episode_0147

Ugh.

With a cozy feeling as if you were sinking to the bottom of a warm lake… , I had a dream.

“Ugh-!!”

“Mother! Cheer up just a little longer!”

“Honey! Just a little more!!”

hospital.

Busy obstetricians and nurses.

A mother with a familiar face… , a husband with a familiar face.

“Ugh-!!!”

“Aaaa-!!

The mother, who was struggling, uses her last strength to give birth to the baby, and the doctor and nurse speak with bright faces as they wrap the baby in swaddling clothes.

“The baby is here-!!”

“Ha… , ha… .”

“… … .”

A man and a woman make blank expressions when they hear that a baby has been born.

“Husband, please cut the umbilical cord here.”

“Ah… , yes, yep… !”

When the doctor asked him to cut the umbilical cord, the husband cut the umbilical cord with scissors with trembling hands.

“Husband, try holding your baby!”

“ Ahhh- !! ”

The doctor placed the child wrapped in cloth in the arms of my husband, who was still shaking slightly.

The husband glanced down at his child… .

Grumble.

He soon burst into tears he had been holding back and approached his wife.

“Woman, honey… ! Hmm… , you worked so hard… . This is our baby… ! My baby… .”

“Ha… , ha… .”

As her husband and child approached, the wife, who was exhausted from the pain of childbirth, smiled brightly and shed a tear.

“My daughter… , our love… , I think it’s so pretty… . Such a lovely baby came out of my womb… .”

Sarangi was the baby’s given name.

It was a name that contained the parents’ promise to raise their baby well while giving him only love.

The mother looked at the baby deeply and whispered as if she would never forget that promise.

“Love… , pretty baby… . I am your mother. Please take care of me in the future.”

Seeing the baby and wife like that, the husband wiped away his tears and smiled.

“Honey… , Now that I was born well, I should call you by your first name, not your birth name.”

“Oh, that’s right, hehe.”

Then he approached the child and whispered with a sweet voice and eyes that seemed as if he would pick the stars of this world.

“Yerin, although we are still lacking a lot… , I’ll do my best. My daughter Yerin, dad and mom love you so much.”

The baby’s given name is Sarang, and her name is Ha Ye-rin.

in other words… , it was me.

The young couple here are my father and mother.

“Honey, our Yerin… , raise it well. The most precious thing in the world… , happily without any worries… .”

“Yes… To my daughter, the prettiest girl in the world… , I will definitely do that… !”

That’s how the dream ended with the firm resolve of father and mother.

“… … .”

I looked at this with a blank expression.

This was not a fantasy or a distorted memory.

I was reborn in Haye-rin’s body… , The scene I saw for the first time.

It was my favorite and most beloved memory.

No matter how difficult things were, I would endure them while remembering the expressions and voices that my father and mother showed and heard to me.

When I was confused after being reborn in Ha Ye-rin’s body, my father and mother’s sincere words of “I love you” gave me an ecstasy that I could not feel in my previous life.

okay… , I was really happy at this time.

I was so thrilled because the parents I finally had were such good people.

I even promised myself that I would love these people forever… .

… Now I know.

The happy memories from that time are now… .

That I had become a shackle that could never let go of my parents.

‘iced coffee… .’

So, I felt my heart begin to feel bitter again and I stretched out my hand towards the scene before my eyes.

But it’s like a mirage… , As if I could never go back to this time… .

I never got my hands on it.

and… .

“… Ms. Yerin?”

“… … Ah.”

I stirred up memories of the past that I couldn’t go back to… , I suddenly noticed that the world had become bright again.

“Miss Yerin! Are you finally coming to your senses?”

Director Jeong next to me was looking at me in surprise.

**

I immediately got up from where I was lying down and looked around.

Where I am now is not the NAS entertainment conference room where I fainted.

A medium-sized room with several clean beds, a desk, and various simple medical equipment.

‘It’s my first time seeing this place…’ .’

So I asked him, who was the only person in the room other than me.

“Director Jeong… ? This place… ?”

“This is a medical room provided within the company. At first, I thought I should take him to the hospital… , I’m breathing well and I’m worried about all the stares… , I brought you here.”

“Ah… .”

Obviously, if I had been taken to the emergency room and this had become known to the media, the interest in me and the public’s obsession with me would have been even greater than it is now.

“I apologize if you are offended that I did not take Yerin to the hospital due to my own arbitrary judgment. And if you’re feeling unwell, even now… .”

“No. There is no problem with my body at all. it’s okay. Rather, Director Jeong… . How long has it been since I collapsed?”

Director Jeong looked at his watch for a moment and answered my question right away.

“2 hours have passed.”

“Then… , What is the current situation?”

“… … .”

