22. Yeokjisaji (1)
Several months ago now.
In a dark room, Jung Min-ho buried his face between his knees and closed his eyes tightly.
I wanted to ignore reality.
The loud sound of my cell phone vibrating made me feel like I was going crazy.
Jiing.
Ji-ing, ji-ing.
“… … f*ck it, stop now.”
I knew who the caller was.
Park Min-cheol’s gang.
Park Min-cheol, Cho Yong-taek, and Kang Chang-seok, who he once hung out with, took turns sending him messages.
How much time has passed?
As soon as the phone went silent, Jung Min-ho carefully picked it up.
In that space, which was dark even when I opened my eyes, the bright light from the cell phone spread in all directions as if engulfing the surroundings.
[Park Min-cheol]
[Hey, this dog. Please answer the phone. We’re all screwed now, so you just have to survive? You were the one who received the request to deal with Kim Hyun-seong in the first place. You were asked to ride the Shin Young-min line, so why are we the only ones who have to go through this?]
[Kang Chang-seok]
[You really shouldn’t catch my eye. Because we can’t see anything right now? When I get released from juvenile detention center, I will look for you first.]
[Jo Yong-taek]
[…] … Minho. Would you like to survive alone? Really, you are not real.]
These were letters filled with resentment.
It was a time when Park Min-cheol’s gang was being punished for the ‘Shin Young-min incident’, and they asked Jung Min-ho for help, feeling like they were grasping at straws. Still, isn’t Jung Min-ho the only person with some background? However, in a situation where they did not even receive a call, let alone help, Park Min-cheol’s gang felt a huge sense of betrayal.
why.
Are they the only ones who should be punished?
The resentment towards Jung Min-ho exploded like an active volcano, and even though he changed his number, he continued to contact me, wondering how he knew.
‘Now is not the time to take care of someone. Kim Hyun-seong, that bastard is crazy. Not only did they expel us from school, they destroyed our family, and now they somehow got us involved and sent us to a juvenile detention center. But go back to Daesan and deal with Kim Hyun-seong? why me. I can live a new life here, so there’s no reason to go back to hell.’
It was a self-suggestion.
When his parents told him to leave Daesan with a despairing look on their faces, Jung Min-ho vowed that he would never return to Daesan. So he left for Gyeonggi-do. Once he was clearly outside the influence of Myeongjin Construction, no more unfortunate events befell him, and he began to enroll in a new school and gradually restored his normal life.
Free from the nightmare of the past.
Park Min-cheol.
Kang Chang-seok and Cho Yong-taek.
It was just a nightmare from the past.
I didn’t want to go back to that horrible moment in order to protect my precious friendship.
I pressed block one by one.
And then.
“… … “It’s like shit, really.”
I buried my face between my legs again.
* * *
Did they say time is medicine?
Jeong Min-ho, who had been spending his days feeling uneasy thinking that he might get revenge from Kim Hyun-seong at any moment, gradually regained his stability when nothing happened even though Park Min-cheol’s entire gang was taken to a juvenile detention center.
This made it clear.
Myungjin Construction, which helped Hyunseong Kim, seemed unable to do anything outside of Daesan.
That’s how we welcomed the new year.
Fortunately, thanks to revised laws, readmission to another school was possible even after being expelled. He went to the vocational school and was forced to serve a year, but was still able to regain his status as a high school student. At first, he thought about taking the GED, but his parents were against it. My parents thought that I should finish school normally.
A high school in Gyeonggi-do.
Jung Min-ho, a first-year high school student, lived a completely different life than when he was at Cheonil High School.
“I will help you.”
“Uh, thank you.”
A classmate carried a heavy load.
Friends didn’t know about Jung Min-ho’s situation.
In fact, since he was born early, he was practically the same age as the first-year high school students, and he completely hid the fact that he came here after being expelled from another school. Of course, my parents actively donated money to the teachers during that process. Even if a rich person goes bankrupt, it lasts for three generations, and Jung Min-ho’s family still had that much to spare.
My parents asked with a serious face.
never.
Never cause an accident.
Jung Min-ho also did not want to relive the nightmare of the past, so he put on a good mask and continued his school life.
“Thank you. “It’s no big deal.”
“As expected, Jung Min-ho. “Why are you so nice?”
“swimming.”
I laughed.
I was happy.
For being able to live normally like this, for the eyes of my friends who don’t blame me.
I could breathe again.
Jung Min-ho quickly blended into school.
He no longer committed any mistakes that might have earned him ill will, and since he first treated his friends favorably, there was no reason for his classmates to dislike him. If there was a heavy load, he carried it with him, if he skipped homework, he was willing to show up for it, and he did not ignore the difficulties of his friends and was the first to extend his hand.
This thought came to me late.
Why didn’t he live like this?
Jeong Min-ho became increasingly satisfied with his new life, receiving a completely different favor from when he used his petty power to crush his friends.
Then one day it happened.
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Just as he was about to leave school, something suddenly fell in front of Jung Minho.
Tuk.
“hey.”
I raised my head.
I saw a familiar face.
His name was Park Min-gu, and he was the guy who swaggered around in the back of the school every day.
He spoke with a nervous look, twitching his lips.
“I heard you are called an angel among your kids? “Please move this to my house.”
* * *
identity of something.
It was a school bag.
Jung Min-ho’s expression hardened.
This was an obvious fight.
I knew better than anyone else that if I couldn’t show a clear response to the current situation, I would be reduced to Park Min-gu’s shuttle. Why? Because I was like that too. When she led Park Min-cheol’s gang and harassed her friends, she picked out those who could not resist and bullied them persistently.
Run errands.
Even if I hit you every day.
The type that can’t resist.
That type of person is called a shuttle, and Jung Min-ho enjoyed power in the space called school.
