The Law of Webnovels -
Chapter 327
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Mina's voice noticeably brightened.
"Wow, you really made my day, Donnie. I can't thank you enough. Let me buy you something at the cafeteria next time."
Having my phone between my shoulder and ear, I leaned myself toward my desk and wrote down the gathering time and place in the notebook: at noon, in front of Twosome Place near Wangsimni station. Suddenly, I came up with some silly thought.
'Twosome Place? A place where two people can do something?'
Hmm... if Eun Jiho or other kids were beside me, they would have sighed after my bad joke. Shaking my head, I put my phone down and opened the closet.
"Oh, lord!"
I didn't have any fitting outfits for this event since I preferred comfy clothes. There's no place for me to dress up and attend. Home, school, library, home, school, and library... that was my everyday routine. Thus, only casual outfits like hoodies or t-shirts took up the bulk of my closet.
Since the other side, who was joining this group hangout, were also high school students, they wouldn't dress up too fancily. Still, I must at least have some of what they call 'manners.'
Pressing my temples for a while, I finally decided to call a savior for this kind of situation. Instead of texting a message, I just gave a call. Within a few beeps, a clear voice came through the phone.
"Hello?"
Ban Yeo Ryung, she was indeed the most thorough morning person I had ever known. With an exclamation, I asked, "Yeo Ryung, do you have something fancy I can borrow for some outside get-together? Not hoodies, but um... at least like a blouse or something like that."
"Yeah, my auntie gave me a few outfits recently. Come over and check if they're okay."
"Oh, sounds cool. I'll come over right away."
Making an immediate response, I went straight to the shoe rack and wore my flip flops. Her question returned.
"But why are you in such a hurry anyway? If you're going to the library, wouldn't some comfy clothes be more suitable?"
"Oh, that's because... you know, I told you about the group hangout thing in Eun Jiho's car a few days ago, right?"
"Uh-huh."
"I happened to join that event just now."
Then, it seemed like Ban Yeo Ryung suddenly took a deep breath before suddenly disconnecting the call. Eh?
"Hello? Hello??"
Saying that on the phone for about a few times, I decided to give up since she lived next door.
I knocked a few times on the familiar sky-blue iron door, but for some reason, nobody responded, so I decided to just enter the password to enter. Yeo Ryung's family was already aware that I knew their entrance password. Besides, all the Bans were morning people, so they would have all been awake by now.
Once I entered the password, the door suddenly emitted a cheerful beep. That was when I tried to pull the doorknob. The door didn't open.
Eh? I pulled the doorknob again with a frown. 'Strange, I heard the unlocking sound just now,' with that thought in mind, I suddenly uttered, "Ban Yeo Ryung... are you there?"
"No!!!"
I gasped after hearing her immediate response. Bewildered, I replied, "Hey, who answers back, 'No,' when you aren't there!?"
"I don't care! There's no such person like that in here!!"
What the heck!? I shouted back, "Open the door!"
"Liar! You said you wouldn't join the group blind date!!"
"What!?"
My jaw dropped while thinking, 'Is that why you aren't opening the door?'
However, I couldn't show up at the group hangout with hoodies or t-shirts on. I would feel bad for Mina!
Meanwhile, the door got locked up again. My mind started racing. I knocked on the door and said, "Come on, Yeo Ryung! I wasn't trying to join that thing, but they say they need someone to replace a person who canceled! I didn't want to tell the person on the other side of the call to just go back home, so I decided to join! Please, open this door!"
"Sob, sob... No, you traitor!"
"Oh, come on... you don't have to call me a betrayer!"
Her argument kept on for a while but came to an end once her parents intervened. Losing strength to cope with her, I just panted in perplexity while leaning on the iron door. Suddenly, the door opened with a beep. Taking a few steps back with the open door, I raised my head.
"... What are you guys doing here?"
Ban Yeo Ryung's parents showed bewilderment on their faces when our little clamor interrupted their peaceful weekend.
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"You guys are freshmen in high school now, so no more fights!"
Scolding us that way, Ban Yeo Ryung's parents barely understood what happened between us as we strictly denied that we weren't fighting at all.
Her mother heaved a sigh while folding her arms.
"I thought you guys were having a big fight like back in the days. Yeo Ryung was clinging to the door like a cicada and wasn't trying to get off."
"Oh, I see, but we weren't fighting at all," I replied while glancing at Yeo Ryung in amazement.
The door didn't move at all, so I wondered if I put in the wrong password or if the unlocking sound just occurred in my head. However, that happened purely because of Ban Yeo Ryung's mighty force! She was as strong as Hercules!
Filled with admiration, I looked at her face. My eyes widened. Yeo Ryung was just looking down at the floor while biting her lips tight.
Wondering what was going on with her, I soon realized something.
Her mother just said, 'I thought you guys were having a big fight like back in the days.'
I came up with the memory of Yeo Ryung's attitude and how she treated me when I first fell into this world as a freshman in middle school.
Only Yeo Dan oppa knew about the incident with Baek Yeo Min, which happened around that time, so if we had a big fight that both of our parents remembered, it probably happened around that time.
While I was lost in thought, Yeo Ryung's mother, who left us at the spot and headed to the kitchen, brought us some juice.
"Oh, thank you."
As I replied that way, her mother left the space. The awkward silence surrounded us again. Ban Yeo Ryung was scowling at the cup of orange juice with a swollen face. I carefully detached my lips.
"Um, hey..."
Yeo Ryung suddenly opened her mouth.
"Which school are you hanging out with?"
"Huh? Oh, um, Nam Gye High School."
Before I asked her why, Yeo Ryung, who was fixing her gaze at the cup of orange juice for quite a while, showed a determined look then got up from her seat.
"Before this orange juice cools down, I'll go get rid of them."
"Chill, Ban Yeo Ryung, and this is a cold juice."
If she was born during the Three Kingdoms Period, she would have defeated Guan Yu.
Anyway, after a series of conversations, Ban Yeo Ryung opened her closet while pretending to weep. As expected, her wardrobe was filled with magnificence that her relatives had given her. However, Ban Yeo Ryung wore only a few clothes from that pile of outfits.
Ransacking her wardrobe, I opened my mouth as something flashed through my mind.
"Where's Yeo Dan oppa? I didn't see him today. He usually never leaves during the weekend. He doesn't even study at the library."
My voice was buried through the wooden wardrobe. Looking at me with arms crossed, Yeo Ryung replied unhappily, "Oppa? He went outside early in the morning to help his friends with studying."
"Really? How come?"
Thinking about his grades or test scores, it wasn't surprising that he was helping his friends with studying. What mattered was his personality. He would never help others, not even his friends.
Even I wondered if he would help me with some academic things when I asked him for that stuff. Besides, Yeo Dan oppa grew more relentless to those who were close to him.
Ban Yeo Ryung replied, "He said he lost a bet."
"Oh, so that's what happened."
Nodding, I picked up a checkered blouse and placed it under my face. Turning around, I asked, "Yeo Ryung, how does this one look?"
"You look too pretty."
"Nah, you're the only one who thinks that."
Anyway, I tried wearing about five clothes and drew a conclusion, 'Hmm, Ban Yeo Ryung... you aren't helpful when choosing what to wear.'
I, eventually, took a picture and attached it to a text message.
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