Chapter 155 – A Cluttered Mind and Heart
Yoo So-jung, who came out to the living room early in the morning, found two people sleeping on the sofa with their bodies overlapping.
At the moment, Seo Joo-hwan feels a presence and gets up in a hurry.
Looking at him, Yoo So-jung says with a tired face.
“My brother is really great. Even after doing that yesterday, at dawn again… I can only admire this.”
“Haha.”
Seo Joo-hwan laughed awkwardly, and Yoo So-jung shook her head.
He woke Kim Mi-jung and quickly arranged the place. He wouldn’t have much trouble if others caught him, but it was a pretty embarrassing sight to look sober.
The party got up one by one, had a simple meal, and got into the car on their way home.
Of course, the driver is Lee Seok-chan.
“Oh, why am I driving again!”
“That’s because you are the only one with a license.”
“Follow your license, you bastard!”
Seo Joo-hwan shrugged his shoulders and leaned against the backrest. I was thinking of getting my driver’s license in the summer after the end of the course. Rather, there was something else to check now.
‘Let’s see. The income earned this time…….’
Not only did I get a lot of points, but I also got three talents. Although it wasn’t the talent he wanted.
‘Foot dexterity, games, dexterity.’
These are the talents acquired from Yoo So-jeong, Lim Soo-jeong, and Kim Mi-jeong, respectively.
The ‘magic’ or ‘imagination’ that I was hoping for in my heart flew away in the air. In particular, in the case of the ‘game’ talent, the names and grades overlapped, so there were two talents obtained as a result.
However, Seo Joo-hwan was not very disappointed.
‘If you’re good with your hands, it’ll be useful.’
It wasn’t the ‘imagination’ he was hoping for, but ‘dexterousness’ was also a talent with a high grade and great versatility. If used well, the uses are endless.
Seo Joo-hwan immediately strengthened his talent level to the limit. There was no reason to save because the LP I had recently received was ample.
‘Using ignorance points!’
I made all newly acquired talents a B+. Then he immediately opened up his ‘special ability’.
Tring!
[Use 20,000 LP to unlock special abilities.]
[You have acquired the special ability ‘monkey foot’.]
[You have acquired the special ability ‘Lucky Hand’.]
【Monkey Paw】
▶ Effect: You can handle your feet like your hands.
【Lucky Hand】
▶ Effect 1: A skill grade (+) correction effect is added with a ‘low’ probability only for tasks involving manual dexterity.
▶ Effect 2: Luck happens with a ‘very low’ probability in everything you do with your hands.
Seo Ju-hwan’s face frowned at the explanation of his special ability his.
‘A monkey’s foot… It’s a total joke.’
I couldn’t think of any useful use for it. It seemed to be the most useless of all the abilities I had acquired so far.
However, Seo Joo-hwan’s face widened once again after seeing ‘Lucky Hand’.
‘Does this apply to writing as well?’
The utilization of ability led directly to thinking about writing. However, after thinking about it for a while, it seemed that writing and manual dexterity had nothing to do with it.
‘Well, it will be used anywhere. There are only a few things I can do with my hands.’
Even with its wide versatility, there was something to be expected in the ‘dexterity’ talent and special ability.
*
It’s already been more than five days since I went to the pension with Lee Seok-chan and Jeong Jeong-jeong’s three sisters.
Seo Joo-hwan returned to his daily life and was immersed in one thing. No, he wanted to be immersed precisely, so he was constantly thinking. Thanks to this, he often lost himself in contemplation not only during lectures but also during meals.
Seo Joo-hwan, as usual today, put his lectures on the back burner and scribbled something on his notebook. After playing with the pen for a while, he tapped the desk with his index finger and let out a small sigh.
“Whoa.”
Jang Deok-hoon, who was next to him, glanced at Seo Ju-hwan’s notebook his. After examining the notebook, he pondered and asked in a low voice.
“Brother, are you thinking of a new work?”
“Yes. But I just can’t decide.”
“It feels like a bit of a mid-level heating that you wrote clearly. First of all, it doesn’t seem like fantasy or martial arts.”
“I’m going to use it as a modern background, if possible.”
“Is it a hunter thing?”
“No, that’s not it. There are no superpowers or martial arts.”
