Chapter 179: Surrender?
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 179: Surrender?
“Why did you run away?”
Seo Ye-rin’s gaze was icy as she caught me.
Her usually gentle and kind appearance was nowhere to be found; without even a hint of a smile, she looked utterly cold.
Suddenly, the plot of the webtoon I had seen earlier flashed through my mind.
The ending where the heroine stabs the protagonist with a knife.
My eyes naturally drifted toward the small handbag hanging from her shoulder.
Is she going to pull something out of there and stab me?
That sudden worry gripped me, but—
“Kim Woo-jin?”
Seeing me flustered and unable to speak, Seo Ye-rin called my name, looking confused herself.
“Ah, sorry.”
Only then did I feel like I’d returned to reality.
Thinking about it, no matter how extreme her obsession might be, she wouldn't actually use a knife to hurt someone—
‘She said she had scissors, though.’
Recalling what Yoo Ah-rin had told me, I didn't let my guard down.
However, the atmosphere was the opposite of what I expected.
“So. Why did you call me?”
Seo Ye-rin glared at me coldly with her arms crossed, exuding an aura completely different from before.
Even during our first meeting, she hadn't been this hostile toward me.
No, since she was kind to everyone, I was probably the only person she had ever been this wary of.
To be honest.
I had thought that since it was Seo Ye-rin, I might be able to talk to her more easily.
But seeing her firm reaction made me realize how lightly I had taken her, and I began to feel a pang of guilt.
“I asked why you called me.”
“That’s…”
As I hesitated, unable to find the right words, Seo Ye-rin let out a deep sigh and pointed toward the PC Bang.
“If you have nothing to say, I’m going to the PC Bang.”
With that, she turned around and walked straight inside.
“Sigh.”
Watching her walk away, my sense of frustration only grew.
For a girl that gentle and kind to hate me this much…
It made me realize all over again how insane the things I said must have sounded.
‘But still.’
The die is cast.
It’s better to do something than nothing.
If Seo Ye-rin truly wanted to cut ties with me and never see me again, that would be one thing.
But since we hadn't even had a proper conversation yet, I decided to be a bit shameless for now.
I stepped inside the PC Bang.
Chan-woo, who worked here almost every day, wasn't around today—perhaps he’d reduced his shifts because of his girlfriend.
In the furthest corner seat.
Seo Ye-rin sat by herself, while the guys nearby kept stealing glances at her.
“…”
As I approached and took the seat next to her, she glanced at me briefly before focusing back on her screen.
I expected her to tell me to go away or sit somewhere else, but she didn't.
‘I guess that means there’s still room for conversation.’
That was a relief, at least.
“Are you going to play a game?”
When I asked cautiously, Seo Ye-rin snorted and rested her chin on the armrest.
“No, I’m going to watch webtoons.”
She let go of the mouse and started looking at webtoons on her phone.
From what I could glimpse, it was an adult webtoon site.
She certainly was consistent.
Since Chan-woo had warned her before about not watching adult webtoons in the PC Bang, she seemed to have reached a compromise by watching them on her phone.
Before long, she was completely absorbed.
Scratching my neck awkwardly, I turned on the computer and logged into the Bamboo Forest.
Since I hadn't managed it today, I decided to clear out the pile of trash posts.
Even after I deleted some posts, it was still the same.
At least looking at the last post, it seemed Popo was doing well.
She had talked about changing her broadcast name, but it looked like she was sticking with Popo.
‘Does she have more good memories than bad ones associated with that name?’
It was a half-hearted name given to her by President Hwang, but regardless, the people from the Department of Architectural Engineering had come to help her because of that name.
As I was smiling to myself, feeling somewhat satisfied…
I felt a sharp gaze piercing my side.
Glancing sideways, I saw Seo Ye-rin staring at me intently while holding her phone.
Come to think of it, she had just replied to Popo’s post as the Sex Master.
“Did you write this after seeing me on the Bamboo Forest?”
“No.”
Like hell it wasn't.
She was clearly looking at my screen.
Still, the atmosphere felt like we could actually talk.
I decided to shift the topic and keep the conversation going.
“Your mother suddenly asked to see me. Do you know what that’s about?”
Flinch.
Seo Ye-rin trembled slightly at my words and replied in a tiny, crawling voice.
“It’s probably… because of the name saved in my phone.”
“Hmm? Saved name?”
“I, I saved it with a heart.”
“…”
So that’s why her mother answered the phone.
If your daughter’s phone suddenly gets a call from a contact named ‘♥’, you’d have no choice but to pick up.
“I-I’ll try to explain it somehow. So you don’t have to meet my mom.”
She says that, but why can I already see how this will end?
