The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 35

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Chapter 35
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I rushed home in a panic.
To my shock, my belongings—which should have been inside the apartment—were crammed into boxes and scattered outside.
“Why are you only just arriving?!”
Though I was the one who had every right to be outraged, the Landlady screamed at me the moment she saw me.
“You said you needed money urgently, so I found a new tenant right away! Do you have any idea how much of a fuss the renter just made?!”
What is this.
“Excuse me? Who said they needed money and asked you to find a new tenant?”
The Landlady faltered.
From the look of things, it seemed my Father had hastily withdrawn the jeonse deposit.
I was speechless.
I lived in this apartment, but the jeonse deposit didn’t belong to me.
The deposit was clearly my Father’s money, so if he needed it and decided to withdraw it, there was nothing I could do about it.
But he could have at least told me beforehand.
Anyone who’s ever signed a real estate contract knows that a jeonse apartment doesn’t just get vacated like that overnight.
He’d been talking about needing money months ago—he should have listed the place then.
Without saying a word to me.
‘Damn it.’
An overwhelming sense of betrayal bubbled up from the depths of my stomach.
My voice trembled as I spoke.
“Look, even if the deposit is your Father’s money, I’m the one living in this apartment. Seriously. You should have contacted me in advance. I just found out right now—this very moment—that I’ve been evicted!”
My attempt to hold back my temper finally erupted into a raised voice.
“Why are you yelling?! You’re family—I naturally assumed you’d discussed this beforehand! What kind of strange household is this, where someone in such a rush doesn’t even tell their own daughter?!”
My chest tightened.
As someone whose parents had divorced years ago, anger surged up unexpectedly.
The Landlady flinched when she saw my expression darken with fury, but unwilling to back down, she lashed out defensively.
“How was I supposed to know?! Just take your things and go! You can stay at your Father’s place!”
It was actually a reasonable solution.
I took a short, deep breath to calm the rising betrayal and anger, then pulled out my phone.
‘Stay calm.’
I called my Father.
Just recently, I’d been recklessly buying all sorts of things with the card Baek Hee-an had given me, so I had far too much luggage.
I wasn’t short on money—I just needed a place to stay temporarily.
If my Father took responsibility for this mess and offered me a place to stay for a while, I’d be furious, but I was prepared to let it slide without saying anything.
It’s not like I saw him often anyway.
But then.
“….”
Brrrr, brrrr.
No matter how long I waited, that damned Father of mine wouldn’t pick up the phone.
A string of curses erupted from deep within me.
‘What the hell?’
Because money was tight, my father had simply emptied out the semi-basement jeonse apartment where his daughter—his injured daughter—was living, without so much as a word of warning.
And since it was just a dingy semi-basement, the deposit he’d gotten back was barely anything.
When it became clear that Father wasn’t going to answer, the Landlady’s expression as she looked at me was tinged with pity and contempt.
I stood there gripping my phone, my face burning crimson.
I was mortified.
‘Why is he doing this to me? Was it really so difficult to tell me beforehand that he needed money and was renting out the room? If he’d told me, I would have found a new place already. I was already looking, for crying out loud!’
More than the fact that Father hadn’t warned me in advance, being abandoned by him yet again was a devastating blow.
I was being evicted from this place too.
He’d abandoned me when he remarried because he didn’t have the decency to take his ailing child with him.
‘God, I was such a fool for forcing myself to accept it as a win—that he at least left me with a semi-basement jeonse apartment while remarrying.’
I wanted to grab him by the collar and throw him to the ground.
I bit my lip and lowered my phone.
I wouldn’t answer, no matter what.
“….”
The Landlady spoke to me.
“Your situation is unfortunate, but what’s done is done. For now, why don’t you go to the motel nearby and stay for a night—”
“Hyun-su.”
Both the Landlady’s and my gaze turned.
Completely out of nowhere, it was Baek Hee-an’s voice.
Through the fully lowered window of a white vehicle that had apparently just arrived, my eyes met Baek Hee-an’s directly.
‘Why now of all times….’
I couldn’t believe Baek Hee-an was showing up in this situation.
Baek Hee-an, who had driven up in a sleek white car that looked completely out of place in this gloomy, dingy neighborhood, opened the door and stepped out.
Click.
Even in a casual shirt and black pants, his appearance was remarkably refined.
Looking ahead in bewilderment, I saw the Landlady standing there with her mouth agape, utterly mesmerized by Baek Hee-an.
Soon the Landlady let out a cry.
“Oh my! Oh my goodness! Oh my heavens! Is that really Baek Hee-an?!”
“Hello.”
As Baek Hee-an greeted her after getting out of the car, the Landlady’s face flushed bright red with excitement.
“What brings you here! I can’t believe I’m actually seeing Baek Hee-an in person—is this a dream or reality? Don’t tell me you two know each other? Your boyfriend… well, obviously not.”
