Chapter 38 – Episode 38
After the movie, we had a light meal. Lee Yeon-doo took me to a nearby snack bar.
“Ha-I really wanted to eat tteokbokki.”
“Tteokbokki?”
I asked with the thought that tteokbokki was not a great food to include in the food I wanted to eat.
“I’m on a diet. Except today! “Today is an automatic cheat day.”
Diet? Cheating? To me, who usually hears the sound of anchovies, it felt like a story from another world far away.
One thing we know for sure. Lee Yeon-doo held back what he wanted to eat for today. I looked at her affectionately and then deliberately blasted her positive comments.
“Then it’s perfect if you eat this and then go eat beef. A glass of soju is perfect for beef!”
“Sigh… If I eat like this today, I’ll have to starve again starting tomorrow.”
“But why is Yeondu on a diet? “Where can I go on a diet?”
For a moment, I thought of her her nude her drawing her her. A lean body. Of course, I didn’t gain weight where it should have been.
“I have some belly fat…”
Although he said it in a crawling voice, it felt like he was asking me to listen.
Is it at least a side dish? Cute. Really cute. At the same time, I was excited.
“Tteokbokki has arrived.”
Red and spicy rice cake. Someone said that. He recommends eating spicy food on your first date. Anyway, it can have a similar effect to watching a horror movie. It was said that it makes your heart beat faster and creates a strange illusion that you are excited for the other person.
But I think the romantic comedy was better than I thought. In particular, they made openly 19+ jokes, so I guess it was an opportunity to see how similar the humor codes of Lee Yeon-doo and mine are to some extent.
Just then, I remembered her movie and asked her as she was biting into some delicious tteokbokki.
“How was the movie? ‘Purpose of the mountaineering club.'”
“Hmm. Oh, this is delicious. Ah, a movie. “The movie… Was fun.”
‘Huh? Why is the response so lukewarm? I definitely laughed a lot while watching the movie…’
“I liked that scene. At first, the main character is calling his parents after a flood, but on the other side, a woman is calling her boyfriend. But it overlaps and becomes so funny…”
When I spoke, Lee Yeon-doo nodded his head and agreed after a very short while.
“That’s right. I found that fun too.”
“What would you do if you were like Yeondu? “If it rains so much that you’re stuck in a mountain cabin.”
“What if I get trapped? Hmm… I don’t know. Well, there’s no way, right? I can’t call a helicopter. “What do you think, Junhyeon?”
“What am I? “Thank you so much.”
When I spoke without a second of hesitation, Lee Yeon-doo burst out laughing.
“Fuha! “Thank you again.”
“I totally caught it.”
“Oh, so thank you?”
“Yes.”
“It’s so ridiculously funny. But it looks like you really enjoyed the movie. When I talked about the movie, his expression suddenly brightened. “It’s cute.”
“Yes? Cute?”
When I asked in a roundabout way, she seemed to think she had made a mistake in speaking, so she lowered her chin slightly and focused her eyes on the tteokbokki.
“Ah, this is delicious. It was a good idea to add fries. The rice balls look delicious too. Mr. Junhyeon, did you eat today?”
“No… I was sleeping. “I was busy getting up and coming right away.”
“Overslept? Actually, when I was a new employee, I would go home after work and fall asleep right away, and by the end of the week, I would be dead. In addition, Junhyun won two VIP sales cases. Oh. So “The commission came right away?”
“Yes. It came in immediately. Since everyone is a new VIP member…”
“Winning a real VIP is like winning a star in the sky. “I can make a lot of money and the money is deposited right away, so my eyes light up…” ” But I guess my skills don’t support it.”
Squishy squishy. Lee Yeon-du, chewing rice cake, looked the happiest in the world. Words and actions are different. That means there are a lot of worries.
I checked the time, thinking I would listen to those concerns later after a drink. It’s a little after six o’clock. Wouldn’t it be an odd time to go for a drink right away?
“Hey, Yeondu.”
