Chapter 161 – Episode 161 – Her X Her X Her (10)
The next morning.
“……Euhng.”
Yewha woke up, stretched, and stared blankly at the ceiling.
Blink. Blink.
With her gaze fixed, she moved only her hand to grab her phone.
7 AM.
Reassured by her usual wake-up time, Yewha gently placed her phone back down.
Going to bed at 11 PM every night and getting eight hours of sleep, Yewha spent a luxurious night on a large bed with a top-of-the-line mattress.
Thanks to this, she always had a refreshing morning without an alarm, but recently, she had been feeling a sense of longing every time she woke up.
It was all because of that diffuser Chun Jinhyun had gifted her.
“Haaahm~……”
It was a refreshing morning, but not the best morning.
A sense of longing still lingered in Yewha’s mind after her yawn.
That scent that calmed her mind and made her happy. When she was with that scent, she could have the best morning…
Swish-
Reaching out, Yewha picked up a coat that was placed next to her bed.
The diffuser’s scent had faded recently, which was a shame, but today she had something to replace it.
A large-sized coat that looked like it would be worn by a robust man.
It was an item that didn’t fit in Yewha’s home, where she lived alone, but Yewha picked up the coat, buried her nose deep into it, and inhaled its scent.
Sniff, sniff.
“Ah……”
An exclamation involuntarily escaped her lips.
A scent that slowly rose up.
Ssssh.
The scent that entered her nose permeated her entire body, clearing her mind.
“Haa……”
She shuddered and sighed.
Yewha was free in her own home.
Since there was no one to see her, she could sniff Chun Jinhyun’s coat as much as she wanted without having to worry about anyone’s gaze.
A faint but distinct scent.
Yewha, having quenched her thirst as much as possible by smelling the coat, pulled her face away and exhaled, “Haa.”
At the same time, a slight sense of self-loathing crept in.
‘What am I doing, really……’
Ugh.
Chun Jinhyun was her friend’s boyfriend.
And not just a casual friend, but her best friend, Sujeong’s boyfriend.
Considering her current state, she was a perverted woman who was burying her nose in her best friend’s boyfriend’s coat and sniffing its scent.
‘But……’
The scent was just too good.
After having lunch with Chun Jinhyun yesterday.
Originally, she could have just brought the coat back to the cafe, but Jang Yewha had deliberately brought it to her studio.
The reason was simple.
She couldn’t resist the temptation of the scent.
For a moment, she even thought, ‘Isn’t this stealing?’
‘No. I’m just keeping it safe so I can return it properly later…… yeah.’
Yewha convinced herself.
It was true. It was an item that someone could steal, so it was true that she was keeping it safe.
Sniff, sniff.
Of course, she would smell it…
Ssssh.
Yewha took another breath and questioned the scent that filled her mind.
“Why.”
Why did it smell so good?
Jang Yewha was still buried in the coat, lost in thought.
The scent from this coat also strangely calmed her mind and made her feel happy.
However, the difference from the diffuser was that while the diffuser’s scent spread far, she had to bring her nose close to this coat to smell it.
In fact, she had never disliked Chun Jinhyun himself, but she had never thought she disliked his scent either.
On the contrary, it was quite good, but she had never felt such an addictive urge to smell it.
After using the diffuser, this scent, which was already good, felt even better.
It was like feeling an intense pull. She wanted to smell it, and smell it again, and again…
Sniff, sniff.
Anyway, it was a mystery.
‘Maybe there’s something in the diffuser……’
Yewha pondered deeply.
She couldn’t help but think that way.
Usually, other diffusers that were said to be good only had very, very minimal effects or just gave a slight feeling, but this diffuser was different.
The diffuser itself was too effective.
What kind of diffuser had such a direct effect?
As soon as she inhaled the scent, her mind calmed down immediately. If a diffuser like this existed, it wouldn’t be strange if the world turned upside down.
Right.
‘There’s definitely something about Chun Jinhyun.’
Yewha came to that conclusion.
After receiving the diffuser this time, and talking to him, Jang Yewha’s curiosity about Chun Jinhyun had reached its peak.
His attitude of not getting angry at her prickly behavior.
Of course, it was because of his nature, but she thought that a certain amount of ‘composure’ might have played a role.
His suddenly changed appearance, his improved physique.
