The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 161
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“How fortunate. At least there’s a student who came to do evening self-study. Ji-ye, you are our school’s hope. You know that, right?”
“What?”
I slowly walked into the classroom and looked at Kim Gwang-cheon as if asking what he was talking about.
“I didn’t come here for evening self-study though?”
“Oh, you didn’t?”
Kim Gwang-cheon looked at me with a flustered face, as if he hadn’t expected me to simply refute his words.
“How bold?”
He probably thought I’d just play along and go with it.
But it’s not like I don’t know that Kim Gwang-cheon is someone who’s improvisational in all broadcasts.
We’ve even worked together on radio, so I know how to handle this kind of situation with ease.
“Who does evening self-study when the college entrance exam is already over, teacher? I just came to get something I left behind.”
“Look at this kid? The college entrance exam is over, but you’re going to be a senior next year. Your college entrance exam isn’t over yet.”
“Teacher, don’t interfere with my life. I’ll decide whether to do evening self-study or not.”
Guilty of being a student
In the prison called school
Trapped in the jail cell called classroom…
When I spoke while embodying a student going through intense adolescence, Kim Gwang-cheon seemed at a loss for words and burst into an awkward laugh.
“Class President, if teachers don’t interfere with students, who else would they interfere with? You really are an MZ generation student.”
“What?”
With a face that said whatever Kim Gwang-cheon said didn’t matter, I sat down in any seat and leisurely started rummaging through the drawer.
In a way, even if it’s variety show, he’s still a senior, so it might seem too arrogant, but with Kim Gwang-cheon, the right answer is to shamelessly continue the situational drama even at the risk of being arrogant.
Just looking at Kim Gwang-cheon’s slightly raised corners of his mouth, I could tell how surprised he was by this situation.
“Our Class President, I heard rumors that you’re incredibly rich, and it was true.”
“…Huh!”
Oh no, he’s making that joke.
It was an unexpected comment, so I couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
At the sound of the door opening with a rattle, I looked up.
“Is this the place?”
“Yes, it seems like it.”
Park Nam-seok and Han Da-min, playing detectives, entered the classroom while trying their best to look cool.
“Who… are you?”
When Kim Gwang-cheon asked in an awkward tone, the two smiled broadly and pulled out police IDs from their pockets to show him.
“We’re police officers.”
“What? What brings you officers here?”
I straightened my posture with an expressionless face and glanced at Han Da-min.
She had been quite nervous until just now, but once the situational drama started, she was doing shamelessly well.
“We received a report about a theft incident here. Are you the person who filed the report?”
“Senior, should we search the lockers first?”
“Calm down, Detective Han! We don’t even know what the stolen items are yet!”
“Oops! What are the stolen items?”
“Why are you asking me that? You should ask the person who reported it!”
…Not just pretty good, but way too good?
Watching the two of them continue their dialogue without pause, they looked just like a comedy duo playing supporting roles in a drama.
Seeing Han Da-min so skillfully continue the situation, Kim Gwang-cheon made the same expression he had when looking at me earlier.
‘He really does like people who work hard.’
It seemed like we had made quite a good first impression.
After continuing the conte-like exchange with Han Da-min for a while, Park Nam-seok looked at Kim Gwang-cheon.
“So you’re the person who reported it? What was stolen?”
“Stolen items? I’ve never made a report though?”
Kim Gwang-cheon waved his hands with a completely clueless expression.
Then this time Park Nam-seok looked at the Production Staff with a flustered face.
“You didn’t? You didn’t report it? But we definitely received a theft report?”
Looking at Park Nam-seok’s expression, it seemed like the detective team, unlike us, had been briefed by the Production Staff beforehand.
Probably something about us reporting a theft incident to the police…
No matter how much this show mostly relied on the Cast Members’ abilities without a script, mission-related parts would usually be coordinated in advance.
But neither I nor Kim Gwang-cheon had heard anything about it.
However, even with Park Nam-seok’s questioning gaze, the Production Staff just continued filming with interest.
What? What are we supposed to do?
Just as the atmosphere was about to turn awkward due to the Cast Members not being in sync.
Thud.
Something caught in my hand as I was still rummaging through the desk drawer.
‘Huh?’
The texture of thin, stiff paper.
