Chapter 36 - 35: Arrival at Mount Hua (10)

The three of them now sat, leaning against a towering tree. Baek Hwarin sat in the center, with Baek Dojin on her right and on her left, Ma Soo Ah sat quietly as she watched the moon. Hwarin let out a deep breath.

“Huuuuuuu... Now I feel alive.”

“And here you were persisting on not taking any rest. Look at yourself.”

“That’s none of your business.”

“But you stink!”

Dojin gave Hwarin a disgusted look as he grabbed his nose.

“If you have a problem with that, go by yourselves. Who told you to stick with us? Move.” Hwarin started pushing Dojin. “Move from here.”

“...”

That caught Dojin off guard. If he goes, how will he be able to see Sahyung Soo Ah’s face? Nope, that definitely can’t happen.

‘I don’t wanna go.’

Dojin cleared his throat with his eyes closed as he tried to state a fact.

“If I go, who will look after you guys?”

Then he opened one eye to look at Hwarin’s reaction. And he could see...

“...”

What’s with that disgusting look?

“Don’t give me your bullshit. We don’t need you. Or do you think you are stronger than our Sahyung here?”

“...”

Soo Ah looked at Dojin with a blank face which made him a bit flustered.

“No... No, no! I didn’t mean that.”

“Then what did you mean?”

‘Argh!’

This Hwarin girl really knew how to get on people’s nerves. Couldn’t she just sit here quietly? Why did she have to open her damn mouth?

But you are the one who started it first. Who told you to talk bad about a girl on her face?

“...”

True.

“Now go already and tell the others we will come soon. At least you’ll be doing some work.”

Hwarin pushed Dojin even further.

“Sigh...”

Not able to find any word to argue with her, Dojin started getting up. If he tried to argue with this girl randomly, then Sahyung Soo Ah would definitely be suspicious of him. And he didn’t want that.

“Ok, ok. I’m going.”

Step... step... step...

“...”

“Uh... That bastard is finally gone.”

“Watch your mouth, Samae. You are a taoist. If the sect leader and the elders find out you are swearing...”

Hwarin looked at Soo Ah’s face who was lecturing her now.

“How will they find out? Who will tell them? Or...”

A mischievous grin formed on her lips.

“...Are you gonna tell them about it? That’s not fair, Sahyung. I just helped you get rid of that persisting bastard.”

Hearing those words Soo Ah looked away as if she didn’t understand anything Hwarin was saying.

“What are you talking about?”

“...”

‘Whooa...! How cute!’

Hwarin’s grin spread even further.

“Don’t act like you know nothing, Sahyung. You already know that Dojin likes you, don’t you?”

“...”

Soo Ah remained silent, pretending not to be able to hear anything.

Well, it was true. She knew that Baek Dojin liked her. With how clingy he was sometimes and... Well, whenever he got a chance he would always stay around her, be good to her and blush all the time in front of her. Anyone with a normal mind wouldn’t have a hard time figuring out what was really going on. It was only Baek Dojin who thought nobody knew anything about it. But in fact, almost the whole sect already knew he liked Ma Soo Ah.

“Hmm...”

Seeing Soo Ah remaining silent, Hwarin couldn’t help but tease her more.

“Hey, Sahyung. Don’t tell me you also like him...”

Thud!

Soo Ah gave a punch on Hwarin’s head.

“Ouch! It hurts!”

“Don’t joke around. Why would I like him?”

Hwarin started rubbing her head dramatically.

“Yeah, yeah. I know you like someone else. But you won’t tell us about him no matter how much we ask. Since I helped you just now... You can at least tell me his name, right Sahyung?”

“Nope.”

“Oh, come on, Sahyung!” Hwarin was now acting all dramatic. “Then at least tell me how he looks.”

“...”

Soo Ah stared at Hwarin with suspicion. She could tell Hwarin was up to no good and was just acting dramatic to get the info. But she told her anyway. She did help her get rid of Dojin earlier.

“Hmm... He is handsome.”

“Oh!” As Soo Ah started talking about it, Hwarin leaned closer with a satisfied smile on her face. “And?”

“And what? That’s all.”

“...”

“He is handsome and that’s all?”

“Yep.”

Hwarin couldn’t help but force a weak laugh.

“Hah... Haha. You are messing with me, right? Right, Sahyung? Who describes their crush with only one word ‘handsome’? Of course I know he is handsome. Why would you like someone with bad looks?! Tell me the description of his face and appearance! Tell me!”

“Why would I tell you that? That’s a secret.”

Hwarin was really speechless. This Sahyung of hers was good in all the other things but too mean when it came to talking about the man she likes. Truly annoying.

“You are so mean!”

“...”

Talking about the person she likes... A faint smile could be seen on Soo Ah’s face. And on top of that she could tease this cute Samae of hers. It was really good. It felt warm.

Silence.

The two girls sat there quietly for a moment. And after some time had passed Hwarin finally opened her mouth again. This time her tone was filled with a bit of hesitation. It looked like she was still thinking if she should ask it or not. However, she finally let the words out.

“Hey, Sahyung. I heard your brother was supposed to come a month ago. But he still...”

“Looks like you are fine now. Let’s go.”

Soo Ah got up with a serious and sad looking face, preparing to leave.

“...”

It looked like she didn’t want to talk about it.

‘Sigh... I shouldn’t have brought that topic. I made her upset again.’

The two girls with a cold atmosphere around them started leaving the field quietly, making it empty again.