The World’s Strongest Daughter

“… Are you serious? It is a body that has that family.”

“Hey, didn’t you know everything and accepted it? And, if anyone hears it, you’ll think I’m telling you to have an affair. Be careful.”

This old man… .

They said that getting older makes me brazen, but Jeong Nan-do smirked and blocked my speech.

Anyway, it’s not that it isn’t.

Trick Hye-sun Gong and turn her into a spy for the association.

Doesn’t it mean to be surprised with people’s hearts?

I opened my mouth to draw a clear line,

“… Even so… .”

That moment.

woo woo-woo woo-woo

The cell phone in my arms started to ring.

The atmosphere subsided in an instant, as if cold water had been poured on it.

Jeong Nan-do blinked as if asking me to answer the phone and buried himself deep in the sofa.

“… .”

I quickly pulled out my phone and checked who the call was from.

A familiar name popped up on the screen.

[ Min So-yeon ]

It was Min So-yeon.

oh

I let out a low sigh, remembering later that I had decided to contact her, and got up from my seat and hurriedly answered the phone.

“hello?”

At that time, he moved to a corner and listened to his cell phone.

[ … where are you. ]

Through the phone, Min So-yeon’s cool voice could be heard.

“sorry. The story got long and I forgot… .”

[ … Where are you? ]

She cut off her words coldly.

I guess I’m not in a good mood.

“It’s still an association… .”

[ … When are you coming? ]

I slowly turned my head and glanced at Jeong Nan-do, who was sitting on the sofa in the distance.

Jeong Nan-do is already lighting a new cigar.

It seemed that there was still much left to say.

After I turned around again, I gently covered the microphone and spoke carefully.

“… I’ll be going soon.”

It’s important, but what could be more important than your daughter-in-law?

[ … come fast. ]

When I told Min So-yeon that I was going soon, she said in a slightly softened voice to come quickly.

After giving an apology over and over again and hanging up the phone.

I went back to Nan-do Jeong and told him that I should go back right away.

Then Jeong Nan-do asked if his wife had a phone call.

“… Did Yeon-hee get a call?”

I replied that it was a call from Min So-yeon.

“no. It was Soyeon.”

Jeong Nan-do, who quietly nodded his head as if he was convinced by the name Min So-yeon, sent me off to talk again soon without saying anything.

*

Min So-yeon arrived at Min So-yeon’s house, leaving herself in the car that Nan-do Jeong gave her.

It was around 8 o’clock in the evening.

Actually, it’s not too late.

‘ah. I’m a little late for work.’ to what extent?

Obviously I was thinking so.

By the way… .

[When are you coming?]

When I think of my wife’s message that came like a knife as soon as 8 o’clock passed and Min So-yeon’s reminder call to come quickly, I think I was actually wrong.

Standing in front of the gate, I immediately sent a reply to my wife.

Tok- tok-

[Soyeon will take care of you. He said he hasn’t eaten dinner yet.]

After explaining the situation briefly to my wife, I went to the intercom to open the door.

The moment I reached for the intercom to unlock the lock.

Woong-

Another message arrived.

[I’ll be waiting, so please come slowly.]

As expected, it was a message from my wife… .

I was just saying come quickly.

Tok- tok-

I sent a moderate reply to my wife saying that I would only bring food and leave, and then quickly unlocked the door.

Cheokkong-

The gate opens with a heavy noise.

I crossed the threshold without thinking and stepped into the house, crossed the familiar yard, and headed straight to the front door.

shudder-

Skillfully unlocking the locked front door,

The moment I pulled the handle without any birthplace… .

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Quiver-

In the dark darkness beyond the door,

The twinkling eyes met their eyes.

“Ah!”

When I inadvertently stepped backwards in surprise, the sensor in the front door activated and the light came on.

flash-

The dark darkness is lifted, and the entrance is clearly visible.

“… So, Soyeon?”

There, Min So-yeon was squatting on the porch, hugging her knees.

Min So-yeon, who was staring blankly into the air, slowly got up at my call.

A dry expression on his face that doesn’t show even a single emotion.

He seemed angry at first.

“… It’s late.”

Min So-yeon, who coldly throws words as if spitting out.

… what… ?

To the extent that I felt a little uncomfortable, her tone of voice was a little different from usual.

“… sorry. The story got a little long and I forgot.”

I apologized to her, frankly telling her that I had forgotten,

Min So-yeon, who had been making eye contact with her, quietly replied back.

“… Contact me next time.”

It was close to a tone that seemed to hit me, but it contained a strange command line.

An unknown sense of incongruity that comes to mind.

Somehow… , I felt like I was watching Jooyeon-hee when I was young.

“… Yes, sorry.”

I glanced at her and gently handed the apology to her, and she, who was looking at me, turned around and spoke.

“… I’m hungry.”

Fortunately, this time, there was a little bit of life in her voice.

I guess he accepted my apology.

