Bamboo Forest Manager

172 – 167. Summary

“Wow, you rented the whole pension here? That’s awesome.”

A two-story white pension in Gangwon-do.

There’s a stream nearby, a separate barbecue area, and they even raise a dog.

The pension exudes a peaceful and secluded countryside atmosphere that makes you feel at ease just by looking at it…

“Who are you talking to?”

Ahn Hyun-ho approached with a sly smile.

I wanted to ask him what was so funny, but I knew it would only make me feel worse, so I just kept my mouth shut.

Because I know why he’s in a good mood.

“Talking to myself.”

“Kim Woo-jin is just a loser. Oh, he’s so annoying. He’s like pure sesame oil.”

“Seriously, you’re so annoying. Can you just leave?”

“I don’t have anything to do because I’m a sophomore. The professors are in charge of the juniors, and the freshmen do the chores.”

Why am I in such a strange position?

“So what? You have a lot of friends. Go to them.”

“I do have a lot of friends, unlike you. But I want to be with you today? I have something I want to ask you.”

“What.”

Ahn Hyun-ho put on a deliberately serious expression.

He looked around and whispered softly.

“Hey, do you remember when we all drank together last time?”

“How would I know if you just say that? Tell me in detail.”

“When Han-kang hyung and Jin-ho hyung came. We were supposed to meet Gyu-ah, but you all came and we ended up drinking together.”

“Oh, when I drank with the idiots?”

“Idiots…”

I remember it clearly because I ran away in less than 30 minutes.

I can still remember the hateful looks the freshmen gave me.

“You went out then, and Gyu-ah went out with you, but you didn’t come back… What did you do?”

Ah.

That’s right.

I had forgotten that Hyun-ho was now trying to date Gyu-ah, a freshman.

They seemed to be getting along pretty well.

“Choi Yi-seo has given up now, right?”

Ahn Hyun-ho frowned when I asked him, just in case.

“I asked Yi-seo to have dinner with me secretly, but now she’s even blocked me.”

“……”

“I used to be blocked only from her number… Now, if I want to talk to Yi-seo about anything related to English, I have to go through other people.”

“I shouldn’t have asked. It just hurts my heart.”

I felt sorry for my aching heart, but Ahn Hyun-ho shook his head.

“It’s okay, what’s the big deal about being dumped once. I’ve found a new love now.”

Is it Gyu-ah?

This is either yes or no.

Gyu-ah, who had Choi Yi-seo in her heart and is now dating several men.

“Nothing happened. Gyu-ah doesn’t like me, and I don’t like Gyu-ah.”

“Really? I thought you couldn’t stand it because I saw you flirting with Joo-hee sunbae.”

“Watch your mouth. If sunbae hears you, you’re dead.”

“……”

Ahn Hyun-ho kept his mouth shut and looked around.

Fortunately, Joo-hee sunbae was talking with the professors.

Compared to when she dropped the bomb in the mafia game earlier, she seemed rather calm.

She was acting as if nothing had happened.

“Hyun-ho, I don’t like you very much, but this time is different.”

“What’s different?”

“I hate Gyu-ah more than you. So I’m telling you, don’t bother with her. Just find another girl.”

“……”

“I’m serious, Hyun-ho. If you have any friendship for me, listen to me.”

“Gyu-ah! Isn’t that heavy? I’ll help you!”

Ahn Hyun-ho ran over like a watchdog when he saw Gyu-ah moving the alcohol to the trunk.

“Oh, oppa! It’s okay.”

“Your arms are so thin. You’ll break them if you carry something like this.”

“Hey, I’m strong. Look at this.”Kyu-ah, who was trying to show off her cleavage.

While doing so, she naturally handed the alcohol to Hyun-ho, who was a master at it.

‘Yes, this punk.’

I’ll never go out with her even if she calls me later crying and asking me to drink with her.

Thud.

At that moment, someone passed by after hitting my shoulder.

It was Yu-ah-rin.

“…….”

I blankly stared at Yu-ah-rin, who had hit my shoulder and walked away, and she turned her head slightly and snapped at me.

“What are you looking at?”

“No, I’m not.”

“Whew.”

She grumbled and walked away.

I shouldn’t mess with her now.

Anyway, what Joo-hee sunbae said was that I had rejected her confession.

She told me to pretend it never happened, so nothing really happened between us.

Not only Yu-ah-rin, but the other two would understand that as well.

‘However, it will take some time for them to accept it emotionally.’

The head may understand, but the heart does not.

If a man who was in a love triangle with three people received a confession from another woman, it would be bad for his mental health.

They know I rejected her even if I don’t explain it.

I thought it would be right to let them sort out their thoughts for now.

‘Choi Yi-seo…….’

She was talking with the professors, sandwiched between the third-year seniors.

When I looked at her appearance, it didn’t feel any different from usual.

‘That’s what’s scarier.’

Next is Seo Ye-rin.

Seo Ye-rin was helping to move luggage with the first and second-year students.

She wasn’t showing me her appearance, but she was kindly treating people with a pure and innocent smile.

‘I should unpack my luggage first.’

So, I went to the second and third-year boys’ room to unpack my luggage.

‘Haah.’

What’s the difference between me and Kyu-ah?

At that thought, a sense of inferiority began to creep in.

* * *

“What’s this schedule?”

I checked the MT schedule that popped up on my phone while lying on the bed in my room.

There was a simple soccer tournament before dinner, and it was obvious that the professors had put it in because they liked it.

People were already gathering at the soccer field in front of the pension.

‘Ah, I don’t know.’

I just decided to turn over the blanket and pretend to be asleep.

If I go now, I’ll just have to listen to people gossiping while receiving their stares.

