Calibrating the NTR Drift in the Light Novel 182

Chapter 182 – Graduation, New Life (2)

During the winter vacation, I saved more money by regularly shooting fitting models.

As the shooting frequency has increased, I am now able to afford a lot of material resources.

Although time was becoming increasingly scarce.

Meanwhile, my girlfriends were looking for a three-room house in Seoul where we could live together.

Usually Yumin and Yuri.

The two appealed to their parents that it was too difficult to go to college by taking the subway for more than an hour every day, so they were allowed to become independent.

I’m not sure if Yuri’s parents knew that they were actually making an excuse to find a place to live with me, but it seemed like the sisters were doing a good job somehow.

After that, we looked for houses together on the weekends when we had free time.

Yuri and Su-yeon’s CSAT scores are so good that they are almost certain to go to Seoul National University, so she assumes Seoul National University, and Eun-ji is already confirmed to go to Korea National University of Physical Education.

The distance between the two universities was strangely far, but the middle point was Gangnam, so it was so expensive that I couldn’t even afford to go there.

Therefore, we had to look into both Dunchon-dong near Korea National Sport University and Nakseongdae Station near Seoul National University.

Every time we went to a real estate agent, we saw one man and four women flocking to us and saying they were looking for a house. The real estate agents sometimes looked at us with strange expressions, but they didn’t ask us anything else.

Sometimes, younger brokers recognized me or my girlfriends.

When I went to look for a house near Nakseongdae Station, a real estate agent said that.

“Huh? Are you someone who came out of the Human Theater?”

“Oh, that’s right.”

“Wow, it’s true! I saw that person’s theater!”

“Ahaha… Thank you.”

“People say that they are really reflecting on what they have done so much, but how can they just swear like that? Oh, then the people behind you…”

“”I’m your girlfriend!””

When four people answered at the same time, the other brokers inside looked puzzled.

“Wow… That was real too… But really, why are you so pretty? You should do well, man.”

“Yes, you have to do well. Yes.”

“Oh, by the way, I have to show you the house! You said it’s a three-room unit, right? First, what kind of room would you like?”

“I think a three-room apartment would be good. I’m going to look into any rental or monthly rent that I can.”

“Yes, then how about this? It’s a three-room apartment with a deposit of 5,000 and a monthly fee of 100, but the square footage…”

So we went to various places and looked at various rooms.

The house I found near Nakseongdae Station seemed a bit small for 5 people to live in, but it seemed to be of a decent standard, and if 5 people lived there, the deposit and monthly rent were at a level that everyone could afford to pay.

Yu-min, Yuri, and Eun-ji received permission from their parents, and Su-yeon came from a low-income family from a young age, so she had some pocket money saved up and also worked part-time regularly.

I was the only one who was bleeding quite heavily, but I was still able to survive with 20 out of 1,000.

“Hmm… Dunchon is fine, and this place is fine too… But what should I do? Where should I decide?”

The answer was given by Eunji.

“Let’s go here. Anyway, Yumin’s university is nearby here, and Yuri and Suyeon, aren’t you at Seoul National University?”

“Is that okay? You must be tired…”

“Rather than living in Dunchon, which would be difficult for the three of us, why don’t we just live here and go back and forth a bit? Anyway, there will be camp training periodically, and when that happens, I won’t be home for quite a while, right?”

“Hmm… Then shall we choose a room here? When do you want to move? I have to pack my bags and choose a room, so it won’t take as much time as I think.”

After almost choosing a three-room house near Nakseongdae Station, we continued touring the house, deciding on moving costs, how each room would be used, and when we would move.

“Should we move right after the graduation ceremony? Any time doesn’t matter for me and Suyeon. If it’s just the three of you, let’s move as soon as possible after the graduation ceremony. If it’s too difficult right away, only me and Suyeon will go in first, so you can come before the semester starts.”

Three people looked at Suyeon at the same time as I said that.

“?”

And when he saw Suyeon tilting her head, she sang to me again.

“I don’t like it.”

“Hmm? So you’re going to move right after graduation?”

“Uh. How much time are you two going to have while you’re here alone? I’m moving as soon as possible.”

Then Sooyeon got angry.

“No, seriously, why are you so narrow-minded? You did those things to me at the ski resort, and if anyone hears, they’ll think I was the only one who did wrong!”

“It’s true that you kept teasing us first. Still, it’s cheap.”

Yuri, Eunji, and Yumin burned their will to bring down Suyeon, who was standing at an advantageous position, to the same position as them as soon as possible, and Suyeon screamed because she was being treated badly at the resort.

