The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 131

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

 

Episode 131

 

“I’ll explain on the way. I’m not certain, but there’s something that’s been worrying me.”

 

“I’ll come with you too.”

 

Kim Ja-in said. Kim Ja-in also seemed to sense something unsettling like me, appearing somewhat anxious.

 

“Yes, get in.”

 

At my words, Kim Ja-in headed to the passenger seat, and Han Da-min and Min Ha-young also got in the car.

 

“I don’t know where to start or how specifically I need to explain for you to understand.”

 

“Take your time explaining.”

 

Han Da-min sensed the situation and called Seo Ra-eun while speaking.

 

“She’s not answering as expected. It seems like she’s not looking at her mobile phone at all?”

 

“Unnie, you said you know Ra-eun unnie’s home address, right? Where is it?”

 

“Ah, wait a moment.”

 

Han Da-min gave the driver the address of a cafe near Seo Ra-eun’s home.

 

“We’ll depart now.”

 

The car started moving.

 

And I began explaining to the members what I had learned.

 

That Ji-hoon was working as a sponsor broker.

 

That Seo Ra-eun had become his target.

 

From when Ji-hoon started approaching Seo Ra-eun, she became unreachable, and the parts I was worried about.

 

“It’s true that Ji-hoon approached Ra-eun unnie, but thinking the loss of contact is because of that is just my speculation.”

 

The faces of Han Da-min and Min Ha-young who heard my explanation turned cold.

 

Min Ha-young seemed truly shocked and horrified as if she hadn’t even considered it, but Han Da-min appeared to be feeling complex emotions beyond simple surprise.

 

“I was actually planning to contact Ji-ye as soon as work ended.”

 

Kim Ja-in said, looking at me through the rearview mirror.

 

I thought she was calmly looking at her mobile phone the whole time listening, but it seemed Kim Ja-in also roughly knew about the situation.

 

“I couldn’t get accurate information since I don’t have connections to Ji-hoon, but I heard he seemed to be approaching Start Plan contestants, so I wondered if Ra-eun might be involved.”

 

Kim Ja-in sighed with a frustrated expression.

 

“I should have noticed sooner and said something.”

 

“It’s not your fault, CEO.”

 

I said while watching Han Da-min continuously calling Seo Ra-eun.

 

How could this be Kim Ja-in’s fault?

 

If it was something related to Ji-hoon, it might be natural that Ryu Jae-geum found out faster than Kim Ja-in.

 

People who had made any mark in the entertainment industry, whether celebrities or industry insiders, had all cut ties with him.

 

Even if she tried to dig deeper about him, if there were no connected figures around Kim Ja-in, only ambiguous information would have come to report to me.

 

“I knew it! Ra-eun unnie isn’t the type to suddenly cut off contact like this!”

 

“Like I said again, speculation is just speculation. But we’re going just in case.”

 

“All sorts of things happen, really. I didn’t see Ji-hoon that way…”

 

Min Ha-young spoke with a face soaked in betrayal, then closed her mouth.

 

To say she didn’t see Ji-hoon that way, his shady background was already known by industry people and the general public who knew enough to know.

 

Actually, throughout filming, everyone probably wondered why that person was a judge.

 

Though they couldn’t have imagined that the target of those ‘shady dealings’ would be our Flora.

 

“If something like this happened, it would have been good if you told me first. You even have my phone number.”

 

Kim Ja-in muttered with genuine regret, then turned around and spoke to the members.

 

“Everyone, from now on, if anything happens, you must tell me first without fail. Understood? Whether you have difficulties in life or problems arise, I’ll help solve them together.”

 

“Yes!”

 

While Kim Ja-in was conversing with the members, the car stopped in front of a cafe.

 

“Is this it?”

 

“Yes, Ra-eun lives around here. I left a message saying we’re going to her home now, but there’s no reply, so I don’t know if she’ll open the building entrance for us.”

 

Han Da-min opened the car door while talking with Kim Ja-in.

 

I got out of the car and looked around.

 

‘I’ll need to look for a home for Ra-eun first when we sign a contract.’

 

This place was a studio apartment village very close to the entertainment district and far from the company and broadcasting station.

 

Most importantly, it looked somewhat dangerous at night.

 

“I’ll guide you.”

 

Han Da-min seemed to have visited Seo Ra-eun’s home several times already, leading the group familiarly.

 

Following her deeper into the alley, at the end of poorly maintained sidewalk blocks, a run-down building came into view.

 

Han Da-min stopped at the entrance and said.

 

“Here it is.”

 

“…Here?”

 

Kim Ja-in looked up at the building with disgust, as if seeing something dangerous she’d never seen before.

 

“It looks too dangerous.”

 

Indeed. There was barely a door lock installed at the communal entrance…

 

Both the alley condition and building condition had visuals you’d only see in crime dramas.

