Bamboo Forest Manager

147 – 142. Moving Preparations

Seo Yerim sat down next to me with a smile.

It was so natural, as if she wasn’t entering the dormitory, that I was embarrassed without realizing it, and the others began to murmur.

“Huh? What do you like?”

“Hey, this is a seat only for people entering the dormitory here.”

I wanted to prevent the other kids from expecting Seo Yerim to enter the dormitory just because she was with me.

“Oh, right.”

Look at her pretending to be surprised even though she already knows everything.

“Then let’s go drink somewhere else.”

Seo Yerim stood up and tried to take me away.

“No, no! Eat here. It’s okay. I’m not a dormitory student either, I’m just drinking with you.”

Lee Eun-woo hurriedly grabbed Seo Yerim. It seemed that the others didn’t want Seo Yerim to leave either.

‘This is how it feels.’

I heard that if you’re pretty or handsome, you won’t have to pay for drinks when you go to college, and it was true.

“Thank you.”

Seo Yerim sat back down with a smile. She sat down next to me and took the glass I was drinking from.

“Woojin, stop drinking now.”

“Why?”

“If you drink too much, it’ll be hard for me to get you back.”

“I’m not drinking enough to get drunk.”

“How many glasses have you had so far?”

“Um, about a bottle?”

“That’s plenty.”

“You know I don’t get drunk easily on beer or soju.”

“But you keep drinking, so you end up getting drunk.”

As we held our glasses and bickered, I felt eyes on us.

I glanced to the side and was a little embarrassed to see the others staring at us.

‘Anyway, if I go around with Seo Yerim.’

That’s the problem.

Her looks are so good that even movie stars would come looking for her and want to scout her.

Her looks would shine even among actors, so it was impossible for people not to look at her when she was among ordinary people.

Some of the men were already swallowing their saliva and showing their desire.

“Don’t you have a mask or something? Go get one.”

I told Seo Yerim to cover her face a little, but she confidently brushed her hair back with her hand.

“I came here all pretty.”

“You’re saying you’re pretty with your own mouth.”

“So you’re not pretty?”

“……Why did you come like that?”

“Answer me. Are you pretty?”

Is this kid really clueless?

Everyone around is looking at her.

“Ha, you’re pretty. What good is it if you’re not pretty.”

“Ooh, I’m glad I’m pretty. Thank you, Mom and Dad.”

Oh my god, she’s driving me crazy.

“Originally, there are a lot of accidents in college dormitories. Like cheating, and being promiscuous.”

“……”

“So I came to let you know in advance. This guy already has a girlfriend, so don’t touch him.”

Seo Yerim smiled as she poked my cheek with her finger.

Her cheeky yet innocent smile went well together.

“If you stay here any longer, Woojin, you’ll have four legs.”

She whispered softly and pinched my cheek this time.

I didn’t realize it, but I was so nervous that my back was stiff and I was tense.

It felt a little funny to bring up the dormitory’s promiscuity or incidents to me now.

“And you can tell that you’re not feeling well these days, so you’re not hanging out with people and you’re doing a cosplay of an asshole.”

“Hey.”

“Did I come here to cheer you up? How about it? Do you feel superior?”“…….”

I don’t feel superior, but I felt uncomfortable that I was consuming Seo Yerim lightly because of my slight superiority.

“Don’t do it again from now on. Got it?”

As if she had read my mind, she smiled brightly and nodded, then rubbed her face on my shoulder.

I had been ignoring the gazes of others for a long time.

‘Okay, I don’t know.’

Since Seo Yerim took my glass, I’m just eating meat.

“Oh, hello, senior! I’m Kim Chul-soo, a freshman in the English Literature Department!”

“I’m Choi Young-hee, a freshman!”

Chul-soo and Young-hee?

The others behind them also bowed their heads and greeted me.

When I was alone earlier, they didn’t even bother me, but look at them greeting me as soon as Seo Yerim came.

‘Maybe they didn’t know I was in the English Literature Department.’

I’m not living my college life very quietly.

“Hello, guys. I’m Seo Yerim, a sophomore. This is Kim Woo-jin, a sophomore.”

“Yes, seniors. Can we have a drink?”

Chul-soo immediately handed me the bottle.

“No, she can’t drink anymore. She’ll get drunk.”

“Hey, I won’t get drunk?”

“No, Woo-jin isn’t drunk. You guys don’t have to worry about us.”

The guy who teased me by pinching my cheek again. His tone and expression were kind to the freshmen, but I could tell that he just didn’t want to deal with them.

The freshmen went back to their table.

“Didn’t they greet you?”

I nodded as I put the meat in my mouth, wondering.

“What greeting? They probably didn’t know I was in the English Literature Department?”

“Huh? They must know.”

What is he talking about?

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“They might not know. Is there anyone who lives their college life as quietly as I do?”

“…….”

I’m drinking cider because I’m controlling my alcohol intake, but Seo Yerim is staring at me with an incredulous expression.

“Why?”

“Where is there a kid who lives their college life as loudly as you, Woo-jin?”

“What are you talking about?”

What’s so loud about me?

“Don’t you remember the karaoke? When you fought with Han-kang senior? That’s why you got sniped in the bamboo forest.”

“…….”

“And at the Gopchang restaurant, you yelled at the third-year seniors and said something. You got sniped in the bamboo forest then too. You’ve been sniped twice.”

