chapter 27
27. no way
“Chaerin, stop sleeping and get up and eat!”
“… Woke up.”
Mother enters the room with the lights off.
When the curtains were lifted, the hidden sunlight stung Chaerin’s eyes, which had become accustomed to the darkness.
“Mom, I’m going out, so take out the side dishes from the refrigerator and eat them.”
My eyes, which had been looking at my phone in a dark room, slowly became accustomed to the sunlight, and I saw my mother dressed for going out.
Due to the nature of her job, she often went out on the weekends, but judging by her clothes, she did not look like someone who went to work.
“Where are you going?”
“I want to meet Sein.”
“… Jaune’s mother?”
“Yes, I said let’s eat something delicious before being hospitalized.”
I thought the two were somewhat close, but they had a private meeting together.
It was a bit surprising to see the unfamiliar side of my mother, who rarely hung out with people who weren’t actors.
‘Wait a minute then…’
Are you saying Jaune’s mom is away this morning too?
Chae-rin, whose mind was completely broken, immediately asked her mother.
“Then Lee Joo-un will be alone?”
“…Why is that?”
Chae Na-hee narrows her eyes at such an explicit question.
My intuition was sharper because I had already seen Jaune’s excessive obsession since he was admitted to the hospital.
‘This guy can’t be…’
A slightly ominous feeling.
However, after looking after her daughter for 17 years, she soon gave up her delusion and realized that she was not the type of person to do that.
“I heard someone is coming today? “The maid I hired this time… and the maid’s younger brother?”
Originally, the promise didn’t go through because I was concerned about leaving the child alone with an injured arm.
However, I remembered her happily calling me to say that my maid would be coming to my house on the weekend.
‘Anyway, the housekeeper… I didn’t think she had that much money.’
People who have a lot of money at home usually wear one or two luxury goods.
When I saw the people in that house, their clothes were worn out, let alone luxury goods.
‘The house I moved to wasn’t particularly expensive.’
The fact that such people were wealthy enough to hire housekeepers brought quite a shock.
The curiosity that started from that turned into liking as I got to know the person.
Compared to what he has, he has an easy-going personality.
An attitude that does not particularly see oneself as an actor.
Above all, since they both knew the pain of losing their husbands at an early age, it was only a matter of time before their friendship developed.
‘Where should we go today~’
She feels a little happiness in the daily friendships she finds after a long time after being exhausted from business.
But her daughter was not happy at all.
“what?!”
“It’s a surprise…”
As soon as Chae-rin hears that the sisters are going to a house that only they picked up, she immediately screams in absurdity.
I was dumbfounded to hear that something I had just briefly thought of as a delusion had happened first.
Nahee shouted back at her daughter who suddenly shouted.
“Why are you yelling!”
“No, who is going to their house?”
Did I hear it wrong?
Although he was the type of person who could understand everyone at once unless he covered his ears when someone spoke.
Now I wondered if my sharp sense of hearing was broken.
“The housekeeper and the housekeeper’s younger brother.”
However, the words that came out of my mother’s mouth clearly made me realize that my ears were not at fault.
“I heard we’re all in the same class. Do you know each other?”
Wouldn’t it be nice if we just knew each other?
[Is what you said to Jaune the problem?]
Needless to say, a close relationship.
When they met, the relationship was so deep that the air around them froze.
‘Why is that b*tch going to her house all of a sudden?’
I didn’t know the reason.
Wouldn’t anyone be able to intuit this by looking at the way he blocked the scene he was attacking yesterday with a cold look?
‘No, no, no.’
There was a housekeeper there, so she said there might not be much danger, but her arms would be bent inward.
When she decides to help Hayan and leaves home alone, what remains is a dangerous teenage girl with a crush on her and an insensitive man who always talks nonsense without thinking.
‘Phone, phone…’
I never should have left the two of us alone.
Chae-rin feels a sense of crisis and immediately turns on her cell phone.
Just when you want to check your contact information and make a call right away.
Ding dong~
The doorbell rang loudly at home.
“who is this?”
“Ah, it looks like Sein has arrived.”
The two walked to the front door and opened the door, and in front of them was Jaune’s mother, dressed brightly today.
Wearing a neat dress, it is difficult to call her pretty, but she had a very embracing smile.
“Hello~”
“hello.”
“You came early? “I’m ready too, so let’s go right away.”
Na-hee puts on her shoes as soon as she sees Joo-woon’s mother.
I left behind the leisurely chattering happily about today’s schedule and just played with my phone.
‘If I tell him I’m going, will he understand?’
