The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Daughter Doesn’t Hide Her Acting Skills - Chapter 24

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Episode 24

Yeongpung High School’s snack bar was famous for its convenience store quality. Unlike other snack bars that colluded with schools to raise prices, this one apparently offered generous discounts too.

The snack bar was already open for the few upperclassmen who came early to study. The air conditioning breeze touching my skin was so refreshing!

I admired the displayed snacks as I scanned them with my eyes.

‘All of this welfare is funded by the Seohe Foundation money…’

I don’t know about Ryu Dokyung, but Chairman Ryu is the best!

Recalling Chairman Ryu’s appearance from when I met him recently, I gave a thumbs up inwardly.

‘What should I buy?’

Now that I was actually at the snack bar, there wasn’t much I particularly wanted to buy. Since I was filming, I was restraining myself from high-calorie foods, so my options were limited.

After some consideration, I picked a zero-calorie cider.

Me and cider. I vaguely remembered hearing that it was the representative drink of school snack bars…

I was about to head straight to the register when I hesitated.

‘What do boys like?’

Since we’d become partners, I didn’t want to be on bad terms with Woon Seong-ha, so maybe things would improve if I offered some kind of bribe.

Even though I wanted to buy him something light, I didn’t really know his preferences.

‘I went to all-girls middle and high schools…’

I’d need someone around to know. If I had to pick, it would be Ryu Dokyung and Dojehyeon. Byeon Seo-jun wasn’t the same age, so pass.

I couldn’t ask Ryu Dokyung, and Dojehyeon was probably filming right now.

‘This should be fine…’

What I grabbed was banana milk. I’d hardly seen anyone who disliked this, so Woon Seong-ha probably wouldn’t throw it away either.

On my way back to the classroom cheerfully after paying.

“…Found you.”

From far away, Ryu Dokyung approached me with gleaming eyes. His gaze was fierce like a predator who’d spotted its prey.

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In the end, I got caught by Ryu Dokyung and received a lecture.

It was fine that I left him behind, but I shouldn’t go out alone early in the morning. He said I should at least have an escort attached.

I barely stopped him from contacting Chairman Joo, my grandfather, to ask him directly.

I thought things had finally settled down, but the problem was…

“You keep not checking your messages.”

“I don’t look at my phone much.”

“But you read them right away when there’s business.”

“Ahem, well, that’s work…”

“Ah, work.”

To think that Ryu Dokyung would scold me over contact issues.

Moreover, perhaps displeased by my words, he repeated what I said with a sneer.

His face was already cold, but with that cold smile added, this place was practically Siberia.

“Managing you is also work for me.”

“…”

“Your business is important so you read it right away, but my business doesn’t matter to you?”

I couldn’t argue with the Seohe Group heir’s logic. I really hadn’t been reading Ryu Dokyung’s messages much.

But I didn’t yet have the confidence to treat my first love, who knew all my embarrassing past, as if nothing had happened. Even now we were clashing like this.

“Ju Sae-i, I know you don’t like me anymore.”

“…That.”

“So just check your messages. I don’t expect anything from you either.”

At his sudden mention of how I used to like him in the past, I slowly backed away.

He doesn’t expect anything from me, he says.

Should I call this feeling of being rejected without even confessing?

Of course, I didn’t expect anything from him either. I had no intention of following Ryu Dokyung around again or confessing my feelings at this point.

In my previous life, my heart would race when I saw articles about how well he was doing… but at least now wasn’t the time to like someone.

My head naturally turned to the side. I was afraid that if I made eye contact now, those indifferent eyes would see through my inner thoughts.

And only then did I realize.

‘…Everyone’s staring from far away!’

That the students who came early were glancing at Ryu Dokyung and me as they passed by.

Though they didn’t come close enough to eavesdrop, overwhelmed by Ryu Dokyung’s presence, everyone’s attention was focused this way.

‘I think I know what those looks mean.’

Looks wondering who that person was to be alone with Ryu Dokyung.

The fact that Ryu Dokyung was Chairman Ryu of Seohe Group’s grandson and official heir was already known by all citizens who watched the news.

Would there be any reason for rumors to spread that I knew someone from the business world!

