Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 91



91 – 91. Guests

If I had to pick one good thing about being among men, it would be that there wasn’t much fuss when it came to choosing a menu.

When I suggested we go eat some noodles at the noodle shop in front of our house to cure our hangovers, everyone went along without a word and we ate noodles together.

Everyone had just woken up from sleep, and although we were all healthy young men, our expressions were all equally dead.

We weren’t eating to live, but rather like we were stopping at a shelter while dying.

Woong! Woong! Woong!

“Chanwoo, turn off your phone. Or block it.”

Jung Chanwoo’s phone had been ringing incessantly since earlier. I thought it was the girls he had exchanged numbers with at the hunting pub yesterday who kept contacting him.

“I already turned off my phone?”

I wondered what was going on when he said he had already turned off his phone, but then Han Kang took out his phone.

“Sorry, it was me.”

Yesterday, Gang Kang, who had called all his ex-girlfriends and exchanged numbers with more at the hunting pub, had turned off his phone.

I was worried that if I left it like that, he would really dive into the Han River and live up to his nickname.

“Ha, damn it.”

The moment the keyword “ex-girlfriend” came to mind, I immediately wanted to bury my nose in the noodles and die.

I never imagined that I would do the same thing that people talk about in online community stories.

There were often stories like this in the bamboo forest, either as personal experiences or as something that had been copied and pasted from somewhere.

I never thought I would actually experience the same thing.

I felt like I was going to dive into the Han River with Han Kang if I stayed like this, so I ate the noodles with a vengeance.

It was so delicious that my desire to die gradually faded away, thinking that I wanted to eat it again later.

“Ugh, I’m going to live a little.”

Byun Jin-ho, who had already ruined his image, was cosplaying as a manly man. He had eaten two bowls of noodles, which was appropriate for his size, and he immediately got up from his seat.

“I’m going to go now.”

Of course, no one tried to stop him.

“Han Kang… Let’s go to the Military Manpower Administration together later about the enlistment thing.”

“……Let’s go now.”

Byun Jin-ho, who had become close enough to call Han Kang comfortably. Han Kang, who had eaten his noodles in a hurry, also got up and went out with Byun Jin-ho.

“Go, you bastards.”

“Let’s never see each other again.”

We parted ways, exchanging insults. Han Kang and Byun Jin-ho left, and Ahn Hyun-ho went straight to school.

I heard that he was going to meet Choi Yi-seo in person and apologize for what happened yesterday.

I wonder if he’ll be able to meet her.

Finally, Chanwoo had to go to work at the PC cafe.

“I’ll go too, Woojin.”

“……You’ve worked hard.”

“You too.”

We looked at each other with salty eyes and sighed deeply as we parted ways.

Anyway, I was glad that Chanwoo’s blood clot seemed to have dissolved, but my heart was still very uncomfortable.

It was so broken that it couldn’t be fixed, and it was completely empty.

The only good thing was that my butt wasn’t empty.

‘If I go to school now, I think I can still attend the lecture.’

I thought that if I went to the beginner Japanese conversation class that I was taking with Seo Ye-rin right now, I would be able to attend.

‘Okay, let’s just go to sleep.’

Anyway, this is the first time I’ve missed a Wednesday lecture. I had a sudden break from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday, but I spent so much time that I would have been much better off attending the lecture.

When I returned home, I was greeted by about 700,000 won worth of adult products.

“Oh, really.”I clearly told him to take the dildos, but none of them were taken.

I roughly put the adult toys rolling on the floor back into the envelope and laid down on the mattress.

No matter how hard I try to recall, I can’t remember what I said to Oh Yoon-ji on the phone yesterday.

“Oh! Kim Woo-jin, really look for it! Look for it!”

I banged my head on the floor several times and collapsed, rubbing my forehead because it really hurt.

I wondered if my memory would come back if I hit my head, but it just hurt.

“Haah.”

I lay down on my stomach and brought my cell phone in front of my face and checked it.

From Noble mtl dot com

– Oh Yoon-ji

Outgoing call, 3 minutes 47 seconds.

The outgoing call history is still written.

Even the fact that I talked for almost 4 minutes made my neck feel tight.

I looked for a call recording, but of course there was no such thing.

I turned off all the automatic recording functions because I thought I might have to talk about my family.

‘I wish I hadn’t answered the phone.’

Then I would have felt lighter than I do now.

What did I say to Oh Yoon-ji for 3 minutes and 47 seconds? I can’t think of anything to say right away, but I doubt I said anything nonsense because I was drunk.

‘Should I call her?’

I was drunk and playing with my friends and called because I lost the game.

Did I say anything strange?

Actually, I was going to call my ex-girlfriend, but I called you, my ex-girlfriend.

All sorts of excuses sprang up in my head, but my thumb never went to the call button.

It wasn’t just because I made a mistake while drinking yesterday, but I was afraid to hear Oh Yoon-ji’s voice.

Because I thought something might change.

“Ahhhhh!”

I put down my cell phone and closed my eyes, kicking the mattress like I was swimming.

I thought it would be the best choice to just fall asleep for now.

* * *

Thump, thump, thump!

“Huh?!”

I got up without realizing it at the sound of a knock on the door. I looked around and it was still light, and I couldn’t have slept for long because I wasn’t tired.

I checked the time and saw that I had only slept for an hour, so I tried to close my eyes again.

Thump, thump, thump!

