The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 146

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

 

Episode 146

 

Whenever FLORA had something important, we would always gather like this in my room for some reason.

 

“Unnies, gather around for a moment. Tomorrow is my day to upload photos.”

 

“Oh, we can post it as the last pajama party!”

 

Min Ha-young shouted loudly and dragged the members to my bed following Choi Song-i’s instructions.

 

I said while feeling squeezed between Han Da-min and Min Ha-young.

 

“But you’re going to upload tomorrow too? That’s nice, but isn’t today the last countdown?”

 

The hundred-day countdown was until the day before the music video release, so the daily photo upload mission we’d been doing was now over.

 

“Ah… It became a habit.”

 

Choi Song-i seemed to realize it now, fiddling with her phone that already had the camera on, then glanced at me with very cute rebellious eyes.

 

“We can upload on D-day too. Can’t we just keep uploading?”

 

“Y-yes, that’s right.”

 

I answered quickly.

 

“Upload, upload. The fans would love it so much.”

 

Han Da-min said urgently while making a V sign toward the camera.

 

Choi Song-i switched the camera to selfie mode while pouting, took photos of herself and the members, then came over.

 

“But really, taking photos has become a habit now.”

 

Seo Ra-eun said while looking through the gallery on her phone.

 

“It would feel empty somehow if we didn’t do it.”

 

After taking turns uploading photos every day for over three months, it had become routine to point cameras first or get photographed no matter what we did.

 

The fans loved it so much too.

 

‘I’d like to recommend doing it every day going forward, but…’

 

After debut, we’d probably be too frantically busy to even do that, so I decided not to make hasty suggestions.

 

“So. Are you all going to sleep here?”

 

“Ha-young is already lying on the bed?”

 

Han Da-min pointed to the bed.

 

Not only Ha-young, but Seo Ra-eun was also sneakily occupying the bed while arranging her pillow.

 

“Sleeping over is fine, but humanly speaking, shouldn’t the bed be left for the owner?”

 

I grumbled while pushing Min Ha-young and Seo Ra-eun against the wall and struggling to climb onto the bed.

 

“Ugh! It’s cramped!”

 

“I-I can’t breathe…”

 

“Ryu Ji-ye, humanly speaking, get off the bed.”

 

Sorry, but I can’t give up the bed.

 

I’d become too accustomed to luxurious living, so I couldn’t sleep anywhere but a bed.

 

“Ugh, so childish. We can just sleep anywhere.”

 

Seeing this, Choi Song-i shook her head and headed to the sofa with the pillow and blanket she’d brought.

 

Han Da-min roughly settled under the bed and started fiddling with her phone, then began filming the fight on the bed.

 

“Everyone, what on earth are they doing? It’s one day before the music video release. Ra-eun and Ha-young stole Ji-ye’s bed.”

 

“Unnie, should I play some music?”

 

“Oh, good idea. On such a monumental day, it should be our debut song. As expected, our Song-i. You’re a hundred times prettier than those unnies fighting over there.”

 

Ha, I won.

 

The midnight bed battle ended with Min Ha-young finally getting off the bed.

 

Since practice had been grueling and it was already late at night, we immediately turned off the lights and lay down.

 

“…Isn’t it too quiet? Should we put on Start Plan?”

 

“Unnie, do you want to watch that? Ugh.”

 

Min Ha-young said with disgust.

 

That reaction was natural since we’d received all kinds of misunderstandings because of Start Plan and even had our victory stolen.

 

Then Han Da-min laughed cheerfully.

 

“Why, even if I hate Start Plan, I quite like watching it. Maybe because I appeared on broadcast after a long time.”

 

“That’s right.”

 

I agreed with Han Da-min’s words. I liked it too.

 

Of course, I disliked Start Plan itself.

 

To be precise, I didn’t like Start Plan, but I loved the memories of practicing and performing on stage through filming.

 

“I also like watching stage videos.”

 

There was discrimination and misunderstandings, but the training camp where we worked hard together with the members and the thrill of stepping onto the stage we’d longed for still made me excited thinking about it now.

 

“Hmm, I like the stages too. But still, I hate it. Ugh.”

