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A voice now very familiar to Shi-woo and Cheol-jin.

The owner of that clear voice was none other than Shin Seul-gi.

-Shin-bi Noona’s younger sister-

Even without this, Shi-woo was already agonizing, wondering if Seul-gi had found out about his relationship with his family, causing him no small amount of distress.

Now, there was even the possibility that Seul-gi had seen the video of him having sex with Gyu-ri Ajumma.

Shi-woo froze, his body stiff, unable to react.

Cheol-jin, also quite surprised, stopped moving for a moment, showing no reaction.

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

Seul-gi was teasing Shi-woo and Cheol-jin with an unconcerned attitude.

In an instant, Cheol-jin nimbly bent down and picked up the Smartphone.

Covering the screen and simultaneously lowering the volume, Cheol-jin.

The moaning sounds of Gyu-ri Ajumma coming from the Smartphone gradually faded away.

“Ah~ you scared me~! Isn’t that Seul-gi? This bastard Shi-woo said he couldn’t wait until school was over! Shi-woo will buy you a drink later, so please let us off the hook for telling the homeroom teacher~”

Cheol-jin nonchalantly blamed Shi-woo, making excuses to Seul-gi as if the video they were watching was just ordinary porn.

“Ah… ri…right… Cheol-jin said he got a new rare video, so… ha… ha….”

Shi-woo also tried to make a clumsy excuse, matching Cheol-jin’s words.

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

Seul-gi, as if used to these situations, spoke jokingly as she approached.

Fortunately, Seul-gi didn’t seem to realize that the people in the video were Cheol-jin’s Mom, Gyu-ri Ajumma, and Shi-woo.

Seul-gi had often exchanged perverted jokes and interactions with Cheol-jin, so neither Cheol-jin nor Shi-woo seemed to be too concerned about being caught by Seul-gi watching porn.

“But what’s up? Why are you looking for us, Seul-gi? How did you even know we were here?”

Cheol-jin subtly handed the Smartphone to Shi-woo and asked Seul-gi as if nothing had happened.

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

Seul-gi answered Cheol-jin’s question simply, then singled out Shi-woo, leaving Cheol-jin alone, and asked to borrow money.

Shi-woo felt a sudden pang of anxiety.

Could this be the start of Seul-gi’s blackmail, demanding money by exploiting the secret between Shi-woo and his family?

“How much?”

Shi-woo cautiously asked Seul-gi about the amount of money he might lose, trying to act nonchalant.

“Hmm? About 20,000 won? That should be enough, right?”

Seul-gi said, as if negotiating a reasonable amount.

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

“I don’t have any cash on me right now? Aren’t there any friends you can borrow money from among the ones you’re going with?”

Shi-woo tried to resist as gently as possible, feeling reluctant.

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

Seul-gi, as if knowing Shi-woo’s situation in detail, blocked Shi-woo’s resistance.

“H…how did you know that?”

Shi-woo asked, stammering as if flustered.

“Your Mom left the card with you because she’s staying at Seon-ju Imo’s place for a while due to work, right? Isn’t that right?”

Seul-gi seemed to know Shi-woo’s family situation in much more detail than Shi-woo thought.

“Y…ye…yes, but I can’t just use it all as I please…”

Shi-woo answered, 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~?”

Seul-gi’s voice seemed to mix aegyo and intimidation.

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

Shi-woo said, trying to rebel timidly, even though he knew it was useless.

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

Regardless, Seul-gi urged Shi-woo and demanded money.

“Uh? Uh…”

Shi-woo answered reluctantly.

Shi-woo looked at Cheol-jin with a pitiful gaze, as if asking for help.

Cheol-jin was smiling, as if finding this situation amusing.

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

Seul-gi, seeing Shi-woo’s troubled expression, suggested a new solution.

“Ah~ Shi-woo and I have somewhere else to go after school today… If it’s just hanging out, let’s go together next time.”

Cheol-jin, for some reason, refused Seul-gi’s offer, knowing what she was up to.

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

Seul-gi glanced slightly towards Shi-woo’s lower area, then immediately turned around and ran towards the rooftop entrance.

He was too surprised to even think about covering it, but Shi-woo’s thing had been heavily half-erect since he was watching the sex video with Gyu-ri Ajumma.

