A Blank Slate Regression for the Idol That Lost His Original Mindset - Chapter 174

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A Regression Guide for Idols Who Lost Their Initial Intentions Episode 174

The agency was well aware that Ryu Jaehee had a cherry allergy.

That’s why all the cakes up until now, even though they tasted disgustingly bland, were custom-ordered with only fresh cream just in case there might be even cocktail cherries in them.

So even though the cakes tasted like shit, I’d shut up and at least pretend to eat them, but damn, this is just not right.

“No, you should at least bring a cake that everyone can eat together. If we put this up there, what kind of reaction do you think we’ll get, huh?”

It was Ryu Jaehee, practically a victim of the current situation, who stopped me as I was about to take the cake box away to get rid of that damn cherry cake from our sight.

“It’s fine, hyung. We’re 3 minutes before going live, how are we going to get a new lettered cake in 3 minutes? I just won’t eat it.”

The words ‘Jaehee, are you a pushover?’ rose up to my throat, but I held back for now because of Ryu Jaehee’s winking.

As expected, our Rev’s problem solver, Ryu Gongmyeong has a plan for everything. Though I have no idea what that wink means. I’ll ask after the live stream ends.

Seo Yehyeon, who had been hardening his expression fiercely, burst out and confronted the employee who brought the cake.

“Excuse me, aren’t you taking allergies too lightly? If that goes wrong, someone could really die-”

“1 minute before live!”

The staff’s booming shout cut off Seo Yehyeon’s words.

Since we couldn’t delay the live stream at this point, Seo Yehyeon had no choice but to back down.

Everyone still had irritation and anger written on their faces, but they tried to manage their expressions while looking at the camera in front of them.

After putting candles on the cake and lighting them, the signal that the live stream had started was given.

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you! Happy 2nd anniversary to our beloved Rev!”

We sang the birthday song to the beat of applause and all blew out the candles together.

“One, two, Dream of me! Hello, we are Rev!”

Following my signal, we all shouted our greeting in unison and waved cheerfully at the camera.

“Yes, it’s been a week since Eden hyung’s birthday commemorative live, and we’re meeting again for Rev’s 2nd anniversary.”

“Today’s concept is a potluck party! Yuje, do you happen to know what a potluck party is?”

“You’re not asking me because you don’t know either, are you, Doby?”

“What are you talking about? I know what it is.”

The youngest line was holding spoons like microphones, possessed by MCs and bantering back and forth. Ryu Jaehee raised one finger and gave the answer.

“A potluck party is a party where everyone prepares and brings their own food to enjoy together.”

“Yes, that’s right! That means all the food here was prepared by us Rev members!”

“Then here’s a Rev affection test! Do our Daydreams have confidence in guessing who made which food?”

“Ah, we should have kept it secret from each other and played a guessing game too!”

Kim Dobin, who had been going around the neighborhood bragging about making French braised ribs, grabbed his head.

I glanced at the phone next to me to check the chat.

[First of all, the tornado omelette is definitely Yun-ri]

[No matter how I look at it, that’s definitely a cherry cake]

[Tornado omelet lololol there’s no way you can’t tell whose that is lololol]

[Jin, are you crazy? Cherry?]

[First of all, the tornado omelette is Eden’s]

[Who made the braised ribs? Hajun? Or Yehyeon?]

[The braised ribs are too high in calories to be Yehyeon’s]

[It wasn’t even a year ago that I was rushed to the hospital because of a dairy allergy – it happened this year! What are you guys even doing? You don’t even check stuff like this?]

[There are five members, so why are there seven dishes?]

[99.9% chance that Hajun made extra portions because the cooking disaster trio’s food would definitely be inedible]

[No, if the cake quality was at least good, I’d understand putting it there for show since the kids are managing their weight, but if the quality is also shit, isn’t this just telling our Yuje to go screw himself? What does this agency think artists are, water?]

[Did you bring that cherry cake just to smash it in Kim No-dap’s face, not even knowing if Artie’s allergic? Go get Kim No-dap, damn it]

[That Cajun chicken salad is definitely Yehyeon’s]

[How could it be Yehyeon’s when it has chicken tenders in it?]

[Isn’t that salmon signature wrap Yehyeon’s work?]

[At least show some sincerity by going to a bakery near the cake shop and buying something store-bought to replace it lol I’ve always thought the cakes during anniversary live streams were ridiculous, but today’s is truly legendary]

[Is that weird thing on the far left Dobin’s or Yuje’s?]

Between the chats guessing the food owners, anger toward the cherry cake was rising up.

Go ahead and receive a barrage of angry faxes, damn LnL.

“The tornado omelette is Eden hyung’s, that’s right. It’s the only dish Eden hyung can make.”

“I said it’s not the only one.”

“Yes, I’ll correct that. Along with ramen, it’s the only dish he can make. And this braised ribs… it’s not braised ribs! Boeuf! Bourguignon! This is my cooking. This is Yuje’s dish, everyone!”

He made a V sign pointing at his braised ribs, and Kim Dobin giggled like a tattletale pointing at the food that couldn’t even be identified and was referred to as ‘that weird thing.’

“Could you introduce what this is?”

