Chapter 70: Will You Call Me Dad

It was an ordinary day.

I came home as usual, turned on the computer, and finished my work.

For some reason, Song and Lee came back together, opening the door.

And for some reason, the atmosphere between the two was different from what I usually saw.

Lee smiled brightly at me and said.

“I decided to marry Song.”

“Yes?”

Behind Lee, Song is blushing and shy.

Seeing that, I slowly lowered the cell phone hidden behind my back.

‘…I don’t need to report it.’

It doesn’t seem to be coercive.

“This is enough for today. Thank you for helping the director today, Yebin.”

Seo Yebin came out of the director’s office.

She helped with the work of the orphanage today, and then headed to her room to write down what she had been imagining in her head.

Thanks to the laptop that Sua gave her last time, her writing speed was many times faster than before, and she was able to write more.

Of course, when the teacher first found out, she was suspicious because of her past, but thanks to Sua’s explanation over the phone, she was allowed to own the laptop.

‘First, the main character has earned a lot of money, so next…’

She was thinking about the next content of the novel she was writing.

A familiar silhouette was seen outside the window.

Black long hair, short stature, a thin body, and somewhat blank eyes.

Sua was sitting on a small chair in the orphanage’s open space.

She approached Sua to thank her again for giving her the laptop, but somehow Sua’s face was shadowed.

“Sua, is something wrong?”

“Ah, Yebin.”

“Stop calling me that….”

“Are you writing well?”

“Yeah, I’m writing hard with the laptop you gave me. Thank you.”

“You’re welcome.”

“But is something wrong? You look completely depressed.”

Sitting next to her naturally, she was now calmly worried about Sua.

She had never lived worrying about someone, but Sua was special to her.

Sua, who was a little surprised to be worried by an unexpected person, let out a small breath and spoke.

“It seems that my uncle is going to get married.”

“That old man? That’s amazing. But why are you depressed?”

“How can I keep freeloading when my uncle gets married? They might even have a child.”

“Ah….”

It is common for parents to abandon their adopted children when they become pregnant.

Even those who have their names on the family register are like that, so it would be even more so for a simple guardian.

Still, Seo Yebin, who did not know Lee Seongbeom well, could not speak carelessly.

“Did that old man say he would send you back to the orphanage?”

“No, he didn’t, but….”

“I don’t know what kind of person PD is, but if he’s been living with you all this time, I don’t think he’ll just abandon you because he’s getting married.”

“Somehow I feel like you’re saying I’m a big problem child.”

“It’s just a feeling.”

She tends to think she’s a pretty normal person.

If you look at the reality, there will be no one as crazy as her.

They say genius and crazy are only a paper-thin difference.

She is the person who can prove that word.

“…Well, my uncle said he would officially adopt me when he gets married. Song…, the person who will be his wife also agreed.”

“Then isn’t it all good? What’s the problem?”

“Hmm…, it’s a feeling that can’t be explained in words.”

In fact, Lee Seongbeom did not marry before Sua returned.

I met him after I became an adult, but even then, he was sad that he was an old bachelor and drank all the time.

But suddenly Lee Seongbeom and Song said they were getting married.

Sua was confused as to what kind of variable caused the change in a strange part.

But she couldn’t tell this fact, so Seo Yebin had no way of knowing why Sua was making a strange expression.

“Let’s put this aside for now and think about something else, I think I’m a little shameless. I just feel like I should leave on my own.”

It was quite a brazen situation to stick to Lee Seongbeom and live a luxurious life.

And that brazen thing was possible because he was single and she knew his personality well.

That’s why Sua suggested adoption to him. Although it didn’t work out.

“But now that he’s getting married and has a wife, how can I live with him? What did she do wrong?”

“…You seem too pessimistic. You said his wife agreed. Why are you thinking so hard?”

When we reach our age, the probability of being adopted is close to zero.

In that situation, it was a luxury to be welcomed with open arms by someone who was trustworthy and well-known to adopt.

Still, Seo Yebin pretended that Sua was having worries that I didn’t know and didn’t bother to open her mouth.

Still, she could suggest one solution.

This was obtained from experience.

“Have you talked to the two of them?”

“I did. But I was a little confused, so I came out for a while.”

“Still, I think it’s better to talk face to face. If you just worry alone, you’ll just fall deeper.”

“That’s true, but….”

Sua would know that that method is the best solution.

But even if you know the solution, it’s inevitable to be afraid of the situation.

Seo Yebin also had a lot of worries and fears before apologizing to Sua, so she could understand.

And in that case, it would be a good way for someone around you to give you a push.

“Then, I’ll be out for a while, so talk to the three of you.”

“Huh? Three?”

“Don’t run away again.”

Seo Yebin said that and stood up.

As she turned her back and entered the building, Sua looked around, not knowing what was going on.

And she noticed the shadow approaching from behind and turned around, and there were Lee Seongbeom and Song approaching.

“…Were you listening?”

“It’s natural to be worried when you go out alone at night saying you want to think.”

It was already late at night, and the sunset was setting, and the purple sky was blooming beautifully.

The streetlights on the street are turning on one by one.

Lee and Song sat on either side of me.

And we just watched the beautiful sky for a long time.

I opened my mouth, watching the half-moon hidden behind the clouds faintly reveal itself.

“…I approached my uncle on purpose. Because I didn’t like living in an orphanage. So I thought I would stick to my single uncle and live. In return, I would bet my abilities.

I made that plan because my uncle is thorough in calculations. In the worst case, he would judge that it would be okay to keep me by his side, not for me, but for my abilities.”

“The adoption didn’t work out, but it still went as I wanted. My uncle gave me more than I expected, so I acted shamelessly.

Honestly, I was really grateful that he treated me like a real family. So I don’t want to be a burden to my uncle.”

My approach to my uncle was my selfishness using the memories of my previous life.

Nevertheless, he welcomed me and even treated me as if I were his real niece.

My uncle, who didn’t get married in his previous life, somehow fell in love now.

He got happiness.

I couldn’t interfere with that happiness with my selfishness.

“So I think it’s right for me to go back to my place.”

That is my conclusion.

A small deviation that started with my selfishness.

Now, no one is bothering me in the orphanage or at school.

I’ll just go back to my place.

“Don’t say useless things.”

My uncle said in a slightly serious voice.

“It’s true that I came to you because of your amazing abilities. But I lived with you because I really thought of you as family. Otherwise, why would I have made such a ridiculous contract and held onto you?”

“That’s….”

“I don’t know much about family either. But I know that family is not easily abandoned because it becomes a burden. You are already my family. Not only are you not a burden, but you are the first person I have drawn a future with.”

My uncle ruffled my hair violently.

“And I never let go of my people. I’m greedy.”

And he knelt in front of me with the same look I had seen before.

“I thought of you as my daughter from the beginning. I thought that a treasure had entered my life as an old bachelor over 40 for the first time. But my treasure doesn’t seem to think of herself as a treasure, so I’ll say it again.”

Just like that day.

Looking at me with straight eyes.

He held out his rough and huge hand to me.

“Will you call me Dad?”

He grinned with a playful expression.

Seeing that, I lowered my head deeply.

Something that welled up to my throat blocked my throat, making it impossible to open my mouth.

Nevertheless, I struggled to utter the unfamiliar words to him, who waited for me until the end.

“…Yes, Dad.”

At that moment, something unknown fell from my eyes.

Long ago.

I shed the emotions I had forgotten in my distant childhood.