𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗 𝗛𝗢𝗠𝗘 (a TAELICE adaptation)

CHAPTER 32

Taehyung had originally thought they could go directly to register their marriage.

However, his profile was still tied to Goseong and the transfer procedures were not completed yet. He still needed to wait another week.

With regard to Taehyung's side of things, he had already fully resolved the issue of work and career, and his current situation was quite good.

Now, all he needed to do was, as a mere formality, bring Lalisa back to his home and then hold a wedding ceremony and banquet in town. That would be considered as giving his dad enough due respect. Otherwise, his dad would undoubtedly take out all of his anger on Taehyung's mom and sister.

In all honesty, though, Taehyung did not want Lalisa to go.

In order to mentally prepare Lalisa, Taehyung had briefly explained his family situation to her.

He had a younger brother who was in university so was not living at home. He also had younger sister who had served in the military as well. She, however, was not as capable as Taehyung, and after being a prison guard in Busan for two years, she had come back here. Taehyung had actually asked Haein to help her find a job in the town government office. Unfortunately, his younger sister was not one who did well in studies and for several years had tried but failed to pass the civil service examination, so she could not be considered to have a true, proper occupation yet.

" Didn't your dad refuse to allow you to go into the military? Why'd he let your little sister go, then? " When she finished listening to him explain all this, Lalisa had felt something was odd.

At the time, Taehyung had been checking Juno's homework, sitting astride the chair in the study, his body leaning forward and bent over slightly as he listened to this question. After looking through the very last bit of the homework assignment, he closed the notebook.

" When I was a kid, my mom got a divorce. My younger sister was born from her second marriage. Kim Yuna is not my dad's daughter by birth. Later on, my dad and mom remarried one another, and Yuna was brought back here and her surname was officially changed. That's why everyone in the family didn't really want to spend the money to put her into university at the time and just sent her off to join the military instead. "

Lalisa gave an " oh " and then did not probe further into this.

The following day, Lalisa talked on the phone with Jisoo, and after that she basically understood the entire situation.

In earlier years, Taehyung's mother, after giving birth to Taehyung, had not been able to handle the domestic violence and her husband's infidelity and consequently had divorced. Later, her family had arranged for her a marriage to a military officer, and she had given birth to Taehyung's younger sister. Jisoo was not clear what that military officer did in terms of works, but at any rate, when life was going pretty good, he died. Taehyung's mother, bringing her one son and one daughter with her, had come back and married Taehyung's father again.

" I've always disliked the whole situation and environment in their family. It's not because his mom divorced and then remarried his dad. It's because, from beginning to end, his dad has always had two wives. Taehyung's younger brother was born from the affair between his dad and that outside woman. " Jisoo sighed pensively. " Taehyung's mom remarried his dad roughly around the time when Taehyung was in middle school. Haein told me, the reason Taehyung hasn't lived at home since his dad and mom remarried, and will only stay in the auto shop is because that woman still frequently goes to his home. "

At any rate, in their family, the one Taehyung's dad treated best was that younger brother of Taehyung, giving him anything he wanted. That son, though, was the one who had most failed to achieve anything in life. Taehyung's dad treated Taehyung okay at times, sometimes, when he was in a good mood, tossing Taehyung a handful of bills of money and other times, if he was in a bad mood, throwing fists and giving beatings. As for Taehyung's younger sister, he did not even provide her food or clothing, but rarely would he hit her. This was because, back when Taehyung was in middle school, each time he found out that his younger sister had been beaten, he would retaliate against his dad with all his might.