novellhall Chapter 42 The Cellphone Nuclear Explosion in the Dead of Night
Chapter 42 The Cellphone Nuclear Explosion in the Dead of Night
Red Velvet's dorm is very quiet.
To be precise, it was eerily quiet. The living room lights had been off long ago, and Bae Joo-hyun hadn't turned them on when she came in. She changed her shoes in the dark and walked into the bedroom in the dark.
She stood by the bed for a few seconds, without turning on the light, and glanced at the maknae by the light of the street lamp outside the window.
She turned around, grabbed her pajamas, and went into the bathroom.
Close the door and lock it.
The lights are on.
Bae Joo-hyun looked at herself in the mirror.
This face, the way Choi Sulli mocked it to my face today, really looks a bit ugly.
"Bae Joo-hyun," she said softly.
The woman in the mirror did not respond.
"Are you a piece of trash?" She chuckled, a very soft laugh, but the curve of her lips was strange. "Everyone's shitting on your head, and you can still laugh?"
She turned on the tap, and hot water gushed out, the steam slowly coating the mirror.
She didn't rush to wash her face, but stood under the showerhead.
The water was hot, but she felt cold, a chill emanating from her very core, making her shiver all over.
She can't forget what happened this afternoon.
Choi Sulli's eyes were completely those of a winner looking at a loser.
"Why?" She laughed again, hitting the mirror and splashing water everywhere. "Why her? What do I lack compared to her?"
The hot water kept flowing, and the steam became increasingly heavy.
Sulli was willing to give up everything for him, can I?
Kim Young-min's words still echoed in my ears. Was he warning me?
She took off her clothes, immersed herself in hot water, and stared at the ceiling.
I just can't bring myself to let go of everything, but why am I feeling so sad?
His face is all I can think about.
She likes him.
She was starting to have doubts.
What started as interest turned into inexplicable fondness, perhaps it was possessiveness?
But why did I run away? Why was I afraid? Why would I rather be led by the nose by Choi Sulli than admit it?
"Because you're a coward," she muttered to herself, her voice very soft.
Bae Joo-hyun tilted her head back, hot water streaming down her face.
"But you can't keep being such a coward, right? Look at today, Sulli swaggered into the company to give you a hard time. What about tomorrow? What about the day after? Are you going to watch them get married and have kids, and then change the coffee shop's sign to Sulli's name before you're satisfied?"
She looked down at herself, water droplets sliding down her collarbone.
White, slender, her waist dimples formed a beautiful arc under the light.
"What are you waiting for?" she asked herself. "Wait until he runs away before chasing him? Wait until Choi Sulli has him tied to her waist before you snatch him? Are you, Bae Joo-hyun, going to be this kind of indecisive woman?"
She finally smiled.
I lay back down on the bed.
He rummaged through his bag for his phone and opened his chat with Liu Zimu.
The top is blank.
He never sent him a single message, nor did he send one to himself.
Bae Joo-hyun stared at the empty chat box, her smile growing even brighter.
She started typing.
[Wow, you must have had a tough day! (heart)]
Why isn't my oppa replying to my messages? Is he hanging out with his girlfriend? (Feeling wronged) It's okay, I know you care about me, that's enough.
Oppa, do you know how handsome you look in that white shirt today? My heart always races when I see you.
I've already started missing you. Right now! At this very moment! Do you believe me?
【If you don't believe me, I'll come find you now. Seoul isn't that big, I can take a taxi there~】
[Just kidding, I wouldn't come see you now. After all... there's plenty of time, plenty of time for us (winks)]
The last one ended with a long string of hearts.
Liu Zimu, who was sitting in Choi Sulli's car, twitched his lips twice after reading it.
This woman is insane.
He's completely gone mad.
He was about to reply with "Don't go crazy" when his phone rang again.
If you don't reply to my message, I'll take that as your consent and I'll take a taxi to find you right now... But don't worry, I won't tell Choi Sulli. This is our little secret, and whoever tells is a dog.
【I'll count to three, three, two, one. Okay, since you didn't reply, I'll take that as tacit agreement. I'll come now.】
[Just kidding, I wouldn't be that proactive. I should let you come to me, right?]
Am I pretty?
The post also included a selfie of her wearing a face mask, her eyes gleaming with a sickly light, and a chilling smile on her lips.
Liu Zimu stared at the screen and sighed.
Why bother replying? Not blocking them is just cowardice.
Meanwhile, Bae Joo-hyun lay in the darkness, staring at the ceiling, twisting the plush rabbit's ears once and then again with her fingers, until the rabbit was almost twisted into a pretzel.
Her mind was filled with images: Sulli linking arms with him as they walked out of the SM building, the two of them side by side heading to the parking lot, and sitting together in the car...
Every scene made her so angry that she closed her eyes.
But the next second, she opened her eyes again, picked up her phone and looked at the message history.
Liu Zimu didn't reply with a single punctuation mark.
Bae Joo-hyun was not disappointed.
Instead, she laughed out loud, which terrified Kim Ye-rin so much that she immediately had a nightmare.
"Not replying to my messages? Interesting."
She rolled over, held her phone up to her eyes, and began typing:
Oppa, I won't be angry if you don't reply to me, because I know you care about me, right? You clearly do, but you won't admit it. You're such a hypocrite.
[You clearly peeked at my legs and chest several times in the practice room today, did you think I didn't notice? I know everything!]
Your eyes don't lie, Liu Zimu.
She added a heart-piercing arrow emoji at the end and clicked send.
Oppa~
【Zi Mu Oppa~】
[Liu Zimu! If you don't reply to me soon, I'm going to sleep!]
Okay, I'm done teasing you, I really need to sleep now.
【Good night.】
She read through all the messages she had just sent with satisfaction.
47 messages, and not a single reply was received.
"It's okay, the more you ignore me, the more excited I get. Even if you were lying on top of Choi Sulli right now, I wouldn't mind," she said to a photo of the two of them on her phone.
Tears had already fallen.
Kim Ye-rin was awakened by a nightmare. She turned over and mumbled sleepily, "Unnie, why aren't you asleep so late?"
Bae Joo-hyun walked to Kim Ye-rin's bedside, squatted down, and reached out to tuck the blanket around the maknae: "You go to sleep."
Kim Ye-rin squinted at her, sensing that something was off with her unnie.
Something felt off, though I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but those eyes were shining unbelievably bright in the darkness.
"Unnie, are you alright?" Kim Ye-rin asked cautiously.
"It's okay." Bae Joo-hyun smiled, a gentle and normal smile. "I'm fine."
Then he crawled into bed, hugged Kim Ye-rin, and buried his face in the crook of her shoulder.
"Ye-rin."
"Um."
"Tell me, how can you make a man forget another woman?"
Kim Ye-rin was silent for five seconds: "Unnie, are you talking about Zi-mu oppa and Choi Sulli unnie?"
"No." Bae Joo-hyun closed her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips. "Go to sleep."
Kim Ye-rin said "oh" and didn't dare to ask any more questions.
......
Back upstairs at the coffee shop, Choi Sulli went to take a shower first, while Liu Zimu looked at the message Bae Joo-hyun had sent on his phone.
A deep sense of helplessness flashed in his eyes.
She was sending herself messages so frantically, and then she got teased by Choi Sulli like that today. She must be feeling really bad, right?
He wasn't stupid; he was just a little unfamiliar with Bae Joo-hyun in her yandere state and a little afraid of her.