The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 222

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 222

Choi Song-i appeared.

“Hello.”

Unlike me, Choi Song-i came wearing a pretty all-black costume and makeup that matched the cat ears.

As she appeared, she looked me up and down, then sat across from me with a snicker.

“Hey, why are you laughing again? You already saw everything earlier, so why act surprised now.”

“It’s funny even when I look at it again.”

Choi Song-i looked at me with what could only be described as a grinning smile.

I let out a deep sigh and glared at the Production Staff.

“Is this really necessary? You said cat. You said cat!”

The Production Staff started giggling and laughing.

They put me in an actual doll costume, but why did they only make Song-i do ‘cat imitation’?

If they were going to do it, they should have either put us both in doll costumes or both in pretty outfits.

Not that I was angry enough to throw a tantrum or anything.

I let out a deep sigh and said.

“You look pretty today?”

“That’s right. Since it’s a special broadcast appearance, I dressed up properly, unlike unnie.”

“Leave out the ‘unlike unnie’ part. The ‘unlike unnie’ part.”

I said with a chuckle.

“Anyway, welcome. How do you feel about appearing as the final guest?”

“How do I feel? First of all, I’m really happy. I was really waiting for my turn, so I’m a bit disappointed about why you only called me now. But since you did call me, I’m also happy, so it’s complicated feelings.”

“Right. We should have called you a bit earlier originally, but the final filming got pushed back much later than expected. Right.”

But on the other hand, I thought it might actually be fortunate.

There must be many people curious about Song-i’s recent situation and thoughts.

There’s no better broadcast than this for revealing deep inner feelings.

“How have you been lately? I know, but please give us a status report for the Viewers who will watch the broadcast.”

“My recent situation? Well, just ordinary. Eating meals and practicing.”

“You mean you’re living a peaceful daily life?”

“Yes, I also go to unnies’ Studio to watch Music Production Work. These days, it seems like I’m focusing a lot on just resting.”

As she said, lately Choi Song-i has been focusing on resting as if receiving compensation for everything that happened.

The Members and the Entertainment Agency also wanted her to rest comfortably.

“Thinking about it, this is really the first time Song-i is resting without anything happening, right? You appeared on broadcasts from a very young age.”

Then Song-i avoided my gaze.

“It’s not like nothing happened at all…”

Ah, the question must have been uncomfortable.

There are quite a few people like this among those who worked without rest.

People who feel uncomfortable with words like resting or having no work.

“Right. It’s not like nothing happened at all. You’re preparing for something these days too, right?”

Song-i nodded.

“I’m preparing and practicing a lot too.”

“I’m really looking forward to it. It’ll probably already be released by the time this broadcast airs.”

I briefly talked about the special clip Song-i was preparing and then started the prepared interview.

“I especially have so many things I want to ask Song-i. First, how did you come to participate in Start Plan?”

Song-i was already a very famous celebrity even before participating in Start Plan.

She was a regular on children’s programs and gained great public recognition through the family observation program that Song Geum-yeong appeared in as the main cast.

Not to mention her star quality, and with her outstanding appearance, she could have debuted as an idol anytime even without Start Plan.

So why did she participate in Start Plan and continue that difficult filming?

The Song-i I knew was someone who would say there’s no need to walk a thorny path when there’s a shortcut.

Even during Start Plan filming, she wasn’t particularly passionate, and she even said that debuting wasn’t that desperate for her.

But why did she voluntarily participate in Start Plan, and as an individual trainee at that?

This was a question that Fans often asked too.

“Start Plan?”

Song-i rolled her eyes around and then said bluntly.

“I just wanted to try it.”

“Aha! You just wanted to try it!”

When I responded awkwardly, Song-i chuckled like looking at a cute younger sibling and leaned back against the backrest.

“To be exact, I wanted to try doing something I hadn’t done before.”

“Something you hadn’t done?”

“Yeah. I guess it was a rebellious phase. Still is, a bit.”

“Are you still in adolescence?”

“Yeah.”

