The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 248

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Has Debuted

Chapter 248

[The Person Who Knows My Secret]

The family home I returned to after a long time since the Unfortunate Idol’s memory system was opened.

During my first meeting with Grandfather, the Unfortunate Idol’s memory displayed a meaningful message to me.

Actually, I’m not entirely sure whether it was directed at Grandfather or another message aimed at someone else in the family.

It’s not particularly related to Yu-hwa’s words, but…

Her tone was so confident that our family would have opposed my entertainment industry activities.

Even though Yu-hwa should have no connection to Hongjin whatsoever, she seems to know more about Hongjin than I do.

‘Anyone with half a brain could figure it out.’

There’s something.

A secret I don’t know about, related to Hongjin and the entertainment industry.

And that secret is probably, with high probability…

‘Connected to the Unfortunate Idol.’

I need to find out what that is…

“Could you tell me why you thought it was surprising that my parents allowed my debut?”

Do I really need to investigate this secretly by myself?

I might as well ask directly if I’m curious, and check her reaction while I’m at it.

“Uh…”

…She looks extremely troubled? With this kind of reaction, is this some kind of dangerous matter?

“Oh, if it’s difficult to talk about, that’s okay.”

“Huh? No, no, it’s not that.”

Yu-hwa forced a smile and waved her hands.

“It’s not particularly difficult to talk about. It was just a preconception. Since your family is what it is, I thought they might oppose it. Haha. Sorry. I made you worry for nothing.”

“Not at all. I was just curious, so I asked. Haha.”

Thankfully, Yu-hwa wrapped up our conversation before the atmosphere could become awkward.

“Shall we get up now? You need to go practice, right?”

“Yes, if I don’t go in soon, I think Da-min unnie will contact me. Haha.”

“Your comeback isn’t far away. Still, we talked a lot today, didn’t we? I’m glad I feel like I got closer to our Ji-ye.”

“I’m also very happy and glad. Could we have a meal together again next time?”

“Of course. If you have any troubles or need to discuss anything, feel free to contact me anytime. Let’s meet when our schedules align.”

Yu-hwa was quite flustered.

I responded to Yu-hwa’s suddenly talkative words and got up from my seat.

If she’s shaken up to that degree, it must be something big.

I wonder if Ryu Jae-geum would tell me if I asked him.

…Does he even know?

‘If it was something Ryu Jae-geum would know about, he would have screamed and opposed it when I announced I was going to debut.’

Hmm… Now I really need to investigate this seriously.

Actually, I thought focusing on activities was the priority, so even after seeing the Unfortunate Idol’s memories, I vaguely postponed it, thinking I’d look into it later.

I also thought I’d naturally find out as I accumulated main mission Seong Bul-do points and had a few more nightmares.

But first Grandfather, and now Yu-hwa too?

I need to find out about this, even just to satisfy my curiosity.

“Ji-ye, today was fun. See you next time then. Good luck with practice.”

“Yes, thank you! Get home safely, sunbae.”

I parted with Yu-hwa and headed to the dormitory while fumbling with my mobile phone.

As expected, the person I can get information from most easily at times like this is…

‘Reporter Choi Gyo-young.’

My most reliable source for getting blatant and raw entertainment industry information.

Let me ask this person.

Reporter Choi Gyo-young, are there any incidents in the entertainment industry related to Hongjin?

I asked straight to the point. Then, before I could even turn off my mobile phone screen, a reply came from Choi Gyo-young.

Reporter Choi Gyo-young

There aren’t any

There aren’t any?

No

?

? Is there something? You’re talking about excluding Ji-ye’s investment, right? If it’s about investment, they’re connected to all broadcasting stations.

There aren’t any? Even after thinking about it, Choi Gyo-young says there’s absolutely no connection except for investments?

Isn’t there anything like someone from Hongjin being close to someone?

Reporter Choi Gyo-young

As far as I know, not particularly? Hongjin is famous for strictly managing their family members’ personal relationships. Even if there were something, it would be hard to know unless it was something major…

Huh? There’s nothing connected?

Even squeezing Choi Gyo-young yields nothing?

