030. Debt Assumption (5)

“Haeun-ah, come eat. It’d be a waste if you don’t eat after I went to all the trouble of preparing it.”

“…Bastard.”

Even after returning home, Seo Haeun showed no signs of relaxing for a while.

I put the 2 million won straight into her account and even prepared dinner myself, so what could be the problem?

Seeing her so angry despite having such an attentive roommate makes her quite a troublesome housemate.

Since this is the time I’m paying the most attention to her, she should enjoy it.

“If you’re hurting, take a painkiller or something. You need to eat to take medicine, right? Sit down for now.”

“It’s not that I’m hurting…! How could you break a promise in just one day….”

“You were collapsed on the gym floor, so should I have just left you? Did I touch your butt, did I touch your breasts?”

“…Son of a bitch….”

Seo Haeun, who had been whining while lying face down on the sofa, ended up swearing, but still sat down at the dining table.

Instead, she furiously typed on her phone, then shoved the screen towards me.

“If you really do that again, I’m reporting you. I’m recording this, you know? I’ll kill you if you even touch me with a finger….”

“Okay, okay, just sit and eat first. Seeing you whine like that, your muscle aches seem to have gotten better.”

“You said okay, but then blatantly…!”

“You can’t even look now? I know exactly how it feels, how can I not look? Be satisfied that I’m holding back and not jumping you.”

“You crazy bastard!”

As Seo Haeun, with her not-at-all threatening build, snarled and slammed the dining table before standing up,

beep, the sound of the front door opening was heard.

…I wondered if it was okay to be making these noises with my roommate right here, but…

Such a sweet voice and sexy appearance.

The shameless woman who had peeked at my body yesterday and run away walked into the kitchen in loose clothing.

“‥What is it now.”

Then, with a face mixed with confusion and exasperation, she looked down at me and Seo Haeun.

Perhaps because of the beauty mark under her snake-like eyes, even though she hid her figure with baggy clothes, she looked alluring.

The first thought that came to mind was, ‘She’s not an idol for nothing,’

and the second was that they really were sisters.

If you asked who was prettier…

Right now, of course, the made-up younger sister is prettier.

“Ah, Jia….”

“Unnie, …what is this?”

Seo Haeun, who had stood up, awkwardly turned her back and greeted her younger sister awkwardly.

Landlady and creditor.

They share some blood, but it’s not a relationship that can be overturned just because she’s a few years older. It’s not that simple a relationship.

How much must her pride have been hurt for her to be gossiping so boldly on a secret Instagram account.

She’s an angel of a younger sister, letting her live in this high-rise building for 500,000 won a month.

If it were me, even if I couldn’t lick her feet, I could at least lick her breasts.

“Ah, so you’re her younger sister. Hello. I am…”

“Excuse me, your introduction is unnecessary. Please answer my question first. Why have you come to this house two days in a row?”

Putting aside those lewd thoughts for a moment, I politely greeted the landlady.

However, this idol and owner of two high-rise apartments rudely cut me off before I could even finish speaking to the man who might be her unnie’s boyfriend.

…I don’t know this woman well, but at least I know for sure she’s Seo Haeun’s younger sister.

How can she be so similar to Haeun a few years ago?

Although, she’s quite a bit taller.

“Um, well, there are various circumstances….”

“Stop beating around the bush. …Are you two living together?”

“Yes. We intend to.”

It seems she’s not someone I can easily fool, whether I grovel or try to get around it, so I too dropped my pretense and answered confidently.

Unlike Seo Jia, whose brow merely furrowed slightly, Haeun looked horrified and glared at me as if she wanted to kill me, but if I had to say, Seo Jia looked much scarier.

No matter how much I sweet-talk Seo Haeun, if the landlady tells me to leave, I have to go.

Even if it’s not a panoramic view, I don’t want to return to a gloomy studio apartment from an apartment with a view of the Han River.

Unless Haeun were also kicked out with me.

“Unnie.”

“…Ah, yes. Ji, Jia.”

“Is it true?”

“……”

Seo Jia, her expression souring, began to interrogate her own unnie as if cornering her, without even a moment to think.

Compared to me or Seo Haeun, she’s much younger, but unlike the subtly cute Haeun who has a bit of a dorky vibe, her voice carried authority.

‘As expected, even an idol, a singer is a singer,’ is that it?

Even in this short exchange, the difference in vocalization is noticeable.

“I said it was true. Me and Haeun….”

“I wasn’t asking you. …Please be quiet for a moment.”

But still, she’s just a girl barely twenty years old.

Seeing her take such a high-handed stance towards her unnie’s boyfriend without thinking, she didn’t seem like such a smart woman after all.

Because she’s successful, she’s likely intoxicated by being adored and has clearly forgotten basic manners.

Just because you’re popular and rich doesn’t mean you won’t have enemies.

