Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 44



44 – 44. Mine Installation

“Let’s have chicken.”

Yurin, who is still lying on my mattress, mutters while looking at her phone.

It seems like she really plans to eat dinner at our house…

“Dinner at our house is ramen.”

I’m sorry, but foods like chicken don’t belong on our dinner menu. Not only am I not a big fan of chicken, but I also don’t really feel like eating it.

“Ah, what kind of ramen? Let’s have a company dinner.”

“Let’s call Seoyerin, Choieseo, and Chanwoo later and have the company dinner then.”

I thought I came up with a pretty good idea, but Yurin kicks my back with her toe as if to dismiss it.

“You’re just trying to avoid repaying me for when you were drunk and I drove you home.”

Sharp-tongued woman.

I wanted to thank her for driving me home when I was drunk and buy her a meal as a gesture of gratitude.

“Ah! Chicken! Let’s eat chicken!”

Yoo Arin continued to kick my back. Although I wanted her to go away quickly, the pleasant smell makes my heart race as a man for no reason.

“Hey, stop it.”

“What if I call all the kids to eat together?”

“Don’t make a big fuss.”

Slightly hesitating, I eventually sigh and stand up. Since it’s the weekend and I’m already prepared to go out, maybe I should try eating out.

“Where should we go?”

“Just for a meal. It’s dinner time, so let’s go, I’ll treat you.”

“Because we’re eating chicken?”

“What kind of chicken? Let’s just go out and have a meal.”

“Ugh! Since you’re treating, I’ll go along. What are we going to eat?”

Finally getting up from the mattress, I put on my snapback and respond annoyed to Yoo Arin following me.

“Gimbap Heaven.”

“One more time.”

Yoo Arin stops walking and stands up straight, folding her arms and glaring at me.

“I said, we’re going to Gimbap Heaven.”

We’re going to eat cheese donkatsu and tuna gimbap there.

“Didn’t you say you had a girlfriend?”

“Why are you rubbing salt on my wounds?”

“No, even if you have a girlfriend, don’t you have any sense? Are you really going to take me to Gimbap Heaven?”

“Are you my girlfriend?”

“Well, we can go somewhere else.”

“Are you dismissing Gimbap Heaven?”

“It’s not that, but the menu options are plentiful, but the taste is just average.”

It’s certainly a fact that it can’t be more delicious than a specialized restaurant that only serves those menu items.

“Still, Gimbap Heaven has its own charm. If you don’t want to eat there, you can go home.”

“Ah, seriously.”

She was a child who eventually had no choice but to follow along grumbling. Kimbap Heaven was a bit far from home, so she walked in slippers.

“Hey.”

While looking at her phone, she almost bumped into a utility pole and pulled me towards her to save me.

“What are you doing? Don’t use your phone while walking.”

“Oh, sorry. It’s more interesting than I thought.”

I wondered what she was talking about, and what came to mind on her phone was the Bamboo Forest.

It had cooled down a bit since earlier, but the stories about the Bamboo Forest from the caretaker were still going on.

“It’s funny that you’re talking about me.”

“Are you being a weirdo?”

“Seems like it.”

Come to think of it, I couldn’t properly check my phone because of Yoo Arin.

I had just told her not to use her phone on the street, and it was strange to take it out, so I went to Kimbap Heaven.

“I’m going to have cheese cutlet and tuna kimbap. What do you want to eat?”

“Hmm, omurice. And let’s order jjolmyeon to eat together.”

“…Okay.”

I didn’t particularly like sharing food. It could be seen as a type of neurosis since my ex-girlfriend liked sharing food so much.

“But I can’t resist jjolmyeon with cutlets.”

There was a lot, so I planned on ordering just kimbap, but this way I can eat jjolmyeon too, so it’s good.

After placing our order, I finally tried to check my phone, but Yoo Arin instead tucked her phone in and pouted.

“But why are you in charge of the Bamboo Forest? Did you also find the former caretaker like me?”

It seems like she has some questions about the Bamboo Forest.

“No, a senior I know just came and told me to try it.”

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There’s not much of an interesting story.

Just how bothersome it is to manage a community.

I casually gave some advice while sipping my water.

“It’s better to take it easy and not work too hard. Anyway, not many things cross the line in university communities.”

“I see.”

Yoo Arin, who accepted it so easily, was a bit surprising. I thought she would jump in like she did at the gopchang restaurant.

“Unexpectedly….”

Did they pick someone who suits them well?

He seemed to enjoy giving attention to himself, and he used to complain about being bored all the time.

Watching Yu Arin once again check the bamboo forest, I also take out my phone.

I had planned to play the mobile game I was playing since last time.

“Hmm?”

I received a sudden message from someone I didn’t expect.

“Is it Yerin?”

I wondered why she messaged me on the weekend. She wouldn’t have known about the incident at the beef tripe restaurant yesterday, where Jeong Chan-woo took Yerin.

“Why? Why?”

Yu Arin, sensing something interesting, tilts his head slightly. I immediately push his forehead with my hand.

“Yerin contacted me.”

“Yerin?”

“Yeah, she asked what I was doing. Is she suggesting we go to the PC bang?”

It’s been a while since we played games together. Since it’s the weekend and I’m bored, I thought of going together.

“Hmm? Yerin?”

It’s slightly irritating to see her smiling mischievously, as if she finds something amusing.

“Looks like Yerin really suits your taste.”

And she says something completely unexpected.

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“As far as I know, it’s the first time Yerin sends a message like this to a guy first.”

“How would you know? Are you Yerin?”

Annoyed by my response, Yu Arin sticks out his tongue and flicks his finger.

