Chapter 255 – Too Bad
Even after he was caught following him at the restaurant that day, Nambujang continued to pursue Lee Se-jin.
Ask around once or twice if something happened between Lee Se-jin and Im Ha-eun, and if you happen to see it as you pass by, observe it carefully…
Yes.
Moderately roughly, passively, I was prying at the back.
‘You were protecting me back then, that son of a bitch.’
When Lee Se-jin sneaked in and was caught, Lee Se-jin defended and protected Nambujang.
He could tell he had been helped, even though he didn’t quite grasp the context.
That’s why it was so hard on his conscience to suspect Lee Se-jin and dig behind him.
As the manager in charge of the idol manager, you have to know what he is doing and control it accurately.
However, as an individual named Nambujang, who has worked with and helped him for a long time, no more digging.
It was the southern director who was moving lukewarmly, contemplating between these two roles.
‘I can’t leave it alone, and I can’t do anything about it…’
To be honest, I thought that if it was Lee Se-jin, it wouldn’t be okay to go over it no matter what he did.
But am I the one in charge of the managers?
What do you do if something goes wrong?
If a scandal were to happen, it would be fatal to both The Queens and Lee Se-jin, right?
“Ac.”
As the thought that had been repeated for several days started to wander again, the southern director roughly brushed off the cigarette he was smoking.
As expected, there is no answer when it comes to worrying.
Anything is fine, so find another way…
T-ri-ri.
As if to interrupt his thoughts, the phone rang, and Nambujang took it out of his pocket and looked surprised when he saw the name floating on the screen.
“Huh? Soye?”
***
After a while, a pasta restaurant near Dao Entertainment.
I was having a meal with Cheonbom at the store, which is reasonably priced, moderately delicious, and most of all, loved by the people at my company.
“How long are you going to do this…?”
Cheonbom stopped biting at the pasta and asked.
She seemed very dissatisfied, so she asked back in a friendly voice.
“Isn’t going on a date with me a lot of fun?”
“No, it’s not like that…”
“Were you bullied by the kids too?”
“No no, not even that…”
After saying that, Cheon-bom briefly crossed her arms as if she didn’t like something.
I waited patiently for her to speak again.
“Can I be honest?”
“Sure.”
“The operation we are doing now is too lame.”
“Ugh?”
The direct evaluation went down my throat and I felt like the pasta was clogging my chin.
“Anyone can see that you are openly appealing that you are dating, right? Thanks to that, it looks rather clumsy.”
“Does it look very clumsy…”
“Yes. At least it does for me. If I openly appeal like this, anyone would guess, ‘Oh, he’s camouflaging himself because there’s something behind him’, right?”
“Isn’t that because Cheon Bom knows all the circumstances?”
“Maybe.”
She readily agrees.
“But if I know enough, won’t the southern chief notice enough?”
That’s right.
Southern chapter, although she’s a bit ignorant, it’s not that her brain is bad.
“That man doesn’t have any sense, he’s far-fetched, and he’s a little annoying, but he’s still the head of the Dao Entertainment idol department. He’s a pretty smart guy.”
“Well… That’s right.”
Cheonbom sighed lightly at my insincere reply.
“Ha, then what the hell is going on? Are you proceeding despite knowing that it’s a crappy operation? You, now that you have a high performance at the company, you should have some say, or personally, wouldn’t you be able to use a little high-handed method? Because of Shin So-ye’s help…”
“I don’t want to.”
“Under?”
She gave me a puzzled look at my answer.
I scratched my cheeks in embarrassment as she explained.
“Chief Nam, I am the person who helped me a lot. The manager who was in charge of our kids before was a bit of a trash person, but he covered me a lot, and after I was in charge of the kids, he helped me a lot with this and that.”
“That is his job.”
“Even so, I took care of it wholeheartedly. He worried about me when I collapsed, and after that, he deliberately tried to take care of me on holidays… Besides that, he personally helped me a lot. Even when it’s not your job, Mr. Southern.”
“…”
“So I guess I wanted to go over a little softer.”
After hearing that, Cheonbom crosses his arms again.
“…You, a person, are unnecessarily kind.”
“Ahaha, sorry. Because you are unnecessarily nice.”
“Aren’t you supposed to be angry here? It’s like I was swearing.”
“Why would I be angry with Cheon Bom? Cheon Bom’s opinion is also correct.”
As Cheon Bom said, it may be wrong to carry out lukewarm operations like now.
So I’m still thinking about other means.
“…Ha, I’m sorry. I didn’t know your heart and said useless things. I didn’t mean to burden you.”
“I wanted to help you, so I gave you advice. I know well, Mr. Cheon Bom’s heart.”
“…”
At my words, she blushed and looked away.
No matter what she says with sharp words, she says come or come and says she’s cute, so it’s embarrassing.
Since this woman is always hanging out, I can see her cute side quite well.
