The Spoon Villain Is Obsessed with the Hero Again Today

The Wheel of Summer (5)

What on earth is happening?

At first, I doubted my eyes. Because Choi Soeun was suddenly in my room.

Well, I had given her the password before. I had asked her to clean up while I was dispatched.

So it wasn’t particularly strange that Choi Soeun was in my room.

“…”

But the current Choi Soeun was very different from what I had imagined. I thought she would be cleaning my room with a vacuum cleaner….

But there she was, lying on the floor like some kind of pervert.

I couldn’t tell if she was wearing clothes or not. It looked like she was just in her underwear. That sight was quite shocking to me.

If it were that perverted Arna, I might understand. But I never imagined Choi Soeun would be in such a shameless state.

I still can’t believe it.

Anyway.

Choi Soeun couldn’t stay naked forever, so she picked up her clothes and put them on. Meanwhile, I stared at the wall.

I couldn’t bring myself to look at Choi Soeun’s face. I was too embarrassed.

“What on earth were you doing?”

It seemed like she had finished dressing, so I asked her casually.

There was no hidden meaning in this question. I was genuinely curious.

Why was she completely naked in my room?

“Uh, th-that’s…”

Choi Soeun couldn’t answer easily. Her eyes darted back and forth, desperately avoiding my gaze.

“Don’t tell me you were doing something… weird….”

“N-no, it’s not like that…!”

Soeun yelled, adamant that that was absolutely not the case.

Then she said,

“I was just… drowsy, so… so I was just sleeping…”

“Sleeping?”

“Yeah… I’m the type who sleeps naked…”

Indeed.

Then it’s not impossible to understand.

There are those kinds of people, aren’t there? The ones who can only sleep comfortably when they’re completely naked. Soeun must have been one of them.

“And besides… yesterday I was at the hospital until late… so I… didn’t have time to sleep properly…”

Plus, she’d been on the night shift yesterday and stayed up all night. She must be pretty tired.

“Sorry… for using the bed without asking…”

“It’s fine. I’m the one who misunderstood.”

How flustered she must have been. Someone suddenly appearing while she was sleeping peacefully.

I would’ve been startled too.

“Whew… I’m alive…”

Choi Soeun breathed a sigh of relief. She really seemed relieved, and her stiff body was now back to normal.

“Is the dispatch all over?”

After that, Soeun asked me. There’s still a long way to go until the end of the vacation, yet she returned to school in the middle.

She seemed curious about it.

“The dispatch is still ongoing. I might have to return tomorrow at dawn.”

“Ah… it’s not over yet…”

Soeun’s shoulders drooped. She looked somewhat disappointed. Like a puppy watching at the front door, wondering if its owner was coming.

“Hey…”

Just then, Soeun opened her mouth. At the same time, she grabbed the hem of my clothes.

“It’s been a while since you came to school… could you… maybe just spend tonight with me…?”

“Are you talking about dinner?”

“Yeah….”

I wondered what it was, and then she invited me to dinner.

I picked up my smartphone and checked my schedule.

“As I mentioned earlier, I might leave school early tomorrow morning. It’s important.”

“I see… then it must be tough….”

“But if it’s just until early evening, it should be fine.”

“Huh…?”

Was she expecting to be rejected? Choi So-eun’s eyes widened in disbelief.

“Are you really okay with it…? Spending time with me…? Weren’t you busy…?”

“Tomorrow is busy, I didn’t say today was.”

Anyway, there’s nothing much to do while I’m at school. Having dinner with someone else shouldn’t be a problem.

I have that much leeway.

“But didn’t you say you couldn’t sleep earlier? I think it would be better to just go in and rest today.”

“No…! No, I’m not tired at all…! I slept earlier, so I’m fine…!”

Choi So-eun jumped in place to show that she was fine. Her energy was definitely alive.

“Then I’ll see you later. In the meantime, I’ll do some laundry….”

“Oh! I’ll do that! Leave it to me!”

As I took out the bag with the laundry, Choi So-eun quickly snatched it away.

I warned her.

“By the way, my underwear is in there too.”

“I don’t mind!

Ah. I completely forgot to leave it behind.

“Whose… panties are these…?”

Choi So-eun’s expression turned icy. The excitement from earlier, when she was bouncing around, had completely vanished.

She stared at me with eyes darker than the abyss, black as pitch.

“Why are there women’s panties in this bag?”

“…”

“And why are they all tattered?”

“…”

“Whose are they?”

Should I tell the truth?

I feel like Choi So-eun might understand.

At least, she seems to be on my side.

Maybe.

*

Buzzz─

“…”

Buzzz─

“…”

Buzzz─

“Ugh…”

It was deep into the night. The sudden vibration woke Ryu Jung-min from her sleep.

She picked up the smartphone she had left by her bedside and pressed the call button.

“Who is this? Who’s the rude kid calling at this hour?”

─Ryu Jung-min. It’s me.

A sigh escaped her lips as soon as she heard the voice. Of all people, it had to be Park Won-hyuk. Annoyance surged within her.

