The Chicken Legend's Game Becomes Reality - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41
Baek Hee-an’s House refrigerator was packed with all sorts of miscellaneous food.
There was so much I wondered if he ate it all by himself, though it could also be because of his ex-girlfriend who occasionally dropped by.
‘Is it still ongoing?’
If a woman that beautiful said she liked him, he wouldn’t be able to brush her off easily.
When I pulled out the Chicken salad boxes organized by type, fresh fruit, and some recently purchased sweet glazed chicken, the table became abundant.
There was plenty of meat in the refrigerator too.
I wanted to grill some pork belly, but I held back thinking of Lee Yu-na.
Everyone knew that female celebrities become herbivores, chewing only vegetables during their active periods.
‘Besides, I’ve been thinking I should start a diet myself.’
Even though I ate Chicken yesterday.
Once I set out a neat spread with Chicken salad, fruit, and sweet glazed chicken, Lee Yu-na began eating the salad.
Crunch, crunch—
Crackle, crackle, crackle—
The sound of nuts sprinkled on the salad and vegetables being chewed echoed through the room.
‘All her features fit into that tiny face. Her neck and wrists look so delicate I could snap them with a squeeze.’
She must have dressed up nicely to meet Baek Hee-an.
These days comfort is the height of fashion, but just wearing a one-piece dress made her look like she’d pulled out all the stops.
It suited her well.
Above all, Lee Yu-na’s makeup was subtle, giving her a fresh, youthful beauty.
Suddenly I remembered the guys from my college days who would groom their hair and apply BB cream in the Dormitory Room before going to meetups, and the girls who would curl their hair with straighteners while laughing and chattering.
‘…I kind of miss those days. I wish I’d gone to more meetups back then.’
Back when I was in college, I was only interested in becoming a national representative and winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
I thought I’d win multiple medals.
Anyway, I wasn’t that beautiful back then, but Lee Yu-na’s fresh and pretty college-like aura stirred up nostalgia in me.
She said she was 167 centimeters tall.
That would be above average for Korean women, but for someone like me who was nearly 180 centimeters and heavily built, she seemed incredibly small and delicate.
There wasn’t even a camera in front of her, so why did she eat so beautifully?
‘She knows she’s pretty.’
Thanks to that, I was getting a real feast for my eyes.
Lee Yu-na seemed quite hungry, eating with focus for a while, then suddenly became aware of my presence and lifted her head slightly to look at me.
She tucked her hair prettily behind her ear as she asked me.
“Is this your first time visiting?”
“Well, yes.”
Though I actually came yesterday.
I gave a vague answer and moved on, and Lee Yu-na promptly placed another order.
“I’d like some pu-erh tea. There are tea bags in the cabinet over there.”
When a human orders another human around, it’s annoying, but when a pretty cat orders a human around, it’s endearing and lovely.
‘How thoughtful. She even told me where the tea bags are.’
I boiled water in the electric kettle, and after rummaging through the cabinet Lee Yu-na had pointed out, I finally found the pu-erh tea.
And I selected a pretty teacup.
I wondered why a man living alone had so many beautiful teacups, but it was obvious that Lee Yu-na had gifted all of them.
‘Lucky bastard, Baek Hee-an. A woman like that and a successful life.’
Even without her, his life was ridiculously successful, but anyway, I envied everything—the private gym in his house, Heaven Station, and his girlfriend.
While I was thinking such things.
Beep beep beep—
The electronic lock on the front door clicked open, and Baek Hee-an appeared before me in an instant.
“…?”
I froze, still holding the teacup.
Whatever was so urgent, he’d rushed in without even taking off his shoes.
Lee Yu-na, who had been sitting at the luxurious dining table munching on vegetables, brightened at the sight of Baek Hee-an and jumped to her feet.
“Oppa!”
“What are you doing?”
Lee Yu-na froze like a rabbit hearing a lion’s growl right in front of her face, her eyes widening in shock.
Even I, holding the teacup, flinched at the chilling tone of his voice.
‘What?’
Baek Hee-an, who had suddenly burst in, glanced at the teacup I was holding, then snatched it away and poured it down the sink.
Splash!
‘Damn it? After I carefully brewed it?’
Baek Hee-an, who had just dumped the tea I’d so carefully prepared, glared fiercely at his ex-girlfriend, Lee Yu-na.
“Is Hyun-su your maid? Don’t you see Hyun-su’s leg is hurt?”
“Oh, oh? Oh, oppa, was he a guest? No, I thought… he was the new housekeeper that just arrived….”
That seemed to be the case.
It appeared the housekeepers working here had been treating Baek Hee-an’s ex-girlfriend, Lee Yu-na, well all along.
I didn’t mind it, but Baek Hee-an seemed angry.
“What? A housekeeper?”
Lee Yu-na, startled by the ominous tone, looked at me and lowered her head.
