Chapter 101 - Trouble in party [1]

"What are you doing?"

Hearing that voice, Moon Jiwoo turned her head to see Sookyung standing behind her, and he had his hands folded over his ċhėst. Judging from his expression, he had not heard about what she said.

Jiwoo noticed how some of the females were lovestruck at the sight of him while the rest scrutinized him, thinking whether or not to believe the words that Jiwoo just told them.

"Nothing, just making some friends, Sookyung. Shouldn't you be hanging out with Yejoon? After all, he was the one who dressed this much for, and you really looked forward to meeting him. Things have been hard for you this few days since you were unable to see him," Moon Jiwoo spoke out, trying to insinuate at something.

"What do you mean?"

Staring at the confused expression on Sookyung's face, she decided to grab him out of the scene before he exposed all of her lies. That would be taking out the fun out of it.

Wrapping her hand around his wrist, she gripped it tightly and pulled him away, while she felt a smirk forming on her face. Doing something evil after a long time really felt pleasant to Moon Jiwoo.

After they have reached one of the corners of the palace, Jiwoo smiled and asked, "Why did you approach me? I was having a pleasant time with the ladies, and you ruined it."

"With so many ladies gathered around you, I am confident that you were only trying to create trouble. What's with all the nonsense you uttered back then?" Sookyung had one of his eyebrows raised.

Turning her gaze away, Jiwoo spoke out, "About that, it was because of you, Oh Sookyung. Those ladies would not have let go of you. That's why, I had come up with something like that on the spot. Are you an idiot for approaching a tiger's den without any prior preparation!?"

Leaning his face closer to Moon Jiwoo, Sookyung said, "Why am I having this intuition that you are hiding something from me, Shin Daerin? You are acting really suspicious."

Jiwoo had recently learned on how easily get face gave away her emotions, and not wanting for Sookyung— who was surprisingly good when it came to figuring it out— to decipher it all, she knew that she had to escape from the situation.

Raising her hand, she touched his ċhėst and pushed him away little backwards. Then, looking down, she said, "Let's talk about all of this later on. I have to rush to the bathroom right now."

Without giving him a chance to speak about it, Moon Jiwoo turned her back on him and ran away from the scene.

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"Are you going to be his mistress?" a woman questioned.

Moon Jiwoo was currently in the washroom, and standing before the mirror, she was trying to fix her make up when a woman stood in front of the mirror beside her.

At the woman's question, Jiwoo found herself being caught off guard, and raising one of her eyebrows, she turned her head to stare at the woman. 

"What do you mean?" Jiwoo asked— creases forming between both of her eyebrows.

"Are you pretending to be innocent or something?" the woman voiced out.

In her last life, she was used to dealing with such situations all the time, but she did not think that she would facing it at here as well. The arrogance the female showed heightened up Jiwoo's one as well.

"How is that any of your business?" Jiwoo spoke out— her eyes not hiding her anger.

Dealing with jealous woman was something she detested even if Jiwoo had done some absurd things herself due to envy.

The woman scoffed and said, "Look, I don't care about all the protector bullshit. Maybe you have protected him and all that nonsense. But this doesn't mean that you can keep him all to yourself. Tch! I don't know what you are expecting by sticking to him like that. You are a pest to him right now."

Moon Jiwoo chuckled and said, "What are you? A little kid for using such words? You are jealous of me? You want me to get away from Sookyung's life? 

You are not even allowed to call him by his name yet you dare to act this arrogantly. Remember that I would rather kill him than let him go with you. Stop acting like such a bitch! It's unattractive."

Proud of how she maintained to successfully retort, Moon Jiwoo curved the corner of her lips to form a smirk, and turning her back on the woman, she was about to walk away from the washroom.

Angered by Moon Jiwoo's words, the woman clenched her hand into a tight fist before raising one of her hands and flicking her finger slightly. Due to that, Jiwoo's back was suddenly hit with water.

Feeling the cool water hit her back before she was about to leave the bathroom surprised Moon Jiwoo, and her eyes widened while she turned back to face the woman.

"You!" Moon Jiwoo exclaimed.

"Oops! My mistake. I will be taking my leave. Good luck with trying to find something to get dressed into," the woman voiced out as she walked towards the door.

The woman's shoulder bumped against Jiwoo's slightly, and gritting her teeth, Jiwoo let her rage show on her face clearly. There was no way she was letting go of this woman so easily!

Gripping on the woman's wrist, she flipped the woman suddenly, and caught by surprise, a gasp escaped from the woman's mouth before she found her back crash against the bathroom's floor.

A sharp pain went through the woman's back due to the strength Jiwoo used to throw her, and a groan escaped from the woman's mouth. 

As the woman was about to stand up, Jiwoo walked towards her, and placing her foot close to the woman's neck, she pushed her down. Looking at the woman's face, Jiwoo face held disgust.

"Tch! Don't try to challenge me when you are this weak. You are really pathetic," she threatened, "Next time onward, you are not going to be let off this easily, bitch. I have no problem in snapping that pretty little neck of yours."

Jiwoo's threat managed to cause chill to go through the woman's back, and nonetheless, the woman did not want to give that easily. However, before the woman was able to retort, the door to the washroom was pushed open.

Hearing that, Jiwoo turned her back and saw a middle-aged woman step in. The woman's eyes widened at the scene before she spoke out, "What are you two doing?"

"What happened?" Sookyung questioned once he had walked into the room.

His eyes fell on Moon Jiwoo, who was seated upon the couch. While Jiwoo's back leaned against the couch, she had her legs crossed, and arrogance was clearly visible on her face. With her arms folded over her ċhėst, she had boredom shown upon her features.

Seated beside her was a young woman, who appeared to be in a dishevelled state, and that was enough to give him an idea on what could have happened.

Seated opposite to them was Sookyung's so-called parents, Han Sungmin and Han Youngmi— the middle-aged woman from earlier. Both of them had a stern expression on their faces.

Walking over to Moon Jiwoo, he patted the top of her head and voiced out, "What trouble did you create this time around? You are really a handful!"

At Sookyung's words, Jiwoo raised her head to stare at him and glared before saying, "Do you think I really have time to pick fight with random bitches? That woman apparently likes you and wanted me to stay away from you. If you dare to show any interest towards her, I will seriously be burying you alive."

Moon Jiwoo's words managed to provoke Han Sungmin successfully, and slapping his hand on to the table before him, he stood up.

While his eyes glowered at Moon Jiwoo, he stated, "What an impolite woman! I previously told you to great rid of her! I knew that she would be nothing but trouble!"

Han Youngmi added, "Junghwa is a daughter of my close friend, and she was bullying her at the washroom! She was kicking the poor girl. You can easily see how scared the girl was! This definitely can't go unpunished."

Jiwoo turned to face Junghwa— the one seated beside her— and scoffed at her before saying, "What a chicken you are! You can't fight me on your own. You are really pathetic! Try to fight me on your own if you can, loser. Even Sookyung knows how to fight his own battles!"