Heo Gunpil Center - Chapter 123



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Episode 123. Summer: Friends (2)

“I said no. A kid who has surpassed the level of Jihak (志學)1) is lying down and acting up. Why don’t you get up?!”

That’s why you didn’t tell me.

Kim Min-soo looked down at Jang Mi-mi, who had been whining and crying for three hours, and thought.

By the way, the reason I came down was because Heo Geon-pil glared as if shouting, “Who taught you? Who is that guy? Who is that guy?”

“I want to eat a late-night snack with you! I want to watch a movie with you!”

“Even though-”

“There’s still room left! There’s still room left!”

“Still not―”

“I’ll pay the rent! I’ll pay the utility bills! Do I have a lot of money?!”

Crackle. Crackle.

A vein appeared on Heo Geon-pil’s forehead.

‘one.’

‘two.’

‘three.’

Taaaa …

“Hey, you idiot! If you can’t do it, then you know it can’t be done!”

Madonna, Kim Min-soo, and Pi Joo-hee. As the countdown of the three people ended, a hammer struck Jang Mi-mi’s forehead.

“What kind of girl lives in a house full of men?! Don’t you know that boys and girls should not sit together until the age of seven?!”

Heo Geon-pil shouted loudly.

‘That’s true, but…’

‘You seem like such an old fart.’

‘… … But aren’t you already alive? I haven’t seen your face for half a year.’

Employees stood side by side like a folding screen, watching the president, who was mentally around the age of menopause, and a teenage girl, sharing their thoughts.

“Ugh! I didn’t mean to go this far!”

After lying on the floor for a long time and not finding a corner that would allow her to do so, Jang Mi finally stood with her feet firmly planted in the center of the living room.

“I won’t move one step from here until you give me permission!”

Indeed, Jang Mi-mi didn’t move even one step.

“Hey.”

Until Heo Geon-pil lifted Jang Mi and moved.

“Call me when you get home.”

Slap.

dump.

Heo Geon-pil threw Jang Mi and her bag containing the magic utensils away.

That is, right in front of the center.

“Boss! Boss, are you really going to do this?! Are you really going to come out like this?”

Jang Mi-mi, who had been standing there dumbfounded like a stone statue, finally knocked on the firmly closed center door.

However, Heo Geon-pil, who would normally have personally escorted her to the bus stop, did not even raise his nose despite repeatedly knocking on the door.

“Evil boss! Illegal business owner!”

Rosemi screamed. I had been nagging her, but she refused so abruptly. She bit her nose because she felt like crying.

‘Huh! It’s fun!’

She walked around the bus stop and around the road home. She dragged her feet so slowly that she would arrive home later than usual.

‘Anyway, I’m going to the center as soon as I open my eyes, so what’s wrong with sleeping at the center?! This is unfair! I’m a center member too!’

Jang Mi-mi, who didn’t know why it would be so frustrating to just sleep at home instead of going to the center as soon as she opened her eyes, arrived at the apartment’s common entrance after a while.

“is not it?!”

Jang Mi-mi, who had been walking with her eyes on the ground, raised her head as if she was angry and asked.

Looking up at the sky covered in a deep blue curtain, only the moon shining brightly, waiting for an answer that will not come.

“But I can’t back out here. Tomorrow… … .”

Tiring.

As Jang Mi-mi got off the elevator and opened the front door, a message alert arrived on her phone.

[Chief] Haven’t you arrived home yet?

[Chief] If you don’t contact me because you’re just protesting, I’ll come and catch you!!!!!

“At this point, have you really been possessed by a god?”

Even after arriving home, Jang Mi-mi, who had been trying to contact me for a long time, wiped the goosebumps that had risen on the back of her neck. Tsk, even if you hate me, if you contact me like this, your heart will start to soften. She smiled faintly and wrote down her reply.

ㅋㅋㅋㅋI’m homeㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ But if the boss comes, it’s better_

Tiring.

Suddenly, a notification rang over Jang Mi’s phone.

“… … .”

The sender is… … .

[mom]

Rosemi’s eyes darkened. They became extremely cold, as if she had stepped on frost.

[Mom] Your aunt said it’s hard for her to see your face these days. Are you protesting? Are you trying to get her to understand that you’re upset?

[Mom] If you’re going to go out like that, why don’t you start archery again? Coach still calls. If you’ve definitely given up, don’t let him call me.

[Mom] I don’t think you’ll be able to do well, since you’ve been locked in your room because you lost a friend… … (Read more)

“… … I used to get impatient with messages like this.”

Knock, knock.

Jang Mi-mi tapped her phone screen. She blocked the caller’s number.

“Not anymore.”

He didn’t care if the house was particularly cold without warmth, because his treasured home wasn’t here.

* * *

“I’m here!”

“You came early today?”

Kim Min-soo said this to Jang Mi-mi, who arrived at the center earlier than usual. It was before Madonna had even put breakfast in the pot.

‘Have you given up on living in the center now?’

Kim Min-soo thought as he saw Jang Mi-mi looking more calm than when she left.

He agreed with some of Heo Geon-pil’s opinions. He vaguely felt that Jang Mi-mi’s parents were neglecting her, but that did not mean that she would be able to live a perfect life at the center.

Kim Min-soo said this to subtly gauge her intentions.

“I guess living in a center isn’t for us. We’re the only ones living there.”

“That’s what I’m talking about anyway.”

widely!

Rosemi placed a sheet of A4 paper on the table.

