Chapter 132
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 132
It was a voice that Si-woo and Cheol-jin knew all too well.
The owner of that shrill, piercing voice was none other than Shin Seul-gi.
—Shin-bi Noona’s younger sister.
Si-woo had already been fretting, worrying himself sick over whether Seul-gi had discovered the nature of his relationship with his family members. Now, he was in a situation where she might have even caught him watching a video of himself having sex with Aunt Gyu-ri.
Si-woo froze, his body stiffening as if he’d been turned to stone.
Cheol-jin seemed quite startled as well; he stopped in his tracks and didn't move a muscle.
"What’s this? Were you two sneaking around watching porn on the rooftop? I’m going to have to tell your homeroom teacher!"
Seul-gi spoke with a carefree, teasing attitude.
Cheol-jin reacted with sudden agility, bending his waist to snatch up the smartphone. He shielded the screen while simultaneously fumbling to turn down the volume.
The sounds of Aunt Gyu-ri’s moans emanating from the phone gradually faded into silence.
"Ah, you scared me! Is that you, Seul-gi? This idiot Si-woo said he couldn't wait until school was over! Si-woo will buy you a drink later, so give us a break and don't tell the teacher, okay?"
Cheol-jin slyly used Si-woo as an excuse, making it sound as if the video they were watching was just some ordinary porn.
"Ah... r-right... Cheol-jin said he got his hands on a rare video... ha... ha..."
Si-woo played along with Cheol-jin’s lie, offering a clumsy excuse of his own.
"Is that all you guys do all day? Honestly, I have no idea what goes on in boys' heads. Anyway, since you're buying, I'll enjoy that drink, Si-woo!"
Seul-gi approached them, joking as if she were used to such situations.
Fortunately, she didn't seem to realize that the people in the video were Si-woo and Cheol-jin’s mother, Aunt Gyu-ri. Since Seul-gi often exchanged perverted jokes with Cheol-jin, neither of them seemed particularly bothered by the fact that she’d caught them watching porn.
"But what's up? Why were you looking for us, Seul-gi? And how did you know we were here?"
Cheol-jin casually handed the smartphone back to Si-woo and questioned her as if nothing had happened.
"Oh, come on. Where else would you guys go at school besides the snack bar or here? I wanted to borrow some money from Si-woo! Si-woo, can you lend me some? I’m supposed to go out with my friends after school, but I left my wallet at home."
Seul-gi answered Cheol-jin’s question briefly before ignoring him and singling out Si-woo to ask for the loan.
Si-woo felt a sudden jolt of anxiety.
Could this be the start of her blackmail? Is she demanding money because she knows the secret between me and my family?
"How much?"
Si-woo asked cautiously, trying to sound calm while wondering how much he was about to lose.
"I don't know. Maybe 20,000 won? I think that should be enough."
Seul-gi spoke as if she were haggling for a fair price.
Twenty thousand won was not a small amount to borrow between friends.
"I don't have any cash on me right now. Isn't there anyone else among the friends you're going with who can lend it to you?"
Feeling reluctant, Si-woo attempted a subtle form of resistance.
"If there were, would I have come all the way to the rooftop to find you? I heard you got your Mom’s Card. Can't you just withdraw money with that?"
Seul-gi blocked his resistance, speaking as if she knew his circumstances in detail.
"H-how do you know about that?"
Si-woo asked, his voice trembling with fluster.
"Your mom is staying at Aunt Seon-ju’s place for a while because of work, so she left the card with you, right?"
Seul-gi seemed to know the inner workings of Si-woo’s household far better than he had imagined.
"Well... y-yeah, but it's not like I can just spend it however I want..."
Si-woo’s voice trailed off as he gave a hesitant reply.
"You can surely lend me 20,000 won, can't you? So, are you going to lend it to me or not?"
Seul-gi’s voice was a mix of aegyo and intimidation.
"I... I'll lend it to you... but anything more than that is impossible for me..."
Si-woo protested feebly, even though he knew it was futile.
"Then let's go to the snack bar right now and get that 20,000 won! There's an ATM there."
Ignoring his protest, Seul-gi hurried him along.
"Uh? Okay..."
Si-woo answered reluctantly. He looked at Cheol-jin with a desperate gaze, as if pleading for help.
Cheol-jin, however, was smiling as if he found the whole situation amusing.
"Or do you guys want to come with us after school? Then you wouldn't need to withdraw the money separately."
Seeing Si-woo’s troubled expression, Seul-gi offered a new solution.
"Ah, Si-woo and I have somewhere else to go after school today... If you're just going out to play, let's do it next time."
Cheol-jin cut in and rejected Seul-gi’s offer, clearly having his own agenda.
"Really? Well, nothing I can do about that... I'll head to the snack bar first, so come down as soon as you're ready, okay?"
Seul-gi’s eyes flickered briefly toward Si-woo’s crotch before she turned around and ran toward the rooftop exit.
