The Malicious Member is Back! - Chapter 229



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The Malicious Member Returns! Episode 229

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What I learned while gossiping about Yeonwoo hyung, which wasn’t really gossip, was that Sa Gong-yu had a different personality than me, despite his appearance.

“Jeong Yeon-woo, that guy, really, ha… I didn’t know he would do that to you. You must have had a hard time too.”

“I guess so. When a senior of that age approaches you… it’s hard to refuse.”

“… That person doesn’t respect other people’s boundaries. That’s what I hate the most. Do you think everyone else is like that?”

Of course, it’s not like I don’t have a blunt and sensitive personality at all… .

“Chun-yong, you’re so kind. I’m sorry. I think I misunderstood. That’s because I have a bad habit of judging others by their appearance, even though I know I shouldn’t…”

“No, well, that could be true. You see, I’m a bit of a prude.”

“… I also get misunderstood a lot because of my looks. That shouldn’t have happened. No, I’ll apologize again. Should I give you a drink?”

“Okay, okay! I’ll just eat the side dishes!”

“Then I feel really bad… I’ll order chicken, then. Oh, and just call me Yu. I’m a double-faced person, so ‘Sagong’ is my last name.”

Rather, once you cross the boundaries you set for yourself with permission, you become more emotional and outgoing.

Thanks to this, I was able to easily hear an answer to the question of how such an actor is friends with the wild and wild Tae-rang Ahn.

“Haha… How did you become friends with Tae? It seems like you two wouldn’t get along well.”

“Ugh, I knew you’d ask that question.”

“Actually, I was surprised that the friend Tae-yi introduced me to was you. Do you know what I mean?”

“Oh, I know. He and I… our personalities don’t really match. But you know. Ahn Tae-yi doesn’t care about that kind of thing.”

“You care.”

“You… are sharp. To be exact… I met him before my personality was properly formed, so that’s why.”

A peer I met on a movie set when I was very young.

In that intense filming set where there were only adults talking seriously, it felt very special for a child to have someone with whom he could talk about similar topics.

“He gave me a cicada as a gift, but I was so surprised that I put it in his mouth.”

“Did you put it in because you were surprised? Or was it intentional?”

“Ugh, I was surprised! … Anyway. But, even after that happened, he just smiled and said let’s go out and play together.”

“Wow… Taei is the real Taei.”

“Yeah. As it turned out, Antae was a bit of an exception… and that’s just how we ended up.”

“Huh, are you saying that even if you meet other kids, they’re not like Taei?”

“I have a bit of a strange relationship with An Tae-rang. But I work well with other kids, too. It was the same this time in ‘Hwasoo-bun’.”

As he spoke, Sa Gong-yu’s eyes seemed somewhat embarrassed, but also had a hint of determination.

“If you can’t do it, you can’t do it. Front. I’m a bit shy, so I can’t be friendly from the start… but if you keep my boundaries and are polite, I’ll be good to the other person.”

“… Yeah. I can tell from what you’re doing to me.”

This was the appearance of a person who had clear boundaries and a strong sense of professionalism.

It may be a bit odd to say this when we are both angry about Yeonwoo hyung’s abrupt and heartbreaking attitude…

I think I know why Yeonwoo hyung found it funny.

As soon as you touch it, it responds quickly, and in the meantime, it does its job to the best of its ability.

He’s exactly Yeonwoo’s type, this kind of person.

“… … .”

As I thought about it that way, I got goosebumps at the thought that I too was judging others like Yeonwoo hyung.

No, I’m not that smart.

If I were that smart, I wouldn’t have become an alcoholic and a trash, and I wouldn’t be suffering like this now.

Come to your senses, Kim Chun-yong.

“…after.”

After briefly reflecting on my own identity, I opened my eyes wide.

It was nice to make new friends and for my friends’ friends to become my friends.

However, you must not forget why you came here.

Basically, I came here to get information that could help me infer who the ‘other guys’ are.

No matter how much my brain was soaked in joy at spending time with such good people after such a long time, the roles of the subject and object should not be reversed.

The members are happily chatting in their dorms, rejoicing at having safely completed their first year-end stage.

The family who sent me a playful message earlier saying, “I saw your stage, what did you do?”

To those people, so that I can properly apologize with all my might.

“… … .”

I briefly glanced at the skill activation status of my flashing phone, then turned my gaze back to Tae and Yu, who were sprawled out on the table.

The two of them were expressing curiosity about the question I had mentioned earlier, ‘I have something to ask you.’

“Chun-yong, why are you stopping in the middle of your conversation? You’re curious, aren’t you? Tell me quickly. What do you want to ask?”