The cafe he suddenly opened after only working part-time jobs.
Even looking at the way he dressed and his confidence, he was a completely different person from the one who lived on the floor below Sujeong’s.
Could a person change so drastically?
Sniff, sniff.
No.
‘Maybe Chun Jinhyun is also using this diffuser…?’
Yewha thought.
Since there was a diffuser with such powerful effects.
He could use this diffuser to work out, or… um…
Hmm…
‘But can you suddenly grow that tall? And his impression changed, and besides…’
The sudden increase in money was also hard to understand with just the diffuser. How could he open a cafe of this size after just working part-time jobs?
‘No, wait…’
It was possible.
‘With a diffuser of this performance…’
Wasn’t making money a piece of cake? When she thought about it, it was.
He said that a ‘friend’ made this diffuser. That might not be true.
Maybe he was making the diffuser and selling it to others.
Or, he could be selling the diffuser he received from his friend at a greatly inflated price.
‘Then it makes sense for Sujeong too…!’
Yewha trembled at the thought that flashed through her mind like lightning.
She immediately checked the number of subscribers to Sujeong’s Twibble TV and Mytube channels.
[Twibble TV ‘Strong Crystal’ Followers: 115,000]
[Mytube ‘Strong Crystal’ Subscribers: 48,000]
[Mytube ‘Strong Crystal Replay’ Subscribers: 65,000]
“As expected.”
It was a dramatic growth.
Before, both her follower and subscriber counts were much lower, but they had exploded recently.
Even though she wasn’t even showing her face on broadcasts recently, she was rapidly increasing her followers and subscribers based on her increased content, hosting skills, and humor.
She had also turned her original Mytube channel into a replay channel and started uploading edited videos to a new channel, and the videos uploaded to the new channel were incredibly well-edited.
It didn’t seem like she had hired an editor…
It was a very high-quality and entertaining edit, as if Sujeong had edited it herself. Her recent broadcast form was also at its peak.
‘Hmm…’
Originally, she would have been happy about her friend’s growth, but now Yewha thought that Chun Jinhyun might be at the center of this growth.
Wasn’t Sujeong also receiving the calming, happiness, and concentration effects from this diffuser?
‘Then it makes sense that they’re dating.’
In fact, Sujeong might hate dating Chun Jinhyun, but she might be getting threatened that if she broke up with him, he would cut off the supply of the diffuser! Otherwise, who would like someone who was cheating?
“Hoo, Sujeong…”
Of course, there was no evidence yet.
It could just be her imagination, but a gut feeling was ringing alarm bells.
Chun Jinhyun was not ordinary.
“First…”
Yewha turned on her phone.
[Me: Jinhyun, this is Yewha.]
[Chun Jinhyun: Ah! You messaged me. ]
[Me: You left your coat at the restaurant, so I have it for now.]
[Me: (Photo)]
[Chun Jinhyun: Wow~ I wondered why I felt like something was missing, I left it behind. Haha, thank you so much for taking care of it.]
[Me: What should I do with it? I’m going to the cafe tomorrow, should I give it to you then?]
[Chun Jinhyun: I don’t go to the cafe on weekends. If you happen to go to the cafe, I’d be grateful if you could leave it with any of the part-timers. If you tell them to put it in the break room inside the office, they’ll know what to do.]
[Me: Okay, I’ll do that then.]
That was the conversation they had yesterday afternoon.
After that, Chun Jinhyun said thank you and that he would give her a coupon when they met next time, which she had definitely screenshotted. She had to get the coupon.
“First, let’s have breakfast.”
She would do some work at the studio and then go straight to the cafe.
Yewha folded the coat and looked at the side table next to her bed.
On the side table, there was a black card and a piece of paper with something written on it.
These were things that had come out of Chun Jinhyun’s coat pocket.
Yesterday, while she was working with Chun Jinhyun’s coat on her lap and smelling it, there was something that kept getting in the way, so she had taken it out of the pocket.
The paper had the numbers 587785 and the date November 3rd written on it.
And the card was…
‘It’s probably a key card?’
Chun Jinhyun swiped a card every time he entered the iron door inside the staff area. This was probably that card.
It was probably a spare card…
‘He said he wouldn’t be there today.’
Today was Saturday, the weekend.
Yewha jumped up from her seat.
She had to check.
