Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 81



81 – 81. Pyo Jin-Ho

“What’s wrong? Why do you look like that?”

Senior Joo-hee asked while shaking the ashtray. She must have been quite stressed because she lit a cigarette and the smell of smoke clung to her body.

“No, it’s nothing.”

In fact, I was just feeling a little down because I had been beating the drum and playing the janggu by myself, but there was nothing wrong.

Chan-woo had received some urgent contact, but anyway, Yoo Ah-rin was here, so there wouldn’t be a big problem.

“She wants to sing.”

Yoo Ah-rin interrupted, pointing at me. Sometimes I feel like breaking her head, but today it was especially so.

“Why sing? If you want to sing, let’s go to a karaoke.”

“……No.”

I didn’t really want to sing, and I didn’t want to go to a karaoke because I had seen Senior Joo-hee’s intense performance several times.

Senior Joo-hee didn’t seem to be serious either, and she checked the time while shaking her clothes.

“Isn’t it time for Hyun-ho to come?”

Seo Ye-rin said she was late because she had an appointment with her friends, and Choi Yi-seo said she would go to volunteer with Min-ji and arrive around dinner time.

It’s about time for Ahn Hyun-ho to come.

I took out my cell phone to call him and ask where he was. Before we started filming, I wasn’t very close to Ahn Hyun-ho.

But now, surprisingly, we have evolved into a relationship where we can communicate to some extent.

– Hello?

“Where are you? The seniors are waiting.”

– ……I’m here.

He even cut me off so that I wouldn’t say anything unnecessary, even though I mentioned Senior Joo-hee on purpose.

I heard the sound of Ahn Hyun-ho running with his mouth shut, so I hung up the phone with satisfaction.

Ahn Hyun-ho came, and after thinking about what to eat for a late lunch, we decided to go eat spicy stir-fried squid.

I can’t eat spicy food, but I heard that they have other menus there.

For example, things like tonkatsu or pizza.

‘Why do they sell tonkatsu and pizza at a stir-fried squid restaurant?’

I wondered, but I didn’t say it out loud. These days, there must be more than one or two such stores.

“I can’t eat anything too spicy.”

As I said that while ordering the menu, Yoo Ah-rin, who was sitting next to me, suddenly stroked my head.

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“Oh my! Our Woo-jin! You can’t eat spicy food? Should I suck the sauce for you?”

“Get lost, you crazy girl.”

“Oh my! Where did you learn that? Did you like it when I called you a baby earlier and treated you like a baby?”

“Senior, can you teach me how to fight? I want to beat her up.”

“Hmm.”

When the talk of fighting came up, the eyes of Senior Joo-hee and Ahn Hyun-ho, who were sitting opposite me, sparkled.

Maybe because they were both from the same group, they were quite interested in this topic.

“Ah-rin? If you want to win, don’t you have to take a break from school with Han-gang and go to the gym all the time?”

“……”

“I saw you at the bar the other day, and your roundhouse kick was no joke. Have you been going to the gym for a long time?”

I guess a strong person knows a strong person.

At Senior Joo-hee’s question, Yoo Ah-rin thought for a moment and then scratched her cheek and replied.

“I won a tournament in the past.”

Huh?

“A tournament?”When I asked her in surprise, Yoo Ah-rin nodded her head, embarrassed.

“Then can’t you become a national representative?”

“If I go to the national competition and win a prize, it’s possible, but I didn’t go.”

As she spoke, her expression darkened for a moment.

I felt like she didn’t want to talk about something, so I smiled and replied.

“I guess I’ll have to cancel the arm wrestling.”

As I joked about it, the conversation shifted from Yoo Ah-rin to the fight.

“No, are you crazy for playing a fair game this time? It’s not just about strength, but also skill…!”

“Did you see it, senior? Wow, I was screaming at home watching that, and my brother who lives with me hit me.”

UFC was a hot topic, and I thought Ahn Hyun-ho was right, but even Joo-hee was interested…

‘They get along well.’

I was a little surprised that they got along so well. I don’t mean to say this to a senior, but I wonder if she was born with the wrong gender.

“Don’t you watch UFC or anything?”

I asked Yoo Ah-rin, who was looking around the bamboo forest with some time to spare, and she shook her head.

“What’s the point of watching sweaty men?”

“……Don’t tell me you work out somewhere.”

“I’m not going to.”

Then she giggled as if something was funny and showed me her cell phone.

“Hey, look at this.”

It was a post that had been uploaded to the bamboo forest, and there was a picture of a stretched-out cat attached to it.

– Anonymous99: Where did you get this? Tell me quickly. I’m going to buy it. (Photo)

“Isn’t it cute?”

The white cat stretched out like a steamed bun was cute.

Yoo Ah-rin looked at the picture with sparkling eyes. I wondered if she liked cats because she was a cat herself.

No, is Yoo Ah-rin a fox, not a cat?

But I was more interested in the comments.

↳ Anonymous11: Give me more pictures.

Anonymous11, who is a troll and a troublemaker, surprisingly responded normally to the post today.

This had quite an impact.