The gazes directed at me were gradually becoming burdensome, so I tried to ditch Ryu Dokyung and bolt to my classroom.

“Where are you going.”

Of course, I was blocked by Ryu Dokyung’s long legs.

“I don’t have a hobby of playing tag at school.”

“That goes for me too, you know? It’s just that people are staring right now…”

I graduated from the hobby of playing tag at school in elementary school. What does he take me for…

When I snapped back in bewilderment, Ryu Dokyung laughed with a “pfft” sound. The corners of his mouth turned up refreshingly.

When I glared at him as if asking what he was laughing at, Ryu Dokyung poked my forehead with his index finger. He used to do this often when we were young too.

“So you do know how to make that expression.”

“I glared at you plenty before too.”

“Ah, that’s right. I forgot for a moment.”

Ryu Dokyung withdrew his hand. He who had been lost in thought and silent for a moment slowly opened his mouth.

“…Maybe it’s because only your crying face remains particularly vivid in my memory.”

What? Why is he looking at me so tenderly…

The moment I stepped back warily.

“Every time you cried, you wiped your tears and even your nose on my sleeve. I ended up throwing away one shirt.”

“…”

“Do you know how much that shirt cost?”

Why is that coming up here and now.

I won’t listen. If I don’t listen, that’s the end of it.

At Ryu Dokyung’s sudden attempt to excavate my embarrassing past, I covered my ears with my palms in resistance.

As if he’d expected this reaction from the start, Ryu Dokyung showed a satisfied smile. He belatedly turned his gaze to the banana milk in my hand.

“Do you like that?”

“Ah, this isn’t mine.”

“Then.”

“A frien… d?”

Could I call Woon Seong-ha a friend?

When I hesitated with my answer, Ryu Dokyung looked down at me again with fierce eyes. My body naturally shrank under that tiger-like gaze.

“Which friend. A boy? Give me the name.”

“No, why should I…”

“I know you don’t have any friends.”

Is this person crazy? Did he get heat stroke or something? Why is he being so snappy?

I couldn’t get my bearings with his direct way of speaking.

“I made a new one. The name was Kyungseo…?”

I couldn’t bring myself to say Woon Seong-ha’s name. I was worried Ryu Dokyung might say something about it.

‘I know he’s not that kind of person, but…’

As much as I had changed, Ryu Dokyung had changed a lot too, so I should be careful for a while.

Only after roughly making up a friend’s name could I be freed from Ryu Dokyung. It seemed like he let me go easily because there were many people watching.

I headed to the classroom holding banana milk in one hand and a cider can dripping with condensation from the heat in the other.

By now, more than 70% of students would have arrived.

The classroom looked quite crowded even from the window view.

When I opened the classroom door again,

“What are you staring at, you disgusting thing.”

“Why don’t you go help your grandmother instead?”

A group surrounding the area near my seat was hurling abuse at someone. Puzzled, I stepped inside and the classroom atmosphere suddenly turned ice cold.

The chill from my entrance was brief. Sharp words began targeting someone again. So many seemed to be participating that I couldn’t even guess who was saying such things.

Even as a transfer student who didn’t know the class dynamics, I could tell this was a bullying scene, yet no one was stopping the group spewing abuse.

I slowly approached my seat.

‘No matter how I look at it, that’s…’

It must be Woon Seong-ha’s seat.

My guess was right.

As I got closer, I could see them surrounding Woon Seong-ha, tapping his shoulders while hurling curses at him.

And at the center of that group.

“Ju Su… yeon?”

My enemy, Uncle.

His daughter Ju Suyeon was there.

With her arms crossed arrogantly, watching the other students harass Woon Seong-ha, as if she were some kind of tyrannical queen.

Ju Suyeon laughed like a delighted child as Woon Seong-ha was being bullied right before her eyes.

‘Is she insane…’

How could I just pretend not to see this scene.

Before I could even tell them to stop, my body moved first. After setting down my cider, I pushed through the group and grabbed Ju Suyeon’s wrist.

Ju Suyeon’s arms uncrossed from the momentum and she looked at me with bewildered eyes. By the time that face filled my vision, it was already too late.

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