Chapter 49: The Liar
He had a meal with his family after a long time, eating meat and meat he had been shopping for.
The kimchi jjigae I tried while the meat was cooking was as delicious as usual.
I bought one or two cans of beer, which I always had in the fridge, and put it on the table and opened the lid.
I poured a can into her mother's glass, and when I saw her frothing, I held out the glass to her sister.
"Isn't it time for my daughter to drink too? Would you like a beer?"
"⋯Can I have a drink, Mom?"
"I finished my exam, but I can drink. My older brother also drank by this time."
"Then, just one drink…"
With foam on your lips, make it as awkward as possible as if you were drinking for the first time.
Taking a sip of alcohol into his mouth, Wintery frowned and passed the beer down his throat.
⋯ Was he originally this good at acting?
A brother I know,
If you lie, I think you looked really good.
"Doesn't it fit in your mouth?"
"⋯I think it's okay. Than you think."
"If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it. It's not good for your body."
"No, I want to drink. I think it smells good."
"As expected, what does my daughter-in-law know? Is it because you are your mother's daughter?"
"I think I've grown up with my mother's appetite after eating her food."
"These days, you only ate oppa's rice."
"Brother, what is Bob? She almost ordered or bought it."
Then she suddenly started to cut me down.
⋯Roughly,
I also had a sense of what to do.
"Hey, do you know how annoying it is to prepare even if you buy Amman?"
"It's okay because I said thank you."
"⋯Really, even if I wasn't the only one who did it, I wouldn't have done it."
"I grilled the meat, so why are you guys fighting with each other? At that time, eat another piece of meat. If you don't eat it, Mom will eat it all."
"I am eating. Oh, Mom. I only have one beer."
"Ruler. Pour yourself into a glass and drink."
"Yep."
Pour the same beer into the same glass,
The three of them toasted lightly.
I said nothing about the alcohol and meat that the family eats, but it was better than kimchi jjigae.
You can't help it.
It's meat and alcohol.
"So, where will my daughter go to college?"
"Hmm… I think I'll probably go to Anam or where my brother goes."
"No, no, that is normal. And I mean class."
"Of course…Is it?"
"Your mother sent some of her children to college, but can't you tell by looking at their grades?"
"Yes."
"So, and where are you going?"
"⋯I'm thinking about it, maybe English."
"With English, why? Do you like English?"
"Just… If I learn English, I think there will be many things I will use."
"If you learn English, you don't have a lot of things to do, but if you want to do anything, you have to learn English unconditionally these days. You have to learn English wherever you go."
"Yes."
"⋯Why is your son looking at you like that?"
No no.
My mother looked at me first and said,
With an expression as if he wasn't studying.
"No, what am I?"
"I'm telling you to study English, too. Didn't you say you would take the TOEIC when you get discharged?"
"I am also studying on my own."
"Do you tell lies without changing a single color on your face?"
"I said it without changing my face, but how do you know if it's a lie?"
"I don't know who gave birth to it."
"…Maybe you don't know."
"I don't know everything, but I know if I can. Because I am a mother."
"No way."
"Your mother didn't believe her grandmother and her grandfather did that?"
"Because I have nothing to hide."
"Is that the expression you have?"
"⋯I bought vodka and hid it in the freezer."
"⋯ Ugh. I thought so. If you drink too much strong alcohol, your liver will be damaged."
"Your mother drinks too much."
"Mom is restrained."
She took a sip of her beer and avoided her mother's confident look at me, when her mother glared at me once more.
She glanced away once more, then gave up and continued talking to her brother.
"Anyway, so. Winter is going to major in English?"
"Maybe. Even if I go somewhere else, I want to go to the language side."
"Because you like books?"
"⋯There is that too. I want to learn about the culture of other countries."
"⋯Yes. Well, it's a job, you know what to do. Learn what you want to learn."
"Huh."
"Because her mother gave birth to her beautifully, she would be popular even if she did something like an actress if she didn't like her later, right? Isn't that right, son?"
"What?"
"What are you doing with such a straight face? Her brother is offended."
"The face isn't the problem, he can't learn with his sociability. It's a job that requires you to speak well."
"⋯You don't have any friends, so why do you keep looking at me?"
"It's different because I don't make it and you can't make it."
"Don't pretend you don't make it even though you can't make it."
