Chapter 116
In their hearts, they wanted to sit in the very back, but unlike the schools they'd attended before graduating, this one had returning students who'd enrolled but were starting late, or older students who'd repeated the entrance exam and were now freshmen. Those types were likely to claim the back rows, so they played it safe and took the middle seats.
They were passing the time chatting about this and that when, little by little, students began filing into the lecture hall.
As one would expect from the modeling department, the room was full of handsome men and pretty women.
But among them, no girl could match Huila's overwhelming beauty, her superior height, and her figure.
The others were at Yeona's level or below.
Because of that...
"Freshman?"
The fossils wouldn't stop coming.
A man who, though handsome, seemed greasy to the two girls whose eyes were already thoroughly pickled, sat down on the edge of their desk and asked.
"Yes, sunbae-nim."
Yeona answered with a bright, pleasant smile.
But he didn't seem interested in Yeona at all; he only waited for Huila's answer.
"Haah... Yes. I'm a freshman, sunbae-nim."
She didn't know about other departments, but the modeling department was famous for still clinging to the absurd culture of the 90s.
"Right? I figured I couldn't not know a pretty girl like you."
If another girl had reacted the same way Huila did, he might have called all the freshmen together and given them a hard time. But he just smiled greasily, accepting even that as cute.
This was why people criticized the world for being looks-obsessed.
If he gave her a hard time for no reason, he'd be permanently branded in Huila's mind as a bad guy, and any chance of developing a romantic relationship would vanish completely. So this was a futile attempt to leave a good impression from the start.
"Hey, Kwon Minhyeok. What are you doing there? Who... oh?"
Men who looked like this senior's friends entered the lecture hall. They were puzzled to see Minhyeok in front of girls they'd never seen before, but the moment they saw Huila's face, they understood immediately.
Minhyeok was trying to hit on that girl.
"Freshman? What's your name?"
But her beauty was so overwhelming that cracks formed in their friendship, and they became rivals.
"Cha Huila..."
She was filled with displeasure, but she didn't want to ruin her school life from the very start.
Even though she had expected flies to swarm around her now that Jihoon wasn't by her side.
Being in the modeling department, surrounded by guys full of guys full of confidence in their looks, she felt like she'd be dragged into even more annoying situations than at her previous school.
If only this feeling would remain just a feeling.
"Huila, do you have a boyfriend?"
He bluntly asked if she had a boyfriend.
"Hey, hey. Why are you like that on the first meeting?"
"You bastard. You know that's the key question too."
"Haha."
Minhyeok laughed awkwardly and focused on Huila's lips.
He was waiting for her to say she didn't have one.
"Yes, I do."
She answered without a moment's hesitation.
"Ah... is that so?"
For them, who could date and discard any woman they wanted if they just set their minds to it, it was no problem at all. After all, among those women, there were plenty who already had boyfriends.
"How long have you been dating?"
"It's almost been a thousand days."
Her tone was still stiff, but she answered his questions faithfully for now.
"Almost a thousand days? That's a long time. Aren't you sick of him?"
"..."
Such a blatant question. Her expression twisted in irritation.
Even her angry face was beautiful, so the men just smirked.
"I'm not sick of him."
"Really? Well, that's good. But you're too stiff. Feel free to call me oppa. You can use informal speech. I'll allow it just for you."
He said it with a sly smile.
Huila shook her head.
"I'm fine."
She had already finished all her calculations internally. The conclusion was that there was absolutely nothing good about getting close to these men.
"Aww, are you going to stay all stiff? You'll hurt our feelings."
"That's not my concern."
'Sorry, but this is just my personality.'
The words she should have said out loud and the words she should have kept inside came out reversed.
"Ah... I'm sorry."
She apologized with a face that showed no remorse whatsoever, but they accepted it...
"Ahahahaah! She's funny. You?"
"Wow. She actually said that to his face? That makes her even more attractive."
The reaction was even better.
This was the reason why having a better face than others mattered.
"Haah..."
No matter what she said or how she drew the line, it was clear these guys wouldn't give up easily. Huila let out a deep sigh.
"Stop sighing~ Do you have time this evening? We're having a welcome party for the freshmen."