↳ Anonymous243: Why aren’t you being a jerk today?

↳ Anonymous11: Shut up, you pervert. Don’t interfere when normal people are talking. You smell like sweat.

243, who is usually cursed at, started with the appearance of the anime seat.

↳ Anonymous125: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

↳ Anonymous90: I want to have s*x!

↳ Anonymous69: I want to have s*x!

↳ Anonymous70: The s*x seat is late today. 69 is now a piece of sh*t.

↳ Anonymous167: A cat god who makes even trolls find peace.

↳ Anonymous305: I’ll upload a picture of my cat, too. (Photo)

↳ Anonymous11: Get the hell out of here, you son of a b*tch.

↳ Anonymous70: It’s like a knife to a dog.

“Oh, I want to join in when I see something like this.”

Yoo Ah-rin laughed and giggled as she looked at the bamboo forest. However, because of her position as an administrator, she was not allowed to write freely.

“Just do it.”

↳ Administrator: Slave No. 1 is a cat.

As I posted a comment on my cell phone, other comments poured in. Most of them were asking for information about Slave No. 1 or asking to see a picture.

“Huh, is this okay? Isn’t it supposed to be neutral and not write anything as a community manager?””So, you’re telling me to just sit here and stare at it without saying anything?”

“Well… yeah.”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s anonymous anyway, idiot.”

Oh, no.

Let me correct that.

“Only you and I know.”

I said with a smirk, and Yuarin, who had been looking at me with a blank expression, started to fidget with her phone, her shoulders shaking as if she found something amusing.

– Anonymous59 (Admin1): The admin is a dog.

↳ Anonymous11: That sounds like sh*t.

↳ Anonymous283: What breed is it? Chihuahua? Husky? Jindo?

↳ Anonymous59 (Admin1): ? I just called it a dog because it’s a son of a b*tch. It looks like a gorilla.

↳ Anonymous60: LOL

↳ Anonymous90: I want to have s*x!

↳ Anonymous69: s*x…

“Hey.”

I called out to her, glaring at her, and Yuarin covered her mouth with her phone, laughing at something she found funny.

To be honest, I didn’t feel too bad about it.

It wasn’t just that she was insulting me anonymously, but it felt like we were sharing a secret that only we knew, and that gave me a sense of camaraderie.

“Oh my! Hey, look at this reply. They posted a meme that looks like you.”

Yuarin giggled, showing me a meme of a dog with its tongue out and a strange expression on its face.

She patted my shoulder and laughed, and her appearance, which was unlike her usual self, seemed a bit naive.

Before I knew it, the two people sitting across from us were looking at us.

They must have finished talking about UFC, because they were both staring at us.

“Tell me honestly.”

Senior Juhee asked with a sly smile.

“Are you dating?”

“Me?”

“With this trash?”

What? Trash?

“No, even if you look at her, she looks like a used tissue with a runny nose. How could you date her?”

“What? A used tissue with a runny nose? If I’m a used tissue with a runny nose, then you’re a…!”

“hahahahaha.”

Senior Juhee, who had been watching us, laughed out loud. We were having a serious fight, but it seemed to be amusing to her.

“Woojin, to be honest, you’re pretty close to girls, aren’t you?”

“Me? I’m just close to a few specific people.”

I could count them all on one hand.

“And those few specific people are all very pretty?”

I couldn’t deny what Senior Juhee said.

“Seoyerin and Choi Yiseo… yeah, I guess so.”

“Hey, why are you leaving me out?”

Yuarin, who was right next to me, jumped in again. I said she was like a cat, but when I see her like this, she’s more like a puppy.

“But personally, I think Arin suits you better than the others. It’s nice to see you two getting along so well.”

“That’s right. I think so too!”

Ahn Hyunho immediately agreed with Senior Juhee. I was surprised to see him smiling so brightly, but it seemed that he hadn’t given up on Choi Yiseo yet.

Maybe he’ll try to woo her hard next semester?

“Unfortunately, I don’t have any plans to CC, so I’m not going to date anyone.”

“Wow, that’s a relief. I was worried that you might confess to me after hearing what Senior said.”Yoo Ah-rin sighed in relief, hitting her forehead. She really wanted to smash her forehead, but she barely held back.

“What, I’m just saying. I think my senior was a little drunk.”

As soon as Joo-hee’s senior finished speaking, the food came out right on time.

I thought the combination of octopus and pizza was strange, but I was a little surprised that it went well together.

Should I say that the spicy taste was caught by the greasiness of the pizza?

During the meal.

Woong!

The table rang.

I thought it was someone’s cell phone, but Ahn Hyun-ho awkwardly smiled and got up from his seat.

“I’ll take a call.”

He said that and went to answer the phone.

“Yes, Jin-ho hyung.”

Yoo Ah-rin turned to Ahn Hyun-ho for a moment. Her eyes were trembling and she looked surprised.

It was a name that was also in my memory.

‘Pyo Jin-ho?’

It was a name I heard for the first time today, but it was a man who left a strong impression.

This time, he was talking to Ahn Hyun-ho.