The Main Wife War (2)
The Main Wife War (2)
077
It's not like a horde of zombies, but the airport security and the safety guards prepared by the Korea Football Association are desperately holding back the swarming crowd.
"Move along quickly!!"
"Ah, shit, mister, don't push!"
"Uh, uh, hold the line! The line can't break!"
"Step back! Everyone, take one step back!!"
After quickly passing the line the guards desperately created and arriving at the press conference venue, the atmosphere finally calmed down a bit.
"I'm Kang Ga-young from KBS. Coach Gong Jeon-seong, you've achieved the best result in the history of the Olympic national team. Please share a word on your feelings about winning the silver medal."
"This is Sports Daily. I have a question for Seol Yo-han. Seol Yo-han, you returned to the domestic stage after playing in the Bundesliga due to military service issues. If you receive the military service exemption this time, will you challenge yourself to go overseas again?"
"Players, please look this way! Over here!"
"Hong Min-jun! Interest in your transfer is already high, and there are links to various overseas clubs! Have you decided which league you'll go to?"
The press conference, which started calmly, lasted for over an hour.
People throwing only prepared questions, people asking about professional details, people looking for gossip, people taking pictures... By the time the press conference ended, everyone was exhausted.
Time didn't fly, but time doesn't stop.
The final official schedule—shaking hands, hugging, and posing for outdated poses with high-ranking officials like National Assembly members, Korea Football Association executives, and various governors and mayors—passed, and the disbandment ceremony was right around the corner.
"Fucking Korea Football Association bastards. They didn't show their faces when the roster was announced and the controversy exploded, but now that we've won a silver medal, look at them trying to take credit."
"Ugh. Why did they schedule so many things, seriously. Why does this feel harder than playing a full 90 minutes?"
The seniors were complaining when a Korea Football Association staff member approached.
"I have an announcement for the national team players and coaching staff. The Chairman, encouraged by the national team's good performance, has provided accommodation and dinner at Paradise City in Yeongjongdo for the players and coaching staff along with their families. For your information, the families have already been staying at Paradise since yesterday. This is all supported by the Chairman's private funds, so those who wish to use it, please enjoy."
"Paradise City...? Isn't that place 400,000 to 500,000 won per night?"
"Wow, shit. I looked it up, and the buffet is over 100,000 won per person?"
The players look at each other.
"Daebak..."
"Suddenly, I like the Korea Football Association."
Paradise City Hotel, located in Yeongjongdo, is said to be the first casino complex resort in Northeast Asia.
As the description "complex resort" suggests, it has various facilities like a spa, plaza, and club, but I don't know the details. Anyway, it's a luxury hotel that costs 400,000 to 500,000 won per night, right?
There was naturally no player or coaching staff who would refuse this opportunity.
A hotel that costs 400,000 to 500,000 won per night during peak season and over 100,000 won per person for the buffet, all for free, and with family? Ah, I can't pass this up.
Since the Chairman is the head of the Hyundai Group, they even rented out the entire buffet for today.
Is this the class of a chaebol...?
So that's why Ha-rin spends so much money. It was because she's a young lady from a chaebol family.
"Oh my, Gi-deok~"
"Mom!!"
"Dad~"
"Ugh-cha~ Seo-young, did you miss Dad?"
"No~!"
"...You didn't miss me. Okay."
"Honey!!"
"Father!!"
Arriving at Paradise City in the car prepared by the Korea Football Association and entering the rented convention room, the waiting families welcome us enthusiastically.
Where are my parents?
"Min-jun! Oh my~ our son!"
"Mom!"
I went up for college life... no, I actually went down to the provinces, but anyway, it's the first time I've seen my parents in about half a year since I went to my studio apartment.
"Mom, where's Dad?"
"A grown man, and you're still calling us 'Mom' and 'Dad'."
"Why are you scolding the kid on such a good day?"
"Ahem."
My dad is really conscious of the people around him. Unlike Dad, who had a more serious, stern, and grave expression than usual, Mom was more fussier than usual.
"Oh my, our son, your face has become half its size! I knew overseas food wouldn't suit your taste! How much did you suffer to get this thin?"
"......."
Mom.
I've been eating well and pooping well, so my face is greasy with oil.
'No one noticed that my face changed, as expected.'
I expected it because even the smart Yoon Da-ye didn't recognize me, but I wasn't without worries... seeing my parents naturally gloss over it, I don't think I need to worry about changes due to Charm anymore.
"You're amazing, our son. Mom is so relieved that our Min-jun didn't get hurt and is healthy."
As we were having an emotional reunion with my parents, there was a strange person mixed in.
"...Why are you here?"
The woman standing demurely behind my parents covered her mouth with her hand and smiled modestly.
"Hello, Min-jun."
"Mom! Yoon Da-ye is here!?"
"Be quiet, you brat. Is Da-ye a stranger?"
"Holy...."
A stranger? Of course she's a stranger, is she family?
"The only son I have goes to college and doesn't even call. Do you know who kept us company instead of our indifferent son?"
"H, huh?? Mom and Dad, were you in contact with Yoon Da-ye?"
"Why ask such an obvious question? Do you think Da-ye is you?"
"Since when?"
"Since when, you ask? Since you guys were little. What is this kid talking about?"
I'm so dumbfounded I can't speak.
"No... Yoon Da-ye went to a specialized high school far away!"
