Breaking Up With the Heroine in an Otome Game chapter 85

85 – Kang Daehan and the Jealous Villain Lady (3)

Joo Jiyeon.

She’s Kang Jiyeok, ranked 12th among the freshmen.

As the third daughter of the Osung Group, which ranks within the top 5 in the Korean business hierarchy, she became a little naive due to her valuable upbringing since she was young.

Her hair, reminiscent of a sunset, flowed like a waterfall and her bangs were rolled up, giving her the appearance of a character with rolled-up bread hair often seen in subcultures.

If Yoo Seolhyun embodied a depraved villainess, Joo Jiyeon reminded one of a naive noble lady.

Her personality wasn’t that bad, so she got along well with both children and adults.

Her taste in men was rough and bad, and she was passionately confessing her love, shooting hearts from her eyes, after she had received help from Kang Jaehan in the past.

Well, Kang Jaehan, with a gloomy expression, rejected her.

I heard that Kang Jaehan’s type of girl is someone “stronger than him.”

That’s why Joo Jiyeon worked hard for a long time, defeating numerous geniuses, and finally gained admission to Union University, ranking 12th, although she fell short of becoming Kang Jaehan’s ideal type.

But she dreamed that maybe if she tried a bit harder, he would turn around and take notice of her.

However, she couldn’t help but feel uneasy because of another girl.

An unexpected rival appeared.

“Geez… Jin Soyeon, what’s so great about her…”

For several weeks, Joo Jiyeon had been groaning and agonizing over this.

She messed up her specially-made sunset-colored hair, and nervously bit her nails.

“Lately, Daehan seems to be interested in that Jin Soyeon girl…”

If it were any other time, she would have snorted and dismissed it as nonsense.

After all, Kang Jaehan, the most popular guy, showing interest in an unheard-of girl? Maybe for Yoo Seolhyun, Yuri, and Seonari, I could understand, but someone like Jin Soyeon from the working class? Please.

Apart from having a pretty face, she had nothing special.

Her midterm grades were average.

During the entrance exam, she probably ranked around 257th.

Kang Jaehan was different from other guys who laughed and flirted with pretty faces, and he had no interest in weak, delicate girls like Jin Soyeon.

But, how should I put it…

There’s a thing called a woman’s intuition.

Therefore, as a woman, I have a lot of suspicions to make as a woman’s intuition.

Lately, it seems like Kang Jaehan’s gaze is subtly directed towards Jin Soyeon.

They don’t seem close at all, but unknowingly, it felt like Kang Jaehan was secretly following Jin Soyeon’s back with his eyes.

As if there was some hidden interest.

“Don’t make me laugh! Why would Daehan be interested in a woman like her?”

Though a surge of anger rose in Joo Ji-yeon’s chest, she quickly shook her head and calmly composed herself.

Whew… alright, fine.

Let’s imagine that Kang Dae-han has some interest in Jin So-yeon.

If she had been a decent girl, he might have been able to acknowledge her as a rival, but after finding out about her reputation, she was nothing but a pretender, a pretender!

No, she was supposedly the ex-girlfriend of Yoo Jin-hyuk, who was receiving attention from none other than SL Group’s Lee Si-woon. She supposedly had fun with other guys, laughing and joking…

Well, lately she didn’t seem to hang out with guys as indiscriminately as before, but that was of no concern to the current Ji-yeon.

Because Ji-yeon’s record had been brilliant until now.

Therefore, Ji-yeon couldn’t help but think like this.

“Jin So-yeon, isn’t she a total queen bee?”

A queen bee who would charm boys with her innocent face and then ruthlessly crush them while seeking affection or royal jelly.

That was exactly what Jin So-yeon looked like.

“Hmph, daring to flirt with Daehan without even knowing her place? She needs to show her true colors so she’ll never dare to make a fuss again.”

How dare she play around with this guy and that guy!

It was clear that that girl had secretly seduced Kang Dae-han.

Kang Dae-han, who had never shown interest in girls before, now thought that he, too, was a man. He wanted to make sure that Jin So-yeon would never be able to tempt him (?).

Even if it seemed like she had the protection of Lee Si-woon, it didn’t matter.

No matter how much she claimed that Lee Si-woon was a noble in SL Group, Ji-yeon, the daughter of Osung Group, had a formidable background as well.

