AWB Chapter 72 Kim Sung-kyun's Silence
Chapter 72 Kim Sung-kyun's Silence
At Jung-hwan's house, Jung-bong's father was sitting at home watching TV, his face still expressionless.
"Jungbong~ Junghwan~ Come eat some kimchi pancakes~!"
"Okay~~"
Ms. Leopard placed the kimchi pancake on the table in front of Zhengfeng's father. Zhengfeng's father remained glued to the television, expressionless, neither looking at Ms. Leopard nor at the kimchi pancake...
Jung-bong and Jung-hwan came out of the room, but before they could sit down, Jung-bong's father got up and left.
Jung-hwan watched his father leave, looking at his back with some worry. After hesitating for a moment, he still called out.
"Dad! Have some kimchi pancakes!"
Jung-hwan's calls went unanswered. He didn't know if his father couldn't hear him or heard him but chose not to speak. Jung-hwan stared blankly at his father's closed bedroom door, lost in thought...
"Auntie~~"
A shout from outside the door startled Jung-hwan from his reverie.
"Oh? Who is it? Zhengfeng, go open the door!"
Ms. Leopard was ordering Zhengfeng around.
Zhengfeng, also puzzled, got up and went to open the door.
"Oh~! Shuyu~!" Zhengfeng looked at the person in front of him with surprise.
"Brother Zhengfeng~ I made some snacks, I'd like to bring some for you to try~" Liu Shuyu said with a smile.
"Oh! Shuyu~ Come in and have some, I just made kimchi pancakes!" When Ms. Leopard heard it was Liu Shuyu, she quickly called out towards the door.
"Oh~ Auntie, I've brought you some snacks, I made them myself~" Liu Shuyu heard the Leopard Lady's call and, at the invitation of the others, sat down at the table.
"Shuyu, I was just about to come find you~" Zhengfeng waited for Liu Shuyu to sit down, then looked at him with a smile and said somewhat shyly.
"Huh? What's wrong, Brother Zhengfeng? Is something the matter?" Liu Shuyu looked at him in confusion.
"Huh? What do you want with Shuyu?" Ms. Leopard and Zhenghuan looked at Zhengfeng with suspicion, wondering what he wanted.
"Wait a minute!" Zhengfeng said as he ran into the room.
Ms. Leopard, Zheng Huan, and Liu Shuyu exchanged glances, none of them knowing what Zheng Feng was really up to.
"Oh, by the way, isn't Uncle here?" Liu Shuyu took out his snacks and offered them to Zheng Huan and Ms. Leopard, but he didn't see Zheng Feng's father and asked in confusion.
"Sigh! Who knows, lately he hasn't been in a good mood and hasn't had much of an appetite," Ms. Leopard said vaguely.
Jung-hwan didn't know what to say, so he leaned close to Liu Shu-yu's ear and whispered something.
"Shuyu! My dad's been really quiet lately, I don't know why~"
"Oh?"
Liu Shuyu thought about it for a while before he remembered that Zhengfeng's father had been hurt by his family because of the ice cream incident...
"Then I'll go see my uncle?" Liu Shuyu said tentatively.
"Oh, no need, Shuyu, I'll call him out to eat your snacks later~" Ms. Leopard didn't want to trouble Liu Shuyu, so she quickly said.
Zheng Huan looked at Liu Shuyu with anticipation, somewhat wanting him to find out what was wrong with his father. Perhaps learning from him could be helpful...
"Auntie, I'm going to bring some snacks to Uncle!" Liu Shuyu picked up the plate of snacks, smiled at Ms. Leopard, and walked towards Zhengfeng's father's door.
Ms. Leopard wanted to speak up to stop him, but seeing Zheng Huan looking at Liu Shuyu expectantly, she hesitated and simply lowered her head to focus on eating her snack. Actually, she also wanted to know what was wrong with her husband lately, but every time she asked Zheng Feng's father, he didn't want to talk, or his answers were very brief...
"Uncle? Are you there? It's me, Shuyu~ I made some snacks, would you like to try some?" Liu Shuyu knocked gently on the door and then called out into the house.
Zhengfeng's father, who was sleeping inside, suddenly opened his eyes wide and sat up quickly. After sitting up for a while, he realized what was happening and got up to open the door for Liu Shuyu.
"It's Shuyu~ Come in and sit down~" Zhengfeng's father invited Liu Shuyu into the house with a smile.
"Uncle, these are some snacks I made, I brought them for you to try!" Liu Shuyu carried the plate in his hand and entered the house at Zhengfeng's father's invitation.
Ms. Leopard, Zheng Huan, and Zheng Feng looked at Zheng Feng's father with a smile on his face and couldn't help but wonder why he was in a bad mood towards them.
Did I upset my dad (husband)?
This is the shared sentiment of the three of them at this moment...
"Shuyu~! Your snacks~! They're the best, the most delicious snacks Uncle has ever had~!"
"This is a delicacy fit for a king!"
"Hahaha~~"
Zhengfeng's father laughed loudly, his laughter so joyful.
Looking at Zhengfeng's father laughing loudly, Liu Shuyu understood somewhat. Yes, this was the true face of Zhengfeng's father.
It wasn't until he was ignored by his family because of ice cream that he suddenly realized that perhaps his wife and children didn't like his smiling face every day, and they suddenly became silent and unsmiling.
He was saddened because his family did not accept his true self.
That's the real reason he's unhappy...
"Uncle, eat more if you like!"
"Of course! This was made by our most outstanding neighbor in the alley. Even the emperor doesn't have such a good meal! Hahaha!"
Seeing Zhengfeng's happy father, Liu Shuyu finally made up his mind and asked directly, "Uncle, Zhenghuan just told me you've been in a bad mood lately? Is that true? Zhenghuan is worried about you~"
Zhengfeng's father's smile vanished abruptly. He looked up at Liu Shuyu, who was staring at him, and forced a smile.
"How could that be! Shuyu, look how happy your uncle is!"
Looking at Zhengfeng's father, who was forcing a smile, Liu Shuyu sighed.
"Uncle, I don't know what's wrong with you, but please cheer up! In my memory, you're the happiest and most optimistic person in our alley!"
"I've always looked up to you as a role model in my life!"
"Besides, Jung-bong, Jung-hwan, and your aunt really care about you~"
Liu Shuyu's two sentences seemed to have given Zhengfeng's father a calming dose. He calmed down, looked at Liu Shuyu, and said quietly.
"Shuyu, you don't understand!"
"They don't need my smile, and they don't like me doing it."
"Just like that box of ice cream, nobody cares!"
The two people inside were talking, while outside, at the door of Zhengfeng's father, three big heads were stacked together: Zhengfeng and Zhenghuan, who were holding Rubik's Cubes, and the one on top was Ms. Leopard. When they heard Zhengfeng's father's words, Zhengfeng finally woke up as if from a dream.