Chapter 226

Chapter 226

Bamboo Forest Manager.

Episode 226: An Uninvited Guest?

The movie was fun.

Even though we didn’t do anything special there, it was just enjoyable.

After all, we went to see a movie full of action and destruction, exactly what we wanted.

In the middle, Seo Yerin reached for popcorn and touched my lap, but Yu Arin stopped her.

It would have been better if Seo Yerin hadn’t dodged Yu Arin’s attempt to smack her hand away, which accidentally hit my lap directly.

“What should we do? Watching the movie makes me want to fight.”

After watching the movie, we stopped by a café on the way.

There, Seo Yerin, still caught up in the movie’s excitement, threw punches in the air.

“Swish! Swoosh! Swoosh! Hey, you jerk!”

“Suddenly, she’s turned weird.”

It was obvious that she’d end up hurting her hand by punching like that.

Yu Arin, an expert in such matters, just smiled as if she found it cute and sipped her coffee.

“I’m not good with violent stuff, so it was a bit tough for me to endure.”

Lee Se-ah from the Film and Theatre department grumbled.

I think I heard some screams from Yu Arin’s side once or twice during the movie.

By the way, one of the Four Musketeers, Han Bom, left with her boyfriend.

She was cuddling with her boyfriend during the movie, and as soon as it ended, she left quickly, which was quite something.

“Speaking of Bom.”

Seo Yerin murmured softly after taking a big bite of cake with her fork.

“Do you think she went to a hotel?”

“……”

“……”

“……”

The three of us simultaneously turned our gazes to Seo Yerin. Especially Lee Se-ah, who looked bewildered, seemed not yet accustomed to this side of Seo Yerin.

“Do you really have to say that out loud?”

When Yu Arin sighed and complained, Seo Yerin responded, feeling wronged.

“I sat next to them. Throughout the movie, they were whispering and touching each other. It really made me want to hit them.”

I think I understand why she practiced punching so much after the movie.

“So I thought, let’s show them too! With this kind of feeling…”

Seo Yerin muttered as she touched my groin. Suddenly, she seemed to remember that we weren’t the only ones here.

“Huh.”

Lee Se-ah stared at us blankly, moved her coffee aside, and asked bluntly.

“Are you three dating by any chance?”

“Yes.”

“No.”

“I don’t know.”

Starting with me, then Yu Arin, and finally Seo Yerin.

All three of their gazes pierced into me simultaneously, and I spoke confidently.

“I’m asking them. Is it wrong to date?”

“By the way, there’s one more. Choi Yiseo, the sophomore class representative from the English department.”

“…Hollywood, huh.”

Lee Se-ah looked puzzled, as if she couldn’t comprehend what she’d heard. After a moment of contemplation, she scratched her head and responded.

“I have a lot to say, but you guys do what you want. I don’t think anything I say will change things. But if you make my friends cry, I’ll kill you, Kim Woojin.”

“Don’t worry.”

I replied with a gentle smile.

“Before you can kill me, Yu Arin would have already done it.”

“……”

Yu Arin nodded, acknowledging that it wasn’t untrue.

After taking a sip of coffee, I asked Lee Se-ah a question.

“But how did you know? Was it just because of what we did today?”

“Jeez, you have no idea how much they talk about you in our group chat, do you?”

“Hey! Hey! Se-ah!”

“Are you really going to spill all that?!”

Yu Arin and Seo Yerin tried to stop her urgently, but I was already intrigued.

“What do they say? What?”

Suddenly, when three people rushed at her at the same time, Se-ah seemed flustered and leaned back.

Yu Arin caught the chair just before it could fall backward.

Barely regaining her posture, Lee Se-ah glanced around nervously and spoke in a crawling voice.

“It’s just…mostly about you.”

“……”

It felt somewhat regrettable and unsettling.

But because Seo Yerin and Yu Arin gave her a look, Lee Se-ah, feeling timid, simply sipped her coffee.

Then she suddenly shrugged and stood up abruptly.

“W-wait a minute. Am I interrupting your date right now?”

“Yes.”

When I nodded confidently, fists flew from both sides, but judging by the lack of force, they must have thought something similar.

“I-I’ll be going. Sorry, guys. H-have a great love!”

As if she had committed a huge crime, Lee Se-ah hurriedly grabbed her bag and tried to head outside.

Then, suddenly, she glanced this way with a peculiar expression and asked.

“But is that really true? I mean, doesn’t it sound a bit off?”

She walked back over here with a steady pace.

It seemed like she snapped out of a trance and regained her senses.

“Are you guys okay with that? I mean, he’s gotten a bit more handsome lately, I’ll admit. But isn’t it a bit much to choose him over someone like Chan-woo?”

In response to Lee Se-ah’s question, Yu Arin, resting her chin, answered casually while eating cake.

“Money. Lots of money.”

It seemed she was just brushing it off because she couldn’t be bothered to answer properly.

“How much money could he possibly-!”

“He’s the chairman’s son. Even Gold One is a subsidiary of their company.”

“……”

Lee Se-ah glanced at me.

Since I had no intention of hiding it anymore, I nodded slightly, causing Lee Se-ah’s eyes to tremble.

“Was it true, what was posted in the Bamboo Forest? There was a time when posts claimed you were the chairman’s son.”

That was when the seniors targeted me.

It briefly flared up, but the seniors who targeted me quickly deleted the posts, and it faded away soon.

Lee Se-ah, who was looking at me, suddenly prepares to kneel.

