The Law of Webnovels - Chapter 268

Chapter 268: Chapter 268

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Waving her hand as if she felt disturbed, Choi Yuri spoke to the guys.

“Release her hand just for a moment. Guard the bathroom door as well as the windows.”

Was there a bathroom here? Well, since it’s a large warehouse, I was sure there’s a bathroom attached to it, even if it’s not in good hygiene for a long time.

The Four Symbols then raised Ban Yeo Ryung to go outside while the two of us stayed inside. Staring nervously at the door that Ban Yeo Ryung used to leave, I switched my gaze to Choi Yuri.

“Excuse me…”

As soon as I uttered those words, she replied sharply.

“No, not you!”

When I sealed my lips, Choi Yuri continued to speak while throwing a cold glance.

“What if you guys plan to escape when I let you both out? One person should stay here.”

I expressed dismay as she blurted those words with her arms crossed.

“Even when Ban Yeo Ryung succeeds in trying to escape, she’ll come back if you’re still here.”

Gosh, I bit my lips again. Choi Yuri certainly knew Ban Yeo Ryung so well since she had once been classmates with her and spent more time together with her in high school than I did.

In this regard, Choi Yuri had no choice but to know Ban Yeo Ryung as well as I did. She also cared too much about her friends. Thinking further to that point, I directed my eyes on her.

She was not only classmates with Ban Yeo Ryung but also with the Four Heavenly Kings; therefore, she would have interacted with them a lot. That would be why she was assured that Eun Jiho wouldn’t abandon us and accept the negotiation terms.

When our eyes suddenly met, Choi Yuri gave me a pungent look.

“Why?” she asked.

“Uh… nothing…”

Being hesitant for a moment, I carefully detached my lips.

“You… have been together with them for quite a long time… Do you really want to do this?”

“What?”

“I mean, because… I think you also know them enough. You’ll then also get that this won’t…”

With a pause, I finally concluded my words.

“Even if you do this, you won’t get anything.”

There was a moment of silence that surrounded us. Scowling at me amid the heavy air, Choi Yuri soon crossed her arms and leaned her back against the chair. I breathed an inward sigh while feeling her fierce gaze.

‘Was saying things like this backfiring against me?’ I thought. Well, of course, it was no more effective than provoking the kidnapper if the hostage was snobby in the first place; besides, thinking about our relationship, it could sound like I was teasing her. Oh, that would be the worst guess possible.

Despite all those dangerous possibilities, it made me feel uncomfortable to allow Choi Yuri to become a criminal. Although her arrow of hate was aiming at me, that’s what I thought when we turned out to be the unilateral victims of ‘the flow.’

Thinking to that extent, I took a deep breath to brace myself, murmuring, ‘Yeah, this is something only I can do.’ I then went on while speaking seriously.

“I mean, think about it. Even if you meet Eun Jiho by doing this, why would it be so meaningful to you?”

Choi Yuri furrowed her brows. She then asked back sharply.

“Why do you think it’s meaningless?”

“You also know that Eun Jiho won’t listen to you if you force him like this.”

She then turned her head and snorted with laughter.

“At least he would listen to me better than when we were just classmates. The two girls’ lives are in his hands.”

The word ‘life’ that slipped from her mouth made me feel as if my stomach was getting cold. Continuing this conversation seemed like a stupid thing for now; however, just giving up also weighed on my mind. That was when I tried to keep myself occupied and detached my lips again.

Choi Yuri’s attitude suddenly changed. Bending herself forward, she lowered her voice threateningly.

“Hey.”

I moved my body back instinctively. Nodding shortly, I answered back.

“Um, yeah?”

“You aren’t even afraid at all from earlier, huh?”

Her words penetrated my heart like an arrow. Lowering my head, I thought, ‘Was it that obvious?’

Well, I had been thinking all sorts of crap since I was kidnapped, so how could Choi Yuri not notice that? Unlike Ban Yeo Ryung, who was out of her mind after being abducted, Choi Yuri was retaining her sanity.

Besides, considering what happened between us, intimidating me might also be the purpose of this kidnapping.

I wasn’t confident in managing a straight face, so I just looked down.

She was right. Sorry to say, but as Choi Yuri just said, I wasn’t nervous at all. When I discovered that Choi Yuri was the actual kidnapper, even the smallest tension I had soon disappeared.

However, it was true that if someone was about to cause serious trouble to us, the person should be, at least, someone else than her. From my point of view, unfortunately, Choi Yuri was written off as a lightweight.

Furthermore, she already provoked an incident. I thought she had finished playing her role when the case closed, and, therefore, nothing else would happen with her at the center.

However, if I spoke out these things, I would be treated as someone who wasn’t all there; moreover, Choi Yuri was different from the Four Heavenly Kings, who already accepted these unrealistic things. I, therefore, couldn’t tell her about this.

Wondering for a moment, I finally chose to smile awkwardly instead.

“Um, maybe because I’ve encountered a familiar face.”

That was such a ridiculous excuse, even for me. How could someone get kidnapped by none other than a student who went to the same school? Most of the people would panic instead of being afraid.

Looking at how Choi Yuri’s face was turning ferocious, I hunched my shoulders. Her following words were, however, something I utterly did not anticipate.

Scowling at me with glaring eyes for quite a while, she blurted out, “You.”

“Huh…?” I replied while feeling my fingertips trembling.

“I know you aren’t.”

“…”

“I’m talking about you.”

While I was at a loss of words, Choi Yuri’s face darkened.

Looking at her brown eyes that were giving me a murderous look through her disheveled hair, I realized that I did something wrong. It would have been more helpful to relieve her anger if I just remained silent instead of rambling such things to save her.

She then struck a retort as if she was spitting out something.

“You! You’re such an asshole. Don’t you know that?”

“…”

I kept my mouth shut. While I moved my eyeballs from side to side, her voice continued.

“You aren’t nervous because you’re encountering someone familiar? No, it’s not. I can tell that.”

“…”

I still stayed put without saying anything. ‘How could she read my mind when she isn’t a mind reader?’ That was what I’ve been thinking at that moment.

However, the unexpected words that she blurted out after made me widen my eyes.

“You don’t have the right to judge others like that!”

Her thunderous cry pierced my ears.

Watching Choi Yuri, who suddenly shook her head and roared, making the warehouse ring loudly, I thought, ‘What is she talking about? I’m judging others???’

While I looked up at her, she kept on speaking while gasping.

“You said something when we met alone on the rooftop… I clearly remember that even now.”

“What…”

‘What did I say to you?’ As I tried to drop those words, Choi Yuri’s furious remark cut in.

“You said that you didn’t know only beautiful, smart, distinguished, and wealthy people can speak their minds! Don’t you remember? It was none other than you who said that!”

She was now laughing loudly after blurting those words out. I stared at her with fear; I had no idea why she brought that up. I could, however, tell that her fury was more than just average. Still, why…?

Catching her breath, she looked down at me then showed a smile. She continued to speak while still gasping.

“But you, you don’t have the right to say that. Do you know why?”

What she then said after, which was entirely beyond my imagination, made me freeze like a statue.

“I think it’s only you who judge people that way and no one else.”