“…Egg in hell.”

“It certainly looks hellish with how black it is. Did you put squid ink in it?”

At Seo Yehyeon’s question, trying his best to package it nicely, Ryu Jaehee pursed his lips and answered honestly.

“…It’s just burnt.”

“Oh, true to its name, if you eat it you’d probably go straight to hell.”

When I clapped and admired it, Ryu Jaehee hit my side gently. I immediately pressed down on his head in retaliation.

“Our youngest is now hitting his hyung freely? Daydream, this is how I live, getting beaten by the youngest and experiencing insubordination.”

“When did I ever hit hyung! Ah, ah! Ilmong-ies, you saw that, right? I get punished immediately like this, so how could I commit insubordination against Eden hyung!”

Now I have to raise my arm this much just to press that guy’s head. When that kid was smaller, it was better for using less muscle when pressing his head or putting him in a headlock, sigh.

“This salmon signature wrap and Cajun chicken salad are Yehyeon hyung’s works! There were many predictions that it wouldn’t be Yehyeon hyung because of the chicken tenders in the salad. Please explain, Yehyeon hyung!”

“I compromised with myself a bit since it’s food we’re all eating together. Without at least that, it was obvious those youngest line trio wouldn’t eat anything if there were only greens.”

Seo Yehyeon shrugged, pointing at me, Ryu Jaehee, and Kim Dobin all together.

“And as everyone expected, that lasagna and gambas are Hajun hyung’s works. Some people confused them with my braised ribs… I mean, boeuf bourguignon, but most people picked those two as Hajun hyung’s works.”

Since no one was going to eat the cake anyway, while the camera was focused on Kim Dobin at the far edge, I quickly ran my finger across the cake’s surface.

When I licked the pink cream that came off on my finger, the cherry flavor came through completely.

Even a strawberry cream cake with cherries on top would warrant swearing, but cherry cream entirely? They might as well hold a ritual for sending the kid to the emergency room again.

When my expression crumpled again, Gyeon Hajun, who tapped me, asked in a low voice.

“Is the cream cherry flavored too?”

“Yeah, it reeks of cherry.”

“Hmm, I see…”

A crooked smile briefly crossed Gyeon Hajun’s face.

When I blinked, wondering if I saw wrong, Gyeon Hajun grinned as if telling me to just trust him.

Since this friend who never causes trouble was acting like this, I felt very uneasy. Should I flip the cake over right now before Gyeon Hajun causes an incident?

Kim Dobin was making a fuss telling me to try the braised ribs, I mean boeuf whatever, so I stopped worrying and put a piece of meat in my mouth.

“What? Why is this delicious? Did you really make this, Dobin?”

“See! I told you I would definitely escape from the cooking disaster trio this time! Now it’s just hyung and Jaehee left as the no-answer brothers!”

“Leave me out of it too.”

“Then the youngest becomes the only cooking disaster…?”

Ah, Seo Yehyeon’s acting skills have really gone to hell.

Gyeon Hajun lifted the gambas bowl in front of him with one hand. Then he extended the bowl toward where the cake was placed.

“Dobin, take some of this and go over there with Jaehee-”

Just as I thought he was holding the bowl quite precariously, the plate tilted and fell.

The plate fell onto the table and spilled all over the cake and lasagna with a splash.

What just happened really looked like he accidentally dropped the plate because his hand slipped, not like he spilled it on purpose. Gyeon Hajun’s bewildered expression looking down at the cake also played a part in that act.

“Uh… uh… the gambas and lasagna, no, the cake…”

“Wow, we can’t eat the cake now.”

“We need to clean this up from the table quickly.”

Everyone was clamoring to clean up the cake as if they’d been waiting for this. While I admired Gyeon Hajun’s big picture plan to get this cake away from our sight, I felt regretful.

Damn, I wanted to eat that.

When I couldn’t take my eyes off the gambas bowl, Gyeon Hajun whispered in my ear.

“I’ll make it again when we get back to the dormitory.”

Well then, whatever. I turned my eyes away from the shrimp rolling around disgustingly on the pink cream without any regret.

The annoying cherry cake was soon cleared away from our sight.

[Nice Jun!]

[Why does Yoon Eden look disappointed lol he clearly knows his younger member can’t eat cherry cake but he’s obviously showing he’s disappointed now that the cake is gone;;]

[He probably wanted to eat the gambas, who would want to eat that kind of cake lol stop the hate]

[Did he spill it on purpose by any chance?]

[For that to be true, the situation and Hajun’s flustered expression were just too real]

[He got more lasagna than cake anyway]

The lasagna was too good to throw away, so we just wiped off the gambas oil that spilled on top and ate it.

“It’s already been 3 years since we’ve been together as Daydream.”

“That’s right. Our team won’t have any minors next year. Even our youngest member will be an adult.”

“Wow, Jaehee, how old were you when you debuted? Seventeen? Time really does fly.”

While eating and occasionally reading chat questions and talking, the live broadcast time had ended before we knew it.

As soon as the live broadcast ended, I immediately approached the employee who had guided us about the cake.

I opened my mouth without hiding my annoyed expression.

“I think the cake needs some explanation, don’t you?”

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