79 Rival

“Huh? What are you doing over there, kids?”

“Come sit with us.”

“Whoa!”

Nuri, who had also gone to the bathroom after chatting with her friends to her heart’s content, returned as well.

“We’re one person short.”

“I’ll get someone. Hey, Yoon Sihoo, come over too and hurry up. We’re going to play gonggi in a four-on-four team match.”

“What? Don’t pull me—you’re stretching my clothes!”

Sihoo, who had been sitting quietly and reading a book, joined us, too.

Before long, eight people had gathered in a circle to play gonggi.

Just as a sparrow can’t pass up a mill, any child who saw this fascinating game joined our group as if bewitched...