254 – EP.10 Guide-1
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“You seem to have been under a lot of stress recently.”
The doctor wearing a white gown said.
“Yes?”
“It was an imaginary pregnancy. My menstrual cycle became irregular due to stress, and I associated it with that, so I thought I was pregnant.”
“Ah…”
Shin Jeong-ah pursed her mouth.
“Try to live without stress. Eat well.”
The doctor said something extremely obvious.
Is this how you make money by saying such obvious things? Shin Jeong-ah thought for a moment.
“Anyway, you must have been worried a lot, but it would have saved you an hour. Also, pay attention to things like birth control.”
“Contraception?”
When the patient asked again, the tired-looking doctor pressed her eyes with his hand and said,
“If you came here because you were worried about getting pregnant, that means you’re having a relationship, right? You’re still young, but if you neglect contraception and get pregnant, your boyfriend will have to take responsibility as well, so we’re saying that you should be careful with each other.”
“Ah… Yes, thank you.”
Shin Jeong-ah greeted her with an expressionless face as she left the hospital.
As she left the hospital and walked down the street, she kept repeating what the doctor had told her.
‘Is the boyfriend responsible?’
‘Is the boyfriend responsible?’
‘Is the boyfriend responsible?’
‘Is the boyfriend responsible?’
‘Is the boyfriend responsible?’
She seemed to have found some solution to her frustrating situation.
***
Shin Jeong-ah smiled.
She wasn’t the fresh smile she showed to In-ho, nor the bright smile she showed when welcoming Yun-sia to her house with him.
That was the twisted smile she showed in a dark park one day.
“That’s surprising. I thought you’d show off at least once.”
But Yoon Sia did not tremble in fear like she did that day. She was rather calm.
“I feel like I know everything, but why are you leaving it out?”
Shin Jeong-ah crossed her arms and glared at Yoon Sia, who was sitting in front of her.
Her venomous eyes scanned her entire body.
“There was more data I researched while putting off class… But it’s a shame.”
Yoon Sia looked truly disappointed and grabbed her cell phone again.
It appears that there were many other materials in addition to the captured copies.
“So… What do you want?”
“Are you planning on asking me for something?”
When Yoon Si-ah asked innocently, Shin Jeong-ah said that she was astonished.
“If she came to tell me, and not In-ho, then I think it’s right to think that she wants something.”
Jeong-ah was still using her respectful language, but she did not hide the unpleasant feelings mixed in with those words.
“It’s not about making demands, it’s about giving an opportunity.”
At Jeong-ah’s words, Yun-sia’s somewhat relaxed face hardened.
“Opportunity?”
When Shin Jeong-ah could not stand it and raised her voice slightly, several eyes turned to her for a moment.
“Yes, opportunity.”
“What opportunity?”
“A chance to be honest with In-ho.”
Yun Sia explained.
But Shin Jeong-ah seemed to not understand what she meant and just looked at her with her eyes wide open.
Phew, Yoon Sia let out a small breath and added an explanation.
“Because it will be less shocking to In-ho if you speak honestly than if I tell him.”
“…To In-ho?”
“Yes, to Inho. You don’t know how Inho is feeling right now, right? You think you just need to be by Inho’s side.”
With a bitter expression, Yun Shia drank the rest of her drink.
“By the way, sister.”
Shin Jeong-ah intervened.
“Who are you, meddling in other people’s affairs like this? You and In-ho are just tutors and students, right? But why are you doing this?”
“If I say it’s stupid, will you understand?”
“I honestly think you like Inho, right?”
It doesn’t suit me though. Shin Jeong-ah blurted out her words.
“In order to have In-ho all to herself, she thinks it would be best to let In-ho know what her sister found out….”
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“Why are you doing this? Are you being rude? You’re doing something for no reason. You could end up in a bad situation like last time, right?”
“Oh, what is it like that? Are you the type of person who grew up in a happy family and didn’t lack anything? Is that why you pity others?”
Shin Jeong-ah said as she clicked her fingernails together, and Yoon Sia took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
It seemed to suppress any emotion rising from deep within her heart.
“You know. Just because life is a gutter doesn’t mean people are always out of order, right?”
Yoon Sia opened her eyes.
“I don’t know how weird your family life is, but… It’s true that the reason you live the way you are right now is not in yourself, but in the environment you find yourself in…”
Yun Shia could not continue her words.
“…….”
Shin Jeong-ah was the same.
Yoon Sia, who had been silent for a while, opened her mouth again.
“Giving you a chance… Is a kind of guidance. I’m giving you a chance to correct this whole mess. Obviously, you’ve twisted and gone astray… But I think you can still get back on track.”
The possibility may not be high, though. Yoon Shia didn’t bother to add her own words.
“…….”
“I mean… I hope that someone who tries to live hard will have that much luck, right?”
Yoon Shia gazed slightly into the distance.
“And In-ho is trying hard to live, I know this well as I watched him from the side.”
Yun Shia drank her drink again.
It seemed like her throat burned because she talked a lot.
“It may just be a lie to you, but In-ho is suffering right now, unable to do either this or that. So, if you are thinking about In-ho, tell the truth.”
“…….”
“You asked me earlier if you like In-ho? That’s right, I have a slight crush on In-ho. It’s growing little by little.”
Yoon Sia declared as if telling her big secret.
“So, I will do whatever it takes to make Inho happy and to help him go down the right path. And this is the first action.”
Yoon Shia poured the rest of her drink into her mouth.
She took her cell phone and bag and then got up from her seat.
Shin Jeong-ah lifted her head and looked up at her.
“He won’t be this kind from the second action.”
It was a strong warning.
“It’s going to be difficult until today’s class. I hope the situation will be resolved by next class.”
It’s next Monday.
With those words, Yoon Sia left.
***
Shin Jeong-ah was frozen like a stone statue and could not get up from her seat.
She put her thumb to her mouth.
Tap her thumb nail with her front teeth.
I’m shaking, my legs are shaking a little as if I’m anxious.
And the intensity becomes stronger.
“f*ck, f*ck….”
“If I tell you the truth… I’ll be abandoned again… f*ck… I know it all… Even though I know it all…”
What was so unfair? There was deep anger mixed in Shin Jeong-ah’s voice as she kept swearing.