episode_0153

The next early morning.

Since I had the whole day off, I decided to have breakfast leisurely and head back to the dormitory.

“Hehe, hmm.”

I was holding onto the steering wheel while my younger brother was driving beside me.

“What song are you singing?”

When I asked my brother about the Japanese song playing on the speaker, he looked at me puzzled.

“Hmm? Don’t you watch anime often? You don’t know this one?”

“I do watch, but I usually skip the openings. I can’t even understand the lyrics in the first place.”

“Watch both the opening and ending. That’s how you truly enjoy it.”

“Do you even know what the lyrics mean?”

“I don’t.”

Then why are you humming along? Your words might be something strange in Japanese.

“But did you like anime songs before? I don’t remember you being interested in them in the past.”

If my memory serves me right, he wasn’t particularly fond of anime.

“That’s right. But since our girlfriend likes them, I naturally started liking them too.”

“….”

“Woojin, I’m advising you-”

“Don’t. I don’t want to hear it. You’re probably about to say something cringy.”

“Is it about love?”

“I told you not to.”

“Ugh, the moment you talk about your views on relationships, you’d probably realize how great you are.”

“Want me to drop you off here? I’ll just take the bus.”

Finally, my younger brother shut his mouth tightly.

Despite their differences in style, the two brothers were quite different.

After a while, the younger brother couldn’t resist speaking up again.

“But Woojin.”

“What now?”

This time, it wasn’t about love, so I promised myself to ask him to get off if he mentioned it.

“Do you have any outstanding talents among your classmates? Someone suitable for broadcasting.”

“Internet broadcast?”

“Yeah, they should be pretty and charming. Nowadays, people can cover their faces or go out as YouTubers, you know? So as long as they’re attractive and witty, it’s fine.”

“Are you talking about your business?”

“Yeah, managing those who broadcast. Our girlfriend is such a popular broadcasting goddess that she absorbed all the surrounding broadcasters and quickly grew her influence.”

“Hmm.”

“Of course, we won’t accept just anyone. Yoonji and I will screen them. It’s a place where controversies can lead to closure, so the past is also important.”

“I’m not really interested in that area, so I don’t know much.”

I could barely recall anything.

“There was someone called Popo at our school. She’s known as the Broadcasting Goddess of the Department of Architecture.”

At my words, my brother smirked and nodded.

“I see, she’s famous at your school?”

“There are hardly any guys in the Department of Architecture except for fanboys. Do you know how much she floods the bamboo forest?”

Come to think of it, there were rumors that she hadn’t been broadcasting much lately.

“We actually tried to recruit Popo. She’s pretty and has a good way with words. But she eats loudly and a lot, so she’s quite popular.”

“Uh-huh.”

I remember when she ordered enough pork stir-fry for 20 people during the festival.

I almost suggested getting a fortune-telling session done then.

“But she rejected us because she already belonged to another agency. It’s a bit disappointing. But ultimately, it was her choice.”

“Is she still broadcasting? There were talks about her not broadcasting recently.”

Didn’t anonymous friends on the bamboo forest write posts urging her to come back soon?

Some weirdo even demanded me to send him Popo’s posting history.

“She’s broadcasting. She took a break due to personal reasons as a college student and then made a comeback. She’s doing well these days.”

“I see.”

Just a minor issue after all.

In any case, you have to acknowledge the anonymous friends.

“I haven’t been on there recently.”

With the new semester starting, the bamboo forest would be lively, but I’ve been neglecting it a bit due to my own circumstances.

I trusted Yuarin, but in reality, just saying you trust someone and passing off all the work wasn’t much different.

“I’m sorry.”

Later, after apologizing separately and discussing it, I either have to continue managing it for a while or just graduate from being the manager.

‘While I’m thinking about it, should I check it now?’

Since it seemed like even Little Brother had nothing more to say, I turned on the Dandan Forest.

“….Hmm?”

The latest post stopped on February 1st.

– Anonymous69: Sex!

Ironically, the last post was a sex story written by Seo Yerin, but what’s important is that it’s already mid-February.

I thought something was up, but there was a new notice above it that caught my eye.

– Anonymous59 (Manager1): The administrator abandoned it, so I’m not managing it either. Screw this.

“….”

After that, I froze all the posts, leaving no one able to write anything.

‘Yeah, you’ve been too quiet.’

Come to think of it, considering Yurin’s personality, I couldn’t just leave her alone without managing it.

It was only natural if you thought about it.

Last time, she was Manager 1, and when she asked me to raise her authority, I did, and now she’s causing this mess, Yurin.

Tap.

I immediately unblocked the Dandan Forest and posted a notice.

– Administrator: Our store is back to normal operation.

I thought I’d wait a bit for the alerts to go out, but…

– Anonymous90: Sex!

– Anonymous69: Sex!

As the sex duo appeared simultaneously, the Dandan Forest was back in action.

Seo Yerin, who would probably be fuming by now for being later than Anonymous90, was clearly visible.