I nodded for now, and Seo Ye-rin let out a sigh.
The atmosphere seemed to have softened a bit.
“But what kind of webtoon are you even watching?”
As I leaned in slightly to look at her phone, a scene appeared where the male protagonist was being stabbed with a knife.
It was the same webtoon I had been looking at earlier.
“…”
I looked at Seo Ye-rin with my mouth shut tight, and she muttered bluntly while looking back at me.
“This guy looks like you, Woo-jin.”
“Hey, don’t say that. It’s scary.”
“Hehe.”
The first laugh I’d seen from her today.
Seo Ye-rin quickly covered her mouth with her hand, pretending she hadn't laughed, but I’d already seen it.
“I heard you even held scissors… to cut it off.”
Sensing an opening, I brought it up lightly. Seo Ye-rin crossed her legs and pushed her chair back.
“If I hadn't done that, I-seo and Ah-rin would have broken one of your bones.”
“What? So you did that on purpose to save me?”
“…It was about half-sincere, though.”
The fact that it was half-sincere is what’s chilling.
“Don’t watch webtoons like that. I’m afraid you’ll start getting dangerous ideas.”
“This is fun.”
With that, Seo Ye-rin scrolled through the screen to show me a specific scene.
It was a scene where the male protagonist was conquering a female character with his stamina and technique.
“The artist draws the sex scenes well. I like the situation in this one, too.”
“You like a scene where she’s corrupted after being taken by the protagonist?”
I wondered why a girl would like something like this, but Seo Ye-rin shot me a sharp look.
“Yeah, I like it.”
Then, she turned away, saying she didn't want to talk anymore.
She grabbed the mouse, seemingly intending to play a game this time.
I was bewildered by the direction of the conversation, but…
Staring at the post on the Bamboo Forest, I stole a glance at Seo Ye-rin next to me.
Tap.
I placed my hand on her thigh.
She didn't say anything.
She just gave me an annoyed glance, but…
The way her face flushed suggested she was strangely welcoming it.
This time, I moved my hand up and firmly squeezed her breast.
Seo Ye-rin bit her lip hard, stifling a moan as she grabbed my hand, huffing.
“Stop it.”
And yet, there was no strength in her grip.
She was barely resting her hand on my wrist.
My hand moved without hesitation, and Seo Ye-rin leaned forward, her breath hitching.
“I said… ah… stop it.”
“I guess I really should stop.”
We were in a PC Bang, after all.
Especially since someone like Seo Ye-rin stood out, someone might see us if I kept this up.
“Ah…”
When I pulled my hand away, a disappointed sigh escaped her lips.
As I naturally turned my gaze back to the computer, she clenched her fists, finally unable to contain her frustration.
“What are you doing?! I’m saying I’m ready to be conquered!”
She pounded my thigh with her fist, looking annoyed.
“Can’t you see the setup?! It’s the development where the pure heroine gradually loses to physical pleasure and starts moaning!”
“…”
“If you don’t want to be stabbed, you should be the one doing the stabbing, you idiot!”
Her voice was a bit loud, drawing the attention of the people around us.
Seo Ye-rin’s face turned beet red. She slumped back into her chair and muttered.
“Dammit, I’m going to write on the Bamboo Forest that Kim Woo-jin ruined my body and mind.”
Please don’t actually do that.
“I, uh, I confessed to all three of you. Are you really okay with that?”
I asked, wanting to make things clear, and Seo Ye-rin replied with her tongue sticking out.
“I don’t know. I hate it. Go away. You womanizer. Trash. Can I write on the Bamboo Forest that the manager is a eunuch?”
“You can’t accept it?”
“Isn’t that obvious? You think I’ll just accept everything just because we had one threesome! I should have brought the scissors. I should have just cut it off and kept it as a souvenir!”
Seo Ye-rin was fuming.
I stood up and turned off both computers.
“Hey, what—!”
Seo Ye-rin, who had actually been typing that the manager was a eunuch, tried to shout when the computer shut down.
But I snatched her wrist and pulled her along.
“Let’s talk somewhere quiet. I think you’ll be able to accept it once we talk.”
“Qu-quiet place?”
“There’s a motel nearby.”
At my words, Seo Ye-rin’s pace quickened.
She had been being dragged along, but before I knew it, she was matching my speed.
“Y-you think I’ll just accept it because of that?!”
She was still huffing and puffing, but…
When I stole a glance at her, she couldn't hide the smile playing on her lips.
Good grief.
She could have just said so from the start.
She’s really hard to keep up with.
Then, remembering what she had said during the MT, I chuckled and asked.
“By the way, Ye-rin, didn't you say before that you were fine without sex?”
“…That wasn't me.”
I got it, so don’t look at me so seriously.