Chapter 175 – Her X Her X Her (24)
A ten-minute drive from the Royal Hans Hotel will take you to a department store with a large music mall.
It’s the largest music specialty store in the country.
It’s a place that’s like a mecca for music stores in Korea, with all sorts of instruments and a lot of equipment related to composing.
It was a little before 2 PM.
Ye-hwa and I decided to spend the time before the evening’s musical performance shopping.
To be precise, I was fitting into Ye-hwa’s schedule. I was the one getting treated today.
Except for the violin, of course.
“Ah~. The lecture was really good.”
Thump, thump.
I said as I walked through the parking lot after getting out of the car.
“I even won a prize, and I saw Jin Sua in person.”
“……”
“Jin Sua is really pretty.”
“……”
But there was no answer from beside me. Ye-hwa’s cute lips were tightly shut.
“Did you enjoy it, Ye-hwa?”
“……I don’t know.”
When I changed the question to her impressions, I got an answer, but it was a little short. I chuckled.
“Are you still sulking? Why are you embarrassed by yourself?”
“I’m not sulking…!”
“So you are embarrassed.”
Ye-hwa, who turned her head sharply to look at me, still had an embarrassed look on her face.
She had misunderstood that I was asking for a kiss instead of giving her the violin, and she was red-faced, consumed by her own embarrassment.
Her reactions are so heartwarming now that her favorability has increased.
Ye-hwa trembled for a moment at my words, then pouted and said,
“Are you asking if the lecture was okay?”
“Yes.”
Ye-hwa sat on a chair in the corner of the underground parking elevator.
When I sat down next to her, Ye-hwa seemed to be thinking about something. She paused slightly.
“Hmm, it was good, but…”
“It was good, but?”
“I was a little disappointed.”
“Huh? Why?”
It was a slightly unexpected answer.
When I asked with wide eyes, Ye-hwa said,
“It’s just… Jin Sua is too outstanding? I think it made me feel a little inadequate.”
Ye-hwa’s expression looked quite serious as she spoke. She was comparing herself to Jin Sua, the popular singer-songwriter.
‘But, Ye-hwa hasn’t even been composing for a year.’
I thought it was a bit of a stretch, but I decided to offer her some words of comfort first.
“Why are you inadequate? Your songs are really good too. Honestly, I don’t think you’re inferior to Jin Sua in terms of composing.”
“……?”
I just said it casually, but this time Ye-hwa’s eyes widened.
“Do you know what songs I’ve written?”
“? Of course.”
“You’re not lying?”
“Why would I lie about that?”
When I said it as if it were obvious, Ye-hwa looked at me as if she couldn’t believe it, and then immediately asked,
“Then, can you tell me which of my songs you like the most?”
To Ye-hwa’s question, I answered without hesitation.
“I like ‘Lake’s Dream’ the most.”
“Ah, is that so…?”
“The piano melody is really beautiful. The cello in the bass is good too. And…”
I was in the middle of talking, and Ye-hwa’s expression was a little funny.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No, it’s just…”
“Oh, the elevator’s here. Let’s go up.”
“Okay…”
We headed upstairs.
******
“It’s really big.”
The scene that caught my eye as soon as we went up was indeed a sight befitting the word “music mall.”
The grand pianos at the front were dazzling, and the array of instruments stretching far into the distance with the high ceiling above was truly magnificent.
“What are you going to buy today?”
“Hmm, first, a keyboard and…”
When I asked, Ye-hwa looked at her phone. She seemed to have a list of things to buy on her phone, and we went around the store in order, following her memo.
Honestly, I don’t know much about musical instruments.
But I had the Lucky Tracker, a cheat item that was more than enough, so it was definitely helpful for shopping.
First, I listened to Ye-hwa’s opinion, and then I recommended the items that the Lucky Tracker reacted to more strongly among the ones she was considering.
While we were going around the store, Ye-hwa asked carefully,
“Aren’t you bored?”
“I’m not bored at all. It’s my first time in a place like this. Why?”
“There’s a pretzel place over there. Do you want to eat?”
I wasn’t buying anything, but I was helping Ye-hwa with her shopping so diligently that her attitude had become a little more docile.
