#81

 

After returning home, the dinner was salted mackerel.

 

‘What’s wrong with a marinated mackerel?’

 

Just because I met Moon Kyung-sik, someone who makes me feel uneasy, I couldn’t give up the healthy liver mackerel I bought from the market. The disgusting fishy smell that I smelled in the car leaving Moon Kyung-sik behind turned into a savory white grilled fish when I baked it golden on a frying pan.

 

It meant that the taste was good. I ate the fish thoroughly by smearing the bones without leaving a single piece of meat.

 

‘Yes, marinated mackerel is innocent. It’s innocent.’

 

It’s not guilty…… Whenever I took a bite along with the white rice, Moon Kyung-sik with a fierce face, saying this was not the end, appeared in my mind.

 

What are you going to do? You’re going to come and play a game? Or are you going to pretend to be a coincidence and get into a quarrel and ruin your day?

 

‘No.’

 

I felt the intuition that the actions so far were only a first-taste. Moon Kyung-sik’s eyes were spewing with vulgar language.

 

‘I wonder if he’d take it out on me because he didn’t get attention from those alphas……..’

 

After seeing Moon Kyung-sik’s unstable state, I realized.

 

That one. That one won’t fall over.

 

It’s funny, but I feel like he thinks he’ll get the gongs’ attention if I’m gone…….

 

Don’t tell me he’s going to go that far? I wanted to pass it calmly, but I couldn’t. It was the eyes of a madman who really wanted to satisfy his satisfaction, even if he killed me. There were many negative predictions because they had already suffered.

 

For dessert, I had a drink mixed with carbonated water and blueberry syrup given by the ladies. I whispered to myself, gently stirring the purple drink on the table with a teaspoon.

 

“If I ask Chairman Seong, wouldn’t it be possible to solve it at once without worrying?”

 

“Solve what?”

 

“Oh my god!”

 

Unbeknownst to either the mouse or the bird, Baek Do-jun was sitting in front of me on the chair at the dining table opposite me, resting his chin on his head and watching me. I screamed, clutching my pounding chest.

 

“What, what, what! Since when have you been there? Didn’t you go into the room after eating?”

 

I and the gongs had our own rules. It was a choice for myself, stressed out in an unwanted cohabitation.

 

You can eat as much food as you want. But! You can cook on your own and clean up the food waste that comes out of it. And most of all, when I eat, I spend my time alone so that we don’t see each other face to face.

 

By that rule, the gongs could eat first tonight and I could only eat after the full-bellied alphas walked away.

 

It was because I had no taste after seeing the poisonous Moon Kyung-sik. Originally, I used to eat first and go up to the room to take a rest, but I stayed in the kitchen and having some drinks.

 

“You didn’t even drink it when you got the drink. You’ve been there since you stirred it.”

 

“Well, since when was that?”

 

“From the time you remain in the kitchen with a sigh after dinner.”

 

“……You mean you’ve seen it all from the beginning.”

 

“Yes, I did. According to the rules you set, I didn’t come down when you were eating.”

 

“…….”

 

“I keep my promise well in the meantime.”

 

It was not admirable. He was being cheeky. I was going to give him a lot of nagging if he broke any common rules, but since he didn’t, I couldn’t seize the opportunity to kick him out of the house.

 

‘Why did I offer labor as a condition for them to sit at home…’

 

A sigh came out again. I was so naive. Even though they are alphas, they are well-bred brats, so I expected that they would get tired of the tough farming work and soon end up going on a rampage in the thirty-sixth order. After all, even though they sometimes grumbled like Chae Yoon-chan and sometimes got irritated like Joo Tae-kang, these guys never knew how to back down.

 

If they can’t do something well, they ask me and try to do it somehow……. 

 

As the youngest son of an orchard house, I couldn’t deny the fact that they were quite good farming slaves.

 

Even if they keep being hard-to-face-to look at,

 

“Yes… You did a great job…….”

 

Round and round. The contents of the blueberry-flavored soda were littered with teaspoons.

 

Baek Do-jun looked at me and the glass containing the drink and spoke carefully.

 

“Are you worried about that person named Moon Kyung-sik you met earlier?”

 

“I can’t say no.”

 

I’ve literally heard a declaration of war in my face that he’s not going to leave me alone.

