11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 6
Anyway, after committing that insane act—going all the way to her boyfriend’s school, crying and pleading for him to meet her again—she got smacked on the back by her friends more than ten times.
Seung Joo and Seon Jin were mortified, saying, “What kind of humiliation is this?” and other friends who heard what happened just shook their heads, saying, “You’ve clearly become the ‘eul’ in your relationship now.”
She didn’t really understand the point of winning or losing in love, but Na Eun was fine with it—she was confident that even if Jae Kyung started acting superior over her after that, she could overcome it with her feelings for him.
Of course, Jae Kyung returned afterward to being his usual affectionate self, as if he’d never even suggested breaking up, so she never had to test that confidence.
In any case, as this anecdote shows, Na Eun isn’t the type to worry about pride in relationships.
If she likes someone, she likes them; if she dislikes someone, she dislikes them utterly.
Even if someone she dislikes brought her mountains of gold and jewels, she’d still reject them—but when it came to someone she liked, even a random pebble picked up off the street felt infinitely precious.
So this time was no different—Na Eun fired off exactly what was on her mind, without holding anything back.
“I’m hurt.”
“…….”
“…….”
After eating lunch in a slightly awkward atmosphere, Seon Jin and Seung Joo, now sharing ice cream as dessert on the stairs in a corner of the schoolyard, frowned.
It was clearly a reaction of, “What on earth is that supposed to mean all of a sudden?”
Afraid they might pretend not to have heard, Na Eun quickly emphasized it again.
“I’m hurt! Hurt! I said I’m hurt—!”
“Ugh, my ears are ringing!”
“What are you even talking about?”
Seon Jin, who seemed to have heard all the details of yesterday’s commotion, furrowed her brow, clearly unable to understand Na Eun’s sudden outburst.
Feeling she needed to kindly explain exactly what was hurting her, Na Eun turned and shot the words directly at the person responsible for provoking this emotion.
“Would you really kill me if I secretly told someone else about you?”
Seon Jin, sitting nearby, widened her eyes in shock and looked back and forth between Seung Joo and Na Eun.
Stung by the dangerously blunt accusation, Seung Joo flinched and hurriedly corrected herself.
“Did I say I’d kill you? That bastard said he’d kill you!”
“Same thing, different thing!”
Does it even matter who said it right now? It’s you I’m upset with—for not saying anything back when you heard that! Na Eun raised her voice.
“If that punk really tried to kill me, you wouldn’t even stop him?!”
“…….”
Seung Joo hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Of course I’d stop him. Don’t worry—I’ll protect you…! Ah, damn it!”
Before she could even finish, Seung Joo cursed in frustration after getting hit on the head with the opposite end of her melting ice pop.
“Why’d you hit me?!”
“You hesitated for three seconds.”
Na Eun muttered, glaring at her with eyes full of betrayal.
She liked the answer—but resented those three seconds of hesitation before giving it.
Seeing Na Eun genuinely upset, Seung Joo sighed in exasperation and spoke.
“So you hit me over that?”
“Compared to the wound in my heart, this pain isn’t even pain!”
I—I!
“I wouldn’t even blame you if I got kidnapped because of you!”
“That’s exactly why I keep asking—why do you always end up getting kidnapped?!”
“Do you actually want to get kidnapped sometime?” Seung Joo pressed, now suspicious, as Na Eun sadly stuffed her ice cream into her mouth and mumbled.
“That’s just my fate….”
“You’re driving me crazy.”
Seung Joo shoved the ice cream roughly into her mouth as if trying to calm her boiling temper.
Seon Jin, who had been quietly watching the exchange between them, quickly jumped in to change the mood.
“Na Eun, Seung Joo said she’ll treat us to malatang tomorrow.”
Since there’s only morning classes tomorrow due to a school event, they can eat out.
At Seon Jin’s soothing tone, Na Eun glanced up at Seung Joo.
“……Will you add extra meat?”
Seung Joo let out a dismissive snort but answered anyway.
“Yeah.”
“……Then fine.”
Extra meat is love.
Delighted that she could finally indulge in a luxury she normally avoided—since adding ingredients would easily push their per-person meal cost well over 10,000 won—Na Eun’s frown slowly melted away, though she still wore a deliberately aloof expression.
Of course, she didn’t forget to add a reminder that if that punk ever nearly killed her, Seung Joo absolutely had to save her.
That guy’s family is wealthy, yet he’s weak when it comes to stuff like this.
Seon Jin let out a silent sigh, then suddenly remembered the team leader Na Eun had just called “that punk” and rolled her eyes.
She knew her friend wasn’t the type to judge people by appearances alone, so she became suddenly curious about how Na Eun had formed such an oddly fitting first impression of him.
“But hey—did our team leader hit on you too?”
“He asked for my number, so I threw it away.”
Na Eun’s expression made it clear she didn’t even want to think about it.
My friend, as expected. You’ve got great judgment in people. Pleased by Na Eun’s reaction, Seon Jin praised her.
“Good job. That guy’s famously complicated with women.”
Didn’t someone once say his hobby was stealing people’s partners? Figuring that made sense, Seon Jin shared a bit of the rumors circulating around the center, and Na Eun’s expression changed.
“……I really hate him.”
It wasn’t just an offhand remark—it was quiet contempt spoken from genuine disgust. Seung Joo and Seon Jin exchanged a quick glance.
