Cheat day

Originally Precious (2)

Since I frequently appear on broadcasts, there are a few videos where I can be seen wearing a ring.

If I had edited them like I used to, I would have cut that part out. However, I had completely stepped away from editing, and due to an increase in sudden work, I didn’t think to address that.

└Clarify, clarify!

└Did you really dump us?

└Wow, not only are you successful, but you also have a girlfriend?

Honestly, I always wanted to brag.

I wanted to say that I’m dating someone really amazing and lovely, but for several reasons, including the fact that Mukbangji is reluctant to show her face and concerns about how it might affect our daily lives, I couldn’t reveal it.

└No way, haha! She’s just a side dish for him, haha!

└What a misunderstanding, haha! What does a 35-year-old virgin know?

└There have been more newcomers lately~ This guy will never date, haha!

└If it’s just a side dish, isn’t that okay? He’s handsome, fit, and successful.

└He’s the kind of guy who eats pork stir-fry every time he goes on a date, a stir-fry ghost!

└No way, he’s really not! How could he possibly be like that?

“Hey! Are you getting upset just watching this? What’s wrong with me?”

└Not knowing makes it even more frustrating, haha!

└Isn’t there something like a relationship ability evaluation?

└There is, there is, haha!

└[Link] Relationship Ability Evaluation

“Guys, I’m much more sensitive than you think. I’ve lived my whole life being observant, so I can tell how someone feels just like a ghost! I don’t even need to take this test.”

I said this in an appealing way, but upon seeing the word ‘coward?’, I immediately clicked on the link.

Choose one statement that a woman did not say indirectly.

① You don’t have to take me home today.

② If you’re tired, let’s rest at home.

③ This place is really delicious.

④ This necklace is pretty, right?

⑤ No, I’m not mad.

“It’s easy. It’s easy. It’s number 3. Now, let me explain the reason.”

I need to take this opportunity to show the viewers how thoughtful I am.

“Number 1 means she wants you to take her home but is being considerate about how tired you might be. She would say something like that if she wants to be taken home, but it’s also okay if you don’t. There’s room for interpretation.”

I moved on to the next option.

“Number 2 is also ambiguous. If the other person is tired, they might want to rest at home even if they’d like to go out. Saying it that way shows they don’t fully know the other person’s state and are giving them options. It’s a kind way of saying that they can either go out or stay home and rest if they’re tired. Do you understand?”

Responses of “keke” and “oh” alternated in the chat.

“Number 4 is also ambiguous. They might really think it’s pretty and want to ask, or they might want to hear that it looks good on them, or it could mean they want you to buy it for them.”

└Sounds like she wants you to buy it for her.

└This is why it doesn’t work, haha! If you say “It’s pretty,” you’re just clueless, haha!

“Come on, everyone. If I say the sunset is beautiful, does that mean I want you to buy me a sunset? If Haim says he’s handsome, does that mean Haim wants you to buy him? You’re talking nonsense. Next.”

I looked at option 5.

“Number 5 is a bit risky. She might not be mad, or she could be mad, or she might not be mad to the extent of being angry but still be a little upset. So you need to pay attention to her expression or tone of voice to really know. But number 3? ‘This place is really delicious.’ You’re already in the eating situation. There’s no room for interpretation. It’s just delicious. And you can’t lie about taste. Speaking as a former judge for Korean cuisine, if it’s good, it’s good. If it’s bad, it’s bad. You have to say it accurately.”

└Haha, would you really say it’s bad if your girlfriend cooked for you?

└For real, you don’t know anything, do you?

└If your mom comes back with something weird and makes beet soybean paste stew, you’d be the one to say it’s bad, huh?

└Beet ungrateful child, wow.

“It’s heartbreaking. Yeah, if she cooks for me and I say it’s bad, that would hurt her feelings. But the truth is the truth.”

└Yeah, that’s a certified virgin moment.

└Hahaha, that’s super straightforward.

└Look at this guy, he’s dating someone?

└Phew, I thought you were betraying us by dating.

The reactions seem strange.

No matter how I think about it, I feel like I’m right, but everyone is laughing and relieved, as if to say it’s a confirmation of their own virgin status.

“…”

When I apply this to Mukbangji, it looks a little different.

Before we lived together, Mukbangji would often say things like, “Let’s just go our separate ways today.”

Without saying a word, I’d catch a Kakao taxi or take the bus.

“Is it number 1?”

└Hahahahahahaha.

└Are you starting to get confused?

└Haha, hurry up and decide, haha!

└So what’s the real answer?

“Well, saying ‘If you’re tired, let’s rest at home’ isn’t necessarily wrong. Come on, isn’t it okay for your partner to rest at home if they’re tired? What’s so indirect about that? Ah.”

My eyes fell on number 4.

“But number 4 is definitely not it. First of all, there’s no reason to go see a necklace. Why would you go look at a necklace?”

Since dating Mukbangji, I’ve never once looked at a necklace.

└Is he doing that on purpose?

└From what I see, this guy has no chance.

└At this point, it’s a bit sad.

“Number 5, too. If she was mad, she’d say she was mad. Asking ‘Are you mad? Are you mad?’ when she says she isn’t just provokes more, right?”

Mukbangji doesn’t hesitate to express her feelings.

If she’s angry, she’ll tell me she’s upset or disappointed and explain why.

“This one. There are several correct answers, aren’t there? Isn’t that a mistake in the questions?”

I looked at the chat for hints, but half were laughing while the other half looked frustrated.

“For now, I’ll go with number 3. Lying about taste is definitely not okay. Next question.”

“What does it really mean when your partner says, ‘Let’s eat what you want’?”

