The Probability of Meeting Your Ex in a Heterosexual Dating Program – Chapter 112

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Chapter 112

“They say there’s going to be one more official date before going to Jeju Island?”

“It looks like even X can request a date this time.”

“Soo-ho, what’s with your voice tone? Aren’t you too excited?”

“Ah, what…! It’s not like that!”

Amidst the excited voices, Cha Yoon’s expression remained impassive as he quickly read through the sentences on his screen. He tapped on the dating right he had been given.

Recipients:

Kim Sae-young

Seo Min-ha

Song Joo-ah

Shin Da-bin

Yeo Ji-yoon

There was only one person Cha Yoon wanted to date in X House. Ki Seo-jung. No, this would be true even if the category was expanded to Korea or the whole world. But contrary to his feelings, the dating right listed exactly five names of female cast members. No wonder his interest waned.

Cha Yoon glanced at Seo-jung while holding his phone. If anything, his interest was more focused here. Depending on which cast member Seo-jung sent his dating right to, Cha Yoon would determine who to keep an eye on.

He wanted to stick close to Seo-jung and check the phone screen together, but he couldn’t. Having already been burned once, Cha Yoon unconsciously became cautious. As he was staring intently at Seo-jung’s barely visible screen with an anxious heart, his phone vibrated.

Startled for a moment, Cha Yoon quickly composed himself and checked his phone.

Cha Yoon, please move to the interview room right now for an interview.

It was a call from the production team. Of all times. Cha Yoon frowned. But as always, he had no choice but to move to the interview room. Sighing, Cha Yoon tapped Seo-jung, who was sitting next to him.

“Hyung, I’m going for an interview now.”

Cha Yoon deliberately informed only Seo-jung about his situation. Seo-jung looked puzzled, as if wondering why Cha Yoon was telling him this, but Cha Yoon didn’t mind. To Cha Yoon, ‘reporting’ was one of the qualities of a person in a relationship. It was an opportunity to show that he would make a good boyfriend, so hesitating would be stranger. He leaned his upper body to the side and whispered softly into Seo-jung’s ear.

“Don’t talk too much with people if you’re bored. You have a talent for making even swear words sound sweet. And don’t smile like this with your eyes crinkled. When you smile like that, your aegyo sal appears and your eyes curve like this, you know? That angle bewitches people in an instant. I’m not exaggerating, it’s really true. If you don’t believe me, look in the mirror later. You’ll understand what I mean. Anyway, I’ll be back quickly, so make sure you listen to what I said. Okay?”

After showing off and ‘disciplining’ Ki Seo-jung, he stood up. He didn’t forget to glance at Seo-jung’s phone screen one more time. Of course, the screen was already black, so there wasn’t much to gain.

Cha Yoon waved at Seo-jung, who was looking up at him incredulously, and left X House.

He walked slowly up the quiet street and reached the building with the interview room. As he was about to enter, some trash on the road caught his eye.

“……”

Cha Yoon blinked at the trash. Usually, he wouldn’t have cared about anything on the road, but now, thirsty for likeability points, things were a bit different.

Would I get points for cleaning up trash on the road? If you think about it, this is also a kind of cleaning, so maybe points could go up. Nodding to himself, Cha Yoon turned around. Like Hansel and Gretel following pebbles to find their way home, he moved along the discarded trash. After spending quite some time on environmental beautification, he found himself at a dead end.

Unlike the main road, the dead end had no streetlights, making it hard to see clearly. His hands were already full of collected trash. This should be enough. Just as Cha Yoon finished his thought and was about to leave without regret, he heard a familiar voice.

“Maknae, who has used their dating rights so far?”

“Ah, just a moment. I’ll contact Seong-ju unni right away.”

Cha Yoon stopped in his tracks and turned his head towards the voice. A red dot appeared and quickly disappeared in the darkness. Soon, with the sound of exhaling smoke, a bright light emanated from a rectangular screen.