Sensing something unusual, I carefully pulled it out.
[Student Ryu Ji-ye, your wallet has been stolen]
A card with that message popped out.
Ah, so this is how it starts?
I immediately placed the card on the desk and raised my hand somewhat urgently.
“Excuse me.”
“Hm?”
“Student?”
“My wallet is missing.”
As I said that and showed the card, Han Da-min quickly rushed over and took the card from my hand.
“Student Ryu Ji-ye’s wallet was stolen?”
“Did you report it to the police, Ji-ye?”
“No. That’s not it.”
“But we can’t just ignore an innocent student who had their wallet stolen, can we?”
The Main PD suddenly interjected into the ongoing situational drama.
The cast members stopped talking and looked at him, so the PD grinned and said.
“This is the first mission. A good student at school had their wallet stolen. Inside the wallet are a large amount of cash and Ji-ye’s student ID. You need to find the missing wallet and return it to student Ji-ye.”
“Oh, finding things is my specialty.”
“Aha, the first mission seems too easy?”
Kim Gwang-cheon and Park Nam-seok said arrogantly.
In fact, these two people constantly bragged everywhere that they had mastered running, rolling, and finding things while doing this show.
The PD seemed used to their boasting and continued his explanation, pretending not to hear them.
“The teams are divided into the School Team and Detective Team. By the way, the team that finds the wallet first gets benefits for the next game along with 10 final points, and the team that doesn’t find it gets a penalty.”
“Oh, student Ji-ye. They say we’re on the same team.”
Kim Gwang-cheon reached out his rough hand for a high-five.
I responded to his request with both hands and looked around.
As far as I know, this variety show’s cast isn’t just this.
Weren’t there six regular cast members? Where did all those people go that we’re doing this mission by ourselves?
“But where did the other guys go?”
It seemed I wasn’t the only one thinking this, as Park Nam-seok asked the production staff accusingly.
“Don’t tell me they’re playing around right now watching us or something?”
“No way. The others are also solving their own missions in different areas. You’ll meet them soon.”
“You’re just trying to trick us again! I really won’t let you guys off easy!”
Kim Gwang-cheon also loudly threatened the production staff.
From what he was saying, it seemed he had already fallen for the production staff’s schemes several times before.
“Why would we trick you? Please trust us. Haha.”
The PD joked around and raised his hands above his head.
“Then let’s start quickly. Game start!”
As soon as the production staff announced the start of the game, Han Da-min began running far away.
“Senior, let’s start searching from over there!”
She was very faithful to her role as a passionate detective.
Oh my, how cool.
I was looking at her back fondly when I felt a gaze and turned my head.
“Class President, where should we start looking?”
Oh, I thought Kim Gwang-cheon would move proactively, telling me to just follow him given his personality. Surprisingly, he’s giving me the choice.
“They say it’s darkest under the lamp. How about we start by searching our classroom first in order?”
“That’s a good idea.”
Kim Gwang-cheon immediately started walking around the classroom looking for the wallet.
This place is a real school that’s been nicely decorated using an abandoned school.
If we’re using the entire building, the search area for finding that small wallet would be way too wide.
‘They wouldn’t put a mission that takes a long time from the very first game.’
This show is ultimately a plot that follows a script.
That means there’s a next scenario and next game too.
In other words, they couldn’t spend too much time on one game.
So the wallet was likely hidden in our classroom or somewhere very close to the classroom.
“Class President, what does your wallet roughly look like? I need to know that to find it.”
Kim Gwang-cheon asked while opening all the lockers in the classroom.
“I’m not really sure.”
How would I know? I just found out that I even have a wallet and that it was stolen.
Even if this is a situational drama, what am I supposed to do when you ask for information that doesn’t exist?
Then Kim Gwang-cheon spoke in a tone of disbelief.
“You don’t know your own wallet?”
“My memory is kind of hazy. Maybe it’s because I’ve been studying too hard.”
“Studying too hard… Heh, really.”
Kim Gwang-cheon stopped rummaging through the lockers and suddenly turned his head to look at me.
Ah, did I go too far with that joke?
I felt embarrassed by his intense stare and froze for a moment. Then Kim Gwang-cheon let out a hollow laugh and tilted his head.
“Heh, really. Look at this kid. Unbelievable.”
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