I was just relaxed anyway.
I had done everything I needed to do today, so the rest was just enjoying a comfortable date.
“Do you go to musicals often, Ye-hwa?”
“Hmm. Sometimes? I don’t usually come to see them. I just listen to music on Mytube.”
After shopping, we watched the musical as planned. The tickets were a little over 100,000 won each, but honestly, it wasn’t that fun.
Still, it was quite enjoyable to be able to look at Ye-hwa’s face right next to me.
“What kind of food do you like, Jin-hyun?”
“I eat anything well.”
“……You said last time that that’s the most difficult answer.”
“Heh. If I had to choose, Korean food?”
“Ah, then…”
After the musical, Ye-hwa even bought me dinner.
It was a pretty fancy Korean traditional restaurant. I guess because I was going to give her the violin. She was very thorough with this kind of calculation.
“Is it good?”
“Oh. It’s great?”
“Right? I’ve been here a few times with my mom…”
Ye-hwa had spent quite a lot of money shopping, but she didn’t seem to be burdened by it.
At this point, I was curious about how much wealth she had.
“Is it okay if you drop me off here?”
“Yes, I’m going to check the cafe’s closing time before going in. It was fun today. Go home safely.”
“Okay…”
Anyway, I successfully finished the date, said goodbye to Ye-hwa at the cafe, checked the cafe’s status, and then went straight home.
And then, I had my semen sucked out by Su-jeong, who said I smelled a bit like Ye-hwa.
******
“Haa~.”
The night was in full swing.
Maybe because winter was approaching, the sun was setting earlier now.
After a quick shower, Ye-hwa lay in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.
She was reminiscing about the day.
It was a fulfilling day.
She went to Jin Sua’s lecture, shopped at the music mall, watched a musical…
She had been walking around all day, but she didn’t feel tired at all. Instead, she felt healed. Strangely, she always felt that way when she was with Jin-hyun.
At the amusement park, and this time too.
However, this time, it felt a little different from the amusement park.
The most surprising thing was that he had listened to all of her songs.
“Work-related comments…”
That was what Jin-hyun had said himself.
When he gave her words of comfort, comparing her to Jin Sua, she had gotten out of the elevator, embarrassed, and had retorted that she was strong enough mentally without such comments.
He had just laughed it off, saying it was just work-related comments.
Ye-hwa looked at the violin that he had given her.
It was roughly introduced as a violin worth over 3 million won, but honestly, it was an instrument worth over 4 million won.
Could someone usually give something like this so readily?
No matter how much money he had, it was worth several million. Moreover, it was a limited edition with Jin Sua’s signature, so she could get even more if she sold it.
And the most important thing was the request he had made in exchange for giving her the violin.
After making such a request, it couldn’t have been just a work-related comment.
Ye-hwa closed her eyes.
‘How should I do it…’
Ye-hwa fell asleep thinking about Jin-hyun’s request. She felt like she would be able to sleep well today.
******
“Humming. Humming~.”
Monday morning.
Ye-hwa hummed as she looked in the mirror. Ye-hwa’s mood had been up since Saturday.
“I guess this outfit will do?”
Ye-hwa, who had completed a neat autumn fashion, nodded as she looked at herself in the mirror.
Today was the day she was meeting the manga artist of ‘Dragon and I’, whom she usually chatted with.
She was a high school student, but how could she draw manga so well?
Recently, she had also participated in a contest with a new manga and had achieved good results.
She had already sent her a new BGM, and the 2nd week rankings would be announced tomorrow, and she thought that the overall ranking would rise even higher than last week.
“But to think she lived so close.”
Even if she lived far away, she was going to go near her house, but surprisingly, the ‘Dragon and I’ artist seemed to live nearby.
When Ye-hwa asked her to write down which station was the closest, they both answered the same station.
‘Should I introduce her to the cafe?’
Ye-hwa suddenly had that thought.
If they lived close by, Cafe Delia was definitely the best cafe to go to. It was also good for working. Jin-hyun would also be happy if his regulars increased.
This older sister should buy her a lot today.
Ye-hwa left the house with light steps.
