The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 70

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 70

She must be looking at the cheers directed toward herself, just like me.

‘I’m glad I suggested we all watch together.’

I was fortunate to be able to capture each of those faces overflowing with happiness in my eyes.

In the excited and elated atmosphere, the night of the first broadcast deepened like that.

The buzz from the first broadcast was tremendous. It became a hot topic on YouTube and all kinds of K-pop related communities and SNS, and that fervor continued until the next filming date approached.

Not only the reactions to the trainees, but the reactions to the broadcast itself were quite favorable.

According to articles, it was largely thanks to being conscious of the previous Love Me Dol controversy and giving equal spotlight to all the participants who passed.

Thanks to that, the biggest beneficiaries of Episode 1’s broadcast were us individual trainees.

Among them, two people drew particularly strong responses.

Han Da-min, who faced head-on through the rumors surrounding herself.

And surprisingly, it was me.

The combination of Ryu Ji-ye’s expressionless face and the classical music they played like my personal BGM seemed to work quite well.

The reaction to me among K-pop fans was much bigger than I had thought, leaving me quite bewildered for several days.

Both me and my entire family.

Anyway, perhaps Start Plan was conscious of this too, because a few days after the first broadcast, my audition clip was unexpectedly uploaded as well.

And as time passed…

“Hello.”

A trainee with a familiar face entered the quiet dormitory with a polite voice.

“Ah! You all came first? Did you wait long?”

U&Da’s leader Young Il-lin approached us hurriedly, looking very apologetic.

“No, we just arrived too.”

I waved my hands awkwardly to welcome her.

An unfamiliar place, unfamiliar members.

Today is the first day of the training camp to prepare for Round 3.

Chapter.8 Forming a New Team

A pension near Seoul with attractive cool glass walls.

In the living room filled with several cameras, lighting, and production staff, cheerful conversations flowed endlessly.

“Your last stage was really amazing! I was so impressed watching it.”

“Really? Me too! You sing so well, I’m so envious.”

“Thank you! We’re both twenty-one, the same age – how about we drop the formalities?”

“Wow, that sounds great!”

Our newly formed team got along better than expected without much awkwardness.

It was everyone’s first time having a proper conversation, and with unfamiliar people in an unfamiliar place, I thought it would be very awkward.

Unlike FLORA’s first meeting, the atmosphere was very warm and friendly.

Especially U&Da’s Young Il-lin, our team leader, and I MEET U’s Young-ju, Start Plan’s representative social butterfly, were playing big roles.

Thanks to these two engaging all the members including me in conversation, we could continue talking right away without initial awkwardness.

“Ji-ye, Ji-ye. Did you see that I sent you a friend request?”

“Huh?”

U&Da’s Ji-ah looked at me while pointing to her mobile phone.

Ah, mobile phone messenger friend request.

Come to think of it, I had exchanged numbers with the U&Da members last time.

“Oh oh, sorry sorry. I didn’t check messenger. Just a moment.”

I hurriedly checked my mobile phone messenger and saw Ji-ah and Young Il-lin as recommended friends.

I quickly pressed the add friend button in front of Ji-ah to show her.

Ji-ah giggled and waved her mobile phone.

“Ah, if I had known this would happen, I should have sent you a message. Telling you to add me as a friend.”

Ji-ah was twenty years old, the same age as Ryu Ji-ye, and had been following me around and taking care of me since right after I arrived at the dormitory.

For someone like me who is very shy around strangers, I was just grateful that she was looking after me.

“Ah, right. Did everyone watch Episode 1? The audition one.”

“Of course I watched it! It was so embarrassing! All our rambling got included.”

“I almost got intimidated watching the individual trainees’ auditions. They were so good.”

“Right! Me too! Especially you, you!”

Young-ju pointed at me and suddenly came over to hug me tightly and shake me.

“I almost got jealous watching Ji-ye~”

Wow, what’s with their social skills. This is no joke.

I felt a bit of pressure and looked toward the dormitory door.

