#067
Grace was currently filming, holding a selfie stick in one hand. After greeting each fan individually with hand hearts and taking pretty photos, they finally entered through the main gate.
Then they stopped walking when they encountered Lee Yeonwoo and the security guard blocking their path.
“Uh…”
Their eyes showed confusion. The security guard blocked Lee Yeonwoo while clearing the way for them.
“Please go in.”
As they bowed their heads and tried to enter, Lee Yeonwoo called out to stop them. If he couldn’t get in easily, it was time to use connections.
“Jaihan. Let me in too.”
“…Who?”
Because of the cap and mask, they couldn’t recognize his face. Jaihan turned his gaze to look at the man wearing sunglasses next to him.
‘I feel like I’ve seen him a lot…’
Worried that they might just go in without them, Lee Yeonwoo and Shin Gihyeon quickly threw off the accessories covering their faces.
“I’m Lee Yeonwoo. This is…”
“Nice to meet you. I’m Shin Gihyeon.”
When both revealed their identities, commotion erupted from the surroundings. Jaihan and Hanjin’s eyes naturally widened.
“We’re supposed to meet our Dojun hyung, but this person won’t let us in.”
“I’m sorry. Your identity was unclear…”
The security guard broke out in a sweat due to the unexpected figures. It was actor Shin Gihyeon, whom everyone knew, and Lee Yeonwoo, the rising civilian celebrity.
Since the company he worked for was in the entertainment industry, there was no way the security guard wouldn’t recognize them.
“He’s someone I know. It’s okay for him to come in.”
“Yes.”
With Jaihan’s permission, they somehow succeeded in entering the building.
Having successfully gained entry, they looked around their surroundings.
On one wall, starting with DH Entertainment’s pride, Kang Dojun’s works, posters of affiliated actors were displayed on screens, while the other side was broadcasting photos of the idol group Grace, who had just established themselves as the trend with their recent comeback.
“Hyung-nim, it’s been a while!”
Hanjin greeted them energetically. Since Jinhyeong, who was a fellow member and one year older than him, consistently called Lee Yeonwoo “hyung-nim,” he followed suit.
“Hello.”
Lee Yeonwoo quietly nodded in response.
“It’s an honor to meet actor Shin Gihyeon too! I’m, I’m a fan.”
“Thank you. I enjoy listening to your music too.”
“Th… THAAAAT! Really!”
Unlike Shin Gihyeon who was making polite conversation, Hanjin expressed his joy while spouting alien language.
Lee Yeonwoo approached Jaihan, who was chattering alone in the distance with his selfie stick.
“What are you doing, friend?”
Jaihan was startled and turned the camera lens so Lee Yeonwoo wouldn’t appear on screen. Seeing the comment window popping up like bamboo shoots after rain, it seemed like he was doing a live broadcast.
Since he had also seen Ber’s video and expressed concern to Lee Yeonwoo, he was definitely worried about that.
“Communicating with fans.”
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[Wow, it’s really Lee Yeonwoo. That’s Lee Yeonwoo, right? He really came to Seoul ã„·ã„·]
[Shin Gihyeon is there too??? Is there a Rural Conquest dinner today?]
[Where’s Hanjin? He suddenly disappeared ã… ã… ã… ]
[Jay oppa! Please show Yeonwoo too~ I want to see the same-age chemistry!]
[I’m in front of that company, it’s really Lee Yeonwoo and Shin Gihyeon! I confirmed with my own two eyes. Are you filming Rural Conquest 2?]
[Ah, please don’t wait in front of the company;;; Our Grace members are being nice by staying still.]
[ㅇㅈ They’ll probably end up looking for their dorm at this rate.]
[Where are the dummy and Shin Gihyeon? Are they talking with our Hanjin?]
Lee Yeonwoo avoided the lens and sneakily checked the comment window.
Jaihan made a troubled expression and gave Hanjin a look to quickly take him away. However, Hanjin was too busy talking with Shin Gihyeon to pay attention to this side.
‘I just started filming, so it’s awkward to turn it off.’
It hadn’t even been 30 minutes since the live broadcast started.
