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“We heard a commotion on the other side so we rushed in and saw Tae Yoon-ssi binding the exhibitionist’s hand behind him and Ma Ri kicking him at his-”

The man instinctively covers his groin and everyone laughs heartily. Ma Ri’s face turns redder and hides her face with her hands still holding the shell of the abalone she inhaled abruptly upon hearing the funny narration. Sitting at the edge of the table, she shrinks back further in her chair and more to my side, as my build can shield her from their eyes.

“Now I can see why she’s fit to be Mu Hyeok’s wife. She can manhandle him if he plays around with other women.”

Hearing that, I almost choke. Oh, yes, I almost forgot that Ma Ri is supposed to be my sister-in-law. I glance at her to see her reaction, she choked and is coughing from the comment. Understandable.

“That’s true! Aigoo, how can he leave his fiancee behind?” says once of the ahjumma, then she asks Ma Ri when my brother is going back to the country.