The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 169

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“Huh? Class President, what’s wrong?”

 

“What? No…”

 

Since the socks are only briefly visible between the long pants and shoes, I can’t be certain.

 

But one thing is clear – there’s no way Han Da-min would wear socks of that color.

 

It wasn’t just red socks, but a subtly blurred color as if soaked in blood…

 

“Student Ji-ye? You’re not, right? Suspecting me. Why are you being so hurtful. We were together until just now.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

“Weren’t we supposed to stay together as a team until the end?”

 

“Uh, what’s with this atmosphere?”

 

“Hmm, suspicious… What is it, Da-min?”

 

The team members seemed to notice the strange tension between Han Da-min and me, adding their comments while starting to back away.

 

Then Han Da-min stopped walking with a face that showed she had no idea why this was happening.

 

“Why are you really acting like this? I’m really not suspicious at all. I’m… No, Class President knows. I’m the victim here!”

 

Of course I want to believe Han Da-min if possible.

 

But it’s not just the socks – there’s also that look in Han Da-min’s eyes.

 

Whether it’s acting or what, I don’t know, but in her gaze looking straight at us, I could see incomprehensible interest and madness.

 

“Ji-ye, I’m really hurt.”

 

While saying she was hurt, the corners of her mouth were still turned up.

 

I’ve been watching Da-min for a whole year – wouldn’t I be able to read her emotions?

 

That was definitely not the face of someone who was hurt.

 

All of her actions were suspiciousness itself.

 

So we had to run away from her right now.

 

“Teachers.”

 

“Huh?”

 

“We need to run. That detective is acting kind of strange right now.”

 

“Run, where to. Should we escape to the reading room for now?”

 

“Y-yeah. Let’s go in first and lock the door. We’ll hear from Class President later about why we need to run.”

 

“Right, I’m getting a strange feeling too right now.”

 

At my words, the Cast Members agreed without hesitation and started running toward the reading room.

 

Although Han Da-min is a Guest like me, no one could have failed to notice the suspiciousness in that meaningful gaze.

 

I also ran together with the Cast Members.

 

“Ji-ye! Student! Class President!”

 

I could hear Han Da-min’s shouts from behind, but sorry – I ignored them and just ran into the reading room.

 

“Whew, what is all this about.”

 

“So why did we suddenly run away.”

 

The Cast Members who entered the reading room asked me while panting.

 

Fortunately, Han Da-min seemed to chase us for a moment but then disappeared from sight at some point.

 

I panted and pondered.

 

‘Should I tell them this or not.’

 

The hint that the Culprit’s feet are soaked in blood.

 

According to the card that says the culprit is among the initial four members, these people should have absolutely no connection to the serial killer.

 

However, discovering plot twists in the hidden meanings within the hints is also another charm of this show.

 

Hmm, even so.

 

‘This isn’t a show where you go it alone.’

 

While it’s a show full of betrayal and conflict, this show’s identity is ultimately about demonstrating teamwork to overcome situations together and win various games.

 

Besides, it would look bad to appear greedy and hogging everything alone in front of the cameras.

 

“Um.”

 

After hesitating, I finally took out the paper I had been holding.

 

“Actually, I found this in the detective’s pocket earlier.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Wow, look at the blood on it. Ugh…”

 

Daniele groaned and carefully took the bloody paper.

 

“The culprit’s feet are soaked in blood. Find the culprit and report to the plainclothes police?”

 

“Plainclothes police? There’s another plainclothes police?”

 

“For now, I think it might be Detective Da-min or Detective Park Nam-seok.”

 

“But why did you run away from Da-min?”

 

“I’m a bit doubtful about what I saw too. The detective’s socks looked reddish. I don’t think they were like that originally.”

 

“But even aside from the socks, her expression and stuff seemed a bit off.”

 

“Then the plainclothes police mentioned here means Park Nam-seok?”

 

“But then where did Teacher Gwang-cheon disappear to?”

 

There were too many mysteries in this case.

 

When did Han Da-min become a serial killer?

 

She definitely showed no signs of it until she was with me.

 

No, we went through the entire process together, including the preliminary meetings and discussions with the production staff about this filming.

 

As far as I know, Han Da-min and the production staff never had additional discussions excluding me.

 

Then what’s the identity of Kim Gwang-cheon who disappeared from the beginning?

 

Did he really just run away because he was scared?

 

“Come to think of it, Detective Park Nam-seok isn’t around either, right? Has anyone seen Detective Park?”

 

“No one has. We’ve been looking for him this whole time.”

