The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 20

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 20

Min Ha-young pursed her lips and nodded with her eyes downcast.

Then she looked cautiously at me and Seo Ra-eun.

“Um, sorry. I’m sorry not just to Da-min unnie but to all the members too.”

Don’t just say sorry with words, go and make up with her already.

I personally opened the practice room door for her, and Min Ha-young hesitated before leaving the practice room.

“Ah…”

As soon as Min Ha-young disappeared, Seo Ra-eun let out a breath.

“Is it okay to do this? I’m worried because the atmosphere is so bad.”

Seo Ra-eun said while looking at the cameras around us. The team atmosphere aside, I also felt dizzy thinking about how this would be broadcast.

“Right. But I don’t think we need to worry too much. Both of them seemed like they wanted to make up.”

I guess what I need to do here is play the messenger role.

Conveying each other’s feelings to two people who wanted reconciliation but couldn’t notice their own bad attitudes, and providing a place for dialogue.

“Even if they get swept up in emotions for a moment, they’re not members who would keep their pride up until the end.”

…Right? It has to be right. If we get caught up in discord rumors already, there’s no answer.

Feeling cold sweat trickling down, I sat on the practice room floor. Then I turned on the Fight Gauge.

Whew, if we had stayed a little longer, we really would have fought.

For now, I’m thinking of checking on the two people’s situation with the gauge from here.

If there’s no progress at all, I’ll have to intervene again.

‘An hour and a half left.’

If we can resolve it through conversation, that’s enough time.

“Unnie, you can go up first and sleep.”

When I spoke while focusing on the system window in the air, Seo Ra-eun hesitated then headed to the center of the practice room.

“I’ll practice the choreography a bit more before going. I can’t sleep anyway, and I’m worried about those two.”

“…”

“I’m lacking in skills.”

Ah.

I immediately turned off the gauge window and stood up.

“I’ll do it with you.”

Let’s not forget our main job while getting involved in other people’s fights. Now that we’re staying here late anyway, how could I think of just leisurely staring at the system window.

“Ji-ye… Thank you.”

Seo Ra-eun looked at me with a touched expression.

I didn’t particularly resume practice for Seo Ra-eun’s sake, but I decided to just let her stay touched.

Since I’m doing it anyway, I should teach her.

Although her presence was relatively faint because of Han Da-min and Min Ha-young, Seo Ra-eun was the member who particularly fell behind in choreography practice.

If the atmosphere hadn’t been so cold that it was hard to talk to each other, she probably would have been pointed out several times. Conversely, she must have been frustrated not being able to ask about parts she didn’t understand well.

I’ll correct some parts I was concerned about while practicing together. And belatedly create some screen time too.

“Unnie, let’s dance together once.”

“Okay! Sorry, but could you tell me if there are any parts I’m missing?”

“Don’t worry.”

After practicing for an hour while occasionally checking the gauge.

Ding!

A notification window appeared indicating the mission was completed.

***

Click. The dormitory I’m coming to for the first time since putting in my luggage.

I carefully opened the door and entered, then startled and stepped back at the silhouette standing blankly in the middle of the dark room.

“Whoa! You scared me!”

What is that? Thinking I might have seen wrong, I peeked my head out and looked inside the room again.

“Ji-ye, why are you screaming? I was more surprised!”

The light that had been off just moments ago was now on, and Min Ha-young was standing in front of the door clutching her heart.

Ah, right. I had a roommate. I wasn’t even thinking about it, but my roommate must be Min Ha-young.

“Sorry. I didn’t think anyone would be inside. What were you doing instead of sleeping?”

I entered the room while catching my startled breath. Min Ha-young smiled brightly and sat on her bed.

“I was waiting for you.”

“For me?”

She looked like she had a lot to talk about.

“Thank you.”

As soon as I sat on the floor facing Min Ha-young, she spoke.

“What did I do?”

“You told unnie to try talking with me, right?”

