Chapter 176 - Intimate friend

Hearing that Jieun began to feel more frightened. Han Taehee did not say about any such matter to her, and once she gets caught lying, everything will be ruined for her.

That's when an idea hit Im Jieun, and she spoke out, "Wouldn't that be unfair? Han Taehee is a really intimate friend of yours, and one can easily see that she will be siding with you."

Lee Jinhee faced the Principal and asked, "Principal, would you doubt Han Taehee's words?"

Expressing his suspicion towards Han Taehee's words was not something the Principal could afford. He very well knew the family Han Taehee belonged to, and with a word from the Han family, his entire career can be destroyed.

The Principal coughed.

"There is no need to call Han Taehee here. I will be checking the CCTV footage and then decide the perfect punishment for Student Im Jieun," The Principal said.

"I'll be trusting you with the final decision then, Principal. I hope you won't be unfair," Jinhee voiced out.

Adding more pressure on to the Principal's head, Jinhee added, "After all, this was a life threatening situation."

"Certainly, I won't be disappointing you, Student Jinhee," The Principal said, "Im Jieun will be dealt with properly."

Im Jieun's body trembled the entire time. Her parents will disown her for all of her actions and the embarrassment she had bought upon the Im family. Not only that, she potentially offended the Han family as well. There were no excuse for her actions.

As Lee Jinhee was about to stand, Lee Aera said, "Even if all that occurred, you should have informed me that you won't be at the dorms for a week. Do you know how much you trouble you created?"

With mock noticeable in her eyes, Lee Jinhee stared at Aera, and with her lips curving to a slight sneer, Jinhee said, "I was in hospital and therefore, the last thing in my mind was informing, Miss Aera. You should ask my parents about the entire thing because they were conscious the entire time. Don't trouble me over such matters from next time onwards."

°°°

As Lee Jinhee was injured and unable to write, the Principal gave the permission to not write the exams. Sitting down on the bench in the ground, Lee Jinhee stared at the sky.

Clouds swam across the sky, and warm breeze flowed at her direction, flowing her air along with it. Lee Jinhee spotted a bird's nest on the nearby tree, and a smile formed on her face when she saw the mother bird feeding the chick.

Lee Jinhee was able to solve this without any help from Han Taehyun, and for that, Jinhee felt proud of herself. The thought of Han Taehyun and his antics caused the smile on Lee Jinhee's face to widen.

"What are you thinking about?" A familiar voice asked from behind.

Bending her neck backwards and looking up, Lee Jinhee noticed that Han Taehyun was staring at her with a grin on his face. His presence here shocked her for he should be attending an exam now.

"Don't you have an exam to give?" Lee Jinhee asked whilst raising one of her eyebrows.

Chuckling, Han Taehyun walked towards the front of the bench and sat down beside Lee Jinhee. Wearing that signature playful smile of his, Taehyun pinched Lee Jinhee's nose softly.

"What do I do? It seems that you occupied my mind the entire time, and I was barely able to write. How should I punish you for that?" Han Taehyun said.

"It's understandable. You're not the first people to experience that. I occupied the mind of Lee Jinkyung, Jieun, my parents, and many other people I don't know about. Such people will continue to increase. Therefore, you're not special," Lee Jinhee stated.

Taehyun laughed and said, "Jinhee-ah, you really know how to destroy the atmosphere. Don't you?"

Jinhee shrugged and said, "If stating truth equals to destroying atmosphere, then I suppose I'm an expert at it."

"Stating truth, hmm," Taehyun spoke out.

Then, leaning closer to Lee Jinhee, Taehyun continued, "Then, gaze at this face of mine and give me a opinion on my looks. You have to be honest though, Jinhee-ah; You can't lie."

"That's an easy one. You look extremely charming," Jinhee voiced out.

However, before Han Taehyun could be excited about the compliment, Lee Jinhee added, "When you're dressed as a female. Can't you see the amount of men you attract the attention of?"

Noticing something, Lee Jinhee lips curved up to a smile and said, "See that guy beside that tall tree? He is one of your admirers as well. With how he is staring at you whilst wearing a blush on his face and holding a box of chocolates, it looks as if he wants to confess to you."

Han Taehyun let out a chuckle, and pulling Lee Jinhee's cheeks, he voiced out, "Everyone is giving exams currently, and there is no one out here except for the two of us."

"Ouch!" Lee Jinhee exclaimed as she jumped away from Han Taehyun. Rubbing her cheeks, Lee Jinhee glared at the boy who sat beside her.

"I was trying to make you feel good about yourself and yet here you're being mean to me. Han Taehyun, karma will be hitting you back, and it will be a painful attack," Jinhee spoke out.

Taehyun started to laugh after hearing Jinhee's words and voiced out, "What are you, Lee Jinhee? A small kid?"

Showing ridicule on her face, Jinhee voiced out, "No, I'm perfectly matured. It's just that with someone, who has a mentality of five year old, I prefer to talk like a five year old."

"Heol! You're matured. Why did not I know about it, Jinhee? When did such a thing happen? You should have held a party and invited me to it," Taehyun spoke out.

Hearing Han Taehyun's words, Lee Jinhee began to laugh. This time, Lee Jinhee did not feel annoyed after hearing Taehyun's words and in fact, found them humorous.

Tears formed at the corner of her eyes due to how much she was laughing, and getting a control over her laughing, Jinhee said, "Han Taehyun, you should really be a comedian. Your face will earn you millions of won."

"Why, Jinhee-ah? Is it because I am that much charming?" Han Taehyun voiced out as he cupped his face with his hands.

"No, that isn't the case. It is because you're face itself is a joke," Jinhee said before she continued to laugh once again.

"Heol! Jinhee-ah, I did not know that you could be so mean!" Taehyun exclaimed.

Mimicking Jinhee's words, Taehyun added, "Hurting my fragile heart like this, karma will be hitting you back, and it will be really painful."

Stopping herself from laughing, Lee Jinhee stared at Han Taehyun and spoke out, "Oh! Really? On a range of one to ten— with ten being the highest— how much will it hurt, Taehyun-ssi."

Han Taehyun flicked his fingers on Jinhee's forehead, and feeling the sharp pain go through her forehead, Jinhee winced. Her laughing seized, and rubbing her foreheads, Lee Jinhee looked daggers at Han Taehyun.

"Only this much, Jinhee-ah," Taehyun said whilst wearing a seemingly innocent smile on his face.

"I'll get back at you for this," Jinhee spoke out— her voice showing her determination.

"Omo! Really?" Han Taehyun asked.

Pushing the hair on top of his forehead back, Han Taehyun pointed at it and said, "Here, Jinhee-ah? Come at me. Give this your best shot."

Since Han Taehyun was offering himself willingly, Lee Jinhee saw no reason to reject it. Raising her right hand, she was about to flick on Han Taehyun's forehead before he suddenly stood up.

Wearing a mischievous grin on his face, Taehyun said, "But before that, Jinhee-ah, you can to catch me. I can't be that easy."

Saying that Han Taehyun ran away with his fastest speed, and watching his distant back, Jinhee started to laugh again. These days, Taehyun seemed more amusing to her than annoying.