He had let Lee Yeonwoo into the company for now, but if he wandered around here and there and caused an incident, their responsibility would be great.
Shin Gihyeon didn’t seem like he would do such a thing, but Lee Yeonwoo… well, he had more than enough potential.
It would be better to take him to senior Kang Dojun, but he didn’t have his contact information…, or at least to a company employee.
While Jaihan was pondering what to do, Lee Yeonwoo tapped his shoulder.
When Lee Yeonwoo confirmed that Jaihan’s gaze was on him, he pointed at the camera and moved his lips silently.
‘I can appear.’
As repayment for letting him into the company, he decided to ease Jaihan’s worries. It meant he could appear or not appear, so don’t feel too burdened.
Back then, Ber had suddenly shoved cameras in his face from their first meeting and couldn’t understand when he said no, which made him furious.
Now the counseling teacher told him to be careful, but he was almost recovered, so it didn’t particularly matter.
Jaihan seemed to understand the meaning and nodded with a determined expression. Just then, Shin Gihyeon and Hanjin, who had finished their conversation, approached.
“Hey, want to eat and go? I heard the company cafeteria here is really delicious.”
“Now?”
“We finally met the Grace members too.”
Shin Gihyeon couldn’t stop grinning after realizing that Hanjin, whom he thought was just being polite, was actually his genuine fan.
Lee Yeonwoo took out his phone to check the time.
They had arrived earlier than expected by taking a taxi, and Dojun hyung was also working…, so he shouldn’t interfere. It seemed like he would have some free time.
“Let’s do that.”
“Um, surprise… let me introduce our guests!”
Jaihan and Hanjin tried their best to hype up the atmosphere. However, there was no need for that. The chat window was already overheated with their appearance.
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[ㄹㅇ…Grace live broadcast’s first guest appearance! Ta-da☆]
[ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Look at the guest class; This is why they call big companies big companies]
[It’s not that the company arranged it, they met by coincidence, right?;]
[It’s the Rural Conquest team!]
[Somehow Seoul Conquest/ Protagonist: Lee Yeonwoo]
[J-han oppa, are you close with Lee Yeonwoo?]
Jaihan, who was reading the rapidly disappearing chat, broke the silence.
“Yes, we’re friends. We contact each other often too.”
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[? Friends? Lee Yeonwoo is friends with Shin Gihyeon.]
[Ah, Yeonwoo is a fast birthday so he speaks casually with Gihyeon oppa]
[Shin Gihyeon 26 > Lee Yeonwoo (fast 25) = Jaihan 25]
[ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ The family tree is totally messed up]
[This is why fast birthdays are;]
[Yo this family tree breaker ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹]
Lee Yeonwoo picked up his spoon and glanced at Jaihan.
“I’m a fast birthday, so if the honorifics get confusing, you can call me hyung.”
With twenty-six-year-old Shin Gihyeon also nearby, he was worried the honorifics would get tangled. Jaihan hesitated a bit, then swallowed and answered.
“Uh…, I don’t think that’s right.”
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[ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Firm rejection ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Absolutely won’t allow it ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹]
[Our Jaihan’s Confucian boy moment ‘again’ ㅋㅋㅋㅋ☆]
“I’m born in January. I graduated school before you too.”
“Sorry, I’m born in March.”
The difference wasn’t much. Lee Yeonwoo chewed his lips then spoke seriously as if playing his trump card. It seemed like he absolutely didn’t want to say this.
“Are you a tiger zodiac? I’m an ox.”
Shin Gihyeon’s eyes, who was eating deliciously, widened.
Shin Gihyeon quickly swallowed the food in his mouth and asked in a trembling voice.
“You…, weren’t you a tiger zodiac?”
“Zodiac signs are based on the start of spring.”
Lee Yeonwoo answered while slightly avoiding his gaze, as if he had committed a crime.
“…You!”
It was an easy fact to realize once you’re aware of it, but it seemed stupid that he hadn’t known until now. You’d only know if you had someone with a fast birthday around…
Shin Gihyeon glared at Lee Yeonwoo.
‘Why on earth did you insist you were a tiger zodiac?’
