Chapter 103 – The Ground Hardens After the Rain
I didn’t just lie down leisurely while I was in the hospital.
First, the police came and investigated due to a disturbance at an abandoned construction site a few days ago.
I was seriously injured, but the people who attacked me were also not okay, so I also could not avoid the police investigation.
Originally, if you had made that much of a mess, there was a very high possibility that it would be an assault on both sides…
“Thank you for your cooperation. Judging by the various witnesses and circumstantial evidence, the evidence that the other side planned the crime is very clear, and the witnesses’ testimonies about who wielded the weapon first are consistent, so it is determined that Mr. Han Seong-jin is not guilty. In this case, self-defense will arise.”
“Political… Defense? Really?”
“Yes. In fact, there were so many people injured that I didn’t know if both sides would come out if the witnesses hadn’t been very active in their defense. I don’t know how hard the witnesses were. There may be a trial later, so I will contact you separately if necessary.”
“Thank you, thank you…”
I thought I was going to go to jail without making a move, but it felt like a ray of light had come down.
After completing the investigation, I briefly stopped the police officers who were leaving the hospital room.
“Hey, wait a minute.”
“Yes, please say so.”
“If I’m acting in self-defense, what happens to those guys…? And I saw some guys running away…”
“Our police have completed recruiting all those who escaped. Most of them have records in juvenile detention centers, and some have more than once or twice… Above all, they are not the only ones caught in special assaults, special injuries, group injuries, and kidnappings through premeditated crimes. It was like that.
All of them are currently in detention, and after the trial is over, they will probably all be sent to prison. And for quite some time.”
“I see. Thank you for letting me know.”
“Oh, and this has nothing to do with the incident, it’s just advice…”
“?”
The male police officer on his way back looked at me with a subtle expression and said.
“I found out while investigating the case that Mr. Han Seong-jin also had a record of being in a juvenile detention center once or twice in the past. Although self-defense will still be recognized this time, there is no guarantee that if something similar happens again, it will be the same.
The judges are not very lenient people. “As an adult, I am advising you not to get involved in this kind of thing in the future.”
“Yes, I did…”
I sighed lightly.
In the eyes of the police, he must have been nothing more than a would-be gangster who had been in and out of juvenile detention centers in the past.
“This won’t happen anymore. I decided to come to my senses and live like a human being.”
“I hope you don’t change your mind.”
With those words, the police left the hospital room.
I lay in the hospital room again and remembered what the police said.
If they were witnesses, it would be clear that Yuri and Su-yeon were… Given the circumstances, there is no one else who witnessed it other than Jeong Eun-ji.
I was surprised that Eunji Jeong actively defended me.
I thought they would still hate me, but did they break down faster than I thought?
I also liked the fact that all the guys who tried to trap me were sent to prison.
My biggest fear was that he might do something crazy to Yuri when I wasn’t around, but the police said that they had caught all the people they had kicked out before the police arrived.
With this, the entire group of Eunbong Bridge and Jinsu Bridge that I attend will completely collapse, and the strength of those who remain will be greatly weakened.
There will be very few of them left, so I have no choice but to take care of them and live by them.
This solves the problems within the academy to some extent.
The second is Yuri’s older sister, Lee Yu-min’s participation in the war.
Lee Yu-min, who demanded that I reunite with her, even went to her house and talked about it. I immediately received an angry message from Yuri, and as soon as it was time after school the next day, I faced an angry Yuri.
“Han Seong-jin!! You… You asked me to reunite with her older sister as soon as you came to your senses?!”
“No, no! I never said that first! Yumin… No, your sister asked for it first!”
“What? Mr. Ha… This damn human again…”
“What did Yumin say?”
“He said you asked him to get back with you, so we decided to date again.”
“… Is that the end?”
“Uh. We’re still in the middle of a Cold War after that fight. But you just said that and went into the local room, right? Mr… I was so worried and annoyed until I went to bed that day that I didn’t even talk to you…”
“I heard it was quiet yesterday, so that’s why.”
Realizing that she had been deceived by her older sister, Yuri huffed and then turned her eyes of resentment towards me.
“Seongjin, why have you been acting like this to me since earlier, Yumin?”
“Hmm?”
Did she not like talking informally to her sister?
The moment she was about to apologize, Yuri brought up a completely different reason.
“From now on, whenever I’m around, call me Lee Yoo-min. It’s annoying because I seem friendly.”
That was the reason.
“Why don’t you tell me not to meet you?”
“You’ve already done everything you could with your sister in the past. You’re greedy for women, and it doesn’t look like you’ll give up on your sister… If that’s the case, you’d better open up. Like Choi Soo-yeon. I absolutely can’t bear to date you while deceiving me.”
Should I say this was a successful taming, or should I say it was too much…
When I asked if I really hated Lee Yu-min and didn’t even want to have her around, my answer was close to ‘no’.
