episode_0216

After hearing Seungheon’s answer, Choi Woojin turned his gaze to Jin Yeseo with an unpleasant smile on his face.

“It’s 3:1.”

“Sigh… ”

Jin Ye-seo sighed, but eventually nodded. It seemed that her pride would be hurt if she backed down alone.

“Anyway, men are… ”

“Come to think of it, the members who got scolded by the professor at Cheongong Basin are the same ones… ?”

Seungheon said, scratching his cheek. Come to think of it, there was a similar situation when I first entered school.

Eventually, we decided to seek out Professor Shin Jae-yu, and soon we began discussing our future course of action.

“It would be better if two people went together. It would probably be okay, but there is always a chance.”

Somehow, all three of their gazes naturally turned towards me.

“I think we should split into two groups and search the academy grounds in half. If we find the professor, we can contact him by crow. If nothing happens, we can come back here and meet again.”

“That’s a very good idea. Let’s do that.”

“No objection.”

“Me too.”

When Choi Woo-jin nodded, the other two also agreed.

“Then how should we divide the group?”

“Is there something grand to share? Just with the person next to you… ”

Choi Woo-jin, who was responding to Seung-heon’s words indifferently, remembered something and added urgently.

“Oh right, I hate Jinyeseo so much I’ll die. Just take that into consideration.”

“Huh?”

Jin Ye-seo, who heard his words, snorted as if she didn’t find them funny.

“Who would say that… I don’t want to die with you either. I’d rather go alone… ”

“Okay, you two can just go separately, right? Right?”

It seemed like a tiresome argument was about to begin, so I hastily intervened.

“Then I and Choi Woojin… ”

And I was just about to spit out anyone’s name.

Jin Ye-seo, who was standing behind me, glared at me desperately for some reason. Why are you doing that all of a sudden?

“… ”

In a split second, a thousand thoughts crossed my mind. Eventually, I hastily changed what I was saying.

“… No, I’ll just go with Jinyeseo. Is that okay?”

“Wow… This is… ”

Jin Ye-seo is seen secretly sighing in relief after hearing the answer.

Choi Woo-jin looks at us one after another with a surprised expression on his face.

“Is there a reason why you decided to do that?”

From the perspective of a third party who doesn’t know the circumstances, it’s a natural question.

“… What’s the reason? I just thought it would be more balanced to do it that way.”

Jin Ye-seo, who had been sending me an earnest gaze as I made a suitable excuse, sighed again.

“Yes.”

Choi Woo-jin nodded as if he understood the answer. Even so, he had a smile on his face.

“It’s only natural that the first place should cover the last place. Isn’t that right, Seungheon?”

“Haha… ”

“This kid… ”

While Seung-heon was letting out an awkward laugh, Jin Ye-seo barged in with a venomous look in her eyes.

“Hey. Aren’t you going to speak properly? Who is in last place? ”

“Did I say something wrong? We’re in last place.”

Choi Woo-jin responds with a calm shrug.

“This guy is 1st, I’m 2nd, Seungheon is 4th. You… were maybe 9th?”

Then he continued to provoke me by pointing his finger at me.

“Even that fell out of the top 10 and barely made it. Man, if it were me, I’d be so embarrassed that I’d drop out… Huh? ”

Choi Woo-jin, who had been chatting excitedly, narrowed his eyebrows slightly as if he had remembered something.

“But you… why are you being so gentle with this guy today?”

“What, what? What the hell is that… ”

“No, that’s right.”

Jin Ye-seo was so flustered that she even bit her tongue and stopped talking. Choi Woo-jin was absorbed in the mystery as if he were a detective.

“Before, it seemed like he would growl as if he would kill you even if he saw your shadow.”

“Who, who growled… ”

“Hmm… After getting hit like that, are you finally getting the hang of it? ”

“Who is the one who got hit by the wife… ”

And soon a bitter smile spread across his lips.

“Or maybe not… ”

“This, is this crazy!! Who likes who!!!”

A loud voice echoed through the hallway. Jin Ye-seo was suddenly blushing and was emitting steam.

“This ugly, unhealthy, womanizing philanderer!!! Me!!! Why!!!”

“Uh… ”

Then, silence fell all around for a moment. Jin Ye-seo, who had been speaking passionately, also sensed the atmosphere belatedly and stopped talking, but it was already too late.

“Phew… ”

And once again, the silence was broken by Choi Woo-jin’s joyful laughter.

“Puhh… Puhhahahaha… ”

He was so excited that he laughed so hard that his stomach was full.

“I was just saying that. You must really hate it, huh? The person in question is standing right next to you and you’re saying that out loud… Hehehe… ”

“Yeseoya… ”

Next to Choi Woojin, who was sobbing, Seungheon put his hand on his forehead as if he was embarrassed. In fact, I was embarrassed as well.

The surprise accusation was quite specific. Surely you weren’t thinking about something like that… right?

“Phew… I’m sorry. Let me admit my slip of the tongue this time.”

Choi Woo-jin apologizes without any sense of apology, contrary to his words. Then he gestures to Seung-heon and turns around immediately.