The Landlady’s gaze swept across my entire body with blatant scrutiny.
A surge of irritation.
I really didn’t like this woman in so many ways.
‘Who does she think she is?’
Baek Hee-an gleamed brilliantly without even trying, effortlessly radiant.
I was well aware that I was completely incompatible with someone so exceptionally superior.
Baek Hee-an glanced at me with an awkward expression.
“He’s a close friend.”
This is ridiculous.
The Landlady was absolutely delighted by Baek Hee-an’s absurd nonsense.
“Oh, thank goodness! Our Hyun-su suddenly lost his room and had nowhere to go, so he can stay at your place, Baek Hee-an!”
“…Pardon?”
Had she lost her mind?
And my name wasn’t Hyun-su—it was Hyun-su, yet somehow I’d become the creepy “our Hyun-su” in her mouth.
It seemed like she’d somehow merged Baek Hee-an’s “Hee” character with mine.
Baek Hee-an immediately seized the opportunity.
“Let’s do it, Hyun-su.”
“?”
This bastard again?
Before I could even open my mouth, Baek Hee-an made his move first.
“I’ll go have a word with him. I’ll move my things too, so please wait.”
“Oh, don’t worry about it. But before you go, could you sign something for me? There are a lot of Baek Hee-an fans in my family.”
From where I stood, it looked like pure self-interest on the Landlady’s part.
Baek Hee-an looked slightly uncomfortable, but after glancing at me, he extended his hand to the annoying Landlady.
I couldn’t bear to watch him sign—there was too much tension knotted inside me.
My jaw clenched.
“Let’s go.”
“…Oh! Wait, Baek Hee-an! Where are you going?! You have to sign first!”
Revenge, you old woman.
The Landlady rushed after us in a panic, but Baek Hee-an merely glanced back before obediently following me.
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I thought I’d already hit rock bottom just by showing him how different I was from my college days—when my limbs were intact and my muscles were taut—now bloated and limping pathetically.
I never imagined I’d be showing him something even worse live.
‘I’m dying of embarrassment.’
Baek Hee-an broke the silence and asked.
“What’s going on?”
“Doesn’t matter.”
“…”
He fell silent immediately.
It was some small comfort that Baek Hee-an didn’t know the full details.
For reference, we were now in a parking lot near my home, and I was sitting in Baek Hee-an’s car with him.
He’d said he wanted to talk, so I got in.
The car Baek Hee-an had driven to my house today was a pristine white Bentley with excellent ride quality.
“It’s different from your profile picture.”
“…That blue sports car isn’t one I drive often. I mostly keep it in the warehouse.”
He had plenty of money.
Baek Hee-an’s face was so pale and refined that an elegant car like this suited him far better than a sports car.
“Why did you come here? How did you find out where I live?”
“I asked at the Convenience Store.”
“…?”
How the hell did this bastard find out which Convenience Store I go to?
Did he ask Hwang Beom-young directly that day at the Hotel, or maybe Hwang Beom-young’s aunt?
Before I could ask, Baek Hee-an spoke up.
“At the Hotel, Hwang Beom-young started the fight first, so I had no choice. I didn’t want to fight either….”
Whatever.
“So why did you come.”
“I was curious how you were living.”
This is ridiculous.
Baek Hee-an showed up at the worst possible timing and watched my embarrassment unfold, then touched on a sensitive subject.
“From what I heard earlier, it sounds like your Jeonse lease fell through suddenly and you’re in trouble.”
“That’s none of your business.”
I drew a line, making my discomfort clear, but Baek Hee-an ignored my words.
“If you have nowhere to go, stay at my place until you find a new one. The house is unnecessarily spacious, so if you’re on the upper floor, we won’t run into each other.”
“….”
Is this bastard actually insane?
No matter that we’re college classmates, I’m not about to move into some guy’s house I just met—especially not Baek Hee-an’s.
‘And what does this asshole think I might do that he’d invite me into his home?’
I mean, I could steal something.
Not that I’m thinking about it or anything.
I answered irritably without even looking at Baek Hee-an.
“I said no.”
“Heaven Company just released the new premium Heaven Station VR 3.0. Installation finished this morning.”
“Then I’m going.”
“….”
I saw Baek Hee-an’s lips trembling slightly as he held back laughter, but I pretended not to notice.
Heaven Station VR 3.0.
Fragments of user reviews I’d seen online flashed through my mind.
‘The impact feedback is so vivid that people say getting hit is actually enjoyable—crazy talk like that.’
As a hardcore gamer, I couldn’t help but anticipate it.
But I had no idea why this bastard was saving it as a hidden card to reveal at the last moment.
‘Ugh, how embarrassing.’
But no matter how embarrassing it was, as a heavy user obsessed with God Opal, I couldn’t just pass up Heaven Company’s billion-won luxury VR device.

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