chapter 28
28 – Haerin Kang (28)
Haerin Kang (28)
They were able to receive the subsidy because Baek Yu-ram went through all the paperwork with the professor in charge.
You can even use a full-fledged private classroom.
Meeting time is 7pm.
Park Se-young arrived at the lecture room 808 early because she was in charge of the first presentation of the web novel club.
While she saves the file she put on the USB to the desktop and checks whether it plays properly.
Jiyoung Hwang and Yuna Kim came in.
“Hi, hey~”
“Are you here early?”
They said, adjusting the desk layout.
“What’s this?”
Jiyoung Hwang read the typo on the projection screen.
“… Haerin Kang, who is she?”
It was as it was said.
On the main screen, written in PPT, a black woman’s figure was covered by a large question mark.
It was a direction often seen on news screens.
Mainly in the content covering violent criminals.
“Yes, the concept of this presentation.”
“… can this be Kang Hae-rin’s sniping?”
Yuna Kim, who was turning on the air heater in the classroom, said playfully while looking at the screen with interest.
“It was really crazy this time.”
“Have I told you before?”
After running the slide from start to finish as a show, Park Se-young raised her head triumphantly.
“Kang Hae-rin, he must be the person who wrote that novel.”
“It was a bit harsh this time. Right, Hwang Ji-young?”
Yuna Kim sat down at her desk and stomped her legs.
“… It’s kind of like that.”
Jiyoung Hwang nodded.
Since the two of them were originally readers of 『Kang Hae-rin’s Murder Diary』, they checked it as soon as the notice of resumption of serialization came up, and of course they knew about the latest update.
“S University’s Munchang Department is openly our school. What are you doing if you change your name one letter at a time? And there is no one other than Kang Hae-rin who would write such a thing, but he did it too openly.”
“Seyoung must feel bad. In the novel, he died very miserably. Aren’t you in a bad mood?”
Yuna Kim laughed and said.
Neither Jiyoung Hwang nor Yoona Kim took the contents of the novel very seriously.
Of course, the content was brutal.
However, as they said, it was too ‘openly’, and the blatant depiction of the novel and the progress of the incident were rather funny.
Doesn’t it look hollow?
It means don’t touch your boyfriend.
“Isn’t that woman indebted?”
“Even such pretty people suffer from infidelity…”
“Well, it’s okay.”
Park Se-young straightened her back and said.
She, too, did not care too much about novels with descriptions of her own death.
Rather, it was an opportunity.
“I’m going to take this opportunity to ask you outright. If Dong-min oppa comes today, I will persuade him based on my PPT and argue with him directly.”
“As expected, Park Se-young, his acting skills are awesome.”
The three looked at each other and laughed.
“Hello guys~”
after a while
Baek Yoo-ram, the club’s official manager, came in a little too brazenly, but hesitated when he saw the screen.
“Eh, what is this?”
Her finger pointed at the projection screen.
Hwang Ji-young explained the inside story.
“I think Seyoung is going to play Conan today. He said he would reveal that Haerin Kang is a writer.”
“Ha, you are really great too.”
Baek Yu-ram raised his thumb.
On the first day, she bought coffee and snacks for the club members and released them bari-bari.
“Wow, sister, great!”
Since they had already completed their research in the group chat room, they each brought their own drinks and macaroons.
“I can’t believe it either.”
Baek Yoo-ram muttered, who was happy to see him.
“What?”
“You seem to like Lee Dong-min.”
“Eh, what are you talking about?”
“Because it is an inexplicable tenacity. Actually you, am I an excuse?”
Baek Yu-ram said with a wry smile.
“Huh, Park Se-young, no way?”
“Ohh, Park Se-yeo~ I can’t do it, but Dong-min oppa I asked for it, but there are too many competitors.”
At the exaggerated reaction of the members who sympathize with him, Park Se-young raised his hand as if he would not respond.
“Think whatever you want. Am I the kind of person who just can’t let go of poor people? I’ve been like that since I was little. It kind of bothers me.”
she asked.
“Are there additional recruitment members, sister?”
“Well, inquiries came in, but all conditions were that Lee Dong-min was also there. So I said I didn’t know because I wasn’t sure. Because he doesn’t know what’s inside.”