“Then what are the experts?”
“Well. I’ll try to use the expert stuff later. After a thorough research. Once in a modern setting… I want to write something like a group drama.”
“A military drama… It must be difficult.”
“Right. I want to be able to do something once I use it, but… Oh, look at the professor.”
The conversation was interrupted by the professor’s gaze.
Seo Joo-hwan pretended to be moderately focused on the lecture and brushed his hair. He had been thinking about it ever since the exam was over, and the more his thoughts continued, the more he felt that his threads he were getting tangled up.
‘If I had to question it, it’s an everyday item that partially borrowed the structure of a group play.’
There were many characters I wanted to deal with. He wanted to develop a story focusing on the thoughts and lives of the characters rather than events and narratives. That’s why I came up with a structure called a group play.
Group drama refers to a type of work that describes an event from multiple perspectives. As many characters and multiple viewpoints are used, the way of looking at and interpreting events is different depending on the character of each character. Because of this, it was easy to create various atmospheres based on one incident and to describe the psychology of several characters.
‘That doesn’t mean I want to write a group play.’
The peculiarity of group play is that there is no main character. More precisely, it is not known who the main character is, and anyone can be the main character depending on what perspective the reader reads.
In that respect, what Seo Ju-hwan was trying to write was not a group play. First of all, I was thinking of taking the form of a web novel and clarifying the main character. What he intended to write was a daily life that partially borrowed the form of a group drama.
‘Even so, there are many problems.’
The development method he thought of was not mainstream in the web small edition. It would be okay if it was a so-called male-oriented ‘capital’ or a development centered on ’emotion’ in a romantic club, but what he vaguely wanted to write was a little different from those two.
In the first place, group play did not have a clear definition, and even if it borrowed only the form, it was a very difficult storytelling method to deal with unless it was an actual event. This is because even a slight twist makes the writing messy and the interest in the characters diminishes. For example, it is extremely interesting when it is progressed from the point of view of the main character, but when it is switched to the point of view of a wrongly shaped character, it can become less interesting like a ghost.
“Then don’t forget to do your homework until next week.”
“Yes!”
Seo Ju-hwan could not come to a conclusion until the day’s lecture was completely over. If anything, he had already been thinking about it for close to three weeks, but there was no way he would suddenly get an answer.
Just one thought struck me.
He said, looking around at his companions seated nearby.
“Guys, would you like to have a drink at my house today?”
“Alcohol? I am fine.”
Lee Seok-chan immediately agreed.
Jung Ha-yeon and Yoo Ji-kyung met each other’s eyes and then nodded.
“Yes, it’s the weekend tomorrow, so let’s have a drink after a long time.”
“I don’t have a part-time job today, so it’s okay, oppa.”
“What about Deokhun?”
“Of course I’m fine too.”
“OK. Let’s grill some meat today.”
Seo Joo-hwan smiled and nodded his head.
When he had a lot of troubles, he was grateful that he had friends who could make him forget for a while.
*
Seo Joo-hwan, who called his friends his to his house, had a moderate amount of grilled pork belly and drank. So he ate eight servings with five people.
He and Jang Deok-hoon ate almost two servings each, and Yoo Ji-gyeong, who recently gave up dieting, ate 1.5 servings. Jeong Ha-yeon also has quite a bit of appetite, so after eating quite a bit, I felt a bit disappointed even with 8 servings.
Seo Joo-hwan looked around the party and asked.
“Who wants noodles for dessert?”
Only Lee Seok-chan shook his head, and everyone else licked their lips at the word noodle.
“I pass.”
“I’m just a little bit.”
“Everything your brother does is good.”
“Me too! I have a lot of bibim guksu!”
Yoo Ji-kyung waved his hand and appealed to him for a lot. While on a diet for a while, she only ate grass, but her appetite her has recently exploded and the amount she eats has increased.
Seo Joo-hwan stabbed the woman next to her in the stomach. A bulging stomach after eating meat is cute.
Yuji-gyeong opened her eyes.
“Do not touch! Transformation!”
“The belly of the raccoon is chubby.”
“Is that because you ate? If I tease you more, will you ask me?”
“You do that… Aww! Hey, hey!”
