Chapter 165. The Scene of Infidelity(?)
Chapter 165. The Scene of Infidelity(?)
Commonly known as dragon bone soup.
At first, I just thought of it as a health supplement.
But as time passed, oddly enough, the number of people seeking it began to increase, one after another.
Streamers?
A few had already contacted me, asking if they could try a bit more.
Even my parents, who had tried it.
They rarely ever came to our house.
In particular, my mother had once said quite clearly:
- There's nothing more uncomfortable than the mother-in-law and father-in-law visiting the newlyweds' home.
Father had always quietly respected that rule.
But... one day, breaking my mother's taboo, Father came by himself.
─ Ding-dong!
When I opened the front door, Father stood there with a determined expression.
"Ahem... Son?"
"Yeah?"
"...Do you perhaps have some bone soup left?"
In that moment, I tilted my head without realizing it.
Well, giving some away wasn't a problem at all.
There was still quite a lot left in the freezer, after all.
"Hmm... I'll pack some up for you. Take it when you go."
The moment I finished speaking, Father beamed and held out both hands.
And after receiving the bags, his hands full, he carefully placed them on the back seat of his car.
As he opened the driver's door and sat down.
Quietly, yet clearly, I heard him mutter to himself.
—Ahem... I'm still in my prime, too...
...Huh?
Laila and I, seeing him off at the front door, turned our heads at the same time.
As I gave a puzzled look, Laila tilted her head beside me.
"Hoon, it seems like there are really a lot of people wanting this lately."
"...Yeah. Is it really that good?"
Honestly, I wasn't sure.
It was tastier than what you'd get elsewhere, but...
Was it really something worth going crazy over?
Of course, I'd already sent generous portions to the streamers who had asked.
Yet the freezer was still piled high.
"Ah, definitely..."
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"Ah, never mind..."
I chuckled.
Nudungji had been talking nonstop about it for days.
— No, seriously, after eating this... my body was so overflowing with energy I couldn't control it, I tell you.
— Bro... you're saying that just from bone soup...?
— Argh... this is why the haves don't understand the sorrow of the have-nots...!!!
— Heh heh, then if you boiled down a unicorn horn and drank it, you'd never grow old, huh?
A man who already had a child and was gradually past his prime(?).
That Nudungji said he gained great confidence in himself, no longer having to bow his head.
For that reason, succeeding in having a second child too.
Really? For real? Because of the bone soup?
I, lost in thought on the first floor, shook my head and started back upstairs.
"Hoon, I'll be going then~?"
Laila waved, saying she was going grocery shopping.
She came up to me with a bright smile and gave me a light kiss on the cheek.
"Don't skip meals just because I'm not here! You must eat lunch, okay?"
I nodded and saw Laila off.
Then I came back into the now quiet house and thought to myself.
"I mean, how does it make sense that bone soup boosts your virility?"
I admitted that it wasn't ordinary bone soup.
After all, it was bone soup made from dragon bones, of all things.
I simply couldn't contain my curiosity.
I called one of the streamers who had taken it before.
— Hello?
"Uh, are you streaming right now?"
— Ah, big bro. No, I'm not!
"By any chance... after eating the bone soup last time, did you notice any difference?"
A brief silence passed.
Then, as if aware of his surroundings, a muttered voice came through the speaker.
—Ahem...! Actually... with my girlfriend, before, I'd be dead tired after just doing it twice... but after eating that, I swear...! Haha, for real!!!
His voice trembled strangely.
A mysterious mix of embarrassment and confidence.
I muttered to myself.
"...Wow, it was real?"
— big bro? What did you just say?
"Uh, nothing. Anyway, thanks, and if you need more, let me know. I still have a lot left."
I hung up.
Then this time, I contacted Lucia.
Because Lucia was the only woman I could comfortably ask about this topic.
— Oh my, Hoon~ what's up?
I asked the same question.
Lucia's laughter rang out from the speaker.
— Hoon, you know women have sexual desire too, right?
"...Yes, big sis."
Sexual desire?
The image of Laila at night suddenly came to mind, and I nodded.
It was a question that might fluster an ordinary woman, but she, being a married woman, took it in stride.
— Normally, sharing love is about enjoying each other. But men, after doing it once... you know, right? After eating that, though, I also felt my desire bubbling up more than usual... and my husband, he'd initiate first like...! Keheheh...
Her words trailed off, and her voice was laced with laughter.
— How should I put it... it really ignites you? That intense feeling where you both want each other so badly.
"...Thank you, big sis. Let me know if you need more."
I finished the call with Lucia and quietly sat on the sofa.
At this point, I couldn't help but believe it.
Then a question came to me.
"Why hadn't I felt anything?"
In truth, I had a vague inkling.
Hair loss medicine was useless for someone without hair loss,
just as diet pills were meaningless for someone who isn't obese,
for someone overflowing with virility, an aphrodisiac was...
Then suddenly I thought of when I made love with Laila.
'...No. I might need a little after all...'
Laila was practically a succubus.
Yet she was so incredibly lovable.
