirds with my fork, dipped it in *tteokbokki* sauce, and tried to feed it to Hee-na. After all, Hee-na wasn’t really upset about this, and she probably reacted that way half-jokingly.

But.

“I want to eat too! Daddy! Ah~!”

“……”

-Nom

Sarang stood up next to me and intercepted the shrimp tempura. I couldn’t easily pull away because the kid was already shoving her mouth forward. If I messed up, Sarang might fall onto the table.

Thanks to that, Hee-na was staring blankly at the end of my empty fork.

“Shrimp tempura is so delicious! Daddy, here’s one for you!”

Not stopping there, Sarang now took a piece of tempura with her fork and fed it to me. I glanced at Hee-na and put the tempura my daughter gave me into my mouth.

-Chew, chew

It was indeed delicious. Though I felt like I might choke while eating.

“Daddy, is it good?”

“It’s good…”

“Now it’s Daddy’s turn! Ah~”

In this situation where we were taking turns feeding each other, I had no choice but to give Sarang the tempura again. Sarang happily accepted it.

This exchange happened several times. And Hee-na, who had been quietly watching us, opened her mouth.

“Am I interrupting your date? Should I leave first?”

“No, you know that’s not true!”

Our Hee-na is really sulking!

—

Although there was a brief incident, Hee-na’s mood quickly improved, perhaps because the *tteokbokki* and tempura were delicious.

In the first place, it wasn’t that strange for a daughter to say such things when she was young. Honestly, I never imagined I’d hear it in real life, not in a novel or manga.

And I vowed to take revenge on Jung Yoon-sung, who was the cause of this incident.

“Are you guys going straight home?”

“We’re going to walk around a bit. Why?”

“Then take this. Lee Hee-na likes shrimp tempura, right? I packed some.”

“Oh, thanks.”

He gave me shrimp tempura, so I decided to let it go.

Yeah. What’s the point of holding a grudge against a friend over something like that?

Next to me, satisfied with the weight of the heavy plastic bag, Sarang, who had happily devoured the *tteokbokki*, bowed deeply.

“Uncle! It was delicious!”

“Come visit again next time. Oh, do you want to take a Pika-x pork cutlet with you?”

“Yes!”

“Han Sarang.”

“No… It’s okay…”

“Okay, sure.”

Hee-na stopped Sarang, who was shining her eyes. Well, I couldn’t cover for Sarang either. Not because of what she said earlier, but because she ate quite a bit of *tteokbokki*. Sarang probably ate half of it.

“Then I’ll go. Thanks for the tempura~”

“Thanks for the meal. Call me next time when you have time.”

“*Tteokbokki* Uncle, goodbye!”

“Be careful going back! I’ll always be here, so come visit again!”

As we said our goodbyes in front of the snack bar, Yoon-sung’s words resonated with me. It was a very sad line.

It’s very rare for someone to work here for several months, so Yoon-sung can’t leave the hall to someone else. The aunt has half given up on her work.

Anyway, after leaving the snack bar, we strolled around the neighborhood. To digest and enjoy the spring breeze.

Hee-na and I held hands, and Sarang and I held hands normally.

“Sarang, shall we go to the playground?”

“I want to take a walk with Mom and Dad~”

“Then shall we go the usual way?”

Taking a walk around the neighborhood was almost a daily routine for our family. Even on busy weekdays, we sometimes came out in the evening, and we went for a walk almost every weekend.

We didn’t really chatter about anything, but just leisurely took a round trip.

Sometimes, even if there was no conversation, we didn’t feel uncomfortable or anxious. We were now too stable to feel the emotions that were common in the early stages of a relationship.

Sarang was completely used to it because she had been with us since she was a baby, often riding in a stroller.

But as we walked, there was something that bothered me.

-Rumble! Rumble!

“Sarang, your phone keeps ringing?”

Of course, it was always like that since I bought her the phone, but today Sarang’s phone was ringing non-stop.

“My friends keep sending me messages~”

“Don’t you have to check it?”

“You can’t look at your phone while walking!”

“…Oh~ That’s right. Sarang is smart?”

“Hehe!”

Everyone always gives children that warning, but we don’t follow it ourselves, so I was momentarily taken aback.

That’s right. It’s dangerous to look at your phone while walking. I had warned her not to do that before. I have to be more careful in front of Sarang.

Hee-na seemed impressed that Sarang was naturally keeping something that should be kept, so she stopped walking for a moment and stroked Sarang’s hair.

“Good job~ You have to keep doing that in the future. Got it?”

“Yes!”

“But last time, we just turned off the notifications for the group chat. Are your friends sending you personal messages?”

