Chapter 74 – GOY 74
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“Huh? My ideal type?”
He was startled. Was that a question to be so surprised by?
“Yeah.”
“Uh, I like people who are kind and gentle.”
“I see. Then what kind of people do you dislike?”
“People who discriminate based on rank, people who are arrogant, foul-mouthed, rude, and selfish.”
Exactly the same….
Kim Joon’s tastes were just like in the original story. He used [stolen content]to talk like that in the novel, too.
After realizing Joo Seung-hyuk’s true nature, he had screamed that he hated him so much.
The problem was that his words and actions were different. He was a human personification of the phrase, ‘His mouth says he hates it, but his body is honest.’ Because of that, I couldn’t simply believe what Kim Joon said.
Just like in the original, he might say that while actually liking it, or conversely, there was a possibility that he truly hated it.
Should I try asking if he likes SM…? No, I have to consider my own social standing. Besides, the probability of him answering honestly about that was also low.
“Hyung, what’s your ideal type?”
“Same as yours. I like people who are kind and gentle.”
“…Then why are you dating someone like that?”
“Huh?”
“I mean, I wish Hyung would date someone considerate. Joo Seung—”
“Hey!”
Just then, Ji-hee noona, who was sitting next to me, suddenly cut him off and covered Kim Joon’s mouth.
“Noona…?”
“I think Joon is drunk.”
“I’m not drunk…!”
Kim Joon tried to pull her hand away, but Ji-hee noona instead applied more pressure and kept his mouth shut.
“He says he’s not drunk?”
“Have you ever seen a drunk person admit they’re drunk? Joon-ah, go to the back seats today. The professor is sensitive to the smell of alcohol.”
“No….”
Kim Joon resisted, but she forcibly pulled him by the arm toward the back. After saying something to Kim Joon while holding onto him, she returned to her seat.
“He didn’t seem to smell like it.”
“You can feel it if you stay near them.”
“But why is he drinking since the morning?”
“I think the Changwi seonbaes fed him some as a joke during lunch.”
“Is that so…?”
Anyway, the important thing right now is that I need to be dumped by Joo Seung-hyuk.
Should I try swearing at him?
No. In the original, Kim Joon swore at Joo Seung-hyuk and got beaten up severely. It would only be painful, and the obsession would actually grow stronger.
Should I act pathetic?
That’s not it either. If I did that, he’d probably just shower me with gifts, asking why I’m in such a state. Let’s not try anything related to money. I don’t think it would be effective….
Should I break something Joo Seung-hyuk treasures?
No way. If I did that, I’d be dead before he ever lost interest.
“Yeon-soo, is something wrong? Why is your expression so dark?”
“It’s just because Noona isn’t playing with me, so I’m bored.”
“Save those words for your lover. I heard you two are dripping with honey lately?”
“It’s not like that.”
It wasn’t honey; I was walking on thin ice.
“Don’t lie. I heard you even went to the East Wing because you missed Joo Seung-hyuk so much? I’m so jealous. I want to date too.”
Far from being dumped by Joo Seung-hyuk, I had only managed to create strange rumors. Since I couldn’t deny it, I quickly changed the subject.
“Noona, you have a lover.”
“Not a lover, just a ‘some’ relationship.”
She had been in a ‘some’ relationship with an Esper from the KN guild lately.
“I thought you said you’d be dating soon.”
“It broke.”
“Suddenly?”
They seemed to be getting along so well?
“Sigh. No, Yeon-soo, look at this!”
Sighing deeply as if she still found it absurd, she showed me her messenger.
What on earth was the content that made her act like this? I looked at the phone screen tensely.
「Ji-hee, I’m sorry. I haven’t recovered from my cold yet, so I don’t think I can meet you today. I’m really sorry ㅠㅠ」
Contrary to my expectations, the content was very ordinary.
“Why is this…?”
“What do you mean ‘why is this’?”
She asked back in horror. What exactly was the problem?
Perhaps because I had been single for both my past and present lives, I couldn’t grasp it. I read the message once more.
“Ah, were you upset because you couldn’t meet due to the cold?”
“No, if they’re sick, they should rest. It’s a nuisance to accidentally pass it on.”
The answer I struggled to find was the wrong one.
“…Uh, then did he say he was sick but actually met someone else?”
“He’s not that kind of person.”
I tried thinking a bit more deeply, but this too was wrong.
“Then…?”
I gave up on finding the answer and asked directly.
“Can’t you see this?”
She pointed her finger at the words ‘haven’t recovered from my cold’ (감기가 안낳아서).
“What about it?”
“What do you mean ‘what about it’? You don’t know?”
“The spelling is wrong.”
“Exactly! That’s the problem!”
I tilted my head. I had known from the start that the spelling was wrong. But what correlation did that have with ending a ‘some’ relationship?
“What do you mean ‘give birth’! What is ‘give birth’!”
“Is it something to get this angry about?”
“I’m not angry, I’ve just completely lost interest. How can someone get something so basic wrong?”
Losing interest over mere spelling…?
Well, thinking back, I think I was like that too. I mean, in my past life.
I was quite sensitive to spelling. However, after joining the publishing house, I actually became desensitized.
