Chapter 176 - Intimate friend (1/2)

Hearing that Jieun began to feel more frightened. Han Taehee did not say about any such matter to her, and once she gets caught lying, everything will be ruined for her.

That's when an idea hit Im Jieun, and she spoke out, "Wouldn't that be unfair? Han Taehee is a really intimate friend of yours, and one can easily see that she will be siding with you."

Lee Jinhee faced the Principal and asked, "Principal, would you doubt Han Taehee's words?"

Expressing his suspicion towards Han Taehee's words was not something the Principal could afford. He very well knew the family Han Taehee belonged to, and with a word from the Han family, his entire career can be destroyed.

The Principal coughed.

"There is no need to call Han Taehee here. I will be checking the CCTV footage and then decide the perfect punishment for Student Im Jieun," The Principal said.

"I'll be trusting you with the final decision then, Principal. I hope you won't be unfair," Jinhee voiced out.

Adding more pressure on to the Principal's head, Jinhee added, "After all, this was a life threatening situation."

"Certainly, I won't be disappointing you, Student Jinhee," The Principal said, "Im Jieun will be dealt with properly."

Im Jieun's body trembled the entire time. Her parents will disown her for all of her actions and the embarrassment she had bought upon the Im family. Not only that, she potentially offended the Han family as well. There were no excuse for her actions.

As Lee Jinhee was about to stand, Lee Aera said, "Even if all that occurred, you should have informed me that you won't be at the dorms for a week. Do you know how much you trouble you created?"

With mock noticeable in her eyes, Lee Jinhee stared at Aera, and with her lips curving to a slight sneer, Jinhee said, "I was in hospital and therefore, the last thing in my mind was informing, Miss Aera. You should ask my parents about the entire thing because they were conscious the entire time. Don't trouble me over such matters from next time onwards."

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As Lee Jinhee was injured and unable to write, the Principal gave the permission to not write the exams. Sitting down on the bench in the ground, Lee Jinhee stared at the sky.

Clouds swam across the sky, and warm breeze flowed at her direction, flowing her air along with it. Lee Jinhee spotted a bird's nest on the nearby tree, and a smile formed on her face when she saw the mother bird feeding the chick.

Lee Jinhee was able to solve this without any help from Han Taehyun, and for that, Jinhee felt proud of herself. The thought of Han Taehyun and his antics caused the smile on Lee Jinhee's face to widen.

"What are you thinking about?" A familiar voice asked from behind.

Bending her neck backwards and looking up, Lee Jinhee noticed that Han Taehyun was staring at her with a grin on his face. His presence here shocked her for he should be attending an exam now.

"Don't you have an exam to give?" Lee Jinhee asked whilst raising one of her eyebrows.

Chuckling, Han Taehyun walked towards the front of the bench and sat down beside Lee Jinhee. Wearing that signature playful smile of his, Taehyun pinched Lee Jinhee's nose softly.

"What do I do? It seems that you occupied my mind the entire time, and I was barely able to write. How should I punish you for that?" Han Taehyun said.

"It's understandable. You're not the first people to experience that. I occupied the mind of Lee Jinkyung, Jieun, my parents, and many other people I don't know about. Such people will continue to increase. Therefore, you're not special," Lee Jinhee stated.

Taehyun laughed and said, "Jinhee-ah, you really know how to destroy the atmosphere. Don't you?"

Jinhee shrugged and said, "If stating truth equals to destroying atmosphere, then I suppose I'm an expert at it."

"Stating truth, hmm," Taehyun spoke out.