Chapter 47
How to Fix a Psychopath Episode 47
The stolen knife was safely tucked between her bra straps.
She put her hand inside her one-piece dress and took out a knife.
I sat down with the knife I had taken out on my buttocks without Eunwoo noticing. Clank clank! As I shook my bound hands, the chains rang loudly. Immediately after, the door opened with a bang!
Lee Eun-woo reacted to the sound of the chain. He has good hearing. Lee Eun-woo came running down the hallway, watching me awake. He was carrying the bags containing the surgical tools that the doctor had brought.
Did he come after disposing of the body? Eunwoo Lee’s clothes were too neat for that to be the case.
Eunwoo Lee, who had just entered the bathroom, placed the bag he had brought on the sink and approached me. Then he knelt down to make eye contact with me, who was sitting helplessly in the bathtub.
“Soyoung, when did you wake up… … .”
Slam!
Eunwoo Lee couldn’t finish his words. My palms felt hot and cold. Eunwoo Lee turned his head back and looked at me.
“……Are you mad?”
Lee Eun-woo asked, not caring about his swollen, red cheek, as if it didn’t hurt. I raised my hand again. Lee Eun-woo bit his lip hard. Not only did he not resist, but he didn’t even try to stop my hand from coming down, so I lowered my hand again.
I thought this was what they meant when they said they were going to die from a heart attack. How could this face be the face of someone who shot and killed someone?
The palm that was holding my cheek trembled. Eunwoo Lee lowered the corners of his eyes and looked at me. Rather than feeling sympathy for his pitiful face, I remembered the face he had shot the doctor with, and felt horrified.
“Look at me.”
At my firm words, Eunwoo Lee slightly raised his head and met my eyes.
“We can’t get out. You killed a person.”
My fist tightened. With the feeling of veins rising, Lee Eun-woo looked straight up at me. Those black eyes wouldn’t even notice if corpses piled up. Those black eyes wouldn’t even notice if I fell into them and died. Because they wouldn’t show it.
What on earth were you thinking, what were you thinking! Killing a person?
“You might end up living a life being chased by the police.”
Lee Eun-woo raised the corners of his lips slightly as he looked at my bewildered face. I felt like a clown, and I was so angry that the back of my neck ached. However, Lee Eun-woo’s lips were full of happiness as he raised the corners of his lips, so my lips opened naturally. Lee Eun-woo blushed as if he was embarrassed and ashamed.
“That’s okay, Soyoung. She’s not a real doctor. She has a license, but her report was suspended. She didn’t have money to pay the fine, so she faked a suicide and lived in hiding. … … So it’s okay. Don’t worry.”
Eunwoo Lee, who was talking excitedly, pressed his lips against my face with an expression that said he couldn’t hold it in anymore and laughed as he pulled away.
“I… … I thought Soyoung was worried about that doctor. I wondered if she should be jealous of the dead kid. That wasn’t the case.”
Every time Lee Eun-woo smiled happily, his face distorted.
“Are you laughing now after killing someone?”
“Ah.”
Eunwoo Lee’s expression changed again.
“I’m sorry. Are you mad because I’m looking down at Soyoung without preparing for surgery.”
Ah. So…
A ridiculous laugh escaped my lips at the absurd reason. In this situation, I felt like I had lost my mind as I laughed stupidly and bashfully just like Eunwoo.
“Oh, but Soyoung.”
Eunwoo Lee touched my cheek.
“There was something missing from the doctor’s bag… Where is it?”
His cold eyes looked down at me and smiled. It was a calm smile. His eerie eyes looked at me as if they were going to pierce me.
“I searched the place thoroughly, but I couldn’t find it. Does Soyoung have it?” he said affectionately.
“That’s dangerous. Give it to me, okay?”
I blinked as if I didn’t know. Then, Eunwoo Lee scratched his dry lips with his tongue as if he was feeling a little sorry.
“I’m doing this because I’m afraid you’ll get hurt again.”
I moved my untied hand. Eunwoo Lee’s hand followed my movement sharply.
I pulled out the small knife that was lying under my buttocks while holding it firmly. The protective gear that had been covering the knife was revealed without it. Eunwoo Lee held out his hand to me with his eyes shining like he was looking at a well-behaved child.
“Give it to me. It’s sharp. It’ll cut you if you touch it even a little.”
Soyoung, hurry up.
Eunwoo Lee spoke softly, his body tensed with tension. His eyes followed the knife.
“……what are you doing?”
Eunwoo Lee asked as if she didn’t understand English.
The sharp blade touched his neck. As Eunwoo Lee said, if she moved even a little, it would cut him in an instant.
Eunwoo Lee, who was facing the knife, looked at me without answering and made a blank expression. Rather than being scared, Eunwoo Lee’s eyes sparkled as if he was angry and he just rolled his eyes, wondering when he would be able to take this knife.
“I see.”
I nodded slightly and brought my wrist back the other way.
Eunwoo Lee suddenly stood up from his seat. His large, dilated black pupils were shaking uncontrollably.
“What are you doing?”
Eunwoo Lee was panting heavily and fidgeting as the knife was placed against her neck.
“Give me that right now.”
“Don’t come near me. If you come near me, I will die.”
I made a threat, and I threatened him. Eunwoo Lee stopped right where he was coming from. Was it because he was shocked by the words that she would die? His face turned pale and shocked.