*

swish- swish-

I stared blankly at Yoo Ji-hwan’s skillful chopsticks sitting across from him.

He removed all the thorns of the fish in an instant, and then cut them into bite-sized pieces, leaving only the thick flesh.

“ruler.”

Then, naturally, he gently placed the peeled flesh on my spoon.

Glazed white rice and delicious grilled mackerel.

For some reason, an old thought came to mind.

… Back in the day, my dad always used to paint fish… .

Now Yoo Ji-hwan is painting fish for me.

Putting the spoon in my mouth satisfactorily, I glanced at him sitting across from me, chewing the food in my mouth.

Yoo Ji-hwan looking at me with a happy face.

It felt as if I was saying that I was lovable.

… yes, it should be like this… .

When I was sitting alone on the porch earlier, I thought I was going crazy.

Every minute and every second of waiting for him was so heavy that it was suffocating,

I was so scared that my heart would explode.

Maybe you’re saying that this isn’t coming?

Maybe something happened when you came.

… Turns out he was cheating on me and doing something else.

All kinds of negative emotions and bad thoughts entered my body and corroded my mind.

However, after he answered my call, I felt a little better.

But for a while.

After 10 minutes, after 20 minutes,

Again, endless doubts and negative emotions boiled over.

Is work more important than me?

Am I not coming because I don’t want to see you?

Actually, I didn’t intend to come from the beginning, but maybe I’m late because I’m forced to come?

… Could it be that another woman is holding Jihwan forcibly?

As if biting a tail, doubts aroused doubts, and the mind grew more and more desolate.

I was caught in such a terrible nightmare, and I was about to eat even the slightest bit of hope.

The tightly closed door opened, and Yoo Ji-hwan, who had been waiting eagerly, appeared.

His heartfelt apology melted my frozen heart,

Even the suspicion that had ignited the fire was quickly extinguished.

If he was really just a little bit late… .

Then… .

“… So Yeon-ah. Why are your nails like that?”

I woke up to Yoo Ji-hwan’s voice and glanced at the fingernails he was pointing at.

Some are short, some are long.

While waiting for Yoo Ji-hwan, I bit my nails, and my nails were broken.

Slightly embarrassed, I shrugged and told him it was okay.

However, Yoo Ji-hwan seemed to be young, so he quickly spoke up with a worried face.

“… How did you do that?”

… what do you answer… .

I was worried about whether I should tell Yoo Ji-hwan the truth or if I should just be around.

If I tell Yoo Ji-hwan, ‘I bit because of no news, I was anxious.’

No, you will definitely think so.

What would Jihwan think of me?

You might think of me as an annoying, strange woman.

Still, it’s awkward to look around.

I can’t even say that the rats ate it, and Yoo Ji-hwan didn’t seem to believe it.

“… .”

At that time, when I was confused and confused about what to do… .

“Soyeon-ah.”

Yoo Ji-hwan was the first to speak.

“Eat your meal, and I’ll trim your nails.”

“… uh?”

Tidy up your nails

Jihwan is… . my nails… ?

Bewildered by his sudden remark, he told me to eat some rice and then re-applied the fish flesh.

“… Come on, let’s eat first.”

I didn’t want to scrape for nothing, so I quietly closed my mouth and continued eating.

It seems to have gone well.

*

Right-! Right-!

Along with the cheerful sound of nail clippers, the messy torn nails were clipped from Min So-yeon’s fingertips.

I gripped her fingers carefully and gently touched her to see if there were any sharp edges from the wrong cut.

A blunt and firm touch to the fingertips.

It seems to have been cut well this time.

“… done. Come on, next finger.”

Then Min So-yeon quietly stretched out the next finger to make it easier to hold.

After holding Min So-yeon’s hand as if hugging it, I carefully pulled in a nail clipper and clipped her nails.

Right-! Right-!

Looking at the nails that have been torn off in a hurry, it looks like they have been bitten by teeth… .

Seeing all ten fingers biting in a mess, you can tell it’s pretty serious to some extent.

However, it is impossible to openly ask Min So-yeon, who is in the most sensitive and delicate period, what is the problem.

The first thing to do is to trim your nails so that you don’t bite your nails any more.

Recalling the memories of clipping Soyeon’s nails as a child, I carefully trimmed my nails one by one.

Right-! just-

By the time the last finger continued like that.

Sweat began to seep out of Min So-yeon’s hands, and she was leaning on me.

Taking a short breath, it seemed as if she was a little uncomfortable.

uh… , I’m almost done… .

To speed things up, I pushed her a little closer, and then gently pushed the nail clippers in and spoke softly.

“… So Yeon-ah. If you are struggling, tell me.”

Just in case, I didn’t say anything else.

Because I thought that if it was Soyeon, she would have fully understood what I was saying.

Then, Min So-yeon, who was attached to me as if hugging me, buried her nose deep in my forearm and nodded while breathing slowly.

… Did you understand?