episode_0015

When I woke up again from a nap, it was already 3 PM.

He sat up with a sigh and grinned as he looked at the clock that showed that about half of the day had gone by.

“I’ll have a day off tomorrow too.”

and.

“I’ll rest the day after tomorrow too.”

How fun this is.

I wondered if there was a time as fruitful as today during my college life.

I spent a few minutes shaking my back on the blanket and dancing with joy at the thought of having the day off tomorrow and the day after.

Even though I think I’ve done all the exercise for today, I still keep my back on the floor and turn on my phone.

“and.”

Normally, I would only receive game notifications or advertisements, but today I have received a lot of messages.

Is this the life of an insider?

It must be a hassle to even wake up and look at my phone.

“Let me see.”

There were a few people who submitted 1:1 inquiries in the bamboo forest, but most of them were useless.

‘What is this guy?’

Anonymous 46: Are you kidding? Is it right to delete posts like this on a bulletin board where anonymity and freedom are important? You’ve put a ban on it, so please release it.

When I checked the list of posts I had secretly made, I found out that he was the one who shot me for the English department karaoke incident.

“What are you doing?”

I don’t know who he is, but I wondered if he wanted to shame me by being so unreasonable.

Administrator: I don’t like it.

The reason was explained earlier.

There are often children who think that freedom means they can do anything, but freedom is only meaningful if it is within the framework of the law.

If you just let them out freely, it would be a lawless zone.

I could see the difference between a lion being inside the zoo enclosure and a lion roaming around outside.

‘Probably Anonymous 46 is also our class.’

Thinking it might be one of the kids at the karaoke bar at that time, I check other contacts.

There was so much piled up in the GwaTalk room that it was about to explode, but I just ignored it.

No nutritious conversation takes place there anyway.

Where to check.

“Seo Ye-rin and Choi Yi-seo… … “What, who is Yoo Ah-rin?”

I think it could be because Seo Ye-rin and Choi Yi-seo have been talking often recently, but I don’t know who Yoo Ah-rin is.

Let’s check her profile. A woman who took a selfie with a cat whisker and her ears. She must have bleached her hair, and her hair was yellow-gold, and she felt just right.

“Oh, it’s him.”

It was a girl who stood out because of her hair color.

I know her as Seo Ye-rin’s friend… … .

I don’t know why she sent me a message, but I’ll check with Seo Ye-rin first.

She sent the most messages, and it seems the habit came out during Anonymous 69.

Seo Ye-rin: Woojin, I am Seo Ye-rin. Where are you now?

Seo Ye-rin: Have you seen the content on GwaTalk? With a bamboo forest?

Seo Ye-rin: Don’t worry. I’ll explain everything to the kids. You didn’t do anything bad yesterday.

Seo Ye-rin: Please contact me if you are having a hard time. I will help you.

Seo Ye-rin: If it’s okay, can we meet and talk?

Seo Ye-rin: Where are you now?

Seo Ye-rin: Woojin?

“Wow, what is it?”

They make a fuss because they think I have been hurt by the sniping posts posted on Bamboo Forest or the people talking in the chat room.

Woojin Kim: I just woke up. I’m going to go eat.

She answered like that and tried to reply to Choi Yi-seo, but Seo Ye-rin’s reply was surprisingly fast.

Seo Ye-rin: Where? Can I meet you for a moment? I’d like to talk to you.

Kim Woo-jin: I’m going to go to the soup restaurant in front of my house.

Seo Ye-rin: Take a picture of the store. I’ll go.

“Look at your actions… … .”

Why are you being so active?

Yesterday, my child seemed upset, so I deliberately contacted the administrator and comforted him, but there was no need for that.

Seeing that he was able to overcome it on his own better than I thought and that he was moving around with passion, I thought that I had done something for nothing.

“Haam.”

Yawning, I check Choi Yi-seo’s chat.

Choi Yi-seo: Have you seen your post posted on Bamboo Forest? Don’t worry too much, I’ll tell the kids it’s all nonsense.

Choi Yi-seo: Are you okay? Please reply once.

Choi Yi-seo: Woojin?

Choi Yi-seo: … … You’re not sleeping, are you?

“Keu, keuhm.”

It takes like this.

It’s awkward, so I clear my throat and reply quietly.

Woojin Kim: Good morning.

After saying that, he moves on to the next chat as if running away.

Yoo Ah-rin: Haha

Yoo Ah-rin: I’m Yoo Ah-rin, class of ’23 in the same department. Is this the first time we’re talking?

Yoo Ah-rin: (emoticon)

The emoticon of a cat greeting you while showing its paw is quite cute.

I replied with just that kind of impression.

Kim Woojin: What happened?

I tried to give a cursory reply and move on, but Yoo Ah-rin’s response was faster than I expected.

Yoo Ah-rin: What’s going on? You are the hottest thing in the English department right now.

Kim Woojin: But?

Yoo Ah-rin: Mentally awesome lol

Yoo Ah-rin: I just suddenly became curious about what kind of person he was, so I contacted him.

Woojin Kim: ㅇ

Yoo Ah-rin: It’s less fun than I thought.

Kim Woojin: You are less polite than I thought.

After saying that, I just left the chat room with Yoo Ah-rin. Rather than having a useless conversation, reading shit in the bamboo forest was more beneficial.

I’m going to go eat something, so I put on some clothes, put on a hat, and head out.

