Chapter 538 (1/2)

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That was when the other boys also loosened up their look on their faces.

With a brightened expression, Eun Hyung said, “Good that she likes it.”

“Except during the break, I’ve never been to the ocean on the weekend,” replied Eun Jiho. He also looked as refreshed as Ban Yeo Ryung.

Putting both hands into his pocket, Eun Jiho walked quickly toward her. Even though his feet were on the ground, his footsteps seemed to be a few centimeters flowing above it.

Jooin also raised his hands and dashed like a bull with his deep-blue windbreaker jacket swinging in the air.

Both Eun Hyung and I just watched the sight blankly, then when our eyes met, we burst into laughter as if we had expected to do so. Showing a face full of a rich smile, we also bent our steps toward the ocean.

Since it’s a warm springtime, a lot of families seemed to be enjoying their weekend getaways here. Having so many people around–incomparable to that in the winter–I noticed increased attention toward us.

However, the Four Heavenly Kings and Ban Yeo Ryung didn’t give a crap since they looked the most excited now over the past few months. Eun Jiho, Ban Yeo Ryung, and Jooin took pictures in front of a monument with all different kinds of poses that some people even asked for their autographs.

Watching their reactions, I murmured worriedly, “Those people shouldn’t take secret pictures of them…”

On the web, people left comments under Eun Jiho’s pictures such as, ‘charismatic,’ or ‘crazy handsome chaebol,’ like they did to other hot celebrities. If his true color is revealed after this moment, Eun Jiho would struggle even more. However, I couldn’t think about stopping him from having such fun since he seemed to be enjoying the best moment of his life after a while.

Then I paused before pressing the shutter button again. I wondered, ‘Isn’t this trip supposed to be me and Ban Yeo Ryung spending time to get back together? Something seemed to have changed…’

It was me who suggested this trip, but they were the ones right now having fun, and for some reason, Eun Jiho and Ban Yeo Ryung looked like they had become close…

Whether I was lost in thought or not, Eun Jiho swept his hair back that was messed up by the sea breeze. Walking toward me, he shouted, “Uh, I’m starving! Let’s grab something to eat.”

Well, even in my view, Eun Jiho seemed to have burned way more calories than Eun Hyung and me ever since he came here.

‘Of course, you are since you’ve been busy running around,’ I said in my thoughts.

Eun Jiho pulled the back of my backpack and asked me abruptly, “Urgh, you didn’t even bring an instant noodle in this huge bag?”

“Hey, we’re on a trip. Why would I bring instant noodle, instead of gimbap?” I retorted in bewilderment.

At that moment, Jooin, standing beside me, shouted, “Oh, instant noodles! Awesome! You know, we had them last time too.”

“Do you want to have them now as well?”

Eun Jiho and Jooin giggled as they soon hit it off.

“Instant noodles? Where?” Furrowing her brows, Ban Yeo Ryung murmured from beside them.

I lowered my voice and whispered, “We just had them on the street last time.”

“Didn’t you say it was winter…? You mean, in the wind?”

As she tossed a question suspiciously, Eun Jiho, standing behind her, made a response.

“Instant noodles must be enjoyed outside in the cold weather. That’s how it goes.”

After dropping the remark, which would never be said by a member of a chaebol family, Eun Jiho put his arm around Woo Jooin’s shoulders and turned his steps. They were heading exactly to the big convenience store where we bought cup noodles last time.

Looking in the direction in perplexity, I increased my voice and said, “But it isn’t wintertime right now?!”

However, the two boys just waved their hands as a gesture to say it’s fine, then receded away from us.

Staring at those two, Eun Hyung shrugged and smiled, “What else can we do?”

In the end, our lunch on our second trip was about to be replaced with instant noodles again.

I quietly sighed. As a student, always running short on money, instant noodles were great, such a thankful option, but on the other hand, I wondered if this was really going the right way…