‘Why isn’t Seo Ra-eun coming.’

If I had known this would happen, I should have come a bit later.

Regardless of how warm and friendly it was, I want to see my member…

There are people in this world who have the social skills to become close right from the first meeting, while there are also people like me and the FLORA members who need time to get close.

That’s when it happened.

“Hello, am, am I the latest to arrive?”

The dormitory door slowly opened and the face I had been waiting for so long entered.

“Oh my, Ra-eun!”

“We’ve been waiting for you with bated breath!”

Once again, Young Il-lin and Young-ju were the first to step forward and welcome Seo Ra-eun.

Seo Ra-eun, who had been entering while panting as if she had been running, flinched and stepped back.

Then she quickly turned her gaze to look at me as I slowly got up.

Ah right, right.

I quickly got up and approached Seo Ra-eun faster than Young Il-lin and Young-ju.

“Unnie.”

“Mm, yes, Ji-ye.”

Seo Ra-eun came to me and looked at the others with a much more relieved expression.

“Hello. I’m Seo Ra-eun from FLORA.”

“Waaaah!”

Her gentle greeting was followed by loud applause.

For a moment Seo Ra-eun seemed to freeze in confusion, but soon adapted to their liveliness and moved forward.

“Wow…”

Seo Ra-eun exclaimed in admiration at the cute interior as she looked around inside.

“The house is really pretty, right? I was surprised when I came too.”

Seo Ra-eun nodded at my words.

Since they said it was a training camp, I thought it would be the same place we had the camp before, but it wasn’t.

They had rented an entire pension with interior design you’d see in dating reality programs for us to use exclusively.

Of course, since there was no practice room, we had to rent nearby practice spaces to use.

The only disappointing thing was the distance.

‘The distance between the practice room and dormitory is quite far.’

Unlike the previous training camp where there were practice rooms in the building so we could practice anytime and go rest immediately, it was a bit disappointing.

‘But I really like the space itself.’

A pretty space with good sunlight that would look very cozy even on broadcast.

Unlike the previous training camp that enforced a tight atmosphere of practice, eat, sleep, this seemed to focus a bit more on friendship and fun rather than practice.

The members who had gathered at the entrance to welcome Seo Ra-eun sat down cozily on the sofa in the spacious living room.

“Now, since we’re all here!”

Young Il-lin said energetically.

“Shall we do proper self-introductions? Even though we all already know each other!”

“Great! Then I’ll start first!”

The members began taking turns introducing themselves.

Actually, having already experienced the stage and training camp through 2 rounds with episode 1 already aired, everyone knew each other’s names and positions to some extent.

“I’ll go first! I’m Young Il-lin from U&DA. I’m twenty-one years old and I’ll be leading this round. Please take care of me!”

Young Il-lin. An all-rounder member who lacked nothing in singing, dancing, or star quality.

Even among U&DA where only skilled members gathered, I had been personally keeping an eye on her since the feeling was very strong that Young Il-lin was at the center leading the stage.

When Young Il-lin finished her introduction, Ji-ah who had been sticking close to her side quietly stood up.

“I’m Ji-ah from U&DA. Please take care of me!”

She was a member who had been thoughtfully taking care of me since I first came to the dormitory, saying we were the same age.

Every time we met, she would stick close to Young Il-lin and act cute, so I thought she had the image of a beloved youngest member, but surprisingly she had a personality that handled her responsibilities quite decisively.

The next member to introduce herself was Young-ju from I Meet You.

“Our leader! I’m the same age as Young Il-lin. I’m a little good at singing!”

That’s I Meet You for you. As expected, her self-introduction was confident and spirited.

Though I Meet You went around building friendships during every filming break, Young-ju was a member I had never once had a conversation with until now.

Perhaps because she already had many friends among the debut group members, I think I only saw her chatting with debut group members from other groups.

Anyway, now that Young-ju had finished her introduction, the only remaining members were Seo Ra-eun and me.

The members’ gazes were directed toward us, filled with anticipation.

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