The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 174

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Although there was a brief commotion due to Song-i’s Mother’s sudden appearance, practice quickly resumed.

 

“I came to feed my daughters who are working so hard. Why are you making mom sad by getting angry like that?”

 

When Song-i got angry, her Mother seemed very hurt, but it appeared she didn’t want to interfere with practice.

 

Fortunately, Manager Seong Ji-soo took Song-i’s Mother and left the Practice Room at an appropriate time.

 

I thought Song-i’s Mother had gone home like that.

 

“Really… Why did she come back again.”

 

When quite some practice time had passed, Song-i looked completely fed up seeing her Mother return with the Manager again.

 

“…”

 

But whether her Mother didn’t see that look or was pretending not to notice, she watched us until practice ended.

 

“Good work.”

 

And practice ended.

 

Normally we would have repeated and pushed harder for longer, but today it ended unusually quickly.

 

It was unavoidable since a member’s family was watching.

 

“Well, managing condition is important too.”

 

The Choreographer spoke reluctantly with a very disappointed Expression and left the Practice Room.

 

Anyone could tell the nuance that he wasn’t pleased about ending early due to Song-i’s Mother’s visit.

 

Song-i’s Expression got even worse as she keenly picked up on that signal.

 

“What a nuisance…”

 

The Practice Room atmosphere got worse as Song-i’s muttered words were clearly audible.

 

“What kind of way is that to talk about your mom when all the other Members are here.”

 

Finally, her Mother couldn’t stand it anymore and scolded Song-i with a stern voice.

 

“The other kids are staying quiet, so why are you acting like this? Don’t you know how grateful you should be that mom cares enough to come watch?”

 

Am I mistaken? The voice and Expression that claimed to be like a mom to me earlier, saying I was pretty, seemed to turn so cold and strict toward her own daughter.

 

“Oh, Mother, please don’t do this and let’s go have a Meal. We’ll clean up quickly and come out.”

 

Finally, the mother-daughter conversation ended only after Han Da-min calmed the situation.

 

“Sigh, I feel a bit sorry asking you to have a Meal together when you must be tired.”

 

Mother glared at Song-i and handed the Side Dish Bag she brought to Han Da-min.

 

“Mom is satisfied just seeing our daughters’ faces. Go eat your Meal properly and sleep. Got it? Da-min, you’ve gotten too thin too.”

 

“Haha, yes, Mother. I’ll make sure to eat well. Please go home.”

 

Song-i’s Mother left the Practice Room.

 

“…”

 

We looked at Song-i as if we had planned it.

 

It was as if a storm had just passed through.

 

Honestly, it would be a lie to say it wasn’t uncomfortable.

 

Even though every day is important and precious, when family visits This Place, we can’t help but be distracted.

 

Then naturally, our work gets disrupted too.

 

It’s mixed feelings – being grateful that she takes care of not just Song-i but all of us, while also feeling burdened.

 

The problem was that Song-i was also irritated but couldn’t be firm about it.

 

“I’m sorry. Because of my mom. Members, I’m sorry.”

 

“No. It’s okay. We’re grateful she takes care of us!”

 

Han Da-min tried her best to comfort Song-i, who seemed somehow dejected.

 

“We finished practice early for once, so let’s hurry and go eat! We’re out of side dishes anyway, so this works out well.”

 

Song-i is young.

 

It might not be easy for her to go against her parents’ words or firmly express her own will yet.

 

It doesn’t matter to us, but I was worried about Song-i.

 

She seems to have complicated thoughts about this. She seems to be under quite a lot of stress.

 

‘It’s a family matter, so I can’t interfere.’

 

If this problem is to be solved, Song-i has to do it herself.

 

“Everyone pack your luggage. Let’s go back to the dormitory.”

 

“Yes!”

 

“Song-i, are you okay?”

 

Since she was just staring blankly at the floor even when the manager spoke, I picked up Song-i’s luggage too and spoke to her, and Song-i shook her head slightly.

 

“I should tell her to stop coming one more time. I’ve said it so many times but she keeps…”

 

Seo Ra-eun approached and helped Song-i stand up.

 

“We’re really okay. You don’t need to feel so burdened about it.”

 

“No, this is something I have to say.”

