Bamboo Forest Manager

139 – 135. Relationship

I felt like I was going to burst.

Yuarin and I decided to go out first, and Yerin stayed behind to receive the script and listen about the setting and characters.

Yerin came out after a while and decided to take on the role.

“…….”

Even on the way back, Yuarin didn’t say much.

I thought she would have talked a little since she followed Yerin out earlier.

“Hey, let’s go to the convenience store.”

“……Are you done being the master now?”

“The cow is all in, so I’m not the master anymore.”

She’s shameless, so she must be fine.

I thought it was fortunate, so I went to the convenience store.

“I’ll buy it, here.”

She said that, but look at her, she’s just handing me a Hershey’s without even choosing anything. She picks out a Choco Mong and goes to the counter.

“You’re a human being, after all. I can tell by the fact that you’re buying me something.”

“But didn’t the other side actually pay for it? We’re dine and dashing.”

“Still, the gesture is what matters.”

Yuarin doesn’t argue with me and drinks her Choco Mong.

We go outside and wait for the bus, munching on our snacks.

Yuarin, who had been drinking her Choco Mong in silence, suddenly blurted out.

“What if Yerin becomes an actress?”

I thought she wouldn’t ask.

She really asked.

“If I say I don’t care, will you believe me?”

I asked slyly, and Yuarin ignored me by drinking her Choco Mong.

She meant to tell me to answer honestly.

“I’d be a little… no, quite disappointed?”

I answered hesitantly and looked up as if making an excuse.

It was a clear night sky, but for some reason.

Today, unusually, there was not a single star in the valley.

It seemed like she was telling me not to make excuses, so I lowered my head again.

“Disappointed?”

“Yes, disappointed. If you become an actress, I won’t see you much at school.”

“Hmm.”

“Why? What did you talk about with Yerin?”

Now that it was okay to ask, I asked carefully, and Yuarin looked at me with a pout.

“Jerk.”

“……I bought you beef, so am I less of a jerk?”

I tried to make an excuse.

“A nice jerk.”

If I buy her beef, I’m a nice person. But it’s not like any money came out of my wallet today.

“You’re going to be a bad guy.”

“Why are you bringing up my dark history?”

I felt ashamed, but Yuarin’s expression was serious.

“I wish you were a really bad guy. Then Yerin could leave without any regrets.”

“…….”

“That’s why you’re a nice jerk.”

Yuarin looked at me with a relieved expression.

On the other hand, I wondered what she was talking about, but Yarin shook her head.

“I’ve denied it several times that I don’t like you. But now that I’ve admitted it, I’ve regretted it several times that I shouldn’t like you anymore.”

“…….”

“But when I see you still like me. Oh, I guess I really like you.”

Yuarin, who had been smiling, tilted her head slightly towards me.

“Do you want to know what Yerin is thinking right now?”

“……I want to know.”

“Then, here.”

Yuarin pointed to her lips with her finger. I stared at it blankly, then glanced around.

I kissed her carefully.

The kiss was sweet, sticky, and thick.

Yes, it was a kiss like sweet chocolate milk.

When I slowly pulled away, Yarin stared at me blankly, then pursed her lips.

“One more time.”

“Can we do this here?”

“It’ll be even better than this if we do it in the room.”

“That’s not wrong.”

We kiss again.

This time, it was a longer, more intense kiss, and we slowly pulled away when we heard the sound of a bus in the distance.

“It’s a real shame to lend you to someone else.”

Yuarin licked her lips once, smiled broadly, and hugged me tightly.

“It’s all your fault.”

I hugged her back as she blamed me.I didn’t think it was that small, but it felt a little small when I actually held it.

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“How can you be such a good trash… You keep helping others.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about, so explain it to me first.”

Yoo Ah-rin, who was tightly held in my arms, began to unravel the conversation she had just had with Seo Ye-rin.

Only then did I.

I was able to learn about Seo Ye-rin’s concerns.

* * *

The next morning.

The casino was bustling with the filming crew.

Thanks to the permission to use all the interior items except the chips, the assistant director was excited and snorting.

“Wow, this is great. The atmosphere is definitely alive.”

“Yes.”

The staff around him agreed with the assistant director’s words.

