Chapter 52 – Episode 52. I Received 7 Letters
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“What? No? I haven’t received anything?”
Gu Ho-chang, who was walking with me, was startled and said to me.
Today is Wednesday.
After finishing study early in the morning like any other day, all of the study members were on their way from the fast food restaurant to the academy.
It’s a bit cold, but the morning is with fresh sunlight.
I was walking while talking to Hochang.
Two by two.
Ho-chang and I, Yoon-kyung and Eun-hee noona, and Hye-na and Sang-won couples, we walked as usual, talking in pairs.
I asked Ho-chang again, who said he had never received a pepero.
“Really? Not even one?”
“Uh. You didn’t get any? You didn’t buy this pepero, did you get it? This… Well, it looks like you made it yourself, right?”
I was carrying a bundle of pepero in a transparent plastic bag and sharing it with Hochang.
Also, Hochang, who was walking next to me, ate the pepero I took out of the bag I was carrying, and observed it before eating the pepero I took out for a while, saying that it looked like handmade.
I replied to Ho Chang.
“That’s right.”
Hochang asked me again while eating pepero.
“Who did you get it from?”
It was a bit like giving a concrete answer to Hochang.
On the morning of November 11, Hochang asked Eunhee’s sister to buy a pepero.
Of course, it was half a joke, but Eunhee noona didn’t buy Hochang a pepero.
But Eunhee noona secretly bought pepero for me.
And the homemade pepero I’m eating now was secretly given to me by Yun-kyung.
In addition, Kim Hye-na, who has a boyfriend, also secretly bought me pepero.
Not all Assassins… I don’t know why they give me peperos so secretly.
That’s how all the women in the study group gave me Pepero.
Not only that, but I also received a lot of peperos from women I didn’t know.
But to say that I didn’t receive any cheers…
It was out of my mind.
It was a bit like bringing up the story of the study members to Hochang, who hadn’t mastered Pepero at all.
Because I want Hochang and the study members to be on good terms.
So I decided to answer in moderation rather than specifically.
“It’s just, people I know here and there.”
“Wow, really? Are there any girls who take care of Pepero Day in Goshichon? I thought all girls were just studying.”
As Hochang said curiously, he walked beside me and ate pepero deliciously.
‘That…’
Hearing Hochang’s words, I shook my head in my mind.
Women and men alike do not all study here.
As I walked to the academy with Ho Chang, I remembered last Monday night.
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‘Eww…’
Monday night at 10:20.
There was a goal during the self-study time until 10:30 at night.
Even after completing the target amount of learning, there were still 10 minutes left.
It’s a story that I’ve been learning quite a bit.
However, I held my forehead for a while because of my closing eyes.
I worked hard and focused on my studies, but when it was almost time to finish my studies, I felt a little more tired than usual.
Studying non-stop on weekdays as well as on weekends made me feel a bit tired.
Close your eyes for a moment and open them.
Then, I looked around.
A classroom open to self-study.
On Monday, I studied in a classroom that was not large enough to accommodate 30 to 40 people.
But other times it was different.
Normally, I would be the last person left in the classroom, but on this day, only four women remained until the end.
That’s because I studied in a small lecture hall, not a large lecture hall with 200 to 300 people.
I couldn’t help but admire in my heart.
‘People work really hard.’
A sense of crisis was felt.
It was no wonder that in the last 9th grade civil service exam, the percentage of women was over 57%, and it was not overwhelming the men.
Besides, they hardly ever thought about getting up.
It’s time to close the door to the academy.
I thought about them while looking at them once in a while.
‘Awesome… It’s so vivid that I’m so focused on the book.’
I couldn’t help but think how great it was.
Even though I lived a hard day, I was in awe of the girls who seemed to have completely entered the book.
I stuck out my tongue and picked up the large backpack I had hung on both sides of the chair back and put it on the desk.
It was to put the book I just finished studying.
I didn’t intend to include all the books, but only some of them.
I’m renting lockers from the academy, so I thought I’d put some in and take some with me.
It was a kind of insurance to spend some time together in case I couldn’t sleep at night or woke up too early in the morning.
-Jiik
I unzipped my backpack.
‘…’
Then, when I tried to insert the book, I was surprised.
It was because I found out that there were a lot of peperos in my bag.
I was dazed for a moment.
Receiving Pepero is not surprising, as they have received enough to overflow every year.
However, this year, it was a little unexpected, so it could be said that it was a surprise.
When like this…
I tried to recall the memory.
Looking back, there were quite a few gaps.
I was at the academy all day.
I took the academy class from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, came back after eating, and came back to self-study at night.
Lunch time, dinner time, and break time can all be said to be gaps where I am not looking at my bag.
In addition, when I took a seat in this self-study room right before going out for dinner, it was cumbersome to put books in and take them out, so I brought the books separately without opening the bag.
I also rented and used the school locker, so I could use the school locker even if I didn’t have to use my bag frequently, so it seems that I didn’t open my bag anymore.
So I could see that I was able to check the pepero I collected all day at once.
I looked at the peperos carefully packaged in various plastics one by one.
I was careful not to make noise as much as possible to avoid disturbing other people’s studies.
A note was attached to each pepero.
Each pepero is different, but no matter who sees it, there are contents written in a woman’s handwriting, and I read them through.
