1st in Class Hides Regression - Chapter 97

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The Ranked 1st Student Hides Her Regression
Chapter 97
“Stop. Just stop. I don’t want this.”
Even as I say it, I wonder what good it does.
Do Ha-jun doesn’t listen to me. He doesn’t listen—he just says whatever he wants.
The fact that Do Ha-jun confessed is already unsettling, but I don’t even understand why he’s asking to date in the first place.
We don’t even talk anyway, so it doesn’t have to be me. He could date a stuffed animal at home for all it matters.
I felt skeptical about even saying it, but I said it anyway.
“Do Ha-jun. I don’t like you. It’s not just that I don’t like you—I find you disgusting. The only reason I’m here with you now is because this is high school and I have no choice. Once I get to university, I won’t even share a meal with someone like you.”
If I’m on the subway and the seat next to you is empty, I’ll just stand for an hour. If I go to a movie and you’re sitting next to me, I’ll walk right back out and cancel my reservation.
You move in next door? I’m moving out of the country.
“Have I ever replied to a single message you sent me? Not just replied—I told you to stop sending them. I said if you sent even one more, I’d report you. I’ve made my position clear enough.”
“So what, you’re going to reject me? In front of everyone?”
There it is—he’s not listening, like I said. I let out a hollow laugh and answered.
“If you’re going to confess publicly, you should be ready to be rejected publicly too.”
“You little—”
And now he’s starting to curse. Five minutes ago he confessed, and the moment I reject him, he flips and starts swearing five minutes later. Hilarious, right?
The moment the word started to slip from Do Ha-jun’s mouth, Jung Eun-seong tried to step forward again, so I pulled him back once more.
I lowered my voice and whispered.
“Just wait a moment.”
“Why.”
“Don’t get involved. Are you my boyfriend?”
I stated the obvious fact, and he turned to look at me with shock in his eyes.
Why… why are you looking at me like that?
But soon Do Ha-jun started having a meltdown, so I didn’t have time to wonder.
Ugh. Looking at Do Ha-jun after Jung Eun-seong makes him look even uglier. My eyes must be broken.
“Kang Da-hye, I didn’t even care about you, okay? But you gave me an opening first. So what are you doing now? Playing games with people?”
“An opening? Are you insane? When did I ever—”
“Back then!!!!!!!!”
Bang!!!!!
“When you asked me to get a summer intensive enrollment form!!!!! You even flashed me a smile!!!!!”
“?!”
“I said I didn’t bring one, and you gave me your form!”
Do Ha-jun’s sudden outburst startled not only our classmates but even the kids peeking in from the hallway.
“Man…”
One of the boys in our class marveled at this.
“All this trouble over an enrollment form? Kang Da-hye even asked me to fill out mine right then and there and lent me a pen… Hey, Kang Da-hye. Did you propose to me back then and I just didn’t realize?”
As he said this, he covered his mouth and muttered to himself.
“Being class president is hard.”
The kids who heard that lowered their heads, suppressing their laughter.
Meanwhile, Do Ha-jun kept muttering to himself nonstop.
“You did the same thing during that presentation! You said now that you don’t like Jae-gyeom anymore, if anyone has feelings for you, they shouldn’t give up! And you looked right at me when you said it! And now you’re pretending you don’t remember?!”
This is driving me crazy.
Delusion is a disease, apparently……
“I even practiced a song to perform for you, and I boosted your spirits in front of the whole school, and you’re treating my sincerity like this?!”
Boosted my spirits? You ambushed me with a confession! And right before finals too! How rude!
And another thing!
Just because you’re being sincere, I have to accept you?!
Honestly. If I’m studying sincerely right now, then Korea University should accept me without my College Entrance Exam score!
I’ve watched plenty of dramas about wealthy heirs sincerely. So make me a wealthy heir. Right now, collect 100 won from everyone in the country and give it to me!
Hand it over! 100 won!
“I even bought you a plush toy! Pay me back for it!”
Do Ha-jun, huffing and puffing, threw what he was holding at me.
It was a bear-shaped keychain.
Not a plush toy—a bear-shaped keychain. Still tagged with the 3,000 won price from Daiso.
Perhaps aware that Jung Eun-seong was standing in front of me, he timidly threw the keychain with his foot, and it hit the floor with a metallic clang.
If Jung Eun-seong hadn’t been there, Do Ha-jun would’ve thrown it at my face instead. Metal or no metal, injury or no injury.
Jung Eun-seong’s expression hardened as he watched the keychain skittering across the floor.
He just looked up at the ceiling once. He let out a sigh. Then he picked up the keychain, tossed it lightly once, and caught it.
