Chapter 108
Chapter 108
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Translator: Vine
Chapter: 108
Chapter Title: A Countryside Retreat
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The trailer for ‘Autumn, Let’s Run’ was released.
It was a drama about a female student who loses her first love in a car accident, then travels back in time to save him.
The female lead was a promising track and field athlete, but she injures her leg as a price for saving her first love.
The male lead, in turn, strives to restore her leg to its former state.
[‘Autumn, Let’s Run’ looks like it’s going to be fun. It seems like it’ll be funny and sad at the same time. I haven’t had anything to watch lately, so I’m looking forward to it.]
↳ Same. Finally, a drama worth tuning in for live.
↳ It’s a can’t-miss combo. This is guaranteed to be a hit.
↳ This is the first time I’ve gotten interested in a drama just from the trailer. They did an amazing job with it. The female lead’s acting is a feast. One moment she shows the freshness of first love, the next she’s suddenly melancholic, then she looks happy. It’s incredible.
[The moment I saw the trailer, I knew. The moment I heard the voice, my first thought was, ‘Huh? That’s our boy’s voice, isn’t it?’ It was a moment of realization of how deeply I truly love Yoon-seul. I finally understand how mothers can instantly recognize their own child from afar and know them just by their voice.]
↳ The OST already sounds so good. I’m just waiting for the track to be released. Someone on YouTube extracted just the music, and it sounds even more amazing that way.
↳ Me too, lol. I knew it as soon as I heard it. This is our boy.
↳ LMAO, were you all raising children? This is a meeting of Leon’s moms and Yoon-seul’s moms.
↳ I’m an overzealous mom who’s proud of her gifted children. That zealousness is an instinct, I guess. I can’t control it.
[Leon, you’ve done it again. Amazing. That’s Leon for you. And why is Yoon-seul so good at singing? It makes my heart flutter. This is a meeting of geniuses.]
↳ Let’s just dominate all the OSTs like this.
↳ Wow. Yoon-seul, what are you…? You’re not secretly a woman, are you? How does he hit that note? What is he? Or maybe he’s a dolphin? It’s astounding that LM Entertainment took a kid like this and couldn’t utilize him any better than that.
↳ Yoon-seul’s high notes are seriously incredible. They’re amazing every time I hear them.
↳ LOL, LM is, how should I put it… I thought they had their touch back, but I guess not. They’re a very mediocre company. It seems like they can do things well, but they can’t. At this rate, it’ll be impossible for them to rise above a certain level.
↳ I love it so much now that he’s doing a proper ballad.
[Why is our Yoon-seul so good at singing? When you’re this good, we have no choice but to beg you to sing for us every day. We have no choice but to pray you’ll sing this at the fan meeting.]
↳ Wow. I want to hear it live so badly.
↳ I think my eardrums might burst. I should probably get them insured before I go.
↳ Hearing this live would be pure bliss.
[Wow. The drama hasn’t even aired yet, but our boy’s song is playing in the main trailer? This is it. This is a sure bet. Our boy’s song is basically the main theme of this drama.]
↳ LMAO. Wow, you’re right. I hadn’t thought of that.
↳ So when is the song coming out?
↳ Release the track. The track.
↳ I think this is going to get a lot of covers. Can people who claim to be singers resist these high notes? They have to belt it out at least once.
[But why are both Yoon-seul and Leon so quiet? You’d think they’d post at least one thing on their accounts.]
↳ Right? It’s strange.
↳ Are they busy?
↳ When Leon gets absorbed in his work, he forgets to sleep or eat and just works, you know? So he might have passed out.
↳ Yoon-seul must be busy preparing for the comeback.
↳ Or maybe it’s because the official track hasn’t been released yet? They’ll probably post something once it’s out.
The fans had no idea that they were currently enjoying a countryside getaway together under the guise of a JR Entertainment company retreat.
* * *
I thought a company retreat would be something special, but it wasn’t.
Suddenly, someone lit a fire in a brazier and started grilling chicken skewers for us.
We ended up feasting unintentionally right from the start.
“This is delicious.”
“It is.”
I was just starting to get hungry.
I hadn’t had anything but water since the morning.
I checked the time and it was already 4 p.m.
*Today’s really flying by.*
“Was everyone hungry?”
“Yes.”
“Please, eat a lot. We’ve prepared more than enough food.”
No one refused.
After the snack, we sat down on a pavilion set up in the garden to rest.
“There are board games, Yut Nori, and Gonggi here.”
Lee Ho-jun discovered the games under the pavilion.
“So this is what they meant by ‘games’?”
“But isn’t there too many of us to play these?”
Eleven people playing a board game would be pure chaos.
Just remembering whose turn it was would be a chore.
Besides, with an odd number of people, it was awkward to divide into teams.
“Let’s just have whoever wants to play, play.”
I agreed with Leon’s suggestion.
In the end, only Lee Ho-jun, Haru, Jae-hee, Myeong-seok, and Ha-jin stepped up to play.