“Yes?”
“Well, by any chance… Is there anything you want to do after eating?”
“Ugh! Suddenly?”
I was surprised because she misunderstood what she was thinking.
“Yes, I’m suddenly curious. “I don’t know what to do after eating and before drinking.”
“Ah… That’s what you mean. Hmm. Usually I go bowling. Let’s go to a cafe, right? Junhyeon, do you think cafes are bad?”
“I like the cafe. Shall we go to a cafe, then?”
“No… No. Rather than a cafe… Um…”
Lee Yeon-du thought for a moment and brought his finger to his chin. In fact, just looking at her thoughtful face makes the time fly by. It didn’t matter whether I went to a cafe or wherever. Wouldn’t it be best if we could sit facing each other?
But Lee Yeon-du seems to want to do something. She glanced at her sign outside the window and pointed with her finger. I moved her gaze in the direction she pointed and there, in large letters, she wrote ‘Escape Room.’
“Junhyun, are you okay with being scared?”
“…Is it scary?”
Watch a horror movie or eat spicy food. It is also good to drink alcohol if possible.
That advice still holds true. I haven’t seen horror movies, but Lee Yeon-doo was naturally leading me toward them. This might actually be me being attacked.
I laughed and thought about following her wishes.
“You mean let’s escape the room? This is my first time doing that. Well, how scared can I be?”
I said this, recalling the haunted house I visited at the amusement park when I was young. Then Lee Yeon-doo smiled in remorse.
“Will I ever be able to say that again?”
“Kkkk. Well, how scary it is. “Is this going to happen?”
We got up when we were about to finish eating the tteokbokki and crunching on the remaining onions.
The escape room cafe was right across the street on foot, so it took less than 5 minutes. First of all, Lee Yeon-doo, who said she would stop by the bathroom before going in, appeared looking prettier than before. The corners of her mouth twitched as she felt that she wanted to look pretty for every minute and second.
We chose the escape room, which was rated four out of five stars in difficulty. Then the part-time worker tilted his head.
“If you are a beginner, I recommend that you try something with a lower star rating first.”
“No! Please let us do this.”
She was so proactive that I wondered why Lee Yeon-doo was like that.
“All right. “I’ll prepare it right away.”
As soon as you are ready, put on the blindfold and hold hands. Then, I took off my blindfold where the guide led me.
Then boom. There was a sound and suddenly a human face fell from the ceiling.
“Ouch!”
I screamed without realizing it.
“Puhahahaha. Ah, it’s funny.”
Wow, what is this!
A very realistic-looking person rolled around on the floor and I fell to sleep without realizing it. On the other hand, Lee Yeon-doo smiles calmly. Wow, I got this right. She looked down at me, smiled and offered her hand.
“Hold it. Just stick close to me.”
The roles of men and women have completely changed. Even though I was embarrassed, I jumped up and re-dressed.
“Are you okay. I was just surprised because it was my first time. Huh.”
“Haha. Funny. So you’re not going to hold my hand?”
That’s not it again.
I pretended not to be able to win and held her hand.
“Now, follow me. “There is a time limit and puzzles to solve, so you have to use your brain well.”
“I’m also good at using my hair. “I was pretty good at studying during my school days.”
“It doesn’t look like that at all.”
“You will be surprised when you find out.”
“Anyway, if you open this, there’s a hint… “
The moment I fearlessly opened the chest, something suddenly jumped out. What is this again! Even though I knew it was a mannequin, I was so surprised, but this time, Lee Yeon-doo seemed to be a little surprised as well, so he pressed his body her her as close to my body as possible.
There was a dagger stuck in the mannequin’s chest, and a piece of paper was attached to the dagger.
“This incident is not a joke. It is a real situation.”
When I read up to this point, Lee Yeon-doo continued reading from there.
“You will all die. You won’t be able to get out of here… Ugh… The atmosphere is a bit different from the fear I was expecting.”
