episode_0040

“…….”

The atmosphere at the Gopchang restaurant, where English students gathered to celebrate the end of midterm exams, was in a somber mood.

Even though there were not only first graders but also second and third graders gathered together, they were keeping an eye on one woman.

Yerin Seo.

Everyone knew that the article that had been posted on Bamboo Forest just a moment ago was definitely an attack on Seo Ye-rin.

She was fortunate that the bamboo forest manager erased it, but the response was a bit late as it had already spread.

If she had been an ordinary student, the atmosphere would not have been so upset.

When Seo Ye-rin, whom many people wanted to become friends with, found herself in this situation, a strange current could not help but flow.

It is difficult to ask someone if she is real, and it is also difficult to explain that she is not Seo Ye-rin herself.

“…….”

With her lips pursed, Seo Ye-rin lowered her head, placing both of her hands on her thighs.

Since she was young, she had often been misunderstood by others because of her striking appearance, but this was the first time she felt such blatant malice.

She found out that several people were openly sniping at her, Seo Ye-rin, and now she found out that it was her same English major.

‘if… … .’

Could she be here with me?

The thought made her body tremble. She was horrified that the person who had been hiding behind anonymity and mocking her could actually be in front of her, mourning with her and comforting her.

She shouldn’t have thought that.

She felt like she couldn’t trust the people around her anymore.

“Choi Yi-seo!”

The voice of third-year senior Kang Chang-sik suddenly calls out to Choi Yi-seo.

“Yes, senior.”

When Choi Yi-seo responded right away, he slammed her on the table and suddenly started getting angry at her.

“Are you kidding me? Why are there so many stories about the kids’ backstories? Are you going to make English text and images like this?! “Is this all there is to excessive ability?”

“sorry.”

“You bastards! What if I tell the professors? uh?! “Are you saying everything you wanted to say to the bamboo forest since last time?”

“sorry.”

“If it’s too much, you don’t have to manage the kids! “Why can’t work that needs to be done internally be completed internally?”

“sorry.”

Choi Yi-seo repeatedly bows her head and apologizes to her senior. Other third graders around him stopped him and calmed the mood.

“Hey, listen carefully now. Don’t do weird sniping or anything like that. We all just get along well. Understand?!”

It seemed like it was over as everyone responded that they understood what the 3rd grade senior said.

Afterwards, Kang Chang-sik, a third-year student who shouted at Choi Yi-seo, approaches the seat next to Seo Ye-rin, smiling softly.

He had a large body and was active in the Ssireum team until high school, and his size stood out even more when he was next to Seo Ye-rin, who had an average female body type.

“Don’t worry Yerin, you have an older brother.”

“ah… … .”

Does he know?

There were countless men who tried to approach Seo Ye-rin in this way.

Therefore, Seo Ye-rin knew that her anger at Choi Yi-seo just now was intentional, and she felt guilty that because of her, she had heard Choi Yi-seo speak bitterly in front of people.

‘because of me… … .’

Seo Ye-rin glances at Choi Yi-seo.

She was an exaggerated person, but she seemed nonchalant and was telling other people that she was okay.

Is it because she didn’t react well to Seo Ye-rin? Or maybe she simply wanted to share her saga with her friends.

“Brother, can I smoke a cigarette? I’m waiting for you.”

Kang Chang-sik quietly taps Yerin on the shoulder and she goes outside with her friends.

As she watched her seniors rushing out, Seo Ye-rin tried to go straight to Choi Yi-seo.

She tried to apologize because her senior scolded her because of her.

“Oh, fuck.”

The angry voices of female seniors coming from the table next to me.

“Either you should behave properly on a daily basis. “Why are you crying when the exam is over and the mood is good?”

“That’s right. shocking.”

“Honestly, I don’t think that’s wrong, right? We saw it. “Going around with some idiot instead of us.”

“Did you receive money by any chance?”

“Crazy, that’s more persuasive than a fishing ground.”

The female seniors are making noise so that only Seo Ye-rin, who is at the table next to them, can hear.

Even though he openly criticizes Seo Ye-rin, he doesn’t even pay attention to her. The moment she saw the girls giggling, Seo Ye-rin’s eyes opened wide.

‘ah… … .’

They are seniors in the same group.

Seniors working together on a group project to film a movie.

‘Then and so.’

Even though senior Han Kang called her, she felt burdened and sat down next to Kim Woo-jin.

Now I can see that I had that in mind back then, and now I feel like I know who spread this rumor.

“They were seniors.”

When Seo Ye-rin mutters that, the girls instead harden their expressions and glare.

“Your eyes.”

“Fuck, what bullshit.”

Seo Ye-rin wanted to say something as she saw her seniors, who could be said to be the perpetrators, swearing openly.

“…….”

She still pursed her lips.

Her fists resting on her thighs were clenched, but she could only curl into a ball as if she had nowhere to express her anger.

Like in the bamboo forest.

It would have been nice if she had been the kind of person who could say whatever she wanted.

Like Anonymous 69, she doesn’t care about anyone, and she’s just confident, so it would be nice if she could live her life.

The moment when she was about to hate herself so much for not being able to run away and just sitting here and doing nothing.

The restaurant door opened and a man came in and held out his hand to Seo Ye-rin.

“Friend tripe.”

She knew I wasn’t mistaken by looking at the seniors smoking outside her store, which Yua Lin took with her cell phone.

“Changsik just looked so cool.”

“This guy said he was going to make me a girlfriend, but he ended up doing it?”

“Was it sexy?”