He had been too startled to even think about hiding it, but Si-woo’s cock had been in a heavy, semi-erect state ever since he started watching the sex video with Aunt Gyu-ri.
Flushing red with embarrassment, Si-woo quickly covered himself.
"Isn't Seul-gi kind of interesting? It can't be easy to act like that when she knows everything..."
Cheol-jin spoke with a wide grin, looking thoroughly entertained.
"Damn it! Do you think she saw? I was so shocked I didn't even think to hide it... You don't think weird rumors will start spreading among the girls, do you?"
Si-woo looked at Cheol-jin with a bitter smile. He hurriedly tried to manage the situation by pressing his growing member to the side.
"The video? Or your cock? Seul-gi isn't the type to go around spreading rumors like that. Besides, if word gets out, you'll probably become even more popular with the girls. Maybe you should ask her to spread the rumor! Pwahaha!"
Cheol-jin burst into loud laughter, teasing Si-woo.
"What kind of nonsense is that?! This is all your fault anyway. You should have talked to me after school. Why would you send something like that during break?!"
Si-woo snapped at Cheol-jin, his voice tinged with irritation.
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"Si-woo, did you know Seul-gi has the same birthday as me?"
As they were heading down the stairs, Cheol-jin asked Si-woo out of the blue.
"What?"
Si-woo reacted blankly.
"I'm talking about her birthday! We even went to the karaoke room with Seul-gi’s friends last year!"
Cheol-jin spoke as if he were slightly offended by Si-woo’s lack of memory.
"Ah, did we?"
The memory was vague, barely flickering in Si-woo’s mind.
"But don't you think it's a bit strange for a coincidence?"
Cheol-jin was saying things that made no sense to Si-woo.
"You crazy bastard! We're not even in the same class, and there are so many people in our grade. Why is it weird that someone has the same birthday?!"
Si-woo raised his voice, venting the frustration and tension that had been building up because of Cheol-jin.
"Is that so? Pwahaha!"
Cheol-jin laughed out loud, seemingly unbothered.
"Something’s suspicious. You’ve been following Seul-gi around lately, and you even asked me before if I was interested in her... Now that I think about it, aren't you the one who's actually interested in her? If that's the case, you should have gone with them after school! I would have gone with you."
Si-woo spoke to Cheol-jin with a complex mix of pity and sympathy.
"Oh, I'm going. But if you want to help me, why don't you go to my house after school instead of me?"
Cheol-jin made another incomprehensible suggestion.
"Go back to your house?"
Si-woo asked, bewildered. At the same time, his heart began to race at the thought of seeing Aunt Gyu-ri again.
"Yeah. I think I'm going to be busy, so you go and untie my mom and check on her. You still have the key, right?"
Since Cheol-jin had only been listening to the audio, he apparently didn't know that Si-woo had left the key in Aunt Gyu-ri’s hand.
Come to think of it, even if he had given her the key, it wouldn't be right to leave the unconscious Aunt Gyu-ri unattended for so long.
"The... the key?... Uh... yeah, I had it... Then, should I really go back to your house?"
Though Cheol-jin would find out the truth as soon as he watched the video, Si-woo deliberately remained vague about the key's whereabouts and prepared to follow Cheol-jin’s instructions.
"My mom’s body is probably going to be really stiff from being tied up all this time, so maybe you should give her a massage or something..."
It sounded like a casual remark, but Cheol-jin’s words seemed to carry a hidden weight.
"Uh... okay..."
Si-woo’s expression stiffened once again as he answered.
"Look at you, getting cold feet now! Who's going to eat you? You've already done everything there is to do with my mom in secret, so what's the big deal?"
Cheol-jin continued, clearly enjoying Si-woo’s flustered reaction.
"Since we're on the subject, should I tell you something else interesting?"
Cheol-jin’s tone was full of mischief, accompanied by a devious smile.
"Something interesting? What is it?"
Si-woo tensed up once more.
"...You know the contract?"
"The contract?"
"Yeah... A contract is basically an agreement between two parties, so there should be two copies... Doesn't that make sense?"
Cheol-jin spoke as if to himself, walking ahead without even looking back at Si-woo.
"What are you talking about all of a sudden?"
Aunt Gyu-ri’s Slave Contract flashed through Si-woo’s mind, but he couldn't understand why Cheol-jin was bringing it up now.
"No matter how much I searched, I couldn't find it at home... even though Mom’s contract turned up in Dad’s briefcase twice, almost as if it wanted to be found."
Cheol-jin spoke with a mysterious smile that made his true intentions impossible to read.
"Anyway, I'll head back to the classroom first. You go finish your talk with Seul-gi!"
At the fork in the path leading to the classroom and the snack bar, Cheol-jin headed back toward the classroom.
Si-woo walked toward the snack bar, his mind racing as he replayed Cheol-jin’s words over and over again.