The Daughter of a Conglomerate Family Has Debuted - Chapter 85

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The Chaebol’s Daughter Debuted

Episode 85

Now that all teams had finished their performances, we had to wait until the judges finished their evaluations.

Shortly after, the Red Sun team returned to the set studio and headed to their seats.

Maybe it was because of their cute performance and the VCR we saw earlier, but it looked like little chicks following Han Da-min in a line.

Once all the trainees were seated, announcer Choi Gyu-jin spoke.

“Thank you all for your hard work in the competition. The judges are currently evaluating your performances, so we’ll take a short break and see you for the results announcement.”

And the trainees were given a brief rest.

As soon as break time began, the trainees clustered together with members from their same groups like homing instincts.

“Unnie! Your absence was really huge! We looked for you every morning!”

“You looked for me? Wasn’t it because I always cooked for you?”

“I can’t say that’s not true~”

“But you guys were so cool. When did you grow up like this~. I’m deeply moved.”

“What does deeply moved mean?”

“Geez, I still need to raise you more.”

The debut group trainees were catching up on the week they couldn’t meet or celebrating their reunion.

We also naturally gathered around Han Da-min just like them.

“Did everyone do well?”

At Han Da-min’s question, Choi Song-i silently nestled into her arms.

Right, you probably didn’t do well. Just from the VCR, it must have been really hard.

Choi Song-i might have really run away if it wasn’t for Min Ha-young.

“Our members are definitely the best. I missed this fragility.”

Min Ha-young pretended to cry dramatically while hugging all the members at once.

“Fragility…”

I couldn’t help but laugh at Min Ha-young’s way of expressing things.

I understood what she meant though.

Our Flora members aren’t lacking in competitive spirit either, but it feels like a different kind from the debut group’s competitiveness.

If we’re people who gathered from here and there with desperate longing for debut and came to rely on each other.

The debut group members are those who survived by competing fiercely every minute and second among dozens or hundreds of trainees for years.

After spending a week together, you’d naturally realize that Flora members were quite gentle and kind.

Even we try to get filmed even one more shot by eating, playing, etc. in front of cameras.

Even if we don’t act as openly greedy as other teams, we even slept in the practice room when cameras were there.

It’s a familiar sight to me, but Min Ha-young seems quite drained since it’s her first time actually living with trainees.

‘When you first see it, you wonder if they really need to go that far.’

But after some time passes, you end up doing the same thing yourself.

As a trainee, you might think it’s excessive, but after debut, that accumulates directly into popularity.

I think they call that kind of thing idol charm.

And.

I glanced away and looked at Han Da-min.

Han Da-min flinched and gave me a sour look.

“Why, what. I know what you’re going to say? It’s embarrassing so don’t…”

“You and I, under the night sky!”

I didn’t say anything.

Before I could even speak, Min Ha-young was already singing the intro of Starlight Whisper that Red Sun had performed, her eyes sparkling.

“Hey, hey!”

Han Da-min’s earlobes turned bright red.

She waved her hands in the air telling her to stop, but Min Ha-young was already performing the choreography of Starlight Whisper in front of Han Da-min.

Mischief overflowed from Min Ha-young’s eyes.

She mimicked Han Da-min’s exact movements and expressions, enthusiastically teasing her.

“…Pfft.”

Sorry, Da-min. I’ll laugh just a little.

No matter how well Han Da-min did, it’s true that this cute chick-like concept didn’t suit her.

Even Han Da-min herself was quite embarrassed about it.

Naturally, it was a perfect situation for teasing.

There was no way the mischievous Min Ha-young would miss this opportunity.

“Ahhh! Did I really do that? Really? It wasn’t that bad, was it?”

Han Da-min grabbed me in shock and asked.

I just smiled silently instead of answering.

Honestly, it was a bit exaggerated, but it was similar.

“No, don’t tease Da-min unnie… It was cool, really.”

