Chapter 221

Chapter 221

Bamboo Forest Manager.

Episode 221: In-person Incident

All the other kids went home, leaving only Seo Yerin.

In front of her house, I was face-to-face her mother.

“……”

“……”

I often see her at the store, but meeting her in a different setting feels refreshing.

Should I offer a simple greeting?

What should I say?

It’s been a while since we last met?

How have you been?

Did you like the item I recommended last time?

As these thoughts swirl in my mind, her mother points at Seo Yerin, who was on my back.

“How much did she drink?”

“It seems she drank quite a bit. When I arrived, she was already out cold.”

I recite the lines we agreed upon. Of course, Seo Yerin wasn’t asleep; she was wide awake.

She just didn’t want to get scolded by her mom, so she pretended to be asleep.

At my words, her mother’s eyes twitched slightly.

“Weren’t you with Yerin? That’s what I thought when I contacted you.”

“No, I was at home and came here urgently. No need to worry, she was drinking with other girls.”

“Phew.”

Her mother, quite relieved, sighed with relief.

It was too dark to notice before, but now I see the fatigue in her face, marked by new wrinkles.

“How should we wake Yerin?”

Seo Yerin pinched me from behind, but I couldn’t just hand her over to her mother.

Her mother hesitated for a moment, then sighed slightly and politely requested.

“If it’s not too much trouble, could you lay Yerin on the bed? Her father is already asleep.”

“Understood.”

Last time I came, I already knew Seo Yerin’s room was on the second floor.

Passing through the not particularly clean interior, I enter her room.

The room itself isn’t very tidy, but strangely, there’s a pleasant scent. Is it just my imagination?

Her mother started tidying up the living room like a fox tempted by grapes.

I lay Seo Yerin down on the bed.

“Pfft.”

As she lies on the bed, she slowly opens her eyes, smiling with a breath mixed with the influence of alcohol.

“Kiss.”

“Should I call your mom over?”

“Kiss.”

“Sigh.”

I glance at her mother and quickly give her a peck. Even though it was brief, she smiles brightly, as if pleased.

If her mother weren’t here, I might have pounced on her right away.

Or not.

Considering my lower half still aches, maybe not today.

“Should I just lock the door and do it?”

Seo Yerin makes a crazy suggestion.

“Forget it. Just prepare to get scolded by your mom tomorrow.”

“Don’t worry. I’ll do whatever I want, no matter what mom says.”

“…I’m telling you not to.”

“Then one more kiss.”

Honestly.

Smooch.

“Hehe, I’ll do whatever I want.”

She just wanted a kiss.

“Listen to your mother.”

“I will.”

“……”

When you say it like that, I have nothing to say.

After wishing her good night and giving her chest a gentle squeeze, I get up. Seo Yerin, feeling pleased, wraps her arms tightly around her chest.

As I step outside, her mother gives me a suspicious look but doesn’t say anything, turning the lights off and leaving.

“Mr. Woojin.”

As I descend the stairs from the second floor, her mother calls out to me. I stop on the stairs and look up, and she hesitates, folding her arms.

“The other two people you mentioned last time whom you need to take responsibility for… Are they the women who drank with Yerin today?”

You have a keen sense.

“Yes, that’s right.”

Since there was no need to lie anymore, I answered honestly.

With a complicated expression, her mother hesitated for a moment before gesturing for me to leave quickly.

Back in front of the house.

It seemed she had something she wanted to say, so I waited for a moment. Her mother bowed her head.

“First of all, thank you for today. I was worried about what might happen if Yerin stayed out overnight.”

“I’m glad I could help.”

“I’ll scold Yerin tomorrow. And as I mentioned before, I would appreciate it if you could keep your distance from Yerin as much as possible.”

“……”

“I know. It’s very rude to say this after your help today. But please understand that there are things that are hard to accept from a mother’s perspective.”

“Of course, I understand.”

Who would want to marry their daughter to a man who claims to like three women?

“Even though they’re university students, they’re only in their second year. They’re still young, and later they might think it was a choice made in the heat of the moment.”

“That could be true. I don’t deny that.”

Today’s situation could have gone wrong, and the kids might have left.

I don’t completely deny the possibility myself.

“But ma’am, I’ve heard that this is the time when people mature the most.”

“……”

“Please trust Yerin a little more. Then you might be surprised at how much she’s grown.”

Seo Yerin has already broken out of her shell.

The Seo Yerin I became friends with in the second semester of my first year is completely different from the Seo Yerin now.

Pushing her back into that situation must have been quite suffocating.

“I’m not just talking about her relationship with you. In various aspects.”

“……”

With that, she nodded slightly and turned away.

I could still feel her mother’s gaze on my back.

But it didn’t feel like she was glaring at me.

– Administrator: I caught the bike thief and am submitting the request.

I smiled brightly with my recovered bike in front of me. I wanted to take a picture and show it off, but I restrained myself because it would be too obvious.

– Anonymous124: ?? I haven’t found my bike yet.

↳ Administrator: I found mine. The police officers helped me.

↳ Anonymous11: Your tone is annoying.

↳ Anonymous124: Oh, please. I need to find my bike too.

↳ Anonymous83: Who was it?

