The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 265

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“Haha, we’re grateful for what the elderly people are saying, but we have somewhere urgent to go.”

“We just came to ask for directions…”

Kim Gwang-cheon and Lee Tae-hyeon spoke to the elderly people in polite tones.

However, the elderly people didn’t even pretend to listen and dragged us into the Village Community Center.

“Oh my, you look even more handsome in person!”

“I thought you’d be bigger, but you’re so slender!”

“Have some bossam and noodles before you go!”

“This is from an elder, so you can’t refuse!”

“Young Miss, come sit here too. Are you a singer? You definitely have the face of a singer!”

I sat awkwardly at the very end of the long floor table with an uncomfortable smile.

Actually, all the elderly people’s attention was focused solely on Kim Gwang-cheon, so if we left Kim Gwang-cheon with the elderly people, the other team members could easily go to the next location.

Everyone was thinking about screen time, or worried about proceeding without Kim Gwang-cheon who was the center of the team, so despite their anxious expressions, they stubbornly remained seated.

‘What to do…’

For me to arbitrarily break the mood here and take Kim Gwang-cheon, Lee Tae-hyeon, and Daniele away would be problematic for both the broadcast flow and my image.

Moreover, Kim Gwang-cheon who values courtesy highly, and Lee Tae-hyeon who was practically his right-hand man, wouldn’t tolerate such a way of proceeding.

‘In that case.’

There were two people here who didn’t need to worry much about the elderly people’s reactions.

Me and Daniele.

Idol Ryu Ji-ye who debuted just over a year ago, and Daniele who was a regular cast member but focused more on modeling than broadcasting, so his recognition among the elderly people was zero.

To the elderly people, we were just ‘unknown talents who happened to come with Kim Gwang-cheon.’

Even now, they weren’t paying any attention to us at all, and wouldn’t care whether we left or stayed.

I glanced at Daniele. Noticing my gaze, Daniele also looked at me briefly and quickly understood the meaning of my look.

Then he glanced at Kim Gwang-cheon and Lee Tae-hyeon, pushed his cushion back, and quietly slipped away from among the elderly people.

Since I was sitting at the end from the beginning, I just had to stand up and walk outside.

Even though Daniele had a clueless character, it was fortunate that he had this much sense from appearing on this show for a long time.

Following me, Daniele also came out of the Village Community Center.

“Oh man, the other two won’t work. We have to leave them behind. I tried giving Tae-hyeon hyung some hints earlier, but he didn’t notice at all.”

“In a bit, they’ll realize we’re gone and come running to catch up. Let’s go ahead first.”

I said while taking out the map from my pocket. In the end, asking the elderly people at the Village Community Center about the map location failed.

But if we walked around, we’d meet someone eventually.

“Good!”

Daniele readily followed me, pointing out people as soon as he spotted them and actively running over with the map to ask for directions repeatedly.

Unlike me, Daniele was skilled at talking to strangers and naturally thick-skinned, so he succeeded in finding directions much faster than expected.

“Anyway, the village roads aren’t that complicated and are wide open, so we just need to choose the main road and go straight, then when we see the Bus Stop, we enter the narrow Dirt Path!”

“Ah, yes. You’re amazing, senior. Thank you.”

With just the two of us, the Role Playing naturally disappeared.

Even while walking, we occasionally asked elderly people for directions and headed toward the Bus Stop quite smoothly.

However.

“Oh! There’s a loach here! There are really loaches living in the rice paddy? First time seeing one! Can I touch it?”

“…I think it should be okay to touch it.”

“Let’s try catching one!”

“I’ll cheer you on while you catch it, senior.”

Or things like that.

“You know what? In places like this, you can see toads, catfish, and water striders too! Ji-ye, have you actually seen them before?”

“No, I’ve only seen them in photos too. I think I might have seen water striders though.”

“Should we look for a toad? Or a frog! It’d be a shame to just leave!”

And things like that.

