Top Girl Group Scenario Rewritten with My Own Hands - Chapter 79

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Episode 79
DuItTuJu @l1117uck
Seo Ji-on messing with Kang Su-ah over a single word is hilarious lol stop making me laugh
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DuItTuJu @l1117uck
Sometimes Seo Ji-on acts like a total elementary schooler with Kang Su-ah
Then tells her Su-ah’s being immature
If you ask me, Seo Ji-on’s mental age is just stuck right there
DuItTuJu @l1117uck
OMG Seo Ji-on’s Lonely Hearts full version dropped!!!!!!!!
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Lover @E_L0vr
They said “what should we do for Evergreat?” then sat their dongsaengs down as the audience and did a Lonely Hearts duet
These girls are insane fr Seo Ji-on really lives up to her username lol
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Lover @E_L0vr
These kids are total babies
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[Evergreat so what’s their 1st place promise?]
This was their first 1st place tho
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– Turned on a live and did whatever the fans asked for
– Seo Ji-on sang Lonely Hearts — fans had been asking for a full version ever since a short clip from their Proof Rookies vlog, and this time she finally delivered it lol fans got everything they wanted
– Go Hyun-seo, Hyun Jae-yi, and Ju Hye-rin did the hard version of the Effect Challenge and Seo Ji-on was their dance teacher lmao
– Basically did all the cute trending reels, fan favorite songs, choreography, all of it, and meanwhile Seo Ji-on brings an electronic piano out of the vocal practice room ㅠㅠㅠㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ What even is this lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ Literally what it sounds like, while the other members were doing challenges she went off and brought back the portable electronic piano with a staff member
└ It’s so funny btw
– Even funnier — Ji-on was playing guitar for Lonely Hearts and suddenly goes “wait, is there a piano around here?” and just dips out of frame lol
└ Insane lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└ But she did accompany all the dongsaengs’ songs on the piano she brought lol
[Yo this 1st place promise live has basically zero editing right?]
I only read comments but I’m so curious and it’s hilarious lol I like her vibes so I’m curious
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– Did it yesterday, saw it go up on FanTube today
– www.etube…
【We’ll do anything for you! Evergreat 1st Place Promise Live🎉】
Check this out
└ Wait the broadcast was only a few minutes long but the summary is almost 40 minutes?
└ She came at 9 and left after 11 lol
[Yo so what’s Seo Ji-on’s Lonely Hearts deal?]
Back during Proof Rookies, they were both captured in a vlog singing Lonely Hearts with harmonies mixed together for a brief moment
Fans were crying for the full version back then, and after debut, as the fanbase grew recently, they finally got the complete song
Yeah it’s that pop song you know ㅇㅇ
***
It’s strange how the world works — once you manage to pull off something that seemed just out of reach, everything after feels easier.
“—And this week’s number one, combining all scores, is?”
“Evergreat, congratulations!”
I watched the confetti burst and thought. Music show first place felt the same way.
Though in this case, the change in comeback timing had clearly played an effective role.
Throughout the entire week except Tuesday, we landed on the music show first-place nominees, and Evergreat took the win smoothly without any real competition.
It felt a little unfair, somehow.
I hadn’t expected a hidden quest to resolve this quickly just from shifting our comeback date.
“Um, this is actually our first comeback since debut, and while preparing the album, our producer Ji-on has been working really hard…!”
Hm?
Keeping my expression of culture shock hidden behind an appropriate camera face, I listened as the younger members offered their first-place remarks — when I caught something odd from somewhere.
I found the speaker: none other than Lee Han-byul. The member who struggles most with speaking in our group, so I deliberately had her give the remarks this time.
Let me hear this out. I had no idea what she was building up to.
“I want to say thank you to all the staff at our company who prepared for this comeback, and also…, I want to tell Ji-on how grateful and amazing I think she is…! I love all the members, always thank you Evergreat fans!”