"We have smartphones these days, what does that have to do with anything? She would come by and say hello to us sometimes when she came home."
"What. Why didn't I know?"
I really didn't know.
Winter break of my second year of middle school, I confessed to Yoon Da-ye and got cleanly rejected.
After that, I clung to entering a prestigious high school famous for soccer.
In the meantime, I participated desperately in training that I had been doing lazily, relying only on my genius, and even after regular training ended, I devoted myself to autonomous training, avoiding Yoon Da-ye as much as possible.
To prove my ability, just as she said.
Because I intended to confess again after proving my ability by entering a prestigious high school.
I succeeded in entering the place I wanted, but I never confessed to Yoon Da-ye again.
Because she went to a famous specialized high school far from her hometown and moved into a dormitory.
At the time, I hated Yoon Da-ye for leaving far away without telling me anything.
Childhood friend and first love. I thought of her as special, but I felt like you didn't.
So I avoided her contact, developed an unnecessary inferiority complex about pretty women, and so on.
After that, I lost my passion for soccer, trained half-heartedly, and didn't find any fun in games... maybe that's why I hit a slump. A long slump that lasted throughout high school.
The cause was all Yoon Da-ye.
No. The cause wasn't Yoon Da-ye, it was the pathetic me.
"...Mom and Dad were in contact with Yoon Da-ye? And you kept meeting her?"
"Of course, why does this kid keep saying such things? You fought with Da-ye in middle school, and you were sulking all by yourself, are you still like that?"
Is that how Mom knows it?
"I get that, but why is she here?"
"Why, you ask? We were eating with Da-ye when we happened to get a call from the Korea Football Association. Da-ye isn't a stranger, so we came together."
It's dizzying, but I definitely learned that my parents think of Da-ye as family.
...I get it, but,
"Why are you guys here too!!"
"Hehe. Hello, Min-jun."
Heeyeon Noona, who was watching interestingly from the side, waves her hand gently.
Plus, Oh Ha-rin and Reporter Noona too?
Mom's eyes widen when she sees Heeyeon Noona in a 'girlfriend look' outfit of a white sleeveless tee and a fluttering tennis skirt.
"Oh my. Aren't you the tennis fairy, athlete Yoon Heeyeon?"
"Ah, that's right! You recognize me! Hello, I'm the tennis fairy, Yoon Heeyeon~"
What. Heeyeon Noona, were you famous enough for my mom to know you!?
"Oh my, it's so nice to meet you~ You look just like you do on TV! How are you so pretty."
"Hehe, thank you."
"But... are you an acquaintance of our son...?"
At Mom's narrowing eyes, Heeyeon Noona answered quickly.
"Of course! We're both from Hojin University! Besides, my younger brother is Yoon-hyeok. You know Yoon-hyeok, right?"
"Ah~ I know, I know. I heard he's the senior who is closest to our Min-jun. Oh my~ Athlete Yoon-hyeok is tall and handsome, just like his sister!"
"Ehehe. We're school seniors and juniors with Min-jun, and we also became close while interviewing with this reporter unni here, so I came to say hello."
"Min-jun should have told me if he knew athlete Heeyeon, he's so indifferent. I'm a huge fan of athlete Heeyeon, and he doesn't even know who his mom likes."
Mom's gaze, which was chatting harmoniously, turned to Reporter Noona.
"Hello, I'm Kang Su-yeon from Sports Star."
In an expensive-looking women's suit with her hair neatly tied back. Mom, who saw Reporter Noona exuding the force of an elite career woman, was completely taken in.
"Oh my, you're a reporter! Nice to meet you, I'm Min-jun's mom."
"Ahem. I'm Min-jun's dad."
Dad quickly cuts in.
Wait, did Reporter Noona pass the journalism exam?
"Since your son is athlete Hong Min-jun, you two must be very proud. He's so talented and handsome."
"Ohoho~ Oh my~ Of course. Our Min-jun isn't a kid who falls behind anywhere~ Ohohong."
"No. Our Min-jun isn't that great of a guy. Absolutely not, he's not world-class level."
No... my dad, Reporter Noona didn't even say anything, but what's with the standard of naturally concluding he's world-class?
"But what are you guys doing."
In contrast to this harmonious world of my parents, Heeyeon Noona, and Reporter Noona, the place where Oh Ha-rin, who was crossing her arms haughtily, and Yoon Da-ye, who was standing demurely, were facing each other, was flowing with cold air.
"Min-jun. Who is this?"
My parents, who are showing interest at Yoon Da-ye's question.
To be precise, they were interested, but they were trying to pretend they didn't know because of Oh Ha-rin's atmosphere.
Because Oh Ha-rin's atmosphere was different from the start.
It's an unremarkable outfit. A blouse and slacks, a casual yet appropriately formal attire suitable for the place.
Considering Oh Ha-rin's taste, it's definitely a luxury brand, but to us laymen, it looks high-class, but we don't know how terrifying the price is.
Even so, Oh Ha-rin had a unique atmosphere that was difficult to approach easily.
From her attitude to her expression, her momentum... an aura that is difficult to express in words.
"Hello. I'm Oh Ha-rin, who has promised a future with Min-jun."
"W, what!?"
"Why are you surprised. Then is it not?"
What kind of bomb are you calmly dropping!
"Oh, oh my. This kid finally...!"
"Ack! Mom, wait, Mom, I'll explain everything!!"