The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Daughter Doesn’t Hide Her Acting Skills - Chapter 25

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Episode 25

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Woon Seong-ha had been selected as a scholarship recipient of the Seohe Scholarship Foundation since his middle school days, a prodigy.

Whether it was studying, singing, or sports, he performed above average in everything without putting in much effort. He particularly excelled in memorization and comprehension abilities.

However, Woon Seong-ha disliked showing his genius-like qualities to others.

‘If only his parents were decent, they would have supported him a lot.’

‘It’s quite pitiful…’

For Woon Seong-ha, competence always came with sympathy trailing behind.

His life goal was to live quietly without receiving pity, so he originally intended to pursue a specialized vocational track that could lead to employment. He wanted to earn money as quickly as possible.

The reason such a Woon Seong-ha entered a prestigious high school was for one reason only.

The dying words of his grandfather, who raised him after he lost his mother early and cut ties with his father who had a criminal record.

‘You must get a university diploma, Seong-ha. What can’t you do? Even though you grew up with nothing, you’re a capable boy. Go there, forget everything, and live respectably.’

His grandfather wanted to send the grandson he had raised with difficulty to a prestigious university so he could live respectably.

Woon Seong-ha entered the prestigious high school established by the Seohe Foundation to keep his promise. Every semester, tuition and uniforms were fully supported by the Seohe Scholarship Foundation.

At first, he got along well with other students.

Ju Suyeon, the granddaughter of Dongwoo Group Chairman Ju Taeback. He even received a confession from the granddaughter of a conglomerate that no Korean citizen could be unaware of, and he also rejected it.

And that wasn’t all.

He just listened to classes diligently and solved problems using workbooks bought with cultural gift certificates he could receive from scholarship foundation volunteer activities, yet he even played around in the top ranks of the entire school.

The thrill of crushing the so-called wealthy children who spent five months’ worth of his living expenses on private education each month with pure talent was short-lived.

Meeting Ju Suyeon at a Seohe Scholarship Foundation volunteer activity was the root of all problems.

‘I thought you had some backing since you rejected my confession and acted so rudely.’

‘…’

‘You were just a worthless lower-class person?’

From that day, his daily life crumbled.

Rumors spreading within the grade happened in an instant. Students who wanted to get scraps from Ju Suyeon turned away from him.

Woon Seong-ha regretted it for a long time.

That day, he shouldn’t have gone to volunteer activities just because he lacked money to buy workbooks.

Since a high-ranking person’s granddaughter confessed, he should have dated her regardless of his own feelings.

No, the problem started from submitting an application to Yeongpung High School.

To make matters worse, as his grandmother’s health deteriorated, Woon Seong-ha half-gave up on school life.

Afraid he would collapse if he lost his grandmother too, he struggled to earn hospital bills and medicine costs.

As news of earning Ju Suyeon’s hatred reached even the teachers, no one at school cared about Woon Seong-ha.

‘Doesn’t your grandmother know you just come to school to sleep?’

No matter who cursed at him, he stubbornly ignored them and devoted himself to part-time work at night, and caught up on insufficient sleep at school during the day.

When he went home late at night, he could hear his grandmother’s coughing, so Woon Seong-ha would just wash up and head straight to school.

Enduring like that, it was already the second semester of his second year.

On the first day of the new semester, a transfer student girl sat in the seat next to Woon Seong-ha.

‘She’ll probably be the same anyway.’

Ju Suyeon and her group. Or those who just watched the situation. The transfer student would be no different from them.

‘Hi, Seong-ha.’

‘Seong-ha, not answering again today?’

‘Seong-ha, want to eat this?’

…Even though she kept talking to him, he thought it was interest that would stop someday. When she heard rumors about him from other students, she would distance herself like always.

But why. Why on earth…?

“Ah shit, Ju Sae-i! Let go of this!”

“Take your friends and go back to your seats. Quickly.”

Why are you blocking Ju Suyeon for me?

Watching the transfer student confront the group surrounding him as usual, Woon Seong-ha thought that girl was really fearless. Or maybe she was lacking somewhere.

Otherwise, there was no way she would take the side of someone like him who had nothing.

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I was certain.

That Ju Suyeon was the ringleader, this group were the perpetrators, and the entire class were bystanders.

I knew Ju Suyeon was unreasonable, but I didn’t know she would be this rude.

Wasn’t she trying to make connections with the Ryu family? How could she openly do such things at a school founded by Seohe Group?

‘Grandfather isn’t someone who would turn a blind eye to such things.’

