Chapter 181: Chapter 181

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Why do I have to be concerned when I can just call them ahead? With that thought in mind, I browsed Eun Jihos number on my phone and pressed the call button.

However, Eun Jiho didnt answer after a few long beeps. Whats going on? I frowned my brows.

He would pick up his phone before it rang twice, even when he was with his father. At least when he wasnt playing video games, he used to answer as soon as he could.

Maybe hes playing games with Yoo Chun Young, but I heard that Chun Young is quite busy these days, I thought. When the beeping sound went on for about five times, his voice came over the phone.

Once I heard him speaking, I almost dropped my phone.

Hello cough! Khoff, khak, khak!

What the heck is up with this martyred hoarse voice? His smooth tone was entirely out of that sound.

I didnt want to admit it; however, Eun Jiho had a great voice that was enough to make the girls in our class exclaim with admiration. Well, it wasnt only his voice, though

What else I could say when he knew how brilliant he was in everything? Holding my phone, I replied with a sigh.

Oh, my bad. I must have called the wrong number.

[No! Khoff, khak oh, Im dying]

Are you okay, sir? Should I call 911 to your place?

He seemed to be nearly dying. As I asked him after being scared at the moment, there came his response over the phone. This time, he sounded a little comfortable.

No, you dont have to. Theres a doctor here, so

Eun Jiho? I asked half in doubt.

For real? Come on I thought. His answer then came back again.

Uh-huh, its me. Wow, how can you forget my voice from cough!

No, its just that you dont always catch a cold I replied like a murmur while thinking, Come on, Im serious. Are you really having a cold?

It sounded as if he couldnt even speak a few words without a cough. Listening to his voice, I fetched a short sigh.

Not even a dog gets cold in summer

Wow, woman how can you say that? Khoff, khak, khak! Shoot, I couldnt get over my cough

Is it just the cough? Any other cold symptoms?

General cold. Cough, runny nose, fever wow, how can I be worse than being a dog? Gosh, khoff!

His coughing would last for a few moments to a minute at worst then. This looked like it wouldnt be easy for him to answer the phone, so I just continued my words while swallowing a sigh.

Dude, Ill just hang up. You arent in the right state of mind to speak right now.

That was when I tried to end the call. In a fading tone, his desperate voice came over the phone.

Oh no dont hang up

What? Hello?

Is he seriously sick? I thought with cries of horror.

Eun Jiho would never call me that desperately unless he was ill. I could only hear those words when his mind finally wandered after hovering between life and death. Especially when it came to a guy like him whos self-esteem reached the sky, those words would hardly come out from the mouth.

Having my ears tightly attached to the phone anxiously, my tension, however, subsided after hearing his words.

Oh, I seem to have caught a speech disorder since I havent been talking to people for a long time.

Oh, yeah

What if I become like Yoo Chun Young or Ban Yeo Ryung? Khoff, khak, khak!

Sigh, I was concerned if he was sick to death. Heaving a short sigh, I kept on my words.

What about Jooin?

He doesnt want to hear my voice. He said that in a very bright and untainted voice

Yoo Chun Young?

Have you ever seen him pick up the phone?

Oh.

That was true. I never saw him picking up his phone too. Suddenly, Yi Ruda and Yoo Chun Young quarrel at the caf a few days ago came across my mind.

Dude, did you know that Yoo Chun Young is turning into someone just like you?

What?

Last time, I remained sitting in that caf we were in with Yoo Chun Young when you guys left, then Ruda came in.

Khoff, khak, khak!!!

Suddenly, Eun Jiho coughed out severely for quite a long time. He kept on coughing to death that I had to call Eun Jihos name in surprise.

How long did I call his name? Im sure, but Eun Jiho replied while gasping hard.

Uh um okay speak woman Wow, such love and war

What? Oh, so Ruda was sitting across from us, but she suddenly fell back. Do you know what Yoo Chun Young said to her?

What was it?

He said that he has long legs. He felt that they were stiffening, so he stretched and kicked her chair.

When I spoke until that part, I paused to wait for Eun Jihos reaction; however, though I expected him to respond loudly, Eun Jiho didnt say anything for quite a while. He remained silent, not even uttering his usual coughing fits.

What? Hello? Is the call disconnected? rambling those thoughts in mind, I shook my phone.

Eun Jiho? I asked.

Wow.

Wow?

He said exactly what I told him to do.

Was it you? I murmured to myself after a while.

Yoo Chun Young rarely spoke those kinds of words, so I thought it was strange for him to say such things, but wow Since I was at a loss of words for quite a while, Eun Jiho laughed out loud while coughing. Listening to him howling with laughter, I opened my mouth at last.

Dude, they say that wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men, but why do you two only learn something like that from each other? Wow, one guy is teaching the other how to be narcissistic

Excuse me? Did you just say that Im narcissistic? I just taught him that a man can win against his opponent through his long legs and an excellent physical proportion. I just TAUGHT him THAT!

So, Im telling you not to teach him something like THAT A great thing about Yoo Chun Young was his candidness, but you broke that apart. I think the friendship between you guys are poisoning you two

Wow, what a destructive word youre using. Breaking apart? Khoff, khak, khak!

Oh, youre coughing again

Listening to his cough, I suddenly came up with a different thought, Hes having such a severe cold. I turned my head to look at the calendar.

The day of the courage test was just around the corner, taking place tomorrow. I felt that my face was turning pale.

Looking back to the front again, I tightly grabbed my phone and almost yelled at him.

Dude, then you! Are you

Cough! Huh? What?

Can you even come to the courage test?

Oh, for that one I had such a marvelous plan

Is he talking about that locked-room mystery? as the thought came across my head and made me pale, his words continued.

From what Ive heard so far, my fever would subside somewhere around late in the afternoon tomorrow.

That was the very moment when I looked at the words courage test written on the calendar. A premonition came across my head like a flash. I never thought about things like that until now, so I became more perplexed. I spaced out while holding my phone. What the how can I not think about such a thing?

As I stayed silent after blanking out for quite a while, Eun Jiho asked me consistently.

Hello? Hey, khoff! Dude?!

Huh? Uh hey, I

Whats gotten into you?

How can I not think about that?

What are you talking about? Eun Jiho asked in a feeble voice; however, I just covered my mouth without responding. Wow, I totally forgot about the fact that the courage tests were a regular topic for summer season chapters in web novels.

When a courage test took place in a web novel, these things would happen alongside. The most general situation was that a stranger would meddle with the event; he or she would eat and take photos together with the people there, but once the courage test was over, the kids would later notice that the stranger wasnt real from the very beginning. That person had never been there from the start; however, he or she was still in the photo something like this story was familiar in courage test episodes.

Thus, I bit my lips tightly, a ghost actually would appear in courage tests because thats what makes a web novel interesting!

Wow, that was when I felt quite proud of remembering such a thing. I then attended to the phone again. As if he was somewhat worried about me, Eun Jiho flung the same question persistently.

Come on? Whats going on?

Hmm looking back and forth between the calendar and the floor, I suddenly raised my hand and covered my forehead. I was about to perform a once-in-a-lifetime acting scheme right now.