episode_0132

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A voice that Siwoo and Cheoljin are now very familiar with.

The owner of that sharp voice was none other than Shin Seulgi.

-Shinbi’s younger sister-

Siwoo was already agonizing, wondering if Seulgi had found out about his relationship with his family.

Now, the situation might be that Seulgi has even seen the video of him having sex with Mrs. Gyuri.

Siwoo’s body is frozen, unable to react.

Cheoljin also seems quite surprised, pausing for a moment without showing any movement.

“What’s this~? Were you two secretly watching porn on the rooftop? I’m going to tell your homeroom teacher~!”

Seulgi was teasing Siwoo and Cheoljin with an unconcerned attitude.

Cheoljin quickly bends down and picks up the smartphone.

Covering the screen, Cheoljin simultaneously lowers the volume.

The moaning of Mrs. Gyuri coming from the smartphone gradually fades away.

“Ah~ I was so surprised~ Seulgi, is that you? This bastard Siwoo said he couldn’t wait until school was over! Siwoo will buy you a drink later, so please don’t tell the homeroom teacher~”

Cheoljin smoothly makes excuses to Seulgi, pretending the video they were watching was just regular porn, blaming it on Siwoo.

“Ah… ye… yeah… Cheoljin said he got a new rare video, so… ha… ha…”

Siwoo also clumsily tries to make excuses, matching Cheoljin’s words.

“Is that all you guys do all day? I don’t know what you boys are thinking~ Anyway, since you said you’d buy me a drink, I’ll enjoy it, Siwoo~”

Seulgi says this like a joke as she approaches, as if these situations are familiar.

Fortunately, Seulgi didn’t seem to notice that the people in the video were Cheoljin’s mom, Mrs. Gyuri, and Siwoo.

Perhaps because Seulgi often exchanged perverted jokes with Cheoljin, neither Cheoljin nor Siwoo seemed to care much about being caught by Seulgi watching porn.

“But what’s up? Why are you looking for us, Seulgi? And how did you know we were here?”

Cheoljin subtly hands the smartphone back to Siwoo and asks Seulgi as if nothing happened.

“Ah~ Where else would you guys go at school besides the cafeteria or here? I’m here to borrow some money from Siwoo! Siwoo, can you lend me some money? I’m going out with friends after school today, but I left my wallet at home.”

Seulgi answers Cheoljin’s question simply, ignoring Cheoljin and singling out Siwoo to ask for money.

Siwoo suddenly feels a pang of anxiety.

Is this the beginning of Seulgi’s blackmail, demanding money in exchange for keeping the secret of Siwoo and his family?

“How much?”

Siwoo tries to act calm and cautiously asks Seulgi about the amount of money he might lose.

“Well? About 20,000 won? I think that would be enough?”

Seulgi says, as if negotiating a reasonable amount.

20,000 won was not a small amount to borrow between friends.

“I don’t have any cash right now? Aren’t there any friends you’re going with who you can borrow money from?”

Siwoo tries to resist as gently as possible, feeling uncomfortable.

“If there were, would I have come all the way to the rooftop looking for you? You got your mom’s card, right? Can’t you withdraw money with that?”

Seulgi cuts off Siwoo’s resistance, as if she knows Siwoo’s situation in detail.

“H… how did you know that?”

Siwoo stutters, seemingly flustered.

“Your mom said she was staying at Aunt Seonju’s for a while because of work and left the card with you! Isn’t that right?”

Seulgi seemed to know Siwoo’s family situation in much more detail than Siwoo thought.

“Ye… yeah… but… it’s not like I can use it all as I please…”

Siwoo hesitates, trailing off at the end of his sentence.

“20,000 won is something you can lend me, right? So, are you going to lend it to me or not~?”

Seulgi’s voice is a mix of aegyo and intimidation.

“I… I’ll lend it to you… but… I can’t do more than that…”

Siwoo says, as if putting up a weak resistance, knowing it’s useless.

“Then go to the cafeteria right now and withdraw 20,000 won! There’s an ATM there.”

Regardless, Seulgi urges Siwoo and demands the money.

“Uh? Uh…”

Siwoo answers reluctantly.

Siwoo looks at Cheoljin with a pitiful gaze, as if asking for help.

Cheoljin is smiling, as if he finds this situation amusing.

“Or, are you guys going to come with us after school? Then you don’t have to withdraw money separately.”

Seulgi says, as if offering a new solution, seeing Siwoo’s troubled expression.

“Ah~ Siwoo and I have somewhere to go separately after school today… If it’s for fun, let’s go together next time.”

Cheoljin refuses Seulgi’s offer, for some reason taking charge in the middle of the conversation.

“Is that so? Then I can’t help it… I’ll be at the cafeteria first, so come down as soon as you’re done, okay?”

