“Then we’ll take our leave now.”

“I won’t see you out so far. Be careful on your way home.”

Maru slightly bowed to his mother-in-law who saw him out before turning around. Only after he got on the elevator did the tension pressing him down disappear.

“Good work,” Gaeul said.

“Still, it’s good that she understands us. Honestly, if she didn’t know anything, I might have been kneeling today. When did she find out about it?”

“She found out at the beginning of the year. Just like she said, my house was too desolate. I was over at your house the whole time after all.”

“You totally had me fooled.”

“So, do you feel wronged?”

“A little, but I guess I should be fortunate that it ended with just this.”

“You know this is all thanks to my foresight, right? Had I told you beforehand, you would’ve told me that we should visit as soon as possible, and if we did, you would’ve come across my mom who would be angrier than she was today. That’s not something I want.”

“What did she say when you told her the truth?”

Gaeul’s eyes scanned the numbers on the elevator.

“She didn’t say anything much when I told her I was dating someone. She sighed when I told her it was you though, saying that she thought it’d be like that. Of course, she was really naggy as well.”

“Nagging is moderate....