Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 54



54 – 54. Anonymous 90

“So the menu itself isn’t bad. It’s just that the taste is a bit too plain.”

In front of the classroom.

Senior Min Ju-hee, explaining with her arms crossed. In front of her, the freshmen kitchen team.

“Has anyone made it and tried it? I tried it with the students in the dormitory yesterday.”

Of course, no one answered. Even if they were part of the kitchen team, how could anyone have tried it immediately after the menu was decided yesterday?

“I tried it.”

Unless it was me who made it and brought it to my house personally, no one would answer.

As I raised my hand slightly to give my answer, the attention of the other students shifted towards me.

There was surprise in their expressions, as if they didn’t expect that I had tried it, but there was also a mocking atmosphere, asking how much I was looking forward to the festival.

But senior Min Ju-hee nodded, satisfied, and smiled naturally.

“As expected, it suits my taste.”

This time, the freshmen were alternating between me and senior Min Ju-hee, looking at us with even more surprised reactions.

It seems that I didn’t expect senior Ju-hee to look at me favorably.

“So, how was it?”

“It was as senior said, it was plain. Honestly, I don’t really want to eat it again.”

If it wasn’t for what Choi I-seo made, I wouldn’t have eaten any of it. Choi I-seo, who made it, also had a subtle expression.

“Right? It’s a recipe from last year, but it seems like there needs to be some changes. The person here who can do a little cooking.”

No one raised their hand.

Seeing senior Min Ju-hee’s slight frown, she widened the scope of the question.

“Those who often follow recipes on YouTube, those who can even boil soup, those who live alone.”

Even those who live alone?

Once she asked that question, several people raised their hands and Senior Min Ju-hee nodded satisfactorily.

“Let’s change the menu together. It won’t take long, we’ll just watch YouTube, roughly modify it, and make it once.”

“What about the rest of us?”

Senior Min Ju-hee smiled and replied to the eager junior and senior who raised their hands.

“You guys are responsible for moving the luggage.”

“…….”

“You guys will bring the kitchen equipment. And starting from installing the tents, you guys will do everything.”

The punishment for those who tried to escape by using the excuse of not being able to cook, the heavy club of Joon-deok.

There was an atmosphere of wanting to switch to cooking now, but it was already too late.

“Well, it’s not urgent. Just keep this in mind for now. And…”

“Hey, Ju-hee?”

The door opened and the assistant poked his head out.

“They contacted us saying that they are gathering the students here.”

“Huh?”

Senior Ju-hee immediately turned to look at the juniors.

“What did I do to you guys?”

“No! Nothing!”

“Not at all!”

“…….”

This really feels like gathering more sh*t to clean up. Still, the assistant must know Senior Min Ju-hee well, so he doesn’t take it seriously.

“We were planning to disband anyway. We’ll finish it quickly.”

“Yeah, I’m counting on you.”

The assistant went back inside as it was. Senior Min Ju-hee scratched the back of his head and said solemnly.

“The professor asked me to do this. I’m just better at doing it properly, right? Let’s not make each other blush for no reason and just do it well.”

“Yes, sir!”

After a clean conclusion to the conversation, as everyone was dispersing, Senior Min Ju-hee snapped his fingers and called me.

“Yes, senior?”

Glancing around briefly, she asked in a low voice.

“Was I scary?”

“Huh? Do you even care about that?”

It seemed as if he didn’t care at all.

“Well, even though sometimes I speak a little harshly due to old habits, I still speak kindly to the children, don’t I?”

“…The extent of your kindness is quite broad.”

In reality, it was practically a notification.

“Usually, when dealing with things like this, it’s better to be somewhat forceful than kind. You know that, right?”

“Yeah, because there are some people who won’t listen unless you do.”

What Sunbae Juhi said stung a little.

If it wasn’t for Sunbae Juhi, I would have been one of those people who didn’t move.

“Well, it’s fine if you’re okay with it. After the festival, we’ll start shooting the short film in earnest. Just keep that in mind.”

“Yes, understood.”

As I bowed and bid him farewell, Sunbae Juhi gave me a smirk.

“A guy who hasn’t even been to the military.”

“…”

My determination immediately wavered.

* * *

“So, I told him exactly that. Just do it.”

“You’re crazy! You’re absolutely crazy! You’re going to get in big trouble if you keep doing that!”

“It’s not that easy!”

“Wow, you’re really gambling with your life.”

Sip, sip.

Seoyerin was sipping her coffee while listening to her friends’ frank talk about their night, which had been quite intense.

