Chapter 460
I couldn’t react at all.
Standing frozen, staring in one direction, I must have looked strange enough that the trainees who’d first eyed me with curiosity now began glancing around uneasily—as if wondering whether I was staring at them.
“Looks like the kids really look up to you.”
Before any other feeling could slip into those glances, I deliberately forced a calm smile toward Sung Jiwon.
“...Thankfully, yeah. I never said it on air, but some of them told me they’ve been fans since elementary school.”
Sung Jiwon’s face stiffened, as if he’d noticed something off in my tone.
“Oh, really? Wait... then how old are they now?”
I heard Kim Sunghyun exclaim in disbelief beside me as I moved forward first. Jung Dajun, standing alone onstage and monitoring his performance with steady breaths, spotted us and waved his arms excitedly.
As I stepped closer to the maknae, Sung Jiwon leaned toward me and asked in a low voice,
“Hoyun, what’s wrong?”
“......”
“Did something happen?”