144 – Group task with strangers
“Ah, we’re in big trouble.”
I was grinning at the thought of going home and having fun, but suddenly it turned out to be a group project.
The once-exciting mood plummeted like a small piece of Wall Street stock on Black Thursday and ended up being delisted.
Group task.
This is one of the most burdensome things about my time in college.
Actually, there is nothing too burdensome when doing group work with Junghwan and Minho.
Because they are the closest friends in my life now.
So, instead of feeling burdened, you can work on the assignment while being playful.
“Whew…Should I tell the professor again?”
I am not asking for convenience, but rather asking to be allowed to do the group work alone since I will get the lowest score.
Most of the other liberal arts professors nodded and gave permission because they understood my uniqueness.
After the professor finished explaining the assignment, he took the attendance record and books and went out the front door.
Before you go back to the office, I need to go out and talk to you quickly.
I got up after packing my bag, opened the back door, went out, and walked towards where the professor was heading.
“Professor!”
I called the professor to ask him to stop for a moment and ran.
Perhaps because I heard a sound from behind, the professor also stood in his seat and looked this way.
“Hmm. You were definitely a student Seonghwan Yoo?”
“This is Seonghwan Yoo, class of ’17, Department of Social Welfare.”
I bowed my head and said hello.
It seems like you remember my name.
“Professor, are you talking about this group assignment?”
“Yes. What’s going on?”
“I…Actually….”
Although he is not socially phobic, he tends to avoid people he meets for the first time and can be a nuisance to group members due to other issues.
And he began to appeal that he would do the entire group assignment as an individual.
As the professor listened to me, he nodded and lightly stroked my chin.
After everything was said, he began to think deeply.
“First of all, I understand that group work is difficult to do right now.”
“Yes…”
“But, this group assignment is being done in place of the final exam…”
I really want to let them do it alone, but the assignment is already scheduled to be replaced by a test.
He said that there may be a problem of financial stability.
What does this mean?
I’ve seen assignments being used a lot as a substitute for exams, but why do they use group assignments as a substitute for exams?
“Uh…”
“I’m sorry. I understand, and I want to let you do it alone, but…”
“No, thank you for understanding.”
I can’t help it.
Since it is a test, I also have to get a grade and there should be no problem with formatting.
If I cause an accident and end up on the news, I won’t be able to raise my head to the CEO and Ara.
“Ugh… I’ll just have to pray that good people get caught.”
Will I be able to meet good people in a major with hundreds of other people?
I hope only strange people don’t get caught.
***
Kkae tok kkae tok.
I came back from grocery shopping, washed up, and came out, and my phone was crying.
Kkomulgi was staring at the cell phone.
“Woof!”
“Ugh, you b*tch. What are you doing barking at your phone?”
I lifted the pigtail with one hand, picked up my phone, and sat down on the bed.
Someone told me that a stranger was tagging me in a group chat in a liberal arts class.
[Yoo Seong-Hwan: I was washing. Sorry.]
[Seong Ye-hwa: Wow! You were washing.]
[Seong Ye-hwa: If you don’t mind, please contact me through one-on-one chat…]
When I looked up, I found that the professor had already run the program and formed a group.
You said you would upload it right away, but it was pretty fast.
[Yoo Seong-Hwan: Yes.]
I left a short “Yes,” And clicked on the profile to send a message through one-on-one chat.
By the way, she is a woman after all…
[Yoo Seong-hwan: Hello.]
[Seong Ye-hwa: Hello! I’ll invite you to a group chat right now!]
[Yoo Seong-Hwan: Thank you.]
Looking at the situation, it seems like they are gathering members through group chat amidst the chaos.
You’re not even the leader, but you work hard.
Is it because of the grades?
And, I was immediately invited to the group chat room.
Are you saying that there are 6 people in the chat room right now?
Isn’t there too much?
[Seong Ye-hwa: All of our group members were invited.]
[Yoo Seong-hwan: Hello.]
“Woof.”
“Uh huh, you little brat, you have to be quiet.”
“Kkiing…”
It broke my heart to see the little girl hugging me to play, but not even a minute had passed since I was invited to the group chat room for the assignment.
The topic of the assignment will come up right away, but wouldn’t it be a nuisance if it disappeared?
“You little brat. Do you want to play alone on the terrace?”
“Woof!”
