Chapter 158: Button (1/2)

Inside the screen, the golden hair fluttered and a pair of golden eyes blinked as it stared at the screen. The gaze soon turned into a blank expression with the white skin blushing around the cheeks.

– This is embarrassing… Do I look fine?

The girl organised her hair with her hands and looked up while touching her eyebrows. She then opened her mouth wide and relaxed her jaws before blinking her eyes again.

Kuhum, hum…! She warmed up her throat.

– Dear everyone inside the hospital. How are you guys doing?

She started off with a trembling voice.

– I’m, doing fine. This is my dormitory and… uhh…

– Ah, thank you very much for enjoying the video I took during the vacation. I also enjoyed your response video!

– It’s already summer holidays now.

– I want to see everyone in person, but our ahjussi said I can’t do that.

– I don’t know why but…

– But I still like sharing stories even though it’s through a video.

– It like, makes my heart race…

Blink, blink. The golden pair of eyes blinked.

Woosh.

The head of a baby chicken suddenly rose up from beneath the screen and the large head completely blocked the person behind it.

– Oh, right right. Say hi Chirpy~

White strands of fur could now be spotted in between the chicken’s yellow fur. The baby chicken tapped on the screen with its large beak a few times, before walking off.

– Hehe. It’s actually time for his nap so…

– Anyway, I don’t think I can show this video to everyone right now.

– Ahjussi always checks them before I give the videos over.

– But, today…

– Hmm…

– Uhh, umm, uhh…

– I’m thinking of talking about ahjussi…

– I can tell him everything else, but I can’t talk about ahjussi to ahjussi right.

She turned her head and looked at the door. While she was throwing a glance at the door, her hair flowed down from her shoulder.

– Ah…! Before that, let me talk about things that have happened so far.

– The spring semester came to an end!

She lowered a finger one by one.

– Hmm, I finished the test? Did my assessments? And played with my friends. It was very hectic.

– These days, Gyeoul tells me that her heart is ticklish.

– I think it must be… hmm, how do I say this? Sudden growth period?

– I wonder what Gyeoul will grow to be like. Hopefully she stays cute like now.

Then, she suddenly clapped.

– Ah, do you know what’s even crazier? Yeorum-unni came first at the competition!

– Like, there was like, a placard of her face near our dormitory…! Everyone was happy for her…! And she had a lot of interviews…!

– It was very cool and enviable.

– Doing what she wants to do,

– Doing better than others, and being loved…

Her words suddenly came to a stop and her eyes turned vacant. Soon, she went ‘oops’ and gave a bright smile.

– Anyway, back then, there was this small problem.

– This is, just for you guys okay…?

– Super serious.

– I haven’t told anyone yet.

– This is a secret just between us, nn?

She said while pushing her pinky forward.

– Maybe Yeorum-unni was in a good mood after coming first in the competition.

– She was so happy that she hugged ahjussi and kissed him on like, his cheek, you know.

– Uhh… she must be crazy.

– Hmm, but if I think about it now, it’s okay. It’s understandable, and she kissed me as well.

– But you know, back then, there was me and Bom-unni as well.

– And when, Yeorum-unni, uhh, kissed…

– It was like,

– Like…

– Ah, sorry for saying gibberish.

Her expression turned awkward.

– It like, suddenly made my heart feel like it was crashing down. It made my head muddled and my hands and legs like, became powerless like a rubber band snapping off. I was holding an icecream but I dropped the whole thing…

– It was my first time feeling something like that in my life. Feeling like, I’d go crazy? Like an impulse? Like my fingers trembling and my head turning blank…?

– And I unconsciously pushed Yeorum-unni away…

– But I’m too weak and she didn’t get pushed… anyway, after that I was scolded by unni calling me crazy but…

– Ah.

– But, Bom-unni looked completely fine.

Her head tilted, and a strand of hair that was sticking out above her head bent into a question mark.

– It was like, nn? Hnn?

– Actually, you might not know but that was me empathising with Bom-unni’s feelings you know?

– Hmm… I actually don’t really know why my head turned blank either.

– I also don’t know why unni looked normal, unlike me.

– Well, that was already 3 months ago though.

– These days, I feel fine even when Yeorum-unni gets touchy with ahjussi without thinking. It’s still slightly burdensome though when ahjussi walks closer…

– Maybe it was just me thinking things.

– I’m a bit of a strange kid, you see.

– Hehe.

‘Of course’ she repeatedly said with a nod. Raising her head, she tucked her golden hair behind her ear and once it stopped flowing down, her white ears were in full display.

– Hmm…

– …

– Should I get an earring like Bom-unni…?

– Her flower earring was pretty.

She smiled bashfully.

– Anyways, that’s it for today.

– Phew~ I think I feel slightly better now.

– I can’t talk about such an enormous thing to ahjussi, right? Naturally, I can’t speak to Yeorum-unni and Bom-unni either and Gyeoul is, well…

– Even if someone told me to do this again, I don’t think I can do it. It took a lot of courage you know.

– Anyway, thank you for listening. Phew, I won’t get any reply back but I’ll be assuming that you’re all happy still. Then, let me just stop the recording…

Her eyes that were bent into crescents slowly widened. After spotting something, her eyes became circles before turning into a frown.

– Nn? Nn?

– No…

Her eyes turned sorrowful.

– I didn’t click on the record button…

***

Zhou Luxun came fourth.

The name of Yu household came in handy once again. Despite Lyun being heavily injured, Erfan Guild didn’t react in any way – they weren’t able to do anything in fact. Since the Communist Party of China had a bad relationship with the Association, they couldn’t be too sensitive over such a trivial matter.

As for the community service, he was too bothered to do it and delayed it.

Meanwhile, BM was quiet. According to the clone, it seemed that he had disappeared from the underground labyrinth.

‘Wish you a great day today as well, my lord.’

Alright.

Clone 2 was diligently being educated by Clone 1. He would grow to a decent level by the time the plan came into fruition.

In the midst of all such things, summer vacation for Unit 301 began.