"Hey, Hyung-ssi. If you don't want that hand of yours to be broken, you better let go."
"Huh?"
Kwajik!
"Aaaaaaaagh!"
"Ah!"
In that fleeting moment, she was unable to comprehend what had occurred.
As soon as that huge shadow had fallen across her face, she had closed her eyes.
But that scream had been real enough.
When she opened her eyes, she saw Park Deokgu, who was silently looking down, and Yoo Seokwoo, who had fallen to the ground, screaming.
"Deok-Deokgu-ssi?"
"Ahhhngaaaa..."
"I had no idea we had this brand of scumbag here. Alright, it's not broken, so don't be such a crybaby."
"Aaaaagh..."
A large fist cut through the air once more. The sound of an impact rang out as the blow fell precisely on Yoo Seokwoo's head.
It was almost unreal to see him sent sprawling to the floor as though a heavy, blunt weapon had struck him.
"Ahhhh! Uh... Uhhh..."
"Quit pretending. I didn't even hit you that hard... Someone might think you were a wailing newborn with all the racket you're making.
A big foot struck out, and Yoo Seokwoo's body was thrown into the air.
He had been kicked.
Seeing him crashing into the wall, Jung Hayan was afraid that the situation would spiral into something bigger.
"I-It's okay now, so please stop. You're going to hurt him. Deok-Deokgu-ssi."
"Ah..."
The glare he shot in Yoo Seokwoo's direction was vaguely terrifying.
However, if she didn't stop him now, then perhaps Yoo Seokwoo's death would really come to pass.
Seeing Yoo Seokwoo hunched over and trembling on the ground made her anxious.
"Don't worry too much, Noonim. All I did was give him a little shove and a kick. Well, this Hyung-ssi is just a cry-baby..."
That wasn't why she was anxious.
She could see some people rushing over after hearing Yoo Seokwoo's screams.
"Stop!"
"..."
"What are you doing? Seokwoo-ssi, are you okay?"
"I-I'm fine..."
The most conspicuous of them was, of course, Lee Jihye. As she led her herd towards them, abject confusion shone in her eyes.
"Hey, what the hell is going on here? Violence is forbidden within the shelter."
"That man sexually harassed Hayan-ssi. So I gave him a beating."
"Is that true?"
"I saw it with my own two eyes."
"It's...not."
"What?"
"O-of course, it might have looked misleading because I grabbed Hayan-ssi's hand... B-But he was mistaken..."
"You're still running your mouth."
"Alright, that's enough, Deokgu oppa. Like I said, violence is prohibited here. Even if Seokwoo-ssi did something wrong, hastily swinging your fists at someone without hearing them out first creates disharmony amongst group members. This way of doing things... is not right. Before anything else, you need to determine if anything wrong is even taking place."
