The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 196

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-What? During filming, no, in the car?

“Yeah.”

-Is filming already over?

“No, I got an errand from Grandmother so we’re heading out to town center.”

-Oh, really? …But why are you video calling from inside the car. Isn’t someone else driving?

Han Da-min’s voice became stern.

Ah, she’s probably worried we might be rudely making a video call when we’re with other Cast Members.

I casually turned the camera to show Min Ha-young.

“Hey~ My Queen~”

-Ha-young is driving?

“Yes yes~”

-…Ha-young had a driver’s license?

“Closet license~ I took it out~”

Just earlier she was all excited about hosting the National Singing Competition, but look how quickly Han Da-min changes her tone when she sees Ha-young looking tired.

As expected, our team’s mood maker is different.

-Ha-young seems excited? Are you having fun?

“We did the National Singing Competition earlier? Unnie, did you rest a bit?”

-I’m resting now. But why did you call when you’re filming?

“I called to show you this.”

I casually turned the camera to show outside the window.

The sunset light was shining intensely just then.

-Wow, what’s that?

As expected, our romantic captain Han Da-min’s voice came back to life a little.

“Can you see it well? It’s incredibly beautiful in person, but I’m not sure if it shows up on camera.”

-It’s beautiful enough even from here. So pretty. You called just to show me this?

“Of course. Unnie likes this kind of thing.”

-Right. I was tired but this really refreshes me. I’m grateful for your thoughtfulness.

“What about the other Members?”

-They probably went to exercise. I couldn’t go because I’m doing music production work.

“That’s too bad. I wanted to see the Members.”

-You’re coming back to the dormitory tomorrow, right?

“Yeah.”

-Okay, got it. Don’t eat too much. See you tomorrow. The dormitory is too quiet without you two.

“I’ll come as fast as possible~ Even if you miss us, be patient~”

-Haha, yes~ I’ll try to be patient for just one day. You guys try to be patient too~

Han Da-min waved her hand and ended the video call.

Though we talked briefly, I was relieved that her lifeless complexion seemed to improve even a little in that short time.

Han Da-min glanced at the navigation and said.

“But you were amazing earlier.”

“What was?”

“Hosting in front of the Elderly People.”

“Ah.”

I glanced at her thinking she might be teasing me again, but it wasn’t teasing – she seemed genuinely impressed.

“You were so shy around the Elderly People, how did you manage to do that?”

“Just did.”

“You were like a completely different person when hosting? Did you really reference the National Singing Competition?”

“Yeah, but was my shyness that obvious?”

“Yeah, it wasn’t just obvious – it was really obvious.”

“I could never do Acting.”

“I thought you were pretty good at talking to strangers, but this time you were almost like a robot. Constantly malfunctioning.”

Min Ha-young started giggling and began describing in detail how awkwardly I had behaved in front of the Elderly People.

Listening to her, it seemed I had been quite seriously stiff.

But I couldn’t help it. My reluctance around Elderly People wasn’t just because of Hong Yeo-eun’s memories.

Ryu Ji-ye was also quite afraid of her own Grandfather, so just standing in front of Elderly People made my body naturally freeze up.

“If you’re going to live so pathetically, get out of this house.”

Honestly, I think that was something he could reasonably say to the immature Ryu Ji-ye as family, as an adult.

Ryu Ji-ye’s Grandfather in the memories was always stern and disapproved of Ryu Ji-ye, but even so, I could tell there was affection in his eyes when he looked at his granddaughter.

I could feel that his words about leaving weren’t sincere either.

But it must have felt like considerable pressure to the still young Ryu Ji-ye.

On top of Ryu Ji-ye’s situation…

“You damn brat! You were born for nothing and now you’re blocking your father’s marriage prospects!”

Combined with my memories from Hong Yeo-eun’s time, just being there was incredibly difficult.

I didn’t think acting calm would make me look calm, but apparently it was very obvious to both the Elderly People and Ha-young.

This time, the other Performers got tasks like house cleaning, Cooking, and even kimchi-making – things to do together with the Elderly People – but I got a task I could do independently.

Maybe the Elderly People were being considerate because I showed too much difficulty.

“You know? If you have any trouble, tell me. I’ll do everything for you.”

“What? Why are you saying such touching things?”

