‘What is that crazy guy saying now?’

I was shocked.

Kim Deokpal insisted stubbornly.

“I saw it. The two of them are together. They’re definitely dating.”

What nonsense!

That’s right. Kim Deokpal didn’t defend me. He was just a crazy troublemaker who grabbed the ‘Lee Jueun Seong Jichan’ stock, not the ‘Lee Jueun Seonwoo Jin’ stock.

‘What do you know!’

I was so frustrated that I almost intervened. But Kim Deokpal, the major shareholder of ‘Lee Jueun Seonwoo Jin’ stock, said firmly, almost ruthlessly,

“If they’re not in a relationship, I’ll eat my hat.”

Save your hat!

‘This guy thinks any girl and guy standing close to each other are dating.’

It was so ridiculous that I couldn’t say anything. Why, in this neighborhood, am I involved with every guy? I’m forced to be Lee Jueun’s alter ego.

‘No, it’s not the time for this.’

I briefly lost my mind hearing such unreasonable things, but what I really need to do now is to escape from here. I calmly assessed the situation on the lower floor.

‘I probably can’t just go down.’

The crowd of Kim Deokpal was standing near the stairs to the point where I could hear their voices.

‘Should I just pretend to be crazy and run?’

It wouldn’t be right next to me, so it would take some time for them to catch me. Thinking that way, I tilted my head.

‘No. Even if I pass the third floor like that, there’s no guarantee I won’t be caught on the first floor.’

My goal is to completely leave from here, and if I attract attention like this, I’ll get caught soon. It’s a job that I can’t keep running forever.

‘Then, what should I do…’

I got lost in thought.

That’s when it happened.

“Hey, let’s go up once.”

Yikes, let’s run!

I quickly went up. Not to the 4th floor where I was caught, but one floor higher.

“Hey, the girl disappeared!”

I’m screwed.

I was already caught. I turned into contemplation and hid behind a pillar.

‘I should have just stayed quiet.’

When I think about it, they probably wouldn’t have done anything to me.

No, maybe that was possible because it was Yuhuina. Since Ryu Taegun likes Yuhuina…

Whatever it was, the spilled water couldn’t be picked up again. I heard noisy movements from downstairs. Report to Focus! The girl is missing! What? How did she disappear! Who came? No, she probably cut the rope and ran away.

‘Now that it’s like this, it’s going to be difficult to go down for a while.’

Please don’t come up. I prayed silently as I went up one more floor. Now, it was the 6th floor.

‘By the way, this abandoned building is really a waste.’

Why leave a building with nearly 8 floors unused? Just because it’s becoming a hideout for Hae Sung High guys.

I wandered around, contemplating where to go.

‘But are there only one set of stairs here?’

Maybe there’s an emergency exit or something other than the central stairs?
Right now, there’s chaos because of my disappearance, and those guys seem to be less concerned about the emergency exit compared to the central stairs, so I thought escaping through there might be possible.

I roamed around the 6th floor looking for the emergency exit. I opened the door and went in. It was so dark that I couldn’t see anything in front of me.

‘Let’s go down carefully.’

I slowly descended the stairs step by step.

Each time I arrived at a floor, I listened to the sounds outside the emergency exit door.

There were times when it was noisy on each floor, and times when it wasn’t, but generally, it seemed like there were no people near the emergency exit.

‘Alright, let’s keep going.’

But how am I going to avoid the people on the 1st floor?

I don’t know. I’ll figure it out when I get there.

Finally, I arrived at the 1st floor.

‘Is there anyone outside?’

I pressed my ear against the door and listened to the outside situation. It seemed extremely quiet around the door.

‘Good.’

I energetically opened the door.

And as I looked toward the emergency exit, my eyes met directly with Choi Yuhan.

“…….”

“…….”

No, why is he here? Wasn’t he on the 2nd floor?

I quickly closed the door.

But I was a step too late.

Choi Yuhan inserted his foot through the open door.

“Wait a moment.”

Darn it.

“Did you really stay here the whole time?”

It was a surprised voice. Yeah, you probably didn’t expect me to be here. I didn’t expect you to be here either…

I calculated the escape route in my head. Should I turn around and just run away?

…After contemplating all kinds of thoughts for a moment, I eventually gave up on everything. It would take forever to come down in the dark, and there’s no way I can jump up. I would definitely trip.

In the end, I admitted defeat cleanly.

“Save me.”

Choi Yuhan looked at me with a stunned expression.

“This is really embarrassing.”

Then, a man’s voice came from the other side.

“Choi Yuhan, what’s there?”

Upon hearing that, Choi Yuhan pushed me into the emergency exit and smiled towards the direction of the voice.

“Nothing, just checking. No one’s here. It’s dark and hard to see.”