“What… Let’s just figure out what’s going on between the two of you. Then, shall we go find the professor?”

“I wonder if it’s okay… I guess I should hang out with Yeseo… ”

“If you get caught by Moon Yeo-ul, you’ll be broken off immediately. Don’t you know about her and Jin Ye-seo? Stop caring… ”

Despite Seung-heon’s worries, Choi Woo-jin waves his hand. The person who started the situation was annoyingly absent from sight without even trying to sort it out.

Judging from Choi Woo-jin’s attitude, it seems like even the person who brought it up isn’t taking this situation very seriously. It goes without saying that other people are…

-Come to think of it, the members who got scolded by the professor at Cheonkong Basin are the same…?

What Seungheon said earlier comes to mind again. I hope these worries turn out to be unfounded.

Of course, rather than something happening, it’s much better for it to end with a scolding or punishment like that.

That’s that…

“… ”

I turned to someone who had suddenly become quiet.

Then I see the blonde schoolgirl with her face still red and her head down without looking at me.

“… Shall we go too?”

***

Jin Ye-seo walked silently, walking slowly. Choi Woo-jin kept talking nonsense, and the awkward atmosphere just lingered.

“… Hey.”

It was only after a long time that she opened her mouth again.

“Why?”

“That… Sorry. Choi Woojin, that little monkey kept talking… and without me knowing… ”

Jin Ye-seo hesitated and offered a belated apology.

“Are you hurt by any chance…?”

“Okay. Something like that.”

I just shrugged my shoulders. Of course, it wasn’t enough to hurt me. Compared to what I’d heard while lying in bed before, this was nothing.

“Actually, that’s not wrong. I’m just a bit inconsiderate… ”

“What, phew… ”

Then Jin Ye-seo laughs bashfully. I didn’t think I had any talent for jokes, but it seems like that wasn’t the case at all.

“Well, that’s why you don’t just hit a girl’s stomach like that, right? ”

Jin Ye-seo threw out a joke, her eyes furrowed as if the awkwardness had completely melted away.

“… That’s because you did something right.”

“How can you leave a bruise like this?”

Jin Ye-seo pointed to the area below her belly button with her finger.

“This won’t be erased. I won’t be able to get married anymore. You’ll take responsibility for this, right? Okay?”

“That… ”

“Huh? Aren’t you going to answer?”

Jin Ye-seo, who had been teasing me with a snicker, waved her hand as if satisfied.

“Still, don’t worry, your face and body aren’t so bad that you can’t see them. Do you know how high your standards are, unnie? I don’t say that to just anyone, right?”

“What is it, Sister… and how do you know that?”

“You’re always practicing boxing and touching your own body.”

Jin Ye-seo answered calmly.

“Probably no one has touched your body more than me?”

“I don’t think that’s wrong… ”

We chatted for a while about nothing and then changed the subject.

“But I think it would take too much time to just search around here and there.”

“I guess I should just go around and ask. If they’ve met Professor Shin Jae-yu. Wouldn’t that be the fastest way?”

Jin Ye-seo answered as if it was no big deal.

“Oh my, what is this useless suffering? If I keep doing this and meet the professor, what am I going to explain to him… ”

“… Just in case. Okay. Let’s do as you say. ”

We turned toward the west of the main building.

“But what if someone thinks we’re weird? Like Choi Woo-jin just now.”

“Is there anything difficult to think about? Just say that you couldn’t help it because it was the professor’s order. ”

Jin Ye-seo had an indifferent expression on her face, as if nothing had happened.

“Or should I make a bombshell announcement? In fact, we were secretly dating.”

“Then I think we’re in real trouble…”

“That’s not wrong. What? Have you forgotten? My secret fiance is actually you.”

Jin Ye-seo, who had been giggling, shook her fingers. On the fourth finger of her left hand, an engagement ring with a sparkling jewel was shining.

“You can’t wear jewelry inside the cradle, right?”

“It’s okay as long as you don’t run into professors or students from the leadership team. And you have to show off like this whenever you have a chance. That way, annoying people won’t come after you.”

Jin Ye-seo snorted as if she felt relieved.

“You don’t know how much more comfortable it has become these days.”

Then he glances at me and mutters in a subtle tone.

“I prepared some for you too, just in case… ”

“You know. I… ”

“Oh my, I know. If I get caught by Yeonmin-ha, I’ll be in big trouble.”

Unlike me, who looked troubled, Jin Ye-seo was not shy. Was she the type of person to make jokes that crossed the line like this?

Well, he was originally a very blunt person.

Come to think of it, it seems that the conflict between Jinyeseo and that girl that day wasn’t particularly known to others.

Since that day, there hasn’t been any news from Jinyeseo’s church friends.

It’s a bit surprising. The atmosphere that day seemed closer to a situation where a traitor or a traitor was being executed.

But I guess there is such a thing as old friendship.

Old times…

“… What are you looking at?”

Suddenly hearing Jin Ye-seo’s question, I came to my senses and shook my head.

“… No.”