The artificially constructed set had a strange atmosphere that could not be captured.

A place where the cheers and tears of countless people coexisted.

A murky weight.

It was exactly the place the assistant director wanted.

“Thanks to that, we don’t have to build a set, so we saved on production costs, and on top of that, you gave us additional production costs.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

Seo Ye-rin was surrounded by a group of actors.

Some of the actors were joking around among themselves, saying that they had been here before.

They were hanging out together because it was easier to act if they got close, but their expressions weren’t so good.

“Were you nervous?”

Actor Cha Seung-ho approached with a smile.

Other boy actors were also worried about Seo Ye-rin, but they had no choice but to step back as soon as Cha Seung-ho appeared.

“No, I’m not.”

“But your expression isn’t good.”

“……I guess it’s because I woke up early.”

It was a lie to anyone who heard it.

Especially to Cha Seung-ho, who works as an actor, it was a lie that could not be hidden.

“Ye-rin, yesterday… Woo-jin? Is it because of him?”

Seo Ye-rin closed her mouth.

She wanted to ask why Kim Woo-jin was mentioned, but she felt like she would only get angry if she did.

However, Cha Seung-ho did not stop.

“Ye-rin, I had a similar experience. I had a girlfriend… … We broke up because of my acting.”

He forms a sense of empathy.

Whether it was effective or not, Seo Ye-rin, who seemed like she was going to explode until just now, became interested in Cha Seung-ho’s experience.

“But I don’t regret it. I met a lot of better people while doing this job, and I felt it.”

“Fe… felt it?”

“Yes, Ye-rin. People who have used luxury goods from the beginning don’t know what luxury is. You can only feel it when you’ve never used it before.”

“…….”

“You’ll know from now on, Ye-rin. As you do this job and meet people in this industry.”

“…….”

“This is what luxury is. That’s what it feels like.”

I wanted to ask what he meant.

I was about to get angry and ask if he was ignoring Woo-jin right now.

“Oh, really!”

People’s eyes turned in that direction because of the commotion at the entrance.

Seo Ye-rin, who had missed the timing to speak, clenched her fists and looked at the entrance.

And there.

“I told you you can’t come in? This is not a business, it’s a filming.”

“I’m not here to gamble, I’m here to see someone.”

Kim Woo-jin was there, blocked by the staff and unable to enter.

“……Woo-jin?”

I felt a strange sense of違和感 in the appearance of Kim Woo-jin, who was wearing a thick tracksuit and slippers.

Because this is Building A.

It was something you would expect to see in Building C, where the dormitory is, but Building A and Building C were a distance that required taking a bus.

Anyway.

Seo Ye-rin ran straight to the entrance.

“He, he’s my friend!”

Seo Ye-rin, who was trying to stop the staff from dragging Kim Woo-jin out. But even though Seo Ye-rin had guaranteed his identity, the atmosphere was not very good.

“Are you an acquaintance of the actor? But you can’t bring anyone here.”

“Oh, that’s….”

The assistant director, who followed Seo Ye-rin as she ran.

His forehead naturally wrinkled as he looked at Kim Woo-jin, who was standing blankly.”Did Yerim bring you here? This is a rental, so only people related to the shoot are allowed in.”

The atmosphere instantly grew heavy as the other actors approached, curious about what was going on.

“I guess Yerim was just excited because it’s her first shoot.”

Cha Seung-ho stepped forward and began to defuse the situation.

“……Am I not supposed to be here?”

Assistant director and actor Cha Seung-ho sighed as they watched Kim Woo-jin scratch his cheek with a bewildered expression.

They had to put up with it for Yerim’s sake, but this was a bit much.

“Student, even so, this is not okay. This is a workplace. Even students who work part-time here know this much.”

“I just wanted to see my friend shoot, but you have to separate work and personal life. Especially since this is a place the director had a hard time borrowing, Woo-jin.”

“……”

“And we talked about this before. I thought you understood.”

Cha Seung-ho pressed on, mentioning what they had said at the barbecue restaurant.

“I’ll, I’ll talk to him! So please stop!”

Assistant director and Cha Seung-ho could no longer say anything as Yerim stepped in between them.

“Woo-jin, what are you doing here!”