Seo Ra-eun timidly spoke up from behind, but it didn’t reach the two of them.

“Ugh! Come here!”

Finally, Han Da-min hugged her tightly so she couldn’t move, and only then did Min Ha-young stop giggling.

“But you know what. We definitely grew attached to each other.”

Han Da-min said as she let go of Min Ha-young.

“Why?”

“Throughout the training camp, I kept missing you guys here and there.”

Everyone nodded in agreement with her words.

Even I, when I was first surrounded by unfamiliar teammates, just waited for Seo Ra-eun to come quickly.

When I saw Young Il-lin, I thought of Han Da-min; when I saw Young-ju being greedy for her role, I thought of Min Ha-young; when I saw Ji-ah clinging to Young Il-lin acting cute, I thought of Choi Song-i.

I even thought while soaking my feet in ice water, ‘Ah, it would have been nice to do this with the members during rounds 1 and 2,’ so this was almost a severe case.

But it’s also unavoidable.

Living together in the dorms, eating, sleeping, and sweating profusely.

In the process of having many conversations, you naturally grow attached to each other.

“Anyway, seeing you all in other teams from a step back, you were definitely so cool. You seemed to shine even more there, so I was a little jealous.”

“What are you going to do if we do better in other teams~”

While listening to the members excitedly catching up, a thought suddenly occurred to me and I spoke up.

“But what was your song selection, Da-min unnie?”

“Huh? Me?”

“Yes, you couldn’t say your song selection because you were listening to other teammates’ opinions. What was it?”

“Oh, right. You said you wanted to do that with us!”

In the VCR, she was very disappointed that she couldn’t reveal her song selection, but jokingly said she could do it with Flora.

If it matches the next round’s theme, it might be worth considering.

“You remembered that?”

Han Da-min covered her mouth, moved, and barely managed to speak.

“The song is, it’s one you all know well…”

At that moment, the production staff’s voice was heard from outside the set studio.

“We’re resuming filming! Trainees, please return to your seats!”

Ah, it seemed the judges’ evaluation was finished.

The members moved away from each other with disappointed expressions.

“Let’s talk about the rest after filming ends.”

The Flan-Shu members who had scattered to their respective groups gathered in one place again.

“It’s finally over.”

Young Il-lin said, trembling all over.

I smiled and looked straight ahead.

“That’s right.”

Unlike rounds 1 and 2, I wasn’t that nervous this time.

Maybe it’s because the team I belonged to wasn’t Flora, or maybe it’s thanks to the members in each team sharing the evaluation burden.

And actually, I know we won’t be eliminated.

The performances of the teams our members belonged to were all good.

Most importantly, didn’t they say that the group song focus video view counts and pre-voting would also be reflected in the judging criteria?

As for pre-voting, well, May Rookie would obviously have overwhelmingly high numbers, but thanks to Han Da-min and Min Ha-young properly drawing attention, interest in the Individual Trainees had risen tremendously.

Even if we might lose in votes, our video view counts were three times higher than other groups, sometimes even more than ten times higher.

Therefore, we were far from elimination.

Thinking about the groups anxious about elimination.

It would be I MEET U, who had mentioned the crisis of elimination multiple times through VCR interviews, and Romance Story, whose rankings had been neck and neck with them.

In Start Plan, the previous round’s results aren’t reflected in this round’s evaluation.

However, they had consistently maintained low rankings, and even in the group song, they were placed below the stage and didn’t receive much attention.

Even though I MEET U’s reactions had improved somewhat thanks to Episode 1 being reflected and their characteristic liveliness.

Since their mention count was less than the Individual Trainees, they couldn’t expect much from pre-voting either.

Excluding the stage performance, it felt certain that either I MEET U or Romance Story would be eliminated.

‘I wonder what will happen…’

Personally, I hoped I MEET U wouldn’t be eliminated.

I had seen how desperate Young-ju was.

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