“Okay, okay, Dad has to work, so why don’t you just hang out by yourself for a little while?”
When I opened the terrace door wide, the little fish ran out in a huff.
I smiled slightly when I saw that and looked at my phone again.
[Jaehee Kim: Wow…It’s true.]
[Seong Ye-hwa: Please do not talk about anything unrelated to the assignment.]
[Jaehee Kim: Why?]
What is it?
Suddenly, my backbone feels slightly sore, and my calf and Achilles feel like they are aching.
Every once in a while, I felt something like a danger signal warning me of danger in advance.
“No way… Little thing…”
Just in case, I got out of bed and headed to the terrace.
I walked around the terrace and reached the place where the beach chairs were installed.
I saw a little b*tch yawning and getting some air on a chair.
It doesn’t seem to be related to the snail.
“Woof.”
“No, I was getting some air…”
After confirming that Kkomouli was well, I took out my cell phone.
I quickly entered Ara’s cell phone number into the dial, pressed the call button, and held it to her ear.
“Sister.”
– Yes, Seonghwan. It’s my sister’s parking lot.
“Apartment parking lot?”
– Yes. But what’s going on?
“No…Nothing else, just buy me a bottle of Coke.”
– I have to say that it’s because I miss my sister at that time.
She couldn’t say she was calling because she was suddenly worried, so she asked to buy her a bottle of Coke.
Ara is in the parking lot…So what?
Why did I feel anxious?
“No way…Because of group assignments?”
Now that I think about it, the last chat she saw was ‘Why?’
I think she felt something very aggressive.
“What… Why are these people like this all of a sudden?”
When I entered the chat room and looked at the content, it was very messed up.
The two people from earlier were fighting, biting each other.
[Kim Jae-hee: Neuge xx ji xx and xx.]
[Seong Ye-hwa: Stop swearing.]
No.
It looks like the person shaking like crazy is not two people, but is alone.
As I scrolled to the top and read the content, that woman named Kim Jae-hee started an argument.
As she was sleeping and all, she was furious and cursing to herself.
But isn’t “Japaller” A bad word?
From Noble mtl dot com
Are you talking about me?
[Yoo Seong-Hwan: Hey, why are you fighting..]
[Seong Ye-hwa: I will sell my room again. Please wait for a moment.]
[Kim Jae-hee: This XX b*tch is trying to sell the room again without me.]
Kkae tok kkae tok.
The alarm rang again and I checked and found that a new room had been created.
Now that I look at it, it looks like the person from earlier is no longer there.
[Seong Ye-hwa: I guess he didn’t have any intention of doing it with us, so we invited him without him. Everyone please leave the room over there.]
[Yoo Seong-Hwan: What are you going to do?]
[Seong Ye-hwa: I’m going to take a screenshot and send it to the professor. It doesn’t look like you have any intention of working with us, right?]
[Yoo Seong-hwan: Heh heh..]
I don’t know how to react.
Other group members are also casually agreeing.
Are they all women except me?
“Could it be that I asked to be left alone and was filmed?”
No matter how small the number of men is, I am the only man in a group of 6…
It was never chosen randomly.
*
“Seonghwan, give me another bowl of rice.”
“Yes, yes.”
I got up from my seat after receiving Ara’s rice bowl.
She opened the rice cooker, scooped up a lot of rice with her spatula, returned to her seat, and handed it out to Ara.
“Eat slowly.”
“Yes.”
Even though I told her to eat slowly, today I cooked Ara’s favorite fish and served it to her and she ate it hungrily.
Looking at that, I put my chin on my chin and smiled bitterly.
“But, why is your expression like that from earlier? What’s wrong?’
“What about your expression? Nothing’s wrong?”
Is his face crumpled?
When I touched my face, it seemed a little distorted.
“What’s going on?”
“Ha… Actually, we have to do group work.”
“Because of the assignment?”
“No…”
She took out her cell phone and showed Ara the chat room.
In the chat room, women were talking to each other, and some harsh words were being exchanged here and there.
It seems that the rest of the people are acquaintances except for me and the anger management patient who was being ostracized for his sudden outburst earlier.
“Um…It’s a typical women’s group chat room?”
“Are all other women like this too?”
“Yes. It’s no different from our members’ group chat room.”
Ara is secretly saying something outrageous.
She put down her phone and started eating again.
This is a typical chat room for women…?