"Ahaaaaa,... Yang Zhai, you fool"
There was a loud scream in the air that tore through the forest, scaring the birds.
"Ah, I can see that you're enjoying your time, Bae Ah, hahahaha"
There were three people running through the trees in the forest, as fast as they could. Behind the three of them was a group of bees that were chasing them.
"Enjoying my foot. And you Cho Byeol, how could you trust what he said? I came along because you said that we were going to have fun today. And look what happened, we're being chased by a group of blood-sucking bees, I can't believe you miss." Bae Ah said—while running with all her might—with slight anger and her expression was a bit scary right now because of the exasperation.
It turned out that the three people who were being chased were none other than Yang Zhai, Cho Byeol, and Bae Ah.
"What can I do about it? He said to me last night that today was going to be interesting. How could I know what he meant by interesting? I thought that we were going to have fun, and so I asked you to come with us as well because I could see that you were exhausted for the past few days. Thus, I hoped that you would be able to relax a little. Ehehe," Cho Byeol turned her head to the side a little bit and gave a helpless suppressed laugh. She did not want to look at Bae Ah's scary face.
She was really helpless right now. She thought that today was going to be interesting, but who would have thought that Yang Zhai would fool them and take them close to the beehive? Not just that, he even used them as a distraction for chasing bees away from their hive. They were chased by the bees for half an hour before they managed to free themselves from bees. But Yang Zhai didn't stop at that, he went a step further and took all the honey from the hive.
When the bees returned and saw Yang Zhai stealing all the honey, they became even angrier. What's more, instead of running away after taking half of the honey, he stayed and stole all of it. This did not end there, after taking the honey, he ran in the direction of Cho Byeol and Bae Ah, rather than running in another direction. Thus, they ended up being chased again.
"What are you laughing for? You totally fooled us, and you still have the gall to laugh." Bae Ah shouted at Yang Zhai while still running. She really wanted to give this fool a slap on his cheeks and keep slapping him until he realizes his mistake. But she could not do that now. If she stopped now, it would be her being slapped by the bees.
"Hahaha, why shouldn't I laugh? And when did I lie to you? Isn't interesting. I can see that you are completely having fun, hahaha" Yang Zhai retained his pace and kept on laughing. It was as if he were not worried at all and the person being chased was not him.
"You, …," Bae Ah's eyes twitched, she could not believe this guy at all. How could he say this in a situation like this? She
could not tolerate him.
"Sigh, forget it. Now that we're already in this situation, we need to do something about this. So, what should we do now" She gave a long sigh, nothing could be done about it now. What they needed to do now was to think of a way to get out of this situation.
"What to do, huh? There is a way to get out of this. But remember, a slight mistake can be dangerous, do you want to know?" Yang Zhai's expression turned serious all of a sudden, as if someone died.
Both Cho Byeol and Bae Ah fell silent, and their expressions also turned serious after seeing Yang Zhai's expression. They knew that it was important whatever he was going to say, so had to listen carefully.
"What is it? Tell us." Bae Ah asked seriously.
"Fooled you. There is no way. Look at your expressions you guys, they are so serious. I almost can't control my laugh, hahaha" Yang Zhai laughed again. It turned out that he was just trolling them.
"Huh,.." Cho Byeol's eyes twitched.
"You fool," Bea Ah almost tripped and stumbled on the ground. She really could not believe this guy. She wanted to beat the crap out of him. He was playing tricks on them at this moment. Who could believe that the person who used to talk so little and acted seriously all the time, was doing something like this, and right now of all time?
Bae Ah was still thinking of beating Yang Zhai when she heard buzzing sounds coming from behind. Her eyes widened, she would rather not see or guess where the sounds were coming from.
How could I act so foolishly: Bae Ah thought to herself.
"Hurry up, or you'll be caught up by them" Yang Zhai shouted loudly after seeing that Bae Ah's speed had slowed down.
"I know, you don't need to tell me about this,"
Before Yang Zhai could even finish his sentence, Bae Ah had already increased her pace and caught up to the other two.
"Be serious, and tell us what we need to do, or we'll be caught up at this rate Yang Zhai"
"Really, why do you want to get out of their range? I can see that you're having fun running, hahaha" Yang Zhai still kept on laughing, not at all worried.
"Ok then, I say, why don't we just jump into their group to enjoy even more? What do you say, Yang Zhai?" Bae Ah gave a sinister smile. She was annoyed by Yang Zhai to no end. She had never felt irritated around him before, but today was different.
"Ok, ok, don't get angry. I was just teasing you guys. These bees are used to capturing their prey within an hour. When they aren't able to get the blood of a living being after chasing someone for more than an hour, they will start losing their energy and fall to the ground. After which they won't be able to do anything because of the energy loss. Not even move, let alone chase someone, and also they'll die because of the food shortage after they fall because of immobility,"
"So they'll stop before their energy runs out to get some food. And it takes them around half an hour to restore their energy. It's enough time for us to get away from them. And I think they are at their limit. So, what we need to do right now is keep on running" Yang Zhai explained the reason for his calmness. It turned out that they were worried about nothing. This made Cho Byeol and Bae Ah heave a sigh of relief.
"Why didn't you tell us before? You could have just said so." Bae Ah was finally relieved.
"Because I thought you were having fun and also to make this interesting for you guys. If you knew about this, you would not be worried, and that would've been boring." Yang Zhai said.
Bae Ah wanted to punch Yang Zhai. She couldn't believe this person. He did all of this just so that he could make this interesting. And what exactly was the meaning of 'interesting' in the eyes of this guy? Who would call it interesting if they were being chased by the cluster of blood-sucking bees? He was joking, right? He must be joking.
"So, you call this an interesting day, huh?!" Cho Byeol asked. She also could not help but be anxious when she thought of the interesting day.
"Oh no, not at all, why would you think that?! Do you think that I am going to waste your time? Am I that cruel? You hurt my feelings." Yang Zhai said innocently as if he didn't think that he had done anything wrong.
"Stop looking at us with this innocent look of yours. Do you think that we're that stupid that we will believe in your look or what you say? And what's with this wasting our time?" Bae Ah had a feeling that Yang Zhai was up to something again.
"Well,...you see…." Yang Zhai hesitated when he was going to say something.
"What well? Tell us already." Bae Ah said annoyingly.
"Well, you see, this is just the start." Yang Zhai said while looking slightly to the side with his right index finger scratching his right temple on his head.
Bae Ah and Cho Byeol were dumbstruck when they heard this.
"We are done for. We really are done for." Cho Byeol and Bae Ah both thought to themselves. It seemed that they still could not relax.
"Why, just why did I listen to Cho Byeol?! I should have also stopped her from enjoying this interesting day. We were truly outdone by this guy this time." Bae Ah thought to herself. She looked toward Yang Zhai with a darkened expression. But he totally ignored her.
After some time, they noticed that they were getting further and further away from the bees.
After running for five more minutes and taking many lefts and rights, they stopped to rest.
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