Chapter 387 - Are you a kid?

For a moment she did think of not picking up the call, but then decided against it. Knowing how close her family was to Eunwoo, without a doubt, her mother would be getting worried and call him next in order to inquire about her.

Due to that, she did not want to give him another reason to send her back to South Korea.

Taking in a deep breath, she grabbed the phone from the nightstand and received it. Before she was able to say anything, the loud voice of her mother resonated from the other side, causing her to move the phone away from her ear for a second.

"Yoonmi, I just heard from Eunwoo on what happened to you! How are you, my dear daughter!? Should I come to USA? My dear daughter, you must be frightened."

Although her mother was exaggerating the situation, Yoonmi was aware of how she did it out of her love for the girl, and this was something she felt warm for. 

Even though the concern wasn't for her in reality, she considered herself to be 'Yoonmi' now, and therefore, everything that belonged to 'Yoonmi' was hers now.

"Mom, everything is fine. I will be discharged by a day from the hospital, and you don't need to worry about it. This is something quite minor," she replied.

In her last life, her parents were too much into their business in order to care about her. Even when she fainted due to overworking and exhaustion, her parents were not bothered about her work.

At first, the lack of attention and care bothered her. She was envious of people around her when they got loved by their parents.

But eventually, she was able to grow out of that complex of hers and accepted the reality. Soon enough, it did not matter to her whether or not her parents were cold to her.

Her words caused the woman on the other side to go silent for few seconds before she stated, "Are you really fine? Did you hit your head or something?"

"Mom, why would you think that? It was just an allergic reaction, nothing big. This isn't anything to worry about."

"What do you mean it isn't anything to worry about? You are all alone at that country and now this. I wonder what would have happened to you if Eunwoo wasn't there. I almost had a heart attack, my dear daughter."

"Mom, I am not a kid. I am able to handle myself perfectly, and don't give Eunwoo credit for anything. He barely did anything," she voiced out.

"Alright, but aren't you being strange? Shouldn't you be crying or whining? You seem too m.a.t.u.r.e. Did something happen?" her mother expressed— confusion noticeable in her tone.

Ryu Yoonmi wasn't surprised when her mother reacted that way about it. She was well informed on how 'Yoonmi' had the great ability to exaggerate the events around her, and seeing how Yoonmi was calm for once must have been a enormous shock to her mother.

As much as Yoonmi wanted to act like the real 'Yoonmi', that did not feel comfortable to her. It was like acting out to be a different person throughout the entire time, and knowing how tiring that could be, she just let her real self shine. 

Now that she was stuck at here, they had to get used to it sooner or later after all. Although it might seem odd to them, after a while, they will be finding this to be a norm.

"I just found out that it is too pathetic to be crying this easily. It's not like as if I am a kid or something. Whining is too humiliating as well."

"Well, it's surprising to see that you are thinking this way, but you don't have to force myself, my dear daughter. Mom and dad loves you no matter how are. You can cry and w.h.i.n.e to us as much as you want. 

If you have someone saying about that to you, just inform about it to us. Mom and dad will be properly taking care of that person. You don't need to change yourself, not even for that Eunwoo. My dear daughter, you are perfect the way you are."

Ryu Yoonmi could see how the girl turned out to be this way. It was obvious to her on how her mother doted on her and spoiled her; it was clearly seen how the mother was not willing to correct any behaviour of 'Yoonmi'.

If Yoonmi was like that back then, her parents would have locked her in a dark room and starved her until she learned to grow manners. Compared to her parents, there was quite a contrast.

But knowing that her mom had no had intentions behind it, she voiced out, "Thank you, mom. I will hang up the call now then. I am getting tired and want to rest for a while."

"Alright, I will not be keeping you on the phone any longer then," her mother spoke out, "Rest well, and remember that if you need us, just call us. We are ready to come to the USA now because of you."

"I love you, mom, and take care of yourself as well, alright! Don't get sick!" Yoonmi vocalised as she felt the tears forming at the corner of her eyes.

Never had she experienced such a motherly love, and at her age, it was quite humiliating that she was being touched by someone like this. But she wasn't able to help it.

This was the first time she had said such words to her mother— although the woman wasn't her actual mother— and she liked how those words rolled off of her tongue.

"Mom loves you and misses you too, my dear daughter," the woman replied.

With that, Ryu Yoonmi hung up the call and placed the phone back on the table. Wiping away the tears from the corner of her eyes, she let out a chuckle.

"Ryu Yoonmi, are you a kid to be crying over something like this?"