‘What should I do more than that? I can’t think of any sharp means.’
***
Meanwhile, at that time, a small bakery near The Queens accommodation.
Scratch scratch.
Southern Zhang scratched her ear as he entered the bakery with Shin Soye.
“Why are my ears tickling so much…”
“Are you taking a proper shower? Do you clean your ears?”
“Yeki, what kind of primitive people do you see! I wash well morning, noon, and evening!”
“Lunch? Would you like to go to the sauna during lunch?”
“…Can you keep that a secret?”
“If you buy me something delicious~”
“Okay, pick whatever you want to eat. I shoot …Within 500 calories.”
“Take it.”
Shin So-ye laughed lightly while making fun of her Nambu-jang, and Nambu-jang also laughed with her.
In such a warm atmosphere, Shin So-ye picked up a piece of cake, and the two went to a seat in the corner and sat down.
“Thank you, boss. I suddenly asked to talk, thank you for listening. You must be busy every day.”
“It’s okay, just talking.”
“Anyway, it’s been a long time since I’ve been here. Do you remember that you always brought me here when I was having a hard time?”
“Of course not, it is. I remember all of your faces, when you were depressed after taking lessons all day and breaking down, but then you were completely relieved by a piece of cake. Do you still like it?”
“Sure. How sweet and delicious this is.”
Shin So-ye answered, and she took a bite of the small chocolate cake.
“If you eat too much of it, you will gain weight, so eat in moderation.”
“I heard you told me to gain some weight in the past.”
“Is it?”
“It was. According to our concept, it is a loss if we become smaller.”
“Ah, it was, it was. I remember.”
After saying that, the two laughed happily for a while.
It was the expression typical of a person thinking about the past.
“What if your memory already sucks?”
“Hey, get older too. My memory is fuzzy or not. This is unavoidable.”
“Haven’t you already forgotten when I first came in?”
“No way! Who was in charge from when you came in until you entered The Queens!”
“Who was it?”
“It’s me! Ai-san, aren’t you treating me like a grandfather? Not too long ago, very nimble…”
After saying that, the southern chief stopped him.
The fact that he followed Lee Se-jin and infiltrated a high-class restaurant was not something he would casually bring up in front of others.
“You said you were infiltrated?”
“Uh… How do you know that? Could it be that Sejin told me?”
“No, I was there at the time.”
“Huh?”
“That rugged-looking old man you saw then… Is my father.”
“What is it, Soye was your father? Huh, that’s what I heard, that’s right! Their eyes are kind of alike… Wait, no, Sejin isn’t your father, but your father? Then Sejin called him father…”
Shin So-ye nodded her head with a smile still on her face toward Nambu-jang, whose expression grew more and more serious.
“Yes that’s right. Sejin and I are very close.”
“Ah, aha, yes, yes. Not friendly Well, if Sejin is responsible for that guy, it’s worth meeting Soye’s father and seeing what he’s doing…”
“Boss, we’re closer than I thought right now.”
“…”
The face of the southern commander, who had been laughing vaguely as he shuddered at the situation, clearly hardened.
“That’s what I think it means…”
“I don’t know what the manager is thinking.”
Shin So-ye takes a break for a very short time.
“…I really like Sejin. That’s what I meant.”
“Then the seat is…”
“It was a meeting my father prepared to find out if Sejin was the right match for me.”
“Uh, uh… No…”
The Southern field started to fall into chaos.
Soye and Sejin were like that?
No, wait a minute before that. Soye’s family is so amazing that it’s not unusual to see it?
Shin So-ye, who Nambujang had seen so far, was just a child from an ordinary family.
When she first entered the company, there was no problem with her family, and she didn’t have any expensive items. Are you the kid who did it?
“I’m sorry I hid it until now.”
“Uh…”
What?
Between you and Sejin? About your family situation? Or both?
“…Why are you telling me that?”
Instead of the question that should have come out reflexively, something else came out of the southern director’s mouth.
“Yes?”
“You know what I’m going to say from my standpoint, right? No, before that, Sejin and Cheonbom are in a relationship like that, but if you are also involved… You shouldn’t tell others about that. If you do it wrong, it will only embarrass you.”
“Um, I will. But now, listening to the manager’s answer, I think I did a good job telling the truth. Even in this situation, please take care of me first.”
“Huh?”
The puzzled Nambu chief and Shin So-ye, who seem relieved, smile.
“Why do you think I just told the manager about this?”
“No, how do I know that? When she suddenly confesses that she had an accident, this fact alone makes her head complicated. Don’t play riddles.”
“I’m just going to tell you not to worry.”
Don’t worry?
If I tell you not to worry after multiplying my worries with what I just said, what are you asking me to do?
Southern Zhang looked at her Shinsoye, feeling extremely frustrated.
However, Shin So-ye still had a smile on her face, whether or not she knew Nambu-jang’s heart.