 

Song-i answered firmly.

 

“You can tell just by looking at the unnies. This isn’t just kindness.”

 

“…”

 

“She’s just monitoring us because she doesn’t trust us.”

 

This was why Song-i’s Mother’s visits felt even more burdensome.

 

Because it was too clearly felt that it wasn’t pure kindness meant to take care of us.

 

My personal opinion is that Song-i’s Mother views our Day Entertainment and FLORA as an untrustworthy academy, something she’s ready to make her quit at any time.

 

And that’s probably correct.

 

Her daughter, whom she had poured all kinds of support into to make an actor, appeared on an idol competition program without permission and even debuted.

 

Of course, even though the debut was possible with her parents’ permission, it was probably more because they couldn’t overcome Song-i’s stubbornness rather than truly trusting us.

 

Song-i looked at the members who were watching her with concern and smiled softly.

 

“Don’t worry. I’ll handle my mom’s matter myself.”

 

Then she took the luggage from my hands and walked out of the practice room energetically.

 

…There are quite a few things to worry about, but for now, all we can do is watch.

 

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Hectic days continued one after another.

 

One day preparing for concerts, another day for album activities.

 

When all the members had noticeably lost their composure within a week.

 

Without time to prepare mentally, FLORA’s final broadcast day approached.

 

“…Ah, wait. I danced to the arrangement version again. Ugh!”

 

“You too? Me too. Isn’t it too nerve-wracking every rehearsal?”

 

“Ah, exactly! If I lose focus for a moment, I feel like I’ll mess up. I really need to stay completely alert.”

 

Min Ha-young said while hitting her head repeatedly.

 

Practicing with the regular music source version during the day and the SPLCON arrangement version at night, the choreography was starting to get confusing.

 

If we were going to modify the choreography, we should have only touched the dance break section.

 

This mishap happened because our excessive passion led us to work on the overall performance.

 

At this rate, we were bound to have an incident at least once, but fortunately we’ve been doing well without mistakes until the final broadcast.

 

“Girls, you were already doing well, but let’s really not make any mistakes today. Stay sharp and focused!”

 

Han Da-min clapped her hands to focus the members.

 

“I know the arrangement version is confusing, but today we’re first-time candidates for first place.”

 

The members’ expressions brightened considerably at her words.

 

That’s right. Today was the special day we became first place candidates for the first time.

 

“Let’s do it perfectly!”

 

“Yes!”

 

The response had been very good since the music source release, so we thought we might even become first place candidates if we did well.

 

From the first week of activities, word spread quickly and our ranking gradually rose until we became first place candidates.

 

Although we had already anticipated this through various indicators, just because we expected it didn’t mean we could accept it calmly.

 

I wasn’t even hoping for first place.

 

This was my first time being a first place candidate in my entire life.

 

How could I not be happy?

 

The other members seemed to feel the same way, as they visibly brightened the moment Han Da-min brought up being first place candidates.

 

“Whether we get first place today or not, can’t we do a live broadcast? I want to say thank you.”

 

Manager Seong Ji-soo smiled and answered Min Ha-young’s question.

 

“That would be good. If your stamina is okay.”

 

“…”

 

“Don’t forget you have a fan signing after today’s final broadcast, girls.”

 

At Seong Ji-soo’s words, the voices calling for a live broadcast died down.

 

It would be really nice if we could do it as Seong Ji-soo said, but since today was the final broadcast, we had many things to do.

 

“There’s also the mini fan meeting.”

 

The final broadcast, mini fan meeting in front of the broadcasting station, and fan signing event.

 

Even if we postponed concert practice, it was uncertain whether our stamina would hold up.

 

Our condition had deteriorated quite a bit from recent concert practice to push ourselves as hard as usual.

 

“Don’t overdo it too much. Let’s try to do it if we can.”

 

“If we can’t, we can do it the next day.”

 

“Sounds good~”

 

Then, with a knock, the Countdown production staff entered the waiting room.

 

“FLORA, please head backstage.”

 

“Yes!”

 

We headed backstage with the staff.

 

The sound of singing and cheering echoing from the corridor.

 

Flora’s fans who would be waiting for us there.

 

Finally, I began to feel regretful that the last stage of “Blooming” was approaching.

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