Me in an Article?

I visited Myunghoon’s health club to exercise after a long time.

Recently I missed a few times focusing on practice at the academy, but thanks to consistently doing it until now, my body quickly remembered and adapted to the exercise equipment.

“Don’t drink alcohol again.”

“Hmph!”

Myunghoon, who was busy moving around restocking items, threw those words as he passed by.

I snorted at that, but… anyway, it’s truly embarrassing.

Even though I was drunk, I still dealt a powerful blow to Yunjin’s precious treasure.

“I’m going.”

“Okay. Go in.”

After finishing a short workout, I walk home as if taking a stroll.

I’ve liked the cool morning air mixed with a chilly breeze since I was young.

A feeling of waking up refreshed?

Humming a small tune, I enter the neighborhood and meet the elderly woman picking up empty bottles without fail today too.

I learned after encountering her a few more times at this hour that she goes around from early dawn.

She’s really diligent.

“Grandma, wait a moment!”

I run home and come out with snacks including energy bars.

I don’t think I’m a good person.

Even these actions might just be self-satisfaction.

But I decided not to think complicatedly.

Isn’t it all fine with just one sincere word of thanks from the grandmother smiling and saying thank you?

“Go carefully.”

I see off the grandmother disappearing down the alley and enter the house.

Suddenly, I recall the appearance of the woman I saved from the incident of dueling with the weapon-wielding criminal.

Her appearance sincerely thanking me with tiny teardrops falling.

There were a few more thank you calls after that, but I ended the calls quickly with short answers.

Even if she’s connected to me unnecessarily, it will only remind her of the nightmare at that time.

It’s just a memory that needs to be forgotten as soon as possible.

[It’s complicated. So is the conclusion that the manager is not a good person?]

“It’s not a problem to conclude so simply… I’m just being cautious.”

[Of what?]

“I can’t help all the people in the world anyway, so let’s just not overdo it. They say there’s also good person syndrome. Just, well… Like now, if there’s a visibly struggling person, helping to the extent that’s not overdoing it? This level seems appropriate. It’s also fine to donate little by little when there’s room in my income.”

[I see. I think it’s a good judgment.]

“Then how about bonus points or something? Originally, gods bestow grace on people who do good deeds, right?”

[Why don’t you complete the special mission?]

“Ah! How am I supposed to clear 5000 people?”

While grumbling, I think about today’s broadcast.

5 days are left until the JYC Entertainment audition.

If I broadcast more diligently and gather points, I might be able to upgrade one ability.

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Park Jongbae is a reporter.

Actually, he’s not affiliated with such a grand company.

He’s just a member of an internet newspaper that pops up three or four times a week.

But that doesn’t mean the work he does is different.

He runs and runs today too, chasing after scoops.

“Don’t just talk, produce results, results! If you don’t have ideas, follow some celebrity’s butt!”

“……”

He hasn’t had a big hit yet, but… anyway, what Park Jongbae reporter is focusing on recently is YouTube.

A huge world changing day by day like mulberry fields turning into blue sea.

Of course, there were many incidents and accidents happening there, and among them, popular YouTubers were often the parties involved.

A YouTuber who received donations with all kinds of good images and even received investments here and there saying they were doing business, but it turns out they were just squandering that money enjoying a luxurious life.

A YouTuber who gained popularity with mukbang, then went around restaurants demanding money under the table saying they would advertise.

A YouTuber who was caught manipulating broadcast content, then denied it saying there was absolutely no such thing, then was caught again and volunteered for self-reflection, but was caught drunk driving during that period.

It really seems endless no matter how much you dig.

Reporter Park Jongbae was planning to tie this into a series and make it ‘boom’ this time.

‘I’ve already investigated two people, now I just need to find one more.’

A mediocre figure wouldn’t do.

He needed to select a figure with tremendous influence, so people would click and read the article as if enchanted just by seeing the title, but selecting the last person wasn’t easy.

Then he saw an amazing action scene on TV news.

A young woman dueling with a weapon-wielding criminal.

Her face was covered with a mask and her identity wasn’t revealed, so he just passed it by at first, but a few days later he learned that woman was a YouTuber named ‘Hani’.

This is it!

He found the last puzzle piece of the project he had prepared for a long time.

Reporter Park Jongbae started collecting information about Hani.

24 years old, a BJ broadcasting on New Continent TV, operating a YouTube channel.

Then he learned that she attends a health club and academy run by her friend’s family.

‘If she’s a young and pretty woman like that, there must be someone she’s secretly dating… or there must be something to dig up.’

When doing investigative reporting, you often encounter disgusting aspects of humans.

