Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 367



Empathy

“Hoo.”

I breathed out, watching Seo Ye-rin who was completely out of it.

The car was sweltering hot.

Wiping off the sweat, I straightened my clothes and slipped out.

“It’s cold?!”

I heard Seo Ye-rin shouting, still naked, but I hurriedly closed the door and got out.

“…….”

“…….”

My manager was outside.

Arms crossed, he was glaring at me, so I cautiously bowed my head.

“Hello.”

“It’s been three hours.”

“…….”

“It’s been three hours. And it was rocking back and forth non-stop.”

I suddenly felt incredibly embarrassed.

My manager has to drive back too.

Come to think of it, it’s a bit chilly outside, so I feel bad.

“Ahem, I’m sorry.”

“No, I’ve given up on Ye-rin now, you know? Even if I tell her to hide her boyfriend since she’s an actress, she’s not the type to hide anything.”

“…….”

“So, I even accepted the fact that you came here for her condition management. Her condition improves drastically whenever she sees you, Woo-jin.”

“Yeah, right.”

In an instant, I became a student being scolded by their teacher. But, listening, I could see that I deserved it.

“But, still. To do it for a whole three hours! How is our actress supposed to film anything afterwards?!”

“I’m really sorry.”

“No, *I*, I’m seriously so flustered, I don’t know what to say. I came looking for you, thinking it must be over, a whole five times. And every time, it was still going on!”

“I ate too many good things since I was young, and my testosterone levels came out really high…”

“Still, three hours is a bit much, isn’t it! My boyfriend can’t even manage half of that-!”

The manager, trying to express his unfairness, seemed to realize his slip-up and cleared his throat, “Ahem,” to take back his words.

“Anyway, how is Yerin doing right now? She needs to start filming soon!”

“I’ll wake her up and get her ready, no matter what. I’m so sorry!”

“Seriously, please! Please, I beg you. And tell Yerin, being an actress, she needs to keep her relationships a little hidden!”

“Yes! Understood!”

“Get inside!”

“Yes!”

I immediately got back into the car.

Seo Yerin, slumped on the reclined seat, was panting.

Her naked body, no matter how many times I saw it, was captivating and enchanting, but now is not the time.

“Yerin, you have to start filming soon! Are you going to be okay?”

“Of, course-!”

Her answer was loud enough, but she couldn’t quite manage to get up.

“Let’s put on some clothes first. I’ll help you.”

“Okaaay.”

Seo Yerin, letting out a deflated sigh, stretched her legs out.

Starting with her panties, I tried my best to get her dressed…

“Ahem, Yerin, do you happen to have any wet wipes in the car?”

“I think so.”

“Can I, uh, wipe you here?”

Between her legs, her main area, were covered in traces of our lovemaking.

Seo Yerin pouted and said no, but I forced her to let me clean her up a bit.

*Heeut.*

Ughn.

Aah, Woojinaa.

A few lewd moans slipped out, and I got hard again, but I held back with superhuman patience.

‘Feels like she’s doing it on purpose.’

I glanced up at Seo Yerim, and her expression of disappointment was fox-like.

Anyway, I diligently pulled her panties on, then helped her with her pants when my phone rang.

Seo Yerim picked up my phone from the floor.

“Woojinaa, you got a call.”

“Who is it?”

“Seo.”

“Ah.”

She said earlier in chat that she was out drinking with the others. I was too engrossed in doing it with Seo Yerim to answer.

“Take it.”

Seo Yerim smiled, claiming I was being lenient today.

I wedged the phone between my shoulder and ear as I continued to dress Seo Yerim.

“Hello?”

-Why are you answering the phone now?

‘She’s drunk.’

And way more drunk than usual.

I wanted to go pick her up, but it wasn’t possible right now.

“Sorry, I was just at Yerim’s set for a bit.”

-I know, Joohee sunbae and Jina are here too.

“…….”

-…….

A brief silence.

If they’re there, they’ll have spilled the beans on what I was doing here.

– Haa, it’s okay, Kim Woojin. That’s not why I called.

“Ah, really?”

Her voice perked right up.

It’s a relief if I’m not getting yelled at.

– They said they had something they wanted to tell you, that’s why they called.

“Me?”

– I tried to stop them. Nothing I said would work.

I didn’t know what the hell she was talking about.

I’d already gotten her pants on, and now I pointed at her back, telling her to turn around so I could fasten her bra.

– Ah, hello.

It was Oh Yoonji.

“Why.”

– Why? Whyyyyy?! Is now really the time for you to say that?! You’ve just ruined the lives of two women?!

“What did I even do?”

I finished fastening the bra.

Just the top left to put on now.

Honestly, shouldn’t she be able to just do it herself at this point?

– What did you even do? You just took two women, completely ravaged them! And then just leave them like that?! What are you trying to achieve?! You have to take responsibility!

“……”

I was speechless for a second.

Yoonji wasn’t just talking about herself.

She was including another person in this.

– Woojin-ah.

I could hear the voice of Senior Joohee, who seemed to be next to her.

My body froze, my mouth instantly dry.