“Everyone is upset, really. Dongmin oppa, what is your charm?”
“…you know better than that. Mr. Penelope, who was it that gave him a strange nickname and followed him around and harassed him for the past two or three weeks?”
“It’s a little bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of a bit of”
“… Hey, are you a pervert?”
“yes?”
“You look like that now. He seemed like someone who liked to bully little animals.”
“Oh, what are you talking about? sister. Dongmin’s brother is 180cm tall, what kind of a small animal is that? And I’m not that kind of person.”
Baek Yoo-ram laughed at Park Se-young, who hated him.
“I knew that too. I know you like taking care of the people around you. But don’t you think that intention has changed a bit lately?”
“I don’t know what you mean.”
“I think we know…”
Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-a, who were listening to the conversation between the two, intervened, but Park Se-young pretended not to hear.
She herself had no perception.
I just thought that Yoo-ram unnie was mean today.
“It is strange. surely. Dong-min oppa, the reason why you are so intimidated like a beaten husband.”
“Oh, okay. When Lee Dong-min comes later, ask him directly. Are you being beaten?”
Baek Yu-ram smiled and waved his hands.
“By the way, sister, did you read the latest episode?”
Hwang Ji-young swallowed the fat carong in one bite and asked.
“Uh… no. I couldn’t read them all. Honestly, how do you read 1000 episodes at once? Not even 1000 episodes. It was a thousand two hundred episodes. Still, I read about 900 chapters.”
“Then you don’t know what’s going on.”
“Why is that?”
“this time…”
“Guys, wait a minute.”
Park Se-young interrupted their conversation.
“I’ll explain it in the main story, so be patient, sister. I will solve everything and tell you.”
“……..”
Baek Yoo-ram seemed to be displeased with the juniors who were exchanging glances without leaving him alone, but he seemed to have decided that it would be better than being spoiled.
“Okay, then I’ll look forward to it.”
“yes-“
Park Se-young raised her hand and said.
Before the full-fledged club meeting began, after the four female students chatted, footsteps were heard in the hallway.
Since all the regular lectures had already ended, there were not many people who came to this place.
“Dong-min oppa, it looks like coming.”
Yuna Kim’s words.
And the door opened.
“……”
According to her words, it was Lee Dong-min who appeared.
But he wasn’t alone.
A beautiful woman wearing a wrap knit and black jeans.
It was Kang Hae-rin, Lee Dong-min’s girlfriend.
She greeted everyone with a relaxed, arrogant look in her eyes.
How can people look so different?
She was like a queen today.
It was different from when we met in the room.
No, is this her true face?
“… Welcome, Mr. Harin…”
Baek Yoo-ram greeted a little awkwardly.
Officially, she was Kang Hae-rin’s senior, but there were conversations in the past, so she was still respectful due to the nature of the department’s atmosphere.
“Sister, you can speak comfortably. We were supposed to be friends over the phone back then.”
Kang Hae-rin said while hugging Baek Yu-ram’s body warmly, without the previous anxious appearance anywhere.
Baek Yoo-ram froze at the too casual attitude, but soon accepted it with a smile.
“Ah, it was. Then, I’ll make it easier for you, Harin.”
“Can I look like you?”
“Then, of course not.”
“Hello Seyoung, how are you?”
“… hello.”
After greeting Hwang Ji-young and Kim Yoon-ah, Kang Hae-rin greeted Park Se-young, who was standing on the podium in the classroom, but she received it awkwardly.
To be honest, I was a little nervous.
Because I didn’t know Kang Hae-rin would come in person.
The PPT file was turned off, but the content inside clearly contained a sniping attack on Kang Hae-rin.
In addition, even if it was for fun, there were also comments mocking her according to hearing.
For example, the description of ‘Park Se-rin’, presumed to be Park Se-yeong, beating ‘Lee Dong-hyeon’, presumed to be Lee Dong-min, was deliberately exaggerated.
because she was honest
As depicted in the novel, she is neither trying to seduce Lee Dong-min nor feeling like a man.
It’s just that I’m a little concerned.
Of course, I would be angry with my girlfriend.
‘…do you kill people?’
