ebookland Chapter 71 Couple
Chapter 71 Couple
Shuangmen Girls' High School.
"Deok-sun is very cheerful and earnest, and she gets along very well with her friends."
"She has a great relationship with her friends, and her child is kind and honest; she's really wonderful~"
Deok-sun's homeroom teacher addressed Bora's parents, who had come to Deok-sun's school for a meeting.
Hearing the homeroom teacher's praise, Paula's parents couldn't stop smiling. Seeing their happiness, the homeroom teacher coughed.
"Um..."
"This time's results~"
The homeroom teacher carefully handed them the report cards.
Upon seeing Deok-sun's grades, Bora's parents' smiles vanished instantly.
"Deok-sun's dad~ Actually, you don't need to be too sad. Deok-sun's grades have improved this time~ She's improved by dozens of places~" The homeroom teacher comforted Bora's father, who was feeling upset.
Paula's mother gave an awkward and brief smile, offering only perfunctory words of comfort to the homeroom teacher. Looking at Deok-sun's ranking of over 800 on the report card, she remained stunned for a long time.
......
At Daofeng Knife-Cut Noodles, Paula's father ran ahead in the rain with an umbrella, while Paula's mother jogged behind him.
"Hurry up! What are you doing?!" Paula's father opened the noodle shop door and urged Paula's mother, who was a few meters behind him.
"Ouch~ It's raining so hard~!" Paula's dad threw the umbrella into the umbrella holder and ran to sit down at the table.
"What are you doing! Come here!" Paula's father urged, looking at Paula's mother who was still slowly closing her umbrella.
"What a temper of his! He won't even come to help!" Paula's mother muttered resentfully, looking at her husband sitting there.
"This rain is really something!"
"Two bowls of knife-cut noodles, please!"
Paula's father turned around and shouted at the boss.
"I want noodle soup!"
"Could you please ask me before you order?"
Paula's mother shouted at Paula's father.
"Oh, then how about some noodle soup?"
"Noodle soup~ Oh!~"
"I'd like to order a bowl of noodle soup and a bowl of knife-cut noodles, please."
Paula's father quickly turned around and corrected the boss.
"I told you we need to start taking care of Deok-sun's studies sooner. Even if we can't give her extra tutoring like others, we should at least send her to a training class!"
Paula's mother picked up a cup of tea and poured herself a glass. Looking at her husband, she couldn't help but talk about Deok-sun.
"Oh dear! You can start slowly now!"
"There's still one year left!"
"I think Deok-sun and Seo-woo are learning very well; even their homeroom teacher said they've made progress."
"And another thing! Do you know how hard I work?!"
Do you know how difficult it is to live such a white life?!
"And another thing! Look at other moms, they've all raised their kids so well on their own!"
"If you had properly educated Deok-sun, would she have ended up in this situation?"
Paula's father argued with Paula's mother, not forgetting to also criticize his own wife...
"Oh my god!"
"Is it my fault?"
"Is it my fault that Deok-sun is ranked over 800th in the whole school?"
"Oh my! You think it's easy to raise three kids on that meager salary?!"
"If I had money, would I still let my children go unattended like this?"
“Ouch~!”
"It's easy for you to say that when you're not the one suffering!"
"Ouch~"
"My fate!"
As Paula's mother spoke, she couldn't help but lament her fate, lamenting that she had ended up with such a husband.
Paula's father felt extremely uncomfortable listening to what his wife was saying.
"What?! What's wrong with your life? You're like this again?"
"Did I gamble away my house?"
"Did my womanizing cause you any worry?"
"Or is it because I come home drunk and beat my wife every time?"
After Paula's father finished speaking in a series of parallel sentences, he even gestured towards Paula's mother with his lip.
"Ouch! That's enough!"
"Stop talking!"
"It's so noisy!"
Sigh!
Let's have some knife-cut noodles!
Paula's mother was so annoyed by him that she simply gave up and sighed, changing the subject.
Seeing that Paula's mother had stopped, Paula's father also realized that he had gone a bit too far earlier, and awkwardly picked up his teacup and clinked it against Paula's mother's teacup.
"Drink up~~"
Seeing Paula's dad making funny faces, Paula's mom pursed her lips.
Paula's father awkwardly picked up a newspaper to cover his eyes and started reading.
"Wow~ It's possible to get married across borders with Chinese people now?" Paula's father exclaimed in surprise as he looked at the news in the newspaper.
After putting down her newspaper, Paula's mother looked at another couple next to them with a smile in her eyes. The husband was putting meat on his wife's plate and even lifted her hair to make it easier for her to eat the noodles, which made Paula's mother smile like an aunt.
But when she turned her head, she saw her husband holding a bowl and slurping down soup, and her smile vanished instantly.
After finishing his soup, Paula's dad let out a loud burp...
Next, we watched as Paula's dad picked his teeth with his hands...
Picking your teeth with chopsticks...
Using your mouth to blow air into your teeth...
"Ah~~"
Comparing people is a recipe for disaster; comparing goods is a recipe for disaster...
Paula's mother sighed as she looked at her husband, her face filled with helplessness and a hint of envy for other people's husbands...
......
"Ugh! This awful rain! When will it stop?" Paula's dad opened the door, holding up an umbrella.
Paula's mother muttered disdainfully as she watched his retreating figure from behind.
But when Paula's mother reached for her own umbrella in the umbrella stand, she suddenly widened her eyes—her umbrella seemed to be gone...
"Where did it go?" Paula's mother muttered to herself as she searched high and low but couldn't find it.
Paula's mother looked up at the sign across from the umbrella stand that read, "Make sure you don't take someone else's umbrella by mistake!" and sighed helplessly.
"Oh dear~ If I can't change my husband, changing my umbrella won't be bad either~" Paula's mother muttered.
"Oh no~ Where did my umbrella go?"
"Oh dear~! How can you take someone else's umbrella?!"
She glanced back and saw everyone eating noodles, then raised her voice.
Seeing that no one spoke, she looked down and picked up a shiny umbrella.
"Um... isn't the owner of this umbrella here?"
Whose is this?
"Oh dear~ maybe the owner of this umbrella took the wrong one~~"
"There's no other way!"
No one objected when she spoke up, and Paula's mother happily took the pretty new umbrella, opened the door, and her mood finally improved because of the new umbrella...
"Ouch~ It's so cold~"
Paula's mother happily went out, opening her umbrella while muttering to herself. But as soon as the umbrella was fully opened, the large hole on one side completely plunged Paula's mother from a moment of joy into disappointment.
"That's right, it's just fate!"
Looking at the tattered umbrella, Paula's mother laughed at herself.
"What are you dawdling for? Hurry up and move!"
Paula's mother, holding a tattered umbrella, stared blankly at Paula's father, who was waiting for her with an umbrella in the distance, and was momentarily speechless.
Before she could think it over, Paula's father came over. He glanced at her new umbrella with holes, threw it away for her, and put his own umbrella over her head.
"No matter how good it may seem to others, it's all for nothing! And you, you!"
Seeing Paula's mother pouting, Paula's father turned his gaze away and stuck out his right elbow.
"What are you waiting for?! Put it on now!"
Looking at his wife, who was smiling at him, Paula's father shouted loudly.
"Follow me!"
Beneath the white sign of Daofeng Knife-Cut Noodles, an umbrella sheltered the two from the torrential rain, also revealing the complexities of a couple's relationship...