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Monday, the start of exam week. Before the morning assembly, Jeong Eun-ji came up
to me and made a hand gesture.
"Hey, come out."
"Why again?"
"Should I leave evidence? So that they can't accuse me of failing and losing after
taking the test. I'm going to call all the kids and leave evidence. Is that why you
provoked me, because you were prepared for this?"
Jeong Eun-ji was so confident that she would win that she widened the bet even
further. She didn't know it was a move that would ultimately strangle her.
"Your method of committing suicide is very MZ? Are you really going to be okay?"
"Just come out and stop talking nonsense. Why are you so scared when you've
already passed the mock test?"
"Okay, I'm coming out. Let's die together."
Jeong Eun-ji and I stood at the teacher's table, and instantly the attention of the class
was focused.
"Guys, look here for a moment!"
At Eun-ji Jeong's words, her classmates started to get upset.
"You're Han Seong-jin, right? What are you trying to do?"
"Jeong Eun-ji and Han Seong-jin don't look good together. Why are they together?"
Ignoring the chatter of others, Jeong Eun-ji raised her voice in front of the teacher's
table.
"Han Seong-jin and I have a bet on the score of this paper test! Since the loser usually
has to do something that isn't a big deal, I hope everyone will be a witness to prevent
them from getting away with it!"
"What bet?"
"What changes if we become witnesses?"
Anyway, if I told them I couldn't do it, there was no way for the other kids to stop it, so
their first reaction was cold. But...
"Han Seong-jin, you have something to say? What is it?"
As the classroom door opened, a group of third-year students, including Hwang
Seong-tae, who had become the new boss, appeared. I tilted my head when I saw
them come to my class in the morning, despite being from different classes.
"Why did you guys come here?"
"What are you talking about? I told you to come because you had something to say.
But why didn't you just text me and make me do it?"
After hearing that, I immediately looked at Jeong Eun-ji, and she looked at me with an
expression like, "What are you going to do?" and snorted. This girl sold my name and
called me.
"The bet is! The one with the lowest overall score on this test will get a terrible penalty!
If this guy loses, he's going to get naked on the playground during lunchtime in front of
everyone, bow down to me, and lick my shoes! Ah, that's it! How about licking the feet
of the kids you hang out with?"
Everyone was shocked by the large penalty and began to make a fuss.
"Seong-jin, is that true? Are you really going to do that?"
The group of people standing at the back of the classroom also asked me if the bet
was equally absurd. Instead of answering their questions, I brought up a story about
what would happen if Jeong Eun-ji lost.
"And if he loses, he'll put a leash around his neck and crawl on all fours and bark like a
dog. Get ready to take some videos. It'll be quite a sight to see."
The boys immediately cheered, probably because they wanted to see the humiliation
of a pretty, good-looking, bad-tempered sports girl crawling like a dog more than the
reluctant me.
"Hey, Han Seong-jin. What are you doing, making a bet based on test scores or
something? It doesn't suit me."
Hwang Seong-tae seemed to be secretly anticipating Jeong Eun-ji's dog leash
humiliation, but he also seemed disappointed that they were betting on areas that
had nothing to do with them, such as 'studying' or 'exams.'
"Well, this happens sometimes. Hey, by the way, the teacher will be here in a little
while, so you guys hurry up."
"I heard you called me because you had something to tell me?"
Of course, I, who had never done that before, paused for a moment and then pointed
to Eun-ji Jeong with my thumb.
"Huh? Oh, that's it. I just wanted to stand up as a witness for this guy being put on a
dog leash. You know why he is like that. I wanted to keep him from getting caught
because he lost after doing this. That's why I called him. Since he stood as a witness,
now go."
"...?"
Hwang Seong-tae looked at me with an expression that said, "Only because of that?"
Meanwhile, Jeong Eun-ji shouted at Hwang Seong-tae's group with the intention of
screwing me over.
"Oh, right. If you lose the bet, why don't you go over to those guys and lick the soles of
their feet? Like a little dog."
For a moment, the corners of Hwang Seong-tae's mouth could be seen turning up. He
was pushed out of power and lived as second-in-command for the rest of his life, but
when he imagined me, who had reigned over him, falling down in front of him and
licking his feet, that alone seemed to make him feel good.
I could have tackled him, but I would have retired from that group anyway, and I had
no intention of escalating my work, so I gestured toward the classroom door with a
look on my face that said, "Go now."
Hwang Seong-tae, who had nothing to lose, left the classroom with the group with a
wry smile.
