The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 168

Berlin wasn’t very willing, but she couldn’t refuse the food her mother gave her. She bit off the pie on the fork.

“!”

“How is it? It’s better than it looks, right?”

Herietta asked innocently as she did not see Berlin’s face contort for a moment.

‘How is this better?’

Berlin couldn’t even chew the food in her mouth properly.

‘This isn’t a pie, it’s just a lump of sugar!’

Even if Herietta likes sweet things, this is clearly overboard. It was too sweet for human consumption. Berlin’s tongue was tingling.

Perhaps finding it odd that her daughter was silent, Herietta tilted her head and looked at Berlin.

“Berlin?”

“Mom, to be honest, this is really…..”

Having barely chewed the pie and swallowed it, Berlin was trying to explain it with a tearful face. But before she could get to the point, the front door opened with a click.

“I’m back.”

The man who had just arrived home announced his arrival in a soft, courteous voice. The mother and daughter turned around at the same time to the man entering the house.

“Edwin!”

“Dad!”

Herietta and Berlin greeted Edwin with bright smiles.

Edwin took off the cloak he was wearing and hung it on the hanger before coming toward them. Then, in a natural order, the first thing he did was lightly kiss Herietta’s forehead.

“Dad, what about me?”

Berlin, standing next to the couple, whined with a sulky face. Edwin smiled and stroked her hair.

“You’re back early.”

“Class ended early today.”

“The class didn’t end early, you must have finished quickly.”

Knowing Berlin well, Edwin quietly corrected her words. The father and daughter had many similarities, enough to understand a lot about each other without exchanging many words.

“What are you making?”

“Rhubarb pie. Edwin, you like this, right.”

Herietta said, her face seemed to say ‘can’t you see it?’.

Berlin glanced at Edwin’s face. The father and daughter had quite similar tastes. Just as Berlin didn’t like sweets, Edwin didn’t like sweets very much either. Especially foods with such an unknown shape.

But.

“Ah, I wonder what smells good. Turns out it was the smell from this pie.”

Edwin smiled softly and nodded. As expected, Berlin rolled her eyes. As she had expected, Edwin rained praises on the mysterious food Herietta had made.

“It must have been troublesome, you could have waited until I’m back.”

“That’s true, but sometimes I want to make something for you and Berlin.”

Herietta said with a bashful smile.

“It may not look like much, but I think it tasted quite okay. Right, Berlin?”

Their eyes turned to Berlin. As the one who had tried it, Berlin was slightly taken aback. Herietta’s eyes were shining bright with anticipation, while Edwin’s eyes, filled with unspoken pressure for her to carefully choose her words.

‘But this isn’t a pie, it’s literally just a lump of sugar…… !’

“…… Yes, it’s very delicious.”

But the words that came out of her mouth were different from what was in her head. Hearing her answer, Herietta smiled widely, and Edwin gave her a good job look.

The question probably has a fixed answer from the beginning.

* * *

“How odd. Berlin is drinking that much milk.”

As the little tea time in the yard came to an end, Herietta muttered in surprise looking at her daughter sitting at the table.

“You normally don’t even drink one glass, but today you drank three.”

Do you want to grow taller? Herietta tilted her head. Berlin laughed inside as she emptied her third glass.

Am I drinking milk to grow taller? No. As if. There was another reason why she had poured so much milk into her mouth.

‘If I don’t drink something, I won’t be able to swallow it!’

Even before she put the pie in her mouth, she was dizzy by the pie’s sweet scent like a whole bag of sugar had been poured into it. She was proud to have somehow managed to finish a cut of the pie that Herietta gave her.

This should be enough. Rinsing her mouth with the rest of the milk, Berlien let out a sigh of relief as Herietta took her empty plate.

“If I knew you would eat this well, I would have given you a bigger cut. Berlin, can I get you some more?”

“!”

With Herietta’s words, Berlin barely prevented the milk from spewing out of her mouth.

“It’s, it’s okay, Mom! I’m already full!”

“Are you? Is it because you’re worried about gaining weight? It’s okay if you gain some weight.”

“No, no! I’m really okay!”

Berlin shook her hand and refused.

“Just one piece is enough! I don’t have to eat any more!”

“If you’re that worried, just eat this and come out with Mom. The other day, your Dad made you a new bow and arrow to practice with.”

“Mom, I really can’t.”

“Then, Miss Herietta, can I have some more?”

Edwin, who had been quietly listening to the mother-daughter talking, asked.

“I think one piece is not enough.”

“Would you like more? Then I’ll bring a big piece especially for you. Oh, and while I’m at it, I’ll make some more tea.”

So just sit here quietly. The excited Herietta stood up with a hum. She walked into the house with Edwin’s plate. Berlin, who was watching Herietta leaving, swept her chest in surprise only when Herietta’s figure had completely disappeared.

“Are you okay?”

Edwin, observing Berlin’s reaction, asked in a whisper. The question, which seemed simple, actually contained several meanings.

“Yes, thanks to Dad.”

“You endured it well.”

“The same goes for you.”

Berlin shrugged her shoulders.

“By the way, will you be okay, Dad?”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean, Dad. I think Mom will bring you the biggest piece because she’s so excited.”