– Anonymous209: Hoo! Hoo! I can breathe again!

– Anonymous367: Finally, Dandan Forest! I had so many questions to ask!

– Anonymous178: Damn, Administrator, do you want us to die? We almost suffocated.

– Anonymous93: It’s all good, but don’t close it again. It’s a pain to educate the newbies without it.

↳ Anonymous228: If you tell them to check the organized posts bookmarked in the Dandan Forest, they can see them, but since they can’t, explaining is driving me crazy.

↳ Anonymous398: Newbies were really frustrated. Even if they wanted to ask something, they couldn’t.

↳ Anonymous407: Okay okay

↳ Anonymous84: Wow, now we’re even in the 400s. Just ridiculous.

↳ Anonymous234: The 300s used to be for construction and exclusive use, but it seems that won’t work anymore.

– Anonymous301: Construction and Popo are invincible and divine.

↳ Anonymous302: Construction and Goddess Popo!

↳ Anonymous303: Construction and Goddess Popo!

↳ Anonymous304: My favorite ice cream is also Polar Popsicle!

↳ Anonymous305: I only eat grapes as fruits!

↳ Anonymous11: Look at these idiots getting excited.

– Anonymous11: Administrator, damn you. Tone it down. Take some responsibility.

↳ Anonymous198: The problem is Manager 1. The administrator needs to tie up No. 1, light candles, whip with a riding crop, and torment him.

↳ Anonymous59 (Manager1): You bastard, you’re going too far. I’ll sue you, you son of a bitch.

↳ Anonymous198: I’m sorry. Please forgive me. I won’t do it again. I don’t have the money ㅠㅠ

– Anonymous44: Today’s spooky story. This story happened five years ago at Gahyeondae…

– Anonymous243: Thanks to not being able to use Dandan Forest, I’ve made a lot of friends. I’m really grateful.

↳ Anonymous263: ? Did Ani make friends too?

↳ Anonymous243: Hime-chan, Sakura-chan, Hana-chan, Yuki-chan, Haruka-chan-

↳ Anonymous11: You can only call someone a friend if you can talk to them together, you jerk. Since you’ve never made friends, now you think even the girls inside the monitor are your friends.

↳ Anonymous94: It’s not embarrassing enough to receive the title “Jjang,” but calling them “-chan” and pretending to be cute makes it even more embarrassing.

↳ Anonymous408: 11, you’re too harsh; you can consider them as friends, why curse so much.

↳ Anonymous11: Screw off. Then if you watch porn, does that mean the porn stars are your girlfriends? Do you spend all day watching your girlfriend get screwed? Since you’ll never appear in porn.

↳ Anonymous408: …….

익명7: Hello. This is my first time using Daum Agora. This is a story about someone I know, who has a close relationship with a junior female student. But it seems like she’s surrounded by a lot of guys…

↳ 익명117: Just a flirt?

↳ 익명185: Got it. When you can’t sleep at night because of her, she’s busy rolling around in bed with other guys.

↳ 익명426: Wow, from now on, my dream is to be that junior girl.

↳ 익명64: But if your number is 7 and you’re using Daum Agora for the first time. Are you a professor?

Seeing the flood of posts pouring in, he felt somewhat proud but started blocking excessive or inappropriate content and images.

Buzz!

Then, his phone rang.

It was a call from Yoo Arin.

“Hello.”

– Have you come to your senses? Finally opening the door?

At her sarcastic tone, a sigh escaped involuntarily.

“Well, what if I completely shut down Daum Agora?”

– It can’t be helped. It’s the beginning of the semester, so all sorts of strange posts are coming up, and it’s too busy to handle alone.

“Well, I guess so.”

Since I hadn’t managed Daum Agora at the beginning of the semester, I couldn’t imagine how difficult it would be.

– Are you in the dorm? I don’t see you around the school.

“No, I’m outside. I’m on my way back now.”

– Did you have a break today?

“I just had some business at home, so I went out for a bit.”

– Visited your hometown?

After catching his breath for a moment, Yoo Arin raised her voice.

– Oh my! Woojin! Arin is so so so hungry right now! She wants to eat beef!

“Damn it!”

I almost hung up without realizing it.

– …That’s too much.

Yoo Arin’s voice softened, as if she had been hurt.

But wait, am I not the victim here?

“You disappear.”

– If you visited the youngest son of a conglomerate family, didn’t they slip at least 100,000 won into your pocket? Let’s eat with that.

“Just because of you, my ears feel violated, so disappear.”

– Violated ears? You’re so charming.

“It wasn’t a joke; I thought my phone was going to explode. I thought it was some kind of curse.”

– Do you want it to explode?

I had planned not to contact her for a while, but somehow I found myself chatting with her naturally.

Just as I was about to hang up the phone.

“Woojin, is she a friend?”

The guy next to me was staring at me with sparkling eyes.

“Crazy! The car in front! You have to look ahead when driving, where are you looking!”

“Whoa?! Almost got rear-ended!”

We apologized and opened the window at the man’s shout.