World Rank 0, Please Stop! - Chapter 97
It was a completely unexpected appearance. I asked, not hiding my surprise.
“Wow. What are you doing here?”
At my words, Seon Woo Jin frowned.
“You’re hurt.”
Only then did I look down at my knees. The scraped area from when I fell earlier was dirty with soil and dried blood.
I must have forgotten about being hurt in my excited state. Now that I was aware of it, the wound started to feel painful.
‘This is the first time I’ve gotten hurt here since elementary school.’
As I belatedly examined my wound, Seon Woo Jin approached.
“Does it hurt?”
“Ah, not that much.”
Seon Woo Jin, looking at my knee, had a more serious expression than me. I was fine, but I felt conscious of Seon Woo Jin’s gaze for some reason.
“Let’s go to the infirmary.”
“Huh?”
“You should at least put some medicine on it.”
“There’s no need to go that far…”
I said that much, then absentmindedly glanced around. The kids in class were all looking this way now.
‘Ah, right. He’s a Samda boy…’
Today was no exception; Seon Woo Jin was the center of attention. My back burned from the kids staring so blatantly.
Ugh, I still can’t get used to this.
Shuddering, I looked forward again. I should just send this guy away. Deciding to quickly remove the cause of this situation, I opened my mouth.
“Look, I’m really okay.”
“You’re okay?”
Seon Woo Jin raised an eyebrow crookedly.
Unfortunately, Seon Woo Jin didn’t seem ready to back down easily.
‘Here we go again.’
Sometimes Seon Woo Jin was stubborn at incomprehensible points. At times like this, it was faster for me to just give in first.
Oh well.
I pushed Seon Woo Jin’s back.
“Ah, fine. Let’s go to the infirmary. Let’s go.”
With that, I left the stands without a plan. I could feel the kids’ stares following my back until we were completely out of sight, and I sighed.
[This is the timeline separator]As always, we headed to the second infirmary.
Seon Woo Jin must have gotten the key from Lee Yeon Ho in advance, as he naturally opened the door and entered the infirmary.
Sitting roughly on the infirmary bed, Seon Woo Jin returned with a first-aid kit.
“Should I do it for you?”
At Seon Woo Jin’s words, I thought for a moment then shook my head.
“No, it’s okay.”
“Why?”
“I think it’ll hurt more if someone else does it.”
It was my pure bias with no basis.
“Anyway, thanks.”
I took the first-aid kit from Seon Woo Jin.
I cleaned the wound and applied medicine.
“Ouch, it stings!”
“Does it hurt?”
“No, it’s not that painful.”
Still, it was an unpleasant sensation. I finished treating the wound with a gloomy face. It wasn’t a big injury in the first place, just a scraped knee from falling, so there wasn’t much to do.
“Ah, all done.”
I lay down on the bed with the bandage neatly attached to my knee. Seeing me, Seon Woo Jin chuckled.
“You’re always lying down.”
He seemed to remember me lying on the bed at every chance when he was doing my homework for me before. I turned my head and looked at Seon Woo Jin while lying down.
“I’m so old and tired that I need to rest periodically.”
“Anyone would think you’re at least 10 years older than me.”
I flinched, feeling poked for some reason.
“…You can’t judge people just by appearance.”
“What do you mean?”
There are things you don’t know.
Digging deeper would only be disadvantageous for me, so I chose to stay quiet. I lay on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
“Seon Woo Jin.”
“What.”
“Just calling your name.”
I yawned loudly and rolled over.
“Ah, I want to go home.”
Seon Woo Jin sat on the bed across from me and said,
“Have you ever not wanted to go home?”
“No…”
My heart is always at home.
I gazed into the air with a wistful look, thinking of my studio apartment. My cozy and comfortable sweet home…
“Ah, I don’t know. I just want everything to end quickly.”
After running to my heart’s content, I already felt like I had used up a day’s worth of energy. Lying down, I also felt sleepy. I muttered, blinking slowly.
“I can’t just stay here, can I?”
“Until it’s over?”
“Yeah.”
“Playing hooky?”
“Yeah.”
Seon Woo Jin chuckled.
“Lee Ju Eun is becoming a delinquent.”
Normally, I would have retorted, “Is that something you should say?”, but for some reason, I felt like laughing. I laughed along with Seon Woo Jin.
The atmosphere was languid. The sunlight coming through the window was warm, and I liked the quiet mood of the infirmary compared to the noisy field.
I continued to have meaningless conversations with Seon Woo Jin. They were mostly trivial and insignificant stories. Ordinary stories that I would forget as soon as I turned around, stories that were of no use at all.
Nevertheless, I wondered if I felt happy because of the person I was talking to. It was just an ordinary moment, nothing special, but I wanted to stay like this.
