The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 19

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 19

“It’s fine to be ambitious since it’s a competition, and I understand wanting to show off your skills. But let’s not cause trouble for the team.”

“….”

Eventually, even the heavy breathing in the practice room grew faint. The situation froze like frost had settled over it.

The members watching the two moved their eyes around, glancing at the cameras positioned everywhere.

As the silence continued, Min Ha-young hung her head low. After a bit more time passed, Han Da-min finally stepped back with a sigh.

“Sorry, I made the atmosphere even worse. Girls, are we going to practice more today?”

“Ah, I think we need to rest a bit.”

Choi Song-i said while leaning deeply into Seo Ra-eun’s embrace.

“Alright, let’s call it here for today. Anyone who wants to practice more can do so, but don’t overdo it considering your condition. I’m going in first.”

And Han Da-min left the practice room first.

“….”

Ra-eun, Song-i, and I looked at each other wordlessly.

What on earth are we going to do about this atmosphere….

If it’s like this now, how seriously are they going to fight when the gauge reaches 100?

Won’t one of them just quit and leave?

Just thinking about it made my head spin.

After exchanging glances for a moment, we silently got up. Then, without anyone saying anything, we moved in unison.

“Ha-young….”

Seo Ra-eun and Choi Song-i went toward Min Ha-young, who was just staring at the mirror without saying anything.

And I headed toward Han Da-min, who had left the practice room.

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Han Da-min, who said she was going to sleep first, was sitting blankly on the sofa in the lobby.

“Unnie.”

When I approached her calling out, Han Da-min looked back at me with a dazed expression.

Oh my, her expression looks terrible. It was the face of someone who knew they’d messed up.

“Ji-ye came? Why aren’t you going straight up to the dormitory?”

“I was worried.”

It was definitely criticism that needed to be made, and the only person who could say it was Han Da-min, the team’s leader and senior.

So she must have taken on that burden, but deliberately stirring up trouble in a situation where she didn’t know how it would be edited must have been very stressful.

Looking at her, she seems to have a soft heart too, so what was she thinking.

I’m grateful and impressed that she’s trying to do something as a leader, but seeing her expression made me feel sorry for her.

“Are you okay, unnie?”

I sat beside Han Da-min and awkwardly patted her shoulder. Han Da-min smiled bitterly.

Then she remained silent for a long time before finally opening her mouth.

“I’m quite ambitious too, so I have no intention of giving up. This is my last chance.”

“Of course.”

She earned that directly, so why should she give it up?

How much resolve must it have taken for a singer who debuted long ago to challenge an audition together with rookie trainees.

It was natural for her to be ruthless and ambitious.

Besides, with Min Ha-young’s personality, even if she received the solo dance part as if it were charity, she probably wouldn’t be particularly happy about it.

“Unnie did nothing wrong. Ha-young probably knows what you meant by those words too.”

At least that’s what her expression in the mirror showed.

It would be best if Min Ha-young came out right now and apologized.

If she apologized now, I think we could get through this time without fighting.

…Should I try to persuade her to apologize?

However, Han Da-min’s stern expression showed no signs of softening. She remained lost in thought for a long time before speaking with difficulty.

“I’m thinking of asking Ha-young to do it together.”

“Together?”

“Yeah. Change the choreography to a pair dance. The solo dance is a pretty section. But it’ll be troublesome if the atmosphere continues like this.”

“…Hmm.”

I reflexively almost said ‘Unnie is completely right!’ but stopped myself.

Wait a minute, uh, that’s a bit.

“Oh, unnie.”

I stroked her back with slightly trembling hands and smiled softly.

If you do that, won’t Min Ha-young’s image really fall into the abyss?

“Ha-young isn’t the type of person who would want that. You know that too, unnie.”

I spoke as if I’d heard an amusing joke and blocked her opinion.

“She’s probably just feeling regretful. If unnie shows consideration, it’ll make her feel even worse, right?”