“Argh!”
“Wow, how do I end up in jail every time?”
It was a dice game where prisoners had to escape, and it was surprisingly not as boring as it looked.
“Wow, what’s with this game’s difficulty?”
That was because the game wasn’t easy.
You kept getting thrown back in jail, given new missions, and on top of that, you had to play mind games.
*No wonder the recommended age for the board game was fifteen.*
As I watched them, dinnertime soon arrived.
“Everyone, it’s time for dinner! Please gather again where we had the chicken skewers!”
We roughly put away the game we were playing and made our way over.
“Whoa.”
Gasps of awe escaped everyone’s lips.
On the same brazier where the chicken skewers had been grilled just a while ago, beef was now sizzling.
And next to it, a long table and chairs had been set up.
Park Ji-ham, who had been staring at the bags the meat was packaged in, approached as if drawn by something.
“What’s wrong, hyung?”
“This just looks so familiar.”
Park Ji-ham said, picking up a still-unopened package of meat.
“Huh?”
Park Ji-ham’s jaw dropped as he looked at the production staff.
“Wait. Why is this here?”
The staff just grinned.
“We had to buy meat anyway. It’s better to buy from a place we know, right?”
“What? Is this meat from your family’s restaurant, Ji-ham?”
“Yeah.”
Since Park Ji-ham often helped out at his family’s restaurant, he was able to recognize it just from the packaging.
“Wow, I’m genuinely surprised.”
“But we felt so bad when we went there.”
“Why?”
“Ji-ham’s parents kept trying to give us extra things, so we felt guilty. We sent a gift to the restaurant.”
The staff gently nudged Park Ji-ham as if to tell him to go and eat now.
“Okay.”
Leon was already seated.
He looked somewhat exhausted.
“Hyung. Are you okay?”
Jae-hee asked Leon cautiously.
“Yeah. I’m just drained of energy. I get tired if I stay outside for too long.”
I also preferred being at home to being outside, but not to the same extent as Leon.
I never felt particularly drained just from going out.
“You have no idea how much your brother nags me because of it.”
At the sudden mention of his brother, Jae-hee’s pupils trembled violently.
“My… my brother?”
Jae-hee called out to Leon in a shaky voice, glancing at the camera.
“It’s about time we talked about it. I heard you were even a candidate for first place. How long are you going to hide it? It’s not like my friend being your brother is a bad thing.”
“Huh? Hyung, but this is a bit…”
“It’s not like you got into JR using my connections, so how long are you going to hide it?”
“Still, it’s a little awkward.”
“What is?”
Jae-hee scratched the back of his head, looking troubled.
“Here, please eat.”
The staff placed the well-cooked meat on the table.
“Go on, eat.”
Jae-hee flinched at Leon’s words.
He seemed to want to eat the meat but felt he couldn’t end the conversation just like that.
“You guys were nominated for first place, right? Then that’s enough. You don’t have to hide it anymore. If you keep this up, I’m going to spread a rumor that you got in here with my help.”
Leon looked like he would actually do it.
It was all too clear that he wanted to end this argument with Jae-hee right now.
“Or I’ll just cut ties with your brother.”
“But then my brother won’t have any friends.”
“Same goes for me.”
For a moment, the atmosphere grew solemn.
Only Leon seemed unfazed.
“So let’s not take away each other’s only friend and just eat. No one else can eat because of us right now.”
Jae-hee confirmed that his bowl was full of meat, and every orifice in his face seemed to widen.
*This is going to spread far and wide, just like my CCC Lemon or Ji-ham’s meme. And I think this one will last for a while.*
“Okay. Everyone, please eat.”
Only then did everyone else start moving their chopsticks.
“Wow, this is delicious.”
“Is your family’s restaurant famous, Ji-ham?”
At Myeong-seok’s question, Park Ji-ham let out a small laugh.
“It’s a little weird for me to say it myself, but I think we get a lot of customers.”
“It’s so good. It melts in your mouth.”
“I’m glad you like it.”
Everyone’s chopsticks were moving busily, but for some reason, Leon didn’t pick his up.
“Aren’t you eating, hyung?”
“I’m not really hungry.”
Come to think of it, when everyone was eagerly eating the chicken skewers, Leon had been the only one sipping coffee.
I felt like I knew the secret to how he maintained his lean figure.
Instead of meat, Leon began to sip his drink.
*A person who hates coming out like this must have come all this way for Creatin. But if things stay this peaceful, it’ll be a little difficult to build up Haru’s self-deprecating humor image.*
“Listen casually while you eat.”
“Okay.”
“After dinner, we’re going to play a real game of Mafia. There’s a prize for the winner, so please maintain your poker faces.”
“A Mafia game?”
“Yes. You’ll play the Mafia game while acting out the profession written on the card you draw. The Mafia’s job is to kill citizens while faking a profession. We’ll give you a more detailed explanation after dinner.”