“Do you know what time it is?”

─2:40 AM. It’s when OCN is airing those steamy movies.

“Your nonsense is the same day or night.”

She didn’t even have the strength to open her eyes. Ryu Jung-min switched to speakerphone and lay back down.

“You know I have a mission at 4, right?”

Today is the day of the decisive battle with Basago. The time is early dawn.

It’s almost time.

─Then it’s about time to get up. I need to shower and put on some makeup. Huh? But did Yeonwol also participate in the operation? Wasn’t it just Hyun-gwang going?

“Hyun-gwang is the one fighting, and we are controlling safety from outside, you blockhead.”

─Haha. I couldn’t attend the last meeting, so I didn’t know that. Sorry, sorry.

Did he call just to make this kind of joke?

Absolutely not.

Anyway, Park Won-hyuk is also human. He’s not just a thoughtless, ignorant monkey.

“Shut up and get to the point. Why did you call at this hour?”

─….

Ryu Jung-min asked, but Park Won-hyuk remained silent.

He asked again.

“Hey. Can’t you hear me?”

─Ryu Jung-min.

Only then did Park Won-hyuk open his mouth. His voice was very calm. The atmosphere was different from before.

Park Won-hyuk continued.

─As a comrade, I have one favor to ask.

As expected. He didn’t wake someone up at this hour for no reason. There was a good reason he sought out Ryu Jung-min.

“It’s amazing. The day has come when you ask me for a favor.”

Let’s hear it. What is Park Won-hyuk trying to say, what scheme does he have, why didn’t he attend the meeting that day?

It’s time to look into his true intentions.

“So. What is this favor?”

Is he planning to take Basago in the middle, bypassing Hyun-gwang? Since he can’t handle it alone, he’s asking Ryu Jung-min for help.

It’s definitely a possible scenario. If Yeonwol and Geumseong-gak join forces, nothing is impossible. Even the great Hyun-gwang would have to step back.

Well, the risk that follows would be enormous.

─The second drawer on the left of the desk in the Geumseong-gak representative’s office.

But it wasn’t that. An entirely unrelated topic came up.

Out of nowhere, the representative’s office desk.

What could it be?

─There are documents related to the transfer of guardianship in there.

“What?”

Ryu Jung-min doubted his ears. What is he talking about now? Transfer of guardianship?

No way.

“You…”

─Just in case. Just in case something goes wrong with me… I want you to take care of our Hayul.

The idea that Yeonwol and Geumseonggak would join forces to take down Hyeongwang was naive. He underestimated Park Won-hyuk.

Park Won-hyuk didn’t make this call to join hands with Yeonwol.

He had already allied with another guild. With Hyeongwang, to be exact. He had made a deal with Tae Seung-gun.

He probably asked to arrange a meeting with Basago.

In return, for that price…

─Oh, by the way, I’m not going to die right now, okay? Don’t misunderstand?

“….”

─You know, we Awakened live like candles in the wind, never knowing when we’ll die. So we should always have a will in the drawer. It’s just insurance. Don’t take it too seriously.

A blatant lie.

Park Won-hyuk was already on the path of death.

Step by step, slowly moving towards the end.

─Don’t worry about Hayul’s upbringing costs. I already bought stocks in her name. Filled it up with Nvidia stocks, so check it out later. You’ll be surprised?

Ah.

What a pitiful man. What should I do with this fool?

Still unable to let go, trapped in the past alone. The ghosts of his past still live in Park Won-hyuk’s heart.

He is being led by their gestures.

To a hell where only the past remains, not the future.

“Is that all you ask?”

If Park Won-hyuk disappears from this world, his daughter, Park Hayul, will be left alone. She is still young and needs her parents’ care.

So Park Won-hyuk chose Ryu Jung-min as the next guardian. One of the few adults he could trust.

But…

“Sorry, but I refuse. I can’t stand kids.”

Ryu Jung-min flatly rejected the request. She wasn’t even married yet, she couldn’t become a mother already.

Besides, even though they weren’t related by blood, Park Won-hyuk raised the child. Seeing that child’s face every day would naturally remind her of Park Won-hyuk.

In other words, it would torment Ryu Jung-min even after his death.

I absolutely hate that.

“Take responsibility for your own daughter. Don’t irresponsibly push her onto someone else.”

Beep─!

With those words, Ryu Jung-min pressed the end call button.

He had wasted precious sleep time because of Park Won-hyuk.

Ryu Jung-min pulled the blanket over himself again.

If he slept now, he could get about 30 more minutes of sleep.

“…”

He closed his eyes.

“…”

Cleared his mind.

“…”

Tried to head back to dreamland, but…

“Ugh…!”

It wasn’t easy. The call had woken him up completely. His eyes were wide open.

“Ah, seriously! He just keeps bothering me until the end!”

Ryu Jung-min kicked off the blanket and jumped out of bed. He picked up his smartphone.

The recipient was Shin Yoon-seong.