138 The Bully’s Remorse (1/2)

”Yo, Yeo Ri-ah~ I heard about what happened~” Min Chae said just as she settled into her seat. She wiggled her eyebrows at Yeo Ri to tease her.

”What? So quickly?” Yeo Ri sighed.

They were in their classroom for a short homeroom session before moving over to the auditorium for the graduation ceremony. The classroom was foreign to her but because both Min Chae and Jang Mi and most of her previous classmates were in the same class as her, she was able to acclimate herself.

”Yeah. The boys were in a craze since the school's goddess came back. Ah, they were talking about you, of course,” Min Chae snickered.

”...” Yeo Ri ignored the girl, refusing to acknowledge her words. Since when had her status upgraded? It was 'angel' last time, but now it had became 'goddess'. There were no shortage of celebrities to look up to in Korea, so she wondered why they chose her.

”Loosen up, Yeo Ri. Today's your first and last day at school, after all,” Jang Mi commented upon seeing her discomfited expression.

”Yeah,” Yeo Ri straightened her back and offered a weak smile to the two girls. ”Is it strange that I feel kind of glad I don't go to school anymore?” Yeo Ri asked the two girls.

Min Chae and Jang Mi exchanged glances and shrugged. It felt like something was missing without her around, but thinking back to the overdramatic reaction of her fanboys, they could somewhat understand part of the reason why she was so disinclined to go back to school.

”Just so you know, I'm still angry that you won't go to high school with me,” Jang Mi complained. Putting aside Min Chae whose grades didn't meet the requirements for the school Jang Mi was accepted to, Yeo Ri was more than good enough to join her.

Yeo Ri was about to repeat the words she had said to Gun earlier, but a girl came over and cut her off.

”Yeo Ri, you're not going to high school?” The girl asked in surprise. These days, it was rare to find someone who didn't go to high school. Even those who had specialised jobs like idols or actors went to high school.

”No, I want to focus on taking care of my family, so...”

”That's too bad,” the girl said. She was one of the few who got along relatively well with Yeo Ri. Even though they were not particularly close, she still felt bad to part with the girl. Yeo Ri was a pretty and popular girl, but having been her classmate for some time, the girl knew that she lived up to her nickname—she was truly angelic inside and out.

”Haha, serve those boys right. They chose to go to N High because it was within Yeo Ri's catchment area, so they thought Yeo Ri would choose to go there,” another girl joined in, cackling. ”Some of them even delayed sending in their further education form just because Yeo Ri hadn't chosen any school yet.”

”What the heck? What's with them?” Min Chae laughed, finding amusement in those guys' obsession with Yeo Ri.