Chapter 538: Loop
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 538: Loop
“…….”
Currently, I am face-down on the sofa, giving it my absolute all.
The reason was simple.
I kept teasing Yoo Ah-rin about ‘No More Dick,’ and I eventually got beaten up as karmic retribution.
“Say it again.”
Yoo Ah-rin was sitting on top of me. She asked again, her thighs tightly squeezing my waist.
“……Yoo Ah-rin is the best.”
“Whose man are you?”
“I am Ah-rin’s man.”
“Who does this belong to?”
Yoo Ah-rin gave my butt a smack.
“It’s Ah-rin’s.”
Even though I answered with my face buried in the sofa, I could practically see her satisfied smirk.
“Don’t ever do that again if you don’t want to end up dead.”
“…….”
“Answer me.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
To think domestic violence was happening right in front of the kids. If our children were even around elementary school age, they would have hit puberty early from the trauma.
Looking at the kids’ giggling, it seemed they didn’t even realize their dad was getting pummeled by their mom.
Did it just look like we were playing around?
“This brat, acting all cocky. ‘No More Dick,’ my ass.”
“…….”
Yoo Ah-rin leaned down, pressing her chest firmly against my back. Then, she whispered softly into my ear.
“How is it? You can’t stand it when I’m stuck to you like this, can you?”
“……I can’t feel a thing—”
Whack!
I immediately got hit on the back of the head again.
“You son of a bitch!”
Then, Yoo Ah-rin began bouncing her weight on my waist like she was riding a rodeo.
‘Fine, go ahead.’
Pain that does not kill me only makes me stronger.
“You are seriously dead tonight.”
You’re really dead.
I’m not going easy on you.
“You’re going to die right now!”
Yoo Ah-rin huffed, raising her fists to pummel my back. But just then, my phone started ringing.
“You have a call! A call!”
“……Answer it like this.”
I pulled the phone out of my pocket and answered. Yoo Ah-rin stuck close to me again to listen in on the conversation.
I wondered if it wouldn’t be easier to just use the speakerphone.
Well, I suppose this is her way of showing affection.
The caller was Big Hyung.
“Hello.”
— Are you busy right now?
“Yeah, super busy.”
“He’s free!”
— Thanks for letting me know.
“…….”
Ever since I ended up with three wives, many people have benefited.
To be precise, my entire family has benefited.
Not to mention my father, even Big Hyung now cross-references everything with the girls even after asking me.
I don’t know why he bothers asking me at all if he’s going to do that.
“Why? What’s it about?”
“Crackle! What? Crackle-crackle! I can’t hear you very well.”
“Your acting is seriously shit.”
“As an actress’s husband, that performance is absolutely unacceptable!”
Seo Ye-rin, who was listening nearby, suddenly jumped in and shouted.
Big Hyung let out a sigh at the noise and told me he’d send a text, so I should just show up.
“Ah, what is it?”
The call ended.
I didn’t read the text that arrived immediately; I just flipped the phone over on the table.
“Let’s see here.”
As if she had been waiting for this, Yoo Ah-rin grabbed my phone to check the message.
“What the. Why isn’t the wallpaper me?”
“……It’s our kids.”
The photo of Yu-na, Seo-woo, and Chae-rin sitting side by side was my current wallpaper.
“I’ll put the kids’ photo on my phone, so change yours back to me while I’m still being nice.”
Then, while still stuck to me, she took a selfie of us.
“Change it to this.”
I let out a sigh at Yoo Ah-rin’s declaration and nodded, saying I understood for now. Glancing sideways, I saw Seo Ye-rin eyeing my phone hungrily.
It seemed she was looking for a chance to change the wallpaper to her own photo.
Yoo Ah-rin shifted her body to lie back-to-back on top of me and read the text aloud.
“Let’s see. He says he’s moving and needs help carrying boxes?”
“Am I a moving company? For a guy with so much money, he’s incredibly stingy. He won’t even call movers just because he doesn’t want to buy them jajangmyeon?”
Honestly, a man needs to have a grander scale.
What’s the point of being the Chairman of Uju Group if you’ve made it big?
He doesn’t even call movers and makes his younger brother carry the luggage.
“Ah, he says they’re items other people shouldn’t touch. He says two trips should do it. Well, I guess a Chairman would have things like a secret safe.”
For the record, Big Hyung is currently living outside with Sister-in-law.
He married Sister-in-law, who used to be his secretary, and they even have a child. I heard they were moving for the sake of the kid.
So, you could say the main house is now completely mine.
“Yeah, I’m not going. He can just call Little Hyung.”
“You’re the one with the most free time.”
“…….”
I’m a college student.
Of course, it’s currently the festival period, so I am peacefully rolling around at home, but still.
“Just go help him out once. It says here he’s prepared something for you too.”
“Something for me?”
Now, that’s tempting.
Let’s hear just how grand the scale of the young Chairman of Uju Group is.
