Han Se-Yeon deployed her OP sociability skills to deftly lead the womenfolk crowding around her and began building a sizable base of influence. While watching this scene unfold, Kang Jin-Ho felt a chill creeping up on his skin after noticing the blurry boundaries being set up among the social circles of females.

'Right, she has always been like that...'

Kang Jin-Ho abruptly remembered that a group of three, sometimes four, girls used to always accompany Han Se-Yeon back in their high school days. That occurrence became a lot rarer after she began hanging out with either Kang Jin-Ho or Park Yu-Min, though. But that didn't change the fact that she was surrounded by lots of friends in the past.

Park Yu-Min looked openly uncomfortable with all these strangers crowding around him, but they were too drunk to notice or care. Actually, Park Yu-Min's lack of strongly-worded rejection gave them the wrong idea, causing the drunkards to talk to him unreservedly as if they knew each other for years.

“Hi. I gotta say, I've never seen anyone who can drink as much as you.”

Inevitably, Kang Jin-Ho also began attracting a sizable crowd himself. The first person to engage him in a conversation was a woman with long natural hair.

He replied in his usual unconcerned manner, “It's nothing special.”

“My name is Jin Mi-Hui. Let's be friends from now on.”

“Mmhm. Sure.”

Jin Mi-Hui grinned softly. "Are you always this economical with your words?"

Kang Jin-Ho shrugged his shoulders. "You think I am?" 

"I prefer that, though. I've never particularly liked guys who talk too much."

Kang Jin-Ho smiled wryly...