“I came to see you.”

Despite his blunt response, Yerim almost smiled involuntarily, but she forced it down.

“L, let’s go outside first. We might hear something else if we stay here.”

Just as they were about to take Kim Woo-jin outside.

“Yerim, come this way.”

Cha Seung-ho, who was heading towards the actors, called out to Yerim.

“We need to go over the script together. Woo-jin can go by himself.”

“Okay, come quickly.”

“We can’t have you getting hurt during the shoot.”

“Ah……”

Yerim hesitated for a moment, but then.

“I’ll, I’ll drop him off first. I’m sorry.”

Even so, she wanted to hear why Kim Woo-jin had come here, so she went outside with him.

Three men in suits walked into the casino entrance.

They looked to be in their middle to late years, and they walked into the casino with a smile on their faces.

The assistant director ran up to them as soon as he saw them.

“Oh my! Director! Hello!”

They were the CEO and executives of Gold One Hotel.

They were the ones who had given permission to shoot in the casino, so the assistant director quickly brought the other actors and staff to greet them.

However, the CEO and executives passed by the assistant director and stood in front of Kim Woo-jin.

“Hello, young master.”

They bowed their heads and greeted him respectfully.

“Oh my, please don’t do that. I don’t like it when people older than me do that.”

Kim Woo-jin waved his hand and quickly made them stand up.

“You look tired. You must have had a hard time because of Jae-woon.”

The people around them sensed that something was unusual from the way he casually called the vice president of Gold One Hotel’s parent company by his first name.

The executives tensed up when Vice President Kim Jae-woon’s name was mentioned.

They had no choice but to be cautious because Vice President Kim Jae-woon had been implicated in embezzlement, starting with Department Head Lee Chan-song.

“Oh dear! No! We are the ones who are truly sorry for missing such a big event!”

“You don’t have to apologize to me. I’m just a nobody.”

Kim Woo-jin’s gaze turned to the assistant director who had followed them, and he smiled slyly.

“What do you think? Is this okay? I asked these directors here because Yerim is shooting here.”

“Ah, ah……”

“Do you not like it?”

The assistant director shrugged his shoulders in confusion, and then he seemed to understand the situation and quickly bowed his head.

“Thank you so much! Thanks to you, we can save on production costs and get support! Thank you so much!”

“Oh, what’s there to be thankful for? You bought me dinner. I’m going now. You’ll only be watching me if I stay.”

Kim Woo-jin walked out of the casino, his slippers making a clicking sound.

As he passed by the actors who were standing behind the assistant director, he nodded slightly and whispered to Cha Seung-ho.

“Our worlds are a bit different.”

“……”

“They are different.”

Kim Woo-jin smiled and walked past Cha Seung-ho.

The assistant director bowed his head to him as he left, and the other staff members also bowed their heads.While Cha Seung-ho and the other actors were bowing their heads, following the flow,

“What are you doing?”

Kim Woo-jin turned his body and stretched out his hand slightly.

“Aren’t you going to see me off?”

He called out to Seo Ye-rin, who was standing there blankly.

* * *

The wind is cold.

“Oh, man. It’s freezing cold at dawn.”

I came in sweatpants and slippers, thinking that I would be fine, but I feel like I was wrong.

I just want to be warm.

“Woo-jin.”

As I rubbed my body with both hands, feeling cold, Seo Ye-rin, who had followed me, called out to me with blank eyes.

It seemed like I needed to explain.

“That, do you know that I’m the son of the chairman of Gold One’s parent company?”

“How did you know that?”

I thought she knew because Choi Yi-seo and Yoo Ah-rin had talked about it in relation to Oh Yoon-ji.

It seems like they had conveniently left that part out.

They’re smart.

“You don’t have to know. It’s not important. Actually, I was just bluffing this time.”

“This is a bluff?”

“It’s a bluff. I found a weakness here this time. So Gold One had to watch out for us, so I put in a little effort.”

“……Is that why you lent them the casino?”

“That and a little bit of production support? Well, that’s not important.”

Oh, it’s freezing cold.

I started to speak faster without realizing it.

“You were scared.”

“……!”

I mentioned Seo Ye-rin’s true feelings that I had heard from Yoo Ah-rin.

