The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 183

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The Members in the video looked incredibly excited at first glance.

-What’s our late-night snack menu today?

-We really seriously thought about the late-night snack menu.

Ji-ye said while glancing at Da-min’s Room.

-But there’s something the Members have been crying out to eat since before, so we brought that.

-Wow, I can already smell it. I want to eat quickly.

-Shh. Unnie, lower your voice more.

-Voice isn’t what’s important right now.

Rustling sounds could be heard from outside the camera.

-Oh my…

Ha-young sighed and adjusted the camera to show where the sound was coming from.

Ji-ye was carefully untying a tied White Bag.

-I can’t untie this without making noise?

-More than that, it smells incredible? If we eat this here, we’ll definitely get caught.

Eventually the three people headed to Ha-young’s Room, which was farthest from Da-min’s Room.

-It’s okay if Ra-eun unnie catches us. Da-min unnie can’t.

Rustle, rustle… The Members who entered the room now began untying the bag more boldly.

The Food that finally came out was Tteokbokki topped with lots of cheese.

“Hm?”

Yu-jin, who was watching the video, made a puzzled sound.

‘Didn’t Ji-ye not really like Tteokbokki?’

Tteokbokki was usually ranked as the number one Food the Members wanted to eat most after activities ended, on behind-the-scenes cameras and such.

But whenever Tteokbokki came up, Ji-ye would say “Tteokbokki is the worst for your health” and giggle while receiving glares from the Members – it was like one of her repertoires.

This menu choice seemed to be especially considerate of Song-i, who had been singing about Tteokbokki, Tteokbokki.

-Today’s menu is Cheese Tteokbokki!

-With extra cheese added!

-Hey hey, this isn’t the time for this. Hurry up and open it.

Under Ha-young’s leadership, the Members efficiently set up the Food.

“Oh my, they really went all out ordering.”

Yu-jin let out a hollow laugh.

Tteokbokki with extra cheese, all kinds of Fried Food, Sundae, and even Plum Flavored Drink.

They had been so cautious about eating secretly, but when it came to ordering, they really ordered thoroughly.

-We really ordered way too much. When Da-min unnie sees this later, there’s definitely going to be chaos.

-Ah, whatever. Let’s just eat first.

Ha-young, seeing the Food, urgently tore open the Chopsticks.

Starting with her, the other Members also began serving Tteokbokki into their own bowls.

-Look at this. She suggested eating but as expected, she’s not even touching the Tteokbokki.

-I like Sundae better than rice cakes.

Ji-ye said while serving Tteokbokki broth and Sundae onto her Small Plate.

Even that didn’t seem particularly appealing to her as she just stirred it around with her Chopsticks and barely managed to eat one piece.

Ha-young, who seemed quite displeased with Ji-ye’s appearance, scooped up an egg buried in the tteokbokki broth and put it on Ji-ye’s small plate.

-At least eat the egg.

-Thanks.

It seemed Ji-ye’s purpose wasn’t the food but doing something together with the members.

-Wow, how long has it been since we had tteokbokki. Since I debuted, no wait, I think this is the first time since SPRL.

-It’s because of Ji-ye unnie. We’ve snacked quite a bit though.

-Right. Since Song-i likes sweet things, we ate a lot of snacks, but Ji-ye hates tteokbokki so…

Ha-young stopped mid-sentence and poked Ji-ye.

-That’s right. You hate tteokbokki. Why did you suggest ordering this? We’re fine with it though.

-You guys said you wanted to eat tteokbokki. I’m not even hungry.

Ji-ye said with a gentle smile.

-Our activities just ended, so it’s nice to have this opportunity to talk among ourselves.

-Wow, you think so deeply. I was just thinking about how delicious the tteokbokki would be. …Whoa, this fried food is insane. It’s so good? Song-i, try this.

-Ah, unnie, with chopsticks that have broth on them…

-Oh, sorry sorry.

-Why are you taking it back? I’ll eat it well.

And the members focused on the tteokbokki in silence for a while.

-I’m really about to cry. I missed this taste so much.

“Ah… I’m craving tteokbokki from the morning.”

They were eating so deliciously that even watching them made one hungry.

Meanwhile, Ji-ye, who had been targeting only the fried food and sundae despite having tteokbokki right in front of her, glanced beyond the door and asked in a small voice.

-How does everyone feel now that activities are over. In a small voice.