“… … Nope?”
The calculation has been completed.
It was time to attack the opponent.
It’s okay to get beaten up.
If Kim Hyun-seong proves that he will never back down and that he is strong unlike other shuttles, then Park Min-gu will not bother himself. After that, you just have to go back to your normal life. Anyway, now that I have entered a new environment, I thought it was a rite of passage that I had to experience at least once.
Jung Min-ho, who was called an angel, opened his eyes fiercely.
“Why did I… … Gagging.”
Bah!
Quadang!
I was literally kicked in the stomach.
Jeong Min-ho, clutching his abdomen in tremendous pain, gritted his teeth even as he spat out spit.
‘You must not give in.’
I couldn’t show weakness.
kicked the ground
His face was red from the pain he had just experienced, but he rushed forward and swung his fist at Park Min-gu.
however.
Swish.
Swish, swish.
Park Min-gu easily dodged the punch.
I got goosebumps.
The way he releases his fists with only his upper body movement proves that Park Min-gu is different from ordinary gangsters. At that time he had no idea. The fact that Park Min-gu is very famous in Gyeonggi-do.
Bah!
The face was tilted back.
Blood splattered.
Jung Min-ho continued to swing his fist, but each time Park Min-gu’s sharp fist found a loophole.
puck.
Boom, boom!
“evil!”
My strength was gone.
Jung Min-ho collapsed with a pitiful scream.
That was the end.
Park Min-gu walked up to Jeong Min-ho, pulled him up by his hair, and put his face towards him.
And then.
“You’re my toy from today, okay?”
He smiled and smiled.
* * *
New environment.
New beginning.
I was definitely happy.
I thought I had escaped the nightmare that was Kim Hyun-seong, but the new disaster that was Park Min-gu changed the whole situation.
I carried Park Min-gu’s school bag every day.
For fear of offending the noisy group, I followed behind with cautious steps.
It was a relief to go home right away, but every time Jung Min-ho turned to another direction, whether it was the playground or the karaoke room, he had to hold his school bag tightly on the spot. His hands were shaking. Although I was furious at the fact that I was in this situation, I couldn’t help but grit my teeth at the light weight of nothing.
And when you get home.
“You worked hard, you idiot.”
Bah!
Park Min-gu hit the back of the head like a procedure he repeats every day.
It was the moment when my life fell apart.
Since the rumor that Jung Min-ho was Park Min-gu’s official shuttle started to spread, friends who used to call Jung Min-ho an angel stopped coming to him. I was worried that sparks would fly for no reason. Jung Min-ho says there is no need to take risks. Even when Jung Min-ho spoke, everyone tended to ignore him, and some friends even got angry.
“Oh, don’t talk to me.”
“You take care of it.”
It was a miserable situation.
suddenly.
Kim Si-woo came to mind.
When Kim Hyun-seong fell into the abyss, wasn’t there a friend named Kim Si-woo who stayed by his side until the end?
If only Park Min-cheol’s gang had not ignored their difficulties.
Did he still have a friend like that?
It was a meaningless thought.
The pain of reality was too harsh for me to expand my thoughts.
Wow!
“hey. “Do you think I’m joking?”
Behind the school.
Jung Min-ho, who was hit on the cheek, lowered his head.
Park Min-gu’s gaze was so scary.
“… … no.”
“But why is this all I have money for? I told you so. I need to have fun this weekend, so bring plenty. What on earth should I do with only 50,000 won? They say you have a lot of money. “Is this ignoring me?”
“That’s absolutely not… … .”
Wow!
The face turned.
The harassment has now led to extortion of money.
Since rumors began to spread that Jung Min-ho’s family was quite wealthy, Park Min-gu demanded money as if he was taking money out of a piggy bank. For Jung Min-ho, there was no other way. Even though his parents warned him not to cause accidents, he also had a hard time exercising his parents’ influence like he did on Daesan. He spent so much money just to enter the school and hide the fact that he was a ‘dropped student’, so Park Min-gu had to handle it on his own.
My body was shaking.
rather.
Should I stab him with a knife?
If you show that you are truly a poisonous species, wouldn’t the cycle of bullying be broken?
“Why are you so angry?”
Park Min-gu stuck his face out.
I looked into Jung Min-ho’s thoughts.
With his red face and trembling body, I could clearly see what Jung Minho was thinking.
Min-gu Park said.
“Why don’t you tell your parents and tell them what to do? Or, do you want me to get a knife and stab me? Do it if you can, you idiot. You’re the one over there. “Do you know who he is?”
Where the finger points.
There were friends of Park Min-gu.
Among them, who were smoking cigarettes, laughing and talking, he pointed to a pretty-looking friend.
“Their house. He is a rich man known in Gyeonggi-do. He’s not just rich, he’s rich enough that even the principal of our school would jump out with a single word from his parents. But what can you do? Nothing will happen if you reach your parents, and if you stab me with a knife, we will hire a lawyer and completely ruin your life. It’s X anyway. All you can do is grit your teeth and hold on for the next three years, or tear your life apart with your own hands. “That’s all there is.”
“… … Why on earth are you doing this to me? “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
“Why?”
I sighed and laughed.
As Jeong Min-ho, he couldn’t understand.
Their malice.
What is the reason?
Park Min-gu made eye contact and blurted out something.
“Someone told me to do that.”
“… … what?”
“Why don’t you live your life right? “If you see that he took pictures of you as soon as you entered school, it means that your relationship is one of resentment.”
Moment.
There was a word that flashed in my mind.
Golden Circle.
The moment when thoughts reach that point.
“Well, regardless, it’s also fun.”
Sigh.
Jung Min-ho, who was caught by his hair, fell into the pit of hell both physically and mentally.
A day not even in April.
Jung Min-ho’s new life, a new hell has begun.
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