“I’ll check now~”

These days, most people buy kids’ phones like ours even for first graders. Besides, kids have more opportunities to handle these electronic devices from an early age, so they’re good at operating them.

Thanks to that, right after we bought her the phone, the group chat room where the homeroom teacher and the children in the class were gathered was flooded with so many messages that it was really on fire. So, we ended up turning off the alarm [notifications].

We waited for Sarang, who was checking the messages since we had stopped for a moment. I was a little curious about the contents, but I didn’t want to check what friends were talking about one by one.

From the children’s point of view, it could be felt as excessive interference.

Sarang quickly finished checking the messages, looking through the contents with her eyes for a moment, and then put the phone back in.

I wouldn’t ask what the contents were, but it would be okay to ask who sent it, right?

“Who sent it?”

“Well~ Joo-eun, Ji-na, Se-yeon, Seo-joon~ and more~”

“Wait. Sarang, wait a minute.”

I stopped Sarang, who was folding her fingers and listing her friends’ names. First of all, I knew the girls. They had played with Sarang in the playground, and Joo-eun was a friend I had known since she was a baby.

But who is Seo-joon? He seems like a boy?

“Who is Seo-joon?”

“Hehehe, honey~ He must be a classmate~”

Hee-na, who noticed why I was doing this, laughed and playfully hit my shoulder. I knew that too, but as a father, I needed to know more accurately.

This wasn’t interfering, it was just me trying to find out about Sarang’s friend that I didn’t know.

Really.

“I know that too. Sarang, are you close to Seo-joon?”

“Yes! Seo-joon gave me cat jelly!”

Sarang smiled, as if remembering when she received the jelly, saying, ‘It was delicious~’.

That cheeky brat is seducing Sarang with cat jelly in a mean way?

I became very uncomfortable, but I couldn’t express that to Sarang. What can I say to stop the kids from being friendly with each other?

Besides, even if I don’t know, there will be plenty of kids who show interest in Sarang anyway. Our Sarang has a good personality and is very cute.

Of course, since she’s an elementary school student, they usually express that feeling childishly, but those who try to get close by giving her food like that are very threatening.

Because those small acts of kindness are etched in the heart.

I couldn’t tell her not to accept snacks from Seo-joon in the future. What kind of loser would I be as a father if I said that?

I couldn’t say it out loud and was just swallowing my anger, but Hee-na asked Sarang.

“Who do you like more, Daddy or Seo-joon?”

“Daddy! I like Daddy much more!”

“Really? How much?”

“This~ much!”

Hee-na winked at me, inducing Sarang’s answer as if to relieve my feelings. Sarang jumped up and down next to her, drawing a big circle.

Seeing that, a smile spread across my face. If I showed this, the silly thoughts I had just had could no longer remain in my head.

Yeah. Isn’t it possible for kids to be friendly with each other? It’s just jelly. I’ll have to buy him a slushie later when I meet him.

“Then shall we go home and play a game together?”

“I want to! Dad promised to build more houses in the cat village with me!”

“Really~? Did you build a lot of houses with Dad? Mom wants to see it too~”

“Yes! I made a bridge and a lot of fields with Dad! Right, Dad?”

“Yeah. Sarang made it beautifully.”

The game Sarang was talking about was the latest series of Cat’s Village, which Hee-sung hyung [older brother/male friend] had also played with a few years ago. I received the game console that *hyung* had and created villages with Sarang in different accounts this time.

Hee-na naturally brought up a topic that could make us feel good, and then took my hand again and moved on.

She was really a wife who was always a source of support. She sometimes showed minor jealousy, but that was Hee-na’s cute side.

Sarang had a lot to brag about, so she grabbed Hee-na’s hand this time and talked excitedly about the game while walking.

“You know what! I made Dad’s house too!”

“Really?”

“Yes! It’s the house where I live with Dad!”

“You two have already built a house~ Mom doesn’t have one yet. Sarang is so lucky~ She has her own house with Dad~”

“I want to live with Dad and play every day!”

“Does Sarang like Dad that much?”

“I like him so, so much!”

“Dad must be happy~? That Sarang likes him so much.”

“……”

Hee-na looked at me with narrowed eyes at Sarang’s boasting. It wasn’t to the point of being sulky, but just with a feeling of envy. I don’t know if she’s envious of me or envious of Sarang.

Huh… It’s going to be like this again. I can’t help it. I’ll have to play with Sarang a lot later to wear her out and make her sleep in her room.

Then I have to appease Hee-na at night. In the way Hee-na likes.

I have to engrave my love on her body again today.