Bamboo Forest Manager - Chapter 378



Judgment Day

“Hahahaha!”

Fuck, I’m free.

So fucking free.

I’m sure I’ll be dying of shame after today.

But the feeling I’m having right now, I’ll probably only feel it once in my life.

“Heyyy! Stop alreadyyy!”

Unlike Choi Yiseo, who gave up saying she was sick of it, and Seo Yerin who had crashed from exhaustion.

Yoo Arin, half-crying, was still chasing after me.

“I forgive you! I’m gonna forgive you! So stop it!”

“No! You haven’t forgiven me yet! I’m going all the way!”

“You son of a b*tch! I said I forgive you, why the hell are you being like this! Stop!”

“Can you forgive a cheating b*stard that easily! I need to pay the corresponding price!”

“Ah, it’s okay! You crazy b*stard! Actually, I wasn’t even that mad! I’ll forgive you, so please just stop!”

Oh, really?

My steps, which were charging ahead, lost a bit of their momentum.

Should I just stop then?

But honestly, it’s kind of exciting.

It’s like shedding all the burdens of the Wooju Group and social status, and just returning to being human Kim Woojin.

I would never do it again, but I felt it was a bit of a waste to let this one chance slip away.

At that moment.

As I was turning the corner at the end of the hallway, contemplating whether to stop.

I sensed someone ahead.

* * *

“Hey, isn’t it fascinating?”

“Hehe, right?”

Inside the main building of the night school.

Despite the darkness, Oh Yoonji and Min Juhee were having a conversation that wasn’t much different from usual.

“This guy, he has a strange charm, you know? It’s like you lose all affection for him, but he strangely lingers in your mind. Strangely addictive.”

“I get it. I’ve thought about stopping liking him so many times.”

“Right? Me too. But he subtly leaves room for hope, and he’s so kind-.”

“Exactly. It seems like he wouldn’t care anymore, but he subtly worries about you and looks out for you.”

‘Boring.’

Listening to Oh Yoonji and Min Juhee’s conversation, Choi Jina pouted her lips.

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She had wandered around the dormitory at night before, but she had never walked through the main building of the school like this.

She thought something spooky and interesting might happen.

But the two of them had been talking about Kim Woojin the whole time.

Even if the setting was a regular café instead of a night school, it would probably be the same.

She knew they were brave, but she didn’t expect them to be this strong.

At that moment.

Thud, thud, thud.

“Don’t you hear… something?”

As Choi Jina mumbled while climbing the stairs, the other two stopped their conversation.

Thud, thud, thud.

Thud, thud, thud.

Thud, thud, thud.

“It’s real.”

“Is someone running around?”

But who would be running in the hallway this late at night?

The moment that thought crossed my mind, Min Joohee had already stepped forward.

“Stay behind me.”

A former bodyguard, as expected.

Her judgment was swift and clean.

So, hiding behind Min Joohee, the two of us climbed the stairs and entered the hallway, the very moment when—

THUMP THUMP THUMP!

The sound of running reached right up to us, and a naked man suddenly appeared around the corner.

“Oh, fuck?!”

“What the—!?”

“Eeeeeeek!”

“It’s a pervert, aaa!”

They were startled, too, but naturally, we were way more shocked.

Min Joohee, normally, would have used self-defense techniques to subdue him, but

this time, she was so genuinely surprised that she threw a fist with all her might.

BAM!

Her fist landed right in the center of the guy’s chest, sending him flying.

“Ugh?!”

CRASH!

The naked man collapsed to the floor.

The three of us were about to call the cops on this pervert, but then—

“Woojin-aaa!”

Yoo Arin’s voice came from behind, leaving us three with a ringing in our ears.

Wait.

Who did she just call?

* * *

Inside Kim Woojin’s dorm room.

Six girls, sitting split 3:3.

On the bed, Kim Woojin was asleep, eyes closed, taking small breaths.

“Ahem, I roughly understand.”

After listening to Choi Iseo’s explanation, Min Juhee slowly opens her mouth.

“So, Woojin did that to be forgiven for what happened yesterday?”

“Shush! Shush! Hey, you jerk!”

Seo Yerin, who is on guard in a boxing stance.

Yoo Arin calms her down by hitting the back of Seo Yerin’s head.

“Ouch.”

“Take it easy. What are you doing since earlier?”

“But they’re the enemy! Isn’t it a three-on-three situation? Fortunately, we have a clear victory in the pure image department!”

At Seo Yerin’s words, the three people on the other side flinch.

“Just to ask, who is in charge of the pure image?”

“Arin, it’s obviously me and Jina.”

Choi Jina, who was suddenly pointed out, flinches and looks bewildered.

“M-me? But I wasn’t involved in this incident at all?”

“That’s what losers usually say.”

“…Why are we considered the losers?”

Seo Yerin, who is already boasting as if she won, glances at Yoo Arin and Choi Iseo.

“Tsk, team difference.”

She clicks her tongue.

This made them quite indignant.

“What? Why is it a team difference, you brat?”

“What exactly are you comparing?”

Then Seo Yerin pairs them up one by one.

Yoo Arin and Min Juhee.

Choi Iseo and Oh Yoonji.