In the car heading to the dormitory.

I stared blankly at Choi Gyo-young’s text on my mobile phone screen, then moved my fingers again.

Don’t look at it so narrowly, I think we need to look at it more broadly

Reporter Choi Gyo-young

Please be more specific! I’ll look into it right away!!

I shouldn’t just look at Hongjin people’s personal connections.

How many people are connected to Hongjin Group?

For example…

Among people connected to sponsor brokers, someone who has ties with Hongjin family members

Reporter Choi Gyo-young

Haha there are countless ones! I’ll contact you~!

I have an ominous feeling.

This feeling, and the dreams I have due to the Unfortunate Idol’s memories and Seong Bul-do.

Yu-hwa’s reaction of avoiding the conversation.

Perhaps my becoming Ryu Ji-ye might be related to this.

***

Some time passed after that.

Reporter Choi Gyo-young, who said he’d contact me soon, took quite a while to get back to me, as cross-verification and narrowing down the list that met the conditions seemed to take longer than expected.

He occasionally sent reports and survival updates, so I wasn’t too worried.

In the meantime, I focused on comeback preparations.

Living each day tightly scheduled, clearing schedules filmed in advance for the comeback timing, and continuing practice until dawn every day – honestly, I didn’t have time to think deeply about the information I had requested from Choi Gyo-young.

And today.

“…Song-i’s hair is messy. Go comb it with a brush.”

“Okay.”

“Wait, if we sit here, the lighting hits vertically, right? We need to move spots.”

“Yeah, let’s move.”

The members got up with stiff bodies and started wandering around looking for a suitable spot.

Before we knew it, it was the second album release day.

Though it’s the second time, releasing a new song and music video is still nerve-wrackingly tense.

Moreover, this time it’s a song with a slightly different atmosphere from 【Bloom】, which had a good response.

I was both curious and worried about the general public’s reaction that would come up quickly.

While the members were having pointless conversations with stiff movements, saying this spot is good or that spot is good, trying to relieve tension.

Manager Seong Ji-soo and Han Da-min, who entered the practice room late, drew everyone’s attention.

“Alright everyone, calm down and relax your expressions. We need to start the live stream soon.”

“Everyone sit over there. You have your usual seats, so why are you looking for new spots?”

As expected from an experienced professional. Han Da-min skillfully pulled the members over, seated them, and positioned herself in the middle.

“Why is everyone so stiff? Are you nervous?”

“…Unnie, aren’t you nervous?”

“I am nervous… But we’re going live soon, what should I do. I have to pretend I’m not nervous.”

Han Da-min playfully shook Min Ha-young’s shoulders to help her relax and laughed.

Soon it would be time for 【GISS】’s music video to be released.

We were preparing for a live broadcast to celebrate our comeback.

It was also our first broadcast with fans since the fandom name was decided.

It was also an apologetic broadcast since our comeback had been delayed due to various incidents.

Han Da-min checked the time and took a light deep breath.

“Phew, then let’s start now. Ji-soo unnie, please start.”

“Oh, okay, I’ll start. Be careful about music video story and choreography spoilers.”

“Yes!”

“I’ll start.”

The live broadcast began with Seong Ji-soo’s words.

A brief wait. And soon Min Ha-young stretched out her arms, waved them, and greeted loudly.

“Everyone! Have you been well?”

Hey hey. This girl is making the fans feel left out.

I lightly hit Min Ha-young’s arm and said.

“How can you call them that? They have a name.”

“Ah!”

Min Ha-young hurriedly changed her words and greeted.

“Ga, Garden hello!”

Quite an awkward tone.

But I couldn’t blame Min Ha-young.

“Garden ah, hello!”

[Hahahahahahaha]

[Ah, hello…]

[We’re awkward too… hahahahaha]

[Why did your voice suddenly get all sultry lolololol bye;;]

[They’re both so shy around each other hahahahaha]

Because the other members and fans were just as awkward.

Our first broadcast after naming our fandom ‘Garden’.

We started the broadcast in an awkward atmosphere as if we were meeting the fans for the first time.

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