Even with her fading memory, my wife was still capable of being the biggest child in the world when she wanted to be. She was almost 50 years in age and she still locked her arms around my waist and pouted when she wanted my attention, which was all of the time ever since I had retired. But I didn't mind; in fact, I loved her for it and everything that she did for me that nobody else would want to do even if I was the last man standing on earth. Only she let her guard down for me entirely, loved me unconditionally and forgave me for every bad deed that I did against her even if I was forced to go up against her and her brother against my will. For endless decades now, I have only seen myself in her eyes as she guided me to our bedroom and she started undressing me and tending to me before herself, even though she was clearly exhausted herself. Every single time I took her to my father-in-law's village, she always ran around ragged to help her brother manage every fine detail for the poor stranded people to live here decently. From morning to evening I couldn't even hope to get a glimpse of her until it was time to eat or to put the children to sleep. When she wasn't cooking for everyone in the village, she was teaching embroidery or housekeeping skills to the women who wanted to find work, or helping her brother with development plans or looking after everyone's children all at once. No wonder she was getting more and more tired with old age. As for myself, I didn't feel as old as I was, even though I was starting to grow white hair into my beard. I could still spar with my sons, I could still wrestle my brother-in-law and I could damned sure still give my wife all of the affection that she wanted whenever she wanted.
"Don't you have any shame, husband? How old are we now, and you still want to…" "Who says that we are old? You didn't say that last week when we…" "and who's fault was that? Look at how old I am, and you still haven't been put off by me yet." You are still as beautiful as you were when you first seduced me." "Excuse me? Who seduced who exactly? You're the one who could never keep your hands off of me for a single day, even when I got pregnant." "Exactly, who was the one who has given you all of these children that you adore and pamper to no end." "Excuse me? You don't have complaints when I pamper you in the exact same way, do you?" "You haven't pampered me in such a long time." "You know how busy I get when I come here, you cannot blame me for this husband." "Is it wrong of me to want my wife in my sight, just like you are in the city." "Don't you mean locked up in our bed chambers so you can find me whenever you want? Starting from the day that we got married?" "Don't act so innocent with me Seo Yeon, you enjoyed our privacy every bit as I did, maybe even more." "I have no idea what you mean." She could still blink so innocently at her big age and it melted my heart every single time.
"You cannot be so old wife, to have forgotten exactly who started what the first time. And the second time. And the third." "I still have no idea what you are talking about; as if women of this nation should initiate such a thing." "Are you having a laugh with me right now? Seriously?" "I don't know about you, but I am going to bed before…" "…our son's birthday party." "Right. Come over here and keep your husband company. Have I fed you, by the way?" "You have already fed me twice, you alway overfeed me." "I don't hear you complaining about it." "Do you remember? The first time that you tricked me into having a nap for the first time in my life?" "Vaguely. You were knocked out for 3 days straight and you almost at everything in our kitchen that should have lasted for the rest of the week." "I was so annoyed with you that I ignored you for a week." "But you didn't mind flirting with the maids to get your petty little revenge as always." "What flirting could I have done in peace? Do you want to remind me of your equally petty tricks or revenge?" "I really have no idea what you are talking about." "Then let me remind you sweetheart; you put chillies in my food and got that maid in trouble on purpose, you had the second maid ruin my clothes so I could only come to you to fix them and the third maid…" "I really am going to bed right now." "Wasn't her room 'accidentally' set on fire from her carelessness?" "That really was an accident by the way." "Of course, whatever you say, wife."
"Thinking about it now, we really do have the most unusual marriage, don't we?" "Did you really only come to that conclusion now?" "Do you regret it?" "I know that you have only had the best of intentions for me. But honestly, I think I would have liked to have settled here and help out your brother as soon as we married." "Even if that meant breaking your vow to your mother? Do you still think about her sometimes?" "Not really, you know how I feel about her." "You love her, she is your mother after all." "Let's not talk about her anymore. Since the moment I took you for myself, you have taken care of all of my wants and needs, I do not need anybody else but you." "Juts in this lifetime?" "In all of them." "Are you sure?" "I'm coming for you whether you like it or not." "Promise me." "Promise you what?" "That you will find me in every lifetime." "I cannot do that." "Why?" "You know why, I have to split the lifetimes between you and…" "So your willing to let me be with anyone? What? Why are you laughing at me?" "It doesn't matter what lifetimes you have, you will never love anyone like you love me." "And how are you so sure?" "Because I say so." "Whatever you say, husband…"