“You were scared that I would forget you.”

When I said it again, Seo Ye-rin nodded her head slightly.

“Yeah.”

“Isn’t it usually the other way around? Shouldn’t I be the one who’s scared?

Isn’t that right?

Originally, when you become an actor, you play in the big leagues, so the relationships you had when you were an ordinary person become a little weaker, don’t they?

“Then don’t go on a date with Ah-rin!”

Seo Ye-rin’s eyes, which had been shouting, became slightly moist.

“Oh, why are you crying? If you cry in this weather, your tears will freeze.”

I went closer and wiped away her tears, and she accepted it without saying anything.

“I was upset too.”

As I wiped away her tears, I also revealed my honest feelings.

“Yeah, I thought we were going to drift apart. Even though I’m the chairman’s son, I don’t really have anything.”

“……”

“But you said you felt the same way I did. It’s kind of funny…… and I wanted to tell you not to worry.”

Seo Ye-rin’s sobbing figure seemed a little cute, so I smiled without realizing it.

“When I become an actor, I’ll be by your side as Kim Woo-jin, the chairman’s son.”

“……”

“Even if I’m not. I’ll be by your side as Kim Woo-jin, the student.”

“……”

If that’s not the case.

“As Anonymous69 and Admin, we’ll continue to be connected.”

“Ah……”

“So don’t worry.”

Seo Ye-rin stared at me with her mouth open.

To her, I kept talking nonsense to hide my shame and embarrassment.

“That, you know? It’s like a kid who’s always messing around with other kids saying something like this? I know I’m trash. But you said that even if you knew my true feelings last time, you wouldn’t hate me……”

So.

“R, right now, this is my true feeling. Yeah, I’m not going to let you go no matter what.”

My lips were sealed.

I barely managed to withstand the weight of Seo Ye-rin, who had rushed at me, and didn’t fall over, but the kiss continued.

“Ouch, ouch?! Stop it!”

I tried to push her away to calm her down, but she was surprisingly strong.

Her lips were cold and hard, perhaps because of the cold, but because of that, the warmth of her tongue and breath felt much warmer.

“Hey, wait a minute!”

I finally managed to pull away, but Seo Ye-rin was already like a switch had been flipped and didn’t stop.

She headbutted me with her head and sat me down on the bench behind me.

I was surprised for a moment when I realized how far I had been pushed.

Seo Ye-rin’s kiss once again violently violated me.

Ha-up.

Churup.

Ha-ap.As our ragged breaths and saliva mingled, my hand found its way to Seoyerin’s breast, while hers found its way to my lower body.

“Seoyerin, where are you…”

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Just then, Cha Seungho, who had come looking for Seoyerin when she didn’t return, appeared.

He hurriedly pushed Seoyerin’s head to the side and answered.

“Sh-she’ll be out soon- huff!”

Even though she knew Cha Seungho was behind her.

No, because she knew.

Seoyerin kissed me even more passionately. My waist arched back, and I was completely lying on top of her.

Cha Seungho stared blankly at us for a moment before turning around and going back inside as if he hadn’t seen anything.

“G-go away! I’ll be right out!”

I tried to push her away, but she bit her lip and wouldn’t let go, making my speech slurred.

Seoyerin tilted her head and asked, “Are you done already?”

“…No, not that. Cha Seungho is gone.”

“Oh, that.”

Seoyerin caressed my lower body with her hand, looking disappointed.

I quickly covered her mouth with my hand when she tried to kiss me again.

“He’s looking for you! Go quickly!”

“…I don’t want to go.”

“Don’t be ridiculous. You said you would.”

“I want to be with you. I’ll make your little friend stand up again.”

“…I’m just cold.”

“hehehehe.”

Seoyerin seemed to be in a good mood as she bit my earlobe gently and whispered, “I’m going to eat you up when we’re done, so get washed and ready.”

“…Where do you even learn such vulgar language?”

“I saw it in the porn the manager recommended!”

“EBS-123?”

“aaah! I don’t want to go! I want to have s*x!”

“Go now.”

“I want to have s*x! I want Woojin to suck and lick me!”

“Get out!”

Seoyerin laughed playfully and kissed me on the cheek before skipping back inside.