116 – Public Enemies (2)
1.
The fate of Gu Myung Ji-eun (救命之恩).
Me and Byeol saved each other’s lives, so it was a bond that couldn’t be easily broken.
A bond that can never be broken just by rejecting one’s heart and being rejected.
That was the relationship between me and Byul.
But even so, it’s not like we broke up lightly enough to come back casually like this.
Sitting on a chair at the dining table at my house, sipping mixed coffee from a special mug, seeing Byul smiling brightly, I didn’t know how to react.
“Hmm. Coffee is delicious Sometimes, this kind of mixed coffee is good because it’s sweet. No, is it delicious because you just served it?”
The president’s office is open to people, so I brought him to a safe house. Seeing how comfortable he was, something made me feel uneasy.
About a month has passed since the last time I met Byul, which was the most heartbreaking day for me.
One month.
If long, it is long; if short, it is short. It is an ambiguous length of time to say.
First of all, for me, the past month was too short, probably because I did a lot of things, and that’s why the shock of the day I broke up with Byul wasn’t too diluted.
“Oh. Drank it all Oppa, give me another cup of coffee.”
But the past month must have been quite long for Byul, and Byul was casually handing me a mug, just like he did at this house 7 years ago.
Has everything gone now? If that’s true, that’s great.
Honestly, Byul is a superstar Nova who is said to be the best singer of the present era.
In addition, his self-esteem must be enormous since he is a skilled person who is not ashamed of such an enormous nickname.
It would be unthinkable for Byul to stay in the house for an entire month and dwell on the day’s work after being dumped by a bully like me.
Perhaps, if it were a star, the hardships caused by the day’s work might have been sorted out in a week. No, a week is too long to sort out one thing about a guy like me.
As proof of that, Byul only stopped investing in Bareungil Entertainment, and other than that, he hasn’t put any pressure on him.
Thinking about it, I felt like Byul really sorted out her feelings about me.
Maybe I was the only one struggling with guilt over the past month?
Thinking so, his face suddenly turned hot.
After I was convinced in my head that Ji had been suffering from ax disease for no reason, I couldn’t possibly face Byeol.
“Brother? I want to drink coffee…”
“Huh? Uh uh okay. Ah Okay.”
Taking advantage of Byeol prompting for coffee, I quickly received the mug and headed to the kitchen.
Thanks to that, I was able to turn my back naturally, and I calmed down by pouring water into the coffee pot that was about to boil again.
“Whoa…”
This is really embarrassing. What if Byul gets hurt by herself? What if you lock yourself in the house and don’t even come out because you’re suffering because of me? I’m so sorry. You were trembling all over the place while doing it.
However, it was a national rule that the shame caused by this kind of misunderstanding usually did not cool down easily.
Byul asked me when the thought that I had to change the blankets with the blanket kick today filled my head.
“Brother, aren’t you going to ask?”
“Uh, uh uh? What, what?”
“What am I here to help with?”
“Ah.”
I forgot about it for a while because there was so much to think about and my head was confused.
I shook my head to shake off the shame that filled my head, even for a moment, then turned around and asked Byul.
“I forgot for a moment. So what are you going to do to help?”
“That’s right…”
As if waiting for my question, Byul stood up from the dining table and gently approached me, interrupting his words.
“It means that you will support your children so that they can become great idols.”
Then, after coming closer to just half a step away, he smiled and concluded his words.
“······Support?”
I couldn’t speak as soon as I heard Byeol’s answer because it was so beautiful that my head went blank for a moment.
Then, Byul answered my question while maintaining a beautiful but suspicious smile.
“Yes, support. My brother’s kids… I hate to admit it, but they’re so talented that I have no choice but to admit it. Well, I haven’t seen them sing and dance yet, so maybe there’s a hole somewhere… But maybe everyone will be fine. Dancing or singing.”
It was embarrassing to hear the sudden compliment, but as a manager, compliments from the idols in charge made me feel better than compliments on myself.
“That’s right. I can guarantee the talent of our children.”
“Yeah, right. This is what I learned while rolling alone for 7 years in this entertainment industry. It shows that the people who will definitely become will become. And your brother’s kids probably… They’ll be successful no matter how you raise them. It has that kind of aura.”