She had been at the coffee shop with her four friends since high school, but now that she had a boyfriend, the two of them were discussing something quite intense.

She was interested, but too embarrassed to join in the conversation.

“My boyfriend suddenly suggested doing it with ice cubes.”

“Ice cubes?!”

“Yeah, so we did it by passing ice cubes from mouth to mouth. It was better than I expected. It was exciting and enjoyable.”

“Should I try it later?”

“Go for it, it’s surprisingly good.”

“Heuh.”

Seoyerin let out a small sigh. Even though she was drinking cold coffee, her head suddenly felt hot.

“Be moderate, you guys. Yurin feels embarrassed.”

Yurin, irritated with a straw in her mouth on the opposite side. At that moment, the other two shrugged.

“Yerin needs to listen a bit.”

“Yeah, she’s too innocent. She needs to meet a guy, right?”

“…..”

Although Yurin agreed with those words, she didn’t really want to recommend the man Yerin was interested in.

“Do you really have to date? Yerin can do it when she wants.”

“Why do you have to meet someone first at this age?”

“Yeah. Yerin is especially popular, so she needs to develop her eye for men in advance.”

With that, the two friends immediately switched the topic to Yerin and started giving her advice.

“Yerin, meet a guy at this festival. Make sure we interview him.”

“If he’s weird, we’ll filter him out. Do you have anyone you might like?”

“…..No.”

There was a moment when Yerin came to mind, but she quickly denied it and changed the subject.

However, the two long-time friends quickly noticed a change in Yerin’s mood and exchanged glances.

“Yerin, it’s important for you to gain this kind of experience as well, not just for us to bring it up.”

“Yeah. That way, you can recognize a really good guy when he comes, right?”

“I’m not the only one, Yurin is here too!”

In the end, Yerin’s face turned red and she turned the arrowhead in a slightly manipulative way.

The other two friends also looked at Yurin, but…

“What about that guy?”

“Chanu is there.”

“I told you not to get involved with him.”

Yurin, irritated and frowning, immediately expressed her annoyance. Since they were high school friends, the two of them weren’t so worried about Yurin when it came to Chanu.

“She’s obsessed.”

“A childhood friend slapping a handsome guy? Isn’t that the kind of stuff you would see in a webtoon?”

“Ha, if it’s that great, then take him yourself.”

Yurin, who showed a genuine lack of interest in Chanu’s response, received an expression of disbelief from her two friends.

“How can you dislike that face so much?”

“I’m really confessing to Chanu, you know? That day, I’ll take off my clothes and rush into Chanu’s bed.”

“Crazy b*tches.”

Yuarin, who said there was no point in talking and just turned her gaze to her phone.

Because Yuarin showed a hostile reaction whenever Jun Chan-woo was mentioned, the two eventually tried to change the subject back to Seo Ye-rin.

Seo Ye-rin, on the other hand, was contemplating various things in her own way.

“Am I too conservative?”

Both of her friends are in serious relationships with their boyfriends. One of them even experienced a liberal culture called “sensual aftercare.”

Seo Ye-rin heard that Yuarin even jokingly touched Kim Woo-jin’s chest last time.

Although it was rather unpleasant, she didn’t see any strange dynamics between Kim Woo-jin and Yuarin from her own perspective.

“Should I be more proactive this time?”

Although she was called a s*x chair in the bamboo forest, Seo Ye-rin was just a fool in reality.

She wondered if this could be a time for her to reveal more about herself.

“Hmm?”

A strange sigh came from Yuarin, who was looking at her phone. When she furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head, the other two friends couldn’t contain their curiosity and asked.

“Why? What’s wrong?”

“She has a talent for making people curious.”

Without intending to do so, Yuarin murmured and showed the screen of her phone.

There, there was a post in the popular bamboo forest with a lot of commotion.

From Noble mtl dot com

– Anonymous90: Revealing the identity of Anonymous69, the s*x chair.

“What is this?”

One of the friends who doesn’t usually pay attention to the bamboo forest asked, tilting her head. Another friend answered in detail.

“There’s a s*x bird in the bamboo forest. They consistently post about wanting to have s*x every day.”

“With that effort, they should’ve found a girl right away.”

“For real.”

Yuarin agreed with their conversation, but the problem was the post that followed below.

– Anonymous90: I’ll give hints one by one every day. I’m a student majoring in English Literature.

“It’s our major. I’m curious.”

“English Literature level.”

“You guys have fun with the bamboo forest.”

Laughing and having an interesting gossip, the three friends started talking amongst themselves, but…

“…Huh?”

Here’s the only one.

There was one person who couldn’t laugh.