Jo Sung-hyun checked the live chat reaction on his smartphone.
They all looked sorry.
It was natural, since they were fans who liked Yumi.
"Instead. I'll have a simple QnA time before I go. Ask me anything you're curious about!"
It was also a necessary time.
There were quite a lot of new fans who came in through this album.
There were already expected questions and answers written in the script.
"Senior."
"Yes, Hyun-ah."
"There are a lot of questions that are not in the script."
"We can't predict everything."
He said that and continued to look at the chat, and there were some questions that caught his eye.
They were not questions about Yumi.
-Hee: Unnie, who is the kid who appeared in the music video? She played the piano really well.
There were more than one or two questions like that, and eventually Yumi moved her eyes slightly to where Jo Sung-hyun was.
"Ah, the kid who played the piano in the music video...."
Jo Sung-hyun hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
Yumi would handle it well on her own.
When he nodded, Yumi's expression brightened a little.
"That's my manager oppa's daughter. He's the manager I trust the most, and his daughter is so cute, right?"
-Yoo Si-hwa: Wow! I thought she was just a child actor, but she's the manager's daughter? Is the piano a stand-in then?
"No, it's really the manager oppa's daughter who played it. She's a musical prodigy, you know?"
Yumi smiled and talked about Chae-yoon for a while.
She moved on to another topic after Jo Sung-hyun gave her a signal, and finished the live broadcast well.
"Good job, Yumi."
"You too, oppa."
"What did I do?"
"You watched me?"
Yumi smiled with her fully recovered condition and snapped her fingers.
"Oh, right, oppa. What are you doing this Thursday?"
"This Thursday, you mean tomorrow?"
"Ah, yes, tomorrow."
"You have a music show shooting. This time, we don't have to go out at dawn, and I think it's enough to meet at 9 and start preparing."
"Not me. You, oppa. What are you doing in the evening?"
"I'll finish the schedule around 6, so I'll probably go home after that."
"Then how about having dinner with me, the team leader, and Chae-yoon. I'll pay. As a farewell gift for oppa."
She had said she wanted to buy him a meal before, so Jo Sung-hyun nodded right away.
"I'm fine with that."
"Then I'll let you know where to meet by tomorrow."
Yumi said that.
Jo Sung-hyun just nodded.
* * *
When he returned to the office with Jang Hyun-ah, it was already past 1 o'clock, after lunchtime.
"You just came?"
"Yes, we just got here."
"Did you eat?"
"Not yet."
"Come on, eat and come back. Oh, and let's talk at 4 o'clock."
"Do you have something to talk about?"
"Just, nothing much. About YouTube."
"Okay."
She seemed to have a lot on her mind about YouTube.
Jo Sung-hyun nodded and had lunch with Jang Hyun-ah.
As soon as he came back, he had to meet an unexpected person.
The office was frozen.
The employees couldn't work properly.
It was natural.
Seo Yena was sitting in Jo Sung-hyun's seat with a strange face.
It was a job where they saw celebrities often, but Seo Yena was the star artist of the company.
Since she was sitting right next to him with a look of obvious displeasure, there were few people who could concentrate on their work properly.
Jang Hyun Ah was also glancing at Jo Sung-hyun and watching his reaction.
"...Hello. Seo Yena-ssi."
"Oh, you're here? It looks like you had a leisurely meal. Seeing that you're coming at this hour."
"I'm sorry. If I had known you were here, I would have hurried back."
"It's not like you should be sorry... Well, anyway."
As Seo Yena was about to say something, Jo Sung-hyun glanced at Park Joong-won and opened his mouth after confirming his nod.
"Yena-ssi, would you mind moving to another seat and talking?"
"...Okay."
Seo Yena's eyebrows twitched as she finished speaking.
However, she didn't make a fuss about anything in particular, and she quickly got up from her seat, picking up her smartphone that was on the desk as if to say let's go.
Since it wasn't like they could go out separately, Jo Sung-hyun went into the conference room and continued talking with Seo Yena.
Seo Yena exhaled loudly and opened her mouth.
"I get it. I'll apologize. It's not common for me to apologize first like this. You know that too, right? Since it was my fault for saying that the resignation was a lie, I think it's right to apologize."
Sunghyun Jo couldn't understand why Seo Yena was doing this.
Why did she come to him and apologize?
It was something that could have been let go.
'It would have been easier for her too.'
She came all the way to apologize, so he couldn't ignore it.
"I'm fine, Yena."
"...Wow. Really. Amazing."
At Jo Sung-hyun's simple answer, Seo Yena sighed and said.
She looked at him with a face that was amazed and incomprehensible.
A situation where they didn't understand each other.
"So, what, do you want me to help your daughter debut in the entertainment industry? What do you want, exactly?"
Seo Yena looked like she wanted him to ask her for something quickly.
Honestly, he didn’t feel like bothering her, but Jo Sunghyun racked his brain and eventually opened his mouth.
"Then... please mention Yumi's new album when you have a chance. When you go on a variety show or something."
Jo Sung-hyun said, and Seo Yena squinted her eyes.
She looked at him with a strange eye.
"Alright, I got it. Geez. I don't know anything about broadcasting, but I'll somehow mention it."
Still incredulous, Seo Yena said.
And the Seo Yena that Jo Sung-hyun knew was not the type to break a promise.
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