“Is, is that so….”

“Yes! And it’s a part you earned through hard work, so why should unnie give it up.”

Oh my, she’s really saying something that could cause big trouble.

At least now I know Han Da-min is a good person.

I had misunderstood Han Da-min based only on her glamorous appearance and rumors.

‘The discord rumors must be fake too.’

Even if they were real, it probably wouldn’t be a story centered around Han Da-min.

A leader who thinks about the team enough to offer the part she coveted as a pair dance to quell team discord.

Moreover, there’s not a trace of cunning to be found in that decision, even if you looked with washed eyes.

Someone who readily makes a decision to take a loss out of pure goodwill for the team couldn’t be the protagonist of discord rumors.

However, this time she seems to have made a wrong judgment, perhaps because she was also flustered.

Min Ha-young is already in a situation where she’s ruining the team atmosphere because she can’t give up her desire for the part. But then she ends up getting the dance part, even if it’s as a pair?

Then wouldn’t viewers naturally think that Min Ha-young pressured the members to satisfy her own greed.

‘Of course, that’s half true.’

Even if Min Ha-young did wrong, I need to shield her now. We’re a team, so if a team member falls into the abyss, we all go down together.

‘Could this be why they were supposed to fight?’

If Han Da-min really made the pair proposal.

Min Ha-young would have been upset about receiving unwanted consideration and probably rejected it given her personality.

Then Han Da-min would have received harsh words in response to a suggestion she’d thought deeply about.

Maybe their emotions exploded there and they fought.

They’d already been practicing for eight hours straight, silently building up emotions.

Even things that would normally be passed over nicely might not have been possible to overlook.

“But we can’t keep going like this.”

Han Da-min said with difficulty.

“If we can’t resolve this and move on, the atmosphere will be bad throughout preparing for this competition. We’ll probably act like this again whenever similar situations arise.”

Han Da-min was right. So if we can’t resolve this, we’ll suffer from discord rumors throughout the competition.

“Please stay here for a moment, unnie.”

I calmed down the worried Han Da-min and stood up.

I wondered why I came out on a mission when there was no room for me to interfere in their emotional fight, but it turns out there was a role for me to play.

“I’ll bring Ha-young.”

“Huh?”

I firmly sat Han Da-min back down as she stood up in confusion.

“I think it would be better to start with a conversation.”

I thought the mission time limit was too short for such a serious situation, but this is just a lack of communication.

“You two didn’t even make eye contact during practice. I think we should first seriously ask why she acted that way. Rather than pair dance.”

Before a third party prepares a solution, it might be something the parties involved can resolve through conversation.

Looking at it, neither of them really seems to want to fight. Wouldn’t it be resolved naturally if we just let them talk to each other?

I deliberately made Han Da-min wait and headed to the practice room.

When I entered the practice room, Choi Song-i was nowhere to be seen, and Seo Ra-eun was alone comforting Min Ha-young.

“Where’s Song-i unnie?”

“Oh, Ji-ye, you’re here. I sent Song-i up first. She seemed really tired, and I wanted to talk with Ha-young for a bit.”

Well, it’s not exactly a situation that would be inspiring for a young kid to watch.

“What about Da-min unnie? Did she go up to the dormitory?”

“No, Da-min unnie is in the lobby right now.”

Min Ha-young’s expression grew a bit darker. Fortunately, it seemed like her thoughts had cleared up somewhat after talking with Seo Ra-eun while I was following Han Da-min.

“Ha-young.”

What did you do well to deserve comfort?

I swallowed the words that were about to burst out and moved a little closer to her.

Then I spoke quietly.

“I don’t know what you’re thinking, but if you want to apologize to unnie, I think you should do it now.”

Strictly speaking, the person Min Ha-young should apologize to was all the members, but I didn’t expect that much since it would make things awkward.

“If you miss the timing, it becomes harder to apologize. Or how about at least trying to have a conversation?”

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