Chapter 37: Hanging Out in Hongdae (Part 2)

"What?"

The guy became angry. And so did I. I wasn't about to let some trash of a guy touch Jia. You can call it jealousy if you want, but it was more of a paternal instinct, if you will. And my father-like alarms were shooting up all kinds of red flags with this guy.

"I said fuck off. What are you? Deaf?"

"What? Hahaha!"

The guy threw his head back and laughed, clearly at me. But I knew he was caught off guard. This is probably the first time a girl had spoken to him like I had.

"Look at her."

He raised his hand as if he was about to slap me. But then he put it down and said, "Wow, what a bitch."

And with that, he turned and left.

"Sian, are you okay?" Jia asked, looking slightly scared.

"No, I'm not."

How could I be? I felt as if I was about to explode.

"Sian, let's just go."

Jia stood up but I sat her back down. I looked at all the food.

"Let's finish this first."

I didn't want our food and beer to go to waste.

"What if they come back?"