The reason I cut off all relationships with her and her sex partners was because I decided to be born again, but if they approach me again after that, there’s nothing I can do…
“I love you, Yuri.”
“Ssi… Why did I become like this..? How could I meet a man who is just like me… Why did I really…”
“I love you, Yuri.”
“It’s all because of you! Because of you, I’ve become a really strange person!”
I felt even more affection for her than before, and hugged her as I saw that her schoolboy had completely changed to my liking, with some of her ideas deviating quite a bit from the general standards.
The third is Soo-yeon Choi and Eun-ji Jeong.
After Su-yeon finished her part-time job every day, she came to visit me in my hospital room and had some healing time, whining that it was difficult for the two of us to work alone.
I also told her that her husband had asked to be reunited with me, and she confided in me about her and my past.
Suyeon, who was quietly listening to the story, put everything else aside and asked just one question.
“Sir, is that girl pretty?”
“Uh… I’m sure there’s a picture on my Talk profile. Would you like to see it?”
“I want to see.”
When I showed her the profile on her phone, Sooyeon snatched the phone out of her hand and kept flipping through Lee Yu-min’s profile, checking various pictures of her.
Then she pursed her lips and muttered.
“It’s annoying, but this girl is also pretty. Although not as pretty as me.”
“Suyeon, are you angry?”
“Senior, I’m annoyed. How many women are there already? Me, Yuri-senpai, and Eunji-senpai are all working on it. If you add this woman, there are already four? What kind of dragon balls are you going to collect with the senior women?”
“No… I didn’t originally plan on doing this, but meeting Yumin was really a coincidence…”
“It’s okay. I’m always the same. As long as my senior doesn’t abandon me or neglect me. That won’t happen, right?”
Suyeon clung to me with her eyes shining brightly.
“Okay, how could I abandon you? I’ve been helping you the most. Thank you for continuing to love me, Suyeon. I love you.”
Hehe, I love you too, sunbae♥”
And… Jeong Eun-ji.
Eunji Jeong, who I thought would not come to visit, unexpectedly came to my hospital room on Wednesday after school.
“Huh? What’s wrong with you?”
On Wednesday, the bandage on her head was removed, and she was wearing only an arm cast and an IV, so to strangers, she looked like she just had an injured arm.
Eunji Jeong stopped and looked at me for a moment, then spoke in a voice that pretended nothing was wrong.
“It’s tough to see that it’s improved a lot.”
“Why do you want me to still be wearing bandages and messing around?”
“…”
Jeong Eun-ji put down her bag and sat down next to my hospital bed without saying a word.
A moment of silence.
I was the one who broke it first.
“Hey.”
“Why?”
“Thank you.”
“?!”
When the words “Thank you” Came out of her mouth, Eunji Jeong’s eyes fluttered, as if she hadn’t expected that.
“You said you were the one who reported it to the police at that time? Thank you. Thanks to you, I didn’t die.”
“Huh? No, I… Uh, uh…”
“I thought you hated me, why did you help me?”
“Cha, don’t be mistaken! I didn’t say it to like you… That’s right! I did it because I was worried that if something goes wrong with you, Yuri will go wrong!”
“Really? But the police say you claimed to be a witness and defended yourself very diligently.”
“What?! The police said my name?!”
Looking at Eunji Jeong jumping up and down, I guessed right.
If it’s obvious, it’s natural.
“No, that’s a lie. I only said I was a witness, I didn’t say who, but looking at your reaction now, I guess it’s true.”
“Ugh… This… I, I just stated what I saw!”
“Yes. So, thank you. For calling the police and for testifying.”
“…”
Eunji Jeong lowered her head, avoiding her gaze.
I threw her rice cake at her.
“I think I’ll have to repay you for this separately. I heard I can be discharged tomorrow. Then, I’ll buy dinner on Friday. Do you want to come with me?”
“Huh? No, it’s okay… Me and Youngbae were supposed to meet that evening.”
That’s not right.
Originally, Jeong Eun-ji was planning to make Gong Young-bae feel more deprived and degrade her by putting her together, but after seeing Gong Young-bae acting like a crazy person, she had no intention of giving her even the slightest chance.
I don’t know if he was just trying to harass me, but this scum even sold his childhood friend Yuri for that purpose.
A bastard who should fall into the abyss.
By the way, did this crazy guy do that and then go and harass Jeong Eun-ji?
The more you look at it, the more beautiful it becomes.
I spoke to Eunji Jeong once again.
“I said I wanted to buy something for you. Are you going to have dinner with me on Friday?”
When I looked straight into Jeong Eun-ji’s eyes, I saw that her eyes were trembling violently.
And she finally answered by lowering her head.
“… You always give orders like that, you bastard. Okay, you’ll just have to go.”
Jeong Eun-ji reluctantly accepted my offer.
But she didn’t seem to know that I had never said the word command.