Joo-hee sunbae’s bombshell in the mafia game must have spread like wildfire.

“Woo-jin, aren’t you going?”

Shin Ho-chang, a third-year senior, called me before going outside.

“Yes, my body hurts.”

I just glossed over it and pretended to be sick. Shin Ho-chang must have noticed, but he left me alone out of consideration.

‘Ha, I shouldn’t have come to MT if I was going to do this.’

I could have done MT in the dormitory if I was just going to lie on the bed and look at my phone.

Seo Ye-rin, who had asked me to play with her, had also given me a creepy look earlier.

In the end, I was left alone.

Creak.

I heard the sound of the front door opening.

I quickly covered my phone and closed my eyes, pretending to be asleep.

Maybe they came to get me.

I thought to myself to tell them to go away while keeping my eyes closed.

Swoosh.

The bed shook, and I felt a weight on my stomach.

‘Is it Seo Ye-rin?’

There’s no way a man would have gotten on top of me.

I thought it must be Seo Ye-rin, who had the guts to come into the men’s dormitory and join me in bed, so I opened my eyes.

“What are you?”

Rather than being unexpected, it was an unpleasant woman who was on top of me.

“Why are you pretending to sleep?”Kim Gyu-ah, a freshman, was holding my waist tightly with her thighs.

If Ahn Hyun-ho saw this, he would get really angry again.

We wouldn’t be on the same terms as we are now.

When it was Choi Yi-seo, we were rivals, but this time, we were friends.

“Get off, before you hit your head on the corner of the bed this time.”

When I warned her seriously, Kim Gyu-ah snickered.

“You know the atmosphere is hot right now because of you, senior? The freshmen are having a good time because of the crazy senior, and the sophomores are watching the other seniors.”

“Get off.”

“Thanks to you, the MT is so much fun. I can’t even imagine what kind of trouble will happen when we drink.”

I pushed her away with force, annoyed.

Kim Gyu-ah fell under the bed.

However, this time, she landed gracefully, as if she had expected it.

“I learned how to fall from YouTube because of you, senior.”

“……You learned something useful.”

I didn’t think it was possible to fall so cleanly after watching that.

What a brat.

I wanted to learn it too, but the conversation continued for now.

“That’s why I was curious. In a way, we’re the same, aren’t we?”

I wanted to deny it, but I couldn’t find the words.

I couldn’t deny it, so I just sighed.

“How can you share it so easily? When I look at seniors like Ye-rin and Yi-seo, they all know they’re competing with each other, but the atmosphere is good.”

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“You came to me to ask me that?”

I really wanted to punch her.

“Why? I’m curious. I’m telling you, I always hid the fact that I was dating three guys.”

“Don’t be curious about useless things. And I don’t know either, you little brat.”

I threw a pillow at her in annoyance, and she fell over as her body was pushed back.

“Oh, really. I put on makeup!”

Her grumbling voice still sounded like a high school student.

‘What’s so good about this kid….’

I wondered if Ahn Hyun-ho would ever have a normal relationship.

“I was trying to learn from you, senior. How to fish.”

“If you weren’t a girl, you would have been hit by me for real.”

“I think you would hit a girl too, senior?”

“How did you know? Be careful because you’re crossing the line now. You might get hit for real-.”

Thump, thump, thump!

At that moment, heavy footsteps came from inside.

I guess Gyu-ah didn’t close the door when she came in, so I didn’t know who was coming in.

Bang!

“Se, senior?”

It was Joo-hee who came into the room.

She looked around the room and walked up to Gyu-ah next to me.

Bam!

She grabbed Gyu-ah’s chin with one hand and slammed her against the wall.

“Are you talking too much, junior?”

“Ah, uh, ouch!”

Joo-hee glared at Gyu-ah with cold eyes.

Gyu-ah was either too scared or too angry to speak.

She couldn’t even make a proper protest or excuse, and just shivered.

“Se, senior! You’re going to hurt her!”

I said urgently because Gyu-ah looked like she was going to cry, and only then did Joo-hee let go of her hand slowly, catching her breath.

“Ugh! You, it hurts so much!”

Gyu-ah held her chin and started to cry.

But the moment her eyes met Joo-hee’s, she stopped crying and knelt down.

“I’m, I’m sorry! I was too much!”

As expected.

There’s something closer than the law.

“Uh, you were too much. If you do that to Woo-jin again, you’re really dead.”

It was really scary when a gangster’s sister said that.

I stepped between Gyu-ah and Joo-hee, who were trembling.

I turned my back to Gyu-ah and blocked her from Joo-hee’s view, and said,

“Se, senior. But what’s going on here?”Although she had awkwardly changed the subject, it seemed like Sunbae didn’t want to spend more time with Gyu-ah either.

She scratched her cheek and sighed.

“To help you.”

“What?”

“It’s become an awkward atmosphere because of me. So I want to help you cheer the kids up a bit.”

Sunbae added.

“You said it yourself. You were going to sort out your complicated relationships.”

“……”

I kept my mouth shut for a moment.

Sunbae Ju-hee’s clear eyes demanded an answer from me.

After a while.

“Yes, that’s right.”

I nodded and answered firmly.

“I think it would be good to sort it out for sure during this MT.”

Gyu-ah told me.

Everyone who attended the MT was gossiping about this incident.

That meant that not only my name, but the names of the other three people were also being mentioned.

Of course, it was clear that it wasn’t anything good.

“I should make it clear.”

If not.

It seemed like it would hurt the three of them even more.

“Okay.”

Sunbae Ju-hee nodded with a grin.

“I’ll help you too!”

Gyu-ah interjected, apologizing for what had just happened.