I am not a Yandere! chapter 4

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Having lost his life’s purpose in an instant, Dowon spent his days cooped up at home, barely breathing.

His whole body felt heavy, and his heart felt like it was being squeezed, yet he couldn’t understand why he felt this way, making it even harder to breathe.

When he didn’t understand something, he would often ask his secretary, Wonjin but now there was no one by his side, not even Wonjin.

This was only natural, as Dowon had focused solely on his work, neglecting all human relationships.

Having lost everything, Dowon had only one person left to cling to.

“Eungyeol….”

Desperately longing for Eungyeol as if seeking an oasis in the middle of a barren desert, Dowon stumbled out of his house and walked unsteadily.

As he was crossing the crosswalk, a truck with its headlights flashing wildly sped towards him without slowing down.

The blaring horn assaulted Dowon’s ears. He saw the truck rapidly closing in, but there was no way he could avoid it at human speed.

He felt his body lift off the ground. The scene in front of his eyes changed rapidly as he was thrown several meters, and soon, he saw the blue sky.

“Ah, ahh! Someone help!”

He heard a sharp scream nearby. Soon, people began to crowd around him.

Dowon stared blankly at the gathering crowd.

True to his character, who was supposed to be emotionally numb, Dowon couldn’t even let out a groan.

The pain, as if all his organs had been destroyed, gradually faded, and Dowon slowly closed his eyes.

That was the end of Cha Dowon as a character.

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[zangnan123: Truck ending… The conclusion is really sloppy, but since it was never a well-structured novel from the beginning, I guess this will do.]

ㄴ Let’s meet Cha Dowon as a reincarnated nobleman in the next world.

ㄴ LOL, how do you even come up with this kind of joke?

[seonugong: What is this? I cursed so much, but now that Cha Dowon is dead, I feel kind of sad…]

ㄴ Actually, same here… He was such a unique and interesting character LOL but I’m also sad…

[kaki33: Seriously, after holding back for so long, I have to speak up after today’s episode. This is just a mess LOL. Am I the only one who doesn’t understand this plot? Why is everyone praising it? The author started with Cha Dowon as the main character and then suddenly made him a villain and killed him off. Am I the only one who thinks this is weird? Am I the weird one here?]

ㄴ It is a bit strange, but there are more people who like other leads than Cha Dowon LOL but I’m still sad… 😢

ㄴ What’s so strange about it? The title literally says “No to obsession,” so from the beginning, Cha Dowon was never the main lead.

“Damn it. He’s already dead, so what do they expect me to do? No matter what I do, people just complain.”

Before Dowon’s lifeless eyes, a strange scene unfolded.

A man hunched over in front of a monitor, angrily scrolling with a mouse.

What the… I should’ve been run over by that truck.

As Dowon crossed his arms and observed the scene, an array of strange, unfamiliar words filled his vision.

[Work Ranking #1
No to obsession / Author: PetitRollang
#BL #MultipleLoveInterests #ModernSetting #MildlyDark
Lee Eungyeol (Bottom): #BeautifulBottom #StrongWilledBottom #KindBottom
Cha Dowon (Top1): #ObsessiveTop #ChaebolTop #EmotionlessTop…]

Dowon prided himself on his quick understanding of situations, but he couldn’t make sense of what was happening before him. Already confused, a summary of the novel No to obsession flooded his mind. The barrage of words rattled his brain, causing him to feel a headache as if his brain wrinkles were getting tangled.

[Baek Seonwoo (Top2): #PlayfulTop #BeautifulTop #KindTop
Seo Jihoon (Top3), Ha Wonjin (Top4)
–Eungyeol, an ordinary college student, meets Dowon, a director of the Seongjin Group, while working a part-time job at a convenience store. Dowon gradually becomes obsessed with Eungyeol, who was the first to show him genuine concern. However, Baek Seonwoo, who harbors hostility toward Dowon, approaches Eungyeol, followed by Ha Wonjin, who meets Eungyeol through Dowon, and Seo Jihun, Eungyeol’s childhood friend, all of whom eventually fall in love with Eungyeol.]

When the words swirling around Dowon’s mind disappeared and the pain that had been attacking his brain vanished, he realized one undeniable truth.

Cha Dowon was merely a character in a novel, and the world he lived in was nothing more than the world within that novel.

Then, the man sitting in front of the monitor, huffing and puffing… he must be the author of this novel.

Realizing the man’s identity, Dowon reached out as if to grab his throat. But at that moment, Dowon suddenly felt as though his body was being pulled somewhere. He had to get revenge on the man who killed him with such a ridiculous plot. He couldn’t let him off the hook!

Dowon gritted his teeth, trying to resist, but his strength gradually faded. His tightly clenched eyes slowly closed, and soon his vision was completely swallowed by darkness.

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Bright sunlight pierced through Dowon’s eyelids. Realizing that morning had come, Dowon mechanically opened his eyes.