"Anyway, I came here to talk about that. It may not be a big deal, but there will
definitely be kids who have been harmed by this bastard at some point, so I'll give
them a chance to eat it, so look forward to it! Even if you try to tell them not to do it,
those guys from earlier will catch you and force you to do it."
The other kids couldn't applaud or cheer because I could tell, but they seemed to be
waiting for the result. Jeong Eun-ji got down from her desk, waving her hand like a
celebrity in the spotlight, and I followed suit and returned to my seat.
Jeong Eun-ji didn't think she would lose at all, so she pushed her game as hard as she
could. Although it is exam week, this rumor will spread quickly. Just like before, a
rumor spread about me dating Lee Yu-ri. Now, it is no longer possible to withdraw
even if you want to, and the person who loses will have to pay the penalty of hell.
But there was just one thing Jeong Eun-ji didn't know. Winning eight rounds of the
mock test at Yu-ri Lee's house became the source of her confidence. Eun-ji Jeong, do
you know? The fact that I kept intentionally getting several questions wrong
throughout the mock exam.
Gong Young-bae briefly called out Jeong Eun-ji during the short waiting period after
the morning assembly and just before the exam began.
"Eun-ji, you knew it wouldn't be good for you to get involved with a guy like that, so
why did you do that?"
"Oh, are you worried? I'm happy about this. But there's no need to worry."
Jeong Eun-ji smiled and proudly pounded her own chest with a triumphant look on her
face.
"No matter how little time I have to study due to preparing for track and field, I am
confident that I can score better than that bastard. I just don't like humans, but if I can
get them to screw up by betting on test scores, isn't it a pretty legal way? I guess after
carrying out the penalty, you're going to want to drop out of school because you're so
embarrassed, right?"
"No, no matter what, if you keep getting involved with a guy like that..."
Maybe in the end, you too... The words did not come out of Gong Young-bae's mouth.
Yu-ri Lee had already become very distant from him, and Choi Su-yeon still welcomed
her with a smile, but Gong Young-bae was feeling a great sense of discomfort from
that smile. In such a situation, as even Jeong Eun-ji began to show signs of becoming
increasingly entangled with Han Seong-jin, she began to feel unreasonable anxiety.
However, Jeong Eun-ji, who did not know what was going on, was rather worried about
Gong Young-bae.
"Shouldn't you be more worried about yourself than that?"
"Me?"
"Yeah. Yu-ri and you. It's been like a Cold War for quite some time now, and I think that
bastard Han Seong-jin is the cause."
"...!!!"
When Jeong Eun-ji saw that Gong Young-bae's expression had noticeably worsened,
she was convinced that her thoughts were correct. She and Yu-ri Lee were romantic
enemies who looked at a man named Gong Young-bae, but she was also a friend
before that. She was glad that her rival had gone away on her own, but that didn't
mean she wanted Yu-ri Lee to get involved with a scum like Han Seong-jin. Since Yu-ri
Lee is involved with Han Seong-jin, it is better for her to maintain a romantic
relationship without knowing who will be chosen than to end up with Gong Young-bae.
"Don't worry too much, though."
Jeong Eun-ji reassured Gong Young-bae and placed her hand on his shoulder. She
didn't know yet that Yu-ri Lee had declared her isolation from Gong Young-bae.
"I will bring Yu-ri back."
From the day Jeong Eun-ji first said the words "Get good grades for exams," I studied in
every spare moment I had after finishing my part-time job. I was so tired that I still
often dozed off during class, but when I was awake, I studied with all my might. I
studied English while working part-time with Choi Su-yeon. When I returned home, I
studied Korean and social studies. I received a lot of help from Yu-ri Lee in math,
where I was weakest, and now I can do about half of what she did.
Although she wasn't a top student to begin with, she was confident that she would at
least do better than Jeong Eun-ji, who had to spend more time exercising. And then
the test began. Today, the first day, I only had to take the Korean language section.
From the listening test to the written test, I used my limited brain as much as I could to
solve the problems while showing the best concentration of my life.
'Do you think it's worth it?'
Although I studied for a short period of time, I was able to solve problems well except
for the ones that were too difficult, perhaps because I was so determined.
'Jeong Eun-ji, thank you for laying the groundwork. I'll make you realize right away that
you dug your own grave.'
I smiled to myself as I rolled the pen over the test paper.
'And I will break that arrogant personality and tame you into mine.'
I look forward to seeing Jeong Eun-ji, a track and field team ace and team member
with a pretty face, healthy body, and bad personality, change under my hands.
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