The Country Life Diary of a Gangster’s Secretary Chapter 22

The Country Life Diary of a Gangster's Secretary - c22

Three-hour long lecture. After the long and tedious class ended, the students got up from their seats one by one with haggard faces. Although there were many students due to the characteristics of a large lecture, not many of them remained clear-minded.

Only a few exceptional students like Hyeseong were diligently packing their books with bright eyes. Hyeseong put his textbook away and looked at Dohyun, who was sitting next to him, or more precisely, lying down and taking a deep sleep. It was one of the few classes that Hyeseong and Dohyun, who were from different departnts, took together due to it being a common liberal arts course. Of course, it was hard to even see his face as Dohyun slept the entire lecture.

“Hey.”

Hyeseong hit him once, but as expected, Dohyun didn’t budge at all.

“Park Dohyun. The professor is calling you.”

“Huh…!? What, what did you say?”

Then Dohyun looked around with a startled face, a post-it note stuck to one cheek. Hyeseong must have beco skilled at waking Dohyun up, as he now knew exactly how to get him to wake up well.

“Ah, what is it, Hyeseong? You scared .”

Seeing other friends packing their bags and leaving the lecture hall, a look of relief finally spread across Dohyun’s face.

“That’s what you get for sleeping so sprawled out like that.”

“I really tried to listen hard today.”

“You’ve been saying that since the first class of this course.”

As Hyeseong stood up with his bag, Dohyun quickly packed his things and followed him like a puppy following its owner.

“Hyeseong, do you have ti before the next lecture?”

“Yeah.”

“ too. Should we go to a cafe?”

“I’m going to the library.”

“Ugh.”

Then Dohyun made an incomprehensible sound and stuck his lower lip out, saying it was no fun. But it couldn’t be helped. Hyeseong wanted to quickly finish an important assignnt that he hadn’t completed yet. Of course, there was still plenty of ti left until the deadline. However, once he received an assignnt, Hyeseong’s personality was to finish it early regardless of the deadline.

“But you’re still coming to the club dinner later, right?”

“Oh, right. Was that today?”

“I knew this would happen. I told you to attend the regular club dinner today without skipping it if possible. Everyone said you keep missing the dinners, so you really have to go this ti.”

What’s so important about so stupid dinner? Hyeseong was glad he ca to university, but having to attend and show his face at these useless gatherings one by one was quite botherso. For so reason, universities often set the principle of mandatory attendance. He didn’t understand why everyone put so much effort into pointless things.

“Hyeseong!”

Then Dohyun grabbed and shook his arm from the side as if urging him. It seed he was anxious that Hyeseong might not attend since there was no answer.

“Okay, I’ll go.”

As Hyeseong said that, he took out his cell phone and sent a ssage to soone. Dohyun looked on curiously from the side.

“Who are you contacting?”

“The office I sotis work part-ti at. I told them I was going today without knowing about the dinner, so I’m telling them I can’t make it after all.”

These days, Hyeseong visited Taesung’s office every day. Previously, he would go occasionally when he had spare ti, but now he punched in his attendance every single day. To be more precise, it was since he beca aware of his feelings for Ihyeok.

When he ca to his senses, he found himself at Taesung’s office, looking at Ihyeok’s face.

“Hey… You know, Hyeseong.”

Then Dohyun stuck even closer to his side as if he had sothing to say. Hyeseong wondered why he was following him when they weren’t even going to the library together.

“Isn’t that office that gives you work… a bit dangerous?”

Dohyun lowered his voice as if he were talking about so huge secret. After becoming close, Dohyun naturally found out about Hyeseong’s daily routine. He had already heard that Hyeseong always went to a certain office for part-ti work whenever school ended or he had a long break between classes.

At first, Dohyun thought it was an ordinary part-ti job, but one ti when they were going the sa way, he passed by that office. He could imdiately tell it wasn’t an ordinary place just by looking at it. Outside the building, a few burly middle-aged n with shaved heads were puffing on cigarettes.

Dohyun doubted his own eyes for a mont when he saw Hyeseong greeting those n warmly.

“You’re right. It’s that kind of place you’re thinking of.”

Hyeseong admitted it bluntly. Dohyun was shocked and at a loss for words for a mont.

“Are you okay? If you’re being threatened…”

“It’s not like that.”

Hyeseong smiled wryly. Now that he thought about it, it could look that way to a third party.

“Really? That’s a relief then… But then why do you go to that dangerous place? I don’t really get it.”

“Because I like it.”

