"Let's flirt, officially"
38 โข Still, I need more time to forgive





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Phew....


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No, why are you sighing so much today?


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Soon, there will be a new groom to be married.


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That's right, I... knew our heroine was a really gentle girl.

At your words, I muttered, confessing what had happened a while ago that I had been waiting for.


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How can I sell all my cars?


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I sold 6 of them, for real.


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Well done, it costs a lot of money to manage that.


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Huh, how did you get that right? _ I cherished it so much...


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Packpok-) But really, what can't you say to your future wife?


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Gloomy- ) ....... You know how much I cherish those cars.


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Yes, thanks to that, I went out to the car dealership a lot.


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.... Sigh, should I make an emergency fund? ...


" what? . "


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Wow-) What the?! ..


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Oh, didn't I tell you? _ I was on the phone with my wife.


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Small- ) ..... cut off


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What did you say? Hang up?!


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Hey, hey!! ...

Suddenly, -



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Jeon Jungkook, if you're causing trouble like this even before marriage, what are you going to do after marriage?


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Gloomy-) No, that's it...


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We only have a week left, right?, I'm going to back off.


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shiver shiver-) No...


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Thank you, Mr. Yohan. Please continue to do so in the future.

I smiled and waved my phone.


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Of course.


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Ah.... I'll do well, okay?

I sneaked a glance at John, and John, who noticed my gaze, carefully stepped out.


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I... have a favor to ask of you.


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What is it? I'll listen to everything.

I had to make a rather cautious request to you, who sat down with a childish smile, saying that she would listen to everything.

I'm sorry, I bit my fingernails.


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What's going on, huh?



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"Can I meet with Jeong-Hyeon and talk to him?"


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I know it's a sudden request, but I think Jeong-Hyeon would like to clear up some misunderstandings with you...


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My lady.

The childish face from before was gone, and he carefully opened his mouth with a very serious expression.


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Let me ask you one thing, did you just meet Jeon Jeong-hyeon?


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Huh?, that's what I mean...

Before I could finish speaking, you gave me a small smile, as if you had come up with the answer.


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Ah..... we met.


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I understand what you're worried about about our brother.


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But, this is our brother's business, and above all...


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I'm not ready to forgive you yet.

Your face, which had been speaking calmly and expressionlessly, had no expression at all, but it even looked sad.


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Of course, it was also something that happened when I was very young...


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I had to feel the fear of death at a young age, and on top of that, I suffered from mental illness to a great extent after that.


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You know that too, because you saw my diagnosis.


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.... I know, I know enough..


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I hope the two of you can get along like before...



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For now, I need more time to forgive you.

It's not that I have no intention of forgiving.

But, because we were apart for a long time, as our bodies grew apart, our hearts also grew apart.

Like this, you can't forgive all at once.



slurp, -

He poured soju into a glass and drank it down.


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.......

I know better than anyone that I shouldn't be saying this, but I wanted to go back to the old days.

Long ago, long ago _

Although we didn't live in abundance and didn't even receive love from our parents, _ the days when we played together at the playground, starving.


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Damn, that's stupid...

I asked my soon-to-be sister-in-law, Yeoju, but I could roughly predict Jeongguk's reaction.


Ding dong, -


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Who is it?, there's no one coming...

Because I had drunk too much soju, I staggered to the front door and opened it without even checking the intercom.

Suddenly, -


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...... who are you? ..


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It's nothing else, I came here because my younger brother asked me to do it.


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Little brother? ... Please? ...


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Oh my, how much alcohol did you have to drink to smell like this...


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Can I come in first?

I went inside the house before he allowed me to, and looked around here and there.


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Sigh, what a mess...


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who are you? ....


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Do Yeo-ju, my older sister.


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ah .....

Glance, -

Let's take a quick look at the table. There were several bottles of alcohol on it - and even at a glance, it looked like it had been a while since they had drunk alcohol.


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You don't get along well with your younger sibling, right?


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Nod-)


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But, are you sure you have the will to do that? Let's have a little more talk with your younger sibling while we drink.


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Sigh-) If that were possible, would I be- doing this?

slap, -

When I saw you sitting on the sofa, I sat on the edge of the sofa and tried to listen to your story.


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Can I hear your story?


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I need to hear your story so I can help you mend your relationship with your brother.


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So....

Thud, -


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Embarrassed-) Hey....

I was startled by the sight of you lying down on my lap, as if you were drunk and sleepy, and I looked down at you, frozen.


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Hey, wake up...?


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Phew, I'm sleepy.....


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What should I do? Should I call? ....


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Sigh, it's a bit hard to wake you up.....


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..... Oh, you sleep well on someone else's lap.


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The brothers in this house are really strange.



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