Haha! Lee Eun-woo, who was barely able to move because of something like this, let out a laugh.
Was this how the ruler who threatened and made me do what he wanted felt? Was that why Eunwoo Lee treated other students like that? Even though he knew it was wrong, seeing me unable to do anything?
“I was wrong, Soyoung. Please don’t do that. Okay? Please… … .”
The large Eunwoo prayed in front of me. He was lying flat on the floor, trembling, praying. His prone figure overlapped with the monster I had seen in my dream.
Really? Is that so?
It should have been like this from the beginning.
Lee Eun-woo’s reaction was different from when he threatened my life in high school. When I said I would bite my tongue and die, what was it like? I remember him encouraging me to do it right away.
Provocation accepted as a threat.
I was completely swayed by that provocation. I thought that Lee Eun-woo should naturally stop it. At that time, I had no intention of sacrificing my life to live in harmony with Lee Eun-woo. I didn’t really have any intention of dying. As if he had read my thoughts, Lee Eun-woo provoked me so that he wouldn’t be exposed to his weakness.
If you don’t swing me, I’ll be swinged. Up until then, I was still stupid about Lee Eun-woo, and Lee Eun-woo was too smart. He had an amazing grasp of human psychology, and he was quick-witted.
“That’s right… … . Why did you push me to this point?”
It was Lee Eun-woo’s fault. If only he had given in to me even a little. If only he hadn’t done what I told him not to do.
The hand holding the sharp knife was trembling. As the hand shook, a hot, sticky substance ran down the back of my neck, as if it had been scratched.
“I was wrong… … .”
Before the tense war of nerves and confrontation, Lee Eun-woo answered in a sobbing manner. Pity rose in her eyes at the sight of him looking like he was about to cry. Stupid and pitiful Lee Eun-woo.
“… … You deserve to be punished.”
I straightened my trembling hands. I waved my hands while looking at Eunwoo Lee.
The knife blade dug into the flesh without a sound. Eunwoo Lee suddenly stood up again. The knife, which had been cut diagonally, flew into the air as the force of her wrist was grabbed.
“Euuuuu… … . Aah!!”
I was sick.
A sharp pain like a burn followed where the flesh had been cut. I screamed, clutching the nape of my neck. Tears flowed from my eyes, and as my body twisted, a metallic sound came from my tied right wrist. Clank, clank,
Eunwoo Lee quickly took off his top and pressed it against the gaping wound.
Oh my, she cried like a child who had lost her parents, crying in Eunwoo Lee’s arms.
“I’m sorry… I’m sorry. This time, for real, let’s really go to the hospital. Okay?”
Eunwoo Lee also spoke while sobbing. His face, red with red eyes, was filled with guilt. He felt my body with trembling hands to see if there were any other injuries. No, he checked my heartbeat with his whole body trembling and wiped away my tears.
The white one-piece turned bright red. Blood dripped down Eunwoo Lee’s hands and feet. She rubbed her face against his bare upper body and cried out in pain, and bloodstains spread everywhere.
I felt like I was going to die from the pain. There was no place that didn’t hurt. Everything hurt. It was all Eunwoo’s fault. I pushed away Eunwoo’s body, which was busy trying to comfort me, and shouted.
“Then release me right now!”
At my words, Eunwoo Lee hurriedly took out a pile of keys from his pocket and unlocked my shackles. My arms, were loose like a corpse, while it dangled.
Eunwoo Lee immediately hugged me and jumped up. My brain shook, Eunwoo Lee shook.
“Whew!”
My stomach turned inside out and I vomited. All that came out was stomach acid. The thin, yellowish liquid flowed down my bright red one-piece dress.
I thought that if things continued like this, I might really die.
Immediately, Lee Eun-woo let out a frightened sound. Lee Eun-woo’s tears falling down his face were annoying. He usually didn’t cry even when someone stabbed him… … Why was he crying like this?
“Don’t die, okay?”
Eunwoo Lee said it like an order as he put me in the car. The sour smell of my stomach acid made my nose hurt. However, as Eunwoo Lee got closer and put on her seatbelt tightly, the scent of soap hit my nose like a lie.
It still smells.
“Go quickly… … .”
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll go quickly. I’ll go quickly.”
Eunwoo Lee quickly returned and sat in the driver’s seat.
The car engine started up like a beast howling ferociously. Through the window, which was wet with tears and dim, I saw a familiar landscape. It was the same thing I always saw when I was locked up on the rooftop. Cornfields, rice paddies, and fields spread out on a wide land.
But they shook as the car started to move.
I never thought I would end up seeing this scenery like this. I thought it would be faster to see it while walking hand in hand.
I closed my eyes.
I opened my eyes again. I was still in the car. I think I woke up for a moment to the car running terribly and the sound of its exhaust. Every time it passed, the horn honked like crazy. It was like a jeer at the monsters who had invaded the ordinary world. Oh, strangely enough, I felt so sorry for us that I cried.
* * *
There was no monster.
But I was doing something. I was destroying the world like crazy. It was my world.
“What are you doing?”
I, who looked young, asked myself.
But I didn’t answer. I was desperately destroying the world. I was turning it into ruins. I watched it quietly. Then, I looked around.
At the very end, there was a grave that no one cared about.
It was Myungjiseon. It was the name of the dog I had in high school. I don’t remember who it was named after.
I turned around again. The world was falling apart quickly. I approached myself again.