“Huh?”

“I go because I like it. See you later at the dinner then.”

Hyeseong waved slightly at his friend and slipped into the library. Dohyun stood there blankly for a mont. Did he know Hyeseong could smile like that? It was really amazing.

[Dinner? So you’re drinking too?]

Of course. Hyeseong left a short reply to Ihyeok’s text and put his phone back in his pocket.

Various noisy things were already happening in front of him. The club Hyeseong joined was an English conversation club. He thought he could join it without having to set aside separate ti to study English, but only later did he hear about the club’s other reputation.

One of the top drinking clubs among the central clubs. And today, Hyeseong was personally experiencing that for the first ti. The club mbers who filled up an entire pub were excitedly pouring and drinking, downing alcohol. At one table, people who had half lost their minds were waving their hands and singing.

So had already collapsed and passed out. Hyeseong looked at the bottles piling up on the table next to him with disbelief.

“Oh? Are you the guy who got 915 points on your first TOEIC?”

A male senior ca and sat down next to Hyeseong with a glass, asking.

“Yes, well.”

“I heard a genius in English joined our club, and it was you. Here, take it.”

The senior, who seed a little drunk, laughed giddily and filled Hyeseong’s glass to the brim with soju.

“Let’s drink!”

Unable to refuse for so reason, Hyeseong downed it all in one go.

“I rember your na. Hyeseong! Right?”

“Yes.”

“Kid, you must be quite popular. With that good-looking face.”

Then Dohyun, who ca from sowhere, also sat down next to Hyeseong, laughing.

“Hyung, I told you! Hyeseong is handso.”

“Tsk, I can’t believe how unfair the world is. Not only good at studying but also with looks…”

Hyeseong laughed. The senior’s words weren’t envy or jealousy, but playful complints.

“Hyeseong! How many points did you get on the CSAT English section?”

“Perfect score.”

“Wow? You’re amazing.”

The senior laughed heartily and poured more alcohol into Hyeseong’s glass.

“Didn’t everyone here get a perfect score easily before entering?”

“……….”

At Hyeseong’s calm remark, the tables around him fell silent for a mont.

“Do you know how terrible the CSAT was in our ti? Hey! Soone here made an incredible statent. Everyone, attack!”

Then, starting with one club mber’s words, countless bottles began to pile up in front of Hyeseong. Seniors and juniors alike, everyone laughed raucously and started making Hyeseong drink, teasing him for unintentionally bragging.

“Ah, I feel dizzy…”

Hyeseong now understood why this club was famous for being a drinking club. He managed to escape by making an excuse that he was going out for so air. He went to the corner next to the store and plopped down on a chair set up as a waiting area. Then his phone rang.

“Hello, hiccup…”

Hyeseong answered without checking the na. He even started hiccuping.

– I called because you didn’t reply to my text. Sounds like you drank a lot.

“Who is this?”

– Your Ahjussi.

“Oh… It’s you, Ahjussi.”

Hyeseong laughed. Even while drunk, Ihyeok’s voice sounded sweet to him.

– You seem to have had a lot. Are you still outside?

“Yes.”

– When are you going back in?

“That’s up to .”

When Hyeseong spoke firmly, he heard Ihyeok’s laughter over the phone.

– Can you even go back in properly?

“Well… I’ll manage sohow.”

Even so, Hyeseong blinked his eyes. After drinking everything they gave him, his words were slurring and his head was spinning.

“If I can’t, well, I can just sleep at Dohyun’s place…”

– Who’s Dohyun?

“Why are you asking about my personal relationships?”

If he were sober, he would have properly said Dohyun was his friend, but Hyeseong was completely drunk right now. It wouldn’t be strange for him to spew any nonsense.

– …Hyeseong.

“Yes?”

– What’s the na of the store you’re at right now?

“Why? Are you going to co by later too, Ahjussi?”

– Yeah.

“Well… The na of this place is…”

Hyeseong diligently told him the store na letter by letter and even smartly recomnded the delicious nu items here before hanging up. Leaning deep into the bench, the dark sky covered his entire field of vision. He hung up too quickly. It would have been nice to hear that wonderful voice a little longer. Hyeseong thought that as he slowly closed his eyes.

He couldn’t rember well what happened after that. A familiar face seed to co and go in his sight, but he couldn’t tell if it was real or not. He only rembered the citrus scent that went well with the night air. Thanks to that fragrance tickling the tip of his nose, Hyeseong was able to have a pleasant dream that night despite being heavily drunk.

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