However, he could not immediately answer the question about the current situation.

“Ha… .”

After hesitating for a moment, he took a deep breath and continued speaking.

“… First of all, the good news is that public opinion towards Ms. Yerin is not bad.”

“… The issue has become so loud, but public opinion towards me is good?”

“Yes. In fact, Yerin has built up a good image with the public… As the story spreads among adults that they are being harmed for no reason, sympathy is spreading.”

“Sympathy public opinion… .”

It was fortunate that public opinion towards me was not bad.

If I was criticized, the Rookies I belong to would also be criticized.

‘Aren’t you causing trouble to the other members? .’

However, the expression on Director Jeong’s face when he said that public opinion toward me was good was not so good.

like… , as if there were some other problem.

I looked at him blankly, and he answered me obediently.

Instead of “… , public opinion toward Brother Planning is literally the worst.”

“… … !”

“We are stigmatized by people as an evil company and are being criticized in all directions.”

“Ah… .”

I bowed my head when I heard that Brother Planning was being criticized instead of me, and Director Jeong continued speaking in a pitiful tone.

“And from MS Planning… , they want to take over Yerin’s affiliation from Brother Planning.”

“… What is that?”

“Won’t Ms. Yerin’s affiliation return to Brothers Entertainment after her one year with Rookies ends? One year later, MS Planning notified NAS Entertainment that it wanted to take Yerin on behalf of Brother Planning.”

Does this mean that a year from now, my affiliation may not be Brother Planning, but MS Planning…? ?

‘no… .’

I asked him, with my shoulders shaking for a moment, hearing words that made me shudder just thinking about them.

“… So on the NAS side… .”

“… … .”

Director Jeong sighed again and answered.

“The higher-ups are saying that we should just do whatever MS Planning wants.”

“… … !”

“Anyway, one year later, Yerin’s affiliation will be… , It doesn’t matter what happens from the NAS entertainment perspective, so let’s not make any more noise and just hand over Miss Yerin.”

“… … .”

Anyway, after a year, my affiliation will have nothing to do with NAS Entertainment… , is it… .

Thinking about it that way, I couldn’t rule out the possibility that NAS Entertainment would just hand me over to MS Planning a year later.

In response, I grabbed Director Jeong’s sleeve and sued him.

“… I don’t like it.”

“… Miss Yerin.”

“My only company is Brother Planning… . I have never signed a contract with MS Planning… , I don’t even want to go there… .”

“… … .”

“… I can’t just watch Brother Planning get criticized because of me. … Director Jeong, please help me.”

“Ha… .”

“The only person I can ask for help right now is Director Jeong… . please… , please… .”

Director Jeong bowed his head to my repeated complaints.

and… .

“Actually… .”

He spoke as if he was muttering.

“The current behavior of MS Planning… , I don’t like it either. I get a little heated when I think of CEO Ahn, who is smiling even after doing such a stupid thing.”

“Director Jeong… !”

“But I am only a working-level member and the decision-making authority lies above me. To persuade the higher-ups… , there is a need to reverse the current public opinion.”

“How would you reverse public opinion? ?”

“That… .”

“… Tell me please. Director Jeong.”

In response to my repeated pleas, Director Jeong eventually hesitated and spoke.

“The reason public opinion is now leaning toward MS Planning is because Yerin’s parents give validity to their claims.”

“… … If so.”

“I heard this from a brother planning lawyer. Yerin has lived a life of constant extortion from her parents.”

“… … .”

“I will hold a press conference, so you can state that what MS Planning and your parents said are all lies and that you have been abused by your parents for the past 19 years.”

“… … !”

The moment I heard Director Jeong’s words, I felt something sinking into my heart… .

‘Yerin, we are still lacking a lot, but… , I’ll do my best. My daughter Yerin, dad and mom love you so much.’

Mom and Dad’s words rang in my ears and captured my heart like shackles again.

“If public opinion is satisfied, the rest can be resolved by NAS. therefore… , even though it is difficult… .”

Director Jeong trailed off, perhaps thinking that what he had just said was too cruel for a 19-year-old girl.

I looked at Director Jeong blankly.

Obviously this… , it was a great opportunity to save my brother’s plan and sever ties with my parents who had clearly crossed the line.

but… .

‘Honey, our Yerin… , raise it well. The most precious thing in the world… , happily without any worries… .’

“Now, wait a minute… .”

I still wasn’t ready to throw them away.

At this, I covered my mouth and spoke to Director Jeong, feeling nauseous again.

“Time alone to think… , Give me some time… .”

“… … Yes, please come out when you make up your mind.”

Director Jeong nodded as if he understood me and walked out.

Now that I was alone, my mind was filled with confusion again.