Normally, he would get out of bed without any fuss and start his day, but today was different. Dowon couldn’t bring himself to move and simply stared blankly at the ceiling.

The black, patternless ceiling felt all too familiar.

If the ceiling is black, this isn’t a hospital.

Dowon turned his head slightly to look around. The modern, clean interior was the house he usually lived in.

Why am I here?

Didn’t I die?

Unable to understand the situation he was in, Dowon lay there, trying to sort out his thoughts.

Could it be that everything that happened, from going outside to meet Eungyeol, was just a dream?

But it felt too vivid to be a dream—the pain that seemed to tear through his entire body, the murmurs around him, the cold, hard texture of the asphalt road were all too real.

Dowon blinked, staring at the pitch-black ceiling. He stared, stared, and kept staring until what had been a day became night and then morning again.

Bzzzz. Bzzzz.

The sound of his phone vibrating snapped Dowon out of his trance. Finally thinking of moving, Dowon checked the screen.

[Secretary Ha Wonjin]

It was a call from Ha Wonjin, who hadn’t contacted him once since taking everything away from Dowon.

Dowon didn’t want to answer, but he decided to hear what the other person had to say, so he pressed the call button.

Soon, Wonjin’s voice came through the phone.

“Director Cha, the car is waiting in the parking lot. Whenever you’re ready to leave for work….”

Click.

Without listening to the rest, Dowon hung up the phone. He immediately checked the date.

20XX September 14th (Monday)

“Ha…”

Still lying in bed, Dowon twisted his lips. A small laugh escaped through his parted lips, growing louder as time passed.

“Heh… Heh heh heh…”

Dowon let out a crazed laugh for a while. It finally felt like he was starting to understand the situation.

Time had turned back. No, more like the chapters had been reset. After all, this was just a novel.

Dowon quickly got up and started tapping on his phone screen. He searched for the title of the novel, ‘No to obsession’, but nothing noteworthy came up.

Next, he searched for ‘PetitRollang’. Countless posts filled Dowon’s phone screen. The first things that appeared were articles about PetitRollang.

[PetitRollang, who exactly is he? A writer who earns over 100 million won a month?]
[From webtoons to dramas, and now movies! The unstoppable rise of author PetitRollang]
[A monster in the world of web novels, the genius writer PetitRollang, reaches 100 billion views]

Reading these articles, Dowon couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.

“Even the fools who write such pathetic articles are still breathing. What a waste of oxygen.”

Dowon clicked on the link to one of the novels said to be written by PetitRollang and checked the reviews.

[Too Lazy to Title This / Author: PetitRollang / Rating: ★★★★★ 5.0] (100,000,000 reviews)

[wakwak99: The author is a true geniusㅠㅠ I haven’t been able to enjoy other works since I read this. You need to take responsibility, author.]

[bbuddirollang444: I am deeply moved by your novel! While reading, I laughed until I cried and even shed tears. I highly recommend this novel!]

[sin486909: As of today, I am officially renouncing my support for PetitRollang. From now on, I will no longer be just a supporter but will unite with PetitRollang as one entity. Any attack on PetitRollang is an attack on me. If there are a billion PetitRollang fans, I am one of them. If there are a million PetitRollang fans, I am one of them. If there are a thousand PetitRollang fans, I will still be one of them. If there is only one PetitRollang fan in the world, that person is probably me. If there are no PetitRollang fans left, then that means I am no longer in this world. PetitRollang, my love, my light, my darkness, my life, my joy, my sorrow, my pain, my comfort, PetitRollang, me.]

[donkasumatitji33: PetitRollang… are you the god of web novels? I want to kidnap the author, feed them tonkatsu, and make them write forever…]

“How ridiculous.”

Dowon scoffed, closing the review window after reading one glowing review after another. The praise was overwhelming, but it only served to make him more irritated.

From what Dowon had discovered, in this world, PetitRollang was a genius writer, a godsend whose works were bestsellers, adapted into webtoons, dramas, and even movies.

The idea that such a third-rate trash writer’s novel could be a bestseller here was absurd. Dowon couldn’t believe it.

He thought the author’s narcissism was grotesquely inflated.

Dowon stared at the name “PetitRollang” displayed on his phone screen, his thumb pressing hard against it.

Now that he knew the whole story, Dowon had only one goal in life:

Revenge.

His target wasn’t Ha Wonjin, who had played a decisive role in ruining him, nor the other characters who had treated him with hostility, nor even Chairman Cha Heeseok, who had cast him aside the moment he discovered Dowon wasn’t his biological grandson.

No, Dowon’s target for revenge was this pathetic, third-rate trash novelist, PetitRollang, who had turned him into a villain to suit his narrative and killed him off so meaninglessly.

Dowon narrowed his eyes menacingly, determined to exact revenge on PetitRollang by any means necessary.

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