episode_0042

Crunchy

For a while, the only sound in Lee Yu-ri’s room was the sound of me, Yu-ri Lee, Su-yeon Choi, and Eun-ji Jeong scribbling with pencils.

“I can’t solve this.”

“Where?”

“Here is the exponential log.”

“It’s Unit 1!”

Lee Yu-ri was taken aback when she saw the progress I was making in my math textbook.

But what can I do, I was never good at math.

Yuri Lee let out a small sigh and came next to me.

However, before that, Soo-yeon Choi hugged her and smiled.

“Exponential log? I can do that too, should I tell you?”

“Wait.”

Choi Su-yeon took advantage of the opportunity as soon as she saw it, but this time, Yu-ri Lee didn’t just sit there either.

Su-yeon Choi narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Yu-ri Lee.

“Why?”

“Don’t you have something else to study?”

“2nd year students were told to die at home. Surprisingly, I can already get a certain amount of points.”

“Really? Then take a look at Eunji.”

“Aren’t you closer to senior Eunji than me? Do you think it would be better to look after someone who is closer to you?”

“Han Seong-jin has the worst grades here. So wouldn’t it be more efficient for me, who has the best grades here, to look after me?

No matter how good you were at studying in middle school, we don’t know that. Especially in math, the difference between 2nd and 3rd grade is probably huge. How can you teach it in an easy to understand way if you’ve studied so much?

You’re definitely good at English. Why don’t you teach Eunji some English? Eunji, what was your English score last time?”

“Me? I failed…”

Jeong Eun-ji seemed very displeased with revealing her secrets in front of me, whom she hated so much.

Lee Yu-ri sat next to me with a more triumphant expression and kept Choi Soo-yeon in check.

“Did you hear that? Then, I, who is better at math, can tell you Han Seong-jin, and you, who is better at English, can tell me Eun-ji. We didn’t gather to have fun, we gathered to ‘study for exams’. Right?”

Perhaps it was because the area had moved to her main field of study, or because it was her home, Lee Yu-ri, who had been swayed by Choi Soo-yeon and Jeong Eun-ji all week, was leading the game.

Clearly, the reason we got together was not to have fun, but to study for an exam that was due next week.

It is natural to pursue efficiency for a group ‘study’ rather than a group sector study.

Choi Su-yeon, unable to refute Lee Yu-ri’s logic, gritted her teeth and sat down next to Jeong Eun-ji.

‘That’s a boastful thing…! ‘It’s this bitch, it’s that bitch, and I haven’t liked anything about it since long ago!’

The two have regarded each other as thorns in their eyes ever since they liked Gong Young-bae.

Now, the target was moved to Hanseongjin, but as they ran into each other again there and even lost control of today’s game, Choi Soo-yeon continued to grow in hostility towards Lee Yu-ri.

Meanwhile, Jeong Eun-ji and Choi Soo-yeon also disapproved of each other, so as soon as Choi Soo-yeon arrived, Jeong Eun-ji tackled her.

“Hey, no matter how much I do, I’m not at the level where I need help studying from a 2nd grade bully. I can do it alone.”

“Really? Go home, then. Why did you come to the study group if you were going to study alone?”

“This is really a cheesy talk from last time…”

“What’s different about seniors?”

“You two, won’t you stop? And Eunji, I know it hurts your pride, but after talking to her the other day, I think her English conversation is definitely better than mine. Even if things like grammar are different, studying vocabulary at the same time will help a lot. So let’s just do it for now?”

“Uh, yes…”

Lee Yu-ri was warning with a smiling face, ‘I’m in a good mood right now, but don’t stand next to me’, and Jeong Eun-ji, who was overwhelmed by the momentum, died, unlike her usual talkative personality.

I decided to put a dent in Eunji Jeong’s pride and gave her a light provocation.

“No, it may be difficult to accept Jeong Eunji’s personality. Or, in case you lose a bet, you say, ‘At that time, if Yuri had looked at my studies instead of Choi Soo-yeon, I would have won. This is invalid!’ Aren’t you just laying the groundwork to cover things up in the same way? I’m scared of losing.”

“Ha?”

Jeong Eun-ji, who has an extremely low resistance to provocation, was completely caught in that one word.

“Mi, are you laying the groundwork? Are you afraid of losing? I? You… you’ve crossed the line! Hey, I was going to end it by gathering your gang together, stripping you naked, and making you bow down, but I just can’t bear it. One more condition. If I win, I’ll make you strip naked and lick your shoes on the playground during lunch break instead of the gang!”

“It’s tough? Then how are you going to handle it if you lose?”

“No matter what I do, I won’t lose to a guy like you! You can also put one more condition on it, but it won’t help.”

I had to suppress the laughter that was creeping up inside me.

It’s so easy to fall into a trap like that.

“Well, it’s so sudden that I can’t think of what to do? Think about it slowly.”

“Ha. Okay, feel free to think slowly. Because you have no chance of winning.”

Eunji Jeong worked hard to accumulate flags.