Seo Ju-hwan was frightened and shook his hand. Because Yuji-gyeong really bit her hand her. As I barely pulled her away, she gritted and grewled.
“Nugrrrr…….”
“Oooh. Are you a beast?”
“Kyaaak!”
“Ah Okay. I’ll give you rice They give you noodles!”
He quickly ran into the kitchen.
“Oh, it hurts.”
The teeth were clearly visible on two of his fingers. I can’t even make excuses for being unfair because I knew that he cared about me these days and made fun of me.
“Raccoon bitch, you have to gain weight and eat it.”
I’m going to take her to the gym and roll her to death. When I say that, I need to exercise properly to lose weight, so I won’t listen… Tsk tsk.
He started making simple noodles with the ingredients he had prepared in advance.
First, take out vegetables such as carrots, zucchini, and onions and shred them.
Tak Tak Tak – Vegetables that are thinly sliced with a light knife. After gaining the dexterity talent, cooking got easier. Slice thinly, cut evenly, and gather the ingredients in one place.
Then, various ingredients such as red pepper paste, soy sauce, sugar, oligosaccharide, and minced garlic were beaten together to make a sauce. The ingredients of the marinade are important, but the proportions are also important.
[The special ability ‘Lucky Hand’ is applied.]
“Five.”
A special ability that is triggered with a low probability was applied.
Seo Joo-hwan took a little dip in the sauce and tried it.
“Big.”
The taste of the exquisitely combined seasoning is an art.
The seasoning made with the golden ratio created an exquisite balance between spicy, salty, and sweet. The sour taste of the vinegar added at the end added a little, and my mouth was salivating.
“Boil some noodles, and golbaengi because I’m bored.”
Open a can of golbaengi from the refrigerator, wash it with running water, and cut it into bite-sized pieces. The golbaengi among the vegetables will give the texture of the meat.
Seo Joo-hwan put somen noodles in a bowl first and plated vegetables and golbaengi neatly on top. Originally, it was an element that I would not have cared about, but after I developed dexterity, I started to pay more attention to the plating. I would eat it anyway, but food that looked good at first sight was also good to eat.
“Now, the noodles are here!”
When four bowls of noodles were placed on the table, Jung Ha-yeon, Yoo Ji-kyung, and Jang Deok-hun, as well as Lee Seok-chan, who had refused to eat them, widened their eyes.
“Wow. What kind of noodles did you serve so beautifully?”
“Brother, go to me later? As a side job while writing?”
“Come to think of it, I think my older brother’s parents said they were in the restaurant business.”
“Hehe. Good reaction try it once Because it tastes better.”
At Seo Ju-hwan’s gesture, the party moved their chopsticks.
Jeong Ha-yeon and Yoo Ji-kyung felt sorry for the plating, saying that it was pretty, but in the end, food was there for eating, not for appreciation. Soon, the two people who had been rubbing wildly also put noodles into their mouths following Deokhun Jang.
“Slurp~!”
Jang Deok-hoon silently put his head down and sucked his cotton.
“Whoa. This is a bit spicy But it’s so delicious. It has a sweet and sour taste, so it doesn’t stay spicy for long. Give me the recipe later.”
Jeong Ha-yeon coveted her recipe while analyzing her taste her.
On the other hand, Yoo Ji-kyung stuffed noodles into her mouth until her cheeks her puffed up.
“Horok, Horok. Drink this a lot. More sick? Umnya.”
“You, eat and talk.”
“Gulp. Are there more?”
“Change your job to a pig instead of a raccoon?”
“… Have I gained a lot of weight?”
“It’s because you want to steam it more and boil it, why?”
“Seed. I don’t eat.”
“Phehe. Eat more because it’s still okay. If you steam it, I will remove it.”
“I’ll give it away…?”
What did you imagine
Yuji-kyung, who blushed her face, secretly smiled shyly at him. With his mouth her, he says, ‘Master is perverted’.
‘I was told to exercise to lose weight…….’
Seo Joo-hwan smiled and got up from his seat. Lee Seok-chan caught him.
“Hey, me too.”
“You say you don’t eat?”
“Please give me too! I’m hungry!”
“You say you’re full, bastard.”
“I don’t know! I’m hungry!”