 

“He’s such a scaredy-cat, I thought he’d definitely come down to the first floor as soon as he was alone.”

 

Right, thinking about it, Park Nam-seok has been missing for a while too.

 

I thought he’d join us even if he was a bit late.

 

So we need to catch Han Da-min and hand her over to Park Nam-seok… huh?

 

‘Wait a minute.’

 

I suddenly realized something and looked at my teammates.

 

Their conversation sounded a bit strange.

 

“We don’t know where he is or what he’s doing. It would be better to find him and look for Teacher Gwang-cheon together.”

 

“This guy seems to be looking for Teacher Kim Gwang-cheon separately. Right?”

 

What? That’s definitely strange.

 

I pretended to be calm and quietly moved away from them.

 

According to the setting, Park Nam-seok and our team members have never met before.

 

Even if they could be friendly with each other off camera, we’re still in the middle of a situational drama right now.

 

So why are those people talking as if they know Park Nam-seok so well?

 

Of course, a word or two could be a mistake.

 

But there’s no way the Cast Members, who have clearly done countless role plays on this show, would openly continue such a long conversation that breaks the setting like that.

 

Unless that itself is part of the setting.

 

The moment I realized that, goosebumps rose all over my body.

 

“Class President, where are you going?”

 

As I silently and slowly distanced myself from them, Joo Na-hyeon’s question immediately flew at me despite being in the middle of a conversation.

 

It was as if she had been persistently watching me.

 

Then Daniele and Lee Tae-hyeon also stopped their conversation and looked at me expressionlessly.

 

‘Wow…’

 

Wait a minute, this is really strange.

 

I have no idea what this situation is, but I know one thing for sure.

 

Just like Han Da-min, those people are definitely hiding something from me too.

 

But my flustered expression was hidden behind Ryu Ji-ye’s expressionless face as always.

 

I spoke as if nothing was wrong.

 

“Since we’re at the Reading Room, I thought I’d look around to see if there’s anything. You can continue your conversation.”

 

Please just keep talking there.

 

I need time alone, whether to think or find a way to escape.

 

When I pulled out and opened any Book from the Bookshelf as if nothing was wrong, they shrugged and continued their conversation nonchalantly.

 

“Class 2’s Class President. Our school’s top student.”

 

“Ah, since she’s smart, she might find something in the books.”

 

“We should probably look around too. Teacher Gwang-cheon doesn’t seem to be here either?”

 

While the teachers were talking, I pulled out several books and skimmed through them as I moved backward, toward the back.

 

And finally, the moment I pulled out and opened the last Book on the last bookshelf.

 

Find the sole survivor

 

“…”

 

Along with the chilling red text.

 

Tug-.

 

Someone very quietly and carefully tugged at my School Uniform sleeve.

 

“…Ugh.”

 

Really. The moment I saw that sight, I almost let out a scream without realizing it.

 

Kim Gwang-cheon, whom we had been searching for so desperately.

 

He was crouched down, completely hunched over, looking at me while breaking out in a cold sweat.

 

As I urgently tried to open my mouth, Kim Gwang-cheon moved even faster and brought his index finger to his own lips.

 

‘Be quiet.’

 

I nodded at his signal and quietly sat down beside him.

 

“What are you doing here?”

 

When I asked in a small voice like a whisper, Kim Gwang-cheon shook his head as if telling me not to say anything and spoke.

 

“We need to escape from here first.”

 

“…What?”

 

“Those guys.”

 

Kim Gwang-cheon pointed at the Cast Members in front with a face full of indignation.

 

“They’re all on the same side. They’re all the Culprit.”

 

“…”

 

“I don’t know if you’ll believe me. But just trust me this once. Really!”

 

“Are you the last survivor, Teacher?”

 

Kim Gwang-cheon nodded.

 

There was no need to ask more.

 

Wasn’t I the one who had already felt more than a lethal dose of suspicion and fled from them all the way here?

 

If there’s no one else to trust, I should at least trust Kim Gwang-cheon.

 

I glanced toward the front.

 

The Cast Members who had been in front were slowly finishing their conversation and examining Books from nearby bookshelves.

 

Unfortunately, the Reading Room door was locked because Han Da-min had chased after me earlier.

 

Even if we ran at full speed, we’d be blocked there and caught.

 

‘Could it be that the reason Da-min suddenly appeared was…’

 

Was it to cooperate with those people to trap me in this Reading Room and make me the next victim?

 

‘Wow, that’s chilling.’

 

I shuddered and got up.

 

Fortunately, although the door was locked, we had another route.

 

I headed toward the Window at the back without hesitation.

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