Kapitel 157: TOUCHING(?) REUNION

IT WAS awkward.

Yejun felt uncomfortable now that he was alone in the room with her mother and father.

After his meeting with Grandpa Suk-yong and the others, his parents suddenly approached him and said they wanted to talk to him in private.

[Wonhee told me to go, so I did…]

"Yejunnie."

Argh.

That was his childhood nickname.

"Eomma, please don't call me that," Yejun complained lightly. "I'm no longer a child."

"You will always be a baby to us," his mother said, and then she suddenly became emotional. "But we failed to treat you preciously, didn't we? We're so sorry, Yejunnie."

His father wrapped his arm around his mother's shoulder to console her, and then he looked at Yejun with sadness and remorse in his eyes. "Son, your mother and I have always felt sorry towards you. We failed to help you lessen the burden on your shoulders. Because we were scared…"