“Ah-oh. Insectivore baby.”
In the end, he gave a bowl to Lee Seok-chan.
In fact, I knew how to ask for it and made it in advance.
*
Everyone ate too much, and each of them fell limp on the floor. Excessive satiety made humans lazy.
“Aww. I’m full. And bored It’s my day off tomorrow, what are you doing?”
Lee Seok-chan shouted as he rolled on the floor.
Seo Joo-hwan emptied the rest of his drink and pushed Lee Seok-chan with his foot.
“Dust me, man. Stop rolling around.”
“No, No. That dust, I’m wiping it off with my clothes.”
Even as he said that, he quietly sat down.
I was going to hit him with a spoon if I kept lying down, but he’s good at it.
Lee Seok-chan clapped his hands as if he had a good idea.
“Can we go to see the cherry blossoms tomorrow?!”
“You madman. It’s already gone.”
“Eh.”
“What is ek? Where are the cherry blossoms in May?”
However, Lee Seok-chan tried to avoid acknowledging that he was an asshole.
“There are cherry blossoms in May!”
“Where?”
“Japan!”
“Hey you crazy bastard. Did you go to Japan overnight?”
“Anyway, there is.”
I don’t have the confidence to win because I can’t communicate.
Give up talking
Seo Joo-hwan slapped Lee Seok-chan on the back of the head and emptied the last remaining liquor.
“Nice. Get drunk.”
Lee Seok-chan, who was lying on the floor again, grabbed the words.
“In that sense, can’t we sleep at your house tonight?”
“What? It won’t be long before you get home.”
“Still annoying.”
“Brother, can I sleep here too? I don’t want to move.”
Jang Deok-hun also joined.
But it doesn’t matter.
Seo Ju-hwan straightened his middle finger.
“Go away. What are these bastards doing today?”
“A heartless bastard.”
Friendly profanity came and went.
In the meantime, Yoo Ji-gyeong suddenly joined.
“I don’t want to move either. I want to sleep too Is your sister okay?”
“Yes? I don’t want to move either…….”
“OK. Then, only Hayeon and Jikyung go to sleep. Get off the rest.”
Jeong Ha-yeon raised her stop with a rotten face.
“Joe.”
“Yes, sister. Shall we put it on now?”
“… Joo-hwan is becoming more and more like Lee Seok-chan? Look at it once Let’s see how it goes. Just over there…….”
Where her eyes were directed was a pair of scissors.
Are you saying you want to cut it?
Seo Joo-hwan decided to shut up.
‘My temper hasn’t gone anywhere.’
When Jeong Ha-yeon is relatively calm, she is only on the bed. Fortunately, I couldn’t even take the bed with me anymore. He hadn’t intermingled with her since her testing period.
‘It’s not awkward, but it’s difficult now.’
It’s not that spending time with Jeong Ha-yeon is difficult. She’s rather comfortable with her since he’s had a delicate relationship with her. And it became a relationship in which neither side was dominant.
After the day we had the conversation, Jeong Ha-yeon was a little different from before. Even if he seduced him, he would not easily come over.
On one occasion he managed to subtly set the mood. At that time, Jeong Ha-yeon seemed to be taken aback for a moment, but instead he kissed her first. And what he said after that was spectacle. With a blushing face, ‘I will do it when I want to. ‘Cause you did what I wanted too,’ she said, and she was still clear.
Recalling that day, looking at Jeong Ha-yeon, she felt her gaze at her and turned her head. Her eyes met her and she gave a sullen smile and stuck her tongue out a little.
Seo Joo-hwan laughed at him, then grabbed a drink again. But he had no more to drink. Instead, the phone that was thrown to one side vibrated and showed off its presence.
Lee Seok-chan, who was closest to him, handed over his phone and asked.
“Hey, who is Sora noona? Comeliness?”
“Uh? Sister Sora?”
Seo Joo-hwan quickly handed over the phone. Looking at the screen, it was really Jung So-ra’s contact. It was even a video call.
When I touched the screen, an attractive short-cut woman wearing a military uniform appeared.
– Joo Hwan-ah, it’s been a while.
Jung So-ra waved her hand inside her screen and she said with a mischievous smile.
– Hey, why don’t you salute quickly?
