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It was late, a little after 10 p.m., and Yuri Lee’s cell phone vibrated while she was studying in her room.

Lee Yu-ri, who checked her cell phone without thinking, was surprised to see the sender of the message and stopped solving the workbook for a moment.

“Han Seongjin…? Why is he…”

When I checked the contents, there was a fairly short message.

[Han Seong-jin]: Hey, are you free this Saturday? No, in time. Let’s have a date

After seeing the last words, Yu-ri Lee fanned her hand to cool her flushed face.

“What is it, boy? Not even just giving me time, but mine? What did you leave for me? And what about dates… why am I like that…”

– Because I like you.

At that moment, Han Seong-jin’s voice, which she heard on Saturday, suddenly popped out of Yu-ri Lee’s head.

“Why do I… I…”

When I came to my senses, Yuri Lee had already sent a reply.

[Me]: Where are you going? I’m not going to an escape room cafe.

“Aaagh! Argh! You’re being swayed by this bastard again! What are you really doing!”

After sending a reply, Lee Yuri fell down on the bed with her cell phone, pounded her head on the pillow, and screamed.

Han Seong-jin’s reply arrived quickly before Yu-ri Lee could finish wrestling with the pillow.

[Han Seong-jin]: I don’t have any money, so it’s going to be a bit difficult until I get my paycheck… I guess going to an arcade or playing games will be okay, right? Before that, you can walk to a nearby park or a walking trail. Let’s play briefly and briefly and then part ways before dinner. call?

[Me]: That’s enough… okay.

[Han Seong-jin]: Okay then, let’s meet during the day on Saturday and see you tomorrow and come out nicely!

[Me]: Do you really want to talk nonsense? I’m going to study so I won’t reply anymore.

There were no more chats from Han Seong-jin, but Yu-ri Lee was still lying face down on the bed, continuously scrolling through the short chat she had with Han Seong-jin.

Continuing from last week, I got to spend time with Han Seong-jin this weekend.

It won’t be a luxurious course like last time, but I thought it would be nice to walk together in a quiet park.

‘But… walking in the park just the two of us is really big, something only couples do…’

– Because I like you.

Han Seong-jin’s voice in her heart came out again, and Yu-ri Lee completely buried her face in the pillow in shame.

Although he reluctantly pretended to accept it through chat, he was actually quite happy that Han Seong-jin wanted to meet with him this week as well, just like last week.

It felt like steam was rising between my two ears that were not buried in the pillow and the back of my head.

Lee Yu-ri hated herself a little more for being secretly happy about Han Seong-jin’s date proposal.

#####

Perhaps because she had a chance to get along with Gong Young-bae, Choi Soo-yeon’s frequency of doing other things increased significantly this week.

Even today, which was Wednesday, I made up a lie to go on a dinner date with Gong Yeong-bae and made my manager work as a replacement.

Was the girl blinded by love that scary?

‘Really, Gong Young-bae, you’re such a bastard too. Even if you treat him just a little bit well, he likes it, but he’s so greedy that he just takes care of that kid.’

Meanwhile, the manager, who did not know the reason why Soo-yeon Choi missed her part-time job, felt sorry for Soo-yeon Choi because she was working peacefully for the first time.

“Suyeon is also really unlucky. There wasn’t a day like today when the ladies didn’t come over to smoke, but they ended up hurting their leg today.”

“Ah, manager, you don’t know.”

“Huh? What don’t you know?”

“Now, the Mija Iljin kids won’t come to this convenience store to smoke cigarettes.”

“Huh? why? That was the biggest problem at our store, so why suddenly?”

“He won’t come as long as I’m here. Because I told you not to come. No, should I say exactly that I ‘can’t’ come?”

“……?”

“Anyway, nothing will happen while I’m here. So, manager, don’t cut me off and make sure to keep using me for a long time.”

“Huh? Yeah, yeah…”

While working, Soo-yeon Choi would occasionally send me photos of her date with Gong Young-bae and brag about it.

Apparently, the date course I went to with Lee Yu-ri was scheduled to go on the weekend.

She sent me several photos, including one with only half of her face showing on her cell phone and one with Gong Young-bae visible behind her, and another that looks like it was taken by Gong Young-bae, and kept saying, ‘Aren’t you jealous? ‘Aren’t you jealous?’ He boasted.

And after bragging like that, he made sure to tell me, ‘Senior, you don’t want to lose Yuri, so take good care of him!’

I could roughly guess why Choi Soo-yeon was like this.

‘He didn’t like Yuri very much to begin with.’

In the original Love in School, Choi Soo-yeon was quite displeased with Yu-ri Lee.

Basically, there were enough reasons not to like him, starting with the fact that he was the childhood friend of the guy he liked.

