The Law of Webnovels
Chapter 337

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Then I heard someone grumbling behind me, "If this was what's gonna happen, why did you call me out? The number of people doesn't match now. What are you gonna do about it?"

Although he was complaining, Yeo Dan oppa's friend didn't look upset at all. Instead, he was sending us a satisfied glance with a smirk while resting his chin on his palm. Slightly frowning, Yeo Dan oppa turned his head in that direction and replied, "Why don't you play a double role?"

"Wow, does the girl beside you also know that you are this kind of person?"

'Nope, I had no idea. We've been next-door neighbors for four years, but this is the first time I'm seeing this.' While I answered back in my thoughts, Yeo Dan oppa's friend pointed at Chun Dong Ho.

"Dude, but you went too far. How could you do that to him as soon as you returned? Don't you think it's like bullying at school?"

Yeo Dan oppa replied shortly, "This place isn't school."

"Oh, lord."

"I did it because he deserved it."

Once he spoke that way, Yeo Dan oppa turned his head to look at Sohn Se Young, sitting beside Ahn Ji Young. As if he committed a deadly crime, Sohn Se Young's face turned pale. Yeo Dan oppa's friend seemed to grasp the context at that sight. Clearing his throat, he made some nasal sounds.

"Yeah, you might have had a reason to do such a thing, though."

Yeo Dan oppa replied, "I'll explain it to you later."

"Fine."

Watching Sohn Se Young's face turning even paler from across the table, I murmured that it was a well-earned punishment and studied others' expression.

While Ahn Ji Young and Moon Sarah were staring worriedly in the direction where Chun Dong Ho headed to, Lee Mina slightly puckered her lips and blew a whistle. Pointing her finger at Yeo Dan oppa, she placed both fists under her chin and shrugged her shoulders as if she felt excited. I gave a little giggle at her. She looked like an observer watching a romantic scene in a TV drama.

Yeo Dan oppa and I left the café. We dashed away as I looked at his friend, who's waving at us as if he was sending us off warmly till the very end.

Once we jumped into the weekend's crowded streets, I burst into laughter while bending myself forward. Putting his hand on my back, Yeo Dan oppa asked concernedly, "Are you okay?"

I nodded without hesitation. If he heard what Chun Dong Ho said, he would definitely worry about how I would be feeling. However, I replied while wiping my lips, "Uh-huh, I think I'm totally fine. Look, I'm smiling."

Covering my mouth with the back of my hand again, I began to giggle. I couldn't help but think about what he just said.

As if he felt embarrassed, Yeo Dan oppa slightly grimaced and uttered, "I heard something ridiculous, so I just copied him."

"Geez, oppa, aren't you really a genius of improvisation?"

Speaking that way with loud laughter, I suddenly thought about something. Now that I had come to think of it, he really was a genius. I became gloomy out of the blue. The workbooks I left on my desk from early in the morning flashed through my head.

Heaving a sigh, I dropped my gaze at the ground. The gray high-heeled sandals, which I seldom wore but put on today for this group hangout, came into view. All the efforts I made and the things I had given up to join this event... They all became meaningless.

Feeling something stinging on my forehead, I raised my head again and found Yeo Dan oppa staring at me worriedly.

Yikes! Waving my hand in the air, I said, "I'm fine... it's just..."

With a nod, Yeo Dan oppa asked, "It's just... what?"

I tapped the ground with the tip of my sandal. Bringing both hands behind my back, I replied, "It's just that... if this had to happen, I wondered why I dressed like this... I mean, I didn't dress this way because of those kids, but I've wasted so much time anyway."

"..."

I tried to say something more until I heard him speak.

"Don't think about it anymore."

"Yeah, I won't."

When I pointed at the corners of my lips, which I still perked upwards to hint a smile, Yeo Dan oppa nodded and patted my head. Bending his steps, he drove a wedge into me, still feeling concerned.

"I'm serious. Don't think about anything stupid."

"I told you, I won't."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes! Gosh, oppa, why are you acting so cautiously ever since we had that bathroom incident?" Tapping my chest, I continued, "Oppa, I may seem like a clear glass bead, but I won't break that easily."

He then tilted his head, saying, "No, you don't look that way..."

"... This is a song lyric, oppa."

"Oh..."

We moved our steps in silence.

I began to blame myself for forgetting that Yeo Dan oppa didn't know much about trending songs. Who would call herself a clear glass bead in a sober mind? How would I have looked in his eyes? I wanted to smash my head on a wall.

Meanwhile, the street started to look familiar as the surroundings turned from commercial sites to residential areas.

'We're here already?' I nodded while glancing around. Since we usually walked together while heading back home, we were naturally returning to our place, although none of us announced it.

That was when we walked past by a convenience store near our apartment. Yeo Dan oppa, who remained so silent until now that he made me feel uneasy, suddenly uttered, "Hold on for a second here."

"Huh?"

Since I had encountered bullies in the alley so many times before—half of them arrived because they wanted to harass Yeo Ryung, though—Yeo Dan oppa wouldn't even consider leaving me alone outside. However, he was about to do the opposite right now.

Watching him quickly disappear into the convenience store, I wondered why he was suddenly behaving that way. Then, I slowly leaned on the alley wall.

It seemed like I spent an eternity in the street alone. If the weather was cold or hot, I wouldn't find this a boring and slow experience. Touching my phone for quite a while, I checked the time out of the blue.

"What time is it?"

'Oh, thank goodness,' I uttered like a sigh. I only wasted less than two hours in the group hangout. 'Well, I only had some brief conversations and a few drinks anyway,' I murmured.

Once I returned home, I would change my clothes immediately. Next, I would take the blouse for dry-cleaning in the laundromat then finish studying after leaving it behind until now. If I study until ten o'clock in the evening, I will finish a few pages, although it's a little below my goal for today.

Putting my phone in my pocket again, I rubbed my forehead and murmured, "Yeo Dan oppa told me not to think about something stupid..." However, once I was left alone, I couldn't help but recall the words I had heard earlier.

Dithering for a moment, I soon sat down and crossed my legs while leaning on the dirty wall.

"I really was so fortunate."

It seemed that I was living quite a more spectacular life than others while spending my youth with the characters in web novels; however, maybe it was not. Instead, I might have been grown in a very sheltered environment since most of the characters in web novels clearly knew what they liked and disliked.

Once again, I realized that the sincerity and interest the Four Heavenly Kings and Ban Yeo Ryung showed and had in me were so precious and rare. It was such a stroke of great luck that I was allowed to stay beside them.

I always feared that those kids would suddenly vanish away or forget me; however, I never thought about something like, 'What if they actually hate me but aren't telling me about it?' I didn't have to be suspicious about it.

Their existence was like an umbrella. It was like a cocoon, protecting me from the pain of this world.

And today, it was the first time I expanded the size of my world to escape from Ban Yeo Ryung and the Four Heavenly Kings. 'What was the outcome?' Asking myself, I could only smile bitterly.

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