① I want to go somewhere nice.

② I want to eat something that won’t make me gain weight.

③ I don’t know what to eat; pick something nice for me.

④ I’m okay, so eat what you want.

⑤ I’m not hungry.

Mukbangji checks our schedule and makes a reservation for a place she wants to go on her day off, then informs me about it.

If she wants to go somewhere nice, she’ll say, “I’ve made a reservation for [date].”

“Number 1 isn’t it. Number 2 is a bit ambiguous.”

She’s improved compared to before, but she still tends to be conservative about gaining weight.

If she has to choose between fatty foods and less fattening foods, she would go for the latter.

“Let’s put number 2 on hold. She said to eat what I want, but I don’t think she’d want to eat something that makes her gain weight. Number 3… could be the correct answer.”

I organized my thoughts.

“Everyone, what’s the hardest thing in the world? It’s not knowing what to eat for lunch or dinner, right?”

└This?

└No way, haha!

└It’s obvious what the answer is; why is he saying this, haha!

└Shh, let’s see what he says.

“I don’t quite get it, but I see a lot of people around me who say they’ll eat anything. You only get to eat three meals a day, and you’re saying anything? That’s not true. When you ask someone what they want to eat, and they say anything, it’s because they don’t know what they want to eat.”

└What kind of bizarre logic is this?

└For real, sometimes anything is fine, haha!

└But it’s infuriating when they say “anything” and then add, “I don’t want this” or “I don’t want that,” haha!

“Exactly! Some people who say ‘anything’ just eat without saying much, but there are a lot of people who make a fuss about it. They have something they want to eat but just don’t know how to express it. So, I think number 3, asking me to choose something nice, is very likely. Plus, I feel a sense of responsibility for these kinds of things.”

└What on earth, haha!

└Don’t feel responsible, haha!

└So frustrating.

└Hahahaha!

“Who am I? I’m someone who used to scout food places. I’m even filming for ‘Baekban Ttara.’ The question I’ve been asked the most while meeting people is ‘Where is good to eat here?’ Honestly, it’s irritating. I don’t know every restaurant in the world, so why ask me? It’s frustrating, right? But! Even so, I feel responsible for how to make this person’s precious meal enjoyable. Let alone my girlfriend! I’d go through 35 years of food binge data to find the best place. So far, number 3 seems very likely.”

└Here we go again with the self-pity.

└Now I think I understand why he’s still single.

└But isn’t number 3 the answer?

└Is there even a correct answer to this?

“You keep teasing me for being single. So, what about you all? Do you have someone you’re dating right now?”

└Oh…

└Why the hit?

└For real, how can they say anything when they’re in the same boat? Haha!

└Is this a YouTube virgin support group?

“Number 4: ‘It’s okay, so just eat what you want.’ This one seems correct too. It really means I’m okay, so eat what you want. There’s no room for misunderstanding, right? Number 5? ‘Aren’t you hungry?’ That’s a lie. You can say, ‘I’m not hungry,’ out of courtesy. You might say you’re not hungry so that the other person doesn’t worry, but no one is ever really not hungry.”

└They might have just eaten.

└They might not feel like eating.

└Why are you so certain?

└I’m not hungry right now!

“Just because you ate doesn’t mean you won’t want dessert. If you had a snack, you won’t skip dinner, right? People are always hungry. It’s a natural instinct we’re born with.”

└But it’s possible to not think about food.

└How can a person always be hungry?

└Say something that makes sense.

“It’s really strange. Right now, I’m debating whether to eat budae jjigae or kimchi jjigae while broadcasting. Why? Because I want to have a delicious dinner. Don’t you get it?”

└Hahahahahaha!

└His way of thinking is different from ours.

└Now I understand how he got to 138 kg.

└I’ve seen this somewhere. They say men only think about sex while women only think about food, and they can’t understand each other.

└A new breed that understands both sides.

“I think this really is number 3. So, the first one is number 3 too. Let’s find out the answer. Where’s the answer for this?”

No matter how much I looked, I couldn’t find it.

└Ask a girl.

└Does he know any girls?

└Call the Paper Box PD!

└Oh.

└Let’s ask the PD.

Since I was solving the problem with Mukbangji in mind, there was no way I could be wrong.

I called Mukbangji, who was resting at home.

-Yes?

“PD, I’m on air right now. Are you available for a moment?”

-I was watching.

“What do you think the answer to the first question is?”

-They’re all correct.

“Excuse me?”

-There’s really no situation that requires indirectness. It seems there’s a mistake in the question.

└Wait, seriously?

└Was the PD T?

└Anyway, that’s wrong, right? Haha!

“Then what about the second question?”

-Four.

“Excuse me?”

-I think it’s right to give the choice to someone who has something they want to eat, regardless of what they want.

I recalled the memories of contemplating where Mukbangji could enjoy a satisfying meal.

“That’s true. But when we actually go and eat, it turns out to be delicious, right?”

-I don’t understand your intention.

“So at first, if she’s not interested, she’ll give me the choice. But doesn’t she end up getting excited about it later? Like, ‘What kind of tasty place will we go next?’”

-I didn’t think that way.

“Really?”

-Yes. I’m not particularly interested in eating, so I’m fine with anything.

“…”

-Why do you say that?

“I thought you’d developed a liking for food since you started eating with me.”

-All the restaurants that the representative took me to were satisfying.

“Really?”

└The places the representative took you?

└Do you meet outside of broadcast hours?

└That’s suspicious.

└Baek Woo-jin advised against it, yet you still invite him out on holidays. You might actually get hurt. There have been YouTubers who abused their staff and ended up in trouble.

└Give me freedom from the Paper Box PD!