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Two women were sitting on a bench on the outdoor playground of Jinsu Higher Education Academy. One had short hair and a healthy, sturdy body, while the other had long black hair and an extremely explosive body. The eyes of passing men continued to focus on them, but the two paid no attention. Jeong Eun-ji crossed her arms and tapped her fingers, giving off an air of interrogation, while Yu-ri Lee was secretly avoiding her gaze as if she were a criminal.
"Yuri."
"Huh?"
"Why are you hanging around with that bastard Han Seong-jin so much these days?"
"Who's hanging around…"
"Do you really think that didn't happen?"
Yuri Lee was silent. Except for the first week or so after the semester started, it was true that she and Han Seong-jin were together the whole time. Yuri Lee's first choice was denial. But after that attempt was blocked, she decided to go with her second option.
"Oh, no, but Han Seong-jin… He's changed a lot. He's different from what I heard."
The second is persuasion.
"Ha?"
"He's kinder than I thought! He's surprisingly kind and considerate. He listens really well to people and knows how to be considerate of other people's feelings—"
"Yuri… Do you really like Han Seongjin?"
Flinch!
Lee Yu-ri became dumbfounded by Jeong Eun-ji's sharp criticism. Seeing Yu-ri Lee unable to answer, Eun-ji Jeong opened her mouth with a shocked expression.
"No… Is it true? I didn't pay any attention to it because it was so absurd when rumors started going around that you two were dating… Was it true?"
"No! We're still dating… I mean, wow!"
"'Still dating'? Are you saying you're really going to date me when I get the chance sometime soon? Yuri, are you crazy?"
"Oh, no, that's not it, Eun-ji. I meant—"
"What kind of a bastard is Han Seong-jin?! He's barely even human!"
"…Huh?"
Lee Yu-ri, who was confused, stopped talking at Jeong Eun-ji's remarks. Eun-ji Jeong began spitting out her words rapidly.
"Do you know how much of a piece of trash that bastard Han Seong-jin is? You know that I went to the same middle school as him, right? A friend of mine on the track and field team at the time got pregnant by that bastard and was forced to have an abortion at the age of 15! Because of that, she was in a bad state for several months. She wasn't even a person! And that's not all. He got into a gang fight with Eunbong School last year and was arrested by the police! Since middle school, he's been drinking and smoking, and he once punched a teacher for scolding him. Do you know that there were one or two kids who were hit by him and were taken to the hospital? You probably know everything because you've heard the rumors! What can you do with a guy who doesn't even seem like a human? It's one thing for Choi Su-yeon to play with him, but you, Yuri?"
"He may have been like that in the past…! He's not like that now! He said he was going to live a normal life! And he hasn't done anything strange this year!"
Yuri Lee's third choice was faith. It's not that she didn't know anything about Han Seong-jin's colorful past, but she decided to believe that he had changed because, contrary to the rumors, he was quite healthy.
But Jeong Eun-ji denied it.
"Do you think a dog's nature will change after only being fine for a month? No, even if he is like that! Why are you doing that? If you're the student council president, shouldn't you be dealing with that guy first? But you're not dating 'yet'… Do you know what it feels like to see my friend having fun next to a guy who doesn't even seem like a human being?"
"You're talking about a subject you know nothing about… Ugh…"
The last one is anger. Lee Yu-ri, who had already lost a lot of her heart to Han Seong-jin, was very upset and started to get increasingly angry at Jeong Eun-ji, who was criticizing him to death.
"You… Uh, is that your answer? Do you really like that bastard that much? No, why on earth? What are you looking at? That bastard is just playing with you!"
"Don't be ridiculous! You can say so casually what you know! Do you know how good he was to me when I was going through a really hard time? You look at me and say the exact same thing as Gong Young-bae?"
"Yuri, why are you really like this? Okay, while we're at it! What about Young-bae? You like Young-bae!"
"No, not anymore."
Jeong Eun-ji also liked Gong Young-bae, and she shared that with Yu-ri Lee. Jeong Eun-ji's close friend but also her romantic rival, Lee Yu-ri, couldn't tell whether to like or dislike the words that she would leave Gong Young-bae of her own accord.
"Are you… Really that good to him? Why would you treat such a scum like you…"
"What does it mean to be me? I will decide my own affairs. Neither Gong Young-bae nor you have the right to interfere. I'm sorry, but if you have nothing more to say, I'll leave."
Lee Yu-ri, who was so angry, jumped up from her seat and left without listening to Jeong Eun-ji again. Jeong Eun-ji was shocked to see her friend's changed appearance, but she soon stood up with a determined expression.
After enjoying a brief cafeteria date with Soo-yeon Choi, I returned to the classroom, and Eun-ji Jeong immediately came up to my seat.
