The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 240

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 240

“Move it? The furniture?”

At Min Ha-young’s question, Ryu Ji-ye smiled brightly and nodded her head.

Then Choi Song-i asked with a suspicious expression.

“Is the furniture really heavy? Heavy enough that you’d ask us for help?”

“Yeah, I tried to move it by myself but it didn’t work.”

“The reason I’m asking is because unnie isn’t the type to ask us for help with this kind of game.”

Choi Song-i pulled Min Ha-young back and glanced at Ryu Ji-ye.

It was a look as if trying to figure out her true intentions.

Ryu Ji-ye shrugged her shoulders with a sigh-like smile and shook her head.

“Oh, Song-i. I don’t know what kind of image you have of me, but it’s really heavy. I don’t even know if it’s a sure escape route, so I’m worried about getting hurt trying to force it alone. Why are you being so suspicious? Unnie is hurt.”

“….”

Anyone could see that Ryu Ji-ye looked innocent. Seeing her unusually pitiful appearance, Choi Song-i’s heart, the most F among the T types, softened slightly.

“Besides, this mission is about escaping, not deceiving each other. Trust me.”

Ryu Ji-ye said. When she spoke in a gentle, coaxing tone, Min Ha-young carefully shook Song-i’s shoulder.

“Song-i, let’s just go together and help her. Ji-ye is alone, so how scared she must be….”

“….”

Choi Song-i didn’t seem to empathize with Min Ha-young’s words at all, but she agreed to follow Ryu Ji-ye.

She didn’t really trust Ryu Ji-ye’s words, but she was curious about the escape route.

There must be something there for her to suggest going, right?

When Choi Song-i silently started following Ryu Ji-ye, Ryu Ji-ye smiled as if she knew this would happen and grabbed her wrist to lead her.

Jingle-

“This way.”

“Is it this floor?”

“It’s not this floor. I found it while hiding from the stranger. But it’s close to the stairs. Are you scared?”

“Not particularly.”

When Ryu Ji-ye grabbed and led Choi Song-i, Min Ha-young naturally stuck close to Song-i’s back and followed.

Her expression clearly showed her determination not to separate from Choi Song-i no matter what happened.

Choi Song-i sighed deeply and asked.

“So where is it exactly? Tell me the precise location. Are you sure it’s safe?”

“I’m sure. The stranger didn’t come that far.”

“Where is it?”

“….”

Jingle-

Choi Song-i frowned and tilted her head.

“Why aren’t you answering? Where exactly is it?”

“Oh, sorry. I was thinking about where it is too.”

“You were thinking about it? While we’re going there right now?”

Suspicion arose in Choi Song-i’s eyes. Ryu Ji-ye laughed lightly as if to dispel this and said.

Jingle-

“Song-i, it’s so dark like this, it’s actually hard to say exactly where it is. It’s just the darkest room right there as soon as you go down the stairs.”

Ryu Ji-ye’s grip on Choi Song-i’s hand tightened a bit more.

Min Ha-young was busy sticking close to Choi Song-i, trying her best to block her own view.

Then suddenly she got startled and spoke in a trembling voice.

“But, haven’t you been hearing some sound since earlier?”

“…What sound?”

Ryu Ji-ye stopped walking for a moment and asked expressionlessly.

“A sound! It feels like something’s been following us….”

At her words, Choi Song-i shook her head and sighed.

“Ji-ye unnie, don’t mind her. This unnie has been like this since earlier. She even screamed after getting startled by her own footsteps.”

“No, I really heard it!”

“I didn’t hear any sound, okay? Ji-ye unnie, did you hear any sound?”

“No, I didn’t hear anything either.”

Ryu Ji-ye started walking again.

“I really heard it…. I, I had my eyes closed so my ears! No, I heard that sound….”

Min Ha-young spoke with an aggrieved expression, but unfortunately the members didn’t listen to her words.

Jingle-

Jingle- Jingle-

‘I really can hear it…. I think I can hear it….’

…Could this be a real supernatural phenomenon that only I can hear?

Like that, Min Ha-young was feeling real terror, caught between a member who was indifferent to everything and a member who was hearing the sound more clearly than anyone but gritting her teeth and pretending not to know.

The three people reached the end of the corridor and started going down the stairs.

“Ah, unnie, walk properly. You’re so heavy I can’t walk. This is the stairs, so it’s dangerous if you do this.”

“Sorry…. But it’s really too scary….”

Choi Song-i sighed deeply and shifted her gaze to the back of Ryu Ji-ye’s head walking ahead.

“Unnie, let go of my hand too, I’ll follow on my own.”

“….”