“Can I…become your concubine? I want to buy the new releases from Sha* and Er*x.”

“You crazy girl! Don’t cross the line!”

Yu Arin stands up, annoyed, ready to kick.

In that gap, Seo Yerin also tries to make her own appeal.

“Woojin’s is this big too!”

Seo Yerin exaggeratedly spreads her hands wide.

Seeing that, Lee Se-ah awkwardly stands up again.

“Oh, that’s a bit…too much.”

Liking something excessively big is only in adult films. In reality, if it’s too big, it can be difficult.

“I’m really going. I feel strange when I’m with you guys.”

I don’t know why she’s blaming us, but Lee Se-ah, who said she was really leaving, stops again.

“For real, one last time, Woojin. Aren’t you affected at all?”

This time, she had a pretty serious expression.

“Usually, creating a situation like this doesn’t make sense. It’s just being a trashy bad guy for others.”

“……”

“No sense of guilt or anything? I’m genuinely curious about it.”

I felt gazes from both sides at Lee Se-ah’s words. Yu Arin and Seo Yerin seemed curious about my answer too.

I replied with a bitter smile.

“I do.”

How could I not?

I’m human too.

“Of course, I feel sorry too. I know it’s selfish, and sometimes I feel guilty.”

But.

Yes, but.

I clench my fist tightly.

What my clear, open black eyes hold is conviction.

Unwavering, thus noble.

Untouched by anyone, thus lofty.

Such convictions are spoken.

“But when I touch two people’s chests with both hands at the same time, all that disappears-!”

Whack!

A fist came flying from somewhere unknown.

I was just getting beaten up while Lee Se-ah walked away.

If senior Min Ju-hee hadn’t brought a cake as a service, I might have died just getting hit.

“Shoo, shoo! You trash!”

“Ugh, you garbage.”

I fulfilled Seo Yerin’s earlier request to punch me with all my might.

Yu Arin, who was next to me, also grumbled as she received the cake from senior Min Ju-hee.

“Guys… It’s okay to have fun, but please keep it down a bit.”

From the senior’s perspective, was me getting beaten just now considered playing?

It felt unfair, but I tried to pull myself together.

“How can every word you say be so trashy?”

“……”

If I say I was serious here, I’ll get hit more, right? Lately, I’ve felt like I’m getting hit often, so I should restrain myself.

Anyway, Lee Se-ah left.

In the end, it was just the three of us left.

The conversation topics were endless.

Starting with mobile game talk, Yu Arin’s taekwondo stories, Seo Yerin’s stories of meeting famous actors, and the story of the second sister-in-law getting bored at our house, etc.

While spending time sharing various stories.

Jingle jingle!

The door opened, and a large group of people entered.

“Huh, the coffee smells nice?”

“Why is it so cramped?”

The moment I saw the crowd rushing in, I could immediately tell.

They weren’t ordinary people.

Judging from the time I spent living with gangsters a few days ago.

I thought they might be active gangsters.

‘There shouldn’t be any around here, right?’

As far as I know, thugs have been eradicated in this area, so I believe there aren’t any.

Could they be from another area?

While pondering the possibility.

Those guys approached where senior Ju-hee was.

“Wow, Ju-hee. You look like a regular college student like this.”

“Long time no see, Ju-hee!”

“Damn! Min Ju-hee is actually serving coffee!”

Senior Ju-hee’s expression darkened instantly.

Starting with the manager working with her, the other part-timers also looked terrified.

‘Come to think of it, when we dealt with President Hwang, senior Ju-hee mentioned it…’

She said even if you get rid of these guys, more keep coming.

I understand that they’re connected to senior Ju-hee since she had a rough time in high school.

“You guys wait outside.”

When I hinted, Yu Arin and Seo Yerin refused.

“No way? I’m better at fighting than you.”

“Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh!”

I sighed deeply, watching the blunt Yu Arin and Seo Yerin pretending to throw punches.

“I’m calling security, so wait outside.”

“Oh, shit. I’ve always wanted to see something like that.”

“Are we filming a Crime Town?”

Persuaded by my words, the two quietly headed outside.

They briefly caught the gangsters’ eyes due to their looks, but they weren’t bothered.

‘Security, my ass.’

That’s something only my big brother would have.

There’s no way someone like me would have a bodyguard.

As I was about to observe the situation with senior Ju-hee.

Buzz!

A message came from Yu Arin, who just went outside.

It was a photo.

It was a picture of the side of the café entrance, and the moment I saw it, my eyes widened.

Clench.

I was seized by an indescribable rage.

“Hey! Ju-hee, let’s step outside for a moment and talk.”

“Huh? Or should we just keep waiting here? Maybe order a cup of coffee and sit around?”

“The place is already cramped, let’s not do that.”

After leaving a message for my second and eldest brothers, I stand up abruptly.

“Huh?”

“Why, man? Do you have something to say?”

Senior Ju-hee and the other staff looked at me, but I didn’t have time to pay attention to them.

This is personal.

“Hey, over there.”

Suppressing my anger, I point outside the café.

“Who the hell came on that black bike?”

Everyone looked at me as if wondering what I was talking about.

So I explain in more detail.

“Sleek black base! Elegant white logo! Carbon fiber frame with a 16-cm carbon saddle! Dura brake! Each drivetrain component matched with Milines brand! A damn sleek bike!”

I grit my teeth and shout, spitting as I speak.

“Who the hell is the jerk who came with something whose front wheel looks like a wheelchair’s!”