“Look, Arin is in the cute position, but Juhee sunbae has so much potential. Did you see Juhee sunbae’s pigtails last time?”

“…”

“Could you not mention that?”

“Sunbae, you were super cute back then. It was even cuter because it doesn’t suit you at all usually.”

Saying that, Seo Yerin points at Choi Iseo this time.

“Lee Seo is the understanding type. But even *she’s* getting pushed back by Yoon Ji. And Yoon Ji’s even his first love.”

“……”

“Should we trade her?”

Choi Lee Seo makes a face like she’s eaten shit while Oh Yoon Ji grins smugly.

Seo Ye Rin shakes her head, then stands up confidently, puffing out her shoulders.

“Follow me, you bugs! Yerim unni will carry you!”

“This b*tch is just saying whatever she wants?”

“Ye Rin, just stay quiet.”

“Tch, s*x~.”

Muttering, she sits back down.

Right then, Yoo Ah Rin puts her in a joint lock, subduing her.

“Uwaaah! It hurts! Unnieee! It hurts sooo bad!”

“Shut it, you b*tch! Pure, my ass! Who here thinks you’re pure, you animal!”

“Kkaaahh!”

“Haa, let’s just ignore those two.”

Choi Lee Seo, thinking they’d put on a pathetic display, physically shields the two while speaking.

“First of all, thank you for forgetting about the strange thing Woo Jin did today. There was a reason for it.”

“R-right… Should he go to a hospital, maybe?”

Min Joo Hee, the one who’d hit him, was worried, but Choi Lee Seo shook her head.

“It was a justifiable reaction. Woo Jin will come to his senses when he wakes up.”

But adding on, Choi Lee Seo smiled.

“Please don’t do that kind of thing again.”

“……”

“Woo Jin is, strictly speaking, ours.”

Right behind her, the voices of Seo Ye Rin and Yoo Ah Rin could be heard.

“She said… ‘ours’.”

“Shit, at this point, he’s just public property. Isn’t he like a rental boyfriend being serviced by the Uju Group?”

“Ahem, just shut it!”

Choi Lee Seo warns them and continues to speak.

“It’s not that we’re worried about Woo Jin just giving in to temptation.”

“I’m worried about that.”

“Me too, damn it.”

“Just….”

Choi Iseo snapped at the two behind her, who then shut their mouths, understanding her irritation.

“Even though he looks like that, he’s not someone without common sense.”

“Com…mon sense?”

“Choi Iseo, aren’t you being too blinded by love?”

“If he had common sense, would he run around the school naked?”

“Would someone with common sense ask three people to date him?”

“Do you two want to leave?”

In the end, the two covered their mouths with their hands.

Interestingly, Seo Yerin covered Yoo Arin’s mouth, and Yoo Arin covered Seo Yerin’s mouth.

“He’s struggling because he’s been shaken by others like this. He feels sorry for us.”

So Choi Iseo judged that he accepted this extreme way of apologizing without any complaints.

No matter how you look at it, running around the school naked is really beyond common sense.

“Senior Joohee and Yoonji too. I understand their feelings, but we still need to care about Woojin’s mental state.”

“…….”

“…….”

The two had nothing to say.

As Choi Iseo said, even though Kim Woojin seemed to live without any thoughts, he had his own principles.

Even if he didn’t blindly fall for temptations, just the fact that there were similar actions made him feel guilty towards the people he loved.

He wanted to clear that up, and that’s why he came up with this bizarre act.

“So let’s think about Woojin too.”

Choi Iseo’s words were truly only considering Kim Woojin.

Min Joohee and Oh Yoonji had nothing to say, so they just kept their mouths shut.

“Wow.”

Next to them, Choi Jina looked at Kim Woojin and genuinely admired him.

“Living like that….”

Even living like that, he had many good people around him.

Choi Jina’s exclamation, filled with various meanings, made everyone else shut their mouths.

* * *

The next morning.

Barely managing to go to work while clutching my bruised and aching chest, I was holding my head.

‘Why on earth did I do that yesterday?’

No matter how sorry I was to the kids, still.

I couldn’t believe I had done such a crazy thing.

Is that how people act when adrenaline is excessively secreted in their heads?

I don’t know, but personally, it was a time to doubt myself.

‘Ah, what should I do.’

At that moment, when only sighs were coming out.

“Mr. Woojin?”

An employee from the desk came to find me.

Other team members were glancing this way, wondering what was going on.

“Yes?”

“Well, people from the head office have come.”

“Head office?”

“Yes… Someone is here to see you, Mr. Woojin.”

The employee spoke hesitantly.

It seemed like it was quite a burden.

“Team leader, I’ll be back in a moment.”

“Okay, um… I’ll consider you off for today.”

I bowed to Manager Yoon and followed the employee.

‘Is it my big brother? Or my father?’

Since I’m working here, I don’t think there’s anything to be scolded for.

Maybe they’re just here to check if I’m doing well.

‘It’s rather good.’

It was hard to stay at the company because I kept thinking about yesterday.

I think I can spend some time clearing my head like this.

Buzz!

‘I got a message.’

* * *

Just in time.

I checked my phone, hoping whoever it was would keep me company until I got there.

There was a photo.

“Huh…?”

A photo of a pregnancy test with two lines.