Most of us continued studying with the help of Lee Yu-ri and Choi Su-yeon for English. Whenever we finished a subject, we opened the same workbook and took our own exam together.

For Lee Yu-ri and Choi Soo-yeon, the score itself on the workbook test itself wasn’t important, but for me and Jeong Eun-ji…

“6, 65 points! Yuri, I got 65 points!”

As a result of the test we took together using the same workbook after completing all Korean language studies, Eunji Jeong’s score was 65 points.

It was a high score for Jeong Eun-ji.

Even though he works out, he doesn’t spend much time studying, so his grades are quite poor.

“Hey, what is your score?”

Eunji Jeong looked down at me with a wicked smile and asked.

An attitude that seems certain that there is no way I can get over 65 points.

And my score is…

“48 points.”

“Fuha! 48 points? So what was the point of betting? There’s no way that you, who have never done anything like studying in your life, will do it now. What should I do because I’m scared of taking the test? Or do you want to ignore all the tests and bullshit like you did in middle school?”

“Hey, why are you so excited about winning a mock test? We have only mocked one subject so far.”

“Heng, do you think you will win if you add more? Okay, keep going-”

Knock knock

As the fight between me and Jeong Eun-ji intensified, there was a knock on Yu-ri Lee’s door, and the door opened.

“Guys, are you studying yet? I washed the strawberries, so eat some.”

Yu-ri Lee’s mother brought a bunch of strawberries.

I got up and took the plate, bowing my head and expressing my gratitude.

“Thank you, I will enjoy it.”

“Hey, our Yuri brought a very nice friend from somewhere. He’s nice, personable, and polite. The kid is big so you’ll be reassured, kid.”

“Uh, Mom!”

“Then everyone, study hard. When I finish eating, I’ll go get the plate, so I’ll call the lady.”

“We can’t tell you to come, ma’am. When you’re done, I’ll take the plate and put it in the sink. Thank you for your concern.”

“Wow, he’s kind too. Okay, then can I ask you a favor? Enjoy your meal, and if you need anything else, let me know, okay?”

“Yes, thank you!”

The woman who had made fun of her daughter smiled and closed the door again and left.

The fight, which had stopped for a moment due to the appearance of the woman, resumed again.

Although it has become a little more moderate.

“… What are you? Do you even know how to be polite to adults?”

“If anyone hears it, they will think that you are a very unscrupulous son of a bitch.”

“Isn’t that the case when you grab a teacher by the collar and curse at him for nagging him, and beat up the seniors because he doesn’t like them?”

Well, I remember that.

Strangely enough, I remember this, but I don’t remember at all that I got a girl pregnant in middle school and had an abortion.

“That was back then. I don’t live like that now. In reality, you haven’t had any accidents and have been living calmly, right?”

“Ha, really.”

“Then why did you stay quiet when the lady told me I was nice and polite? I thought you were going to say no.”

“What?! What do you see in people? I have a case too!? Who do you think I am, someone who has run away from home when it comes to basic manners?”

“Looking at what you are doing now, I think you are right.”

“Profit…”

While Jeong Eun-ji was angry and shaking, Choi Soo-yeon pushed her and jumped forward.

“Senior, the lady gave you strawberries too, but don’t you eat them? I’ll feed you one. Now, Aang~”

” I haven’t even ate what my mom cooked for me yet, so why are you reaching for it with your fork first? ”

And as if it was natural, Yu-ri Lee started to keep her in check, and Su-yeon Choi blatantly raised her eyebrows when she saw her like that.

“Oh my? Well, I, the owner of the house, didn’t even eat it, so how dare you! Are they the same? Senior Yuri had an old-fashioned temperament. Then eat it first.”

Immediately, Lee Yuri took a strawberry with her fork and held it to my mouth.

“Now, Han Seongjin, you eat too.”

And the fork with the strawberry stuck in it that Suyeon Choi picked up was also shoved towards my mouth.

“Senior picked one up, so now I can pick it up too, right? Come on, senior~”

A spark flew between the two women with great force, and Eun-Ji Jeong, who did not yet have this much interest in me, looked away as if she did not want to see me.

Whoever ate first would definitely end up fighting, so I opened my mouth and bit into both strawberries at the same time.

As they puffed out their cheeks like puffy squirrels and munched on strawberries, the two people whose eyes were sparkling with fire also calmed down a little.

“Mumble… Hey, you guys eat quickly too. This is so delicious.”

“Okay.”

“Hehe, that’s right.”

In the end, the two seemed to have come to a compromise, so they picked up their own strawberries and started eating them, and we took a short break.

……

While eating strawberries, Yu-ri Lee and Soo-yeon Choi glanced sideways at the ‘enemy’ without the other person knowing.

‘Since it’s your house and you’re here to study, you think it’s your world, right? Hmm, wait and see.’

‘I don’t think I’ll be able to do anything, so I try to interfere whenever I get the chance. Anyway, I was the one who directly confessed that Han Seong-jin liked me.’

And at the same time, a fire was burning brightly inside.

‘I will never lose to that bitch!!!’