Traveling back in time to take care of Sung Deok-sun

Chapter 150 The First Night Without the Children

Sunwoo's family

"Sunwoo~ Go~ Go with everyone~ Okay~!"

Sunyoung tries to persuade Sunwoo, who is reluctant to leave.

"What will you do at home, Mom?" Sunwoo asked, a little worried about his mother.

"Oh dear~ Mom isn't disabled~ She has hands and feet~"

"Besides, you can just bring the pearls along, right, Shuyu?"

Sunyoung grinned at Seowoo.

“Yes, Auntie, Pearl, go with your brothers!” Liu Shuyu teased little Pearl.

"Hey~ I heard Bora is going too~" the dollfish turned around and asked Jung-hwan loudly.

"Oh? Uh...right!" Jung-hwan answered with a flash of excitement, looking at Sun-woo.

“Okay then, Mom, I’ll go.” Sunwoo readily agreed.

"Oh my~ Pearl~ Are you happy~ Your brothers are taking you to China to play~~~ Hehehe~~" Sunyoung handed Pearl to Sunwoo with a big smile.

"Come on, Pearl, let's pack our luggage!"

As Sunwoo and his group entered the room, Sunyoung's smile faded slightly, and she pouted.

Perfect timing! My son and daughter can come along for a few days of travel abroad, and I can quickly find a place to move out...

Maybe when they come back, they'll have moved out by then.

"Oh dear~ Shuyu? What's wrong? Do you need something from Auntie?" Shanying had just thought for a moment when Liu Shuyu came out again.

"Oh, um... Auntie, I need to talk to you about something," Liu Shuyu said, looking at her. "I'll go to the store later. Is it your shift today?"

"Oh! Yes! Is there something you can't say here?" Sun-young asked curiously.

"Nothing much, just some small work-related matters. It'll be more convenient to go over there later," Liu Shuyu said vaguely.

"Oh my, you scared me! I thought you didn't want this old woman anymore!" Sun-young joked.

"That's not what I meant~~" Liu Shuyu waved his hand, both amused and exasperated.

.......

"What do you mean, Shuyu?!" In the shop, Shanying looked at the bank card that Liu Shuyu handed over in surprise.

“Auntie, I understand. You need it.” Liu Shuyu looked at her solemnly and handed her the card.

"Who told you that? Why are you so loose-lipped? Are you even the eldest sister?!"

"Oh dear~ I already said I don't need it..."

"They didn't bring it up themselves," Liu Shuyu interrupted Shanying's rambling. "I overheard you talking about renting a place, and I had Xiao Hei inquire about it and found out."

"Oh~ it was my own fault for not keeping a close eye on things~" Sunyoung covered her mouth with her hand, still smiling at him. "Seowoo~ Auntie thanks you~ but I really don't need it~"

"You've already helped me so much~"

"Give this old woman an easy job!"

"Otherwise, I'll have to secretly take on part-time jobs outside without Sunwoo's knowledge—and I won't even earn half as much as you do!"

Sun-young had a big smile on her face, as if her own problems were nothing at all.

Despite Liu Shuyu's kindness, she still didn't want to trouble others too much.

"It's alright, just take it. Consider it an advance payment of your salary." Liu Shuyu was both amused and exasperated. He didn't understand why Shanyu's mother insisted on this.

Across from her, Sun-young was also thinking that she couldn't be ungrateful; she had already received so much care. She had initially insisted on not telling Yoo Seo-woo and A-ze's father, but he had found out first.

"Auntie, you really don't need it~ Seowoo~" Sunyoung refused again.

"Anyway, let's just leave the money at the shop for now." Seeing this, Liu Shuyu didn't waste any more time. He knew that in the eyes of his neighbors, he was just a capable 'kid,' and it would be difficult for Shanying to accept such obvious help from him. She didn't even want to ask her peers, let alone a junior like himself...

She can accept the job because she has also put in the work, and she can accept the gratitude she owes.

There's nothing shameful about working to earn money.

She could have taken his money directly, even though he said it was a loan or that it was an advance payment of her salary, she still refused.

She also had her own principles, and perhaps it was precisely these principles that enabled her to raise her two children and teach Sunwoo to be so sensible and well-behaved.

Seeing that she still wanted to say something, Liu Shuyu got up and left.

"Auntie, the money is in the shop. If you're worried, take it back and keep it safe. I won't be paying you your wages anymore; you'll have to take it from there yourself." Liu Shuyu said this and left.

He was about to leave the country, so he didn't have time to take his time. He wanted to act decisively and believed that when the time came, Ms. Leopard and the others would persuade her to use it.

"Shuyu! Shuyu!" Shanying took a couple of steps with the money, but couldn't catch up.

Looking at the money in her hand, Sun-young sighed deeply.

She neither cried with emotion nor laughed with joy. She simply put the card away quietly, picked up a towel, and carefully wiped the shop clean again…

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夜

The quiet house was now empty except for Sun-young.

"Sis! Where did you get such a large sum of money?"

"This is outrageous!"

"How can you use that house as collateral!"

"Sis, I'll go talk to her and reason with her!"

Hearing what his sister was saying on the phone, Sun-young's younger brother couldn't hold back any longer and said angrily.

"Okay~"

"Arguing won't solve anything."

"You don't need to worry about my sister."

Be careful while driving.

Sun-young still cares about her younger brother, but treats her own affairs as trivial.

"Is now the time to worry about me?"

"Ten million! Where are we going to get that?"

As her younger brother murmured on the phone, Sun-young sighed, glanced at the bank card on the table, and looked at it with hesitation in her eyes.

"Alright, I'll handle it."

"And one more thing! You absolutely mustn't tell Mom, okay!"

After finishing her sentence, Sun-young quickly added a word of caution, afraid that her younger brother might let something slip and cause his wife to worry and come all the way to Seoul again.

"Okay~!" the younger brother replied with a worried yet helpless tone.

"Okay, I'm hanging up now!" Sunyoung said softly and hung up the phone.

She sighed helplessly; she had probably sighed countless times today.

"Sunwoo's mom~" Ms. Leopard pushed open the door, and Sunyoung smiled again when she saw her.

"Um... I made pork ribs!"

"Your turn to go to the hospital tomorrow~ Remember to take it to Aze's dad."

"These things aren't too much trouble, are they?" Ms. Leopard smiled at her.

"Of course!" Sun-young replied confidently, "I've brought back all the plates that were sent over before!"

"Oh my~ Everyone in the family is out, it's so relaxing~" Sun-young was even in the mood to joke.

"Heh~ that's true~ it's really hard to get used to without kids at home~ it always feels so empty~" Ms. Leopard sighed.

"Oh dear~ Big sister!" Shan Ying's little expression made Leopard Lady's eyelids twitch. "With the child gone~ you can go to Hong Kong a few more times~ Hahaha~~~"

"Alright~ Hong Kong! We'll be lucky to get to Jeju Island!" Ms. Leopard looked at the grinning Sun-young, smiling helplessly, though her helplessness seemed to have lessened and her anticipation increased.

"Okay, that's enough. I need to go back and cook him some seafood to nourish him."

"On the other hand, it's definitely much more convenient without the kids around."

Ms. Leopard couldn't help but smile.

"I knew it~ Big sister~ Hahaha~~~" Sunyoung covered her mouth and laughed.

Seeing how happy she was, Ms. Leopard patted her on the shoulder, sounding a little annoyed.