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Episode 14

“Hoohoohoo, perfect.”

He smiled contentedly as he stared at his computer screen in his studio.

Several days have passed since I reunited with Lee Seon-woo. During that time, regardless of whether he was home or not, I would sneak in and out of the house and secretly install tiny, miniature cameras all over the house.

“With this, I can figure out where my brother goes and who he meets!”

I spied on Lee Seon-woo’s cell phone while he was sitting on the living room sofa with a camera mounted on the ceiling.

Of course, I would have liked to hack into their phones and install a surveillance app, but the security there is still tight, so I can’t even try.

“It’s a bit disappointing that I can’t watch it in real time, but I can watch it well enough at home.”

There are a total of 64 cameras installed. They are the latest models that can even wiretap. Lee Seon-woo thought that at home, everything was now in the palm of his hand.

“I’ll sabotage every date. If this keeps happening, even if you’re my brother, you’ll have no choice but to give up on meeting other women, right?”

Although he said that he would allow it for now because he thought he would be kicked out, he had no intention of staying still.

As she had told Lee Seon-woo directly, she planned to follow him around and appear whenever he went on dates with other women to interfere.

Her plan is that if this keeps happening, even Lee Seon-woo will get tired and eventually only see her.

“Okay, let’s go make a date or something!”

I observed Lee Seon-woo, who was smiling and giving a speech with a proud look on his face. He never left his computer except when he went to the bathroom, and he even ate at his desk.

It was fun. The surveillance started to catch Lee Seon-woo off guard, but the fact that he was secretly watching the person he liked on the screen gave Joo Seol-ha a strange sense of pleasure.

But after a few days, I started to feel something strange.

“What is it?”

There hasn’t been a woman who has come to Lee Seon-woo’s house yet. If she had come to his house, it would have been easy for her to go to his house and cause trouble, but Lee Seon-woo seems to be wary of that, so he hasn’t called her directly.

However, it was clear that Lee Seon-woo had been going out and meeting other women for the past few days. The problem was that he didn’t know when.

“Are you just going to meet me without an appointment?”

With that in mind, I waited nearby a few times and followed Lee Seon-woo when he went out, but it was just routine outings like buying cigarettes at a convenience store or going to the market to buy groceries.

“Do you know what I’m looking at?”

I looked through all my past records to see if I missed anything, but I couldn’t find anything of note.

Lee Seon-woo was always behaving normally and never showed any sign of noticing or being aware of the camera.

‘That’s not true. My brother doesn’t know about the camera. He’s just living a normal life. From what I’ve observed over the past few days, I’ve never seen him contacting other women at home. So if we only look at this, my brother isn’t cheating. It’s reasonable to think so.’

However, it was also certain that Lee Seon-woo was seeing other women. When he went out for a long time or did not come home for a day, there was always a ‘trace’ left on his body when he came home.

‘I don’t know how you cheat, but for a normal person, it’s natural to have some small change in their behavior or expression when cheating. If you’re cheating with that kind of face, as if nothing happened… … I can say that your mind has already reached the realm of the gods.’

It would be great if you could confess to how you cheated and give up seeing other women.

But Ju Seol-ha knows best that that is impossible.

“Hmm. What should I do?”

Because the plan was blocked from the beginning, contrary to expectations, Ju Seol-ha’s worries deepened with each passing day.

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[‘Do you think he’ll be on guard against me and set up a date for me every time we meet?’]

You must be thinking hard today. I was a little surprised when I found out that they even installed surveillance cameras, but that didn’t stop me from meeting Yejin and proceeding with the event.

Anyway, only I can see the app’s screen. It has already been proven that it cannot be properly recognized even if it passes through other devices, including surveillance cameras.

So, even if I confidently use the app by operating my phone in front of the camera, Seol-ha has no way of knowing what I’m doing.

After peeking into Seol-ha’s inner thoughts, I decided that there wouldn’t be anything particularly unusual today, so I went back to the app’s event page and checked the progress.

[Name: Ha Ye-in]

[Age: 22]

[Rating: SR]

[Favorability: 69]

[Evaluation points: 21000]

… … The last 1 is so fucking not going up.

You need to have a favorability rating of 70 to make her your official girlfriend, but recently it’s reached a plateau.

Even if I go on dates, give gifts, or have sex, my attraction to her doesn’t increase at all.

I looked through the point shop to see if there were any hints for a strategy guide, but there wasn’t anything special.

I thought that there might be limited edition items that can only be purchased at the event shop, like acting talent, so I thought that might be the way to go, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

Since I didn’t particularly like anything, I decided to exchange the remaining points for money. Since 1 point is worth 10,000 won, I exchanged 20,000 points and 200 million won was deposited into my account.

It was perfect, since I had spent quite a bit of money buying houses and purchasing talent.

I decided to leave 1000 points just in case and go out first. I was careful of Seol-ha’s surveillance camera and got out naturally, then got in a taxi and went.

Then, I turned on the app and placed Yein on the main page, and immediately received a call.

[Ye-in: Oppa. I’m sorry, but can you come a little faster?]

As soon as the message arrived, an event notification appeared.

[Sudden Quest 2: Pressure from Model Seniors!]