Song-i honestly admitted it and nodded.

I chuckled and straightened Song-i’s crooked cat ears.

“I don’t think you’re particularly in adolescence. You’re just too cute.”

Even when she seems to be grumbling, in the end it’s all aegyo and affection. If you look closely, even though she always has an expression like she doesn’t want to do something, she follows what the Members or Employee say the best.

Though she herself seems to think she’s quite a rebel because of her way of speaking.

“I know. I am pretty cute.”

I smiled softly looking at Song-i who pretended to be shameless while her ears turned bright red, and nodded.

“So, how was it after trying Start Plan?”

“…”

At my question, Song-i was silent for a moment. She looked at me, pursed her lips, then smiled with a troubled face.

“How honest can I be? No, I’ve never done this kind of thing before, so I don’t know the limits.”

“Just be completely honest. Our CEO will review everything anyway.”

“…The CEO personally reviews too? How far does he get involved…”

“He’ll probably move into the Dormitory soon. He seems to like us too much.”

“But, it’s understandable that he’d like us. After all, we’re this…”

“Hey!”

Song-i was sneakily making a coin shape with her hand, so I hurriedly pressed her hand down.

Song-i chuckled and lowered her hand, then said.

“Honestly, I didn’t know Start Plan would be that hard.”

“Right, you had a really hard time. During filming.”

Especially during the Training Camp, you could visibly see her getting thinner day by day.

So much so that even Da-min, who was filled with determination and was a practice demon, would make sure to send only Song-i and Ra-eun to sleep regularly.

Song-i nodded.

“But what I meant was that I didn’t know it would be mentally hard.”

“Ah.”

“I was prepared for it to be physically difficult.”

“I see…”

Geez, she doesn’t lose in a single word.

“What do you mean by mentally difficult? I thought you were completely fine mentally.”

Song-i was rather the type to casually give shortcuts whenever others were trembling or emotionally shaken, as if it was no big deal.

Seeing that, I thought she had strong mentality despite being young because she had been on broadcasts for a long time.

Song-i looked straight at me and opened her mouth.

“There were too many talented people.”

“Talented people?”

“To be exact, there were too many people who were both talented and hardworking.”

I nodded in agreement with her words.

Start Plan itself was a place where only talented and hardworking people survived.

“Until before appearing, I was confident. I had broadcast Experience and was praised for being good at Singing and Dancing. I thought I would definitely do well without any problems.”

Song-i chuckled softly.

“I thought from the preliminaries, ah, I’m screwed.”

“You thought you were screwed? Why?”

At my question, Song-i glanced at me and pouted her lips.

“Because of you unnies.”

“…What?”

“For real.”

Song-i seemed to hesitate for a moment, then spoke in a clearer voice.

“Really, it’s because of you unnies.”

Song-i looked at me with complicated eyes as if recalling that day, then shook her head in disgust.

“I thought I was the best, but when I came to my senses, there were too many people better than me. I definitely went there to show my parents that I was someone who could do this much.”

“Ah.”

“A frog in a well. Still, I somehow passed and made it to the main competition, but our team members were monsters, and so was the opposing team. For the first time while filming, I felt doubtful.”

Wow, she’s being incredibly honest.

Though I did ask her to speak honestly.

“Do you remember what you said back then, Song-i? You said you weren’t particularly ambitious about debuting as a singer, something like that. So I always thought you were relaxed and calm.”

I had no idea Song-i felt doubtful. And because of me and the team members, no less.

Song-i shook her head.

“That’s not actually true. I was just pretending to be tough. I was already exhausted here, but you unnies were doing much better than me and still said you wanted to practice more.”

Song-i made a swaggering gesture.

“So I acted even more like that. I don’t care about this stuff, I’m not interested in debuting, I just joined because it seemed fun.”

Then she laughed with self-mockery.

“When actually I desperately wanted to debut.”

“…You’re being incredibly honest today.”

Why is our kid acting like this? She’s being unusually sincere and earnest with her answers today.

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