The Law of Webnovels
Chapter 374

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Once the van pulled over to the road's side, I got off and shouted, "Yeo Dan oppa is outside!"

"Ah, really? Good night then."

"Yeah, see you tomorrow, guys."

"See ya!"

Leaving their farewells behind, I stepped down from the car. Once I shut the door, I ran toward the opposite direction of the vehicle. A sizable human figure suddenly appeared at the end of the street shortly after my run.

"Oppa!"

He could have called my name, 'Donnie,' in a sweet voice as he usually did; however, he just moved his steps toward my side with a slight grimace. He asked, "Where's your phone?"

"Um... sorry, it was all my fault. I kept it in silent mode."

Replying politely even with honorifics, I gently smiled and attached my hands to my face as a gesture to say sorry.

"Please forgive me..."

Uttering a short apology, I rolled my eyes, looking for his mercy. Yeo Dan oppa heaved a sigh and raised his hand to take off the scarves on his neck. He wrapped it around my neck.

Eh? I insisted, "I'm fine. You know I'm not that sensitive to cold."

"What if you catch a cold when you have to keep studying?"

"Come on; you're turning into a senior..."

Speaking that way, I suddenly realized something. Just because the college entrance exam was coming soon, it didn't always mean the students who had to take it must study. Yeo Dan oppa would probably continue his same routine even if he became a senior. All he did was take classes in school; however, he always got the nation's highest scores. Thus, his life wouldn't change, even if his grade did.

Although he started to go to the library with his friends, he wasn't there to study. It was because he had nothing to do while I was in cram school.

I carefully touched the scarf he wrapped around my neck. 'Cooking skills and dexterity are utterly separate.' Having that rude thought in my mind, I soon dropped my hand and grabbed his hand.

The street glistened like silver since the snow piled up a few days ago didn't melt yet. We began to walk on the gleaming road side by side.

According to the Lunar calendar, it was the last day of the year.

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Unlike Yoon Jung In or Lee Mina, I didn't have to ask yeo Dan oppa about his holiday schedules. We had been next-door neighbors for such a long time; we knew everything about each other's relatives, their occupations, and even the latest family events.

Sometimes, Yeo Dan oppa's family seemed like ours; thus, I could understand our ancestors' insight, which said, 'A neighbor close by is better than a brother far away.'

All I asked was what went with his studies today. I also told him that I had the same uneventful day as his and carefully flung another question.

"How were your friends in the library? Did they make a fuss?"

"..."

Once I dropped that question, his face stiffened fiercely. I grasped that his friends had done something again. Geez, weren't his friends the only hardsh.i.p.s in Yeo Dan oppa's life? I tried to pat his back, but his lips suddenly opened.

"Today was fine."

"Oh, really?"

"Because..." Fastening his gaze at the street for a moment, Yeo Dan oppa added quietly, "I had something else to do today..."

"Eh? What happened?"

Hesitating for a second, he replied, "... Don't get mad."

"Why would I get mad?" I asked, but his following words made me turn stiff. 'Ah, so that's why he told me not to get mad.'

"Someone confessed her feelings to me... very loudly..."

Though he omitted the subject in his sentence, I could tell who they were. Of course, I would not be angry with someone confessing a crush on his friends, would I?

A moment of silence hung between us. Still walking along with his hand holding mine, Yeo Dan oppa was just reading my countenance.

Shortly after, I loosened up the strained look on my face and said, "I thought it was time."

"Time?"

"I've known you since a long time ago, so there's something like a COOLDOWN..."

In online games, a minimum length of time would appear on the screen. The player had to wait for this timer to run out after using an ability before doing it again. In some games, the screen would flash with the word, 'FEVER,' on it and show a section where we could use that kind of skill. Likewise, I expected that if Yeo Dan oppa kept going to the library every day, someone would soon confess to him. No, maybe that confession wouldn't be the person's first attempt. I could estimate to that extent.

Having built up an unbeatable iron wall like his sister Yeo Ryung, Yeo Dan oppa also had slow wits. Even if he saw the pile of beverages on his desk, he would think someone else was harassing him to snatch his seat.

Anyway, I continued to speak with an awkward smile, "I won't get mad for that kind of thing. Don't worry."

"Are you sure?" asked Yeo Dan oppa.

With a nod, I uttered, "Come on, this was not the first time I had seen you."

Since he stopped talking for a moment, Yeo Dan oppa looked at my face intently. It looked like he was trying to observe if I was speaking sincerely or not.

Hmm, aside from what I just said, my face slightly reddened. I still had a hard time getting accustomed to feeling his eyes on me. Just like when I was young, I dropped my gaze at the ground, blushed, and cringed.

Switching his gaze to somewhere else, Yeo Dan oppa spoke calmly, "I told her I have a girlfriend."

"Huh? Oh..."

Well, that was true. While I nodded calmly, Yeo Dan oppa continued, "I'll keep saying that... afterward..."

"I see..." I replied and slightly tilted my head.

What was he trying to imply by behaving this way? It wasn't his usual way of speaking... Rambling those thoughts for a moment, I grasped his intention after his following remark.

He uttered with a short pause, "The person you were talking to in the car..."

"Huh?"

"Who was it?"

"Oh..." I blurted out shortly. Since the school van was too compact inside, those sitting across had their knees almost closely attached. When Yoon Jung In and Lee Mina sat together side by side, I naturally sat across them.

I was having a conversation with them while sitting across the couple and leaning toward them. We, especially Yoon Jung In and I, might have looked very intimate through the tinted window from his direction.

Yeo Dan oppa was staring at me quite persistently when I raised my head. Shaking my head, I opened my mouth with a smile.

"The one I was talking to is Yoon Jung In, our class president. I've talked to you about him quite often."

"Oh..."

"Do you remember that girl who was standing beside me last time? Lee Mina... He's dating her."

"I see..."

"Should I introduce them to you later?"

I asked him straightforwardly, which made him shake his head. Yeo Dan oppa usually felt tired and exhausted with other people—I could tell it from his obstreperous friends—so my suggestion wouldn't sound pleasing to him.

With that thought in mind, I stared at his face and giggled quietly.

"Oppa."

"Uh-huh."

Looking way better than before, he averted his gaze back onto me and replied. I uttered yet with a smile, "I... um... though it won't happen... if someone confesses his to me, I'll also tell him I have a boyfriend."

With a moment of hesitation, I added, "... Or even if no one asks me, should I brag that I'm dating someone, so no one would ever ask me out."

Rolling my eyes, I checked his countenance. Since he used the expression, 'I'll keep saying that,' earlier, I thought he would like to talk about this kind of thing. Was I getting it wrong?

I heaved a sigh of relief since the look on his face turned way better than before. 'Phew, I guess I hit the spot.'

We bent our steps while the atmosphere returned to usual. Now that Yoon Jung In appeared in our conversation, I kept on babbling about him. Meanwhile, we arrived home in a flash.

We stood in the apartment hallway, where we usually bid farewell. Oppa and I exchanged our last goodbyes.

"I'll text you after taking a bath."

"Okay."

With that response, Yeo Dan oppa hesitated for a second.

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