They would move in a fortnight. Only the contract fee and deposit would only be required on the day of the move, so Woojin didn’t need to borrow Sunggoo’s money.

Woojin had been summoned to Alphen in high school. Real estate contracts didn’t exist on Alphen. Where one lay one’s head for the night was one’s home.

He had lived like that for twenty years. So Woojin had never made such transactions, nor did he know about deposits and contract fees.

The sun had long descended while they’d been looking at houses. Woojin and his family filled their stomachs at a nearby restaurant. 

Sooah had fallen asleep while he had paid the bill, so he carried her home. When he gently tucked her into bed and turned to his mother, he found a disappointed expression on her face. 

She asked, “Why don’t you live with us until we move?”

Woojin was reluctant, “I can’t for now. But we’ll be living together soon.”

She didn’t want to part with her son, and Woojin wanted to stay as well. He had held on to the hope of returning to his family for twenty years, so why wouldn’t he want to? However, there were things he didn’t want his family to see.

It was why he had wanted to buy a house as quickly as he could. 

Woojin’s mother wouldn’t force her son to sleep in the small shack, so she sighed, “Alright. As soon as I quit working, I’ll make some food for the little brother...