Jung Eun-seong turned back to me and spoke.
“I stepped on the doll.”
“Oh….”
“Do Ha-jun threw it at me first, so now I get to stick my nose in, right?”
Bang!
The classroom door swung open with a crash just then, and Seo Jae-gyeom walked in. His hair was a complete mess, still damp from basketball, and one glance at the classroom’s state told him everything he needed to know. His expression darkened as he scanned the scene.
“Hey. Do Ha-jun. Come here.”
“Uh… huh?”
“I said come on.”
“W-why…?”
“Just come on out.”
“N-no, I….”
“What? Get out here. Let’s go.”
That’s exactly what you just asked Da-hye to do, Ga-eun chimed in from the side.
Seo Jae-gyeom strode over and hooked an arm around Do Ha-jun’s shoulder, ready to drag him out.
Jung Eun-seong followed along behind them. When Seo Jae-gyeom glanced back, he just shrugged.
“I’ve got something to say to him too.”
Seo Jae-gyeom’s frown deepened, but for now the two of them were on the same side. He let out a sigh.
“Fine, then.”
“Yeah, go on, all three of you~”
Have a nice chat, Su-a called out with a cheerful wave. Shouldn’t someone stop this? Su-a tapped my shoulder as I turned around.
“Let them sort it out. He won’t listen to you anyway. Just let Eun-seong and Jae-gyeom handle it.”
“But is that… all right?”
“What’s wrong with it? This is perfect — if Do Ha-jun ends up dead, at least we won’t have anything to bury with him.”
“Ugh.”
What are you talking about, as if that were so long ago.
Just before the door closed, Jung Eun-seong looked back at Jang Ji-won.
“Yang Ji-wung.”
He didn’t even bother trying to call her name properly anymore, just threw it out carelessly.
“Out of everyone I’ve ever met, you’re the second person who…”
He paused, tilting his head as if searching for the right word.
“…disgusts me.”
He dropped the bomb on Jang Ji-won, who stood there with her mouth hanging open. Jung Eun-seong continued.
“First is Do Ha-jun. Third is your boyfriend. And…”
“…….”
“I hate you most in our entire class.”
* * *
The worst part about a public confession.
“Hey, Kang Da-hye! Do Ha-jun’s pretty decent~”
“Yeah, just say yes~”
“Say yes!”
(Clap)
“Say yes!”
(Clap)
“Go out with me, squirt!”
“Hehehehe….”
Bystanders giggling and having fun as if it were none of their business.
Boys egging him on to confess even though they knew there was no chance, just because they thought it’d be entertaining.
Kids creating momentum from the sidelines, urging her to say yes.
This was probably exactly the situation Jang Ji-won had been aiming for.
Thankfully, my suffering didn’t last long.
“What did she say.”
“Oh, Jae-gyeom….”
Our classmates had never intended to tease us about it from the start.
But some of the boys from the next class over who’d been giggling without reading the room—
“Don’t you remember why Do Ha-jun got School Disciplinary Action?”
“Oh, right….”
“Right, sure—and what, you think this is funny? Just jump down from there.”
Jung Eun-seong and Seo Jae-gyeom rushed over and beat them senseless.
Seo Jae-gyeom at least knew most of the kids, but Jung Eun-seong didn’t even know our school well and still went straight at them, telling them to shut up.
Because those two made such a commotion, every attempt to mock me evaporated before even a day had passed.
“Honestly, there are so many kids with no sense.”
“Too bad. I was going to beat him myself.”
“Right. Se-in and Jung Eun-seong are no match for him—he’s a real fighter.”
Do Ha-jun, whom Jung Eun-seong and Seo Jae-gyeom had taken outside, returned thoroughly cowed after whatever conversation had passed between them in those brief minutes.
That wasn’t all.
He’d openly violated the school’s directive not to contact the victim, so he could face additional disciplinary action.
After reducing Do Ha-jun to that state, Jang Ji-won had washed her hands clean of the matter.
Not that it’s any concern of mine.
(If I’m being honest, I just want to forget the whole thing now…………………………….)
Right now, my problem is.
“Hmph!”
Jung Eun-seong, sitting diagonally behind me, has been huffing and puffing for the entire remaining class period.
He’s not even looking at the blackboard—just staring at me the whole time, huffing like he’s making some kind of protest. I can practically feel a hole burning through the back of my head.
“Hmph!”
“…….”
This is something I need to sort out.
After the last class ended, I couldn’t hold back any longer and asked.
“Jung Eun-seong…”
“HMPH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
“Are you… upset about something?”

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