Chapter 584: Real Intention
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 584: Real Intention
“Let’s play a drinking game! The loser has to name one of their partner’s flaws!”
Lee Gyu-a’s suggestion was a bit too heavy to dismiss as mere aegyo, yet it didn't seem like anything more than a mischievous prank.
It sat on that ambiguous, subtle line.
Because it occupied that middle ground, no one found it easy to say no.
What is she trying to achieve by suggesting something like that?
I didn't know exactly how Ahn Hyun-ho and Lee Gyu-a maintained their relationship, but unfortunately for them, it didn't seem like we had any reason to get involved.
“I’m sorry, Gyu-a, but that’s—”
“I’m in. Sounds fun.”
Yoo Ah-rin cut me off and jumped right in.
When I looked at her with a bewildered expression, she just grinned.
“What? It’ll be fun. We should use opportunities like this to say what’s on our minds.”
“...Ah-rin, think about how you usually act. You already say everything you want to say. What more is there to talk about? At this point, it’s not ‘talking’ anymore; it’s more like you’re vomiting because your stomach is upset.”
“Shut up.”
She spends every waking moment saying exactly what she wants, so what is she even talking about?
I honestly thought someone had placed a spell on her mouth because of how much she blabs. Like a curse that makes her pour out every single thought that crosses her mind.
But surprisingly...
“I like it!”
“Sure. Let’s do it.”
Seo Ye-rin answered with her cheeks puffed out like a squirrel's from the meat she was chewing, and Choi I-seo didn't seem particularly uncomfortable with the idea either.
Wait, what?
My wives wanted to talk about their complaints regarding me that badly?
I wouldn't say I’m perfect, but I thought they were at least comfortable talking to me.
Could it be that they had more grievances piled up than they usually let on?
“Great! Then let’s keep the drinking game simple!”
Despite my confusion at their reaction, Lee Gyu-a was satisfied with the response and prepared to start the game immediately.
I checked to see how the Bong-geun and Wang Mei couple were reacting, but they didn't seem particularly interested.
Since theirs was a sort of political marriage, did they feel like there was no point in having complaints about each other?
It didn't seem like their atmosphere was that cold, though.
Anyway, the drinking game began under Gyu-a’s lead.
“But I thought you guys weren't drinking.”
When I glanced at them and spoke, all three shrugged.
“Only the last person standing doesn't have to drink, Woo-jina!”
“Yeah, we only need one person to look after the rest of us.”
“Stop talking nonsense and let’s just start.”
These girls are being way more proactive than I expected.
Do they really have that many complaints about me?
At this point, I was starting to feel a little hurt.
I thought they said everything they wanted to, but to think they were hiding things behind my back...
Have I been that lacking as the head of the household?
With a lingering sense of unease, the game began.
“Alright! Here we go! Gyu-a’s! Favorite! Random! Game!”
What the hell is that?
Since I hadn't played many drinking games to begin with, I just stared at her, dumbfounded.
“Hey, wait a second. I don't know what this is. Gyu-a’s what?”
Who was I?
Was I not the youngest son of a chaebol family, famous for being both an attention-seeker and a loner in my department?
I had never participated in things like drinking games.
The most I’d done was play the Son Byeong-ho Game at a dakgalbi restaurant once.
Come to think of it, I think the members back then were pretty much the same as now.
Anyway, as I hurriedly tried to intervene, Gyu-a ignored me and started again.
“If you! Don't know! Learn while! You drink! Random game!”
What is this brat even saying?
I looked at the girls, hoping they’d back me up, but they all already knew the game.
They were doing some cute little rhythmic motion, and while they looked adorable, I couldn't follow along at all.
“Game start! A bunny came down from the sky—!”
“You crazy bitch! Where is a bunny coming down from?! Explain the rules before you start!”
I mean, if we’re going to do this, shouldn't she at least tell me how? But they had already started amongst themselves.
“Bani-Bani! Bani-Bani!”
“Danggeun-Danggeun!”
What really shocked me was that even Bong-geun and Wang Mei knew the game.
“What is this? Is this some kind of ‘Hidden Camera’ prank?”
Watching everyone suddenly chanting about bunny girls and carrots made me wonder if I was dreaming.
And, quite naturally...
“Woo-jini’s caught!”
I was told I lost, even though I was just sitting still.
I felt like I was being scammed.
Are they just insisting I lost because I don't know the rules so they can force me to drink?
“Hey, Kim Woo-jin, drink up. Or you have to name one flaw for each of us.”
“...I have to name all three of you at once?”
“Of course.”
Under the fierce pressure from Yoo Ah-rin and Choi I-seo, I stared at them blankly. Before me sat a glass of high-proof liquor.
I downed it cleanly to protect my household.
“Ooh.”
“Woo-jini’s so cool!”
“Start the next one! Right now, right now!”
The game resumed under Gyu-a’s lead.
I might lack game knowledge, but I have intuition. Since she called it a "Random Game," I figured other games would follow that stupid bunny one.
Since I was the one who lost, it was my turn to start, so I was able to continue with a game I actually knew.
About an hour passed like that.
“Fuck, I’m gonna die...”