She wasn’t weak enough to falter because of such a trivial background!

***

“Hey, Jin So-yeon.”

“Yeah?”

One day after school.

Another girl from a different class called out to Jin So-yeon.

Jin So-yeon tilted her head slightly, a puzzled expression on her face. They weren’t particularly close, so she couldn’t figure out why the girl was calling her.

But that familiar expression, she had seen it before.

Usually, when someone called her with that kind of expression, it resulted in only one thing. So, Jin So-yeon let out a deep sigh in her heart.

Yeah, why has it been so quiet lately?

Guess it’s about time something like this happened.

“Should I go see his face?”

“Hmm…”

Jin So-yeon glanced around the classroom.

Lee Jin-hyuk was momentarily absent from his seat.

Alright, Jin-hyuk must not be here either, let’s quickly finish it, quickly.

As someone who didn’t shy away from avoiding this kind of thing, Jin So-yeon nodded without hesitation.

Her personality was not easily swayed to avoid such things.

“Alright, as long as it doesn’t take too long.”

“If you’re good at it, it won’t take long.”

Oh, is that so?

Jin So-yeon chuckled inwardly and followed the girls.

After a while, they arrived at a large club room. The facilities inside were quite good. If someone saw it, they would think it was a reception room, not a club room.

“You’re Jin So-yeon, right? Welcome.”

“And you are?”

On an expensive sofa, a girl with orange curly hair elegantly sipped tea.

When she thought about it in terms of the atmosphere typical of a rich girl, she seemed to be a similar type of person to Yoo Seol-hyun.

“I’m Joo Ji-yeon from Class 5.”

“Is that so?”

There was a memory of seeing her at some point.

She often came to our class, or more accurately, she came to see Kang Dae-han.

“Um.”

Jin So-yeon scanned her surroundings.

There were several other girls from different classes, who were clearly looking at Jin So-yeon, as well as some girls who were not on good terms with her.

By the looks of it, Jin So-yeon’s assumption about the situation was correct.

Clank.

The sound of a tea cup being placed on the table resonated.

Joo Ji-yeon carefully touched the tea cup and raised her head.

“I’ve heard a lot about you. You seem to get along quite well with the boys?”

She sulked and made eye contact with Jin So-yeon.

“It seems like there’s no discernment at all.”

“……”

“Do you understand what I mean? Jin Soyeon?”

“……”

Jin Soyeon maintained her silence for a while.

In that moment, Ju Jiyeon chuckled inwardly like an innocent girl. She was scared, she was scared!

Huhuhu. Well, it’s understandable.

It was only natural for someone like Jin Soyeon, who was just an ordinary civilian, to be intimidated when she was being warned so adamantly by Ju Jiyeon, who came from the powerful Oh Sung Group.

Moreover, she was surrounded by unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place, wasn’t she?

No matter how much of a heroic trainee she was, feeling scared was the expected course of action. Ohoho. But don’t worry too much. I don’t plan on tormenting you.

If you just promise to stay away from Kang Dae Han, I’ll give a few more warnings and let you go.

This Ju Jiyeon, she’s not really that cunning, is she?

“Well, it’s exactly as expected.”

Jin Soyeon shook her head bitterly, accompanied by a bitter smile.

A predictable warning followed by a predictable threat.

Why? Did Jin Soyeon seem interested in a man she liked?

There were quite a few cases like this, so she was used to it and even tired of it.

“What? What did you just say, Jin So–“

“Enough. If you have something to say, say it clearly. What am I supposed to understand?”

Well, she interrupted!

Ugh, what is this girl?

By the way, she doesn’t seem scared at all.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have definitely been terrified by the atmosphere.

But Jin Soyeon was looking straight at Ju Jiyeon, as if nothing was wrong, and continuing the conversation.

I thought she was speechless because she was scared, but seeing those eyes, I realized she wasn’t.

“Are you really like this because of Daehan?”

“Euh, uh?”

“Ha. I’m sorry, but I have no interest in Daehan at all. We don’t even match from the start.”

“For someone like that, Daehan seems to be looking at you quite a lot… It must be because you’ve caught his attention.”

“Caught his attention? Ah, unbelievable, really.”

Jin Soyeon let out a deep sigh.