It was a piece of paper detailing future plans, like when three employees planned a coordinated attack.

“Okay! My plan is simple!”

as soon as!

Chuck, Rosemi shouted, raising her finger.

“It’s about having my competence recognized by the boss!”

“……huh?”

“I bring in a lot of clients! And I handle all the requests by myself!”

“Yes…….”

“You two are helping me stand out! What if the boss sees how capable I am?! He’ll want to keep me by his side!”

… … But even now, you are always next to the boss except when you are sleeping or going to school.

Kim Min-soo swallowed the truth that he couldn’t bring himself to say out loud. Looking at that burning desire, he didn’t even know where to start pointing it out.

In the first place, Heo Geon-pil… … .

“Wait a minute. You mean you want me to help you make that happen?”

At this time, Pi Ju-hee raised one of her crossed arms.

“Why should I help you?”

That’s right, Joohee!

This is the moment when his usually unlucky antics shine.

“Joohee, that’s why you only know how to study and nothing else.”

Jang Mi-mi shook her head.

“If we live together, we can play games together even at dawn!”

“……hmm?”

“What if you suddenly crave a late-night snack? Order a lot of menu items and pay a lot of delivery fees!”

“……hmm.”

Pi Joo-hee, who had been trusted, suddenly started shaking hands with Jang Mi.

I was convinced. I was convinced, right?!

Kim Min-soo jumped up. If this was going to happen, all he could do was pray that his excessive enthusiasm wouldn’t turn into an accident.

* * *

“Right now, the highest rank I can command is… If I want to look the most competent in this… … .”

Jang Mi-mi tapped the A4 paper attached to her diary with a ballpoint pen.

The plan seemed perfect until I explained it to Kim Min-soo and Pi Joo-hee this morning, but when I thought about it after school, I realized that it was completely difficult to execute. In fact, it was completely blocked from the execution stage. Even if she ran around here and there to find a client, there was no hope of finding a client that was perfect for her unless it fell from the sky.

“But if you live in the center―”

“Mimi! Let’s go to the store!”

As soon as she felt the presence of people, Jang Mi turned around, covering her diary. Her friends were waving while holding their wallets. Jang Mi, who had become alert for no reason, touched the prominent magic item on her bag and stood up.

After she left the classroom, the magic energy in her bag resonated with a blue light.

“Ugh. Who would want to be locked up in a prison called school and wait for the release of graduation? This is a pigsty. We are waiting for the release of slaughter.”

Friends who could barely get an ice cream in their mouths in a crowded convenience store complained in the hallway.

‘First, there has to be a request… … A case that can be accepted by the CEO and that can be used to live at the center… … .’

Rose Mi, standing in the middle of the group, was lost in thought even with an ice cream in her mouth.

“That’s true. Even if I just graduated, I’m still going to be enrolled in high school.”

“Hey, but high school has welfare, welfare.”

“Oh, right! That’s right!”

“… … Welfare? Is there something like that?”

Suddenly, Jang Mi-mi, who had never heard of welfare before, took the ice cream out of her mouth and took a bite.

Then, as if just mentioning the word made her laugh, her friends started to clown around. Especially Jang Mi-mi’s friends of the same sex.

“That’s what senior Joohee said!”

“There’s Joohee oppa!”

Rosemi’s expression quickly cooled down like the ice cream she was biting.

“Ah, I want to graduate quickly and go to school with Joohee oppa.”

Correct. It wasn’t just a stick of ice, it was frozen solid as if I was standing in the middle of a Siberian snowfield.

“Just the fact that we’re at the same school has a real phytoncide effect. Just looking at your face makes my head feel clear and refreshed.”

“I admit it. I was a scene stealer when I saw that guy.”

“He’s better looking than an idol, and he’s even more cost-effective. I have to pay hundreds of thousands of won to get a face like that just to go to school.”

“But you’re good at studying and arts as well as your looks!”

If I listened any further, I felt like I would burst out in swear words that I had been holding back despite the rumors I had heard so many times. Jang Mi-mi held back the vomit that was rising to the tip of her throat and asked.

“I, I didn’t know! You guys are close with Piju… no, senior Juhee?! You should call each other casually!”

Pi Joo-hee, you always pretend not to have any friends.

No matter how many rumors there were, Jang Mi-mi never thought that Pi Ju-hee would not have a single friend.

The friends he made when he first transferred to the school looked at him from afar, but it seemed like they had at least exchanged names, judging by the fact that they were comfortable calling each other by their titles.

“No? We’ve never even had a conversation?”

huh?

So this reaction was completely unexpected.

“Oh, you know, they did that! When they gave you chocolate on Valentine’s Day! Did you say something to them then?”

“In the first place, is there anyone in your entire grade who is close to that older brother?”

Jang Mi-mi asked carefully with a serious face.

“But I guess you have a friend who you can eat lunch with.”

“No? Senior Joohee goes around alone. Perfectly, proudly.”

One of my friends who threw the ice cream stick he had finished eating said,

“But I remember there were always seniors and kids who approached me to try to become friends at the beginning of the semester.”

“Hey, they all got beat up and bullied by the kids.”

“Why else would you say three words? If you just exchange three words in one place, people would call you best friends.”

One morning after dawn practice, Jang Mi, who had promised to go buy a speed gun game chip after school while preparing to go to school with him, brushed the back of her head.

‘… … This is… oh… .’

I wasn’t feeling good.

1) Jihak (志學): A polite way of referring to the age of fifteen.