Chapter 14: The English Department And Karaoke Incident

Chapter 14: The English Department And Karaoke Incident

The next day.

Seo Yerin was attending a lecture early on a Friday morning. Although it is said that the highlight of university life is having free hours, she wondered if it was needed to have them from the first year, so the diligent girl was busy taking notes.

However, even though her hand was moving, her mind was drifting.

Ive realized that wanting to meet doesnt mean you can.

Seo Yerin had intended to go up to Kim Woojin, apologize for what happened yesterday, thank him, and ask him for his number.

But since their schedules were different, meeting up as soon as she got to the university like in high school wasnt possible.

What do I do?

It might get pushed to next week, but she didnt want to delay this meeting so much.

She wanted to apologize right away.

We have overlapping lectures on Tuesday.

There is a mandatory major class at 9 a.m.. She remembered eating pork bulgogi with Choi Yiseo and Kim Woojin after finishing the lecture.

Should I wait till then?

While she was pondering over various things, the lectures ended. Seo Yerin moved on to have lunch with her friends as it was lunchtime.

Being poor freshmen, they couldnt afford to eat out every day, so today they decided to buy sandwiches or triangle kimbap from the convenience store and eat them on the terrace.

Yerin, are you alright? I heard there was this huge fight in the karaoke yesterday.

The other classmates, who were concerned about Seo Yerin due to the incident, asked after her.

The important thing was that these classmates werent at the karaoke.

The rumors have already spread.

It seems that the rumors have already spread.

Seo Yerin asked with a worried look,

How do you know?

Just by the rumors going around? Kids were talking among themselves, and it even got posted on the Bamboo Forest.

On the Bamboo Forest.

Seo Yerin pulled her phone out to check the Bamboo Forest. There, indeed, was a noticeable post put up.

-Anonymous46: There were people at the Great Karaoke yesterday. Looking like they were students of the English Department, seeing a junior curse at a senior made me think the world had turned upside down.

Nowhere did they reveal names and though they spoke as if they were a witness, this was clearly written by a student of the English Department.

An outsider could have heard the fight but there was no way they would know which department, nor be certain of the senior-junior relationship.

A rumor done on anonymity.

But the countless outpour of replies underneath.

-Anonymous11: Freshmen of 23 lack some sense.

-Anonymous190: Why were they fighting?

-Anonymous46: It seemed to be because of a girl. There is a girl who is close to the senior and the junior boy is getting jealous out of no reason and acting out.

-Anonymous87: How do you know so much about that? Arent you also from the English department?

-Anonymous31: Everyone in the English department already knows who it is. Its just that a typical loner got to hang out once and got too excited.

-Anonymous224: Lol.

Clench.

Her grip tightened around her phone. It was unbelievable that Kim Woojin suddenly became the perpetrator and was being ridiculed like this.

Kim Woojin, that guy is not good news.

Theres a reason hes always alone. Senior Han-kang was misunderstood because of that yesterday.

Do you know Yoon-ji, who took a leave of absence after attending only one semester? That was also his doing.

She couldnt believe it.

No.

Seo Yerin said it out loud, making them all turn to her.

Since they were friends she got along with, Seo Yerin took a deep breath and began to explain.

Woojin helped me.

Seo Yerin had even put down the sandwich she wanted to eat, and explained about the situation which happened yesterday.

The friends were shocked, and had no choice but to believe her since it was Seo Yerin who had said it so herself.

Woojin did that?

Ah I feel bad for him now. I feel bad talking about him wrongly just based on rumors.

Right. Senior Han-kang is also a bit of a creep.

Seo Yerins friends were causing a mess, thinking they had stirred up something bad, and Seo Yerin was worried too.

Hehe, this is it. Ah, this.

The person who caused the situation, Yu Arin, was elated, nodding as she checked between the Bamboo Forest and the group chat.

Yu Arin, who usually had a light and playful image, seemed to be in a different mood than usual.

Enjoying the thrill of stepping out of the light and playful image, seemed to be in a different mood than usual.

Enjoying the thrill of stepping out of her usual routine, she giggled and pointed to the group chat.

Its out there now.

-Choi Yiseo: It seems like our department students are the ones spreading the rumors, so please, students of the English Department, dont post on the Bamboo Forest for a while.

Choi Yiseo, the student representative, stepped in to mediate. Moreover, she declared not to post any strange messages on the Bamboo Forest.

See, this is why being anonymous is great.

Yu Arin didnt stop and continued to post. She didnt mention names, but she implied who the victim and the perpetrator were by mentioning seniors and juniors.

Ah, Arin, isnt this too much?

Eventually Seo Yerin tried to stop but Yu Arin just shrugged and said.

He has been unfairly criticized, I need to do this much at least.

While she did say so, Yu Arin wasnt the kind to care about Kim Woojin. She was the kind to enjoy things for herself.

During that time, when the Bamboo Forest and the department chat were buzzing.

All the posts about the English department and the Karaoke incident in the Bamboo Forest were deleted.

Uh?

An administrator notice popped up.

-Admin: The Gahyeon University Bamboo Forest isnt the English Departments bulletin board. From now on, any posts regarding the English Department and karaoke will be blocked.

If you dont want to get cut off, do not post anything regarding the English Department for a while.

A strong response from the administrator of the Bamboo Forest.

The reaction was heated.

-Anonymous11: Finally, the admin is doing their job. Right, those English majors were quite a sight.

-Anonymous190: It was fun though. Tsk.

-Anonymous27: Take a good look at the level of the English Department before they leave.

-Anonymous46: Absurd. What is the point of an admin controlling things on an anonymous free site?

-Anonymous287:

-Anonymous87: Hey, 46, you are an English major right?

-Anonymous30: Aorry for muddying the waters for you.

-Anonymous299: I apologize.

-Anonymous69: Sex

-Anonymous79: Look at the admins charisma.

Ah, it was just getting fun.

Yu Arin was disappointed, but the other students sighed in relief, thinking it was for the best and Seo Yerin felt the same way.

She sneakily checked the chat but there was no response from Kim Woojin.



-Anonymous69: Please delete the posts targeting the English Department. Someone is being falsely accused.

-Anonymous30: I am a student of the English Department, 23, the person who wrote about the karaoke is manipulating the facts. In fact the junior was the victim.

-Anonymous46: There are people contradicting my post, but they are just trolls, you know? Please dont delete my targeted post.

-Anonymous287: Please delete the post targeting the English Department.

Seo Yerin must be worried and concerned about Kim Woojin, who scratched his messy bird-nest hair as he looked at the 1:1 inquiry chat.

There was one among them that caught his eye.

Anonymous287?

Even Ahn Hyeon-ho, who was pretending to be so great, sent a 1:1 asking to take down the post regarding the English Department.

Kim Woojin, who was caught in between the fight of whether he is the victim or perpetrator, saw that the dispute hasnt ended in the anonymous Forest but continued in the English Departments group chat.

Yawn.

Having just woken up, Kim Woojin yawned and then checked all the related posts and deleted them while leaving a notice behind.

He lay down on the bed again.

It was a nice Friday with no classes.

Why are they making such a fuss over over nothing? Just let me sleep.

For Kim Woojin, who had become the core of this incident, a Friday nap was more important.