Like a real brother
Although it was absurd to say that a real younger brother acts like a real younger brother.
The figure that climbs moderately,
Honestly it was kind of funny.
Because it doesn't fit
"You don't have to have friends. If you go later, you won't need all your friends. Blood is great Mom is closest with her aunts too."
"I'm not close with my brother."
"Are you very friendly? I see you fighting."
"⋯."
"⋯Thank you so much for how the two of us did well in the exam even without mom. I was very worried."
"⋯I didn't do anything special."
"Until now, what else are you doing? Do you think your mother won't remember the fact that you took care of everything during mock exams because winter is hard?"
"⋯."
"⋯Thank you my kids. Because I grew up like this until I went to college. For growing up straight and well. Thank you so much mom."
"…Mom, that…"
"What are you so shy about, mother, my daughter?"
"Because it's too much for me…"
"Things like that happen, too. They're my proud little ones, so what's the point of giving them a boost?"
Drinking her leftover beer,
Proud of you,
Her mother's voice praising us for doing well,
She couldn't hear as soon as she was, as usual.
***
I'm not sick
He is an ordinary person who is familiar with social norms and morals.
It's not that I don't feel guilty.
There are only feelings greater than that.
With the heart of a guilty criminal,
It's just hiding.
Relationship with winter.
"⋯Brother, what are you thinking about so much?"
"Can't I even worry about it?"
"No, that's not it. It doesn't suit me."
"Why. There is no one who worries as much as Longbi."
"I don't know about it outside, but it's a bit like doing it at home…"
"There's nothing I can't say, kid. Can you make me work harder later?"
"⋯You're trying to kill me. Brother."
"Originally, you have to exercise right before you die, and the effect is good. You've been doing it for about a week, so isn't it about time you got used to it?"
"Panking like that is something that only oppa likes. I do not want to."
"You want me to roll it. Enough to increase my stamina."
Evidence destruction seemed to be somewhat successful.
To the extent that it is not included in the line of dragons,
We have become good at lying.
We are usually friendly,
We argue sometimes.
Laying on the sofa with my head on either side and hitting me with my leg.
Brothers and sisters that can be found everywhere,
It wasn't as difficult as I thought.
"Ugh, are you guys fighting again?"
"No, we're not fighting."
"I see you fight."
"This is not a fight. Mom said that. You have to be friendly to fight, and if you're not friendly, you won't fight. Is this an expression of intimacy in its own way?"
"⋯I'm not close with my brother."
"Hey, can't you just say something?"
"How come you both become childish now that you're older?"
My mother also watches this scene when she is bored, so she seems to be getting tired of it.
She glared pathetically at us as we were fighting leg to leg, then grabbed her bag and headed for the front door.
"Anyway, if you're going to fight, hit it with your body and fight. If it's noisy, come up from below."
"Oh, Mom! If you say that, does your brother really hit me?"
"When do you talk like I've hit you? Only you hit me, I don't even touch you?"
"⋯Are you going to lie?"
"What are you lying about? You know I can't lie."
"⋯A liar."
A liar accuses a liar of being a liar,
It's ridiculous, not even a laugh came out.
"Fight in moderation and text mom to see who won. I'm going to visit my mom's friend."
"Yep."
"Eat a good lunch. Eat dinner too. Mom will be back late at night."
"Yes."
"Then I'll go back to my mother~ Bye~"
""⋯Come on.""
There were only two of us left at home,
The kicks that hit my legs still didn't stop.
Getting out of the category of two-to-one,
It turned into a kick with some sincerity.
Something, like sending a signal.
"Couldn't you just stop beating me? It hurts."
"No."
"Did you hit me a lot these days?"
"It could be. Because they are siblings."
"Then can I tease you too?"
"That's not allowed. I am your brother."
"You are bothering me."
"⋯I'm the younger sister. My brother is my brother."
"What kind of car is it?"
"Because my brother is stronger. Brother, don't touch me."
"⋯."
Seeing you continue to provoke me with your irrational logic,
"⋯Kim Winter."
"Yes."
"What do you want for lunch?"
"Well?"
"Do you want to eat inside or outside?"
"⋯Outside."
"⋯Winter."
"Huh."
"Put on your clothes. ⋯Let's go out a little later."
"Yes."
Apparently,
He didn't seem to want to stay at home any longer.