On top of that, Choi Soo-yeon was ostensibly one of the second-year students, and Lee Yu-ri was the type of nerd who really disliked the group, so they couldn’t get along well with each other.

Choi Soo-yeon was the character who was always impatient, thinking that she was being pushed out by Yu-ri Lee, but she probably didn’t want to miss this opportunity since things seemed to be going well with her.

If only Lee Yu-ri were removed, the only people left for Gong Young-bae would be Choi Soo-yeon and Jeong Eun-ji. Since the relationship between Jeong Eun-ji and Gong Young-bae is not as deep as Lee Yu-ri’s, they probably judged that they had a chance of winning.

Therefore, she thought that the better I did with Lee Yu-ri, the better Choi Soo-yeon would do with Gong Young-bae, so she kept encouraging me.

There would be no way to know whose position is actually being encouraged.

I matched Choi Soo-yeon’s rhythm and said things that were nice to hear, such as ‘It looks good’ or ‘It looks good on you,’ and Choi Soo-yeon got even more excited and chattered on Talk.

[Choi Soo-yeon]: If Youngbae and I officially date, I will at least give him a treat! What do you want to eat? Chicken Ribs? chicken? pizza? Just say anything!

[Me]: Really? Did you make a promise with your mouth? I don’t refuse anything given to me.

Of course, unfortunately, I will never get food from Choi Su-yeon for the above reasons.

#####

The week went by in an instant.

It was natural, but the rumors about me and Lee Yu-ri did not last long and quickly died down.

Not only did I act threateningly once, and Yuri Lee also questioned and overheard the completely false claim that she “got into trouble with me,” and she wasn’t a celebrity to begin with, nor was she even a source of gossip worth burning for a long time.

And today, Saturday, I had three events scheduled.

The first is a date with Lee Yu-ri.

The second is to drive a wedge into making Choi Soo-yeon my woman.

The third and final one…

[Hwang Seong-tae]: You know that today’s meeting is at 7 PM, right? We’ll all meet up, eat meat, and then move to the empty lot next to our hideout in xx-dong. The kids will prepare all the drinks, and we’ve also got all the bikes on standby.

[Me]: Got it

It was the day of the Jinsugyo school year integrated Iljin meeting.

In this meeting, which had been decided since the beginning of the semester, Han Seong-jin originally reigned as king.

Meat, alcohol, and cigarettes were all given to those in the first and second grades. In the king game, the king was always chosen, and Sodom and Gomorrah was recreated by making people who wanted to take off their clothes.

He would take any woman he liked and have fun with him, and when he got tired of it, he would bring in another woman.

From 1st grade to 3rd grade, the first choice for all the girls was Han Seong-jin, and the other guys just took the women that Han Seong-jin ate and threw away.

However, I did not go to the Iljin meeting to rule as a king like usual.

I’m thinking of leaving this gathering after showing my face at dinner to declare that I will completely get rid of it and never get involved with it again.

That’s all for now, we have to give Yuri a good time while we’re together.

When I looked outside, I saw that it was raining quite a bit.

“It’s not a good day for a date.”

If Choi Soo-yeon and Gong Young-bae give up their date due to the weather, the meaning of today will be greatly diminished.

Before leaving, I sent a text message to Suyeon Choi to check the situation.

[Me]: Are you guys going on a date today too?

When I saw the reply that came a little while later, I smiled happily.

[Choi Su-yeon]: Yes! I’m going to follow the date course my senior told me about! Rain like this can’t stop me!!

“I heard it’s good to have the ability to take action.”

After checking Choi Su-yeon’s schedule, I quickly got ready and left the house to meet Yu-ri Lee.

When I went in front of Yuri Lee’s house, I saw her looking up at the rainy sky from inside the first floor entrance of the apartment.

When I waved at her from the parking lot, Lee Yu-ri immediately came out and approached me, opening her umbrella.

“The weather is not very good today.”

“But you were looking forward to going on a date with me, right?”

“I didn’t expect it.”

The expression on his face says, “I was looking forward to it,” but what?

I laughed and approached Yuri Lee.

“But why open the umbrella?”

“What are you talking about? It’s raining.”

“Just one is enough.”

“…?”

“You can just go like this.”

“Kya?!”

I hugged Yuri’s waist and pulled her towards me, and she came helplessly into my arms.

Yuri Lee shouted in a voice full of embarrassment.

“Ooh, umbrella! The umbrella is broken!”

“Then just fold it.”

“What are you talking about? Why is it like this…!”

“Are you going to fold the umbrella?”

I asked while looking straight into Yuri’s eyes, and when our eyes met, Yuri opened her mouth and then lowered her head.

“Wow…”

Then he closed his umbrella.