Considering the attention Ji Ho got, it was entirely possible.
“You can come back after dropping me off.”
“Why bother? It’s the same as taking a taxi even if I go with you.”
Lee Soo turned around in a circle to prove she was okay and stood still.
She felt a bit dizzy, but if she tensed her legs, she wouldn’t wobble.
“Look at this. I’m fine.”
As Lee Soo proudly showed her palms and laughed, Ji Ho burst into laughter as if he found it absurd.
“Okay. I’ll watch you leave and then go in.”
Reluctantly, Ji Ho stepped back.
Soon after, Ae Ra appeared, and Lee Soo, with Ae Ra and Ji Ho’s farewell, got into a taxi.
In the end, she came home alone.
A peculiar tension was apparent on Yumi’s face as she waited for a response.
That expression probably meant she had no confidence in Seo Ji Ho.
“No. …I came alone.”
This was the second time she had been interrogated like this.
What on earth gave Yumi the right to question her like this, she wondered, and it was extremely unpleasant.
As Lee Soo frowned and turned away, she heard Yumi’s voice from behind.
“Just to be clear, don’t be interested in Ji Ho oppa. Because I saw him first.”
Upon hearing that Lee Soo came home alone, Yumi said with a slightly softened expression.
Lee Soo laughed because it was so absurd.
What does she mean by she was first?
Does it mean she claimed him so don’t look at him?
“Don’t laugh! I’m serious.”
Yumi’s sharp voice stung her ears.
Lee Soo found the situation too ridiculous.
How shocked would Seo Ji Ho be if he knew?
Just thinking about it was so embarrassing that her face felt hot.
Lee Soo abruptly turned around and approached Yumi.
“You, don’t ask me about Seo Ji Ho from now on. If you’re curious, ask him directly or figure it out yourself. Got it?”
She put force into her clear and resolute voice.
Whether Yumi would listen was questionable, but it seemed like something she should make clear at least once.
((()))((()))
Lunch time. Lee Soo sat face to face with Ae Ra in a bean sprout soup restaurant outside the school.
A bowl of steaming bean sprout soup was placed on the table.
“How much did you drink yesterday to be like this?”
Lee Soo asked Ae Ra, who was suffering from a hangover, with sympathy.
Ae Ra spoke as she scooped a spoonful of bean sprout soup.
“I guess we did soju wave three times with my classmates. Besides that, I think we drank while playing every game.”
Even as she spoke, the hot soup continuously entered Ae Ra’s mouth.
“Ah, I feel a bit relieved now. I was going to have ramen this morning, but then I thought of this soup and endured.”
“Did you try to leave at the right time or did you stay until the end?”
“You have to go when you can. It’s painful now, but this is all a memory.”
Ae Ra said with a hehe laugh.
“Really. But it seems like you had fun.”
“Of course. When will I have this experience again? This year is the last.”
Ae Ra, who enjoyed drinking sessions considerably, attended every drinking gathering, to the point where it seemed she joined the ski club for the purpose of drinking.
She was a friend who considered the words of seniors advising to have fun without regrets during college as the truth and put them into practice.
“Hey, but yesterday, senior Min Woo was completely drunk and collapsed.”
Ae Ra, who had half emptied her soup bowl, suddenly seemed to remember and spoke.
“Really? I thought he was a heavy drinker.”
Lee Soo, who was chewing bean sprouts in her mouth, looked surprised.
Min Woo was a person who showed off his drinking capacity as if it was a great bragging point.
“Yesterday, senior Min Woo was forcing juniors to drink from the beginning.”
“Yes. I was next after you.”
“And in the end, he called Seo Ji Ho. But it was amazing!”
Ae Ra paused her story as if she was about to say something amazing.
“At first, the two of them were drinking soju in soju glasses, then suddenly they started pouring soju into beer glasses. The atmosphere got strange, as if they were in a drinking contest, they kept drinking, taking turns. Wow, I was surprised to see Seo Ji Ho. They had drunk 17 bottles of soju, but until then, Seo Ji Ho didn’t even blink. Only Senior Min Woo passed out.”
Era took a sip of water and added,
“It seemed as though Seo Ji Ho was determined to kill Senior Min Woo with alcohol.”
Lee Soo scrunched her face lightly.
Was Seo Ji Ho okay?
Unaware of the concern that suddenly surfaced, Lee Soo chuckled.
Who’s worrying about whom?
“According to Ha Jun, he was perfectly fine even after drinking 10 bottles of soju in the past. He used to drink soju as if it was water.”
“He has a high tolerance for alcohol.”
“Exactly. It’s amazing how well he can drink. Actually, I was thrilled when I saw Senior Min Woo pass out yesterday. It was so satisfying. You also drank a lot yesterday because of Senior Min Woo. I’m thankful to Seo Ji Ho for no reason. Hehe.”
“In your eyes, everything Seo Ji Ho does is cool.”
“He looked so cool even when he was drinking. He sat upright and drank elegantly.”
At Era’s praise of Ji Ho, Lee Soo’s laughter erupted.
“You’re incorrigible!”
“Ah, right.”
“What now?”
“Yesterday, after Seo Ji Ho drank that much, he came to me and asked if you had contacted him.”
“Me?”
“Yeah! That’s why I called you yesterday.”
“Oh.”
Last night, Era had called late asking if I was home safe, and then hung up.
I thought it was the first time something like this had happened because he was drunk.
I never thought there would be a reason like this.
“He was worried that you hadn’t contacted him and asked if you were home safe, so I called you. I thought I was drunk yesterday, but now that I think about it, why would he be worried if you got home safely? Actually, I didn’t think much of it.”
Era squinted her eyes and tilted her head.
“Well, I was drunk yesterday, so he just took care of me.”
It was strange to Lee Soo as well, but feeling like she needed to say something, she spoke even though she didn’t have the right words.
“No, he went home alone yesterday without anyone looking after him. You weren’t the only one drunk yesterday. Everyone who stayed until the end was drunker than you.”
Just as Era was about to say something more, Lee Soo cut her off.
“Hey. Eat your bean sprout soup quickly. You need to settle your stomach and go to your afternoon class.”
Lee Soo scooped up a large spoonful of rice wrapped in soup.
And before Era’s mouth opened again, she started talking about the anatomy assignment that was due next week.
((()))((()))
Before she knew it, Yumi had arrived in front of the Business Administration building.
‘Is he here now?’
Yumi didn’t know how many times she had been here since she was admitted.
But the coincidences she hoped for never happened.
As she fumbled with her phone and hesitated, people came out of the entrance of the first floor in groups.
With her eyes wide open and scrutinizing, Yumi spotted Ji Ho at a glance.
“Ji Ho oppa!”
From Yumi’s brightly smiling mouth, a pleasant voice burst out.
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!!!
