Soon, the owner kindly brought four bottles of soju. Hyunwoo, who opened the caps one by one, handed the first bottle to Eunseok with an expressionless face.
“You too?”
“No.”
Hyunwoo looked at Eunseok, who lifted the bottle nonchalantly, a bit surprised.
Cheers? As if he wasn’t in the mood for that, Hyunwoo slightly lifted the bottle into the air before immediately bringing it down, emptying the soju directly down his throat.
Watching Hyunwoo drink a half bottle of soju like drinking water, Eunseok’s lower jaw dropped slightly.
The hope that Hyunwoo might be weak against soju also collapsed.
Hyunwoo, who moistened his lips with the moist 15-degree liquid and lightly wiped it with the back of his hand, looked at Eunseok.
What now? Not drinking? That’s what his jaw movement seemed to say.
Snap out of it. I can’t lose to alcohol either.
Eunseok also brought the bottle to his lips. As the air entered the bottle, a bubbling sound echoed.
At this point, it felt like about half a bottle had been consumed. After taking a break and glancing at the bottle, Hyunwoo was a bit surprised. It seemed like he had been drinking for a while, but Hyunwoo hadn’t even finished half of his half.
Not today. My pride is at stake.
Once again, Eunseok closed his eyes tightly, opened his throat again, and drank the soju.
Tock. Tock.
Tock. Tock.
Tock. Tock.
Without saying a word to each other, they continued to empty the soju bottles, and the sound of the bottles being placed on the table repeated.
From a distance, the pub owner looked at them and, with a teasing smile, brought two bowls of udon as a service.
In an instant, six soju bottles stood on the table with the bottoms exposed.
“Hey, Hong Eunseok.”
“Yes.”
Eunseok’s day soaked in alcohol was completely duller than when he first came here. Feeling queasy, he picked up a bowl of service udon and drank the soup.
Watching this, Hyunwoo asked, “Do you think Yoo Sori quit because of me?”
Caught off guard, Eunseok put the bowl down and said, “No?”
“Right. She quit because of me.”
So, I’m upset too, man.
“Even if you noticed, you could’ve pretended not to.”
“What?”
“Yoo Sori likes Professor, you know?”
The relationship between the two, kept strictly secret. Eunseok, who noticed that Sori had a crush on Hyunwoo and quit because of it, seemed to know when to stop.
“Were you planning to quit the hospital if Yoo Sori was rejected?”
“The hospital is no joke with those kids. Would you quit over that? I bet you pretended to clean up after setting up steel plates. But Yoo Sori is delicate.”
Oh, man. He doesn’t even know what the biggest problem is right now.
Hyunwoo, who belatedly saw through Eunseok’s intention to drink today, just chuckled at Eunseok’s words.
“Drink up, man.”
Our problem isn’t that simple, man.
The problem isn’t Yoo Sori; it’s me.
However, he didn’t feel like explaining the frustration. It was a bit annoying to be alone with clueless Hong Eunseok. Hyunwoo decided to just drink.
“But, Hong Eunseok.”
“Yes, why?”
Fold that heart neatly.
Fold it nicely, throw it far away to Andromeda on a plane. I can’t tolerate feelings secretly held by others that can be given or received.
“I’m not foldin’ it. Why should I?”
“You won’t be able to, anyway.”
You won’t be able to do it. That’s what Eunseok heard from Hyunwoo’s face as he raised it challengingly.
“Who do you think you are, Professor?”
The cells of their tired bodies, showered with alcohol, became more agitated than usual, and they were in a somewhat emotional state.
“As for Yoo Sori…”
When Hyunwoo blurred the end of his words, Eunseok, in the meantime, squinted his eyes, emptied another bottle of soju.
“Anyway, no.”
“If you don’t like giving it to others and don’t want to take it yourself, I can’t stand it, even if you’re a professor.”
“If you can’t stand it?”
“I’ll squeeze it out and crush it.”
Does disappointment and alcohol make people unnecessarily violent?
Fist clenched, bam! Eunseok, who had smashed the plastic table, opened his drunkenly relaxed eyes.
For the first time, Hong Eunseok looked cute to Hyunwoo.
Raising his hand as if to lightly hit the back of his head, before it could land, Eunseok collapsed onto the table.
“Hey, Hong Eunseok.”
This impulsive guy…
A vacant bottle struck by Eunseok’s arm was about to roll and fall. Even in his drunken state, Hyunwoo, with sharp reflexes, extended his long arm and swiftly caught the bottle.
Adding one more bottle next to the empty ones, there seemed to be roughly more than 10 soju bottles.
Staring at the bottles for a moment, he exhaled with heat.
Having consumed a large amount of alcohol in a short time, Hyunwoo, who had accumulated fatigue, was also getting a bit dizzy from the intoxication.
“This isn’t the time for me to be like this…”
After briefly touching his forehead, Hyunwoo suddenly looked at Eunseok.
Splat. With an affectionate touch, Hyunwoo slapped Eunseok’s cheek and abruptly leaned his head back, looking at the ceiling.
Sigh…
“I miss her. Yoo Sori.”
Unconsciously, he uttered a roar of longing.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