Look at this baby bird maknae, would you?
A huge roar erupted from the audience, and Lee Han-byul bowed deeply before hiding behind Ju Hye-rin.
“What, the maknae really loves you?”
“Didn’t know, but guess I’m loved? I had no idea Byul could say things like that.”
“But you sound like a pretty stern unnie. What’s with the super formal speech?”
“She must’ve been nervous. That’s not how she normally talks.”
While the music broadcast MC was wrapping up, Hyun Jae-yi spoke to me.
The final broadcast and all, but the fans aren’t even watching — just looking for a chance to joke around with me, which basically means I’ve been swallowed by the best friend concept.
The encore started right after, and like always, we sang with everything we had.
The members who’d been stiff during the first encore were relaxed and joyful by around the fifth one.
“Thank you!”
“We love you, Evergreat fans!!”
As we headed off, I heard the crowd’s voices behind us.
The one that stayed with me longest was….
“You guys are my pride!!!”
I couldn’t tell exactly which fan shouted it, but I waved in the direction I heard the voice from as best I could.
Being someone’s pride is something that’s never easy, and it’s deeply honoring.
It’s also heavy.
***
Summer always passes too quickly.
Especially July, it seems.
Once we finished the music broadcasts and fan sign events scheduled for the week, mid-July was suddenly right around the corner.
wasn’t far off either.
The good news was that since this was a performance we’d done before with positive reactions both times — from stage direction to visuals — we could move forward quickly and easily with our direction from start to finish.
“I still don’t really understand why you gave me the solo dance, unnie…”
Take Ju Hye-rin, who was handling the solo dance.
She doesn’t have confidence, but I’ve seen this performance twice with my own eyes. There’s no way Ju Hye-rin can’t pull it off.
“But wouldn’t Go Hyun-seo or Hyun Jae-yi do it better? Why me…?”
“Not really. Hyun-seo and Jae-yi are too pop-dance heavy. This is more ballet than dance, and that’s where you shine. Plus…, this intro was something you conceived in the first place.”
The girl had already done such a pretty job finishing it with just the framework laid out in the first run — and here she is with all the questions.
I don’t know where Ju Hye-rin’s anxiety stems from, but I’m sure she’ll do well.
“If you don’t believe in yourself, then believe in me who picked you. I explained it. There’s no way I’d have done this without a member with enough storytelling sense and stage presence like you.”
“…But I’m doing it on such a big stage, and what if I mess up…?”
“You won’t mess up. You’re good. Do I seem like someone who says empty flattery?”
“Ah…no…?”
“Right?”
“Yeah, I guess…?”
Meaning it takes three reassurances to convince Ju Hye-rin when she lacks confidence — I’ve really crossed a line here.
Ju Hye-rin seems to have an oddly high level of trust in me.
Once she grasps that I don’t need to flatter her, she genuinely settles down and looks back at her own abilities with calm, placing what seems like absolute trust in my evaluation….
…Well, I basically played teacher to a middle schooler, so I suppose that’s inevitable.
“When break ends, your choreographer will be here, yeah? Then we’ll check every detail all the way through, and after that we’ll run the full version from start to finish.”
“Okay.”
“Don’t be too nervous. This is something you were already good at, right? Your immersion in the piece, your execution ability…. People were saying those were your strengths back when you were competing?”
“Huh, what. When did you look all that up?!”
“I just searched Ju Hye-rin figure skating and fan posts came up? And I looked at competition videos too. I’m not telling you to do this randomly.”
“Wow…. Wait, I’m suddenly so embarrassed…”
“That’s a compliment, why are you like this…”
“No, I just… I don’t know what you saw…”
Ju Hye-rin was a little shy, but at least she seemed to gain confidence, which is good.
I didn’t get a chance to ask why she was embarrassed since the performance director showed up right on cue, but that reason probably doesn’t matter anyway.
***
And that evening.
