Its not mentioned here but in the novel the bully keeps yapping on as to why he cant stand MC. Something along the lines,” like you he too had the tendency to ignore people making them feel like shit” so inferiority complex would be the reason. He wanted MCs attention and kept bullying and bullying bcs it was doing something for his sad little man ego
even if wooyeon hadn't ignored him and instead befriended him, i'm sure he'd have just extorted money from him (bc he keeps bringing up how wooyeon's family was rich)... it's a good thing he stayed away
i just wish someone would've reported this to his parents (assuming they weren't also assholes like him), and they had helped him realize his mistake and taught him to apologize properly and make amends...
Even the money extortion would be out of jealousy/inferiority complex. I have seen people act that entitled over lesser shit and bully people. Its usually like “they live better than me l, why should they when i dont deserve it neither should they” a real yikers
Also i doubt MCs parents would care. They would just switch schools bcs it would be an embarrassment to them
the logic these bullies use is so weird... you're gonna harass someone just bc of their physical appearance or demeanor? like, i'd understand if you were only retaliating against something they said/did or if they tried to approach you despite you showing obvious discomfort but if that's not the case and they were just minding their own business, why do you care so much??