Fortunately, that scene was cut from Rural Conquest, but if it had been broadcast as is, he would have almost become a national fool.
‘Does sunbae-nim know?’
Then suddenly, the live broadcast comment window he had forgotten about caught his eye.
‘Right… we’re in the middle of a live broadcast.’
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[Start of spring? First month of the lunar calendar?]
[Ah, zodiac signs are based on the lunar calendar? ㄴㅇㄱ]
[ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Gihyeon didn’t know ã… ã… ã… cute ã… ã… adorable]
[So what does the zodiac sign matter?]
[Zodiac signs are based on the start of spring though, human?]
[Sudden zodiac talk ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹]
There were people who didn’t know like him. Still, he couldn’t hide his embarrassment. He felt heat rushing to his face.
Jaihan gently scolded Lee Yeonwoo from beside him.
“It would be awkward if you suddenly said hyung.”
“Mm, that’s true. Then do whatever you’re comfortable with.”
Lee Yeonwoo easily agreed to Jaihan’s words. He had said everything he wanted to say, and if the other person said they’d handle it themselves, it would be strange to interfere further.
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[Ah, he’s okay with it ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹]
[So refreshing]
[Why does our Hanjin keep leaving the camera ã… ã… where did he go ã… sob]
[Only Gihyeon got screwed;]
“Please have some water.”
Hanjin handed over water glasses he had brought with both hands full. Lee Yeonwoo looked at him with rabbit eyes as he fulfilled his duties as the youngest. Even though he was the same age as Cheolsu who lived somewhere, was the difference because he had been in society early? His actions were quick and efficient.
If the younger one fulfilled his duties, the older one had to show an example as a hyung.
Lee Yeonwoo placed several pieces of his pork cutlet onto Hanjin’s tray.
“Eat a lot.”
“Thank you.”
The screen mainly showed Jaihan and Hanjin, but from the voice, you could guess that the owner of the proper chopstick skills that appeared on Hanjin’s tray was Lee Yeonwoo.
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[Huh? What’s with these two~]
[ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ Yeonwoo, noona supports you! Yeah. Hanjin is cute though]
[Why is Hanjin’s face getting red?]
[Right ã…‹ Hanjin needs to eat a lot and grow up quickly. So that….]
[Hah… two cute kids doing cute things. Is this heaven?]
‘…The fans here ship well.’
Unlike Lee Yeonwoo who ordered pork cutlet, Shin Gihyeon, whose taste was optimized for Korean food, mixed his bibimbap while reading the comment window.
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[Behind behind behind]
[????????? Am I seeing this right?]
[Uh, doesn’t it seem like someone’s coming this way?]
[Jay, look behind you!]
[Confucian Jay doesn’t talk while eating]
[But still, he should communicate with us ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹ã…‹]
[Hanjin, look behind you!]
[Excuse me? Everyone?]
[How delicious is DH’s food;]
To place the camera on the opposite table, the four sat side by side instead of facing each other.
They were sitting in the order of Lee Yeonwoo, Hanjin, Jaihan, and Shin Gihyeon, so none of them could know what was behind them. Shin Gihyeon, who checked the comments first, turned around.
Flustered by the person in front of him, he stood up abruptly and greeted.
“Sunbae-nim, hello!”
“Nice to meet you.”
Kang Dojun’s eyes, who received the greeting, were fixed on Lee Yeonwoo.
Grace, who grasped the situation, also turned around to check who it was and stood up from their seats.
“Hello!”
“Yes, hello.”
Lee Yeonwoo, who had been chewing with his mouth full of food, finally noticed Kang Dojun.
“Hyung.”
Finally making eye contact with Lee Yeonwoo, he smiled beautifully. Caught up in the atmosphere, he pressed down on Lee Yeonwoo’s shoulders as he tried to stand up awkwardly.
“I told you to contact me right away when you arrived.”
His eyes, which had been alternating between Lee Yeonwoo’s tray and the pork cutlet on Hanjin’s rice, sank deeply.
“I wanted to have lunch together.”
Author: Hyacinthus B
Hyacinthus