– I… I’m telling you.

Her tone was totally different than usual.

Not her usual harshness, but a gentle, tipsy vibe.

But the words she was spitting out were like bombs.

– Now, doing it by myself just isn’t satisfying anymore.

“Senior?! You’re saying things you’re going to severely regret-!”

– Your senior is talking to you!

“……”

– Huh? I, I’m telling you. No matter how much I try with the things you bought when you were working your part time job, I can’t get satisfied anyyyymore!

What should I really do about this?

As I hesitated, Seo Yerin quickly snatched my phone and switched it to speaker mode.

“Ujini is mine! Ujini only has one thing!”

– Sigh.

I heard the sound of the phone moving along with a sigh mixed with sobs from Senior Joohee.

Then, Oh Yoonji’s voice came through again.

– Hey, Seo Yerin. Think about it from the other side too.

“I don’t want to.”

– Close your eyes and imagine! One day, suddenly! If Kim Woojin leaves you, can you bear it?

At those words, Seo Yerin frowned deeply and hugged me tightly.

“Ujini is going to marry me, you fool!”

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– I thought so too, you fool!

Ahem.

I feel really sorry for some reason.

– Do you know that Chairman Kim told Lee Seo to get married?!

“What?”

“Hmm?”

This is the first time I’m hearing this too.

Did my father tell Choi Lee Seo to get married?

Why didn’t he tell me?

“R-really, Lee Seo?”

Seo Yerin’s voice, rarely trembling.

Choi Lee Seo answered reluctantly.

– Yes, he did.

“What?!”

Seo Yerin, shocked that he didn’t say such a thing to her.

Then, Oh Yoonji’s voice flowed through the phone again.

– See! Chairman Kim has already chosen Choi Lee Seo! So? So you will!

“What?!”

– You will have to break up with Kim Woojin!

“Hwaaah?!”

– Do you even know how agonizing it is every night?! I buy and use stuff that looks like that b*stard, but it doesn’t feel the same! I don’t get that, that hot, heart-pounding pleasure!

“Hwaaah?!”

– Do you know how it feels to imagine Kim Woojin every night and chew on my blanket?! No matter how much I do with my fingers-!

“I, I, I am-!”

Sobbing, Seo Yerin shouts, shrilly.

“Yerin is gonna DIE if this keeps up! I’ll just, I’ll just freaking die!”

Why did she suddenly regress into a toddler?

– See? Seo Yerin, you’re in so much pain too, right?

“It hurts sooo!”

– You get it, right?

“I get it! Hwaaah!”

I can’t keep this call going any longer.

I snatch the phone away quickly.

“Hey, Yerin’s going to start filming now, so I’m hanging up. And don’t say weird shit to her.”

– SHUT uuuP! You ruined two women’s lives! You messed up our insides so-!

*Click.*

I just hung up.

Shit, I don’t know how much those two drank.

“Waaah! Woojinaaa! Don’t abandon meeeeee!”

Seo Yerin, now clinging to me, yells, tearfully.

“No, no, that’s not it. Yoonji just said whatever.”

“Reallyyy? Reallyyy?”

“Of course. Where would I go without you? You know I can’t live without you.”

*Sniff.*

Wiping her tears, Seo Yerin glances up at me.

“You, didn’t you say that to Yoonji too?”

I think about it for a moment.

Come to think of it, I do remember saying something similar to Oh Yoonji.

“……”

When I didn’t answer, Seo Yerim hugged me even tighter.

“Waaah!?”

* * *

In the end, Seo Yerim put on an unbelievably perfect performance.

Despite being in a tough state both inside and out, she showed an unyielding determination to get back quickly.

And then, the fact she wouldn’t let go of me, clinging to me the whole way back in the car?

It was good.

I could just hold her back, telling her not to worry.

Our manager noona suddenly got all pouty and called her boyfriend to come pick her up after work, but whatever, we were good.

And then she insisted on just going to the dorm with me since tomorrow was the weekend anyway?

And that she was still clinging to me so I had to carry her on my back to the dorm?

It was good.

I’d been working out, so I had no stamina issues, and Seo Yerim was pretty light too.

We almost got caught, but we made it safely to my room.

And then we just hugged and fell asleep?

I thought maybe we’d have s*x, but we were both so tired we just crashed?

It was good.

We were exhausted from car s*x anyway.

But.

Really, but.

The next day at lunchtime.

Isn’t it time to separate a little?

“…She’s been like this ever since?”

“Ugh, my head…”

Yoo Arin and Choi Yiseo came to my room.

They were staring at Seo Yerim, who was clinging to my back like some kind of ghost.

“My, my back is so hot.”

At first, I liked feeling her chest against my back.

Now I feel like mold is going to grow on it.

“……”

Seo Yerin, who clung to me with her lips tightly shut.

She even wrapped her legs around my waist, creating a perfect unity.

“Hey, someone stop her.”

Yoo Arin nudged Choi Iseo while speaking.

“Ah, don’t shake me.”

Perhaps because she drank so much yesterday, Choi Iseo eventually lay down on the spot.

“This is a mess.”