Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 71



71 – 71. Han River Hunting (1)

– Head of the Department: We’re going to Han River to hunt. Are you coming?

– Head of the Department: I’ll show you how to use a pool table.

Very ominous declarations continued to pour out at me like threatening letters.

It seemed like I might actually end up killing someone at this rate, so I figured I should probably go with them.

– Kim Woojin: I have one more lecture left. Can you wait until that’s over and then we can go together?

I sent a message to my senior, agreeing with him in the hopes of buying some time.

– Head of the Department: Sure. You should think about what snacks you’re going to bring too.

‘Is he serious?’

I had already suffered once because of my girl seniors, and now even my Han River senior was kicking up a fuss, so he must have been pretty fired up.

I hoped that the fire would die down a bit over time, and I moved to my seat for the next lecture.

I couldn’t really focus during the lecture.

I wasn’t the type to study hard anyway, and something felt off, so I checked my phone every now and then.

As far as I knew, there was a system in place to defer military service for students who were enrolled in school when their draft notice came.

There wasn’t much of the second semester left, so wouldn’t it be better to just put it off for a bit and finish my second year?

‘What the heck? It’s real?’

There really was a system in place to defer military service for university students who received their draft notice.

I wondered if Han River senior could defer his service with this.

‘This isn’t a problem.’

With that in mind, I snuck into the bamboo forest. I hadn’t been checking in with Yoo Ah-rin as much as I should have lately, and I wanted to calm my mind and body because of the stimulating situations I’d been in with Seo Ye-rin.

– Anonymous44: The story of the cursed doll that giggles. This story is a well-known ghost story, but there are many parts that have been passed down differently. In fact…

The ghost story club, which always gossiped about ghost stories in the bamboo forest.

– Anonymous243: Looking for someone to go to a concert with. This time, we’ll mostly be going to see new releases…

And the anime club, which talked about anime all day long.

↳ Anonymous11: Stop stinking up the place with your BO and go play with your friends.

The troublemaker, Ssamdak, who always picked fights no matter where he was.

– Anonymous59 (Admin 1): ㅅㅅㅎㄷ

Yoo Ah-rin, who naturally chimed in and grumbled when she was bored.

– Anonymous69: I want to have s*x!

The s*x club, which was the same as always.

↳ Anonymous90: I want to have s*x!

Anonymous90, who seemed to be busy but never stopped worshipping her. The fossil from the Department of Dentistry, Lee Eun-woo.

In between the usual nonsense and grumbling, I saw a post that caught my eye.

– Anonymous307: ? I got this from SNS, but isn’t this the alley next to the shopping street in Ga-hyeon?

There was an address attached to it, and when I followed it, I found a dark alleyway with a man and a woman standing face to face.

The person filming seemed to be doing so secretly from the end of the alley.

– Yesterday in front of some university. Legendary confession.

[I like you!]

The screen was dark so I couldn’t see their faces, and their voices were muffled, but their body shapes and clothes looked familiar.

‘Isn’t that the same outfit Han River senior was wearing yesterday?’

Wasn’t the person on the other side Seo Ye-rin?

[How many times do I have to tell you? To be honest, you already know how I feel, and you’re just pretending not to.]

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[Senior…][No, I don’t mind you seeing it. But why — are you seeing it with the same guy? There are many other guys. Huh? Honestly, am I uglier than him? Am I shorter? Do I have no money? No, I don’t.]

The part where the name goes seems to have been muted. That’s how much the writer wanted to upload this video.

[Senior, don’t curse –.]

[Did I say something wrong? You’re hurt because of your pride. I feel dirty because you’re close to him. I… Ha, damn it. I never imagined that I would be jealous.]

[Senior, I don’t want to date you. I don’t want to hear you curse –.]

[Just tell me. Why am I not good enough? It’s not like I was unkind to you. Huh? –Ah.]

[Whew….]

Seo Ye-rin finally sighed and answered.

[He’s good at s*x.]

[…What?]

[Is that enough? I told you the reason. So stop it.]

[No, no! Wait a minute! Wait a minute! What did you say?!]

The video ended with the cameraman running away in a hurry as Seo Ye-rin tried to get out of the alley.

“……”

I couldn’t help but stare at the screen where the video was uploaded.

I don’t know what the hell is going on, but I reported the video and deleted the comment that was posted on our bamboo forest.

I don’t know if it’s spreading on SNS, but anyone from our department who attended the dinner yesterday might recognize me by my clothes.

More than that.

‘This senior….’

Didn’t he tell me to have a friendly competition or something?

He said he saw me again. He said that no matter who I date, we should have a drink together.

The place where Yoo Ah-rin hit me yesterday hurt even more for no reason. I shouldn’t have been hit if this was going to happen.

– Kim Woo-jin: Senior, is there a military service deferment system for students?

When I sent a message to Han Kang like that, Han Kang replied after a while.

– Han Kang: Yeah, but I can’t.

– Kim Woo-jin: Why not?

– Han Kang: There’s something like that. They said that I’m not the right person for that procedure.

– Han Kang: I’ve already checked. Thanks for worrying about me, Woo-jin.

‘This bastard?’

I get a cheap feeling when I see him not talking properly.

– Kim Woo-jin: Did you see that Joo-hee was really angry because she missed the senior group project?

