The Law of Webnovels - Chapter 201

Chapter 201: Chapter 201

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The next day, when I got out of bed and scratched my head feeling empty, my phone began to ring in the corner. How did I get back home? As if I had passed out after getting drunk, nothing came up in my mind, so I just sat still, racking my brains. Soon, memories of yesterday came to the surface one after another.

‘So, that’s what happened,’ I murmured, taking both my hands off my disheveled hair.

I joined the courage test and fell into a weird world with Jooin… then the faceless man, feeling guilty…

“I promise that I won’t let you be alone in that world.”

His voice hit my head like raindrops.

For a moment, I was smiling quietly without looking anywhere, then I opened my flip phone. The first thing that came into my sight was Eun Jiho’s message.

Sent by: Eun Ji-goddamn-ho

You collapsed, huh?

It was enough to grasp the overall situation. Thankfully, I managed to pass out in front of the kids after holding back my urge to faint in the other universe. ‘Um, yeah, good job,’ I said to myself with a nod.

Since I wasn’t the main character in thriller or horror movies, how amazing was it to endure the fear after confronting the faceless man and return to this world? There was no reason for me to think, ‘How can I faint when I’m not a female protagonist like Ban Yeo Ryung?’ as well as to rack with guilt.

IT didn’t seem like the kids brought me to the hospital and the like when I passed out. Perhaps, Jooin explained why I collapsed well to the kids… Maybe he said that I saw something horrifying.

Rambling those thoughts in mind, I flipped through the texts one after another but soon paused when Yoon Jung In’s message came into sight.

Sent by: Yoon Jung In

BAHAHAHA Dude, how did you do that? Girls in Class 1-1 told me that you suddenly appeared from nowhere lol They said you shit scared them. I don’t think they’ll annoy you anymore, so isn’t it a happy ending?

Sent by: Kim Hye Hill

Yoon Jung In is so excited EWWW

Sent by: Kim Hye Woo

Agreed.

They were, indeed, twins. I giggled after seeing their conversations while going through the texts. I closed my phone but soon opened it again to look for Yoo Chun Young’s number.

Being hesitant for a second, I pressed the call button, drew up my knees, and pulled my comforter over them. Embracing my legs that were wrapped with a quilt, I waited for the beeping sound to end while tilting my head backward to look up at the ceiling.

’11 in the night… is it too late for a call?’ With that thought in mind, I soon heard a voice coming over the phone.

“Ham Donnie?”

“Yoo Chun Young,” I answered with a sudden giggle.

Yoo Chun Young might be standing blankly over the other side of the call, wondering why I was laughing. Imagining him with that look, I let out a giggle again.

I could hardly stop laughing that I kept heaving my shoulders, which made Yoo Chun Young fling a question to me at last.

“Are you sick?”

“Um… no! No, no! I can laugh whenever I want, can’t I?”

Quickly answering back in a loud voice, I couldn’t help but laugh again. Somehow the transparent sunlight in the summer that was pouring through the window felt friendly and warm. Yoo Chun Young’s voice in the morning was also pleasant to hear.

Yoo Chun Young then said nonchalantly.

[I heard that you passed out yesterday.]

“Yup.”

[I thought Ban Yeo Ryung would faint.]

“Yeah, I thought the same too.”

[Before you collapsed yesterday, I heard that you said some silly things. You saw me wearing a middle school uniform and… um… what was it…]

“Oh, you mean those…?”

When he brought up the topic that I was aware of, I elevated my voice in delight.

‘Right! That was why I called him,’ with that thought, I tossed a question in a bright tone.

“Did you dream of me yesterday?”

“Nope.”

It was a far more succinct answer than I expected.

As it fell flat, I shook my head. ‘Well, this is more like Yoo Chun Young though…’ He then flung another question.

“What did I do in your dream?”

“Huh?”

“What did I do?”

Hmm… looking at the ceiling, I counted the things that happened to me on my fingers. My words came out slowly in pieces as I tried to reminisce about the memory.

“Um… so you appeared… Do you remember our classroom in middle school? There were white window blinds on the windows… oh, that’s the same as now. All the windows were open; the sun went down through them. Now that I think about it, it’s quite strange since we were seldom left in the classroom until the sunset. Hmm, and… you were sitting alone in the classroom, listening to music. That’s why I went beside you and took off your earphone to put it in my ear…”

“Uh-huh.”

“Then, you looked at me like you’ve never seen me before, so I asked, ‘Why?’ and you said that…”

“…”

“You waited for me.”

After saying those words, I furrowed my brows in a surprise, still deciphering what just came out of my mouth.

It didn’t sound special at that time; however, when I delivered that remark back to Yoo Chun Young now, it seemed like a unique expression used between a couple. It embarrassed me somehow. Thus, I cleared my throat to hide my feelings. Meanwhile, Yoo Chun Young asked back.

“So?”

“…”

“What did I say afterward?”

“Um, so… what you said after was… Don’t you remember? You told me that you waited for me on a snowy day, but I didn’t show up. Um… uh… you didn’t say anything bad, but you seemed to be holding something against me… I mean, what did you say… um… Hold on for a second.”

My cheeks turned so red that I began to utter gibberish.

I had no idea what I was babbling about right now; however, I could hardly stop. If I didn’t keep on, the awkward silence that had taken place earlier or the stillness while recalling our relationship seemed to hang between us. Thus, I didn’t want to feel ill at ease. That was when I desperately talked further against the quietness.

Yoo Chun Young’s serene but frigid voice made my mouth shut.

“Hey.”

“Yeah…”

“Did you do something wrong to me?”

At that moment, I felt like the tension straining within my body was going away in an instant like my anxiety was just a pinned balloon.

‘Ha… ha…’ Holding my phone, I burst out broken laughter amid the emptiness. Before he could respond, I just hung up my phone.

“Ugh,” I heaved a short sigh and threw my phone timidly on the bed.

The phone bounced off my waterbed-like mattress a few times before stopping on the comforter, of course, with no cracks at all. As I stared at it with tears in my eyes, I muttered.

“There wouldn’t be any particular meaning to it. Yoo Chun Young wouldn’t dream of me either.”

‘Why did I bring it up then, silly…’ furrowing my brows with that thought, I soon pulled the comforter over my head.

‘I should not have said that! Geez!’ I couldn’t help but kick my comforter. Unlike before, the sunlight that was pouring through the window didn’t feel sweet at all.

Article 18. How Can Chaebol Heirs Be So Common? (Part 1)

In my dream, I became a slave to the Joseon Dynasty. My stay was in a shabby, cobwebbed cottage, which seemed to have been built forty years ago, outside the traditional government complexes; besides, Ban Yeo Ryung appeared, surprisingly, as a district magistrate.

From the fact that Ban Yeo Ryung always took essential roles in my dreams, I could tell how significantly my subconscious was valuing her. She indeed wore a hat with colorfully beaded strings as well as the official blue uniform.

With bleary eyes, I stared at the direction where Ban Yeo Ryung walked across from; however, when someone, who opened the threshold and stepped out of it, came into my sight, I almost threw up.

Wearing a pair of traditional flower shoes, the lady walked toward Ban Yeo Ryung with soft steps and sat beside her. She was… I mean, he was, none other than, Eun Jiho!!

Holy Christ, why was he cross-dressed as a woman? Why? For what’s sake?!!