“Hey, Antaei. Slow down. You might need to think about it.”

“Isn’t it normal to ask the first thing that comes to mind?”

“That’s just you, just you.”

“You’re harassing me again!”

Despite the suddenness of the remark, the smell of alcohol slowly began to waft around the place, so the conversation didn’t seem strange.

… let’s go and see, then.

I smiled as I lifted the half-full bottle of whiskey and tonic water.

“First, let me pour you some drinks and then we’ll talk.”

“Hmm? Well… It’s not bad. I’m going to drink it anyway… But, Chun-yong, are you good at mixing alcohol? I heard you’ve never tried alcohol before.”

“Oh, I’ll give it a try. You guys, give me a taste test. That way I won’t make the same mistake next time.”

“Hmm, okay! Then give me a lot. A lot.”

I filled Taei and Yu’s glasses with the alcohol-flavored liquid, carefully rolling my eyes as I chose.

I had to do well from now on.

Because I had to get information from a drunk person.

The reactions of drunk people usually vary, but based on the criteria of ‘being able to communicate and not completely losing consciousness’, they can be roughly divided into three categories.

first.

Over-emotional type.

“Ugh, ugh… Rather, back then I…”

“Hey, Rex. I’m sick of it… Stop digging the ground with that… It ruins the taste of the drink, really…”

“Hey! How can you say something like that to someone who’s been through a lot? You too, huh? You were drunk for a whole month after breaking up with your girlfriend.”

“Oh, is that the same thing? Rex, it’s been three years already!”

This side was collectively referred to as my drinking buddies and I.

Alcohol gives you a momentary awakening effect, so you can express your emotions lightly, and at the same time, you can empathize with each other from time to time, but once you sober up, you forget everything.

After the hangover is over, I make plans to go out for drinks again like a ghost. Should I say that’s good or bad?

anyhow.

And the second one is….

I slowly opened my mouth after checking the two people pouring alcohol into their mouths.

“… Aside from my members, you guys are my first celebrity friends.”

“Huh…? Really?”

“Yeah. That’s why I wanted to hear about your other friends too. Tae and Yu, you’ve made a lot of friends while working on set.”

“That’s right! I have a lot of friends. Hmm. Who should I talk about first? First, Yu? As I said before, I first met Yu when I followed my parents to the filming set… .”

second.

The broken radio that Taei is showing us now.

“That time, Yuga fed me a pine caterpillar. Do you know what a pine caterpillar is? The one with many legs. The one that lives in pine trees. Haha, that was the first time I ever ate a bug… .”

He keeps saying the same thing over and over again as if he’s completely forgotten that he just said it.

“Oh, I saw someone there too. Who was it? Oh… That’s right! Sehwa noona. I met Sehwa noona there for the first time too. As you know, Chun-yong, she’s the actress Lee Se-hwa…”

However, Taei wasn’t completely broken, as he mixed in new information every now and then.

Rather, it was good that I could choose who to think of and approach because the names of various people came up.

“Oh, I know. Actress Lee Se-hwa. Isn’t she about 10 years older than us? But they call her older sister.”

“Yeah, that’s right, that older sister is really goofy. She looks cold, and she makes a lot of mistakes. So, that older sister spilled water on me that time, so we just decided to be sisters…”

“Okay, okay. Is there anyone else?”

“… Hyung Jeong-Hyeon?”

“Ah, actor Choi Jung-hyun.”

I kept filling Taei and Yu’s glasses with alcohol while counting the people that Antae had mentioned one by one in my head.

“Chun-yong, when did you learn to drink like this? When I mix alcohol with An-tae, it doesn’t taste like this.”

“…Instinctively?”

“He’s a natural, really. This is amazing…”

I barely managed to suppress the hollow laughter that threatened to burst out in my drunken mutterings.

It couldn’t have been innate.

It’s a skill I learned while eating, vomiting, and collapsing.

“… I’m glad you guys said it was delicious! Should I give you more? More?”

“Oh, just one drink… .”

“Me too, me too.”

On that topic, I don’t eat it, and I feel a little awkward feeding it to others… .

“Mmm, hmmm. It’s delicious. Thank you, Chun-yong. It’s funny because it brings back so many memories when you talk like this. Y-You remember too, right? When Jung-hyun hyung made a mistake with Se-hwa noona… .”

“Oh, I was really flustered because the filming set got really messy, but then you suddenly started doing taekwondo.”

“Isn’t it a good thing that I got pocket money? At that time, Ga-eun hyung and Ji-woo noona lightened the mood, so I gave them 50,000 won as a thank you.”