 

By the way, Min Ha-young is currently active as an anti-Start Plan member who doesn’t even want to increase Start Plan’s view count.

 

“During filming, honestly, I wanted to join the first-year members at first. They kept calling us the unnie group…”

 

“The discrimination was pretty obvious. There were times they didn’t give us the self-cam, right? You guys didn’t know.”

 

“When I was going to the practice room, the production staff whispered about me and giggled? I was pretty annoyed.”

 

The members seemed to finally open up, venting their frustrations from the filming period.

 

After continuing the Start Plan gossip and filming anecdotes for quite a while, the song that had been playing stopped.

 

All tracks of our debut album had already played through.

 

Ugh, what would change by talking about this and that now?

 

What’s important is that all misunderstandings have been cleared up and our debut will proceed smoothly like compensation for that.

 

Everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing as the room instantly became quiet.

 

Were we going to fall asleep like this? Just as I was thinking that.

 

“But how long are you guys going to use formal speech with me?”

 

Han Da-min said quietly.

 

“…What?”

 

“Formal speech. You might not have noticed because we’ve been living busily day by day, but it’s already been almost a year since we got to know each other.”

 

“Already?”

 

I could hear gasping sounds from here and there.

 

That’s right. Thinking about it, Start Plan started early last year, so about a year has passed.

 

‘I thought we became close in an instant.’

 

Thinking back on the time we spent together, it wasn’t an instant after all.

 

In school terms, we’d spent a whole grade together.

 

“We’ve all become so close, but it feels too formal. When will you drop the honorifics, kids?”

 

“Well…”

 

The members couldn’t answer easily.

 

Formal speech had become familiar now.

 

She’s a senior.

 

There’s an age difference too.

 

Though we do joke around freely despite that.

 

When the members remained silent, Han Da-min laughed as if she expected this and said.

 

“I’m not forcing you. Just drop it casually when you want to. I’m fine with it. I wanted to say this.”

 

“I’m okay with it.”

 

Choi Song-i said that while snuggling into Min Ha-young as if embarrassed.

 

“M-me too! Kids, treat me comfortably too.”

 

Seo Ra-eun said hurriedly, stammering.

 

I grinned and said.

 

“Okay.”

 

I wasn’t uncomfortable or awkward at all.

 

Originally, by my real age, I’m the oldest anyway.

 

Rather, I’d been waiting for everyone to drop the honorifics as soon as possible.

 

“…That’s bold?”

 

I liked it. Han Da-min said.

 

“Whoa, heh, I-I’ll drop it later… I didn’t know Ji-ye would drop it.”

 

Min Ha-young, who had suddenly become the only one struggling, shook my arm resentfully.

 

It seemed Min Ha-young couldn’t let go as easily as Song-i and I could.

 

“Hehe, Ha-young is the only one keeping her distance.”

 

“No! That’s not it!”

 

While teasing Min Ha-young like that, time had already reached 1 AM.

 

We only started falling asleep one by one after our debut album track had played through once more.

 

And that night.

 

Ding!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Sub-Quest had arrived.

 

 

 

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The next day.

 

Just because it was the music video release day didn’t mean a different kind of day was beginning.

 

Of course, the members who were debuting for the first time had haggard faces from repeatedly falling asleep and waking up.

 

Even so, we ate our diet-controlled breakfast and immediately went to the practice room to focus on practice.

 

Aside from getting nervous from time to time, there was really nothing different that made it feel like our music video was actually being released today. However, our usual routine began to change rapidly 30 minutes before the music video release.

 

“What should we do…”

 

Min Ha-young clung to me and made whimpering sounds.

 

“I’m going crazy. I really can’t breathe.”

 

Yeah, I understand your feelings.

 

My heart is beating so hard it feels like it might burst too.

 

Han Da-min, who had been calm until just 30 minutes ago, was now completely frozen and silent.

 

The other members were the same.

 

It wasn’t just because of the music video release.

 

“The setup is all done. Can we start right now?”

 

Manager Seong Ji-soo said while looking at the mobile phone screen mounted on the tripod.

 

For the next 30 minutes.

 

There would be FLORA’s first live communication session before the music video was released.

 

In other words, this would be the first time we’d face our fans since officially becoming FLORA.

 

 

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