World Rank 0, Please Stop! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 16
“You know it too, that the person I truly love is you!”
A full-blown melodrama was unfolding right before my eyes.
The one mostly speaking was the woman, while Sung Ji-chan just listened in silence.
The woman had long straight hair, was tall, and had an incredibly beautiful face.
Even from afar, her beauty was palpable, so up close, she must be even more stunning.
“That time, I was so angry that I temporarily lost my mind. How could you think I meant it when I said we should break up? What kind of relationship do we have!”
“……Hoo, calm down first.”
“Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down? It was a misunderstanding. I didn’t cheat!”
……It seemed like one of those melodrama shows, perhaps Love and War.
Considering it was rated for 19 and up, it didn’t seem like a genre typical for high school romance…….
Despite vowing not to watch, I found myself eagerly listening to their conversation.
“I kept missing you. That’s why I came all the way here.”
The woman who finished speaking finally burst into tears.
Seeing that, Sung Ji-chan let out a deep, troubled sigh.
According to the original story, Sung Ji-chan had several ex-girlfriends.
From the conversation, it seemed this woman was likely one of them.
Sung Ji-chan, who had been silently listening until now, finally spoke.
“……Han Ye-won. You were the one who said we should end it first.”
Han Ye-won?
It was a familiar name.
‘Ah, right.’
The male lead’s ex-girlfriend.
She was another villainess from the original story.
‘As expected. Another character from the original.’
In the original, Yoo Hee-na was villainess 1, and Han Ye-won was villainess 2.
If Yoo Hee-na caused frustration as the male lead’s frail childhood friend, Han Ye-won played the ex-girlfriend with a complicated backstory.
That also meant she was in charge of causing frustration.
“I did everything you wanted from start to finish.”
At Sung Ji-chan’s words, Han Ye-won lifted her head.
“You were the one who abandoned me first. Not me.”
“Abandoned? I never did that.”
“……Han Ye-won.”
“It wasn’t cheating. Nothing happened with that guy.”
Cheating, huh…….
Of course, the original story had more details about why they broke up.
There was another chaotic plot here too, but it wasn’t worth mentioning now, so I set it aside.
After a few more exchanges, Han Ye-won burst into loud sobs.
In the end, Sung Ji-chan sighed, hugged Han Ye-won, patted her in his arms, and muttered something. He was probably consoling her not to cry. Despite everything, it seemed some affection remained.
But having read the original, I knew the truth.
In fact, Han Ye-won did cheat.
And Sung Ji-chan definitely knew that.
He was just lingering with regrets, swaying like a pushover.
In modern times, he would’ve been eliminated from male lead candidacy long ago, but since it was the past, he somehow survived. Lucky guy.
“……Tch.”
At the sound of tongue-clicking, I reflexively looked up.
Seonwoo Jin was glaring at Sung Ji-chan and Han Ye-won with a deeply furrowed brow.
Come to think of it…… in the original, Seonwoo Jin was surprisingly a loyal character.
Due to his role as the cold guy, Seonwoo Jin barely spoke throughout the story, but there was exactly one scene where his dialogue exploded.
It was the scene where he defended Sung Ji-chan to the female lead.
In the latter half of the novel, Sung Ji-chan breaks up with the female lead. It was due to a misunderstanding between them.
They could’ve resolved it with one word, but they dragged it out messily and ended up parting.
Despite that, their lingering feelings dripped everywhere, making them pathetically miss each other and causing frustration.
And the one who resolved that situation was Seonwoo Jin.
Surprisingly, this apathetic guy personally went to the female lead to clear up the misunderstanding between them!
By telling the female lead about Sung Ji-chan’s hidden circumstances, the misunderstanding was finally resolved, and they reunited.
‘What is he thinking right now.’
I sneakily glanced at Seonwoo Jin’s expression.
Based on my interpretation from reading the original, even if Seonwoo Jin disliked Han Ye-won, he would end up supporting his friend’s love.
