Chapter 107
Chapter 107
Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 107
Chapter Title: Our Future Together
Feeling awkward for no reason, I wrapped my arm around Jung Hye-na’s waist, who was sitting next to me, and idly caressed her firm, flat stomach.
“I told you, it’s not like that. It’s just weird that she gave me such an expensive car and then there was no contact at all.”
“Han Ji-hyo gave you a car?”
“What is it? What kind of car?”
“Uh, it was a red Ferrari. I don’t know the exact model.”
“Just a moment.”
Jung Hye-na took out her phone, quickly tapped the screen to search for something.
She showed the screen to the other two women.
“I think it’s this one.”
Choi Ji-soo, who was staring intently at the model, burst out laughing.
“So, Lee Chang-woo, you got an expensive car? Is that why you weren’t interested in my car or Ah-young’s?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
“If I’d known you liked sports cars, Chang-woo, I would have bought one too.”
“Right, unni. My dad strictly forbids me from ever driving a sports car.”
“My mom’s the same. She says it’s dangerous. That if a sports car gets run over by a truck or a bus, you just die.”
“She says the exact same thing as my dad. Your family and mine really have a lot in common, don’t we?”
“When we have kids later, I bet they’ll get along really well with each other. Right?”
“You think so?”
“Why are you leaving me out of the conversation? This dirt-spoon daughter is feeling hurt.”
“How dare a mere First-Rank Royal Concubine try to compete with an unranked consort?”
“Hey, why would you say that?”
The three women, once again on the same wavelength, giggled and chattered among themselves.
I was excluded from the conversation, but I didn’t feel particularly left out.
The topic, after all, was ‘the bond between the children the three of them would have with Lee Chang-woo.’
“I feel like Hye-na will have a son first. And Ah-young unni will probably have a daughter.”
“Then what about Ji-soo unni?”
“I don’t have a feeling about myself. What do you two think?”
“Hmm, I think you, Ji-soo, will have twins, a boy and a girl. It suits you.”
“Ugh, I don’t like that idea. Maybe if I had them separately, but two at once...”
The three women were seriously discussing co-parenting.
Just listening to them made my heart flutter.
Hwang Ah-young chattered happily with a genuinely blissful expression.
“We’ll build a huge house with a view of the Han River. Something like a palace with about 100 rooms. We’ll all live there together with Chang-woo and raise the kids. Wow, just thinking about it sounds fun.”
“If you, me, Im Chae-seul, and Han Ji-hyo all chip in, we could build that and have plenty left over.”
“Sorry. I’m a dirt spoon.”
“It’s fine. The official wife’s role is to live off the tribute offered by the concubines.”
“But there are seven of us now, right?”
“For now, it’s 5+2, so seven, isn’t it? Lee Chang-woo, are there any other women you haven’t told us about yet?”
“No, not yet.”
“If you find someone, tell us right away. So we can adjust our roadmap.”
“Really, don’t worry about what we think or feel burdened. If you do, it makes us feel even more sorry.”
“Hye-na isn’t just saying pretty things for your benefit. Honestly, today was a bit tough. Ah-young unni and I were dead to the world, just sleeping until 5.”
“Since I had to leave early for work, you two must have had a hard time until morning. I feel bad.”
“No, it’s fine. Ji-soo told me you had a really tough time on your own before, Hye-na.”
The three women seemed to get along so well that this moment suddenly felt surreal.
Due to the overwhelming difference in our libidos, the three women were forced to share me.
Because none of them could handle me alone.
Even so, were they really serious enough to laugh and talk about a future where they all have children and live together?
“Hey, you were joking just now, right?”
“About what?”
“What do you mean?”
“What joke?”
“About building a big mansion with a Han River view and all living together. It just sounds... unreal.”
“Oppa. The four of us are already living together right now.”
“Chang-woo. I think four people living in that cramped place is what’s more unreal. I’m sorry...”
“Lee Chang-woo. Now that Ah-young unni is here too, how about we all just move to my place?”
“I also think it would be great if we all moved to Ji-soo unni’s house. My current semi-lease apartment was meant for me to live alone, so it’s too small for four people.”
“No. That’s not all I meant by asking if it was a joke. The part about all of us living together, having kids, and co-parenting... it just seems a bit...”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Oppa?”
“Chang-woo?”
The three women’s reactions suddenly turned serious.
Choi Ji-soo with a look of disbelief.
Hwang Ah-young with eyes that looked like they were about to spill tears at any moment.
And Jung Hye-na, like Han Ji-hyo, with deep, unreadable eyes.
That’s how they were looking at me.
“Oppa, do you not want children?”
“I’m definitely going to have a child that looks like you.”
“I saw the appraisal for that commercial building my mom mentioned, and it’s worth over 60 billion won. She said if I have a child that looks like you, Chang-woo, she’ll give it to you right away...”
The atmosphere suddenly grew heavy.
This wasn’t what I intended.
Feeling awkward, I silently pulled Jung Hye-na, who was sitting next to me, into a hug and gave her a peck on the lips.