Since I lived in a studio apartment, there were quite a few restaurants nearby, so I was able to sit down at a restaurant right away.

After ordering the soup special, I checked my phone again and before I knew it, there was a reply from Choi Yi-seo.

Choi Yi-seo: I feel embarrassed for worrying, but it’s still better.

Choi Yi-seo: Are you free today? Let’s exercise in the evening.

“work out?”

Woojin Kim: I don’t want to do it.

This time the reply came like a knife.

Choi Yi-seo: I need to exercise. You never know.

What do you mean you don’t know?

Choi Yi-seo: I said my senior was going to hit me, but you can’t go around getting beaten up like that.

“…….”

Now that I think about it, Han Kang senior… No, when I was talking to Han Kang, I said something like the bamboo stick was blowing away.

I was so excited that I spoke harshly, and for a moment I felt embarrassed.

‘You should be able to run away when the time comes.’

Recently, Ahn Hyeon-ho of Bubu University and my senior Han Kang are also like this. Since there were more people who seemed to be targeting me, I thought I needed to build up my stamina so I could run away.

Woojin Kim: What time?

Choi Yi-seo: 6 o’clock. Come without dinner. I found out about a restaurant that serves chicken breast well from my PT teacher.

“What restaurant is good at serving chicken breast?”

Last time, they said they were good at salads, but this time they said they were good at chicken breast.

Kim Woo-jin: Dinner is pork cutlet.

Choi Yi-seo: … … It’s going to be a fierce debate.

Iseo Choi and I were in sharp conflict about what to have for dinner.

‘No, you can just eat it separately in the first place.’

I went out to dinner with Choi Yi-seo and was taken to a karaoke bar, so to be honest, I didn’t feel like eating together.

Besides, I’m eating the Sundae Gukbap special right now, but 3 hours later I’m going to exercise and eat dinner again?

‘You can chew it.’

The moment the hot sundae soup was served and I immediately lifted my spoon, a woman came into the store.

Her hair, which has turned brown in the sunlight, is particularly shiny today.

She looks around the inside of her store, sweating slightly, then checks on me and approaches me with a bright smile.

“Woojin!”

“uh? uh… … “You’re here.”

It felt a bit awkward for Seo Ye-rin to be welcoming me to the point of exaggeration, but she didn’t seem to have time to think about that.

She sat across from me and asked me a fussy question.

“are you okay? “It was very difficult, wasn’t it?”

“…….”

“don’t worry. I’ll organize everything. “I talked to the kids, and I’m going to go talk to senior Han Kang separately.”

“…….”

“So don’t be too stressed… … .”

“Let’s eat some food.”

Why are you talking like this when I’m trying to eat a hearty bowl of hot soup?

I calm Seo Ye-rin, who is upset, by putting rice straight into the earthen pot.

“Don’t worry, like I said, I was sleeping until now so I don’t know what happened. And it doesn’t really matter.”

“ah.”

“To begin with, I don’t have any close friends in the department, so I don’t really care if rumors spread.”

The corner of Seo Ye-rin’s mouth, who was looking at me blankly at my words, went up slightly.

However, her emotions are accompanied by a strange bitterness… … .

“I’m jealous.”

It was a kind of jealousy.

“You really don’t care what people around you say.”

“Well, that’s right.”

What would you do if you paid attention to each and every one of them? You need to have some tact, but I don’t think it’s necessary to the point where people are influenced.

“Okay, have you eaten? “If you haven’t eaten, eat it and I’ll buy it for you.”

“No, I will buy yours too. instead… … .”

“hmm?”

Hesitatingly, Seo Ye-rin hands me her cell phone.

“Give me your number. “When I thought about it, I realized I didn’t have your number.”

“…….”

I never thought the day would come when I would get Seo Ye-rin’s number. Of course, I knew she didn’t have feelings for the opposite sex, but it still made me a little excited.

She took my number and gave it to her. Yerin looked at it for a moment and now she asked with a satisfied smile.

“What should I save?”

“Kim Woo-jin, English Department.”

What else could there be other than that?

I’m going to save it like that.

“That’s a bit stiff.”

While Seo Ye-rin was thinking while saying that, her sundae soup and rice came out.

Her eyebrows furrowed as she watched her eat it carefully, stacking the sundae one by one on the rice lid.

“I don’t know what. “I eat soup with rice because it’s filling.”

And this time, Seo Ye-rin did not back down.

“You have to eat it like this to fully enjoy the taste. “If you mix it with soup and rice, the seasoning becomes ambiguous.”

“Isn’t that the beauty of soup?”

“It’s fun to eat sundae dipped in wasabi and soy sauce.”

“Wow, you go out.”

“I was thinking about it from last time, but you strangely have the taste of an old man?”

“You mean the traditional Korean taste passed down from older generations, right? “Thank you for the compliment.”

I thought the conversation would never stop, but the moment I thought about that, silence fell.

Aren’t there times like that?

When you are in the middle of a conversation and run out of things to say, and there is a momentary silence.

I was eating rice without thinking about it.

“Woojin.”

Secretly in silence.

Also, a friendly and soft voice passes through my ears.

Like the spring breeze passing by.

Small but clear.

Lastly, with a gentle smile.

“thank you.”

She expressed her gratitude.

There was no need for her to ask what she was thankful for.

The answer was simply a nod of the head.

At one point, we were just eating in silence.

Again, I thought it wasn’t that bad.