The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 223

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 223

Song-i’s behavior was different from usual.

She was the type who would clam up whenever something came up that might hurt her pride even a little or make her look foolish.

But today she started acting like someone who had achieved complete enlightenment, answering every question honestly as soon as it was asked.

‘Is she acting like this because I told her it’s okay to be honest?’

“I really wanted to debut, but there were so many people better than me, and I could see that the broadcast would be a disaster too.”

“The broadcast? Start Plan? It was hugely successful…”

“No, me. I thought my screen time would be a disaster.”

“Ah.”

“Everything else was fine, but losing in terms of talent and screen time was too damaging to my pride. So I just pretended to be arrogant.”

“Ah, when you said you weren’t that interested in debuting?”

“Yeah.”

“…You’re really cute.”

And now she’s being honest about this too.

“But what’s gotten into you to be so honest? Did someone cast a spell on our girl?”

“What are you talking about.”

“You usually don’t say things like this. You’d say what’s the point of embarrassingly talking about your inner thoughts.”

Then Song-i stared at me intently before opening her mouth.

“Unnie, you know what?”

“What?”

“It’s hard to break through at first, but once you do, it becomes easy. I’m kind of like,”

What is she talking about now. Did she become a different person or something.

“I feel like I’ve become really close with the general public. Since I’ve shown them every sight worth seeing and not worth seeing.”

“I see.”

So she’s saying that since she already spilled everything about her family troubles and showed even the parts she least wanted to show, there’s no pride left to be hurt.

Let’s just accept it for now and leave the editing and censoring to others.

“So anyway, you did well in the audition and became FLORA, F Team. How did you feel when you saw the team members?”

“Wow, all the monsters I’ve seen are here. That’s what I thought.”

Song-i spoke matter-of-factly while drinking the beverage prepared for PPL.

“Oh, this is delicious. Anyway, I didn’t like it at first, being on the same team as people I absolutely didn’t want to compete against after seeing them during the audition.”

“Isn’t being on the same team good? Since you’re working together instead of competing.”

At my words, Song-i stared at me intently and chuckled.

“Unnie, you’re really naive.”

“Huh?”

“You’re too kind. We all know the truth. When you go on shows like that, everyone’s wary of each other even if they’re on the same team.”

“That’s true. Ha-young and Da-min unnie were like that at first too.”

“Back then I had no idea we’d become this close.”

Song-i’s expression, which had been sulky throughout, softened a little and soon her lips curved into a thin arc.

“I already thought of everyone as competition, but there were only people I really didn’t want to compete against, and on top of that, Ha-young unnie and Da-min unnie were fighting.”

Song-i spoke with sincere eyes.

“I was actually jealous. I thought about fighting too.”

“Hey, you today, haha, you’re being honestly to a confusing degree.”

She’s a bit unrestrained.

“Anyway, that’s how it was, but when we actually worked together…”

“When you worked together?”

Song-i, who had been speaking without hesitation, suddenly stopped talking, then hesitated before speaking quietly in a slightly shy voice.

“I liked the unnies too much.”

Why is she really so cute?

Without realizing it, the corners of my mouth curved up. A caring voice naturally came out.

“You liked the unnies too much?”

“Yeah. Somehow. We worked really hard. At everything.”

“We did.”

In Start Plan, which was a series of discrimination, only that part remained as somewhat pleasant memories.

We really worked hard back then. Day and night, thinking we’d die today and let’s work hard, we thought that every morning.

It was tough but just as fun.

Everyone soaked in sweat but still laughing and chatting about how we did perfectly well.

Song-i, who only looked struggling at the time, apparently found that enjoyable deep down too.

“I thought I wanted to win with these people. Not because I desperately wanted to win, but because I wanted to debut together.”

“Is that why? Song-i said okay almost immediately when joining the company, right?”

Song-i nodded.

“That’s how I was. I signed the contract last due to various circumstances.”

“Actually, me too, and the members and staff were all really surprised. We were a bit worried. That you might not join.”

“Me? Why?”

“You probably got a lot of contact from other companies. Honestly, from your perspective, I wondered if our company had any appealing advantages.”

As for me, rumors about working with Kim Ja-in spread throughout the industry even before joining the company, so I didn’t get many big offers.

I heard that other members also didn’t get as many offers as expected because they had burdensome aspects to take on.

But Song-i was young to begin with, had a public image with charm, and most importantly, her parents had influence in the entertainment industry, so she apparently got many offers from better agencies and major companies.

Song-i’s parents also mentioned this and made quite demanding conditions during the contract, trying to reject the contract with Day Entertainment.

Honestly, no matter how good the team is, to survive in this ecosystem, it would be better to join a major agency and debut stably.

How did Song-i choose us without any hesitation?

Then Song-i answered without hesitation this time too.

“Because I liked the unnies. If it wasn’t the same team as the unnies, I wouldn’t have bothered debuting.”

“Ah.”

A smile naturally formed.

“I’m grateful for that. I was moved. If Ra-eun unnie or Ha-young were here, it would have been a sea of tears.”

Song-i chuckled and nodded as if agreeing.

“Ah, those unnies cry too much. They always cry and say cringeworthy things, so honestly I feel like I might die.”

“I acknowledge that.”

Song-i giggled then spoke with a slightly more serious face.

“But really. If I wasn’t going to debut as FLORA, I think I would have worked hard at what I was doing. Since I learned that dancing and singing with the unnies and running toward the same goal is fun.”

Song-i paused the words that were flowing freely to organize her thoughts.

Then she organized her thoughts again and opened her mouth.

“My purpose wasn’t debuting, it was the unnies.”

“…Hey.”

Suddenly my nose tingled, so I frowned and sent Song-i applause, clap clap clap.

“So. Ms. Choi Song-i, who debuted together because she liked FLORA. How is it now that you’ve debuted?”

“Honestly, it’s still a bit difficult.”

“Difficult?”

Song-i nodded.

Small perplexity and bewilderment appeared on her face.

“I thought this since Start Plan, but FLORA is really difficult, whether it’s dancing or singing.”

“Yeah, it’s a bit on the difficult side.”

“It already has difficulty, but when the unnies do it, they make it even higher, right?”

Song-i pushed me away in a not unpleasant, accusatory way.

I giggled and nodded.

Just like during Start Plan, whether it was albums or whatever, during our work process, we would raise the quality of already difficult songs or choreography until we were satisfied.

We did almost every song on the album that way, so Song-i, who initially followed along with the modifications, later openly showed her displeasure.

It was a bit excessive. So much so that even quiet Ra-eun carefully expressed her wish to stop modifying, asking “Is this really the last time?”

Song-i pointed at me and glared.

“Unnie and Da-min unnie are the main culprits. Anyway, so I feel like I’m barely managing to keep up.”

But even while speaking in a tone that suggested she felt overwhelmed, Song-i was smiling.

“Still, it’s fun. I like that I’m improving a bit more, and most of all, I think it’s good to be accomplishing something together with people who are like family.”

I nodded warmly at Song-i’s words.

“Thank you so much for coming today. I didn’t expect Song-i to speak so honestly like this, but I’m happy that I got to know your heart. Lastly, I feel like I’m asking this too late.”

I smiled briefly and delivered the standard closing line of this broadcast.

“Please tell us the conditions for signing a contract with our company.”

At my words, Song-i answered without hesitation, just as she had been doing all along.

“I’ll just sign the contract.”

And after hesitating for a moment, she spoke briefly with eyes that held much more meaning.

“And thank you. I’m just grateful for everything.”

With her words, the filming came to an end.

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