Third-year senior Kang Chang-sik and her friends are laughing. Next to me, 1st and 2nd graders were also smoking cigarettes, and they looked uncomfortable.

I looked and Han Kang and Ahn Hyun-ho were also there.

‘What’s going on?’

A few students noticed me and reacted, but the third graders continued talking as if they didn’t even know my face.

“No, but what should we do with Yi Seo?”

“Hey, you bastard. That’s the operation. “I’m staying next to Seo Ye-rin, so you can go and curse at me and flirt with Choi.”

“crazy? Changsik’s big picture?”

While talking about various things, they are talking among themselves about Seo Ye-rin and Choi Yi-seo, which are almost delusional.

I immediately approached my seniors and said hello.

“hello. My name is Woojin Kim, Class of 23. “It’s a little late.”

“uh? Kim Woo-jin?”

“Have you ever had a child like that?”

“Kim Woojin… … Kim Woojin? ah! It’s him! A social misfit who was shot at!”

“Fuha! Hey? “The guy who got shot for dating Yerin?”

It was quite sad to see the 3rd grade seniors laughing. Among them, one large senior looks at me and glares.

“Woojin, hello? My name is Kang Chang-sik, and I am a third-year senior. I’m in the class of ’18, but I understand that’s because I served in the military. “Have you been in the military?”

“no.”

“right? What kind of love is that kind of guy? “I just have to study hard.”

Just looking at it, it seemed like he meant not to get involved with Seo Ye-rin.

“There was a rumor going around that he was dating Yerin, right? huh? There’s no way you’re dating him.”

“We’re not dating.”

“Really?!”

“Yes, Seo Ye-rin has someone she’s dating other than me.”

“… … what?”

A senior who looked dumbfounded at my words. Smiling, you turn your body to show her entrance.

There was Jung Chan-woo, taking Seo Ye-rin outside.

“Yes, Yerin?”

“He’s so fucking handsome.”

It was a pretty cool picture, with two kids who looked like actors walking together, as if they were filming a drama.

“It’s not like you two are dating. Are you a high school classmate? Doesn’t it look good on you?”

I was glad that Chanwoo listened to my request. Rumors have spread that I am involved, but I cannot go.

Even if Jung Chan-woo is misunderstood by others, it doesn’t matter as long as it’s not Yoo Ah-rin.

When I told Yoo Ah-rin that I would tell her separately later, Chan-woo Jeong readily accepted my request.

“Oh, no… … “That one.”

If someone like me was a rival, I would have thought it would be worth trying in my own way.

So, they were probably trying to keep things in check by talking about the military.

However, it is different when the opponent is Chan-Woo Jung.

No matter how confident he is in himself, the moment he sees Jung Chan-woo’s face, his confidence will disappear.

A handsome man and woman couple.

It felt like a sacrosanct and inviolable area that should not be tampered with.

The store door opens and English students rush out. A handsome boy and a pretty girl appear in a dramatic scene.

Since it was a situation where everyone’s eyes were drawn and everyone was interested, everyone naturally came out.

Meanwhile, Yoo Ah-rin, who was among the people, looked at me and winked.

She simultaneously points to her female seniors with her finger. As expected, they were members of a team making short films together.

‘after.’

Her heart was pounding.

Seo Ye-rin left.

She started a rumor that she was dating, but since she and Seo Ye-rin left with a man like Jung Chan-woo, it will naturally be known again that it was a rumor.

That’s enough.

…….

………….

……………….

Is that enough?

“flaw.”

It’s terrible.

“Oh, the smell.”

Senior Kang Chang-sik is dumbfounded, so he snatches the cigarette from his mouth and throws it on the floor.

Perhaps because she was experiencing a series of unexpected situations, senior Kang Chang-sik seemed to have no idea what was happening to him.

“You think Seo Ye-rin doesn’t like men who smoke? “If she’s going to seduce a child, let her take care of these basic things first.”

“what?”

“And aren’t you embarrassed that third-year seniors who also served in the military are being damned for flirting with a mentally unstable first-year girl?”

She smiles and looks at the other seniors. The eyes of Yeongmun and the people outside the store naturally turned towards us.

“I get angry on purpose and comfort him. Is the repertoire limited to that much? Wouldn’t that be enough to attract guys like you? “I’m going to go home and curse.”

The seniors are losing their senses, perhaps because they were criticized so suddenly.

I turn around and look at the female seniors that Yoo Ah-rin pointed out earlier and ask.

“Look what you’re doing. “Did you see it?”

“… … what?”

“after.”

To those who couldn’t understand what I was saying, I grabbed an ashtray that looked like a flower pot in front of the store and sprayed it.

Cigarette butts and ash spread like snowflakes. And the coffee grounds lying underneath.

The female seniors got drenched in it and started yelling at me.

“You crazy bastard!”

“Ahh! My clothes! “Fuck my clothes!”

“Sigh! Tsk! “It went into my mouth!”

Only then did the third-year male seniors who had scolded me earlier rush in and grab me.

I thought he might start by throwing punches, but it seemed like that level of discernment was still possible.

“Kim Woojin, are you crazy?”

“Are seniors funny?”

The seniors who held my arms cursed at me one by one, but I answered back with a big smile.

“I’m sorry, seniors.”

I’m serious about this.

“It’s because I don’t understand the very shitty culture of cursing behind people’s backs, sniping at them while hiding behind anonymity, and trying to take advantage of a younger girl who is having a hard time and dragging her to a motel.”

Seniors too.

“because.”

You know.

“Because I’m a social misfit! “You fucking bastards!”

Smile brightly and raise your middle fingers with both hands.