I sighed at the sound of a knock on the door from outside and shouted.

“No one’s home.”

“Open the door.”

The voice from outside was Choi Yi-seo.

Come to think of it, I did have a record of talking to Choi Yi-seo yesterday.

“I said no one’s here.”

“Then who’s talking now?”

“Autonomous AI. The owner bought it and put it in the house.”

I didn’t want to see anyone because I was annoyed. I just wanted to cover myself with the blanket.

– Hello? Woo-jin? If you’re with Ahn Hyun-ho…

– Hey?! Is this a raw fish restaurant?

My voice, which was completely drunk, began to be heard through the crack in the front door.

– Please send me some raw fish.

– This isn’t a raw fish restaurant, it’s Choi Yi-seo. Ha, how much did you drink?

– I want raw fish?!

– It’s Choi Yi-seo. Your friend. English Literature Department. If you’re with Ahn Hyun-ho, tell him.

– If it’s not a raw fish restaurant, why did I call?

– I called. Oh, come on! Where are you? I’ll pick you up.

– If it’s not a raw fish restaurant, why did I call?

– Don’t hang up!

The voice stopped there.After listening to the recorded call, I let out a sigh of relief.

“I didn’t make any mistakes.”

“Oh my god.”

Choi Yi-seo, who was taken aback by my shameless behavior, sighed and knocked on the door again.

“Open this. I have something to say.”

“I told you, the owner isn’t here.”

“Ugh.”

Choi Yi-seo banged her head against the door and uttered a word with annoyance.

“You talked to Yoon-ji yesterday, didn’t you?”

“Oh, sh*t!”

I jumped up without realizing it and hurriedly opened the door. Choi Yi-seo, who had been standing a step back after hearing me running, pushed me in as soon as the door opened.

It doesn’t matter.

It was important to know how Choi Yi-seo knew that I had talked to Oh Yoon-ji and if she knew the content of the call.

Choi Yi-seo, who had come inside, immediately handed me the hangover cure she had brought.

She also seemed to have looked at the ingredients, and it seemed like she was going to make buckwheat noodle soup.

I was about to ask her about Oh Yoon-ji, but I couldn’t speak when I saw Choi Yi-seo tying her apron.

It was difficult to ask a girl who had feelings for me about my ex-girlfriend.

I just sat there blankly, watching her back, and drank the hangover cure.

I had eaten noodles to get rid of my hangover earlier, but my stomach was still upset because I had drunk so much.

“Did you get rid of your hangover separately?”

Choi Yi-seo, who had just talked about Oh Yoon-ji, changed the subject.

“Yeah, I ate noodles with the kids earlier.”

Choi Yi-seo turned her head slightly and looked at me with a sigh when I said “kids.”

“I was really annoyed yesterday.”

“An Hyun-ho went to school today looking for you.”

“I met him. He must have contacted the kids to find out where I was.”

He has good connections.

“I blocked his number after An Hyun-ho confessed to me more than ten times yesterday. I told him not to contact me personally, and then I just unblocked him.”

“……”

“What annoys me is that you were there and didn’t stop An Hyun-ho?”

“Oh, no. I wasn’t in my right mind either.”

“I could tell.”

Choi Yi-seo sighed again and muttered as she took out the minced garlic and green peppers.

“When I was talking to An Hyun-ho yesterday, you kept…… on the other end of the phone.”

Bang, bang, bang!

“Hey, you bastard!”

Yoo Ah-rin’s voice could be heard from outside, banging on the door.

It seemed like she was about to say something important, but Choi Yi-seo gestured for me to open the door and go, so I went that way for now.

Creak.

“Hey, knock gently… Ugh!”

Yoo Ah-rin’s flying kick hit my forehead and I fell to the floor.

Yoo Ah-rin, who had knocked me over, came inside while growling and threw the envelope she had brought at my chest.

“Huh? What is this?”

“Hello.”

Yoo Ah-rin was surprised to see Choi Yi-seo, who was already inside.

“What are you doing?”

“Making buckwheat noodle soup?”

“……”

There was a strange atmosphere between the two of them. I closed the door and went inside, taking the hangover cure from the envelope Yoo Ah-rin had thrown.

“Why are you here?”

“Why am I here? You bastard! Do you know what you did yesterday?”

“……I really don’t know.””I told you to tell Jung Chan-woo and Pyo Jin-ho not to call, but they called anyway.”

“…….”

“What did you say next? Why are you doing this to such nice people? How do you think Chan-woo and Pyo Jin-ho feel about being taken by a gay old man? Do you really want to lose?”

“I, I’m sorry.”

I must have been talking crazy because I was drunk. Before I knew it, I was kneeling and apologizing. Yoo Ah-rin opened the window wide in annoyance.

“Ugh! I can’t breathe in here because of the smell of alcohol and old man!”

A cold wind blew in, but Choi Yi-seo seemed to agree and kept her mouth shut while boiling the porridge.

“And clean up the house. What is this mess?”

Yoo Ah-rin started cleaning the room without answering. The situation was so sudden that I just watched blankly.

“What is this?”

The moment she picked up the envelope from the adult toy store that was lying on the floor, she ran over in a panic.

“Wait! You can’t!”

“What’s wrong?”

Yoo Ah-rin nonchalantly poured the contents of the envelope onto the floor.

Knock, knock.

“Woo-jin, are you there?”

At that moment, Seo Ye-rin’s voice could be heard outside the door.