“I, I’m really sorry—”
“Get out before I report you for trespassing. Actually, give me the key first. The contract ended ages ago. I told you not to come anymore.”
One word stuck in my ears.
‘Contract?’
As Baek Hee-an’s voice grew louder, Lee Yu-na’s pretty eyes began to glisten with tears.
“But….”
Sniff.
It was a sight that made my brow furrow involuntarily.
How could he treat such a pretty girl like that?
“Why are you making her cry? Don’t yell—just talk to her calmly.”
“That’s the thing…. Sigh.”
Baek Hee-an sighed and extended his hand to Lee Yu-na.
“Give me the key first.”
His voice was firm and resolute.
Lee Yu-na, her eyes glistening with tears, gazed up at Baek Hee-an with an expression of profound remorse before finally extracting the key to the magnetic door lock with trembling fingers.
‘A keychain shaped like Baek Hee-an’s game character.’
How adorable.
Without hesitation, Baek Hee-an snatched the key and looked down at Lee Yu-na with a cold, warning expression.
I wondered why he was glaring so intensely, but Lee Yu-na simply hung her head in silence, overwhelmed by his glacial and domineering gaze.
‘She’s beautiful.’
Did Baek Hee-an not see his own striking appearance, so consumed was he by her stunning beauty?
His voice carried an icy chill.
“I’m replacing the door lock tomorrow, so remember that. Our contract is finished, and there’s nothing more. If this gets exposed, it’ll be your problem, not mine. If you want to keep your entertainment career, conduct yourself properly.”
“But… still…”
“Answer me.”
“Can’t we just stay friends? Because… I don’t know when they might come…”
Come?
‘Who?’
The conversation seemed suspicious.
“I’m declining. I’ve done enough.”
“But… I still…”
“Stop it and leave. Don’t you see we have a guest?”
“But still…”
Lee Yu-na glanced at me.
From what I could gather, Baek Hee-an kept pushing her away, while Lee Yu-na seemed determined to stay by his side for some reason.
‘What’s this? So Lee Yu-na doesn’t actually like Baek Hee-an?’
It seemed both true and false simultaneously.
More than anything, watching these two strikingly beautiful people together felt like watching a drama called “A World Where the Gorgeous Live.”
‘Even when crying, Lee Yu-na is beautiful. For Baek Hee-an to be unmoved by that face, he must be made of stone. His ex-girlfriend was also stunning, so maybe he’s developed immunity to beauty. But they keep mentioning a contract—did these two have some kind of contractual relationship?’
It was even more dramatic than a drama.
Gurgle.
My stomach demanded sustenance.
‘Time to eat.’
I immediately turned, opened the refrigerator, went up to the upper floor, and grabbed a salad box and a pack of meat.
Baek Hee-an and Lee Yu-na stopped arguing and looked at me.
Suddenly I remembered why I’d come here in the first place.
“I found a room today and signed the contract. I’m moving my stuff on Monday. I’ll head upstairs now, so keep your lovers’ quarrel reasonable.”
“You’re leaving already? More importantly, lovers’ quarrel? I’ve never dated her.”
“…What?”
What was he talking about?
Lee Yu-na, who had been stubbornly holding her ground until that moment, suddenly looked startled and turned to face me.
“Oh, oppa! Let’s talk about this next time! I’m really sorry, noona!”
And with that, she rushed away.
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That bastard Baek Hee-an.
He’d chased me all the way up to the second floor over the entire weekend, demanding to know why I was leaving so damn early.
‘First of all, you’re way too loud.’
The moment I said that, he suddenly claimed something urgent had come up and left me alone.
Monday.
I finally went back to work.
I organized the warehouse in the morning, attended to customers when they came in, and hit the gym whenever I had a spare moment.
‘But Baek Hee-an and Lee Yu-na never actually dated? Really? I’d heard Lee Yu-na was obsessed with him, but all those rumors—from the dating scandal to the marriage rumors—were completely fake?’
I didn’t believe everything Baek Hee-an said, but that’s what I’d heard.
The dating rumors between them had been famous.
I remembered their fans going crazy asking if it was true, but once Baek Hee-an himself denied it directly, the whole situation died down.
‘Though the vibe was that they’d keep dating behind closed doors even after denying it publicly.’
And for good reason—Lee Yu-na made it so obvious.
The way the two of them carried on about something or other.
‘What kind of promise did they even make?’
Between thinking, exercising, and working, closing time arrived before I knew it.
The convenience store work typically gets busy around the time classes end at the schools in this area.
Ding—
“Welcome… I said don’t come here.”
I was about to greet them when I realized it was Mackerel and his friends—Yang Ae-chui’s Sibling and their crew, whom I hadn’t seen in quite a while.
Whatever had happened, their expressions were absolutely radiant.
“Sister, this is huge!”
“Huge or not, you’re banned. Get out.”
I immediately issued the eviction order.
“Those guys who used to hang out with Hwang Beom-young got punished and transferred schools!”

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