“Why have you been gripping so tightly since earlier? Who’s going to run away if you let go?”

“….”

“At this rate, if the stranger comes, it’ll be hard to run away. Let go. It’s sweaty.”

“….”

“…Unnie?”

“….”

“Unnie, why aren’t you talking?”

“….”

Jingle-

“Hm?”

Only then did Choi Song-i notice the bell sound coming from somewhere.

At that moment, Min Ha-young jumped as if having a fit and clung even closer to Choi Song-i.

“You heard it again! You’re really saying only I can hear this? I heard it!”

“Ah.”

So this was the sound Min Ha-young had been saying she heard since earlier.

I thought she was just scared and startled by her own footsteps.

“The stranger is definitely hiding somewhere and following us right now!”

“Unnie, stop for a moment. I think I can hear it too.”

“….”

But Ryu Ji-ye didn’t stop.

She just silently held Choi Song-i’s hand and continued going down the stairs.

Choi Song-i’s head tilted. Didn’t she hear it? But in such a narrow and quiet space? No matter how noisily Min Ha-young was chattering….

“Unnie?”

“….”

The hand holding Choi Song-i tightened even more.

Choi Song-i looked at Ryu Ji-ye in surprise. Something…. Her condition was strange.

Jingle-

And this bell sound that kept coming.

It wasn’t certain since this was a space where sounds echoed, but it sounded very close.

As if it was deliberately moving nearby in sync with the members’ footsteps.

And that direction was….

“…Ji-ye unnie.”

Ding-

Ryu Ji-ye still remained silent. But because of that, Choi Song-i could be certain.

Being closer to her than Min Ha-young, she realized it even faster.

“Don’t pull and stop for a moment, Ji-ye unnie. This sound is coming from Ji-ye unnie.”

“What?”

Min Ha-young’s mouth, which had been crying incessantly, closed shut.

She didn’t move away from Choi Song-i, but with a pale complexion and wide eyes, she stared at Ryu Ji-ye.

And finally, when they reached the end of the stairs.

“That’s right, it’s me.”

Ryu Ji-ye slowly turned around while holding Choi Song-i’s hand.

“….”

“…Why are you doing this! It’s scary. Stop joking around.”

“I’m the stranger.”

She slowly began shaking her other hand vigorously.

Ding-a-ling-a-ling-a-ling!

The bell sound echoed endlessly.

***

I smiled with satisfaction as I looked at the members’ completely stiffened expressions.

I was worried Song-i might catch on midway since she’s so quick-witted, but fortunately it went smoothly.

Thanks to her carefree nature and curious personality, I was able to lead them this far even with my poor acting.

‘Though my heart nearly fell out halfway through….’

Still, honestly, I think I planned this strategy quite well.

First, rather than targeting the suspicious Song-i, I approached Min Ha-young who was mentally gone from fear to break the ice, then stimulated Choi Song-i’s curiosity by saying I found something like an escape route.

The important thing here was saying ‘I’m not sure, but.’

If I spoke too confidently, it would actually make her suspicious and earn Song-i’s resentment.

After successfully getting them to accompany me, I held Choi Song-i’s hand, not Min Ha-young’s, as we moved.

Choi Song-i would immediately shake me off and go elsewhere if she got suspicious, but Min Ha-young would be too scared to leave the members no matter what happened.

My thinking was that if I just held onto Song-i properly, Min Ha-young would follow along on her own without me having to control her.

Of course, during this process, I had no choice but to shamelessly pretend I couldn’t hear the bell sounds since they were unavoidable.

Anyway, having led the captured members down to the floor, I revealed my identity while making the bell sounds as if I’d been waiting for this moment.

“Wow, you deceive us like this? Really, Ryu Ji-ye, see! I told you I heard some strange sound! If you had listened to me, we could have escaped ages ago!”

“You should have told us it was a bell sound.”

“I really! Nobody said they heard any sound, so I thought it was some kind of paranormal phenomenon targeting only me!”

“Unnie is really sneaky. I trusted you.”

“Yeah, goodbye. Thanks for trusting me.”

Ding-a-ling-

I smiled mischievously while shaking the hand with the bell and handed the members over to the production staff.

With this, I caught 3 out of 4 people, so this game is my victory.

But it would be boring to end it like this.

“How about catching Da-min unnie as a final bonus? She hasn’t escaped yet, right?”

At my question, the production staff smiled and nodded.

“Then let’s go catch Da-min unnie.”

I moved forward with a relieved heart.

“I wonder where Da-min unnie went. Since the game is already over, how about we make this last one a bit special?”

Today’s protagonist, who was hiding somewhere looking for hints without knowing she was left alone.

I moved to find Han Da-min.

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