My Neighbor Is A Freeloader

Chapter 47 [Should I Confess First!?]

Sana knows beforehand that Tzuyu will be going to the riding club with Jeongyeon but she is surprised to see Nayeon there as well. “What are you doing here? I thought you dislike riding because it hurts your bum?”

“I think that is precisely why Yoo Jeongyeon insists on bringing me here – so that I will hurt my bum.”

Sana can sympathize with Nayeon. Yoo Jeongyeon is probably still upset with her friend over what happened and is trying to make things difficult. Nayeon declares stoutly:

“I am going to quit one day!”

“Can you bear to?”

“Of course not!”

Sana keeps quiet.

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Horse riding is an expensive hobby. Sana likes horses because she used to visited her gradpa in his village and can be said that she partially grew up in a farm, but once moving to Seoul, she has neither time nor money to spend on horses. The horses in this club are mostly racehorses and each horse probably cost as much as a good car, or more. Sana is familiar with the Mongolian horses of her youth and knows little about racehorses. Nonetheless, she can tell from sight that these horses are all well groomed and healthy, from their glossy fur and spirited eyes.

One of the prettiest horses in the stable is a white Arabian horse which is slightly taller than the rest. When Yeeun leads the horse to her, she can see beneath the horse’s bright eyes that she has the gentle soul of a fairytale princess, and when she pats her head, the horse does not shy away. “Would you like to ride her?”

The question puts Sana in a quandary. She would love to ride this beautiful horse but this is Jung Yeeun’s mare. If she says yes, will she end up riding with him when she much perfers riding by herself?

At her hesitation, Yeeun leads her to another horse. It is a grey horse from Denmark and it has patches of white spots on its back like scattered snow. This horse is shorter than the Arabian horse and is more suitable for female riders. Sana is very pleased but before she can say “I will choose him”, Tzuyu enters the stable with a big horse in tow and says in a surprised tone. “Sana, what are you doing here?”

To Sana, their constant running into each other is like a sign from Heaven that they should be together. Happily, she walks over to circle the black horse in order to better examine his glossy fur and white hooves. “Is he yours?”

“Yes.”

Sana likes majestic horses and can’t help a flash of envy. She wishes to pat him on the head but does not quite dare to especially when Tzuyu adds.

“He does not have a good temper but you can try feeding him some sugar or sweets.”

Sana happen to have some sweets on her and feeds the horse a piece. When it finishes the sweet, she arches her brow. “He is just like you.”

Yeeun watches the two of them in silence. Unlike Sana, he recognizes the horse as a purebred. In terms of speed, it is not as good as his Arabian horse but he can tell that Sana seems very interested in Tzuyu’s horse.

Or is it an extension of her liking for Chou Tzuyu? At their continual banter, his heart sinks further.

Sana points to the black horse: “Are you sure you know how to ride him?”

Tzuyu exclaims: “Yes.”

“Are you sure?”

“He can bring me around as I take pictures on his back.”

“You are wasting precious resources!”

At her enthusiasm over his horse, Tzuyu wisely goes with the flow. “Why not you ride him?”