[Our dependable Jinhyeok does a good job in the daily side lectures, so I have to wait for your turn every time~ Thanks to Jinhyeok, I really enjoy studying. Fighting in the future~ If you want something delicious, call me anytime ^^ – Eunhee noona]
[Oppa~ Make sure to pass the exam together~~ These days, when I’m tired from studying, I get energy thinking of you ^ㅡ^ Unstoppable~~ I hope I become a person who gives oppa strength too! Let’s fight~~ – Yoon Kyung]
[I was buying Sangwon oppa’s, but I thought of you so I bought another. Heh, you think I keep my distance because I have a boyfriend compared to the other study members? Don’t be like that haha let’s be comfortable – Hyena]
These were the things from the study members.
Got it all
Just give it directly… Hey, Hye-na, since she has a boyfriend, it’s okay to keep her in secret, but she secretly puts other girls in like this.
Well, from my point of view, if I offered pepero, I would have been sufficiently concerned about other people’s eyes.
And besides the study members, there were peperos put in by other women.
[When you came wearing a thick knit cardigan a few days ago, I was really surprised that you shined so much more than a model. Please contact me if you like! 010-ooooo-ooooo]
[Hello~ I’m a person who sits in a window seat a little further back. He often sits by the window. I’ve never been like this before. I’m not sure what to say. ^010-ooooo-ooooo]
[I’m so sorry if you have a girlfriend. I’m sorry if it’s burdensome, but if it’s okay, please contact me at least once. Study hard! 010-ooooo-ooooo]
[I’ve never been like this to a man before, but, for the first time in my life, I feel my heart flutter and I feel this. Please,,, 010-ooooo-ooooo]
‘And… What is so much, this. I can do business as a pepero.’
The pepero itself wasn’t heavy, so I didn’t really feel the weight of the bag.
All of them were small, so there was enough space in the bag to put books in.
So, after putting in one of the study materials I wanted to put in, I put the rest of the textbooks in the academy locker and decided to go home.
With that thought in mind, I put one book in my bag, lifted the bag, and then stood up with the rest of the books to put in the locker.
-Kikkik
Carefully push the chair back without making as much noise as possible and stand up from your seat.
Then, two of the four women other than me, who were sitting quite sparsely in the classroom, pushed their chairs back and stood up.
It was almost time to end, so I packed my bag and left the classroom.
And I walked down the aisle.
For now, I was thinking of going to the locker, putting the book in, and going home.
But as soon as I opened the door of the classroom that had been opened to self-study, I heard a voice calling me from behind.
“Hey… Wait a minute.”
I stopped my steps for a moment as I listened to her words.
And I looked back.
Then, the woman who had called me came towards me with her little gun steps, cupping one of her hands and covering her mouth.
And then she spoke to me
“Um… By any chance… Did you see that… Note?”
I knew in an instant that she was one of the letter girls that Pepero was enclosed with.
It was because the note was talking about it.
She had double eyelid eyes, a high nose bridge, and her mouth was a bit on the large side.
Overall, she was pretty and a bit of a docile type.
It was a style that seemed to be quite popular.
However, when I saw her, I wasn’t that attracted to her.
Even so, I decided to say thank you for the favor given to me and refuse it.
“Ah, yes. Pepero will be fine.”
I thought for a moment about how to say no.
I didn’t have anything special about that, so I tried to talk politely.
After thinking for a while, she said.
“I left my contact information, but let’s meet and talk like this…”
It was when the woman continued talking all the way there.
Behind her, another woman from her study room walked towards us.
And she cut off the first woman and said to me.
“Wait a minute. I also wrote a note to this person…”
She was a bit of a dark-eyed woman.
Her skin was on the fair side, her lips were red and her philtrum dark.
I felt that this woman was quite attractive.
Both of them looked pretty good, but I tend to consider the feeling of attraction when I see a person more than the level of a certain appearance.
Being attracted was also something I didn’t want to think about when I was immersed in my studies like now, so I was going to reject both women.
In such a situation, the second woman said that she looked at the woman who came before her once, then looked at me again.
“I’m sorry for this person, but I… You’ve been my ideal type since the first time I saw you, so I think it would be difficult for me to give in. I’m sorry if you have a girlfriend… If not, please meet me once.”
When the second woman hit it pretty hard, probably because she was angry at losing her player, the first woman, who was a little passive, seemed to be angry at the second woman.
“Hey. I came first. Isn’t it a bit strange to do things like this?”
“Yes?”
“That’s right. I was having a conversation with you, but you interrupted me.”
“I’m interfering. You’ve been waiting for this person to come out, too. I came out with you, but you just talked to me a little earlier.”
It was when the first woman and the second woman were arguing.
In the classroom, another woman came out.
And it seemed that she, too, would enter the fight.
“Hello~.”
As if the atmosphere seemed a bit threatening, the third woman looked at me a little and then started talking to me.
“I… I sent you a note today… I was so surprised to see you studying like this while walking around the study room at night just in case. Can I talk to you for a minute if you don’t mind?”
When the third woman entered me, the first and second did not stand still either.
“Hey. I’m the first to come. I think you should talk about that later.”
“This person suddenly… Go in now. He was talking to me for a while.”
I couldn’t immediately recognize her because of the hat, but when I looked closely, I could recognize the third woman.
She was the woman I thought was a book thief.
Only now, I felt like I could understand the meaning of ‘Cheer up’ at that time.
Somehow I saw him touching my bag, but it didn’t look like he was trying to steal anything…
Looking at it now, rather than trying to steal my book, he must have put a pepero in my bag.
She gave me a present and told me to cheer up, but it seemed like I had a misunderstanding.
“Thank you all. By the way…”
I was grateful to them
But these days, I’m trying not to meet women as much as possible and concentrate on studying.
That’s why, for now, it seemed like it would be okay to take this opportunity to talk about rejection to all of them.