Shi-woo quickly covered his front, feeling embarrassed, and blushed.

“Isn’t Seul-gi kind of funny? It wouldn’t be easy to do that while knowing everything…”

Cheol-jin said, his face full of smiles, as if he was enjoying it.

“Ah, shit! Did she see it? I was too surprised to even think about covering it… I hope there aren’t any weird rumors spreading among the girls at school?”

Shi-woo said, looking at Cheol-jin with a bitter smile.

Shi-woo hurriedly tried to deal with his growing thing by pressing it to the side.

“The video? Or your thing? Seul-gi isn’t the type to spread rumors like that. And if that gets out, the girls will like you even more, so shouldn’t you ask her to spread the rumors? Puhahaha!”

Cheol-jin said, bursting into laughter as if teasing Shi-woo.

“What nonsense are you talking about?! This is all because of you! Talk to me after school. Why are you sending me this kind of stuff during break?!”

Shi-woo said to Cheol-jin, slightly annoyed.

**

“Shi-woo, did Seul-gi know that I have the same birthday as her?”

Cheol-jin asked Shi-woo at a random moment as they went down the stairs.

“Huh?”

Shi-woo reacted without thinking.

“My birthday~! We even went to karaoke together with Seul-gi’s friends last year~!”

Cheol-jin said to Shi-woo, as if slightly resentful.

“Ah, did we?”

Shi-woo vaguely remembered something.

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

Cheol-jin said something completely incomprehensible.

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

Shi-woo raised his voice and vented his frustration, as if releasing the pent-up complaints he had towards Cheol-jin.

“Is that so~? Puhahaha.”

Cheol-jin laughed, making a noise as if he didn’t care.

“Something’s fishy, right? Lately, you’ve been secretly following Seul-gi around, and you asked me first if I was interested in Seul-gi…? Now that I think about it, aren’t you the one who’s really interested in Seul-gi? If that’s the case, why don’t you go hang out with her after school! I’ll go with you too.”

Shi-woo said to Cheol-jin with a complicated feeling of guilt and pity.

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

Cheol-jin said something incomprehensible.

“Go back to your house?”

Shi-woo asked Cheol-jin, as if puzzled.

At the same time, Shi-woo’s heart began to pound at the thought of seeing Gyu-ri Ajumma one more time.

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

Cheol-jin had only heard the sounds, so he didn’t know that Shi-woo had put the key in Gyu-ri Ajumma’s hand.

Thinking about it, even though he had given her the key, it didn’t seem right to leave the unconscious Gyu-ri Ajumma unattended for a long time.

“Ke…key?… Uh… I had it… Th…then should I go to your house again?”

Shi-woo deliberately slurred over the whereabouts of the key, even though Cheol-jin would find out soon enough just by watching the video, and tried to follow Cheol-jin’s words.

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

Cheol-jin’s words seemed to be thrown out casually, but they were loaded with meaning.

“Uh?… Uh…”

Shi-woo answered, once again hardening his expression.

“You little punk, getting scared now?! Who’s going to eat you? You’ve already done everything with Mom in secret, so what’s wrong?”

Cheol-jin continued to speak, as if enjoying Shi-woo’s reaction of being flustered.

“Since we’re on the topic, should I tell you one more interesting thing?”

Cheol-jin’s tone was playful, with a sly smile.

“Interesting thing? What is it?”

Shi-woo reacted, feeling tense once again.

“…The contract, you know?”

“Contract?”

“Yeah… Contracts are basically a mutual agreement, so there should be two of them… Doesn’t that make sense logically?”

Cheol-jin said, walking ahead without looking back at Shi-woo, as if talking to himself.

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

Shi-woo thought of Gyu-ri Ajumma’s slave contract, but he couldn’t understand why Cheol-jin was bringing it up now.

“No matter how much I searched, it wasn’t in the house… Mom’s contract came out of Dad’s briefcase twice, as if on purpose.”

Cheol-jin was saying, wearing a mysterious smile that was difficult to understand.

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

Cheol-jin, at the fork in the road leading to the classroom and the cafeteria, returned to the classroom first.

Shi-woo headed to the cafeteria, pondering Cheol-jin’s words in his head as if chewing them over.