“Unnie. Are you really living together? With the man here? Since yesterday?”

“…Y-yes….”

“Whether it’s Yes or No, tell me clearly. I came here by squeezing in time.”

“…That’s right. Living together….”

It’s much smarter to be like Haeun, getting scared, unable to lie, and becoming a shrinking violet.

Normally, people grovel before the strong and act generously towards the weak. That’s just common social strategy.

Haeun couldn’t do that in the past, which is why she got caught by me.

“Are you dating? You two?”

“Th-that is…!”

“Yes.”

Approaching the trembling Haeun, I answered Seo Jia instead.

For someone who only looks straight ahead, there’s no need to beg them to watch your back.

Similarly, you have to step on the gas and chase after them, and talk beside them, for them to even listen to you.

Unlike Haeun, who grovels in front of people but grumbles behind their back, you’ll just be treated like an idiot.

Look,

is that the expression she has when looking at her unnie?

“Hey…!”

“Since we’re lovers, we’re living together, right? What other reason could there be?”

“Excuse me, I’m asking just in case, your name is Kang Joo-hyuk, right? The former baseball player.”

“Yes. How did you know?”

“Your unnie must have told me, right? She definitely said you two had a bad relationship.”

I’m curious whether this is really the expression she has when looking at her unnie’s boyfriend.

Honestly, until just a moment ago, I was unsure, but now I think I understand why Haeun disliked her own sister so much.

She’s an older sister, after all. If she’s treated so condescendingly by her younger sister, she’d be beyond angry and want to punch her.

Someone who’s doing well in the field she wanted to pursue, and on top of that, living off such a sister, inferiority complexes would surely surge.

“Did she even mention our bad relationship? But well, it was mostly misunderstandings. Now that I’ve retired, I’ve resolved various things. They say even bad connections can lead to destiny, right?”

“Is that so. Well, I know it’s rude, but what are you doing now? Can you tell me?”

“Haeun said she wanted to try something, so I’m doing something like a manager.”

“‥A manager?”

“Ah, the details are confidential. Haeun told me not to say.”

She was the type of woman I found so annoying I wanted to tie her up and fuck her until she passed out, but she was just too high-class for that. It was too difficult.

However, even without directly confronting this woman, it’s easy to use her.

They say the enemy of my enemy is my friend, right?

When our landlady and tenant fight, if I take the tenant’s side, no matter how much I might screw things up, she’ll feel grateful, won’t she?

“Is that so. …I didn’t know.”

“Well, I’m even thinking about marriage, so while working together, I decided to live together. That’s why we’re living together. When I have time, I was planning to tell your sister too.”

Seo Haeun, startled, trembled behind my back, but I felt it. Knowing it would cause trouble if she noticed, I pushed her gently with my hand to hide her properly.

Anyway, we had already agreed to introduce me as her boyfriend, so there was nothing more to object to.

And my saying I’d do something like a manager, I have a plan, so it’s not a lie.

“This house is under my name, do you know that?”

“I know. Haeun said to move in first, and get permission later.”

“…Haa. Unnie.”

“I also had to move out of my old place and had nowhere to go. Since there was a room available, she said it would be fine.”

This is mostly true, as I was planning to move out anyway.

Although Haeun telling me to move in first was a lie, her agreeing to live together is true, so it’s half true.

I didn’t tell a single lie that could be easily caught by this woman.

Even after all this, if she kicks me out because she doesn’t like it, then so be it.

“Excuse me, how many months are you planning to stay here? I’m planning to sell this house later.”

“About half a year. Living expenses, rent, things like that, we’ll probably pay together. Since we’ll be earning money together anyway.”

“You also told her I live upstairs, right? Unnie told you, right?”

“Yes.”

“Ah, really… Mr. Kang Joo-hyuk. If you tell anyone else where I live, or bring anyone else besides your unnie and Mr. Kang Joo-hyuk to that house, I’ll kick you out immediately.”

“Ah, yes. You’re famous, after all.”

This woman’s personality is very troublesome, but her public recognition is actually beneficial to us.

An idol who ruthlessly kicks out her own sister, what better material could there be for gossip? There’s no better material for people to chew on and tear apart.

Whether we have such intentions or not,

Seo Jia, who knows her own sister’s financial situation well, must inevitably be wary.

This woman,

if no one takes care of her, she has nowhere to go.

“It’s convenient that you understand quickly. There might be strange articles coming out, so if possible, outside, please don’t even pretend to know me.”

“Yes, yes.”

“If our conversation is over, I’ll be leaving right away. I just finished work, and I’m tired.”

Whether she understood that well, Seo Jia, who had been glaring at me with a sharp expression, disappeared just like that.

It was a very rude attitude to be happy about her granting permission, but anyway.

“……”

Instead,

Seo Haeun, who looked like she was about to punch me, remained in the house.