The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 178

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“Hello!”

 

“See you later!”

 

“Make sure to come!”

 

The Members waved their hands as they got into the Car.

 

Their first mini fan meeting.

 

A meeting with Fans at close distance, leading the event without any predetermined segments.

 

They had definitely felt burdened at first, but they enjoyed this time as if that had never happened.

 

Even though it ended later than scheduled, they only felt regret.

 

Seeing them up close actually created a more comfortable atmosphere.

 

“Look at them running over there quickly. Are they going to the Fan Signing Event?”

 

“They’re following the same schedule as us. How cute.”

 

The Members smiled warmly as they watched the Fans visible Outside the Window.

 

“Don’t you think it was actually good that we didn’t prepare various things?”

 

“Right. The time was shorter than expected, so if we had prepared something, it would have looked chaotic instead.”

 

“30 minutes is indeed short.”

 

While the Members were excitedly sharing their fan meeting impressions.

 

“Hah…”

 

A sigh was heard.

 

It was so loud that the Members’ conversation stopped instantly.

 

Song-i was looking at her Mobile Phone with an Expression full of irritation.

 

“Song-i, what’s wrong.”

 

“…Huh?”

 

Song-i seemed to belatedly notice the Members’ gazes and looked around with wide eyes.

 

“What? I didn’t say anything.”

 

“You sighed loudly.”

 

“That was audible?”

 

Song-i was genuinely flustered and shook her head saying it was nothing, then focused on her Mobile Phone again.

 

Ah, she didn’t do it for us to hear.

 

It was so loud I thought she meant for us to notice.

 

But we had already heard it, and we saw her bad Expression too.

 

As fellow Members, how could we not worry?

 

“Come on, that’s not an Expression that means nothing. What is it? Is it something you can’t tell your Unnie?”

 

Until just getting into the Car, Her Expression had been smiling while feeling the afterglow of the fan meeting like the other Members.

 

For her Expression to suddenly turn this bad, it’s probably with high probability…

 

It’s ironic that her parents are the only ones who can make Song-i, who rarely gets angry or annoyed, make such an expression.

“…”

Song-i bit her lips with a complicated Expression but eventually shook her head.

Song-i bit her lip with a complicated expression, but eventually shook her head.

“It’s not something I can’t talk about, but it’s not that serious.”

“It’s not something I can’t talk about, but it’s not that serious either.”

Normally, Song-i would have turned off her Mobile Phone at this point saying it was nothing serious.

Normally, Song-i would have dismissed it as nothing and turned off her phone at this point.

“That’s right. I’m glad it’s nothing serious. If anything happens, please tell us anything at all.”

 

“This won’t do. I need to bring out my secret weapon to cheer Song-i up. Ra-eun unnie!”

 

“Should I?”

 

At Min Ha-young’s words, Seo Ra-eun rummaged through her bag and pulled out a small jelly to give to Choi Song-i.

 

“…It’s delicious.”

 

Song-i accepted the jelly and finally put down her mobile phone.

 

But she still seemed deep in thought.

 

Manager Seong Ji-soo, who checked on Song-i through the rearview mirror, spoke up.

 

“Ra-eun, give Song-i some more jelly. We’ll arrive at the fan signing venue soon, so let’s manage our emotions until then.”

 

“I didn’t mean to make you worry. Sorry.”

 

Song-i chewed on the jelly and spoke in a plain tone.

 

We arrived at the fan signing venue in a somewhat subdued atmosphere.

 

The members’ condition, which seemed difficult to lift, finally improved when we faced the fans again at the fan signing event venue.

 

“Hello everyone~”

 

As we went up on the platform and greeted the fans, singing voices began to be heard from the audience seating as if they had been waiting.

 

“Congratulations on 1st place! Congratulations on 1st place!”

 

The fans sang for us, adapting the birthday song lyrics.

 

We moved to the center of the platform, keeping rhythm with their song.

 

“Thank you, everyone!”

 

“You too! Congratulations on 1st place!”

 

When we spoke, the fans laughed happily and cheekily said thank you.

 

“You should sing us a congratulations song too!”

 

At the playful fans’ shouts, we immediately started singing a congratulations song and received another round of celebration.

 

“Well, it seems like quite some time has passed since we started, but we’ll give you our greetings, albeit late!”

 

“Hello. We are FLORA.”

 

“Waaahhh!!!!”

 

“Thank you so much for coming today. We really have a lot to say, so we’ll slowly share everything with you. Please take care of us today!”

 

“Please take care of us!”

 

“Whooo!”

 

Amid the cheers that rang out again, someone said.

 

“You changed costumes?”

 

It was a fan we had seen at the mini fan meeting earlier.

 

Han Da-min answered in a familiar tone.

 

“This is our last schedule, so we should dress prettily for our last meeting.”

 

“Ahh….”

 

At the word “last,” the fans looked sad again.

 

Right, this fan signing event was the official last schedule for 【Blooming】.

 

“Everyone, we’re so sad too….”

 

Seo Ra-eun synchronized with the fans and spoke with a sad face.

 

“We’ll come back to see you soon….”

 

At that moment, Min Ha-young, who was next to me, suddenly burst into laughter and grabbed my arm.

