Agwa busied herself with miscellaneous things. She sorts all of Aguah's things trying to integrate more into her new body. At the same time, worrying about facing her new family. She now realizes how unfair it is to the original owner to suddenly be robbed of her body, family, dream and future. As if sensing her thoughts, her system suddenly explained.
[Don't worry host, just like you, the original owner has the same chance of going to another parallel world where she could start over and have a better chance than being in this world.]
[Her faith line in this world is already cut off, so even if you didn't take over, there's no chance for her.]
[The original owner just hoped for you to better take care of her family. And spend time with the twins as often as you could.]
"I'll do it even without you asking. I've been alone all my life, so having a family and cute siblings is more than I wish for."
After Agwa said this, she seems to feel better, like a heavy weight was suddenly lifted. Her mind becomes clearer. The restlessness she's been feeling before is gone; so is the dizziness. And then she seems to hear a very gentle voice saying 'Thank you'.
That's when she realized that it was the original owner's lingering feelings. And it was gone after she promised she'd take care of her family.
Agwa placed her hand to her throbbing heart.
'May you find peace and happiness wherever you are. I'll promise to take care of your family, clear your name and achieve our dreams. Thank you for giving me this chance. I won't waste it'
With peace of mind, Agwa cleaned up the takeaway and placed the dishes outside the door for the deliveryman to pick up.
She also took a bath to feel refreshed; did some skincare routine and with a mask on, walked to the closet to prepare her outfit for tomorrow's contract signing. While she's picking her clothes, her phone suddenly starts ringing.
She hurriedly answered the phone thinking it was Sister Dan.
"Hello"
"Ning-ning, what's with your screen, why is it black?" An anxious voice can be heard on the other side of the phone. Agwa confusedly looks at her phone and realizes it's a video call. There's a beautiful middle aged woman on the screen. When the woman saw her, she suddenly smiled brightly and waved her hand.
"Juhyun, I think she's okay, she still has time for skin care!!" The woman suddenly shouted.
'Juhyun? that's Aguah's uncle, so this woman is her auntie. SHOOT!! I still have my mask on, how embarrassing.' Agwa suddenly had the urge to hang up.
Theresa Solidad is the original owner's aunt on the mother's side; she's a migrant worker, the same as her mother, and it's a coincidence both married another pair of siblings, which is the original owner's father and her Uncle Lee Juhyun. Before Aguah's parents passed away, Auntie theresa was still not married to uncle Juhyun, and they called each other sister and brother-in-law. Auntie was supposed to go back to the Philippines; Unfortunately, tragedy happens, so she stays to help take care of the siblings. At that time, both her and Uncle Juhyun shouldered the responsibility of raising all three. And through this shared responsibility and constant meet up, the two fall in love with each other and decided to get married and live as a family to give the three pair of siblings a home. They still didn't have children of their own, so the original owner was feeling guilty because of it.
Agwa feels how lucky she is again to be blessed with this heartwarming family. Before she could dig deep into the original owner's memory of her family, her attention was called up again by Eemo"
"Ning-ning how are you? Would you like to come home? You know your brothers miss you." Auntie asked worriedly; suddenly there's another face on the screen. It's her uncle, still wearing an apron.
"Your Eemo is right Ning, come home for now. If you don't like it how about I let your Eemo stay over at your house"
"That's right Ning-ning, I'll go visit you. Your too thin, are you not eating right? I told you to stop with that extreme diet, it's not good for your health." Auntie hurriedly agreed.
"Go pack your things. I'll go prepare some dishes." Uncle Juhyun had already stood up preparing to go to the kitchen.
"..." Agwa was speechless, she hadn't even answered yet.
"No eemo, Im okay there's no need for you to come here, its too far away beside who would take care of samchon and the twins" Agwa hurriedly stopped them.
"Also I won't be home, Im about to join a music show and will be busy." she added.
"A show? Ning-ning i think its best for you to stop for now and focus in your studies. Your still young, let the limelight fade away first then consider it again." My aunt persuaded me.
"Your Eemo is right Ning, everything will be forgotten with time and then you can start over. Don't worry, will support you then as well." Uncle Juhyun added.
Her heart felt warm from the concerns and worries of her aunt and uncle. This family did not even question if the rumors were true or false. They were just concerned about her.
'So this is what it feels like to be loved?'
"Samchon, Eemo. I understand your worries, but Im really okay. Also, this would be my last chance to appear in public and prove to them that they were all wrong." I explained it gently.
"But---"
"Eemo, don't worry, this is the last time, if nothing changes I'll focus on my studies and change my career. I'll be okay samchon, eemo."
"Are you sure? Then how about I let your samchon follow you. Im worried about your safety."
"That's right, there's not many clients on the firm anyway, so I have time. Also, we send money to your bank account, use that to pay your debt, if it's not enough, tell us. Don't shoulder everything, you still have us." Uncle Juhyun said.
Agwa tears up a little. She's really grateful to have this kind of family.
"Samchon, there's no need. I'm okay. I also have a bodyguard hired by the company, so there's no worries about my safety. Also, didn't I tell you I'm about to join a show. After this my worth will increase again and I'll have money to pay off my debt, or probably I dont even have to since they might sign me again. So there's really no need to give me your savings. Save it for when your both retired and go travel"
Agwa lied because she didn't want them to worry about her anymore. It's also partly true. Because with the system she'll be able to reach the top again, and even worldwide in just a matter of time.
Both of them still look unsure and hesitant, but when they're about to open their mouths, they hear a bang followed by a crisp voice.
"PEPOY IS HOME!!"
"POPOY IS BACK!!"
Two cute voices sounded at the same time. All three of them were startled by the sudden loud noise. Eemo also patted her chest from shock.