“A GayDaeSom collaboration?”
“Yeah. It’s a cover stage collab, but…, it came in as a proposal to showcase promising rookies among the participating groups, so Ashcode has to go with us. Three people per team, and we obviously have to practice together too.”
Lee Su-bin, our team leader, said this with a slightly troubled expression.
“The song is Asera’s and QBS didn’t specify which members for the collab. The station said a live performance would be better, but we don’t need to stress about that…. Is there anyone who wants to do it?”
The practice room fell silent.
Well. For me it feels like the moment I’ve been waiting for, but the other members probably find it sudden.
“I’ll go in. I think the song needs a vocalist.”
So I raised my hand first.
The members’ eyes snapped to me in an instant.
“Are you sure, Ji-on? You’re already doing so much.”
“I’m sure. I know the song and if QBS wants a live cover, it makes sense for me to do it.”
“That’s just a nice-to-have; it’s fine even without it…”
“Really, I’m sure.”
I feel a bit bad toward Lee Su-bin for worrying I might be overextended, but honestly, from my perspective this is more of an opportunity.
“Honestly, if I’m collaborating with a rookie awards competition group, I want to do better. And if we do a live, we’ll definitely stand out more.”
If you’re going to compare, being on the same stage is best.
For me, who needs to make Evergreat and Ashcode stand in direct contrast, this is an unbeatable opportunity.
“Jae-yi, you’re not gonna do it?”
“…Me?!”
“Didn’t you want to? You looked like you had confidence you’d do better.”
And right now, Hyun Jae-yi and Ashcode are exactly the kind of comparison target cyber wreckers love to sink their teeth into.
In times like these when the internet is ruled by inflammatory topics and cyber wreckers, she’s the perfect member for opinion warfare.
And Hyun Jae-yi herself is a member slightly obsessed with proving herself.
From when this collab first came together, Hyun Jae-yi was the one who stepped up first, and Go Hyun-seo and I were meant to be a kind of safety net.
To cover for her so she didn’t get too distracted by the comparison with Proof and Ashcode…. That kind of safety net.
But now it’s more like I’m pushing her from behind rather than being a safety net.
Hyun Jae-yi fell into her own confusion mode.
“I do want to…”
“But.”
“No, it’s just that you came in so aggressively that…”
“Aggressively?”
“Like you’ve got some hidden agenda…”
“Come on.”
“No, it’s not like you’re not someone with a killer instinct, are you? Wait no…”
“What are you doing over there by yourself…?”
I’m not without competitive spirit myself, but if she confuses herself while talking, that’s…
“Hmm, ahem. Anyway! Just, I’ve never seen you come in so actively wanting to win like this.”
“Never seen it before?”
“You didn’t seem that overjoyed when we hit first place…”
“I told you I was checking rookie awards competition candidates. You said I dream big.”
“Huh, I really don’t remember that. Didn’t you say that to someone else?”
“…Oh.”
A slip of the tongue.
I never actually asked Hyun Jae-yi about Ashcode before debut this time around…
Being a returnee is hard in moments like this. Really. I can’t possibly remember every detail — what I said when, in what situation, or whether I even did something like that in this round. That’s the hard part.
So I end up making mistakes like this…
“I told the director I was going to sweep all the rookie awards, and I thought you knew about it too. Sorry.”
“No, that’s… I don’t think I should be the one apologizing…”
“So, are you doing it or not?”
“…”
Well, there’s nothing I can do about words already spoken anyway.
So I chose to press the matter.
From what I’ve seen, Hyun Jae-yi has an extremely strong need for self-validation, and
“I’ll do it. I want to win.”
when properly motivated, she shows the strongest potential.
And so, this round’s collab members were decided.
(Go Hyun-seo is unavoidably fixed. She’s handling the rap…)

Rewriting the Top Girl Group Scenario in My Own Hands
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: Nam Seo-rang
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: May 21, 2026
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