[You have recently been working as a model and have left a great impression on many people. As a result, word has spread and requests to meet you through Ha Ye-in have been pouring in.]

[The quest’s scenario and rewards will change depending on your selection.]

[Reward: 100,000 points or ????]

“100,000 points?”

If you convert it to the point shop, it’s a whopping 1 billion. So, depending on my choice, I’ll either receive 1 billion or some other reward.

Judging from the way it says ‘or’, I don’t think I can receive both. Either way, I have to proceed with the event and Yein is having a hard time, so I should go there right away.

[Me: What’s going on?]

[Ye-in: That’s because our seniors really wanted to see you at least once… … I’m really sorry.]

You don’t have to feel sorry. Even if you put aside the fact that it was for the purpose of holding the event, it would have been difficult for Yein to easily refuse her seniors’ requests.

[Me: Okay. Where should I go?]

[Ye-in: This is the SAX Hotel Suite, but it’s only women! No men! It’s really just the female models gathered today because it’s one of our seniors’ birthday!]

[Me: Yeah. I’ll go right away.]

Not only did I not suspect it, but I also knew what he was doing because I checked it on the app whenever I had time.

I didn’t know I would be called there, but I was going to pick you up because I thought the party was about to end.

Since I had planned to go there from the beginning, I took a taxi and headed to the hotel.

As I arrived, got out of the taxi, went into the hotel, and took the elevator up, Yein, who had received my call, came out to pick me up.

“Brother!”

Perhaps because my favorability rating had increased significantly since the beginning, Yein, who hugged me as soon as she saw me, looked around and whispered in my ear.

“Be careful, all the seniors who are waiting are scary people. Don’t push yourself too hard because of me. Okay?”

“Okay, don’t worry too much.”

Yein, who looked up at me with a fearful expression, lifted her talon and kissed me lightly. Then, when we went into the room together, those seniors welcomed me.

“Oh! Oh! You’re really handsome!”

“You’re so cool, Yejin!”

“You’re a manager with this face? That’s a huge loss!”

As soon as I entered, before I was greeted, I was met with compliments.

A quick glance revealed that the room was littered with useless balloons and decorations of unknown origin, and the table was a mess with fallen glasses and bottles.

“… … … ”

Our Yejin must have had a hard time.

“What are you doing standing still? Come here and sit down. Oh, I’m a model senior, so can I just talk? ”

The woman who seemed to be the leader of the group of five women motioned for me to come sit next to her.

Do these women not know about me and Yein? Judging from the nuance of what they just said, it seemed like they knew.

Anyway, the core of the event was likely my response to those women.

That’s why.

“Huh?”

I didn’t go over to the side, but sat across from Yejin.

“… … I guess those two are pretty hot?”

“Yeah, that’s right.”

As he smiled at Yein, who was visibly relieved that he didn’t go next to the woman while not knowing what to do, the women sitting across from him immediately became cold.

Even if I looked at them like that, they wouldn’t go next to me. Except for Yein, they all looked to be at least 30 years old.

Of course, models look much younger than the average person, but even so, there is a difference between being ‘really young’ and ‘looking young’ as much as there is between luxury goods and duty-free shops.

Even if it’s for the sake of an event, if I have to go around women in their 30s and act cute, I just don’t do it.

“I like it. What was your name?”

“This is Lee Seon-woo.”

“Would you like to work with me? I can give you as much money as you want.”

Aha. So this was the 100,000 point reward? It seems that if you accept their offer, your evaluation points will go up a lot.

But so what?

“Thank you for your offer, but I will decline.”

“… … without even thinking about it?”

“I like what I’m doing with Yein right now.”

I can tell that Yein is moved by what I said. In contrast, the woman sitting across from her is crossing her legs and folding her arms.

“You don’t know who I am, do you? If I just make one phone call, I can keep someone like you from even coming near the filming set.”

There was one thing this woman didn’t know. The person who had the greatest advantage at the negotiating table was the one who had no particular expectations from the negotiation.

“It doesn’t matter. It wasn’t the original model either.”

“Then what about that guy you’re sucking on so much? Would you be able to say the same thing if he gets kicked out?”

“I can’t do it.”

“Then you have to figure it out yourself.”

“I don’t like it.”

The lady’s face became incredibly sinister. At the same time, the faces of the other ladies also became incredibly sinister. It was very funny to see their similar-looking faces even have the same expressions.

Wow, they really are very similar. Did they have the surgery at the same hospital?

“Get out.”

“?”

“Get out now. Hey, Hae-in. You get out too!”

So we came out as soon as we went in. As soon as we came out, I put aside the app notification that was ringing and spoke to Yein, who was holding my arm tightly and rubbing my face.

“Are you worried?”

“Yeah. It’s okay. It’s much better this way than having my brother taken away. You can find something else to do.”

“Thank you for your consideration, but you don’t have to.”

“Huh?”

I picked up the phone, shook it, and laughed.

“Do you think I came here unprepared?”

There were some fun items in the satisfaction point shop that I usually use, not the event point shop, so I bought them in a taxi on the way here.

The next day, news appeared on the Internet that the four women who had threatened me and Yein had been arrested as drug offenders.

[Favorability 69 → 81]

[Congratulations! You have cleared the event scenario!]

[Ha Ye-in has become my official girlfriend!]