I intervened and separated the women who were glaring at each other for a moment.

“Yes, yes, don’t fight. Then, the three of you, tell your parents about your schedule, so we can move. Sooyeon and I should at least start boxing up our moving items.”

“Senior, aren’t you busy with filming, your part-time job at a café, and the convenience store? I’ll pack up most of the stuff in the morning. Seonbae, just pack the important things separately.”

“Okay, then let me ask you a favor. Sooyeon, you haven’t even moved in yet, but she made you move again. It must be difficult.”

“Hehe, as long as I have a senior, it won’t be difficult at all.”

As Suyeon said that, she wrapped her arms around my waist.

Seeing that, the other three also ran towards me, creating a strange situation where the four women were hugging each other from east to west, north to south, with me in the middle.

It was fortunate that the real estate agent was in the living room for a quick phone call.

What would you have thought if you had seen something like this?

That day, we set a move-in date and signed a contract.

The move-in date is one day after the graduation ceremony.

I put down 10% of the deposit as a down payment, and with everyone’s consent, the contract was signed in my name.

“It would have been better to just sign a contract under Yuri or Yumin’s name. What are you going to do if you entrust such a large sum of money to a guy like me, and he gets some bad feelings?”

Yuri pinched her cheek at my words.

“Ah! Ah!”

“You don’t even have the intention to do that, but you’re still blaming yourself for no reason? It’s because I now believe that my boyfriend isn’t the type of person to do that, so are you saying my eyes are wrong?”

“Ah! I was wrong! I won’t do that, so please let go of my hand, it really hurts!”

“Anyway, you’re talking nonsense. You say you won’t know until last year, but you won’t anymore, and you keep saying strange things… If you had been the kind of person who had the slightest potential for such things in the first place, would I have been in this relationship with you?”

I felt endless affection after seeing Yuri who truly believed in me 100%.

I hugged Yuri and lightly kissed her on the lips.

“Yes, thank you for trusting me. I’m grateful for having this relationship with me.”

“… That’s all you need to know♡”

Yuri had been pinching my cheek with a fierce expression just moments ago, but she soon relaxed, and her eyes were filled with affection.

After that, we were each very busy.

Yuri and Suyeon started preparing for moving after finishing their essays, and Yumin, who had nothing else to do during vacation, packed her bags even earlier.

After lying to her parents that she was just living in the same house as her friends, Eunji is also preparing to move.

Suyeon and I spent time packing each other’s belongings into boxes when we had free time.

While packing my things, I looked around the house.

It was a very strange feeling.

‘I’ didn’t live here from the beginning, but since I am Han Seong-jin, I feel Han Seong-jin’s memories and everything, so I immediately felt what this house meant.

My mother ran away from home when I was young, and my father was an alcoholic who often yelled and became violent when drunk, so I ran away from home at the age of 12 because I couldn’t stand it any longer.

I was in and out of shelters, became an extreme delinquent, stole other people’s money, and drank and smoked since I was in middle school.

I came into this house by stealing money from others and collecting the money that the gang of thugs gave me.

Since I was a minor at the time, I wouldn’t have been able to sign a contract for a house, but I got this house by contacting the cell phone number on the telephone pole and signing a contract directly with the landlord.

It was an empty life without even pure joy, but I was happy at that moment.

A truly ordinary ‘real home’, not the old house I hated going into rather than dying, nor the desolate group shelter, nor the juvenile detention center where I was caught in a gang fight.

A house where there is no alcoholic father who cannot be called family, no orphans who are in the same unfortunate situation as you, and no criminals like you.

Even though I spent a lot of time here calling out crazy girls, having orgies, and living as a slut, this was my only sanctuary for a long time.

Now, when I leave this underdeveloped and unsafe neighborhood, I confidently move into a house I bought with the money I earned through hard work and live with my four girlfriends.

I was proud, sad, and a hundred different emotions swirled all at once.

“Sir, what are you thinking like that?”

“Huh? No…”

I guess I was lost in sentimentality without realizing it and was just dazed for a moment.

Suyeon, who was sitting in front of me putting clothes into a box, tilted her head slightly to the side and was looking at my expression like a curious puppy.

I smiled slightly at Sooyeon.

“I just thought I should really work hard from now on.”

SNS was going smoothly, and I was making a lot of money through a set of 3 part-time jobs, including a fitting model, and I promised myself that I would work really hard.

That would be the minimum courtesy to the girlfriends who chose me and reflection on my past mistakes.

And finally our graduation day arrived.