They knew Na Eun didn’t usually draw hard lines in relationships, but once someone landed in her “dislike” category, she showed no mercy—so internally, they both thought, “Good for her.”
Because the rumors were almost certainly true.
For now, weekend outings were banned.
Although it wasn’t intentional, she had broken curfew once it was set, and her parents were deeply shaken by the fact that she’d nearly died in a serious accident.
All her usual academies were replaced with private tutoring, and though being stuck at home all weekend was enough to make anyone despair, Na Eun didn’t.
If she couldn’t go out, she’d just bring the person she liked to her.
“Come on in. It’s been a while since we’ve seen you, Jae Kyung.”
As Jae Kyung entered the front door, Na Eun’s mother, Soo Hyun, greeted him with a smile.
Jae Kyung smiled back and bowed his head politely.
“I hope you’ve been well, Mother.”
“Oh, I just missed you so much, Mother.”
As Jae Kyung handed her the bouquet he’d brought, Soo Hyun let out an “Oh my!” and quickly took it.
Standing beside her, Na Eun stretched out her hand impatiently.
“What’s mine?”
Finding her demanding expression adorable, Jae Kyung handed her a slightly smaller bouquet.
Beside Na Eun, who happily admired the pastel-colored, cute little flowers, Soo Hyun gently chided him.
“A student like you shouldn’t spend money on things like this. Next time, just come by without worrying about gifts, okay?”
Though she said that, she clearly wasn’t unhappy with the present.
Heading into the living room to find an empty vase for the flowers, Soo Hyun called back,
“You two go on up. I’ll bring you some snacks.”
“What about dinner?”
“Your dad will be home tonight. He’s going to cook for you himself.”
“Oh….”
Disaster. Na Eun dipped her head low, swallowing the full weight of despair she couldn’t bring herself to voice.
She didn’t dislike her father’s affection—he sometimes prepared dinner himself on weekend evenings when he got home early—but the problem was his cooking.
He always prepared ingredients and followed recipes perfectly, yet somehow managed to unleash astonishingly unpredictable, bizarre flavors through his “creative” cooking process.
Though Na Eun always ate his meals quietly out of respect for his effort, she felt a pang of regret that her boyfriend had come over—she’d really hoped he could enjoy something tasty.
No wonder none of my sisters or aunts are around today……
She should’ve noticed earlier—the household staff usually present throughout the mansion were nowhere to be seen.
Na Eun’s father, Seok Hoon, always sent the servants away on days when he cooked.
He said he was embarrassed to be seen struggling with something he wasn’t good at—but he’d always smile happily just knowing his wife and daughter enjoyed his cooking.
Finding his childlike demeanor endearing despite him being nearly in his fifties, the two women resigned themselves once again to sacrificing their sense of taste.
“……Jae Kyung, she’ll bring up lots of snacks—so eat plenty now while you can.”
She and Na Eun were already so used to Seok Hoon’s cooking they’d developed a tolerance, but Jae Kyung might suffer more, so she gave him a discreet warning.
Having already heard plenty about it from Na Eun, Jae Kyung gave a wry nod.
Thus, under Soo Hyun’s thoughtful care, they headed upstairs to Na Eun’s study.
It was already surprising enough that her bedroom and study were separate—but seeing the massive bookshelves and spacious room, nearly the size of two classrooms combined, Jae Kyung remarked with renewed amazement,
“So I really am dating a princess, huh.”
“Not that again.”
Remembering how he’d laughed the first time he visited her house, saying, “So I really am dating a princess,” Na Eun scolded him.
Seeing her dismiss his comment as nonsense, Jae Kyung insisted sincerely,
“It’s true. I was honestly amazed you two were so kind to me.”
“Well, you’re my daughter’s boyfriend—of course they’d be kind.”
“It’s more than that…….”
You know how it is—those chaebol parents who scream, “Someone like you is unacceptable!” the moment they hear about their child dating against their wishes?
Thinking back to how affectionate Soo Hyun and Seok Hoon had been from the very beginning, that scenario now seemed unimaginable—but Jae Kyung admitted he’d actually expected something like that at first.
Na Eun’s expression was priceless when she heard his honest reflection.
“You’re the one always telling me to stop being so dramatic—yet you’re the one who should stop watching dramas.”
“Haha. Maybe I should?”
As he unpacked the books he’d brought onto the desk, Jae Kyung muttered casually,
“Well, I guess we’re still just students.”
If we said we wanted to get married, would they oppose it then? It was only meant as a joke.
After all, they were seniors now, with final exams next week. At nineteen, marriage was still a distant thought—college admissions were what mattered most.
But when no response came from across the room after his lighthearted remark, Jae Kyung paused mid-motion while taking out his stationery and looked up.
There, directly in his line of sight, was his girlfriend’s face—flushed bright red from her ears all the way to her cheeks.
Clearly flustered, she didn’t know what to do—and that made Jae Kyung panic instead.
“Uh….”
“…….”
An unfamiliar, awkward silence swept over them—something they hadn’t experienced in nearly a year of dating.
The ticking of the clock on the wall sounded unusually loud.
After standing like that, staring at each other for a few seconds—
“……Should we study?”
Since they’d come together to prepare for exams, Jae Kyung opened his book, trying to break the uncomfortable mood—and Na Eun, relieved by his considerate move, quickly opened her own book and buried her nose deep inside.
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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Wow! Finally a glimpse of the Center Directors scolding >.<