Cha Yoon instinctively pressed himself against the wall and swallowed. The familiar voices of two people, the word “dating rights” from them, and decisively, those faces revealed by the light of the phone screen. He was certain that the people standing far away were the production staff of “Please Take Care of My X”. And along with that, it was a golden opportunity to find out who Seo-jung had chosen.

In contrast, the two writers seemed completely unaware of Cha Yoon’s presence and continued their conversation, focusing only on each other.

“They say only Park Woo-jun and Jung Soo-ho have been chosen so far.”

“Woo-jun must have been chosen by Da-bin, and Soo-ho by Ji-yoon, right?”

“Ah, yes. That’s correct, unni.”

Park Woo-jun and Jung Soo-ho? Frowning in disappointment at the information he wasn’t at all curious about, Cha Yoon heard the voice of the main writer, Yu-min, echoing in the space.

“Ah, it would be more interesting if some people chose the same female cast member… Imagine male cast members fighting over one female cast member throughout the date. The viewers would go crazy.”

“Don’t you think Seo-jung will choose Da-bin as always?”

“I wonder? I’m not sure. From what I can tell, Seo-jung seems to have his eye on someone else.”

“Who? Don’t tell me…”

As Ki Seo-jung’s name came up, Cha Yoon unconsciously held his breath. He was focusing all his senses on the junior writer, waiting for the next sentence, when…

A cat’s meow was heard from afar. At the sound, the two writers stopped their conversation and turned their heads towards where the cry came from.

“Oh, a cat.”

“Isn’t that the kitten Seo-jung used to feed?”

“Looking at its cheese color, it seems to be.”

Oh, how cute. The topic of conversation suddenly shifted from Seo-jung to the stray cat that had appeared.

No, so who is the person Ki Seo-jung has his eye on? Just say the three-syllable name. Cha Yoon looked at the two people pleadingly. But as if he was the only one in this space who wanted to hear that conversation, the topic stubbornly refused to move away from the stray cat.

Not long after, there was a sound of feet rubbing against the ground, probably having finished smoking.

“Let’s head back in. Cha Yoon must be waiting.”

“I brought a portable ashtray. I’ll throw away the cigarette butts.”

“Our maknae is the best.”

The following words signaled the end of the conversation. Realizing that he wouldn’t get what he wanted even if he waited longer, Cha Yoon quietly slipped out of the alley. With his long legs, he quickly moved and stood in front of the building with the interview room.

An irritated sigh escaped between Cha Yoon’s lips. Even thinking about it again, it bothered him that he couldn’t hear the name of the person Ki Seo-jung was recently showing interest in.

Who could it be? If not Shin Da-bin, could it be Yeo Ji-yoon who handed him tissues while eating the other day? Or Jung Soo-ho or Seo Min-ha who were playing board games with him yesterday? Or maybe Kim Sae-young or Gong Min-wook who were talking about movies earlier today?

As he recalled the names of X House residents one by one, he soon bit his lower lip. No matter who he thought of, there was no one who liked, cared for, or thought about Ki Seo-jung more than himself. So why is hyung interested in someone else, leaving me aside? What aspect of that person does he see?

Cha Yoon, who had been thinking with the premise that the object of interest could never be himself, soon kicked the ground. Standing here thinking wouldn’t yield any answers anyway. Resolving to be more alert and observe the cast members more closely from tomorrow, he recalled the conversation from earlier.

“…So everyone goes on a date together.”

The conversation between the two writers contained information that wasn’t in the notification message. In other words, it meant that until the official date, he was the only one among the X House people who knew this fact. Having learned something others didn’t know, he had to use it to his maximum advantage.

But is there any benefit to knowing this? Even so, the one I want to date is hyung, but it’s not like I can date him…

Cha Yoon, who was following this train of thought, hesitated as he reached for the doorknob.

“Wait a minute.”

Cha Yoon, who seemed to be pondering something, raised the corners of his mouth and thought.

Perhaps what he wished for might not be entirely impossible after all.