"..."
Time... time. Considering human relations, it was right to attend the welcome party, but Huila really didn't want to go.
"I'll... go."
"Great! Good! See you in the evening!"
Since she had already told Jihoon separately that there would probably be a welcome party today, she had no choice but to go. If they crossed the line, she could just call Jihoon. He hadn't expected things to go smoothly without any problems, so he was on standby and had told her to contact him immediately.
Trusting her dependable boyfriend, Huila sighed again.
"What the... why do I feel so annoyed?"
Yeona, sitting next to her, felt strangely irritated. Because even though she was right there, they showed her no interest at all. Of course, it was actually fortunate that she had a boyfriend, but still, all the attention was focused solely on Huila, making her feel treated like she didn't exist, and that was annoying.
*
Since it was the first day, there were no lectures. After a brief orientation, it ended immediately.
"Huila. We have time until the next lecture, so we..."
"Hey, hey. Get lost. Who do you think you are?"
"Huila. Aren't you hungry? I know a good place..."
As if they'd been waiting, the men started hitting on Huila. No, fed up with the seniors' behavior, Huila grabbed Yeona's wrist and fled the lecture hall. Voices calling her name rang out from behind, but she deliberately ignored them.
"Haah... so annoying."
"Hehe. What can you do? The problem is that you're pretty."
Yeona answered with a hehe laugh at Huila's muttering, her face completely twisted.
"No... I said I have a boyfriend, so why are they like that? I don't understand men."
Even now, and before too, it was just amazing how the men hitting on Huila didn't care at all that she said she had a boyfriend. It wasn't like this was some web novel with a ridiculous setting where you could only have a girlfriend by stealing her from someone else.
"Well... that's true."
Yeona could understand her feelings just a little bit. That was because she remembered the men who, even when she said she had no intention of dating, stubbornly deluded themselves that there was still a chance and kept hitting on her. Those guys were already bad enough, but with Huila, it would probably be worse, not better.
"You have it rough."
If Jihoon were firmly by her side like the official wife Nayeong, it might be different. But Huila seemed to really have a hard time. Suddenly, Huila's appearance didn't seem so enviable...
Her height of 170cm was quite tall for a woman. It wasn't excessive or insufficient; it was truly perfect. On top of that, her face, which seemed as if God had meticulously carved it stitch by stitch with care, was so supremely beautiful that if she set her mind to it, she could easily seduce anyone. Her face, where prettiness and handsomeness coexisted, was simply indescribable in words. Add to that her large breasts and wide hips, and she drove men crazy.
"Still... I'm jealous."
Even if the men wouldn't leave her alone and kept bothering her, it was still enviable.
"Huh? What did you say?"
"Nothing. I said you have it rough."
But if Yeona were actually in Huila's shoes, it wouldn't be all good. Just thinking about what she was going through made her shudder.
"We still have over two hours until the next lecture..."
This lecture was supposed to be three hours long, but the orientation ended in just twenty minutes—less than half of half. This was why the saying "college students have too much time on their hands" existed.
"Should we look around the school?"
If she didn't plan to drop out, she'd have to spend four years at this school, so it seemed fine to get familiar with it in advance.
"Let's do that."
They had nothing better to do anyway, so they might as well pass the time doing something like this. If possible, she wanted to hear the voice of her beloved Jihoon, but it was probably class time now, so he definitely wouldn't answer. Yeona pushed aside her regret and walked around the school arm in arm with Huila.
Not long after that.
"Hi? Are you freshmen?"
A man approached them.
They managed to brush him off by saying they had somewhere to be and had to go quickly, but...
"Freshmen?"
The men just wouldn't stop.
"Huila. At this point, I think we need to splurge a bit."
"..."
Understanding what Yeona was trying to say, Huila frowned, then let out a deep sigh. The idea was to deck themselves out in luxury goods so thoroughly that men wouldn't even dare to approach. Honestly, Huila thought that luxury goods were all just the same bags, the same shoes, or the same watches, so it was a painful expense. In a way, it was no different from buying trash with money.
"I guess we have to..."
It was only for one day. But seeing them swarm like animals in heat, she had no choice but to buy luxury goods.