Whether it was because I was being targeted or just because I didn't know the games, I had ended up drinking quite a lot.
It was especially hard because I’ve always been weak when it comes to hard liquor.
“Ah, I lost!”
Finally, Lee Gyu-a lost a round.
“But I’m too drunk to drink anymore.”
Lee Gyu-a hadn't had a single drop until now, yet she was faking being drunk.
Fine, let’s hear it.
Just what kind of grievance does she have that she created this whole atmosphere just to say something to Hyun-ho?
“I know it’s a bit rich for someone like me, who used to date a lot of guys, to say this... but Hyun-ho Oppa, I think you pay too much attention to other women.”
The atmosphere at the table instantly turned cold.
I glanced at my girls; they had all fallen silent, swallowing hard as they watched the couple’s crisis unfold.
“I heard it from Chan-woo Oppa again. Yesterday, when you were at the valley, you and Woo-jin Senior got hunted by some girls.”
In an instant, three pairs of sharp eyes were fixed on me.
Jeong Chan-woo, you son of a bitch.
No, I get that part.
But why is that girl, Lee Gyu-a, dragging me into this and making things dangerous for me too?
“Woo-jin.”
“...”
“Heh, look at this guy?”
The stares from the three of them were, naturally, not pleasant.
“Chan-woo Oppa said you were just trying to help him. But still, it’s not right to try and spend time with girls who came to hunt you when you already have a girlfriend.”
“Gyu, Gyu-a—”
“He said Woo-jin Oppa ruined it? By saying he was married. If it wasn't for Woo-jin Oppa, you would’ve been out playing with other girls yesterday, wouldn't you?”
Nice one, Lee Gyu-a.
I immediately looked at my girls, and all three of them were giving me a thumbs up.
“Thumbs up!”
“Good job.”
“That’s my man.”
I was terrified just a second ago, but since the misunderstanding was cleared instantly, it didn't matter.
I wanted to brag right then and there about how I had heroically fended off the temptations of those hunting girls and get some praise.
However, the situation was getting serious, so I couldn't exactly ask for compliments.
“No matter how you look at it, that’s just wrong.”
“Gyu-a, that’s—”
“And what about before? When you played around with those girls. I let it slide back then because they were part of a cult, but—”
“Gyu-a, let’s go talk about this elsewhere. Let’s go.”
“I’m truly devoted only to you now, Oppa!”
Ahn Hyun-ho and Gyu-a eventually left the table.
“Why did those two have to kill the mood and leave like that?”
When I muttered that, Yoo Ah-rin smirked and agreed.
“It’s getting late. We’re going in too.”
“Goodnight.”
Bong-geun and Wang Mei also quietly got up from their seats. It seemed the sudden couple’s quarrel was more uncomfortable for them than expected.
In the end, only we were left.
“Yesterday, at the valley, suddenly—”
I immediately started preparing to tell the story of the ‘Hunting Girl Subjugation Incident’ to get showered with praise, but...
“...Ye-rin’s! Favorite—!”
Suddenly, Seo Ye-rin started the game chant again.
“Huh? Wait a minute?! What? You’re doing it again?”
The situation was already over, so I asked what the point of the game was, but...
“...”
“Get into position, you punk.”
Choi I-seo and Yoo Ah-rin also urged me to continue the drinking game.
They were so proactive earlier; it seemed they hadn't achieved their goal yet.
The game started again.
In that case, I had to win the game so I could let the girls speak their minds—
“Uh, um... Se, Sex Game!”
There’s a game like that?
At Seo Ye-rin’s urgent shout, Choi I-seo and Yoo Ah-rin’s eyes momentarily clouded with annoyance, but they somehow managed to cover for her.
“S, S!”
At Choi I-seo’s word, Yoo Ah-rin quickly followed up.
“E!”
SE?
Then is it my turn?
“X.”
“Bzzzt! Wrong! Woo-jini’s wrong!”
“You got it wrong, Woo-jin. It’s a penalty.”
“Kim Woo-jin, you’re absolute trash at games.”
At this point, even I had to realize something was strange.
“Is there really a thing called the Sex Game? You guys just made that up to make me lose, didn't you?”
At my words, the three of them panicked and answered hurriedly.
“N-No, we didn't?!”
“No way! This is famous!”
“S-Stop talking trash! If you lost, just drink! Or... tell us your complaints.”
In that moment.
Ah...
It felt like a bolt of lightning had struck my brain.
I realized it.
The reason why my girls were trying so hard to play this drinking game.
Complaints about your partner.
I naturally assumed they wanted to say something to me, like Gyu-a did.
I even felt a bit hurt, thinking that we weren't as open with each other as I thought.
But it was the opposite.
They didn't want to speak; they wanted to listen.
They were curious if I had any complaints about them.
“...”
“...”
“...”
The three women were looking at me with tense expressions.
Since I was dating six of them, I wasn't exactly in a position to voice my opinions or complaints on a daily basis.
So, deep down, they must have been curious—and worried.
Seeing them leaning in slightly, looking secretly anxious...
Ah, they’re so damn cute.
They were so lovely I didn't know what to do with myself.