Of course, he’s living by digging up other people’s personal lives too, but… anyway, he thought this YouTuber Hani must be hiding a lot too.

‘Come on, just get caught once. A video of acting promiscuously at a club? Going to a bar with men?’

He expected to catch something good quickly, but strangely, her life was just going between home, health club, and academy.

“Did I think wrong? I thought all celebrities and YouTubers who became famous only do dirty things behind the scenes.”

He thought it would be the same this time too because he had always seen such appearances while reporting.

Was it prejudice?

He was just thinking about giving up and looking for someone else.

He witnessed Hani helping an elderly woman picking up empty bottles, waste paper, etc. on her way back from exercise.

The appearance of unhesitatingly picking up empty bottles with dirty trash residue on them and handing them to the elderly woman.

Is it professional spirit?

He suddenly realized he was filming that scene.

And he thought.

Let’s follow her a bit more.

After that, Hani’s wholesome life continued.

No, it wasn’t simply wholesome, but a life working hard for tomorrow without a single laziness.

And as if that one act of kindness wasn’t a coincidence, she showed kindness every time she met the elderly woman picking up empty bottles.

“Excuse me, I’d like to ask you something. I’m reporter Park Jongbae from Mayo News.”

He visited the health club run by Hani’s friend’s family and the academy she attends to request interviews.

When he explained the project intention and asked them to keep it secret from Hani for a while, they all readily agreed.

And lastly, he found the elderly woman picking up empty bottles and got the final interview.

“That girl is really a good person. My life isn’t much, but when you live this long, you develop an eye for people. I knew when she first picked up empty bottles for me. It wasn’t hypocrisy but sincerity. She really held my hand tightly.”

“I understand. I’ll do my best to convey that heart.”

The direction diverged considerably from the initial plan to create three villains, but… this isn’t bad either.

No, at this point, it doesn’t matter.

He learned there’s someone living diligently without changing despite sudden popularity while bestowing small kindnesses around.

For now, that alone is enough.

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“It seems like shipping should have finished by now since it’s November 2nd, is there anyone who hasn’t received Pepero yet?”

-Noona, I didn’t receive it. Send it quickly.

-Me too, hand! Hand here!

-If you don’t promise to send it right now, I’ll roll on the floor and cry loudly. By the way, I’m 26 years old.

-ㅋ What kind of life has the person above lived?

“No, I mean among the winners who haven’t received it! Others please don’t join in, it’s confusing.”

-What? Are you discriminating against people over Pepero now?

-For real, it’s sad enough not receiving it, but now she’s telling us to get out;;

-Let’s add this to Triwiki ㄱㄱ Put it in Hani’s personality/controversy tab.

“I really want to fight in person. Ugh!”

-ㅋ You think I’d lose fighting 1:1 with a woman?

-Haven’t you seen Hani’s fighting video? Skinny men will get taught a lesson if they act up.

-Just type ㄹㅇ.

Ignoring viewers’ playful chats, I checked if there were any winners who didn’t receive Pepero.

Fortunately, they all said they received it safely.

“How is it? It tastes good, right? It should taste better than the 1500 won Pepero sold at convenience stores.”

-That’s right. It was good that there were various types too.

-I ate it deliciously. Yum yum.

-I received it, but I haven’t eaten it yet.

“Why haven’t you eaten it yet, Hani Sunflower-nim? You said you received it yesterday.”

I asked because there was a winner who alone said they still hadn’t eaten it while everyone else said they ate it well.

For what reason…

-I’m going to hold out without eating until November 11th. I’m planning to eat it while watching Hani-nim’s broadcast that day. Imagining that I received it from Hani-nim on Pepero Day…

-Ugh! I can’t help but be shocked by the teacher’s way of thinking. Please disappear from this world.

-Resistance! Lack of resistance!

-For real, it’s a bit disgusting ㄷㄷ;;

“Please don’t do that. It’s just Pepero, if you keep giving it meaning like that…”

-Hani-nim! Hani-nim! Do you know? You’re in an internet article now!

-Really? Did Hani cause some accident?

-What happened?

“I’m not sure what you mean. You say I’m in an article?”

I tilt my head at the sudden words.

Is it an attention seeker?

As I was thinking that, perhaps frustrated by my disbelieving behavior, they left a link in the chat.

I was worried it might be an assassin leaving an adult site link or something, but viewers who checked first let me know there’s nothing wrong.

“Me in the news, I really don’t know what’s going on.”

I don’t know what on earth is happening, but other viewers are saying the same thing in unison, so I should check.

I carefully clicked the link.