In fact, Ju Suyeon and my grandfather, Chairman Ju Taeback, were business figures who had spoken out about strictly punishing this kind of behavior.

As a result, workplace bullying was greatly eradicated at Dongwoo Group, which grandfather governed.

‘Is she fearless? Or is she the thoughtless type?’

…It seemed like both.

Seeing how she screamed wildly to let go of her wrist as soon as I stopped her, she definitely seemed thoughtless.

Moreover, if she bullied Woon Seong-ha without caring even when I, a transfer student, came in…

‘It must have been going on for quite a while.’

I recalled the scene I saw through the crowd again.

Woon Seong-ha, who remained still with an indifferent face as if such situations were familiar. The group giggling while watching him.

As I let out a deep sigh at the pathetically ridiculous situation, someone who had been watching from beside Ju Suyeon spoke up.

“Hey, Ju Sae-i. You just messed with the wrong person.”

“What…”

“Suyeon! Do you know whose daughter she is?”

I know. I know too well.

She’s the daughter of the person I hate most in the world, so how could I not know?

Instead of answering, I snorted. Grandfather wasn’t such a light existence to be used as a shield to deal with such people.

I gently placed my hand on Woon Seong-ha’s shoulder. Then I spoke to him.

“Seong-ha.”

“…”

“The homeroom teacher is looking for you.”

Of course, it was a lie.

I thought they would at least be mindful if I brought up the homeroom teacher, but seeing them sneer instead, it seemed like the teacher was on their side too.

I grabbed Woon Seong-ha’s arm. He had more of a frame than I thought, so when I gripped with both hands and pulled, he reflexively stood up from his seat.

“Let’s go quickly.”

What are you going to do if I use the homeroom teacher as an excuse? The homeroom teacher would obviously be as mindful of me as Ju Suyeon anyway.

Since he was someone who learned I was Chairman Ju Taeback’s granddaughter through the transfer procedures. He couldn’t tell anyone to maintain secrecy.

I shamelessly dragged Woon Seong-ha outside.

Even though the bell rang soon after, no one came looking for us.

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Actually, I’m really worried.

This is my first time skipping class without permission, so what if they contact Grandfather or Father…

What excuse should I make if I get scolded…

I felt guilty about selling out the kid who was being bullied.

Looking at Woon Seong-ha who was being dragged along as I led him, I handed him the banana milk I had been holding in one hand.

Come to think of it, did he get hit before I came…

There were small scratches left as if he had been slapped. The high-prescription glasses he always wore were nowhere to be seen, probably dropped somewhere.

Woon Seong-ha squinted as if he couldn’t see well and looked down at me. I hadn’t realized it since I only saw him lying down sleeping or sitting, but he was very tall. Almost as tall as Ryu Dokyung.

I firmly placed the milk in Woon Seong-ha’s hand and even stuck a straw in it.

Woon Seong-ha seemed displeased with my gesture and threw the banana milk straight to the ground.

With rebellious eyes, he bit his lips and warned me.

“I’m grateful you helped, but don’t interfere in my affairs.”

“…”

“Go apologize. Say you were wrong.”

“…Why should I?”

“What?”

Woon Seong-ha doesn’t know that I’m from the same family as Ju Suyeon. Even if he speaks sharply, the essence is that he’s probably worried about me getting revenge from Ju Suyeon and her family too.

I never expected to hear Woon Seong-ha’s voice like this for the first time.

What must it feel like to tell someone not to get involved while being bullied, to go apologize to the perpetrator? Now I see that Woon Seong-ha’s eyes aren’t rebellious, but rather…

The look in someone’s eyes when they pretend to be tough because they don’t want to get hurt anymore.

But wait a minute.

‘This guy without his glasses…’

Looking closely at his face without glasses, there was one face that came to mind. Actor Seo Hajun, who looks almost exactly like Woon Seong-ha.

‘Huh?’

Suddenly, I remembered the past scandal involving Seo Hajun that had heated up South Korea in my previous life.

He had started his acting career hiding his real name and rose to the top ranks of male actors in their twenties, but when his tragic past was exposed, his real name ‘Woon Seong-ha’ was semi-forcibly revealed…

“Wait a minute. Wow, wait a minute, seriously…”

This guy is Seo Hajun!

“Why, why are you like this? Are you hurt somewhere? Are you feeling sick?”

“I’m shocked…”

There’s no way there could be another person in the world with the name Woon Seong-ha who looks exactly the same.

No wonder he was too handsome to be just an ordinary person…!

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