“What? Me!”

“You didn’t do it!”

Since the two of them look happy, I don’t think I have to worry about dying from guilt.

While Yu and Tae-yi briefly conversed, swimming in their memories of that time, I took a close look at the names mentioned.

Lee Se-hwa, Choi Jeong-hyun, Park Ga-eun, Yoo Ji-woo.

As expected, they were all actors’ names, and they weren’t people like Yeonwoo hyung that immediately came to mind and made me think, ‘Maybe so?’

Just work hard at your job and don’t do anything bad.

But, I couldn’t stop telling this story for that reason.

Because I haven’t heard anything from you yet.

“Um, um… oh, I don’t remember. I, I need to go to the bathroom for a sec…”

“Hey, take your time.”

So, An Tae-i, who had been talking excitedly for a while, left the room for a moment.

“Phew… .”

Yuga, whose face was flushed from drinking like a machine gun, took a deep breath and put her glass down on the table.

I made eye contact with the guy, not bothering to refill his glass.

Because, in my opinion, Yu seemed to be the ‘last’ type.

You shouldn’t give alcohol to people like that when they try to open their mouths.

because….

“Chun-yong. Uh. This is something I was hesitant to tell Tae-yi about… .”

…the flow of conversation can’t be broken.

I leaned towards Yu, who was finally starting to open up properly, and made a serious expression.

“Yeah. Tell me.”

I am ready to listen to you.

No matter what you say, I have no intention of going anywhere to talk.

That kind of expression.

“… … .”

Yu, who saw my serious expression, lowered his head for a moment and muttered softly.

In a low voice to suit his appearance.

“I… don’t like Jeongyeonwoo. You’re the only one who knows. Up until now, you’re the only one who sympathized with me.”

“Uh, uh.”

“That’s why I started to hate that person even more. It’s because something bad happened recently with someone similar to that person.”

Words that dig into my ears as hard as a dump truck, like that.

As I expected, Yu was the third type.

Third.

Open lock type.

People who usually feel that they are not good at speaking because they feel that they are out of sync with their image, find it easier to say things they have kept hidden thanks to the alcohol and comfortable atmosphere.

The reason I included this in the sample was because of the person I saw when I was making a name for myself as a trash.

“… That’s right. I’m sorry, Rex. I didn’t mean to cause you any trouble.”

“Because of that, I got 20 more articles? Huh… .”

“That’s it! But….”

There was a lot to be said about the person who created this specimen, but that wasn’t what was important at the moment.

Why did I initially think that Yeonwoo hyung might be one of the ‘other guys’?

That vagueness.

That perfection.

Isn’t that why?

What Yuga was talking about as a similar person meant that he too might be one of the ‘other guys’.

“Oh, really. I can’t tell my parents about this. I’m so embarrassed…”

“Hey, feel free to talk. Feel free to talk. What’s wrong?”

When I patted his shoulder, raising my voice slightly at the thought that he might have finally stepped on his tail, Yu let out a deep sigh mixed with the scent of alcohol and slowly opened his mouth again.

“He’s the person next door to me….”

“Next door?”

“Oh. He’s an idol. You and An Tae-i might have seen him too. Nate from 2OCD…”

At the name Yuga brought out, I couldn’t help but be speechless for a moment.

Nate from our senior group, 2OCD.

Real name: Lee Hyo-jae.

“Hello, this is Nate! Are you all having a good day today? Every day of the new semester with a warm spring breeze blowing. Today’s first song is….”

That senior, with a gentle, kind, and calm church-like image, even landed a spot as a radio host.

However, I also knew that his original personality was not like that.

Hyung Hyojae is lighter than he looks, makes a lot of mistakes, and curses a lot.

How don’t you know?

“Oh, Rex. I’ll just pay for today. You go in quickly. I have to go to the radio right after this. Oh, my schedule is really tight.”

“Oh, hyung, then you go in slowly too… .”

“What do you mean, slowly? Get out quickly, Inma. I’ll take care of you and go too.”

… that guy was one of my closest drinking buddies.

“No, don’t you keep trying to harass me? Don’t you talk about the work I’m still thinking about? I’m going crazy.”

But what Yuga was saying now was strange.

Of course, that hyung Hyojae… .

“Are all idols like that? Looking at you and An Tae-i, it doesn’t seem like that. What’s really wrong with those people…?”

Because I feel like it’s possible for someone else to do the same.

“… … .”

My spine sank coldly.

I remembered something X had said.

– X: Most candidates choose people who have a high chance of failure haha

– X: Our company can’t do charity work either, right? ㅠ

okay.

That’s what I’m saying.