Even knowing it was a trap, I kept falling into it.
"Hmm..."
Shaking my head, I got up and headed to the kitchen.
When I opened the freezer, I saw the frozen bone soup inside.
"Well, if I'm curious, I can just try eating it."
I took one out, put it in a pot, and turned on the heat.
And next to it, there were packaged bones I'd portioned out.
My gaze suddenly lingered on those bones.
'Could it be... the effect was weak on me?'
With that thought, I also put the bones into the pot.
The frozen bone soup pack melted, and the cloudy broth began to spread.
I sprinkled some salt and pepper and moved the pot to the table.
— Slurp...
The rich broth slid down my throat.
After a sip, then another, I thought carefully.
"Sigh... Hmm... It's the same?"
It's delicious.
The richness was incomparable to normal bone soup.
Yet there was no gamey smell or greasiness.
"Slrp..."
My gaze fell on the bones in the pot.
Only a moment of hesitation.
"It'll be fine."
I picked up a bone with my index finger and thumb and put it in my mouth.
— Crunch, crack, snap...
No matter how tough the bone looked, it posed no threat to my teeth.
The texture of chewing it was rather savory and gave a strange pleasure.
'It's reasonably tough...'
After chewing and swallowing all the bones, I put rice in the broth and finished every last drop.
'Slrp... Should I eat a bit more?'
I took out the remaining bones from the freezer and crunched on them like snacks.
The sensation of chewing an ice pop from my childhood.
'It's strangely addictive.'
I put the cleanly emptied bowl in the sink, finished washing up, then lay back on the sofa.
Like any twenty-something young man, I lazed on the sofa and watched various videos on my smartphone.
Reels, Shorts, Nutube.
Short, stimulating videos followed one after another.
And, as the algorithm for a young man in his prime would have it, videos of women dancing with some exposure also popped up.
"..."
Something felt strange.
Rather than the video itself, it was a sensation of something rising within me.
It was as if somewhere deep in my bones was tingling, and an unknown current was flowing beneath my skin.
I casually twisted my waist and shifted my position.
My mind, which had tried to remain indifferent to those stimulating videos, began to waver slightly.
"No way... the effect is kicking in already from eating that?"
Naturally, my hand moved toward the waist of my pants.
'Come to think of it...'
Living with Laila, I'd never had any alone 'Happy Time' (?).
Because Laila had 'managed' (?) me to the point I never even thought about it.
So then what was this tingling now...
'Hmm...'
I got up from the sofa and headed toward the room with the computer, as if possessed.
Then I turned it on, deftly(?) opened the browser, and accessed a site.
To prepare for any eventuality, I contacted Laila.
— Laila, when are you coming back?
— Hmm... I'm not sure? It'll take about an hour~
— Ah, I see...
— Why do you ask?
— No... just wanted to see you.
— Hee hee, Hoon, you're really...
An hour.
That was plenty of time to enjoy some alone time.
Carefully select a video, enjoy Happy Time, and then clean up afterwards...
"Perfect."
Even though no one else was home, I naturally closed the door to the room.
And put on the headset.
And so, only the quiet sound of mouse clicks filled the room.
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"Hee hee, Hoon said he misses me... really..."
It was a side of Song Hoon that would have been unimaginable before.
Wherever she went, he would always contact her like this.
"Hmm... about an hour or so..."
Laila, who had been shopping, shook her head.
Her dear husband was missing her this much...
She stopped selecting items and headed straight for the checkout.
'Earth had this really nice thing, right?'
Rocket delivery.
Items ordered same-day would be placed at the front door by the next morning.
It was truly an innovative service.
"Heheheng~♬"
Anyway, whatever she couldn't buy today, she could just have delivered.
"Heeheehee, what should I make for dinner tonight?"
Her boyfriend, who always only did adorable things.
Lately, she'd taken up cooking as a hobby.
Just watching her Hero eat her cooking always made her happy.
"Driver, please drive safely~"
After getting out of the taxi, she hummed to herself as she passed through the first floor.
She greeted the security guards who bowed their heads and headed straight for the elevator.
— Beep!
"Huh? Where did he go?"
Song Hoon normally greeted her like a big retriever when she came home.
Not seeing him, she tilted her head.
"He's not in the bathroom..."
No sound of water came from the bathroom.
"Taking a nap, maybe?"
Often when he had nothing to do, Song Hoon would take naps.
When he napped, he'd sleep resting his head on Laila's lap.
But right now, Laila hadn't been there.
"Is he in the room?"
At the thought of waking him with a sweet lover's kiss, Laila's mood lifted.
"Hmm? The door is closed?"
— Knock knock
Even after knocking lightly on the door, there was no response.
He was definitely asleep.
— Creeak...
When she opened the door and slipped inside, she saw Song Hoon's back as he sat in the chair.
Probably because he was wearing a headset, he hadn't heard her.
'Hee hee, I'll give him a surprise...!'
Holding back her laughter desperately, she tiptoed toward him.
With a mischievous smile on her face.
— Haah... huff...
But as she got closer, a strange sound came from Song Hoon's headset.
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