“Hey, you can’t see because of the Sunglasses, but I’m winking.”

“Really.”

“Anyway, look at this. We arrived at the Mart without any accidents. I’m pretty good at Driving, aren’t I?”

While chatting with Min Ha-young, we had arrived at the Mart before I knew it.

Though it was a small, quiet Town Center, the Mart was quite a bit larger than I had expected.

“They asked us to buy ground Pork and fresh pork belly, Soy Sauce and Gochujang too.”

“And Ice Cream for Grandfather.”

It was really a simple errand, so we came out of the Mart quickly.

Since we had come all this way, it felt a bit disappointing to go straight back, so we decided to look around the Town Center a bit.

“What’s this, are you filming for TV?”

“Yes!”

“Is it that show? What’s it called, returning Home or rural living?”

“Yes, that’s right!”

“If you’re Gwang-cheon’s son’s kids, take this! I need to repay you for helping change the light bulb before.”

“Ah, yes! Thank you.”

“Tell Gwang-cheon to come out to town sometime.”

It was good that we came out. We actually got more footage walking around the town center than we would have just buying things at the mart and leaving.

Everywhere we went, the Elderly People would stop us, so the more we walked around, the more things we ended up carrying.

“It almost feels like we did holiday shopping?”

“Right. It seems like Senior Gwang-cheon is really loved by the Village people.”

When we returned Home carrying armfuls of stuff, Kim Gwang-cheon immediately figured out that we had walked around the town center.

“This is why the kids can’t lie about just going to the mart. Why do they send our kids back with so many gifts every time they see them? Now I have to help the Elderly People again.”

After grumbling and handing over the Elderly People’s gifts to Kim Gwang-cheon, we gave the Grandmother the ingredients we bought and returned Home to rest briefly on the wooden floor.

The other teams’ tasks seemed to take quite a while, so the Yard was completely empty.

Since there wasn’t much to do, I was sitting and having random conversations with Min Ha-young when Kim Gwang-cheon called us to clean the Yard.

While cleaning and playing with the chickens, goats, and dogs, before we knew it, the other Cast Members had returned Home completely exhausted.

“Really… The Grandmothers really put us to good use.”

“I’m going to sleep so well today…”

“You worked hard. Looking at it, the Elderly People have gotten used to us coming, so when they have work, they save it up for a week and then make us do it when we arrive.”

“It’s no joke, senior. Like, when we finish one house, a Grandmother from another house comes and says we have to come to her house too, and when we finish that house, she tells us to go to yet another house…”

“Well, at least they brought us lots of Side Dishes, so we don’t have to prepare dinner separately today.”

“Thank you…”

Kim Gwang-cheon, Min Ha-young, and I, who still had energy left, prepared the Rice.

After the meal, most people were dazed from fatigue, then washed up and went straight to sleep.

I don’t know exactly how overworked they were, but around 10 o’clock everyone started wilting, so today’s filming also ended early.

All the Cameras and Lighting turned off, and the Countryside scenery became dark.

At 10 PM, it would be the time when FLORA would be practicing hard, so there’s no way I could fall asleep.

I just came out of the house and sat on the wooden floor again.

With nothing to do and no sleepiness, I was thinking of looking at the System Window for the first time in a while.

“Aren’t you sleeping?”

Until May Rookie’s Ja-yeon sat down next to me.

“I can’t fall asleep.”

May Rookie’s ace, Leader, longest-training trainee, and SU’s promising talent.

And someone who became a person I could never be connected with through good feelings.

During filming, she consciously avoided conversations with me, so why is she approaching me as soon as the Cameras turn off?

Is she going to pick a fight?

When I sat a little distance away from her, Ja-yeon stared blankly into space before opening her mouth.

“It’s late, but congratulations on your debut.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“…”

“…”

“Aren’t you going to ask me when I’m debuting?”

“Huh?”

Why would I…

I wasn’t particularly curious, and what good words would I hear anyway.

However, Ja-yeon spoke as she pleased, as if it didn’t matter whether I asked or not.

“My debut got delayed again.”

“Ah, I see.”

Well, of course it would. She got caught manipulating things.

But really, why is she telling me this…

I pondered for a moment before opening my mouth.

“Do you perhaps think that’s my fault?”

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