 

“Wait a minute. Look over there.”

 

“Huh?”

 

Min Ha-young pointed somewhere.

 

I followed her pointing and shifted my gaze, then soon burst into laughter.

 

“How did you get those outfits?”

 

I had to ask.

 

Two fans sitting relatively in the back, who clearly looked like friends, were wearing the same animal pajamas we had worn and waving light sticks.

 

“Oh my, what is that!”

 

“So cute! How did you prepare those? We didn’t even hint that we’d be wearing those costumes today!”

 

Then the two people in animal pajamas shyly covered their faces and said.

 

“We bought them right during the live stream!”

 

“During the Seupeul live stream?”

 

“Yes!”

 

Ah, so that’s how they were able to watch today’s music show and come wearing them right away.

 

“I have them too!”

 

“Me too!”

 

Seeing people here and there who had the same pajamas, it seemed everyone had quickly bought them around the same time.

 

“What, are they couple pajamas?”

 

Han Da-min said in a cheesy tone.

 

“Ugh.”

 

I looked at Han Da-min with disgust, but all I got back was a wink and cheers from fans saying that would be good too.

 

“But it seems quite a lot of you have them? We could have a pajama party together next time.”

 

At my words, voices saying let’s do it could be heard from here and there.

 

“Now, now, everyone. Should we really have a pajama party? I’ll suggest it. Then let’s wrap up the conversation here and slowly get started, shall we?”

 

Han Da-min calmed the venue and gestured to the members.

 

The members headed to the chairs prepared on the platform.

 

“Let’s share more stories later.”

 

And the fan signing event began.

 

Starting with the fans in the front row, they came up to the platform one by one to face the members.

 

“Wow…”

 

Unlike during the mini fan meeting, I felt a bit nervous this time.

 

Of course, it’s not like I had no experience with fan signing events, and we did hold video call fan meetings during our activities.

 

But actually sitting face-to-face with fans and having conversations had been a really long time.

 

Honestly, even during Sucream, fan signing events were mostly attended by the same fans who came every day, so the nervousness of meeting new people had gradually disappeared.

 

‘Is my expression okay right now?’

 

It doesn’t show that I’m nervous, does it?

 

What should I say first?

 

While I was worrying about all sorts of things and racking my brain, someone had already sat down in front of me.

 

“Hello, Princess?”

 

The first fan was someone who seemed more skilled and less nervous than me.

 

‘Thank goodness.’

 

I was worried about what would happen if we were both nervous.

 

Since the other person wasn’t nervous, I felt my tension ease a little too.

 

“Hello. Have you eaten?”

 

“Yes! I ate! Did Ji-ye eat? Call me unnie.”

 

The fan said that while extending her hand to me.

 

I naturally interlaced my fingers with hers and nodded.

 

“Yes, unnie. You seem less nervous than me. Thanks to you, I’m feeling less tense.”

 

“Oh, I’m really nervous too. I’m just pretending not to be. Ji-ye, look at my hand.”

 

The fan gently shook our interlaced hands.

 

“Your hand?”

 

I glanced at her hand while signing.

 

“Oh!”

 

I wondered what she wanted me to see, and it turned out she had nail art with one letter on each nail spelling “I love Ji-ye.”

 

“Ji-ye is my bias.”

 

“Wow, what? Did you do this yourself? Thank you so much for saying I’m your bias.”

 

Wow, this is my first time seeing something like this.

 

I’d heard that fans prepare a lot for fan signing events, but I never imagined someone would get nail art with my name.

 

As I stared at it in amazement, the fan smiled warmly and said,

 

“I’m not just saying this – I started watching Start Plan to see you and became a fan of FLORA too.”

 

What? That’s so touching.

 

My nose tingled a bit as I looked at the fan with a moved expression, and she said,

 

“Thank you for not giving up and staying with FLORA. Thanks to you, I’m happy every day – that’s what I wanted to tell you first when we met.”

 

“Wow… Thank you. But do you know what?”

 

I turned her hand over so she could see her own nail art.

 

“I like you more.”

 

And at that moment, time was up.

 

“Please move to the next person.”

 

When I smiled brightly at the fan following the staff’s words, she smiled shyly and stood up quickly.

 

“What~ I better move on quickly before my heart stops. Princess, I’m going!”

 

“Take care!”

 

…What? This is better than I thought.

 

After doing it once, my nervousness just melted away.

 

From then on, I conducted the fan signing event comfortably without being nervous.

 

I greeted and talked with really diverse fans.

 

A Fan with Many Gifts who came carrying lots of presents.

 

A Headband Fan who put a cute headband on me as soon as she sat down.

 

Fans who couldn’t talk properly because they were crying, or conversely, a Rap-talking Fan who had so much to say she spoke like rap.

 

A Foreign Fan who said she was learning Korean because of FLORA.

 

Occasionally, there were fans who would briefly sing for us.

 

As we continued having various conversations with countless fans like this, the long line was finally nearing its end.

 

“Ji-ye, hello.”

 

At that all-too-familiar voice, I unconsciously stopped moving.

 

A mature yet calm voice, incredibly warm and gentle.

 

When I slowly turned my eyes to look at her, there sat someone I could never forget no matter how hard I tried, right in front of me.

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