After all, it was true that Sung Ji-chan suffered a lot after breaking up with Han Ye-won. No matter what, he would wish for his friend’s happiness…….
“Ugh, that pushover Sung Ji-chan.”
“……?”
Huh, that wasn’t it…….
Truly flustered, I stared blankly at Seonwoo Jin. Feeling my gaze, Seonwoo Jin looked down at me.
It felt like a single word was written on his face.
What.
“……Never mind. Continue.”
Seonwoo Jin turned his head again.
He muttered a few more curses at Sung Ji-chan by himself, and as if that wasn’t enough, he even started talking to me.
“Isn’t that guy really frustrating? What’s so great about a cheating ex that he’s acting like that. Just seeing him like that pisses me off. What kind of idiot is he? That’s why he’s always treated like a pushover.”
Having spectacularly failed my character interpretation, I timidly muttered.
“……Well, if the two of them are happy, isn’t that okay?”
“What? Are you serious? You’ve lost it.”
Seonwoo Jin shuddered dramatically and scowled.
I swear to the heavens, this was the first time I’d seen Seonwoo Jin speak so proactively.
You…… were capable of talking this much?
I fell into great shock.
And finally, I realized. You shouldn’t interpret the original at face value.
In the original, Seonwoo Jin went out of his way, despite his laziness, to find the female lead and clear up the misunderstanding about Sung Ji-chan.
Until now, I thought this was due to friendship and loyalty.
But now I understood. Seonwoo Jin was…… just a refreshing straight-shooter!
I could now easily imagine Seonwoo Jin’s mindset in the original.
He must have been bursting with frustration watching the main couple nearly die over a trivial misunderstanding in real time. And finally, unable to stand it, he went to the female lead. Because it was driving him crazy!
I looked at the refreshing straight-shooter, born in the wrong era, with pitying eyes.
Why were you born into such a chaotic world…….
“What, why are you looking at me like that? It’s creepy.”
“…….”
Well, anyway. No matter how messy Sung Ji-chan’s love life was, it had nothing to do with me.
Having witnessed a rare spectacle, it was time to head back.
I straightened my back, which I had hunched to stay hidden, and tidied my clothes.
Then, casually turning my head, I noticed something strange—the two people who had been in the clearing just moments ago were suddenly gone.
Huh, where did Sung Ji-chan go? Han Ye-won?
That’s when it happened.
“Want to die?”
Smack!
Sung Ji-chan, who had approached silently, struck the back of Seonwoo Jin’s head hard.
Startled by Sung Ji-chan’s sudden appearance, I flinched.
Seonwoo Jin yelped “Ack!” grabbed his unexpectedly hit head, and retaliated against Sung Ji-chan.
“Are you crazy? Why are you suddenly hitting people?”
“What? Why did I hit you? You’re asking that now? Huh?”
The two exchanged vigorous curses for a while.
Somehow caught in the middle, I ended up hearing curses from both sides.
What the…….
Sorry, but please leave me out of this.
As things calmed down, Sung Ji-chan struck the back of Seonwoo Jin’s head one last time.
“If you’re going to badmouth someone, do it where they can’t hear.”
As expected. Sung Ji-chan must have heard what Seonwoo Jin said earlier.
I reflected on my own words in the meantime.
Hmm, thankfully, I didn’t curse.
In the midst of it, Seonwoo Jin managed to hit Sung Ji-chan back once and muttered.
“Anyway, pushover jerk.”
“None of your business?”
Well, it wasn’t Seonwoo Jin’s business…….
Still, I learned something from this. Seeing them curse each other yet get along so well, they must be friends.
“But what are you doing here?”
Sung Ji-chan asked Seonwoo Jin that, then shifted his gaze to me as if just noticing I was there.
He frowned briefly, seeming to think, then let out an “Ah.”
“Chun-ja?”
Forget that already!
