“Whoa, he was alive!” Ju Yeong-Gi exclaimed in mock surprise.

“...”

“Ahahaha! Hey, Yu-Min! Look at this guy! I really thought he was dead!”

“...”

“What are you doing, you brat?! Go and get the good stuff I stashed in the cupboard! Since our good friend returned alive, we better crack open that bottle and celebrate, right! I'm so bloody happy right now, so you better not stop me even if I get drunk outta my mind!”

Kang Jin-Ho sighed under his breath.

Without any exaggeration, Kang Jin-Ho felt like dealing with the aftermath was three times harder than when he was trapped in the tunnel with Choi Yeon-Ha.

Well, every acquaintance in his life couldn't wait to roast him alive, while Kang Jin-Ho found explaining the unexplainable situation a pain in the butt, too.

“Jin-Ho?” Park Yu-Min openly glared at Kang Jin-Ho without saying anything else.

'Please just get angry at me, will you?'

Ju Yeong-Gi's biting sarcasm was already making Kang Jin-Ho flinch uncomfortably. However, Park Yu-Min's glare had ten times the power to make a person feel small and insignificant. Like a general who lost to the opponent's momentum, Kang Jin-Ho stumbled back from his friend's glare.

“I'm sorry, Yu-Min,” Kang Jin-Ho stuttered out his apology.

“Oh, no. You don't have to apologize.” Park Yu-Min firmly shook his head. “You had a good reason why you couldn't call us, right?”

“Yeah.”

“It's not that you didn't call us, but more like you couldn't. And now that's...