 

‘It’s like the studio apartment I used to live in.’

 

After becoming Ryu Ji-ye, I had gotten used to luxurious living, but until just recently, I too had lived in places like this.

 

But Seo Ra-eun’s housing situation could be resolved anytime, so that was something to think about later.

 

Right now, checking Seo Ra-eun’s condition was the priority.

 

Han Da-min familiarly pressed the room number on the door lock and pressed the call button.

 

I didn’t know if she was home, but hopefully she would open the door…

 

While anxiously staring at the entrance listening to the long ringing bell sound.

 

Click.

 

-Uh, uh…

 

Seo Ra-eun’s very flustered voice came through the door lock speaker.

 

-Unnie? Hey, come in…

 

“Ra-eun, are you okay? I was so worried I came looking for you. If you’re okay, could you open the door?”

 

-…

 

Seo Ra-eun didn’t answer. But after a moment, with the sound of the intercom turning off, the front door opened.

 

Fortunately, it didn’t seem like she was planning to completely avoid seeing us by cutting contact.

 

“Phew, at least she’s home, that’s a relief. Let’s go in.”

 

Han Da-min sighed in relief and led the way.

 

Seo Ra-eun’s home was on the 3rd floor of this building.

 

Seo Ra-eun seemed to hear us climbing the stairs and opened the door to greet us before we could ring the doorbell.

 

Seo Ra-eun smiled weakly and pointed inside.

 

“Oh, it’s been a while, everyone. Come in. Ah, CEO, you came too.”

 

“Ra-eun…”

 

My goodness, what happened here.

 

The moment we saw Seo Ra-eun’s face, all the members couldn’t continue speaking.

 

Sunken eyes, a gaunt face, and pale skin.

 

She looked like someone who hadn’t eaten anything or gone anywhere all this time.

 

“Ah.”

 

Seo Ra-eun seemed to notice the members’ thoughts and awkwardly brushed her face once, then gestured for us to come in quickly.

 

“I haven’t cleaned… It’s a bit dirty.”

 

“…Hey, unnie, if you saw our homes, you couldn’t call this dirty. It’s super clean right now?”

 

“Did you eat? We should have bought something.”

 

The members barely pulled themselves together and stepped into the house.

 

“Why didn’t you answer your phone?”

 

“Phone? Ah…”

 

Seo Ra-eun said with a dejected expression.

 

“There was a situation. I wasn’t checking my phone. I’m sorry for making everyone worry. I’m sorry to the CEO too. You must have been waiting for my contact…”

 

“A situation? What happened?”

 

Han Da-min asked worriedly as if she knew nothing.

 

Then Seo Ra-eun bit her lips tightly.

 

‘Thank goodness.’

 

I was worried about how to bring up the topic if she planned to hide it completely, but although she was hesitating, it seemed she was willing to discuss this problem with us.

 

And that meant this problem had exceeded the scope of what Seo Ra-eun could handle alone.

 

I didn’t test the waters anymore and spoke directly.

 

“Unnie, please speak comfortably. We already know everything before coming here.”

 

“Huh…”

 

Han Da-min and Min Ha-young gasped in surprise.

 

It seemed like those two were planning to approach carefully, but I saw it differently.

 

Given Seo Ra-eun’s personality, if I didn’t speak this clearly, the conversation would go in circles for quite a while before getting to the main point.

 

“Ji, Ji-ye…”

 

Seo Ra-eun also seemed surprised and showed a very flustered and shaken appearance.

 

However, she soon nodded with a resigned expression.

 

“How did you all find out…”

 

“Because unnie suddenly became unreachable. What happened that you wouldn’t even answer your phone?”

 

“What did that Ji-hoon guy say to you?”

 

When I openly mentioned Ji-hoon’s name, Seo Ra-eun became greatly flustered, then soon sighed deeply as if the ground would cave in and began telling us what had happened.

 

“Actually, Ji-hoon sunbae…”

 

“Don’t even call that trash sunbae.”

 

At Han Da-min’s firm words, Seo Ra-eun quickly changed her words.

 

“When we were in the middle of filming, I exchanged phone numbers with that person.”

 

At least from Seo Ra-eun’s perspective, it wouldn’t have been a phone number exchange with ulterior motives.

 

During Start Plan filming, we also exchanged numbers with Yu-hwa, who was our mentor, and with Lee Si-ah, who we became close with during practice.

 

If Ji-hoon, who was a senior and judge, requested to exchange numbers, it would have been difficult for Seo Ra-eun to refuse, and there would have been no reason to refuse.

 

Seo Ra-eun, who had never entered a company before, wouldn’t have known that Ji-hoon was a top-tier target to be wary of in the entertainment industry.

 

“But after that, he kept sending personal messages, and I felt something was… strange.”

 

“Personal messages came? From that bastard Ji-hoon?”

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