Then I got up, hugged and kissed Choi Ji-soo and Hwang Ah-young in turn, and returned to my seat.
After I gave each of them a hug and a kiss, the three women’s expressions finally softened.
“Why are you suddenly acting like this?”
“Chang-woo’s lips are so soft.”
“Oppa, you’re so sweet.”
“If you think we’ll just let this slide because you’re acting cute...”
“You’ve got another thing coming.”
“Ah-young unni...”
“J-Ji-soo said Chang-woo likes these kinds of jokes.”
“When did I say that?”
I was relieved that the tense atmosphere had dissipated.
Maybe because the four of us have been spending all our time laughing lately, it feels awkward whenever the mood gets even slightly tense.
“First, don’t misunderstand.”
“Explain yourself, quickly. Otherwise, Ah-young unni will cry. I’ll throw a fit, and Hye-na will... let’s skip that.”
“Why are you leaving me out?”
I wrapped my arm around Jung Hye-na’s waist and met the eyes of the other two women one by one.
“If you guys have my children, I’d love that. I think I’d be very happy.”
“...Then why did you say that earlier?”
“It was just hard to imagine. I thought that our current relationship, since we’re all still young, might not develop beyond a temporary group romance.”
“That’s not true.”
“I thought about the future and made my decision very carefully.”
“My decision was easy. How could I kiss, have sex with, and bear children for a squid? I could never live like that. I’d rather die.”
“Hey, if you say that, unni, what does that make me and Hye-na...?”
“Ji-soo, then could you kiss, have sex with, and live with a man who looks like a squid instead of Chang-woo? Could you give birth to a squid-like child and raise it well?”
“Ugh.”
“Just imagining it is horrible. Ah-young unni, your way of putting things is so direct, it really hits home.”
“Chang-woo.”
Hwang Ah-young shot up, scurried over, and sat down next to me, on the opposite side of Jung Hye-na.
She hugged my arm, meeting my eyes from just inches away.
And looked up at me with eyes full of love.
“Just looking at your face next to me makes me happy. Just being close to you makes me happy. If I can have a child that looks like you and raise it together with Hye-na and Ji-soo, I don’t think there could be a better life than that.”
“Honestly, being handsome and pretty is the best. If I could have a child who looks like Chang-woo and raise it, I wouldn’t regret giving away half of my entire fortune.”
“What about the other half?”
“That’s to raise the child. I can’t raise them like a beggar.”
“If it’s a child that resembles Oppa, they’d get rich in no time even without a penny. Just look at the profits coming from your cafe right now.”
“Ah, that’s true. Then I wouldn’t mind giving my whole fortune. The kid would be born holding its own meal ticket.”
I couldn’t help but smile.
A joyous feeling bloomed in my heart.
Lately, I’ve been so happy.
So sometimes I wondered if this happiness was the peak of my life, and if all that was left was a gradual decline.
There was that anxiety.
“So this happiness we have now isn’t the peak?”
“Peak? Not even close. We’ve still got a long way to go. I’m going to become even happier.”
“Let’s all become happier together.”
“To do that, I think we’ll each have to have at least three kids.”
I couldn’t hold back a chuckle.
I hugged Jung Hye-na and Hwang Ah-young on either side of me tightly and met Choi Ji-soo’s gaze directly across from me.
“Alright. Let’s all become much happier together. I want to see the children you’ll have, too. Ah, but not right now.”
“It’s because you can’t have sex if we’re pregnant, right? We know.”
“I also want to enjoy my youth with Oppa for now.”
“We can’t do it if we’re pregnant, so I also want to stay like this for a few years. I love doing it with Chang-woo.”
To think that this happiness isn’t the peak.
That we wouldn’t just continue this group relationship until we eventually go our separate ways.
That a future awaits where we build our own family, regardless of what society says.
I guess I don’t need to worry about the future just because the present is so happy.
“We can’t be with anyone but you now, Chang-woo.”
“My mom kept going on and on about Choi Seong-min, so I looked up a picture from his prime days, and he seriously looks like a squid...”
“There are two types of men in this world. Our Oppa, and then just... other men.”
“Jung Hye-na. Just say it plainly: male squids. Why can’t you just say those other men are squids?”
My mood lifted considerably, and while hugging the two women, I leaned my upper body forward.
“Ji-soo, a kiss.”
“Hey, people will see.”
“Ah, come on. There’s a partition, so who cares.”
“...”
Choi Ji-soo stealthily peeked through the gap in the partition to see if anyone was watching.
She then pushed herself up with her hands on the table, leaned forward, and gave me a kiss.
“I feel so good today. After we eat and go back, I’m going to release my limits for the first time in a while and play as much as I want.”
“Please don’t overclock. Can’t you just go with the stock settings?”
“Oppa, we have our own ‘purity’ too.”
“Chang-woo, if that purity is trampled on.”
“Then we’ll rupture again.”
“...?”
As I just stared blankly, the three women tilted their heads.
“He’s not laughing.”
“Hye-na, you said this would definitely be funny, didn’t you?”
“I guess Oppa hasn’t seen that movie...”
I have no idea what they’re talking about.