‘I really think it’d be okay to stay here until the sports day ends today.’
If I really did that, I’d have to ask Seon Woo Jin to stay with me. Because I’d be bored alone.
At that moment, while I was talking, I suddenly shifted my gaze towards Seon Woo Jin.
Seon Woo Jin was resting his chin on his hand, looking at me.
For a moment, time seemed to flow slowly for some reason. I stared at Seon Woo Jin’s face as if enchanted.
A gentle and affectionate gaze that made you feel how much he cherished the other person. It seemed like a look I was seeing for the first time from Seon Woo Jin.
Meeting that gaze, I opened my mouth without thinking.
“You…”
But when I didn’t finish my sentence, Seon Woo Jin asked,
“What about me?”
“…It’s nothing.”
I bit my lip slightly, then shook my head. Then I completed what I wanted to say in my mind.
Why are you looking at me like that?
And the moment I realized the answer to that, I couldn’t face Seon Woo Jin any longer.
I pulled the blanket up over my head. I managed to open my mouth and say,
“…I’m going to sleep now.”
Seon Woo Jin’s voice was heard.
“Are you tired?”
“…Yeah.”
My heart was pounding. But it definitely wasn’t just a good feeling.
I waited for Seon Woo Jin’s next words, feeling strangely anxious.
Being under the blanket, I couldn’t see what kind of expression Seon Woo Jin had, whether he was looking at me or somewhere else, or if he was just lost in thought. But after waiting a bit, I heard Seon Woo Jin’s voice again.
“Then rest a bit. I’ll go.”
His low voice carried an unusual gentleness.
It was a clear signal, to the point where I wondered why I hadn’t thought of it before.
I was sure my face was red even without looking in a mirror.
I waited under the blanket for Seon Woo Jin to leave, and only after his footsteps were completely gone did I slightly lift the blanket and peeked out with just my eyes.
‘…He’s gone.’
Only then did I feel relieved and slowly came out from under the blanket, fully sitting up.
Sitting on the bed, I stared at the door Seon Woo Jin left through for a moment, lost in thought.
‘That just now… I didn’t see it wrong, right?’
I wanted to deny it as being self-conscious, but unfortunately, I wasn’t that oblivious.
The way Seon Woo Jin looked at me kept coming to mind, making my cheeks burn.
However, in contrast, my insides were getting cold.
The first word that filled my head was ‘shouldn’t’.
There were many reasons it shouldn’t happen. I was a regressor, not really 17 years old mentally.
And above all, I was someone who would return to my original world.
‘Since I won’t be living here forever.’
The system had clearly promised me. That it would grant me one wish if I cleared the quest.
I had already decided long ago to use that wish to return to my original world. And I had even confirmed with the system about what would happen to this world when I returned.
‘It said that when I disappear, the people here will all forget about me.’
I thought it was a reasonable solution. Back then, and now.
‘Then even if Seon Woo Jin is acting like this now, he’ll forget everything later.’
For some reason, I didn’t like that thought.
But why don’t I like it?
Thinking about this and that, my head started to ache, so I lay down on the bed again and stared at the ceiling.
“Ah, my head hurts.”
I felt strange. How did things turn out like this? Since when? Because of what? It was all weird and awkward.
But among them, the strangest thing was me, thinking that I didn’t really hate the situation turning out this way.
I thought of Seon Woo Jin again. My head felt like it was going to explode.
‘What the hell is he thinking?’
At that moment, footsteps were heard again from the direction of the door.
I was startled and sat up abruptly.
‘What, who is it?’
Could it be Seon Woo Jin?
There were only a few people who would come here at this time. The Samda boys, Yoo Hee Na, Lee Yeon Ho.
But Ban Ha Min and Yoo Hee Na would be excitedly participating in the sports day now, so it wouldn’t be them. Lee Yeon Ho also had no reason to come here, so judging from the circumstances, there was a high probability that Seon Woo Jin had returned.
‘What should I do?’
I still didn’t know what face to make when seeing Seon Woo Jin.
I hadn’t sorted out my feelings yet. If I acted flustered and awkwardly showed signs of knowing his feelings, it would become unbearably awkward, and I really didn’t want that.
I glanced at the window.
‘Should I just run away?’
Come to think of it, I think I had this thought once before in the infirmary… Although the situation was completely different from back then.
As I fidgeted, unable to make a decision, the sound of the doorknob turning was heard.
‘Oh no!’
I froze, almost in a panic.
Not knowing my inner turmoil, the door opened with a creak, cruelly.
“Huh, what. Someone’s here?”
But the person who opened the door and entered was Sung Ji Chan.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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