“It feels like Saw.”
I’ve seen this type of movie a few times. But that doesn’t mean I’m confident in these types of games. Because I thought that if I appeared in a movie like that, I would be the first to die.
“Mr. Yeondu?”
“Ah… Yes! Now. Ta, follow me.”
We solved the puzzles one by one, shivering as if we were Hansel and Gretel in a dark forest. Meanwhile, yay! Or ugh! We spent a lot of time hugging each other, and naturally we ended up having a lot of skinship.
Long live scary things. The feeling of fear is definitely different because it is happening right in front of your eyes compared to video media such as horror movies.
Lee Yeon-doo, who was confident at first, soon hugged her and squealed.
Ah, this is really fun.
I was enjoying this horror at some point. What kind of scary situation will Lee Yeon-doo embrace me in next? I also hugged her as she was surprised. Lee Yeon-doo’s waist was unrealistically small, so much so that when she was pulled with her arms, she would stagger and follow.
It didn’t matter anymore that my chest was crushed against my body.
Why go to the DVD room? This is the real skinship zone.
After having fun for a while, the time limit was up and a part-time worker came in. Originally, other games did not show a simulation until clear, but this game showed how it progressed by solving the remaining puzzles, saying that no one had cleared it.
But even though there was a part-time worker next to me, Lee Yeon-du hugged my arm tightly and made a fuss, which made me feel even better.
‘Ha, Mr. I feel flattered because someone is watching. That bastard looks very envious because a pretty girl like Lee Yeon-doo is clinging to him.’
Lee Yeon-doo, exhausted after leaving the escape room cafe, still walked with his arms around me.
“Hehe, ha… Ah! I’m embarrassed… Hmm… I’m not normally scared of things like this.”
“But why were you scared?”
“No… It was something different from the fear I was thinking of. “I’m not scared of ghosts or anything like that, but I guess I’m scared of things like blood splattering and splattering flesh.”
“Kkkk. Is it so? Great. Let’s do something like this again next time.”
“…Next time?”
“Okay, next time. Why, did you only plan to see me today?”
“Oh, no! Ha, anyway, it was fun. “Shall we go for a drink then?”
“Good. Uh, but…”
I said, tucking the side of her hair behind her ear.
“You’re wearing earrings? “I didn’t know.”
“Ah… I just tried it today…”
These are earrings that you would never see in a store. I looked under her ears for a while and admired them.
“It’s pretty.”
“Thank you. But it’s embarrassing to keep seeing it like that…”
“Oh, I’m sorry. Sigh. Let’s go. Well, I searched for a delicious beef restaurant. Unfortunately, they said they couldn’t make a reservation.”
“Oh, good, good. The preparation is good. I’m going. Ah, no waiting.”
As we walked side by side like that, I realized that it was not as comfortable to walk close to a woman as I thought. Is this my reality as a motherfucker? I had to walk hard to the beat, but it was awkward so I ended up walking awkwardly.
Lee Yeon-doo seemed to sense something strange and giggled next to her.
“Oh, it’s really cute.”
“What, what is it?”
“You don’t have to know. Where is the beef restaurant? “Is it close from here?”
“Well, it’s a bit far away. “I have to walk for about 15 minutes.”
“Great. “It’s better.”
“What… Isn’t…”
As I walked with Lee Yeon-du and talked about what happened when we just escaped from the room, 20 minutes had already passed. If I had walked alone, it would have taken 15 minutes, but since we walked together, it ended up being 20 minutes. But I didn’t hate it at all. She was ‘better’ as she said.
I heard that women like white beef. Adding soju to it would be the icing on the cake.
I pictured her drunk in my head. Today is the day to throw Lee Yeon-doo off. Therefore, she planned to drink heavily.
“What is your drinking capacity, Yeondu?”
“Um… I don’t know. 5 bottles? “It’s ordinary.”
?
Lee Yeon-doo sighs casually and laughs.
Could it be that I was the one who did it?