No matter how many times I proofread, typos popped up everywhere. I received complaints from readers, and during my work, I painfully realized how meager my knowledge of spelling actually was. In a world where even the head of the National Institute of Korean Language confesses to lacking confidence in spacing, I had been too arrogant.
After that, I started letting it slide even if someone’s spelling was wrong. But it seemed Ji-hee noona was different.
“He’s not even an Omega, so what is he ‘giving birth’ to!”
While watching Noona continue to vent her anger, an idea suddenly flashed through my mind.
‘Yes, this is it! With this, I can get dumped by Joo Seung-hyuk!’
The original story was already so twisted that it could no longer serve as a reference.
Since it had come to this, I had to make him lose interest by acting purely unpleasant as a human being.
I sat on a bench in front of the West Wing and searched for ‘behaviors that make a lover lose interest.’
There were several survey posts related to this, and the act of making spelling mistakes proudly ranked high in a survey on one site. It wasn’t just Ji-hee noona; a majority of people hated it.
I closed the internet window and checked the messages Joo Seung-hyuk had sent. He followed spelling rules strictly. I hadn’t made any particular mistakes either. No wonder he wasn’t losing interest.
I sent a message to Joo Seung-hyuk immediately.
“Seung-hyuk, something absurd happened during the lecture today.」
Hmph. He must have been startled when he saw the message.
「What happened?」
But contrary to my expectations, a perfectly ordinary reply flew back.
Did he think it was just a typo?
「Guess what~!! (Guess what~!))」
Aside from spelling mistakes, they say that texts that act excessively cute make people lose interest.
Referring to that survey, I added a cute tone and, as the finishing touch, attached a tiny, adorable emoticon.
At this level, even Joo Seung-hyuk would be disgusted. As expected, the replies stopped abruptly.
I should have done this sooner. There was such a simple method, yet I had been anxious for nothing.
With a relaxed smile, I drank orange juice. Kim Joon had given it to me after the Guide Ethics lecture.
A small note was attached, which had been cut from a notebook and folded into the shape of an envelope. Now that I have a close hubae, I get things like this.
Yeon-soo sunbae! Thank you always for teaching me about Guiding. Drink this and listen hard to the next lecture! Fighting!
- From hubae Kim Joon
Surprisingly, the handwriting was round and cute. Just as a smile naturally formed on my lips, [stolen content]someone snatched it away.
“What’s going on? Did some bastard confess to you?”
Joo Seung-hyuk was angry. However, it didn’t seem to be in the direction I was hoping for.
“Ah, no.”
Joo Seung-hyuk’s expression crumpled violently after reading the note. His expression was so menacing that I couldn’t even argue about why he was looking at someone else’s things without permission.
“I taught him Guiding ‘theory.’ So he gave it to me to say thank you.”
“Throw it away. What if he put something strange in it?”
“That couldn’t possibly—”
Unless it was an Obsessive Madman, there was no way Kim Joon would put something strange in a drink. However, unable to withstand the menacing aura, I shut my mouth.
“Seung-hyuk-ah, you’re sweating….”
Beads of sweat had formed on his forehead, and his breathing was heavy.
“Did you run here?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“You sent the message so urgently that I thought something had happened.”
Could he have thought I made a spelling mistake because I sent it in a hurry?
I felt somewhat sorry.
“It wasn’t that.”
“Then what happened?”
“Ah, well….”
I read his expression. I just wanted to use the word ‘absurd’ (misspelled), there wasn’t [visit our site]actually anything special happening.
“The professor mistook the lecture time and was 30 minutes late….”
“That must have been annoying.”
I worried he might get angry that I had startled him over something trivial. However, Joo Seung-hyuk spoke in a gentle voice and sat next to me. Although he did push the orange juice far away.
“No. The shorter the lecture, the better.”
“Do you think so too, Hyung?”
Joo Seung-hyuk let out a low laugh and pulled me into an embrace.
“Yeah. Of course.”
“That’s surprising. I didn’t think Lee Yeon-soo would be like that….”
“I’m not. I spend all my time thinking about how I wish class would end quickly.”
“That’s unexpected. I thought you liked studying.”
Joo Seung-hyuk thinks I’m a model student…. I just like books….
But if that’s the case, it’s actually better.
If Joo Seung-hyuk thinks I’m an intellectual person or is attracted to that kind of charm, this operation will be even more effective.
Excited by the new idea, I proceeded too hastily.
I cannot fail this time. I compiled behaviors that make people lose interest in a ‘some’ or romantic relationship and established a detailed plan.
Among them, I passed on high-risk elements like two-timing or playing the field. I might accidentally make the obsession worse, and I didn’t have the confidence to do such things.
Moreover, no matter how unwanted the relationship was, meeting another person would be impolite.
Power-tripping against restaurant employees or mistreating animals was also a pass. I couldn’t cause harm to innocent people just to break up with Joo Seung-hyuk.
Breaking promises was also out. Doing such a thing to an Obsessive Madman would put my life at risk. I might be subjected to ‘petit confinement’ again.
However, even excluding those, there were many things I could do.
After meticulously establishing the plan, I entered into full-scale action.
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