Chapter 235 – Brother
Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
“Oh, is this Taiwan?”
When I looked out the window at the landing plane, exclamation came out without my knowledge.
Maybe it’s because it’s the second time I’ve been overseas after Japan, and I’m excited for nothing even though I’m here for work.
“Wow.”
The heat and humidity I felt the moment I came out gave me another exclamation.
I really felt that I was in a foreign country.
I shouldn’t be like this, but I’m just excited.
“It is really hot. It’s still winter.”
“Iknow, right. Wow… It’s humid…”
As if I wasn’t the only one who was excited, the other managers and idols were showing their excitement as well.
In the meantime, a manager who had travel experience in Taiwan, who acted as a leader, quickly led us.
“Everyone pack your bags and come this way. Wear sunglasses and a hat! If I make a mistake, I get immediately surrounded by fans and it takes time to get out of the airport.”
“Haeun-ah, did you wear a hat well?”
Ha-eun is the one who has to hide her identity the best.
It’s because he’s a secret guest, and he’s the most popular among them, so he’s the best to get caught by fans.
You don’t have to be arrogant, you have to really care.
“…Yes.”
“Okay, let’s go.”
“Egg… All right, brother…”
Startle.
Involuntarily, my steps stopped and my whole body stiffened.
What did you just say?
What did I hear?
I feel like a word that would never have come out of Haeun’s mouth came out?
“What is this manager doing? Come quickly!”
“Oh, sorry!”
Hearing the leader’s words from far away, he hurriedly walked forward.
While doing so, she sneaked a peek at Ha-eun’s profile as she was walking along with me.
“…”
Ha-eun doesn’t say anything.
I’m watching from the side, but they don’t even make eye contact.
Yeah, also, did I just hear something wrong?
‘Uh… Is she going out of her mind after working overtime at the company for several days?’
As Cheonbom said, should I be careful and care about my health?
Come to think of it, the doctor’s grandfather, who was in charge of the Soye family, seemed very professional. Shall I ask him to recommend some nutritional supplements?
I’ll have to ask Soye once when I get back.
Can I get a health checkup from that grandfather?
‘Let’s get a proper full set instead of a regular health checkup. Especially ears.’
***
After leaving Taoyuan International Airport and boarding the chartered bus, Lim Ha-eun looked at Lee Se-jin, who was sitting next to her.
After getting off the plane and calling him ‘brother’ once, I saw Lee Se-jin visibly flustered.
‘Does it really work?’
It was a word that required a great deal of courage to say.
It was a word that I managed to pull out by constantly mustering up courage while on the plane and landing.
But the words really worked.
At the word ‘oppa’, Lee Se-jin was visibly taken aback and kept peeking at herself.
There must have been a reaction in the body to that one word.
Maybe it made me a little horny.
‘Well, this bastard has been starving for days now…!’
That’s why he reacts like that to the word oppa.
A perverted bastard, I like the word oppa.
‘Hmm, wait?’
Anyway, isn’t that a bit strange?
Reacting like this just because I said a word.
I hope this kid…
‘Did you like younger people?’
It makes sense
Wasn’t he the one who liked Park Min-ji more than he did during his first experience?
If you think about it, the characters who cosplayed while advancing into Japan were all younger than me, right?
But I think I was excited about it and liked it…
‘This is it, I figured out one of my tastes.’
Once you know your weaknesses, all that remains is to attack them thoroughly.
Come to think of it, I don’t know if there’s one suitable cosplay outfit I brought this time.
Yes, since Minji took care of it, there must be something that gives the feeling of being ‘younger’.
If you wear it, you will run very well.
Hehe…”
Haeun Lim started to laugh involuntarily.
***
‘What, what is it…’
Inside the car, Ha-eun suddenly started laughing in a strange voice.
At first, I thought my ears were wrong, but after observing her calmly for a while, she was certain that Ha-eun continued to smile intermittently.
Hmmm, did your mental health deteriorate from frustration?
‘My ears have become strange, and his mentality is not good…’
Both he and I should rest as much as possible until today’s broadcast rehearsal.
‘Where is the schedule… When you arrive at the hotel, go into your room, wait for a while, and move at 2:00 PM… That’s good. I guess I’ll have time to rest for a while.’
I’m going to have to take a full rest for this short time.
She was originally going to do some practice for today’s stage before rehearsal, but I’d rather have a break than practice.
“We have arrived~ Everyone take a little rest and come out to the lobby at 2pm! For lunch, come to the second floor at 12:00!”
“Anyway, don’t go out of the hotel.”
“Yes~”
Listening to the guide’s guidance, everyone got off the bus and entered the hotel in groups of three or five.
“Haeun, your room is number 1107.”
“It was a single room, right?”
“Yes, the flight was economy, but the room is nice.”
Among the members who came here this time, she said that she had the highest level, so the company took care of her.
“It would be nice to rest. Go ahead and get some rest. I’ll pick you up when the time comes.”
“Huh? Didn’t you say you were practicing?”
“I’m not feeling well…So I am.”
If I said that you looked bad, Ha-eun might just tickle me because of her personality, so she just used me as an excuse.
“Hmm… Is that so?”
“Huh. Then go and rest.”
“What number is your room?”
“Me? Let me see… Room 809.”
“Are you in a single room too?”
“No, the managers all share a room.”