The problem was having to accommodate all of city-born Daniele’s countless curiosities, spirit of inquiry, and obliviousness to the point where he seemed to have forgotten we were in the middle of a game.

No, it was really driving me crazy.

‘Can’t we just go?’

No. He was too excited to tell him to stop and go, and I’d seem like the bad person for stopping him.

Anyway, I led the curious Daniele and reached the Bus Stop.

“From here, we take the narrow Dirt Path, right?”

“Yes.”

According to the village people, if we probably went straight up the Dirt Path, we’d see the map location where the Garlic Field treasure was.

“But what’s that?”

While I was gauging the distance by looking at the map and Dirt Path, Daniele suddenly poked me and pointed at the Bus Stop Chair.

What! What now! Is there a grasshopper or something at the Bus Stop this time!

Suppressing my rising anger, I turned around with a smile.

“Huh? What is that?”

There was a Radio sitting alone on the Chair.

Getting closer, it was completely clean and new. It had the appearance of a cassette tape Radio with a retro design, but looking closely, it was a CD player.

“Who left this here?”

“Hmm, but there’s no dust on it, so I think the Production Staff prepared it.”

Daniele and I made eye contact simultaneously.

If the Production Staff prepared it, this was definitely the next trap.

Like the Village Community Center, designed so we couldn’t pass by.

Then by standard logic, we should just not touch it and pass by.

…But!

“Should we try playing it?”

“Should we? It might be a hint…”

We naturally created rational reasons and headed toward the Radio.

‘This isn’t just a game, it’s variety show filming…’

Though the timeline was a bit different, both Daniele and I were people who learned variety shows from Kim Gwang-cheon.

I learned through the Radio where I received Kim Gwang-cheon’s favoritism and appeared semi-regularly during my Hong Yeo-eun days, and Daniele learned through this variety show.

People who learned variety shows from Kim Gwang-cheon don’t avoid what the Production Staff prepared, even knowing it’s a trap.

“What’s inside? Something like a CD.”

“Then should we try playing it first?”

And even knowing, they get caught first.

I pressed the play button without hesitation. Then familiar music started flowing out.

Daniele unconsciously looked at me.

And I flinched and looked at the Production Staff. The Production Staff were grinning broadly.

The music playing was 【GISS】. Our new song.

I sighed deeply and reflexively started moving my body.

“…Ji-ye?”

“I’m sorry, senior. I absolutely must promote this song!”

At the countryside Bus Stop, I began dancing the 【GISS】 Choreography with all my heart and soul.

If you get caught, you react with your best effort. This was Kim Gwang-cheon’s variety show rule.

No, even aside from that, I originally appeared on the broadcast to promote the song.

When they’re playing the song, it’s natural to focus more on promotion than the game.

“That’s enough! That’s enough! This much is sufficient! The promotion has probably been enough already! Let’s go now!”

“But the music is still playing.”

I kept Dancing. They had brilliantly set it to repeat only the title song.

The tables had turned. Until just a moment ago, Daniele had been carefree talking about catfish, loaches, and toads regardless of whether I was anxious or not, but now he was trying to stop me with an anxious face while I kept Dancing.

And I was even making Eye Contact with the variety show Cameras.

The VJs also accommodated this by moving their Cameras back and forth like a Music Show, diligently filming my solo Stage Performance on the countryside Floor.

“Please love Flora’s new song 【GISS】!”

The song was playing on infinite repeat, and Daniele probably knew.

Anyone with sense wouldn’t stop Dancing while the song continued.

Eventually, Daniele took the map from me with a wistful expression and departed alone.

The singing continued for a full four consecutive rounds before finally stopping.

Around that time.

“Hey! Found her. Ji-ye is over there, hyung.”

“You guys just left us behind and ran away! Where’s Daniele?”

Kim Gwang-cheon and Lee Tae-hyeon, who had been trapped at the Village Community Center, came panting toward the Bus Stop and joined me.

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