"Hey, Han Seong-jin. Talk to me."
"Okay, go ahead."
Eun-ji Jeong slapped her palm on my desk and looked down at me with an overbearing attitude. She is probably the only woman in Jin Soo-gyo who can show this kind of attitude toward Han Seong-jin.
"What did you do to Yuri?"
"I didn't do anything."
"Don't lie! If you didn't do anything, how could Yuri suddenly change like that? You definitely did something! Tell me! What did you do to Yuri!"
"Oh, you're so fucking loud. What can I do? I just listen to her complaints when she's having a hard time, comfort her, go out to play, etc."
"I knew this would happen! You just want a glass body! Just like my friend in middle school!"
"Your friend?"
"You got my friend pregnant and had an abortion when I was in my second year of middle school! You think I'll forget that?!"
Unfortunately, that wasn't what I remembered. That means that the fact that he had gotten someone pregnant and had an abortion since he was in middle school was something that Han Seong-jin couldn't even remember.
'This guy is actually worse than I thought.'
Of course, it was my fault 100 times. But even though I did it, it's not what I did, right?
'Should I apologize for this?'
Of course, I knew that it was normal to apologize, but I doubted whether Jung Eun-ji would accept it even if I apologized, and more than anything, it was meaningless since the person I was apologizing to was not the girl who was pregnant.
'Am I going to leave like trash?'
How to make Jeong Eun-ji my woman. There is no point in showing a rehabilitated, kind, and gentle side like I did with Yu-ri Lee or Choi Soo-yeon. This girl has such a strong animosity towards me and has such a strong personality that she just sees me as trash from the start, so trying to treat her kindly will only instill suspicion, making her think, 'There must be some purpose to it.'
Originally, the way Han Seong-jin made Jeong Eun-ji his was to rape her and threaten her using the photos taken as an excuse, a truly erotic method. But since Han Seong-jin and I are exactly the same, such a method is sealed.
'I think I know a little about the relationship between me and Yu-ri Lee… So maybe it would be easier to approach her if I just looked like trash?'
I decided to become trash.
"Did something like that happen? I don't remember."
"This…!"
Eun-ji Jeong couldn't control her anger and tried to throw her punches at me, but her attempt was easily blocked by one of my hands. No matter how much Eun-ji has a body that has been strengthened through exercise and is strong for a woman, it is nothing compared to me, a man who is a heavyweight.
"Look at how impatient I am. Hey, I can't remember, so what are you going to do? Should I create memories that don't exist and stick them in the air?"
"What? Hey, you bastard!!!"
"I don't even remember, and if it happened in middle school, how many years ago was that? I don't hang out with the gangsters anymore, and I'm trying to live an honest life, but if you come and pick a fight with me and bring up old times that I don't even remember, what are you going to do to me?"
"You bastard… Don't touch Yuri. I won't stay still."
"What if you don't stay still? Why fight? I'm confident I can knock you out with one hit, but are you up for it?"
"You… Are you going to beat up a woman?"
"Yeah. If women act like a dick, I'll beat them up too. Didn't you know that?"
"You piece of trash… What can you do with Yuri? Are you living honestly?"
"She is an exception. Of course, I have no intention of hitting Yuri and I just want to get along well with her. I already confessed to her, right?"
Eun-ji Jeong looked the most surprised she had ever been at those words.
"Confession… Confession…?"
"Yeah. So now I'm just waiting for Yuri's answer. Isn't it too late to say anything now?"
"Absolutely not!!!"
Eun-ji Jeong shouted, pulling her fist out behind her, which was caught by my hand.
"I'm surprised. Why are you screaming? And why can't you say no? Are you Yuri's mom?"
"I can't even die! A guy like you… Why are you acting so close to me earlier, 'Yuri, Yuri'? I won't be able to stand it! No matter what happens, I will take you away from Yuri! Never, ever! They can't be together!"
After shouting like that, Eun-ji Jeong huffed and returned to her seat.
After a while, her friend came back, and I waved my hand at her. Yu-ri Lee, who saw my hand gesture, immediately ran to me and sat down next to me.
"Hey, where have you been? I left earlier and didn't see you the whole time—"
"Han Seong-jin, come to my house this weekend and study together. To prepare for the written test."
Yu-ri Lee, who said that, looked relaxed, as if she was being chased. Why did she go out and fight with Eun-ji Jeong, asking her to meet a guy like me?
And as soon as Yu-ri Lee finished speaking, Eun-ji Jeong jumped up from her seat and came toward us again.
"Study!"
Even though I and her friend were staring at her, she didn't give up and looked straight into my eyes and shouted, "Me too… I do the same! If we want to ask each other things we don't know and tell each other, it's better if there are three of us, right?"
Welcome, Jeong Eun-ji.
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