Seulgi glances down at Siwoo’s lower region, then immediately turns around and runs towards the rooftop entrance.

He was too surprised to even think about covering it, but Siwoo’s thing had been heavily semi-erect since watching the sex video with Mrs. Gyuri.

Feeling embarrassed, Siwoo quickly covers his front and his face turns red.

“Isn’t Seulgi kind of fun? It wouldn’t be easy to do that while knowing everything…”

Cheoljin says, his face full of smiles, as if he’s really enjoying something.

“Damn it! Did she see it? I was too surprised, I didn’t even think about covering it… I hope there won’t be any strange rumors spreading among the girls at school?”

Siwoo says, looking at Cheoljin with a bitter smile.

Siwoo hastily tries to fix the situation by pressing his growing thing to the side.

“The video? Or your thing? Seulgi isn’t the type to spread rumors like that. And if that gets out, you’ll actually become more popular with the girls, so shouldn’t you ask her to spread the rumors? Hahaha!”

Cheoljin was laughing loudly, teasing Siwoo.

“What nonsense are you talking about?! This is all because of you. Let’s talk about it later. Why are you sending me this stuff during break!”

Siwoo says, slightly annoyed with Cheoljin.

**

“Siwoo, did Seulgi know that my birthday is the same as hers?”

Cheoljin asks Siwoo at a completely random time while walking down the stairs.

“What?”

Siwoo reacts without thinking.

“Birthdays~! We even went to karaoke with Seulgi’s friends last year~!”

Cheoljin says to Siwoo, as if slightly resentful.

“Ah, did we?”

Siwoo vaguely remembers.

“But isn’t this kind of amazing for a coincidence?”

Cheoljin is saying something completely incomprehensible.

“Hey, you crazy bastard! We’re not even in the same class, and there are so many people in the grade, why are you amazed that our birthdays are the same?!”

Siwoo raises his voice and vents his frustration, as if releasing the pent-up annoyance he had towards Cheoljin.

“Is that so~? Hahaha.”

Cheoljin laughs, as if he doesn’t care.

“Something’s fishy, isn’t it? You’ve been secretly following Seulgi lately, and you even asked me first if I was interested in Seulgi…? Now that I think about it, aren’t you the one who’s really interested in Seulgi? If that’s the case, then go hang out together after school! I’ll even go with you.”

Siwoo says to Cheoljin with a complicated feeling of guilt and pity.

“Ah~ I’m going to go. But if you want to help me, then go to my house instead of me after school.”

Cheoljin is saying something incomprehensible.

“Go back to your house?”

Siwoo asks Cheoljin, puzzled.

At the same time, Siwoo starts to feel excited at the thought of seeing Mrs. Gyuri one more time.

“Yeah. I think I’ll be busy, so untie Mom and check on her condition. You still have the key, right?”

Cheoljin was only listening, so he didn’t know that Siwoo had put the key in Mrs. Gyuri’s hand.

Come to think of it, even though he gave her the key, it didn’t seem right to leave the unconscious Mrs. Gyuri unattended for a long time.

“Ke… key?… Uh… I had… it… Th… then do you think I should go back to your house?”

Even though Cheoljin would find out soon enough just by watching the video, Siwoo deliberately avoids the topic of the key’s whereabouts and tries to follow Cheoljin’s words.

“My mom must be really stiff from being tied up all this time, so give her a massage or something…”

Cheoljin’s words seem casual, but they’re filled with meaning.

“Uh?… Uh…”

Siwoo hardens his expression once again and answers.

“You’re chickening out now, huh! Who’s going to eat you? You’ve done everything with Mom in secret, so what’s wrong?”

Cheoljin continues to speak, as if enjoying Siwoo’s reaction.

“While we’re on the topic, shall I tell you something else interesting?”

Cheoljin’s tone is mischievous, grinning slyly.

“Something interesting? What is it?”

Siwoo tenses up again and reacts.

“…The contract, you know?”

“Contract?”

“Yeah… Contracts are basically a mutual agreement, so there should be two copies… Wouldn’t that make sense, logically speaking?”

Cheoljin says to himself, walking ahead without even looking back at Siwoo.

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

Siwoo thought of Mrs. Gyuri’s slave contract, but he couldn’t understand why Cheoljin was bringing up that topic now.

“No matter how much I searched, it wasn’t at home… My mom’s contract came out twice in Dad’s briefcase, as if on purpose.”

Cheoljin was saying this with a mysterious smile that was hard to decipher.

“I’ll go to the classroom first, so finish talking with Seulgi and come!”

At the fork in the road leading to the classroom and the cafeteria, Cheoljin returns to the classroom first.

Siwoo heads to the cafeteria, pondering Cheoljin’s words as if chewing them over in his head.