– Han Kang: When I called her, she was really angry. But it’ll be okay. Joo-hee said it last time. She said that she can’t miss it unless she gets a warrant.

Is he just nagging because he believes that?

Because Min Joo-hee will keep her word?

But this case seems to be a little different.

– Kim Woo-jin: Senior, let’s be honest.

– Han Kang:　？

– Kim Woo-jin: Did you confess to Seo Ye-rin yesterday and get rejected, so you applied for military service?

– Han Kang: ……Did Ye-rin tell you?

‘This crazy bastard!’

– Kim Woo-jin: There’s a video of you circulating on SNS. I’ll send you the address, so go and tell them that you’re the person in the video.

– Han Kang: …….

– Kim Woo-jin: Do you think Joo-hee will just let this go if she sees this? I heard that she’s going to get an extension. She asked me to go with her.

– Kim Woo-jin: And didn’t you say that we should have a friendly competition or something? You said I was a good guy. You said we should have a drink.

– Han Kang: ……You said you weren’t interested in Ye-rin, but you’ve already gone all the way?

“Ugh.”This is a bit heartbreaking.

– Han Gang senior: Woojin-ah, how’s our deal?

– Kim Woojin: What deal?

– Han Gang senior: Help me not get caught by Joohee. Joohee will calm down to some extent once today passes.

– Han Gang senior: You just have to hang out with Joohee today and brief me on her location.

– Han Gang senior: Huh? Woojin-ah.

– Psychopath: Woojin-ah?

– Kim Woojin: Oh, yes.

I couldn’t reply because I was changing Han Gang senior’s saved name for a moment.

– Kim Woojin: What’s in it for me?

– Psychopath: Can I tell Seohee then?

‘This bastard?!’

– Psychopath: I’m pretty perceptive. I can tell that Yerim is interested in you, and that you’re not just acquaintances with Seohee.

– Psychopath: Just help me for one day. Please, Woojin-ah. I’m begging you.

Sigh.

– Kim Woojin: Then call me hyung from now on.

– Psychopath: …….

– Kim Woojin: If you don’t like it, get caught by Joohee senior. You’ll probably lose all your teeth before you can say anything to Choi Seohee.

– Psychopath: Woojin-hyung.

– Kim Woojin: Yes, puppy.

– Kim Woojin: Don’t worry, I’ll help you. Joohee senior can’t be that sincere, no matter what.

She’s already washed her hands of it and is living as a new person, so how much can she really do?

– Psychopath: I don’t know.

– Kim Woojin: You don’t know?

– Psychopath: Yeah.

* * *

“This f*cking bastard.”

I shouldn’t have just let Han Gang’s words slide. I was the one who saw Joohee senior, who had just entered university as a student in the same year, in her raw state.

Joohee senior, who was really rowdy and had brought a pool cue from somewhere, was smashing her cell phone to pieces.

It seemed like she was asking around for Han Gang’s location.

– Kim Woojin: In front of the convenience store bench at school.

– Psychopath: Confirmed.

– Kim Woojin: Confirmed?

– Psychopath: ……I did.

– Kim Woojin: Answer properly.

– Psychopath: Yes…….

After sending the message, I checked on Joohee senior. She was asking around for Han Gang’s location in the sophomore group chat.

I honestly didn’t want to help Han Gang, but I thought I should calm Joohee senior down for now.

I felt like she was going to make a big deal out of it if I made a mistake.

“But since a warrant has been issued, wouldn’t it be a bit much to say anything?”

As I said that, Joohee senior’s eyes turned red and she glared at me.

Then she chewed on the lollipop she was eating instead of a cigarette and retorted.

“Didn’t that bastard confess to Seo Yerim yesterday?”

You saw the video.

It went down.

How did you see it in that short amount of time?

“If you can do military service as a student but don’t, doesn’t that mean your size is just right?”

You also looked up the military service system for students. You really do work hard.

– Kim Woojin: If you get caught, you’ll really die.

– Psychopath: …….

“Whew, let’s go, Woojin-ah. That bastard is in the volunteer dormitory right now.”

Joohee senior immediately put the pool cue on her shoulder and ran. I followed her with the baseball bat she had brought me and sent a quick message.

– Kim Woojin: Are you in the dormitory right now?

– Psychopath: Yes, my dorm room has already been marked.

– Kim Woojin: I’m on my way there.

No reply.It seems like he’s running away right now.

“I’m going to shove this up your ass and make you spit it out, you son of a b*tch.”

“….”

“Woojin, isn’t that it? That punk can’t go to the military. He’s going to get a re-examination because of me and get a non-active duty verdict.”

I swallowed hard as I followed behind my senior, Joohee, who was making a fierce declaration.

Even if Han River is a cripple in the barracks, it’s not like he’s going to die, is it?

Once today is over, Joohee will calm down.

That’s when.

Suddenly, I got a text message.

I thought it was Han River, but it was someone unexpected.

– Yoo Ah-rin: Hey.

– Yoo Ah-rin: What is this?

– Yoo Ah-rin: (Photo)

– Yoo Ah-rin: I can’t get the video, but isn’t this Han River and Ye-rin?

– Yoo Ah-rin: But more importantly.

– Yoo Ah-rin: Aren’t you the one who was muted there?

– Yoo Ah-rin: What does “You’re good at s*x” mean?

“….”

I silently put my cell phone in my pocket and followed behind Joohee as if I hadn’t seen anything.