Min Ha-young smiled sheepishly and avoided my gaze.

“I’m so embarrassed. The things I did during practice.”

Looks like she finished talking well with Han Da-min. The mission was completed while I was practicing with Seo Ra-eun, so I don’t know what conversation took place, but her expression looked much more comfortable.

“Did you talk well with Da-min unnie?”

“Yeah, unnie forgave me. She said she understands. Sigh… My behavior was wrong. I should have thought about how other people would feel.”

I nodded at her words while also offering words of comfort.

“Everyone knows how well you dance. You were just that desperate, right?”

“Yeah, I was desperate. But still, I ruined practice emotionally… I apologized to unnie about that. I’m going to apologize to the members tomorrow too.”

Suddenly her voice sounded wet, so I looked up. Min Ha-young was shedding tears while trying hard to suppress her crying.

“Why are you crying? It’s fine since you admitted your mistake.”

Because she’s young. She’s still at an age where she can be swayed by emotions.

What’s important is whether she realized her mistake, admitted it, and reflected on it.

Min Ha-young wiped her tears roughly with her hands and spoke as if nothing was wrong.

“I was arrogant thinking I couldn’t lose to anyone in dancing. I don’t know what made me so upset and frustrated. I guess I wanted to stand out alone by doing well.”

“Don’t say it like that. You have the skills to be confident. I’m fine with it.”

I defended her while also saying:

“But at least competing among ourselves doesn’t seem meaningful anymore.”

Since we have to go together until the end of the competition anyway, fighting among ourselves would only benefit others.

How ridiculous would we look if people saw this on the broadcast.

“Since we’re a team, let’s cheer each other on and do well. We can all win together only if everyone does well. I’ll sincerely congratulate you too if you get a good part next time.”

“Yeah…”

I crawled over to Min Ha-young. Then I gently patted her back.

If Min Ha-young appeared on Love Me Idol, then this Start Plan is her second challenge.

There are already quite a few groups that debuted with the Love Me Idol alumni title.

Among them, only she achieved nothing and appeared on an audition show again after wandering around without an agency.

Wouldn’t all the circumstances surrounding Min Ha-young have made her impatient?

Plus, from what I know, Love Me Idol was thoroughly individual survival unlike Start Plan. For Min Ha-young, who was used to individual competition rather than group competition, this kind of mistake was likely.

“Sorry.”

I still don’t know well what kind of person Min Ha-young is, but I’m glad she doesn’t seem like a bad kid.

She’ll have to show this kind of reflective side on the broadcast too.

I felt relieved seeing her silently shedding tears and reflecting on her actions.

***

Time passed and before we knew it, it was the 5th day of the training camp.

“Ugh… I’m dying.”

5 AM. I rubbed my heavy eyes against the pillow and barely managed to get up.

I was so tired that I worried I wouldn’t be able to wake up, but having gotten used to group living, I still managed to get up.

“Hah…”

I washed my face to wake up my dazed mind that felt like it would fall asleep again any moment, then headed straight to the practice room out of habit.

“Ugh… My eyes won’t open properly.”

“My back…”

The members were already gathered in the practice room, stretching with puffy faces.

I came out last.

I blinked at them, then naturally mixed in among them and started stretching.

“Good morning everyone. Ha-young shares a room with me but left without even waking me up.”

“No! That’s not it! I just came out too early! You went to sleep around 4 AM, didn’t you? Your fatigue hadn’t even recovered, so how could I wake you up!”

Min Ha-young said frantically. Then Han Da-min giggled and put her arm around my shoulder.

“Wow, did Ha-young come out early by herself to practice more than Ji-ye?”

“What are you talking about, unnie!”

“Okay, okay, I understand how you feel. But wake me up before you go next time.”

“Wow, Ryu Ji-ye is so mean, really.”

I chuckled and nodded, saying I got it.

How is her image so different from the first day?

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