VIRAL LOVE Chapter 36 : SCHEMING “Aigoo, the lovely smell of Seoul’s congested air! At least it’s a little less foul than London’s!” Si-jin exclaims with a huge grin on his face while Mo-yeon just laughs softly in agreement as they slide side by side into the backseat of the SUV. Myeong-joo and Dae-young just snort in return as they buckle up at the front seats. “So, where are we sending you two? Are you going back to your condo, big brother?” Myeong-joo turns around a little as she asks her brother the question. The four of them have just finished eating dinner together after Si-jin and Mo-yeon's arrival at Incheon airport. Myeong-joo is glad they had chosen Dae-young’s SUV instead of her Mini Cooper considering Si-jin’s hefty boot-clad ankle. Si-jin’s eyes widen at the question before he turns to look at Mo-yeon. Mo-yeon wordlessly bites her bottom lip before she quickly busies herself by taking her phone out and scrolling through its notifications, leaving Si-jin to answer his sister’s question. “Eonnie, we’ll send you home first since your place is closer than Si-jin's, okay?” Myeong-joo declares with a cheerful voice while she sends her boyfriend a sly look. Si-jin clears his throat before Mo-yeon manages to reply. “Err, I think you should just drop both of us there, Dae-young.” “Neh?” Myeong-joo wonders out loud, “Don’t you miss your own condo, big brother?” Si-jin narrows his eyes at her. His sister is totally trolling him. “Yaaah….do you see this?” He points to his injured foot. “How can I live by myself with this injury? I’m going to need help going around, don't I?” Mo-yeon keeps her eyes on the screen of her phone and just ignores the siblings bickering between themselves, all while she pretends she's not flustered by the situation. Seriously, her boyfriend is so ridiculous sometimes, haish. Myeong-joo really knows how to mess with him too. “Aigoo my poor brother, mianheyo, I totally forgot! Haish if it’s because of the injury then you can come and stay with me! I can help you out; the store isn't that busy nowadays anyway.” Si-jin stammers as the others in the SUV collectively try not to laugh. He looks around and sighs when he realize there’s no point of hiding his intention anymore. “That’s okay Myeong-joo Ah.” He puts his arm around Mo-yeon’s shoulders and pulls her closer to his side as the songwriter looks up at him with a soft smile on her face. “I want to stay with Mo-yeon.” Myeong-joo wonders if she should stop teasing them. She probably should play nice and stop. Or not. “Haish….why didn’t you say so? That’s fine with me,” She takes a moment to pause for dramatic effect before she nonchalantly continues, “Although I hope you guys are using protection. But then again I don’t mind having a cute baby nephew or niece this soon too.” Dae-young abruptly coughs out loud as the couple behind him starts to scream angrily at his unrepentant girlfriend who just cackles in response. --- The couple at the backseat are still throwing dirty look at his giggling girlfriend so Dae-young decides maybe they should have some in-car entertainment instead. A little song on the radio won’t be too bad right? He switches the radio on. Big mistake. ‘Just leave him for me…..cause you’re mine mine mine--.’ Dae-young chokes on his spit, Mo-yeon and Myeong-joo gasp out loud while Si-jin’s eyes almost pop out in absolute shock. “Yaaah!!!! What the f---“ “Ommo-“ Dae-young almost loses control of the steering wheel as he scrambles to turn the radio off before the angry footballer at the back rips his precious SUV apart. Myeong-joo smacks the back of his head while she shakes her head in exasperation. You