Chapter 29: Hajin takes charge [2]

It turns out that Choi Sungkyu was associated with Lu Yuze, the friend his brother made.

Kim Hajin grimaced.

Choi Sungkyu was known for his sharp tongue and unkind nature, and Hajin was determined to bring him to justice. She found Sungkyu lounging outside the classroom surrounded by other two guys. They were looking outside the window with their elbows on the windowsill and their bodies bent.

Judging from their expression and line of sight, they seemed to be gossiping about someone outside. Hajin peeked out the window and saw her brother, Hajun with another boy she wasn't familiar with.

Is he that 'Lu Yuze'? He looks like a good kid with just a bit messy appearance…like the way Yujin carries himself. Hajin thought. They seemed to be talking seriously, but Hajin's attention was stolen when she heard Choi Sungkyu speak.

"That kid is something else, paying us to spread rumors. Is he f*cking gay? Why would he want to separate those transfer students badly, acting like he didn't want to share that Hajun guy with anyone, lol."

"He's rich, so it doesn't matter. At least we get paid, haha."

"He's asking to hang out after classes again. Let's go drinking with his money."

"Sure~."

Hajin approached them, her expression was steely and determined. She called out in a firm voice, "Choi Sungkyu." The three guys turned to her. "So, you're the source of the rumor about Yujin. Where did you hear that?"

Choi Sungkyu's eyes widened in surprise, but he quickly masked it with a smirk. He even fixed his hair as if trying to appear pleasant in front of the beautiful Hajin. "Ah, if it isn't Kim Hajin, the muse of the class 3-A. To what do I owe this visit?"

 The other two students laughed at Choi Sungkyu trying hard to act polite and gentlemanly, but Hajin ignored his antics and asked again. "Where did you hear that? About Yujin's situation? You said that 'guy' paid you to spread that rumor. That guy is Lu Yuze, right? Where did he hear about that?"

"Woah, woah! Ask one at a time, Kim Hajin," Choi Sungkyu straightened his posture. Now, he stood taller than Kim Hajin, and he expected that the slim and petite girl would at least show fear, but he was amazed that Kim Hajin did not even flinch.

Choi Sungkyu grinned amusingly. He cocked his head in the direction where the Kim Hajun and Lu Yuze were. "It's not like he didn't tell me to keep it hidden so I'll tell you. Who else? It was your brother, Kim Hajun."

Hajin clenched her fist. Her eyes turned sharp and they glared at Choi Sungkyu. "That's a lie. Hajun will never do that."

Choi Sungkyu gawked at her before he burst into sarcastic laughter. "Hahahahahaha. What do you know about your brother? Who else would Yuze learn that thing from other than him? Your brother's full of himself and couldn't accept that the adopted one was much better than him! I bet you didn't even know he smokes! So, he's a bastard hiding in sheep's clothing, eh? Poor older sister getting tricked by her little brother. Hahahaha."

Hajin was irked. She spat angrily yet her posture remained calm and collected, "Then, you must have been rubbing off your smelly, stinky, and disgusting behavior to him. Get away from my brother, you, motherf*ckers."

The three were stunned after hearing the demure, kind, and top-student Kim Hajin cussed them. Hajin turned her back and was about to walk away when her arm was grabbed by Choi Sungkyu suddenly.

"Hey, who do you think you are to call us disgusting?! Your brother is the disgusting one! Fooling around with that gay Lu Yuze and even going somewhere with just the two of them! I bet they're sucking each other's—

Pak!

The loud noise of the soft palm hitting a bastard's face echoed in the hallway. Everyone stopped and turned to them, wondering what was going on.

Hajin's palm was stinging with pain from the impact of her slap, while Choi Sungkyu's head was turned to the left, his cheek reddened and his lower lip even burst a little.

Choi Sungkyu's eyes bulged with anger. Veins crept on his neck and his fist balled, while his other hand, which was still gripping Hajni's arm tightly, gripped her even tighter that his nails clawed on her soft, pale skin.

Kim Hajin winced. She pulled her arm back. "Let go!"

But Choi Sungkyu did not budge. With his eyes reddened and his lips pursed tightly out of rage, he lifted his hand and was about to slap Hajin back, but both of his arms were grabbed by two different people.

Choi Sungkyu thought it was his companion, so he snarled as he looked at them, "You bastards, why are you stopping me?!!"

However, he saw two members of the student council, while his two companions already scampered away.

"Choi Sungkyu," Lee Hoon's lowered voice echoed in the hallway, turning the atmosphere cold and tense. "You're a man, and yet you're ready to slap a woman back, on top of hurting her arm?"

Choi Sungkyu shrunk a little.

The student council's president, Lee Hoon, was taller than him, even though their body's build was the same. On his other arm, Nam Dohyun, a student council member, was on the smaller side, but the way he gripped his arm that held Hajin's arm was strong, which means his strength was superior to him.

With two formidable opponents on his side, Choi Sungkyu had no choice but to surrender. He pursed his lips and muttered, "She started it. She slapped me! She even cussed at me!"

Nam Dohyun, adjusting his glasses on his face, turned to Kim Hajin with furrowed brows. "You cussed?"

Kim Hajin blushed a tiny bit. She has a crush on Nam Dohyun, and having her crush find out that her demure and modest image at school was nothing but fake, embarrassed her.

She averted her eyes and answered, "He said disgusting things about my brothers. And he's also the one spreading rumors about Yujin! Yujin couldn't' concentrate on his training and his studies because other students were looking at him like he was some charity case that was taking advantage of my family! You have a brother too, right, president? You know how frustrating it is when your brother is suffering from things he doesn't have control of!"

Hajin huffed after shouting those words. She glared at Choi Sungkyu and snatched her arm back. Then, disregarding her crush who never noticed her feelings, she pointed at Choi Sungkyu and barked, "Spreading malicious rumors counts as bullying. I will make sure that you will be punished for bullying my brothers!"

Choi Sungkyu, "What?! You bitch—

"Enough. Let's talk this out in the disciplinary room," Lee Hoon interrupted, letting Sungkyu's arm go. He nodded to Nam Dohyun, and Nam Dohyun dragged Choi Sungkyu away. Lee Hoon turned to Hajin. "Kim Hajin, come with us."

Composing herself and rubbing her bruised arm. She followed Lee Hoon, whose eyes darted on her reddened arm. His expression darkened, but he looked away before Hajin could see his face.