Park Se-young felt angry.
So I said defiantly.
“hello. Mr. Harleen.”
“Can we watch it together?”
“sure. Please listen carefully. Today’s presentation, that’s me.”
“……”
Lee Dong-min was looking at the two people talking with anxious eyes from a little distance.
Also, there is something.
Park Se-young was convinced.
Even when he called the day before yesterday, Lee Dong-min asked Park Se-young to ‘don’t interfere’ between them.
But Park Se-young never intervened.
He was just worried.
If it’s enough to ask in such a strong tone, it means that Lee Dong-min is so anxious about his girlfriend.
A frontal breakthrough would be better.
Park Se-young finally made up her mind.
Although there was an unexpected guest, I would be able to interrogate her directly like a hearing.
yes interrogation.
It would be rare to have a chance to ask the author directly about the reason for writing such a thing.
“Then shall we begin?”
Baek Yoo-ram said.
“I’ll start with the presentation by Park Se-young.”
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“… I really can’t listen.”
It was Lee Dong-min who said that.
He got up with his head bowed.
bang.
His fist hit the desk.
Hwang Ji-young, who was concentrating on Park Se-young’s announcement, was startled as if in a seizure, and Kim Yoon-ah and Baek Yu-ram also opened their eyes wide and looked at him.
“… What is it, brother?”
“…that’s too much speculation.”
Dongmin Lee said.
“Haerin wrote that novel?”
“Yes, I said so.”
Park Se-young said with defiant eyes.
“It is speculation. that is.”
“Could you tell me what your guess is?”
“No, it’s just speculation. There’s no way Haerin would have written such a trashy novel. S University’s creative writing department is our school? Park Se-rin, Park Se-young, and you. Baek Yoo-hyeon is Baek Yu-ram? Why is Haerin writing such a novel?”
“I don’t know. There must have been something.”
“Then what is that grudge!”
Lee Dong-min shouted.
“… Hey, Lee Dong-min…”
Baek Yu-ram seemed very surprised to see Lee Dong-min, who had been quiet, shouting loudly.
So I timidly tried to hold his hand.
“stop…”
“Let go!”
But he shook her hand.
“You’re talking about my girlfriend like an idiot psychopath. Why is Harin like that? Aren’t you two misunderstanding something? Park Se-young, according to what you said, Hae-rin is jealous of you. Why is the person I like more than anyone else jealous of you guys? Do you have any strange paranoia?”
“……”
Park Se-young burst into laughter.
Her gaze was fixed on Haerin Kang.
Kang Hae-rin was the only one who wasn’t surprised since Lee Dong-min’s sudden rush and slammed his fist into the desk, and he was still smiling as if it were someone else’s business.
Without sound, all these sights.
“… Hey, senpai.”
Park Se-young was sad that Lee Dong-min shouted at her, but more than that, she wanted to prove it.
“Senior, I think you are being gaslighted. Why are you so hung up on your girlfriend?”
“hey!”
Lee Dong-min screamed again.
“no. It doesn’t make any sense to say more about this. I don’t want to talk about this again. Harry, let’s go. I, just want to be with you, club activity? I’ve never wanted to Especially with these kids.”
“… Uhm. Why are you having fun?”
Kang Haerin crossed her legs and said.
She seemed very happy.
Seeing that scene, Park Se-young became even more angry.
No matter who sees it, they’re making fun of the top of their heads.
“Kang Haerin, just say it. Did you write that novel yourself? Do you have any paranoia? Did me or Yu-Ram unnie tailgate Dong-Min sunbaenim?”
“I never said anything like that?”
“Then why did you write such a novel?”
“Hey, Park Se-young!”
Lee Dong-min looked very anxious.
Although he was screaming, Park Se-young felt that his anger was not directed at him.
“Let’s go, Haerin, please.”
Lee Dong-min grabbed Kang Hae-rin’s wrist.
And left the classroom.
bang.
The door closed, and silence fell in the classroom.
“Aigoo…”
Baek Yu-ram smiled.
“Awesome. Park Se-young?”
“… Seyoung, where are you going!”
Hwang Ji-young got up and tried to stop her, but she escaped from Park Se-young’s nimble hand and went outside.