“·······heheheheh.”
The praise of our kids coming from the mouth of the world’s best singer, no one else, was such a good feeling that it made me burst into laughter without even realizing it.
So when I laugh, I hear a very small clicking sound like ‘tsk’ right in front of me, but I didn’t really pay attention to that.
Because our kids who never stop are just in a good mood.
“And what? And do you have anything else to praise?”
I don’t get tired of hearing compliments, and it’s one of the few things the more the better, so I asked Byul to give me compliments.
“Brother, I didn’t say this to compliment your kids.”
“Oh, that’s right.”
But what came back was Byul’s cold voice, so I quickly came to my senses and listened to Byul’s voice.
“Anyway, I can’t say anything other than that it’s great to have such kids together. Should I call you my brother?”
“Ha ha, what… I just got lucky.”
“By the way, oppa. Maybe you won’t be able to make your kids the best idols.”
“·······What?”
And the words of Byeol-i that followed pushed my mood, which had soared to the end of the sky, to the floor in an instant.
“No, to be precise. It must be true that Bareungil Entertainment can’t make those kids the best idols.”
“What do you mean?”
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“It’s not your fault. It’s not your brother’s fault. In fact, I should say this is my fault. Because this Bareungil Enter was created by me.”
Suddenly, Byul’s sudden words were careless and could have made me feel bad.
Because of that, he was speechless, and Byul went on with his words without any interruption.
“I’ll be honest. The reason I made Bareungil Enter was to keep my brother in my arms. If I told you that I created an agency for my brother, it would be obvious that he would join because of his personality.”
Actually, I knew at least that Byul made this Bareungil Enter with that intention.
And as Byul said, I had no choice but to join Bareungil Entertainment because Byul set up an agency for me.
Of course, there were many things going on now, so it was like I only sucked the honey of Bareungil Entertainment, but at the time I joined the company, the stars and I had mutual interests, so it was right.
“When my older brother completes his 10-year sentence and enters Bareungil Entertainment, I move my agency to Bareungil Entertainment. It was my plan to make him my manager. For that, I was going to make a plausible boy group before my brother came out.”
But even 7 years ago, before Byul debuted, I had no intention of becoming Byul’s manager.
Because even if the star wasn’t me, no, he was someone who could be a superstar all by himself.
That’s why the plan to use Byeol’s Day as a manager was bound to fail from the start.
Even though that judgment, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, my judgment ended up hurting Byul.
“However, my older brother was released from prison three years earlier than I expected, and because of that, I ended up entering Bareungil Entertainment, which had nothing to do with it. Then, without realizing it, I cast as many as five trainees… And in the end, they chose them over me.”
“·······.”
A story related to that day suddenly jumped out of Byul’s mouth, leaving her speechless.
Obviously, Byul was close to the mark of repulsion, but from the moment I said that, I felt a sense of distance.
Perhaps Byul also felt the sudden awkward atmosphere, and Byul put on an expression of guilt and quickly took care of what she had said.
“Ah, bar, cancel what you just said! Because this isn’t what’s important now. I’m sorry brother.”
“No. I’m sorry.”
“Ah! I’m sorry right now, I’m not in a situation to do anything! So, what did I want to say!”
Byeol slammed the kitchen sink with the palm of his hand to ventilate the atmosphere, and brought up the main topic.
“In Bareungil Entertainment, which was created to catch my brother, we can never make them the best idols!”
In the first place, Bareungil Entertainment’s purpose is to hold me back, and it’s not to nurture the best idols, so I can’t make my kids the best idols here.
This is what Byul wanted to say to me.
“·······.”
And that’s what I felt as I watched all the staff change their clothes today.
Bareungil Entertainment was a wrong agency from the beginning, and it will take a lot of money and effort to make this agency like other ordinary agencies.
“And I am here to help my brother in this dire situation.”
In this situation, Byul took my hand with his own two hands, lifted it up, and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse.
“So oppa, can I support you so that you can make your kids the best idols?”
As soon as I made that offer, the front door opened.
“I’m back…”
The sound of five pairs of weak footsteps tickled my ears.
Killing the timing.