Unfortunately, Sung Ji-chan had a better memory than Seonwoo Jin.
Remembering even Chun-ja from seeing me once that day.
I answered, inwardly shedding tears of blood.
“Uh…… hello…….”
“What, it’s really Chun-ja? Why are you with this guy? Where’s Ban Ha-min?”
Why are you looking for Ban Ha-min with me…….
In my place, who didn’t answer, Seonwoo Jin lazily waved his hand at Sung Ji-chan like shooing a fly.
“Hey, stop bothering a busy person and get lost.”
“Busy, my ass. Why are you here?”
Instead of answering, Seonwoo Jin jerked his chin toward the building.
Sung Ji-chan turned his gaze that way and nodded in understanding.
“Ah, Lee Yeon-ho hyung?”
As expected, Sung Ji-chan seemed to know Lee Yeon-ho too.
Seonwoo Jin, frowning in annoyance, shook off Sung Ji-chan’s arm as he tried to put it around his shoulder.
“If you know, get lost now.”
“What are you doing there?”
But there was no further response.
Seonwoo Jin cleanly ignored Sung Ji-chan’s words and headed toward the building.
Heartless jerk…….
But Sung Ji-chan, already used to it, showed no particular reaction.
I blankly stared at Seonwoo Jin’s retreating back, gave Sung Ji-chan a nod in greeting, and followed after him.
Sung Ji-chan followed behind me.
“I’m going too.”
Huh?
[This is the timeline separator]Sung Ji-chan really followed all the way into the infirmary.
“What, you’re not leaving?”
As soon as Seonwoo Jin saw Sung Ji-chan enter, he immediately cursed.
Of course, Sung Ji-chan didn’t back down and raised his middle finger.
“Did you rent the place?”
“Yeah, so get out.”
“Bullshit.”
Listening to the friends’ heartwarming conversation, I returned to my seat.
Heh, the mountain is the mountain, and the water is the water……. Now, no matter what happened before my eyes, I felt confident I wouldn’t be surprised.
Having said all the curses he wanted, Seonwoo Jin lay back on his bed and picked up his gaming device.
Sung Ji-chan sat on the edge of the adjacent bed, picked a few fights with Seonwoo Jin, but when no reaction came, he soon lost interest and stood up.
‘Don’t look this way. Don’t look this way. Don’t look this way.’
I deliberately plugged earphones in my ears and pretended to read a book intently.
This was to prevent the misfortune of Sung Ji-chan, unable to contain his boredom, talking to me.
Fortunately, my efforts paid off.
Sung Ji-chan glanced at me briefly, then turned his attention elsewhere.
With nothing to do, Sung Ji-chan wandered around the infirmary, inspecting every corner.
After making a full lap and running out of things to see, Sung Ji-chan sat in the teacher’s chair, crossed his legs, rested his chin, and fell into thought.
A while later, Sung Ji-chan stood up, walked over, and suddenly threw an eraser at Seonwoo Jin.
Seonwoo Jin, unexpectedly hit, erupted in irritation.
“Ah! Is this guy really crazy!”
“You’ve been here every day lately, not going to class?”
Seonwoo Jin threw the eraser back at Sung Ji-chan with an angry face.
“Why are you throwing things? Don’t you know how to talk?”
“Yeah, I don’t.”
“Get out.”
Sung Ji-chan lightly dodged the flying eraser and fell back into thought. It was a rare serious expression.
……What on earth is he thinking about.
For it to be Sung Ji-chan of all people with that expression.
I shuddered with an inexplicable sense of foreboding.
And the very next day.
“…….”
I found Sung Ji-chan lying on the infirmary bed.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
I am seriously wondering the whose spreading every remor whether about fl or ml or ogfl or ogfl is the real mastermind 😂 lol
Huh? Seriously don’t they have test or assignment from school to do how do they even get time 😭
Yeah maybe a misunderstanding but fl is so stupid he clearly likes u