“Oh, he says he’ll let us take photos at Myung Je-il’s studio? To make an album with the kids?”
“……Who’s that?”
When I asked indifferently, Yoo Ah-rin smirked.
“There’s a guy famous for taking amazing photos. Hey, go quickly. Let’s make an album for the kids.”
“Ooh! An album!”
“……Myung Je-il?”
Seo Ye-rin and Choi I-seo reacted at the same time. I wondered if he was really that impressive.
Wouldn’t it look the same if I just asked some bald guy to take them?
‘A photo is just a photo.’
But it seemed the others didn’t think so.
“Myung Je-il? Wow, I spent a fortune just to get him to take photos of the kids at our agency once.”
It seemed Oh Yun-ji had met him before.
She must have had him take photos of the broadcasters under her company.
“Yawn……. Hmm?”
Senior Ju-hee woke up from her nap due to the commotion. She looked at Seo-woo, who was clinging to her chest, and let out a bewildered chuckle.
“Ah, Mr. Je-il? That man is very picky. But he does take good photos. Should I show you the ones I took?”
Choi Jin-ah naturally knew him as well. It seemed she had even been photographed by him before.
Choi Jin-ah’s phone entered my field of vision as I lay face-down.
The photos of her in a dress made Choi Jin-ah look far more elegant and beautiful.
Click.
She accidentally hit the home button and exited the gallery.
“Ah!”
Choi Jin-ah hurriedly snatched the phone back.
‘Her wallpaper was me.’
I nodded and let out a sigh.
“Next? Is there nothing else?”
There’s no way Big Hyung would offer only this much to handle me.
That wouldn’t just be a lack of intuition; it would be not knowing the basic skills of negotiation.
Since I have zero interest in taking photos.
“There’s nothing else. This is it.”
“Sigh, the future of Uju Group is dark.”
I didn’t budge.
The idea that he tried to move me with such a proposal was laughable.
Big Hyung really has no sense.
“Tell him to resubmit the report. Tell him it was rejected.”
Even a Chairman should experience having a report rejected once in a while.
However, it seemed he wasn’t the Chairman for nothing.
“What are you talking about? Just go. I was thinking about making an album for the kids, and this is a great opportunity.”
“Woo-jina, what are you doing! Hurry up, change your clothes and go!”
“Myung Je-il Studio…… Oh, they take photos with so many different concepts here.”
“…….”
They say to capture the general, you must first shoot his horse.
The atmosphere was already set on me going to help.
Shit.
Uju Group is still going strong.
They say when a person gains something precious, they gain just as many weaknesses.
The Kim Woo-jin of the past is already dead.
The current me has become a head of household bearing the pressure of his wives and the expectations of his children.
And I’ve become someone who has no choice but to easily grant Big Hyung’s requests.
Eventually, I got up from my seat.
Yoo Ah-rin moved out of the way, and before I knew it, Choi Jin-ah had brought the clothes I was to wear.
“Here!”
“……Thanks.”
I went to the clothes room and changed.
Comfortable sportswear for moving.
The fact that they even picked out a clean outfit for me to go help was so considerate it was almost infuriating.
When I came out, the women were already discussing what concepts they would use for the photos with the kids.
“This composition is pretty, isn’t it?”
“Look, they even take high-quality photos of just the kids together.”
“How about this? I think it would be perfect if Woo-jin sat in the center.”
“……I’m leaving.”
Is this the weight of being the head of the household?
I was about to trudge out like I was heading to work when Seo Ye-rin came running over.
“A goodbye hug!”
“…….”
We’ve never done something like this before.
But it didn’t feel bad, like a newlywed husband heading off to work.
When I gave Seo Ye-rin a tight hug, she smiled brightly, rubbed her cheek against my chest, and then let go.
And.
Choi I-seo was standing behind Seo Ye-rin.
“Ahem.”
As soon as Seo Ye-rin stepped aside, Choi I-seo slunk over and hugged me.
When I kissed her on the forehead, she gave a satisfied smirk.
“……What is this?”
I thought the space behind her was an amusement park. Before I knew it, a line had formed.
“Have a safe trip!”
Yoo Ah-rin hugged me tightly, rubbing her body against mine while radiating a bright, fruity scent.
Mwah, slurp!
Oh Yun-ji hugged me openly and gave me a deep kiss, even winking as she told me not to forget the signal she gave earlier.
“……Where are you touching?”
I was the one who grabbed Senior Ju-hee’s butt first. Senior glared at me from within my arms before slipping away.
“Um, please buy some milk on your way back.”
Choi Jin-ah, still held in my arms, gave me an errand to run. Annoyed, I bumped the top of her head with my chin.
And then.
“…….”
Seo Ye-rin hugged me again.
“Hehehe!”
And then Choi I-seo came in again.
Is this a regression story?
Or a loop?
The line kept forming behind them.
It felt good, but.
At this rate, I’ll never be able to leave for work, will I?
“……This is a total win.”
Let’s just not go.