But wasn’t Seo Yerim not there then?

I told Chan-woo to tell her to take me there and then went to find her.

“The freshmen must have already heard the rumors. The senior you shouldn’t get close to! Kim Woo-jin!”

“…….”

“And you’re saying you’re living your college life quietly. That’s really incredible. Is this the mind of a rich person?”

“Hey, I’m not rich. I have to get a part-time job now.”

“What kind of part-time job?”

“I don’t know. But since I did well at Gold One, I might go that way.”

“Doing well? Working at a club?”

Seo Yerim burst into laughter as I grabbed her cheeks and stretched them out.

“Ouch! I’m kidding! I’m kidding! It hurts!”

“You’re crazy. Why do you cross the line like this?”

“You cross it too!”

I let go of her cheeks with a sigh, and Seo Yerim drank the alcohol she had taken from me and let out a sticky breath.

“But Woo-jin.”

“What again?”

Seo Yerim leaned on my shoulder and whispered softly so that only I could hear.

“You know, you were really cool then?”

“When?””When you helped me.”

“I’ve helped you so many times.”

“Oh, right. That’s true.”

It was a joke, but she took it seriously.

Seo Ye-rin crossed her arms playfully.

Her voluptuous chest softly pressed against her arms.

“Like at the karaoke, and at the tripe restaurant. And this time at the casino. You kept saving me.”

“……”

Maybe she was getting a little emotional.

To be honest, I was a little excited at the time and just went for it, but I often thought about it and felt a little embarrassed.

But not to Seo Ye-rin-.

“I get excited when I think about it.”

“……What? Wasn’t it a good atmosphere to reminisce about memories?”

“It’s like it’s wet. Touch it.”

“This is a store. There are other people here.”

In fact, there were quite a few people who kept glancing at Seo Ye-rin. But I had already given up on caring about that.

“Isn’t that exciting?”

“Do you want to ruin your college life?”

“You’ve already ruined it.”

“……”

It hurts a little when you hit me with facts.

I thought it would be a little awkward if the conversation continued like this, so I looked away.

My eyes met Eun-woo’s, who had been looking at us with envious eyes from the next seat.

‘Come to think of it.’

Eun-woo and Seo Ye-rin have a relationship of their own, don’t they?

As Anonymous69 and Anonymous90.

Should I tell her?

Eun-woo still doesn’t know Seo Ye-rin’s identity, and Seo Ye-rin doesn’t know that Eun-woo is Anonymous90.

I thought about it for a moment, but then I decided not to.

There was a reason why they were anonymous.

And if I told Seo Ye-rin.

‘……She’d tell me to go to bed right away.’

Because she’s a s*x fiend who has a rivalry with Anonymous90.

“But how does having three girls together ruin your college life?”

At Seo Ye-rin’s voice, which whispered like a murmur from the side, I put a dumpling in her mouth.

* * *

“……”

Min Joo-hee, her hands deep in her dragon jumper, stared at the ground and exhaled cigarette smoke.

She was in the smoking booth in front of the barbecue restaurant where the dormitory party was being held.

The fact that she had been there for a long time without going in meant that Min Joo-hee was in a lot of trouble.

‘Phew, I really have to go in now.’

Min Joo-hee didn’t really like things like dormitory gatherings, but there was only one reason she had come here.

She wanted to talk to Kim Woo-jin.

Since he would have been drinking and would be drunk, it would be easier to hear his heart.

That’s what I thought when I came here.

But.

No matter how much I tried to make up my mind, I couldn’t go inside. I was just smoking a cigarette in front of the barbecue restaurant because I was nervous.

Then.

The restaurant door opened and two people came out.

“Ah.”

Kim Woo-jin and Seo Ye-rin.

The party wasn’t over yet, but the two of them seemed to be getting up and leaving first.

“What are you going to do if you get drunk?”

“I’m not drunk!”

Kim Woo-jin supported Seo Ye-rin, who was staggering as if she was drunk.

Min Joo-hee stared blankly at the two of them.

“Woo-jin, are you going to your house?”

“I’ll take you home.”

“Why? I want to sleep at your house!”

“No.”

“Then you can sleep at my house.”

“Oh, right. I can’t take you to the front of your house. It would be weird if my mother saw me.””Wow, that really sobers you up, Woojin.”

The two of them continued their friendly conversation as they walked away.

Minjuhee, who had been hiding in the smoking booth and watching their backs in a daze, put out her cigarette.

“……”

She decided to go back with her shoulders slumped for no reason.

* * *

Dormitory move-in day.

I was moving all my belongings out of the room I had been living in for a year.

There wasn’t enough to call a moving company, and thanks to my brother Daesang, who said he would move it in his car, all I had to do was move it into the room.

This time, I heard that there were a few people who had their own rooms because there were some empty rooms in the dormitory, and I was one of them.

‘This is great.’

On the first floor of the dormitory, there were people moving in and out just like me.

There were so many people that it was a bit crowded, and I was wondering if I should start a little later.

Knock, knock.

“Hmm?”

I turned my head when someone poked me in the back, and there was Choi Yiseo wearing a navy blue jersey.

“Choi Yiseo?”

I wondered why she was here since school hadn’t started yet, but Choi Yiseo smiled and said,

“I’ll help you move in.”