↳ Administrator: Some middle schoolers nearby. They only took the wheels from the bike parked at the PC café.

↳ Anonymous364: ? My bike disappeared too this time.

↳ Anonymous124: I need to find my bike.

↳ Administrator: You should find yours on your own, why blame me?

↳ Administrator: (photo)

I couldn’t resist and just uploaded a picture of the wheels. A few comments quickly appeared, recognizing them as expensive.

I felt a sense of satisfaction.

Maybe this is why people spend money.

I’ve realized how convenient it is to ride my bike to class.

Now, I could say that I can’t live without my bike.

– Anonymous111: Live stream tomorrow! Since it’s the final exams, I’ll take a tour of the university before the second semester starts! Please say hello!

↳ Anonymous309: Where will it be?

↳ Anonymous313: I’m so glad I attend Gahyeon University.

↳ Anonymous327: Noona! I postponed my military service because of you! You’re coming in the second semester, right?

– Anonymous243: The new lineup for this quarter is surprisingly good. Light novel adaptations have been well animated. I’m thinking of doing a review on them.

↳ Anonymous11: Why don’t you review your own life instead.

↳ Anonymous75: Judging by how you’re watching anime, are you a Japanese Language and Literature major?

↳ Anonymous243 (Author): Stop asking about my identity.

↳ Anonymous11: You’re really making me lose my mind. I want to beat you up so bad.

– Anonymous198: I tried putting my thing in a tissue box and rubbing it today. It was harder and more painful than I thought. Tearing the tissue box felt good.

↳ Anonymous159: That fits in a tissue box? Must be tiny.

↳ Anonymous348: Just buy an onahole, you idiot.

↳ Anonymous49: Crazy mental illness, tiny thing.

– Anonymous44: Today’s cheerful ghost story. At the forefront of our country, there are various animals-

↳ Anonymous62: Wow, I heard this story when I was in the military.

– Anonymous407: You idiots. Your life is like this because you just hang around in a Bamboo Forest. You hide behind anonymity, bad mouthing others, yet you don’t even look in the mirror at yourselves, so you don’t know reality.

– Anonymous7: Hello. Recently, I’ve developed a strange habit. You know, the thing you mentioned last time, solo play…? It’s been happening quite often, so is there a way to stop it?

↳ Anonymous188: Young. So young. I don’t even get it up in the morning anymore.

↳ Anonymous92: Once a day is healthy.

↳ Anonymous254: Just get a girlfriend. Do it with a girl instead of alone.

↳ Anonymous407: Oh, look at this. Seeing you waste time in college, what would your parents say? Solo play? Damn, what nonsense.

↳ Anonymous7 (Author): Apologize.

↳ Anonymous407: Apologize, my foot. Why would I apologize to you hiding behind anonymity and ranting?

↳ Anonymous7 (Author): Then can you apologize in person?

“Ugh.”

I was just looking at the Bamboo Forest, but this might become a bigger deal than I thought.

Anonymous7 is known for frequently posting questions, and it seems like Anonymous407 got caught up quite a bit.

The Bamboo Forest suddenly becomes lively.

– Anonymous11: Lol, that’s so cool. Number 7 suddenly seems really likable.

– Anonymous357: Wow. Just straight up asked to meet.

– Anonymous299: 407, answer well. If you get scared here, you’re done for.

– Anonymous90: I really want to have sex. Anyone available? Hit me up.

↳ Anonymous222: Made an open chat. Join in.

– Anonymous69: I want to have sex!

↳ Anonymous222: Made an open chat. Join in.

↳ Anonymous69 (Author): Screw you.

– Anonymous407: Sigh, what a mess. Meet up for what? Can you even talk? Want to fight me in real life? Should we really try? I’m confident.

↳ Anonymous7: If you apologize now, I’ll let it slide.

↳ Anonymous11: Wow, Number 7 is like a boss. So cool.

↳ Anonymous301: Just crushed them with character. Does someone like this really go for easy wins?

↳ Anonymous255: Oh, we live in a country with sexual freedom.

↳ Anonymous407 (Author): Why should I apologize, idiot? Do you apologize after insulting a jerk?

“Wow, this is crazy.”

Seeing this, Anonymous7 seems really confident.

I quickly post something too.

– Administrator: The Bamboo Forest actively encourages real-life confrontations.

↳ Anonymous28: Look at them encouraging instead of discouraging.

↳ Anonymous11: This guy’s really stirring things up, lol.

↳ Anonymous302: It’s fun though. Since Popo’s broadcasting tomorrow, how about confronting then?

↳ Anonymous241: Sounds good. Really good.

↳ Anonymous93: But what can the Admin do? Maybe arrange a meeting place?

Hmm.

– Administrator: Admin1 will dress as a round girl.

↳ Anonymous 198: Shweeeet! Smack smack on the butt! Shweeeet!

↳ Anonymous 69: Sex?

↳ Anonymous 257: Hahahahahaha

↳ Anonymous 59 (Admin 1): ?

Woooong woooong woooong!

Yu Arin is calling, but I ignore it.

I don’t know what kind of scolding I’ll get if I answer that.

Anyway.

The first real-life confrontation from the Bamboo Forest started to grow bigger than expected.