Chapter 04: Split

Why is 'Hongdae' called 'Hongdae'?

Because 'Hongdae' is the abbreviation of Hongik University, it is called 'Hongdae'. And what about Hongik University...... In the eyes of the fourth-year students of Sungkyunkwan University, the traditional famous school with the longest history in Korea and the former 'Guozijian', there are only three words to describe.

Outrageous!

That's right, just grab a person on the playground of Sungkyunkwan University and ask him, what do you think of Hongdae? He's going to say 'it's not like that.'"

What is Hongdae?

A place for madmen.

Hongdae is known for its fine arts majors and produces painters. But as we all know, it's hard to get ahead in art. Most of the students who came to Hongdae with the dream of becoming painters eventually gave up on the idea of becoming painters. But they can't get rid of the painter's romantic or weird feelings, and people will become different from ordinary people. Many of them have become all kinds of unknown so-called 'artists', such as squatting on the side of the road with a job bowl and asking for food and having to say that they are engaged in performance art, or buying guitars and pulling a few people to form a band to occupy the road to perform, so they are arrested by the police, and some are more realistic, scraping together some money, going to Dongdaemun wholesale market to buy goods, and coming back to set up a stall on the side of the road......

But there is one feature of Hongdae that cannot be compared to other places, and it is full of young people.

Whether it's performance art, bands, or even stalls, it's all young people.

Because it's young, it's full of bells and whistles. Standing at the corner of the street and looking at the past, you will see bright colors, and the word 'personality' is reflected everywhere. As a young person who doesn't have autism, it's hard not to be drawn to coming here.

Even among the students who apply for Hongdae every year, some of them come here for the sake of learning nothing at all, but simply for the word 'Hongdae'. What they want is a few years of 'indulgence' and 'youth without regrets'.

People who usually think this way end up regretting it.

Ah Jiu looked at the IU next to her who was about to buckle her head, and guessed in her heart, maybe she also came for this reason?

"Can you see the road like that?"

"I can't see it." IU said happily, "But I can see you, I'll just follow you." ”

Ah Jiu raised his arm, and IU's hand was brought up together......

"Can you loosen my sleeve then?"

"No, there are so many people, what should you do if you get lost?"

"Hehe......" Ah Jiu laughed soullessly: "I really thank you." ”

Passing by a stall, Ah Jiu suddenly stopped. IU was worried about being recognized and pulled him to leave, but Ah Jiu grabbed her wrist with his backhand.

"How are the masks sold?"

The stall owner looked like a student, looked at Ah Jiu, and said, "I made it myself, 5,000 won each." After speaking, he looked at IU defiantly and looked at IU, and a 'I'm not a good person' smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said lightly: "If your girlfriend wants it, let her call me Oppa, and I'll send her." ”

When IU heard this, she was ashamed and indignant, and pulled Ah Jiu harder to leave. But how could she win Ah Jiu with her strength, and her efforts were in vain, and Ah Jiu did not move.

Ah Jiu looked at the stall owner and smiled: "What did you say?" I didn't hear you. ”

"I said." The stall owner was also a bold one, and when he saw that Ah Jiu had a different meaning, he stood up: "If your girlfriend wants it, let her call me Oppa...... Yes! ”

With a scream, the stall owner fell on his back with blood from his nose and mouth, and IU's small mouth opened in surprise and turned into an O-shape, she didn't expect Ah Jiu to suddenly make a move, just like the stall owner who was beaten.

"You—How dare you hit me?!" The stall owner got up, subconsciously took a few steps back, covered his face and pointed at Ah Jiu in shock and anger: "Do you know whose territory is here?" I'm a phone call, I'm ......"

Ah Jiu put his hand in his pocket, touched it, took out a few coins and a handful of change, counted out 6,000 won and threw it on the stall, and picked up a mask: "I'm sorry to beat you to blood, I'll give you an extra 1,000 to buy a band-aid." ”

After saying that, he didn't look at the stall owner anymore, put the mask on IU, and took off the baseball cap and put it on his head.

Watching the two of them walk away, the beaten stall owner wanted to say a few cruel words, when suddenly a man came to the front of his stall. The stall owner's eyes lit up when he saw this person, and he took out a cigarette from his pocket: "Brother, there was an unknown guy just now, he ......"

"Don't set up a stall here in the future."

"Brother!?"

The man who spoke looked at Ah Jiu in the crowd in the distance, as if he was stuck in a memory, and seemed to be thoughtful: "I'm good for you." ”

……

In the supermarket.

"There are so many patterns, why buy Zhu Bajie...... I like Monkey King. ”

"Zhu Bajie is so suitable for you." Ah Jiu pushed the shopping cart, picked out the things he needed on the shelves, and said casually: "Don't you see what you look like now, cute to death......"

"Really?" IU's tone became happy, and he suddenly reacted and kicked Ah Jiu: "You're going to die." ”

"It's just an adjective." Ah Jiu picked up a mirror and handed it to IU: "Look at it, how cute you are." ”

IU took the mirror and saw the funny Zhu Bajie in the mirror, and suddenly the whole person was not good. As soon as you throw away the mirror, you have to take off the mask.

"There are a lot of people here, think about the consequences of taking it off......"

IU's movements stopped, and she writhed reluctantly.

Ah Jiu glanced at her and felt surprised in his heart. The current IU is like a little girl who hasn't grown up yet, but it stands to reason that how can a person who has been in the entertainment industry for several years maintain such innocence? Obviously unreasonable......?

Suddenly a thought jumped into her mind, could it be that she has a split personality?

Ah Jiu shook his head and threw this unrealistic idea behind him, how could it be? It looks pretty normal.

"By the way, aren't you going to buy something? What to buy? ”

"Towels and toothbrushes." IU has already started to choose: "I think it is still necessary to buy it, and occasionally I will stay up here all night, how can I do it without brushing my teeth?" ”

IU picked up a couple of tooth cups and showed them to Ah Jiu: "I use the pink one and you use the blue one, how about this style?" ”

"Hey!" Ah Jiu raised his hand and touched IU's forehead: "You don't have a fever, do you?" You...... And I, not a couple. ”

"Ah......" IU suddenly realized, smiled indifferently, and threw the couple's tooth cup into the shopping cart: "The suit is discounted, and it is also this style to buy alone, and it is a little more expensive." Buy it, buy it, buy it......"

"But I have a tooth cup."

"The doctor said that it would be replaced with a new one after a while, and it wasn't expensive anyway, so buy it."

"I ......"

Suddenly, the thought just now resurfaced, could she ...... Really split personality?

So who am I in her setting now?

Ah Jiu thought about it and came up with a reason, and suddenly the phone rang. IU, who had already walked a few steps, heard the sound and came back backwards, eavesdropping with her ears as if she was sorting out the contents of the shopping cart.

Ah Jiu gave her a strange look and picked up the phone.

"Yes, it's me." It was Taeyeon's voice, but for some reason she stammered a little and seemed nervous, "Are you going to work tomorrow?" ”

"Ah, didn't I tell you?"

"I'm going to have a trip to Yeouido tomorrow, so let's have dinner together at noon?"