"Brat!! didn't I tell you to be careful with the door, and not to shout when you come back" Auntie angrily said.
"And why are both of you here already? Who picked you up?"
"We've been waiting for you eemo but you didn't show up" Pepoy, the older twins explained.
"Right, so we followed Auntie Boram. Hyung said it's okay." Popoy, the younger twins follow up.
"I asked popoy and he agreed" pepoy glared at his brother.
'you only call me hyung at time like this.'
Auntie hurriedly shoved the phone at her uncle. After that, I heard a loud cry from the twins. And a series of begging for mercy. Agwa was a little bit looking forward to seeing this sibling. From what she heard, they're lively and naughty. The twins were already 5 years old. The original owners rarely saw these younger siblings, as she was too busy with her career, so Agwa can't really deduce the personality of these brothers from the memory.
Uncle Juhyun was indifferent to what was happening, and it seems that this is an everyday occurrence. As if sensing her curiosity, uncle switched the camera to the back and showed her the scene. Auntie was holding the twins by the ear while loudly nagging in a mixture of Korean and Tagalog language, both twins pleading and promising that they wouldn't do it again. Both were of the same height, a little chubby and very cute, befitting their Filipino nicknames.
I couldn't help but laugh out loud. Probably hearing my voice, both twin stopped acting and looked to uncle's direction. Seeing the phone, they scrambled to get near. Uncle switched back to the front camera, so I was not able to get a good look at the twins.
I looked at Uncle confusedly, then I saw him raising his hand high while smirking. Below were two chubby little humans trying to reach the phone.
"Samchon, give me the phone"
"ME, ME FIRST!!"
"That's Noona? samchon?"
Two voices sounded anxiously, but uncle ignored both. I could see one trying to climb up uncle's body while the other was patting uncle's leg hard. But uncle seems to be enjoying this when suddenly I heard a loud shout.
"AJOSSHI!!"
Uncle. "...."
Agwa. "..."
I was dumbfounded then burst out laughing. These twins were so fun. Uncle seems shocked as well.
"Brat, who are you calling ajusshi?" Uncle asked angrily with a little bit of laughing.
"Ajosshi, let me talk to noona." One of them demanded. Uncle doesn't know whether to laugh or cry, but still gives the phone or the name will be stuck forever.
Two cute chubby faces appeared on the screen, There's not much difference because they are identical twins, but if you look closely you'll see a mole in the right corner of the eye of one of the twins. It's also one way to differentiate between the two. The one with the mole is the eldest twin. The genes of the original owner's family are really great. They're all handsome and beautiful. The twins got big dark eyes with double eyelids and long lashes, straight bushy eyebrows and heart-shaped red lips. The over-all looks were delicate and extremely adorable.
"Noona! what happened to your face? Why is it black?" The youngest twin asked, tilting his head to the right.
"Idiot! That's what grown up used to look younger. Eemo had a lot of that." Pepoy said while pushing the head of his twin with his hand.
"Move, your face is big. I cant see Noona." Pepoy added while struggling to push his brother away.
Popoy who had the phone, suddenly turned his back on his elder brother and continued to talk.
"We're identical and your the eldest, so your face is bigger than mine"
"Hey! give me the phone I want to talk to Noona." Pepoy grabbed his twin at the collar of his shirt.
Agwa hurriedly stopped the two before it broke out into a fight.
"Okay, okay no need to fight. Popoy share the phone with your kuya"
Popoy reluctantly shares the phone with his brother. Then two faces Squeezes again on the phone screen.
"Noona, when will you come home?"
"Yes, Noona you promised to take us to amusement park."
"I'm sorry baby, I'll make some time next week and I promised I'll take you to the park. But you have to promise me not to be naughty with auntie and uncle okay? Or I won't take you to play." Agwa explained gently, with a little nagging.
" Im a good boy, I always follow what hyung said" Popoy suddenly said with his chest out.
"You only follow me when it's about fooling arround, at other times you won't even call me hyung" Pepoy immediately refutes.
Popoy makes faces to his brother, then snobs him.
"You always promised to come but you never showed up" Popoy said, looking pitifully at Agwa.
"That's right Noona, Its not good to lie" Pepoy added.
The twins looked at her with grievance. Agwa felt sympathy for these siblings and looked at them more gently. This cute pair of twins really knows how to used their advantages.
"Alright, okay I'll definitely be home before this week ends. I swear I'll be back and I'll buy you toys to make up okay." Agwa hurriedly pacified the twin.
"Okay, I want a new toy car" Popoy hurriedly agreed while nodding his head. Then suddenly he was slapped in the back by his brother.
"How greedy" Pepoy said while looking at his twin disapprovingly. Then the two began another round of fighting. The phone was suddenly snatch by Auntie and she walked away.
" Ning-ning, I agree with your decision, but you better take care of yourself." Auntie said with a soft expression on her face.
"Yes Eemo, Dont worry. You too take care of your health. I'll send the money back. I really don't need it. I'll also go home these weekend." Agwa said with assurance.
"I have to say bye now Eemo, I still need to prepare for tomorrow"
"Okay, okay. I also need to pay attention to these two. Dont worry about us and be safe. Bye love you." Auntie also agreed, then she hung up the phone.
After the phone call, Agwa realized how this changed everything. She's not alone anymore. She has someone who loves her and is concerned about her. Yes, it was because of the original owner, but she's Agwa now.
Feeling giddy about suddenly gaining a family, Agwa hurriedly speed up what she's doing. She's more motivated and determined about her path, not only because it's her dream but because she now has someone with whom she could share her success and happiness.
'Lets go! and make them proud' Agwa happily thought with her hands on her hips.