Secretly, But Unable to Hide It

Minji and Yunjin

In the afternoon at 05:00 p.m., though the sun is not that fierce, it is still dazzling. The alley doesn't smell good. Bae doesn't let Hanni stand stupidly like her. She looks around and takes Hanni to a small store and buys two sticks of strawberry crystal sugar.

They both look for a shady place and each one of them eats the strawberry crystal sugar. Because Bae is afraid that Hanni will feel awkward, she takes the initiative to chat. "It's messy near here, in the future, don't come here again, okay?"

Hanni says obediently, "I know."

"At first, it should be Chaewon who came here," Bae says. "You remember her, right, that chubby unnie? But today she has matters, so she cannot come."

"I remember her. During the summer break, my unnie took me to eat with her."

"Maybe that time I already went home? So I didn't join."

Hanni nods, "Minji unnie also followed us."

"Minji?" Bae Jun suddenly remembers something. "Right, during the holiday, she didn't go home too."

Hanni says, "Why?"

Bae doesn't really know about it, she just scratches her head. "Supposedly she is too lazy to go home. Moreover, she also has a short semester, so she doesn't have any long holidays. But sometimes she will go home too," she thinks about it. "Basically, she will go home during short holidays. For example, last semester, she went home. But during long holidays, I never see her go home."

Hanni asks in a low voice, "She also wouldn't go home for the New Year?"

"Yes," Bae says. "But it shouldn't be abnormal. A lot of our friends in the university also don't go home during the New Year. They will just spend New Year's Eve at the university. During the New Year, they will also get red envelopes from the university."

Hanni is biting and chewing her strawberry. She doesn't continue to ask, she changes the subject. "Unnie, what are my unnie doing there?"

"Huh?"

"Would they fight?"

"If they were all men, it might be," Bae strokes her chin. "But those are female students... wow... they might just be discussing something?"

This time, inside the alley, because the road is cramped, Yunjin looks over after hearing Minji's words.

The red-haired woman immediately realizes the situation is getting strange. She takes two steps back for a while. She starts to pretend to be dumb. "What? I don't know you guys," then she looks at the other two female students.

"It's okay. We know you guys." Yunjin looks at them and sneers. "Yesterday you took my sister's twenty thousand, right? You also used your cigarette to scald her?"

"What do you mean, scald her?" The red-haired woman raises her voice.

"I just took her twenty thousand. I didn't do anything else, okay? Don't wrong me! It's just twenty thousand. I could return it now."

"Just twenty thousand?" Yunjin finds it amusing. "Students, don't mention it's just twenty thousand. Even if you take my sister's two thousand, I will come and settle it with you."

The red-haired woman immediately starts to get angry. Yet she doesn't act impulsively; she straightens her lips and takes out the money. She silently passes it to her.

Yunjin doesn't move.

Minji looks at their uniforms. "You are from HYBE? You are not adults yet, right?"

"Why don't you stay at your school and study well? Why should you guys be here?" Yunjin mocks them. "You plan to do this for your lifetime?"

"Take the money and just go away." The red-haired woman's expression changes. "What is your business with me?"