 

Baek Do-jun’s expression darkened at the additional words.

 

“……It’s because of us, right?”

 

“What?”

 

“Because you went out with me, Chae Yoon-chan, Yoo Yi-seo, and Joo Tae-kang. That’s why there was an argument with that person.”

 

“…….”

 

“I’m sorry to get you into trouble. I didn’t come all the way here to hurt you…….”

 

How had things come to this?

 

‘Someone’s all shriveled up like a wad of crumbled toilet paper.’

 

Baek Do-jun’s broad shoulders shrank to the fullest. Like a child who’s been greatly scolded. It’s amazing how he’s bent his head to me so that I can see the back of his dark hair…… I didn’t want to see it.

 

‘What’s wrong with him?’

 

That kind of thing bothers me. What about those shoulders that need ironing to straighten out?

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

“……Isn’t it right? You don’t even want to see us stay here. This in itself is damaging to you. I say this without any shame…….”

 

“No. I mean, the focus is wrong.”

 

“What?”

 

“Don’t act like a prince drowned in tragedy, Baek Do-jun. Why would you feel guilty because of Moon Kyung-sik? He’s the bad guy here if you think about it.”

 

I drank the drink that I was only sipping because of my thoughts on Moon Kyung-sik the whole time. Wow. Even if it has become lukewarm, the sweet and fresh taste made me feel cool inside.

 

“But there’s a situation where you’re threatened by me and the others.”

 

“So? What do you want me to do?”

 

“……What?”

 

Baek Do-joon’s eyes became wide like a rabbit caught by the ear. It seemed like he never expected to hear these words from me.

 

‘If I were the real Seong Chan-young, it would have been like that.’

 

But I’m not.

 

“If a psycho is having a quarrel, you should blame the psycho. Why should I blame you, Chae Yoon-chan, Joo Tae-gang, and Yoo Yi-seo?”

 

“That’s…….”

 

“You alphas are so good that I, who was next to you, ended up in trouble. Do I have to cry and say it’s all because of you?”

 

It was funny when I said it. It was because I could read Baek Do-jun’s thoughts clearly.

 

‘You’re not one of the Four Great Heavenly Kings. What am I, the tragic heroine?’

 

Baek Do-joon truly believed that and seemed to hesitate to approach me. It was probably because the madness was too eerie and bizarre to face Moon Kyung-sik in person.

 

Baek Do-joon closed his mouth at my scathing remark. I continued, tapping the empty glass with a teaspoon.

 

“What difference does that make? It’s true that I don’t look down on you, but it’s the psycho’s fault for appearing. I have no intention of blaming it all on you and tormenting you.”

 

“…….”

 

“It’s true that Moon Kyung-sik is scary. I think it must be true that he is trying to hurt me.”

 

Even so.

 

“There is no reason for you to feel guilty just because he said he would separate me from you alphas. He just has an ugly mind.”

 

I don’t know why Moon Kyung-sik hates me so much. It’s true that I’m scared as much as I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s impossible to solve. Because I have strong financial resources and strong support.

 

It’s true that he expressed infinite affection for the gongs, but he seemed to be more interested in me than that. Otherwise, there’s no way he would have approached me before those bastards.

 

‘If you really wanted to look good to the alphas, including Baek Do-jun, you shouldn’t have harmed me, the landlord.’

 

Because I was the one the Alphas were currently watching. I can’t believe they’re trying to take care of me by misunderstanding what to do with the time limit. Just by looking at it, I could see how careless Moon Kyung-sik was.

 

“I don’t think Moon Kyung-sik will give up on aiming for me just because you guys are leaving.”

 

“……How do you know that?”

 

“You don’t know when you saw it? His eyes are goggling me. He’s crazy.”

 

“The evidence is weak.”

 

“Don’t pout. I think he’ll probably keep trying to bully me unless you all come to him. No. Even if that happens, he’ll try to get rid of me.”

 

I’ve already been photographed by Moon Kyung-sik for some reason. It didn’t seem like he would simply let me go just because he got what he wanted.

 

“……Like you before you changed?”

 

“Yeah. Like me……. What?”

 

What?

 

I felt like I was beaten in the back of the head by Baek Do-jun’s words.