Her usual gentle demeanor had been replaced by a rather sharp one.

Lately, she had been keeping her distance from other boys, but once again, she found herself entangled in such a situation, causing her stress.

Furthermore, Jin Soyeon was not one to show kindness to those who engaged in such behavior.

If she had been of that nature to begin with, she would not have been able to withstand the countless children who envied her.

“I really don’t care about Daehan. I never liked him in the first place.”

“Oh, really?”

“Yeah. So, for no reason…”

“You idiot. Hey, Jin Soyeon, can’t you read the atmosphere?”

At that moment, a black-haired girl standing beside them growled.

She was a girl from the same class as Jin Soyeon. She didn’t like Jin Soyeon because the boy she liked showed some interest in Jin Soyeon.

She didn’t like how Jin Soyeon always seemed to be surrounded by capable and good-looking men as if she were the main character of a popular drama.

Usually, she couldn’t touch Jin Soyeon because of Ishiwoon.

But what’s going on now?

Wasn’t it Joo Jiyeon, the third daughter of Ohsung Group, who said she would help fix Jin Soyeon’s bad habits because she didn’t like her?

This was an opportunity, a chance.

If Jiyeon was there, she had nothing to fear.

Jiyeon would take care of everything.

“Do you think it’s funny because our Jiyeon is being nice to you?”

“Me? Hmm?”

“If you want to continue your academy life well, you’d better behave properly, you b*tch.”

“Ugh, um.”

But Jiyeon flinched awkwardly.

It was because she was surprised by the vulgar language.

Ah, no, why is she so foul-mouthed?

She brought her here because she knew she had negative feelings towards Jin Soyeon.

But was this necessary?

And isn’t her language too harsh?

She’s a bit scary.

Upon closer inspection, she actually looked quite delinquent.

“Stop it, Jiyeon.”

“Yeah, uh-huh. Well, I guess so.”

In response to the words of the delinquent-like girl, Ju Jiyeon nodded her head subtly, silently sweating. She was the center of attention in this group. She couldn’t show any signs of fear like a fool.

“It seems like you want me to punch you.”

“You think it’ll end with just one hit?”

“Why? Feeling scared now, all of a sudden?”

The delinquent girl wanted to diminish Ju Jiyeon’s enthusiasm. There might not be another chance like this.

“Hey, girl, don’t be so careless with your words towards boys when you’re trying to be nice…”

“Do you think you can easily raise your hand at me?”

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The delinquent, who raised her hand intending to slap Ju Jiyeon’s cheek, suddenly found her wrist being held by Ju Jiyeon.

“Hey, let go of this!”

“This is self-defense, self-defense. Got it?”

And suddenly, Ju Jiyeon punched the delinquent’s face!

It was a surprisingly tough attack, unlike her innocent appearance. Unable to anticipate the unexpected attack, the delinquent could only bite her lips tightly.

“Ugh?! What, what is this?!”

The delinquent stumbled backwards with her face covered.

Blood was now flowing down her nose.

Blood?

She’s bleeding.

How dare she…!

“This, this, this girl won’t leave it alone!”

She suddenly used her psychic ability.

It was the strengthening-type psychic ability that made her whole body as tough as iron.

With this ability, she became capable of reaching around the top 100 in terms of skill.

The delinquent, whose eyes went wide, gripped her right hand tightly, intending to strike Ju Jiyeon’s abdomen.

“W-Wait!”

Startled, Ju Jiyeon shouted in surprise.

Is she crazy? Using her psychic ability for such a trivial matter? It could easily lead to a major incident if something went wrong, so Ju Jiyeon hurriedly tried to stop that delinquent with crazy eyes.

From the start, Ju Jiyeon only intended to give a warning, she never considered resorting to violence!

And if this gets out, it’s Jeong Hak, Jeong Hak!

These kids think that Joo Ji-yeon can cover up whatever happens, seriously!

“Oh, oh? Hold on. What’s that over there?”

But why is this written in English?

Wouldn’t it be impossible for Jin So-yeon to hold back a strong blow from a delinquent with such a calm face?

Although it may not have been a full-power attack, there’s no way Jin So-yeon has the ability to stop it so easily.

Isn’t she ranked 257th?

Her psychic abilities were nothing special either.

“Did you use your psychic abilities first?”