The Law of Webnovels - Chapter 290

Chapter 290: Chapter 290

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Yoon Jung In suddenly turned around to look at us and opened his mouth.

“Hey, I found a pack of candies. Who wants to have some?”

A moment of silence swept the space. Those who turned stiff blurted one after another.

“Yoon Jung In, if you hate us, just talk!”

“No, I don’t! I just wanted to share. You know sharing is caring!”

Yoon Jung In shouted those words as if he was complaining of an injustice. The kids then let out giggles; soon, someone standing beside Yoon Jung In began to make a bet about whether they would die or not after eating the candies.

Watching this sight, I couldn’t help but put an enigmatic look on my face. Yoon Jung In was betting his life on trivial things once a day since yesterday. Would he be okay? Anyway, it was fortunate that this had been settled in such a ridiculous way.

No, wouldn’t this also be called Yoon Jung In’s curse? Laughing out of his absurdness, I found Lee Mina and the Kim twins also looking dumbfounded, which made me feel relieved.

The strained atmosphere was then loosened up in the next class. It was the first time we had this relaxed vibe since Yi Ruda’s dropout. We had a lesson with our homeroom teacher, so he tilted his head in wonder and asked us, “Did something happen?”

The kids then began to tell the teacher that Yoon Jung In had cultured a toxic substance in his drawer. While another burst of laughter took place, I put my hand inside my pocket habitually to rub Yi Ruda’s phone.

At some point, I thought that I couldn’t do anything concerning Yi Ruda’s situation, so I finally just gave it up. Since she already returned to her home country, there was nothing I could do. It was inevitable that I would never be able to convey my gratitude to her. Thus, we were done for.

What if she didn’t leave Korea yet, though? What if she just couldn’t keep in touch because she was under her mother’s tight surveillance?

I recalled Eun Hyung’s casual but surprisingly insightful remark.

‘That kid looked like he was interested in this school.’

That would be correct. Yi Ruda liked her classmates as much as they liked her; therefore, wouldn’t it be unfair for her not to tell them the truth?

Biting my lips firmly, I hid my phone under the desk and typed a message.

“Did you call me, mama?” asked Jooin while stepping into the classroom. He looked at me and Yeo Ryung, who was already sitting beside me. When I nodded, Jooin fumbled for the light switch before coming toward us.

The blurry purple classroom, which was mingled with darkness and lights coming from the schoolyard after the sunset, suddenly brightened. Stepping closer, Jooin then perched on the desk across us.

“Why did you call me?”

He asked me in that way but didn’t look curious at all. I thought maybe Jooin already knew everything. Last time, he pretended that he had no idea what had happened to Yi Ruda when he grasped the overall situation beforehand.

Yes, it would definitely be true. However, it was hilarious to ask Jooin to be aware of everything when I was the one who needed his help but didn’t tell him what I was looking for. Heaving a sigh at a slow pace, I brought up the subject with difficulty.

“Um, it’s about Yi Ruda, who dropped out and moved to another school.”

“Yi Ruda?”

Jooin looked apathetic, whereas Ban Yeo Ryung displayed a look of anger contrastively. Hunching my shoulders, I flung a question, “What’s wrong?”

Her response, however, made me heave a sigh of relief.

“Can’t you find his number or any other contact? If he just leaves like this, it’s too leery.”

‘Phew, at least, she wasn’t mad,’ I thought. Grabbing the hemline of her skirt, Ban Yeo Ryung continued to speak with downcast eyes.

“If he leaves like this, I can’t return him anything.”

Ban Yeo Ryung was indeed a character who didn’t like owing anyone anything.

She usually didn’t have much interest in her surroundings because of what happened to her in the past. Therefore, she didn’t care about those around her unless they were in her league. For example, the new student with sky-blue hair, who spoke lightly about Ice Princess or Queen Elsa, wasn’t in Ban Yeo Ryung’s best interest. She was oblivious to his identity.

With that said, there was no reason for Ban Yeo Ryung to show concern about Yi Ruda. Even when we were on the helicopter that Yi Ruda was driving, which was part of Ruda’s successful rescue plan, Ban Yeo Ryung quarreled with her. They led a cat-and-dog life—That would be the best term to describe these two female protagonists’ relationship in this web novel.

Despite their deep-rooted hostility, as I mentioned earlier, Ban Yeo Ryung couldn’t stand owing anybody anything. Therefore, she might have expected to see Yi Ruda as much as I did after the break. She wouldn’t feel satisfied unless she extended her gratitude to Yi Ruda properly. I could guess what she meant through the lines she said to Yi Ruda before.

‘Hey… tell me if something also happens to you! I can lend you my hand at least once next time!’

Although she wasn’t an alchemist, Ban Yeo Ryung abided by the law of equivalent exchange thoroughly.

However, when she returned to school after the break, Yi Ruda had already transferred somewhere else, which made her sudden dropout even more suspicious. Besides, there was no way to contact Yi Ruda, so Ban Yeo Ryung would feel heavy with concerns.

So did I. Letting out a sigh, I detached my lips carefully.

“Yeo Ryung.”

“Huh?”

“What if there’s a way for you to return your favor to her?”

I began to disclose everything I knew to Jooin and Yeo Ryung, who opened her eyes wide.

What I first confessed was the conversation between Yoo Gun and Yi Ruda that I overheard. When I revealed that Yoo Gun and Yi Ruda had known each other for a long time, Yeo Ryung looked startled. Jooin, who didn’t change his facial expressions that much, just slightly frowned and murmured, ‘The two won’t be that close…’

Jooin might have estimated Yoo Gun’s personality through the rumors, although he didn’t have a direct relationship with him. Nodding my head, I disclosed everything that went between them. Yeo Ryung and Jooin then showed a weird look on their faces.

After a while, Yeo Ryung responded, “Hmm, so that was why Eun Hyung warned me excessively…”

“Eun Hyung?”

“Actually, I never thought he would be such a frightening person since he was Yoo Chun Young’s brother. Oh, but that doesn’t mean Yoo Gun is bad…”

I also nodded to Yeo Ryung’s feeble response with a shrug. There was something quite formidable about Yoo Gun after sharing the same gene with Yoo Chun Young.

I continued, “Anyway, Yoo Gun said, ‘Why did you come here? How many bodyguards and securities do you think are out of your mother, Yi Jenny’s reach…?’ or something like that.”

“Eh? Hold on! That means…”

Looking at Ban Yeo Ryung’s suddenly stiffening face, I nodded and closed my mouth. Considering her superior cognitive skills, I thought no further explanation was needed.

It was just what I anticipated. With a pale face, Yeo Ryung folded her fingers one after another and murmured, “When it’s about bodyguards, the guy beside Choi Yuri at the warehouse didn’t return once he stepped out. Yi Ruda then drove a helicopter to save us right after, and Yi Ruda’s mother… Oh, hold on… does that mean…?”

“It may be what you’re thinking,” I replied in a slightly upset voice.

Although I had all those conversations and clues in my grip, it took me a few days to think about how things connected and get some hints with that methodology. However, Yeo Ryung inferred those hints within a few seconds. Gosh, I knew she was so bright and intelligent, but I didn’t feel comfortable about how far apart we were.

It would have been better if Yeo Ryung or other kids had heard the conversations between Yoo Gun and Yi Ruda instead of me. If so, I could have said something to Yi Ruda before she had left for abroad or when she got off the helicopter and met Yi Jenny.

However, things already had happened, and that was it. All I could do was to alter the upcoming events a little bit.