-Now that activities are over? Already? That’s how it felt. And it was regrettable.

-What was most regrettable.

At Ji-ye’s question, Ha-young grinned and said.

-I’m saying this now, but I actually messed up the choreography during the final broadcast.

-What, really?

-Yeah. Really, no one seemed to know so I pretended not to know until the end? But at the fan signing event, every time fans came up to me, that’s the first thing they talked about. All of them.

Ha-young said that and picked up the camera on the table to film her face more closely.

-I’m going to do a video letter to the fans.

-Suddenly?

-Yes, everyone! You definitely spread rumors about my mistake on SNS and stuff, right? Why does everyone know about it? It definitely didn’t even show on the broadcast!

-Pffft…

Ji-ye hid behind Song-i’s back and stifled her laughter.

-You should have kept it a secret! Right? When the fancam of my mistake comes out, you’ll definitely edit it and upload it again!

Song-i looked up at her pathetically while chewing on tteokbokki.

-Never messing up once, but messing up on the final broadcast of all times. It’s something to be proud of.

-But I messed up too, so I can’t say anything.

Ji-ye, who had been hiding behind Song-i, casually added.

-You too?

-Unnie too?

Song-i sent a look of contempt.

Of all times, two people messing up the choreography on the final broadcast – what was that about?

Then Ji-ye and Ha-young looked at each other with sheepish grins and awkwardly explained.

-But this is partly the fans’ fault too. We were dancing and they were crying in front because it was the final broadcast.

-Oh my, you too? Me too! I messed up watching that too!

Ha-young got excited and started hitting Ji-ye’s back.

It seemed like both of them had their attention drawn to the crying fan in front and messed up the choreography.

Ha-young was giggling like that until she saw Song-i’s exasperated look and stopped laughing.

-Ah, anyway, I felt sad and regretful. Now that the activities are over, I want to do more.

During their active period, the members had excitedly talked about what they would do after activities ended.

But when that time actually came, they felt strangely wistful.

-I think it’s even more like that because we had fun with the fans today.

-Right. Today I felt sad about time passing. What about you, Song-i?

-I…

Song-i hesitated and then put down her chopsticks.

Her usual sulky expression. But whatever she was thinking about, her eyelids were slowly drooping as time passed.

Then the unnies also put down their chopsticks. And they waited calmly for her to speak again.

‘Hmm, her expression doesn’t look good.’

Did something happen after all?

Yu-jin observed Song-i’s expression with quite serious eyes.

She was still a young teenager.

Even if she pretended to be calm, Yu-jin had vaguely sensed during the fan signing event that something had happened to her.

Even when the other members were excitedly dancing and playing after finishing their signings, Song-i seemed to drift into other thoughts from time to time.

Song-i was usually mature and quiet, but the fans couldn’t have failed to notice something beyond that.

The members in the video waited for Song-i’s words in quiet silence. Just as Yu-jin was also focusing intently on Song-i.

‘Huh?’

The video cut off unnaturally and then a different scene began flowing as if nothing had happened.

-I just had fun. I’ve stood in front of cameras a lot, but this was a completely different feeling.

Song-i answered without hesitation as if she had never hesitated to respond.

-This is more fun.

But Yu-jin could tell.

‘She cried.’

Faintly, but her eyes were red.

What on earth could it be?

Song-i, who never shed tears whether she was eliminated, debuted, or won first place – what could have happened?

If she had simply cried from the overwhelming feeling of safely finishing their activities, this part wouldn’t have been edited this way.

But in the end, Yu-jin couldn’t know the reason why Song-i had cried.

-Since Song-i had fun, I feel even better too.

-Eat a lot, my baby~

The video only showed the Members being even more affectionate as if trying to comfort her.

-Come to think of it, didn’t we agree to exchange debut gifts together once we debut?

-Oh, right. I was so busy I completely forgot. Should we just do it next week? We need to proceed with these things when they come up.

-Oh, it seems like you have something in mind?

At Ha-young’s words, Ji-ye silently smiled meaningfully.

-…Huh, really? What did you prepare?

-Don’t know?

The snacks that had been scattered all around were now completely empty.

Yu-jin belatedly realized that it had been well over 20 minutes since she turned on the video.

The Members’ chatter that had been continuing endlessly.

Thud-.

-….

Became quiet at the sound of movement coming from outside the Room.

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