“Hey, if Yerin sends you a message asking to do something, there must be some hidden interest. Who would miss that?”

But Yerin has been single all this time, so it’s the first time she would send such a message.

“Write a novel.”

Listening to his complete nonsense, I felt like my time was being wasted.

“So, Choi Iseo is interested in me too? She just messaged me to exercise.”

“….”

He sighs and starts looking at his phone again, annoyed by my words.

“Exercise or PC bang, which one?”

In my heart, it would be the PC bang, but having Yu Arin there in front of me annoys me.

“Hey, Chanwoo, are you working part-time today?”

“Shouldn’t you be at the PC room all day on weekends?”

“If we go now, do we get service?”

“….”

Yu Arin, who was glaring at me as if she didn’t like the idea of going to where Jung Chanwoo is, eventually sighs and gives in.

“Fine. If I go with you, we’ll get even more benefits.”

“Don’t come with me. If you go to the PC room with me, Chanwoo will misunderstand.”

“….Why?”

What’s so good about it?

I was about to send a reply suggesting combining the two promises and exercising in the game, but…

Ring!

[Ju Daejang]

It was a call from Senior Min Juhee.

I knew that after the midterm exams, we would be starting the short film shoot in earnest, but is it progressing this quickly?

I immediately answered the phone.

– Woo Jina.

Senior Min Juhee’s low voice was accompanied by obvious annoyance and irritation.

I wasn’t sure if it was directed at me or someone else, but either way…

“Yes, senior.”

Because the atmosphere wasn’t good, I quickly responded, and Senior Min Juhee let out a deep sigh and asked.

– What were you doing at the intestines restaurant yesterday?

“Why do you ask, senior?”

Since Senior Min Juhee wasn’t at the intestines restaurant yesterday, there was no way for me to know what happened.

I thought it was strange that she suddenly asked about it.

– The girls dropped their group project, didn’t they?

“Ah….”

– And it’s because of you, right? Because of your behavior at the intestines restaurant yesterday.

“Se, Senior! Can I explain this?”

I hurriedly spoke, and Senior Min Juhee took a deep breath and said.

– Woo Jina, I’m not angry at you. I’m not even remotely curious or interested in who’s at fault between you and the second-year girls.

“……

– But you know,

I swallowed my saliva.

It felt like a storm was about to hit on this peaceful weekend.

– Drop the assignment?

Right on time, the food arrived.

The kimbap, tonkatsu, and jjolmyeon in front of me felt like the last meal given to a soldier going into battle.

– hahahaha, drop? Drop… yeah, that’s possible. Right, Woojin? You can drop the assignment. Group projects aren’t everything in life.

It’s really scary.

– Ah, you can drop it or not. You can drop the assignment. But…

“Well, but?”

– I can’t drop my assignment. The concept of dropping doesn’t exist for me.

……

– Woojin, what are you doing now?

“I’m eating at Kimbap Heaven!”

– After eating that, don’t you want to drop the assignment with the rest of us in the main base?

Ah.

Is this like Ultra and Marine dropping into the opponent’s main base in a folk game?

“I’ll follow right away. I happen to have a dirty-minded girl with me. She’s the one who witnessed the situation at the tripe restaurant.”

“Where? Where is the dirty-minded girl?”

Yoo Arin pretended to look around for the dirty-minded girl, shaking her head.

Normally, I would have given her some kind of reply, but now, as Captain Ju announced that she was going to eliminate traitors and left with determination to survive, I couldn’t afford to.

– Can we finish in 30 minutes? I’ll head there.

“All right!”

Click.

The call ended.

“Phew.”

I sighed and immediately sent replies to Seo Yerin and Choi Yiseo.

– Kim Woojin: Can’t do it today, too.

* * *

“Oh, so you’re going to find the seniors who assigned us the task?”

“Yeah, I think they said to meet up.”

“That sounds fun!”

As Yoo Arin ate the ordered omelette rice, she felt excited about what would unfold in the future.

“Things become more interesting when I’m with her.”

She didn’t really like being involved with Jung Chanwoo, but it all started from yesterday at the intestines restaurant, leading to the bamboo forest, and now they were going to fight with the female seniors.

Coming to Kim Woojin’s house on the weekend turned out to be a good choice when she was bored.

“But wait a minute.”

As Yoo Arin looked at Kim Woojin, who was hastily eating his cheese cutlet, she sneaked a glance.

“So, Yerin and Iseo are joining too?”

“Are you crazy? They have something to do, so they can’t meet us.”

“Hmm.”

At that moment, Yoo Arin had a more interesting thought. It’s not boring now, but wouldn’t it be even more exciting to plant a bomb that would never get boring in the future?

Putting down her spoon, Yoo Arin immediately grabbed her phone and started banging on it.

“Eat your food quickly. Chief Ju will be here soon.”

“Okay, just a moment.”

What Yoo Arin did was changing her messenger status message and profile picture.

She used the selfie she took at Kim Woojin’s house as her profile picture.

It was a picture taken on the mattress, but when other people saw it, they would just think it was an ordinary picture taken at home.

But if someone who knew Kim Woojin’s house saw it, they would easily figure out that Yoo Arin was at Kim Woojin’s house right now.

For example, people like Choi Iseo and Seo Yerin, who had slept over at Kim Woojin’s house.

“Hmm.”

Furthermore, in her status message, she wrote, “Lazing around at a friend’s house.”

“Huhuhu.”

“Why are you laughing? I want to smash your head.”

Kim Woojin muttered harsh words towards Yoo Arin, who was giggling.

“Just watch.”

Imagining the hardship she was going to cause Kim Woojin on Monday, Yoo Arin stuck her tongue out and smiled.