No, since Hayan promised that he would come, it is obvious that he will tell her not to come in order to avoid meeting him.
He would clearly know what would happen if he met him, but no matter how much he was picked up, he wouldn’t allow him to visit without even thinking about it.
‘But we can’t just attack them recklessly.’
Right away, he threatened the person who comforted him yesterday, saying that he would do whatever he wanted no matter what he said from now on, but of course he had to maintain a certain line.
Of course, entering without the landlord’s permission is an extremely unpleasant act.
However, we cannot just sit back and watch this situation.
‘…’
She locked her worries in her head and squeezed her brilliant brain to find good ideas.
Joo-woon’s mother, who was chatting with Chae-rin, said.
“That’s right, I heard you came to my house yesterday?”
“Ah, yes… I stopped by for a moment to help her carry her luggage.”
“For some reason, I wasn’t there at the time so I couldn’t take care of them properly… Come play with them next time.”
Nahee’s eyes sparkled as she put on her shoes at her invitation.
“really? “I was already going to ask when the housewarming party would be held.”
“I was thinking of calling you after the surgery, but that would take too long, so just tell me a convenient time on a weekday next week.”
If you have surgery, it takes a long time to have a housewarming party.
Chae-rin, doubtful about those words, asked.
“If you have surgery, will you be hospitalized right away?”
“Um… at least for a month or two, right?”
His only family member is away for one to two months.
Then, the only person left in the house is one maid.
‘I’m not worried about him.’
At first glance, it never occurred to me that something would happen between Jaune and Jaune, who at best looked like a kid who had just graduated from elementary school.
The problem is her younger brother Hayan.
‘There must be a lot of excuses…’
I don’t know what would happen to Lee Joo-woon if she were given a month or two to visit the house with her sister just today.
‘Starting today, we have to get rid of the buds.’
But by what means?
‘How do I come up with a reason to visit?’
The sense of crisis only increases and there is no way to survive.
No matter how hard I searched for a way to get permission from the landlord, I couldn’t come up with a good excuse…
‘House owner?’
A specific keyword and Jaune’s mother in front of him.
As soon as the two met, Chaerin cautiously opened her mouth.
“Mom, can I stop by your house for a moment today?”
“huh? suddenly?”
In the first place, the landlord is not Lee Joo-woon.
Wouldn’t it be a problem if I went to visit him not as Lee Joo-woon’s classmate, but as the daughter of Se-in’s friend, the landlord?
When Jaune’s mother was taken aback by the sudden visit request, she just came up with an excuse.
“Well… I forgot to leave something behind when I left yesterday.”
“okay? “Then I’ll tell Jaune and ask him to hand it to me at school.”
Since you two are in the same class anyway, you can bring it to me on Monday.
It was an excuse that could easily be dismissed, but Chaerin did not stop there.
“no.”
I should never have left here.
Since there was no other way than this, I did not give up easily and went closer to her and spoke firmly.
“I can’t ask a kid with a sore arm to run such an errand, so I’ll go find it.”
Chae-rin appears unnecessarily ambitious.
She was a little embarrassed to see the quiet girl who had been quiet until now suddenly act up, but there was no reason to say no, so she nodded.
“… Do whatever is comfortable for you.”
“thank you.”
“Okay, let’s take care of it and we’ll go first.”
Chae Na-hee had already finished wearing her shoes a long time ago.
Nahee, who was watching the situation from behind, confirmed that the story was over and left the house to see her daughter off.
Jooun’s mother asked Nahee on the way down from the elevator.
“Nahee…”
“huh?”
“I left something at my house… Is it true?”
Nahee thought about her question for a moment and gave an ambiguous answer.
“Of course not.”
Honestly, it was such an obvious excuse that it wasn’t even worth answering.
After hearing her answer, Sein sighed deeply.
“Ha… I hope nothing bad happens at home.”
“It’s okay, I told you there was a maid there anyway.”
“Yes, but…”
Normally I wouldn’t have been particularly worried.
By chance, I saw Jaune making love with a girl on the street yesterday.
Because she had only vaguely heard what happened to Hani, her worries only grew worse.
“I’m worried that my son seems to be too popular these days.”
“That kid is also a high school student, so wouldn’t he behave well?”
Moreover, from what I felt when I saw Jaune a few times,
I didn’t think I was that childlike.
On the outside, he may seem like a slightly immature friend, but when you talk to him, he is a boy who has a maturity that is sometimes not seen in high school students.
So I decided there was no need to worry too much.
“Do you really think I would do something strange at home without you?”