It would be nice if I could give you a single room, but if you are a manager, you should save money.
“If anything happens, call me on the phone. We provided Wi-Fi, so if you use it, you won’t have any problems contacting us.”
“Okay.”
Ha-eun nodded quietly, and we parted in front of the elevator.
Alright, I need to get some sleep too.
“Thank you very much, Manager Lee.”
“Please take care of me.”
It’s not that we’re not close because we greeted each other back and forth at work, but that’s why we shared a room together, so we greeted the awkward managers and entered the room.
There were three beds in the room and one more, and the reason I bothered to say that there was one more was because I wasn’t sure if I could call it a bed.
“A cot…”
“Oh, is that a bit too much?”
“Are you doing this to save money? Aren’t the companies treating us in a classy way?”
Yes, one of the beds was a cot.
In a room with three single beds side by side, there was a shabby extra bed in the corner at the end of the room, and it looked quite uncomfortable.
However, there are four people in this room.
As I pondered over who the hell should lie on this cot, one person went and stood there.
“I will write here.”
Kim Jin-seok was the manager.
Since Cool Nine has the lowest rank among the kids who have come here now, she seems to have decided to take on the role of the youngest.
Other managers didn’t really stop it either.
Of course, he didn’t even give an ok sign to say so, and hesitatingly, it became an atmosphere where manager Kim secretly used the worst position.
“No, even if it’s fair to play rock-paper-scissors.”
It’s a pity to see that, so I threw out an offer.
Jjambab is on the low side, but thanks to the kids’ level, I’m the highest level here… So, it would be okay if I made this suggestion.
Whatever you say if you have any complaints.
“Good idea.”
“Um, yes.”
Fortunately, the two remaining managers accepted my words.
“No, if I just write it here…”
“I’ll go right away, if you don’t pay, you lose! Rock Paper Scissors!”
I quickly shouted a slogan to reject the refusal, and so the four men suddenly threw out their fists.
The problem is that I prepared in advance and put out the scissors.
“I lost.”
What do you think?
I immediately sat down on the cot without saying anything behind my back.
“I, Manager Lee…”
“Oh sorry. For a moment.”
Manager Kim is apologetic for nothing, and his cell phone rings along with him.
Ha-eun was the only one who made the alarm go off in this situation, so we have to check it right away.
〉 Lim Ha-eun: Come to your room now
〉 Lim Ha-eun: older brother
“… ?”
Didn’t I hear that wrong?
It’s true that he’s in really bad shape.
“I’m sorry, something urgent has come up… Could you put my luggage roughly under that bed?”
“Ah, yes yes…”
I asked manager Kim and hurriedly left the room.
Ha Eun-ah, what’s going on?
There’s no way the taste could go this far simply because of one dissatisfaction… !
***
After Lee Se-jin left the room, Kim Jin-seok looked at the door for a while.
‘Did he be considerate of me?’
Why?
Why do you do favors for someone you can use to your heart’s content?
“I just came here and I’m busy with something… Huh true.”
One of the remaining managers murmured and sat on the bed, while the other chimed in.
“Are you pretending to be busy? He has a high class, he is busy unlike us. That’s appeal.”
“I’m proud, but I’m proud.”
In fact, it wasn’t The Queens who decided to come to Taiwan this time, but Four Heart and Kang Yun.
However, after pushing that away, Lee Se-jin suddenly joined, so the other managers didn’t have a good idea about Lee Se-jin.
He looked like a person who suddenly took advantage of other people’s opportunities after receiving a push from the company.
Besides, if a member of The Queens, whose stock price is rising these days, comes out as her secret guest, won’t she take all her attention?
The youngest member of Four Hearts, who was supposed to come, was much less popular than The Queens, so there was no need to worry.
In the end, among the managers, there was quite a bit of dissatisfaction with Lee Se-jin, who participated this time.
“… That…”
“Huh?”
“No, nothing.”
Kim Jin-seok tried to defend Lee Se-jin for no reason.
I only received a trivial favor once, but I don’t have the will to do so.
However, he did not participate in the back talk of the two managers and quietly started to organize his belongings.
After I arranged Lee Se-jin’s luggage on the side of the cot.
***
Inside the elevator that I hurried up.
In a panic, I checked the screen I had just seen again.
〉 Lim Ha-eun: older brother
‘Ha-eun? To me? An older brother?’
Of course, in terms of age, I’m the older brother.
But I’ve never had a child treat me like an older brother.
From the first time I entered, when I was hypnotized and trained, and until now, she has treated me as a subordinate or equal.
No, if you think about it carefully, I know that no one else has treated me like an adult.
In particular, the word oppa never came out of my mouth.
Including acting!
‘Could I have caught a cold?’
How did the kid get completely tasteless?
Could it be that you were shocked that I refused?
No no, you said you would comfort me later, right?
He’s not Minji, and he’s not the kind of kid who goes crazy just because he’s starved.
‘It’s hard to explain why it tasted so good with just that one thing.’
If so, there is no reason to speculate.
I have no idea why this is happening, and I have no idea how to take care of it to make it sane.
It’s the first time I’ve been this embarrassed while taking care of the kids.
‘Let’s meet first and see the state.’
In the midst of confusion, I arrived in front of Room 1107.
In front of a space different from the 8th floor where the managers were staying, I knocked on the door nervously.
As if waiting, the door opened immediately.
“No… !?”
