Chapter 188: Gosh, what do you jerks take me for?

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Chapter 188: Gosh, what do you jerks take me for? I cried quite a lot, and the result of that was having red puffy eyes. I couldn’t escape that fate, haha. But after crying it all out, I felt so much better. "Jo-Pil, here." Ki-hoon was feeding me soup and I opened my mouth, despite my eyes being so puffy and closed. I looked so hilarious that I wouldn’t be surprised if Seo-Jun laughed at me, but he didn’t laugh. He kept his distance but he was there, watching me. I wondered if he felt a sting of guilt because he was the one who brought Mu-Kyung to me and caused this entire thing. Did the others blame him while I was unconscious? I wonder. But he was so well-behaved that it was suspicious. Still, I had to thank him properly so he doesn’t blame himself. Because of the incident, my eyes were opened to a lot of things. "Master Sun," I called, my gaze down and my bandaged hands resting on the other. "Thank you for helping me get my revenge." "Huh? You’re thanking me after you ended up in this state?" He asked, looking at me in disbelief and I nodded. "Yes. I don’t know if it’s because you see deeper into me than the others refusing to believe the surface I portrayed, or if you simply tried thinking about my situation from the outside and not as someone involved, but you definitely saw something that the others did not see." "Hm? What’s that?" He asked and softly, I said, "My nightmare." I don’t know if it made sense to him or not but that was all I was going to say. He could figure out the rest on his own. The others did not comment on this because they failed to see what Seo-Jun, the bastard, had seen. Were they disappointed in themselves? I don’t know but it was definitely not normal. "And sorry for treating you the way I treated you all this while." As soon as I said that, the others flared. "Hyung, don’t apologize." Min-Cheol said. "Jo-Pil, your actions were justified." Jin-Yeok added. "Don’t apologize when he hasn’t apologized for all he that did up till now." Ki-hoon added quite fiercely and I, who was stunned that they reacted even when they did not react when I thanked him, laughed a little. But my laughing led to a cough and I had to pat my chest on my own because they were hesitant to pat my back. "Gosh, what do you jerks take me for?" Seo-Jun asked as he nonchalantly picked his ear. I believe you’re the jerk, you jerk. "You should drink water, Jo-Pil." Jin-Yeok said, handing me the glass of water but I shook my head. I felt better without the water. "I’m okay." I said and smiled. "And I understand what you mean, but Master Sun already apologized, so it’s fine." "He did? When?" Of course, they wouldn’t know. Did they even watch the CCTV cameras at all? Well, whatever. Now that I’ve cleared things out, my chest feels lighter. I don’t when want to think of what they did to Mu-Kyung. He could rot somewhere for all I cared, but I knew they would never let him set foot in front of me ever, so I was lucky, and I was happy. Let’s write a new story together. Though we had already started writing our story, I wanted to make us a lot happier, so I’ll try to stop fainting and having fevers out of nowhere. "Little Min, is your shoulder alright?" I asked after taking one more spoon of the soup from Ki-hoon and Min-Cheol blushed. "Well, it’s nothing." He said. Is this something to blush about? He was hurt. "It’s alright, he’ll heal." Jin-Yeok said, dropping his hand on the shoulder but Min-Cheol winched in pain. "Eventually." It looked bad. It was making me feel guilty but it wasn’t like I planned to hit him. He got in the way and... I was just giving excuses, wasn’t I? "It’s alright, Hyung. The doctor already checked it out. By tomorrow, I won’t even feel it." Cha Hyun-woo must’ve visited while I was unconscious. He was showing up a lot these days because of me. I wonder what expression he had when he saw that I was yet again bedridden with wounds. He would’ve definitely understood if I got all this from rough sex with the Alphas, but I wasn’t even doing anything, and yet I was getting wounded and fainting almost every week if not every day. Well, he’s gotta earn his pay somehow, right? "But forget me, Hyung. Are you sure you’re okay?" Min-Cheol asked, summoning the courage to ask what the others couldn’t even ask. They all stared at me, waiting for my response. "Honestly," I dropped my gaze slowly to look at my hands. "If I say I’m alright, you probably won’t believe it, right?" They nodded. "I wouldn’t believe it either." I laughed softly. "I can’t even convince myself I’m alright but I feel better than before. After everything, I feel like I rolled away a boulder from my chest and tossed it out. It was a boulder I didn’t even know was there. It must’ve been pressing on my chest for so long for me to not realize it was there, huh?" I smiled sadly. "That’s so pathetic, right?" "It’s not, Jo-Pil." Jin-Yeok said. "You were just so strong and handled everything perfectly. It was to the point that no one would even know you had such a thing going on if you didn’t talk about it." Yeah, I guess I am that great of an actor. (Are you seriously praising yourself at a time like this?) "Still," I said. "I’m thankful to all of you. I’m so grateful that I ended up in warm arms after struggling to survive all this while and that I got this chance to get my revenge. So," I bowed my head respectfully. "Thank you, from the bottom of my heart." It would be the first time I was thanking them sincerely and not simply because I wanted to look good in front of them. Or because I wanted them to feel good about me. I was thanking them because it was the right thing to do and my heart felt that way. "We should also thank you, Jo-Pil." Ki-hoon said, lifting my head by my chin and my eyes glimmered as I saw them smiling at me warmly. "You’re the one who’s lighting a path for us. It’s such a beautiful path that we can no longer go back and walk the dark paths we once walked in." "So, we’ll continue to be your support, Jo-Pil." Jin-Yeok added. "So that you’ll keep lighting that beautiful path for us." "You’re that precious." Their words made my heart feel so warm and I nodded, drying the tears welling up in my eyes with my bandages. I never wanted this to end. This happiness and this realness. I will work hard to avoid the terrible ending where one has to fall into despair, where one has to face several challenges. I, who knows most of the future, will be their backbone and help them overcome them all. It’s the least I can do while trying to prepare the way for my carefree life, right? I smiled warmly. It was just a matter of time.

Chapter 188: Gosh, what do you jerks take me for?

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