Chapter 560: 560
In the evening, When Young-Eun came back home, she looked extremely tired .
Gun-Ho asked her, "Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah . I'm just so tired . "
As she was carrying huge grocery bags, Gun-Ho said, "What are these?"
"I stopped by the supermarket on the way, and vegetables were on sale . Also, I bought a few radishes and one jar of red pepper paste . It's so heavy . "
"Why didn't you ask them for a delivery?"
Gun-Ho placed most of the stuff that Young-Eun bought on the dining table after putting vegetables and fruits in the refrigerator . In the meantime, Young-Eun laid down on the sofa in the living room .
"Young-Eun, don't forget that you are carrying a baby . You shouldn't let yourself get tired . When you have to go grocery shopping, just let me know . I will go with you . "
"Okay . Can you bring me the electric fan? It's so hot here . "
"I can turn on the air conditioner instead . "
"No air conditioner . I don't want to catch a cold . "
That evening, Young-Eun didn't even seem to try to cook for dinner . She just fell asleep on the sofa .
Gun-Ho went to the kitchen and started preparing dinner . He turned on the rice cooker and boiled kimchi stew . For Gun-Ho, cooked rice and a stew were all he needed for a meal . The house soon became filled with the smell of kimchi stew . Young-Eun woke up to the smell .
"What am I smelling?"
"I 'm boiling kimchi stew and cooked rice . " Gun-Ho responded .
"Oh, you did? I didn't mean to fall asleep . "
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Young-Eun got up and came to the kitchen and cooked some side dishes such as seasoned vegetables, cucumber salad, and baked fish .
Gun-Ho and Young-Eun sat at the dining table facing each other for dinner .
Gun-Ho said, "We have been married for five months now, and I realized that I haven't given you any money for living expenses . "
"Oh, are you going to give me some?"
"You've never asked for it . "
"You should have given it to me even though I didn't ask for it . "
"How much do you want?"
"Any amount that you think appropriate will be good . "
"I've been receiving salaries from four different companies, and one more company will start paying me soon, so, there will be five companies that pay me on a monthly basis . My monthly pay after tax is about 30 million won . "
"Did you say 30 million won? Wow!"
"What?"
"You are making more than the director of the hospital that I am working for, and also more than the president of Seoul National University . "
"I work hard enough to make that much . Moreover, I work under enormous stress at work . "
"That's still a substantial amount of money for a monthly salary . "
"Speaking of which, I spend a lot too, not for myself but for business and for keeping my social network . If I have to attend someone's wedding, funeral, or some other occasion, I have to make gift money more than others . If someone makes 50,000 won for gift money, I have to give 100,000 won . If others give 100,000 won, I have to make it 200,000 won, just because I am an owner president of companies . I can't be cheap for things like that . Otherwise, people would talk badly behind my back . "
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"Hmm . "
"So, I was thinking . Out of my salaries of 30 million won, I will take 10 million won, and you take 10 million won for living expenses . And we save the rest of 10 million won for our future . What do you think?"
"What about that you take 5 million won, I take another 5 million won, and we save the rest of your salaries which would be 20 million won?"
"Me… I really need 10 million won per month . I have several hundreds of people who are working for me . I have an extensive social network that has to go on . I can make a list with hundreds and thousands of occasions where I have to spend money . "
Gun-Ho then went to his room and came back to the dining room with an envelope .
"What is this?"
"This is for you . It's our living expenses . Since I haven't given you any for the past five months of our married life, I'm giving you the amount worth of our five-month living expenses . It's 50 million won . "
"50 million won?"
"Yeah . Just take that money . Also, you don't have to share what you make at the hospital . I don't mind how you spend that money . "
"Oh, my gosh! 50 million won!"
Young-Eun's eyes widened, and she couldn't speak a thing for a moment .
Money was a weird thing . People craved for money no matter how much they had . They always wanted more and more . Young-Eun was a medical doctor who was making good money, but she seemed to be happier when she realized that she would have 10 million won more every month . Gun-Ho could hear her humming while she was washing dishes . She brought Korean melon to Gun-Ho for desert .
She asked Gun-Ho pleasantly, "What are you doing?"
"I was just surfing the web . "
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Young-Eun looked around Gun-Ho's room and found a shopping bag in the corner . They were the shirts and ties that Mori Aikko selected for Gun-Ho from Marui Department Store in Shinjuku, Tokyo .
"What are these?"
"Oh, they are just my shirts and ties . "
"Shirts and ties? These seemed to be made in Japan . Did you go to Japan?"
"No, no . It's just a gift from someone . "
"A gift? Are you sure? What's up with these colors? They are too blunt . "
"Well, you are right . They do appear so blunt . "
"Give all of these to someone else . The colors are too vivid for you to wear . "
Young-Eun even frowned . She seemed to dislike them for some reason .
"Oh okay . I will give them away . "
It was mysterious that Young-Eun acted funny every time when Gun-Ho went to Japan and met Mori Aikko . There was no way that Young-Eun would know that he had another woman in Japan . But, Young-Eun certainly seemed to feel something different . Gun-Ho just couldn't figure out how .
Young-Eun walked out of Gun-Ho's room and sat on the sofa in the living room . She then turned on the TV loudly . Gun-Ho followed Young-Eun with a plastic wash basin filled with warm water .
"You must feel so tired . Let me wash your feet . "
"Wash my feet? You act funny tonight . "
Gun-Ho washed Young-Eun's feet . Young-Eun seemed to feel relaxed while letting Gun-Ho clean her feet . When Gun-Ho was almost done with his special service, Young-Eun said, "Oppa!"
"Yeah?"
"Me, I do trust you . "
"Why are you saying that?"
Gun-Ho gave a kiss to Young-Eun on the cheek before heading to the bathroom to empty the plastic wash basin . While in the bathroom, Gun-Ho looked at himself in the mirror and mumbled, "Did she find out?"
Young-Eun didn't say anything further that night . The two watched TV while having Korean melon . There was a movie on air . When the movie ended, Young-Eun said that she was sleepy, and she went to the master bedroom to sleep . Gun-Ho followed her .
Young-Eun turned around and said, "Oppa, aren't you supposed to go to your room to sleep?"
"Young-Eun, you look so pretty tonight . "
Gun-Ho then abruptly hugged Young-Eun and started kissing her . That night, Young-Eun didn't reject Gun-Ho . She let him touch her . Gun-Ho began to undress Young-Eun .
It was Saturday .
Gun-Ho and Young-Eun went out to take a walk at Yangjae riverside . Gun-Ho was holding Young-Eun's hand while walking, but he was thinking of Mori Aikko .
'Mori Aikko wanted to take a walk along a canal in Otaru City, Hokkaido . I wonder how it would be like . How would it be different from walking at Yangjae riverside?'
Gun-Ho then tried to get rid of the thought of Mori Aikko .
'Young-Eun is pregnant with my baby . I have to restrain myself from thinking of another woman . It might affect the baby negatively . '
Gun-Ho held Young-Eun's hand tightly and looked at Young-Eun . Gun-Ho tried to make eye contact with Young-Eun more frequently and smile at her . As a matter of fact, Gun-Ho felt happy walking with his wife while holding her hand .