Chapter 380
The borrowed warmth of the yuzu tea was gone by the time I returned to the company. I put it away and headed straight back to the practice room. The members were still as noisy as usual.
“Hoyun, good luck with the shoot!”
After running through the performance a few more times, I made my way down to the underground parking lot for the cameo schedule. The manager was running late because he had stopped to pick up a gift for the director, so I got into the van first and sank into the seat.
It was nearly dawn. Fatigue crept in like an approaching darkness.
‘I could fall asleep just closing my eyes.’
I leaned my head against the window, the cold glass helping me stay awake. At the very least, I wanted to skim through the script again before resting. But being alone in the quiet made me think of Jeong Cheongyeon again, and a headache throbbed.
“Haa...”
It wasn’t surprising that the system could toy with anyone, not just me. That it had included Cheongyeon, whom I hadn’t expected to see again, was a little shocking, but since she no longer affected my future, it wasn’t really important.
What kept bothering me was—
“...Seriously.”
She looked far happier now, as if she had never appeared on my broadcast and never struggled as a trainee.
‘Didn’t you once say you’d sell your soul if it meant debuting?’