episode_0177

“There are cases where the group is shaken by controversies over the private lives of its members.”

“Privacy controversy?”

When I tilted my head and asked, Park Yu-jeong nodded and answered.

“Yes, like drugs for example. Haven’t you ever seen the news that a group disbanded because one of the members got caught using drugs?”

I think I’ve seen it…

After all, idols are a profession that lives off their image, so a crime like drug use would cause damage to their image that would be difficult to recover from.

The moment you get caught doing something like that, you can see that your idol life is over.

‘Now that I think about it, I think I saw an internet article once that said that idols sometimes get addicted to strong drugs because of their tough lives… .’

Are there any brokers who specialize in finding such things?

but….

“… Our Rookies members seem to be quite distant from drugs.”

“Haha, that’s right. There’s no way our innocent members would do drugs or anything.”

“Then what else is there besides drugs?”

Yeah, it looks like Rookies and drugs don’t have anything to do with each other.

When I asked Park Yu-jeong about something else, she rested her chin on her hand for a moment and then said,

“Hmm…, gambling? If you get caught gambling, your image will be seriously damaged.”

“Gambling?”

Gambling… . It seems like it would be a fatal blow to an idol if they were caught gambling.

But that didn’t seem to have anything to do with the Rookies either.

So I fell into thought again… .

“Ah.”

A very controversial topic came to mind recently.

“School violence.”

School violence.

So-called school violence.

Recently, many celebrities and YouTubers have fallen into the abyss after their past history of school violence was revealed.

School violence is especially fatal to idols.

An idol who is the object of admiration for many students actually bullied his friends during his school days?

Then the fans can’t help but feel betrayed.

School violence was truly a landmine that idols had to avoid at all costs.

of course….

“But…, school violence doesn’t seem to have anything to do with our rookies.”

School violence also seemed to have nothing to do with our rookies.

I looked at the faces of the sleeping members one by one.

Lee Hye-jeong.

There is absolutely no way that the kind-hearted Lee Hye-jeong would have committed school violence. Pass.

Na Hanna.

Anyone who looks at it will see that I only slept during my school days. Pass.

Seo Yu-jin.

Although he was very arrogant during his days of being reckless, he was originally a pure-hearted person.

I don’t think Seo Yu-jin would have bullied the kids, pass.

Yoo Seol.

Although he has a somewhat rough and scary side… he is not the type of person to bully anyone.

And Yoo Seol said that she had been engrossed in the life of a trainee since she was young, and that she didn’t even go to school when she was in high school because she was preparing for her debut. Pass.

Lastly…, Park Yu-jeong.

‘It’s not Yoojung…, absolutely not.’

Park Yoo-jung has a cheerful and popular style that anyone can see.

Because she had such a strong affinity for others, there was no one in Naaah who wasn’t close with Park Yoo-jung.

Park Yu-jeong seems to have approached and become friends with the kids who were being neglected at school.

pass.

Definitely pass.

Still, since Park Yu-jeong was the only one among the members who was awake, I asked her playfully.

“Yoo Jeong-ah, you didn’t commit school violence, did you?”

“Yes.”

“Yeah, you wouldn’t do that. There’s definitely no one among our Rookies who has bullied others. Then we don’t have to worry about bullying… . What’s left… .”

I closed my eyes and lost myself in thought, talking to myself like that.

Park Yu-jeong didn’t say anything to me, perhaps because she was lost in thought.

At that time, there was silence in the waiting room for about 5 minutes.

“… You forgot the most important thing.”

“… Hmm?”

“… … .”

I thought only Park Yu-jeong and I were awake… but then another voice intervened.

When I turned my head in that direction, I saw Na Hanna lying on the sofa looking at us with a sad face.

“Sorry, Hannah. Did you wake up because of us?”

“… That’s not it. More than that, I’ve been listening to you two since a while ago… , you forgot the most important thing.”

“The most important thing? What is it?”

When I tilted my head and asked, Na Hanna smiled faintly and said.

“Scandal.”

“Ah.”

Scandal… that is, a dating rumor.

Well… since long ago, dating rumors have often given idols a negative feeling.

but….

“These days, it doesn’t have as big of a impact as a dating rumor.”

Times have changed.

In the old days, if an idol was dating, people would go crazy.

These days, there is a strong view that idols are also people, so people have become very lenient about idols’ love lives.

It is now rare to see an entire group being shaken by a single member’s dating rumor.

“Well, that’s true. But even now, agencies are afraid of dating rumors among their artists. Especially for rookies like us, once a dating rumor comes out, fans leave us a lot.”

“Yeah, but is there anyone among our rookies who would be rumored to be dating? When you’re this busy, where would you have time to meet the opposite sex?”

When I tilted my head and spoke, Park Yu-jeong, who had been silent for five minutes, smiled again and opened her mouth to speak to me slyly.

“Oh my, sister. What kind of naive thing is that? Babies were born during the Korean War, too.”

As Park Yoo-jung spoke like that, Na Hanna, who was also good at killing people, laughed and added.

“That’s right. And from what I see… If there were dating rumors among the Rookies, I think you’d be the first to come out?”

“What? Me?”

When Na Hanna suddenly pointed at me, I couldn’t help but be shocked for a moment.

That would be true… .

“I have no interest in the opposite sex at all?”

Because I had no interest in or intention of dating anyone.

Maybe it’s because of the influence of my past life, but I’ve never been excited by anyone of the opposite sex.

Me dating a guy? That’s ridiculous.

I even thought that I had a better chance of dating a woman.

“Hey, I would never do that.”

When I shook my head strongly, Park Yu-jeong and Na Hanna came up to me like back-alley thugs and whispered to me.

“Sister. Is that up to you? Do you think guys will keep swaying your heart? When I saw it yesterday, all the male idols were ogling at you?”

“There is no tree that doesn’t fall after being hit 10 times. Hehe, even my sister will eventually fall someday”

“… There’s no tree that doesn’t fall after 10 hits. How many times do you think I’ve been confessed to so far?”

“Hey… , you’ve never been confessed to by a celebrity, not an ordinary person, right? Right?”

When Park Yu-jeong asked with a big laugh, I answered calmly.

“No? Have you ever been confessed to by celebrities? I got one yesterday too. He sent me a DM saying he wanted to get to know me seriously.”

“Huh-?! Really?”

“Who, who is it? Who sent you that DM?”

When Park Yu-jeong and Na Hanna fell over in surprise at what I said while tilting my head, I calmly showed them the message history.

The opponent was a famous first-team male idol from a fairly large company, although not one of the top three entertainment companies.

Park Yoo-jung and Na Hanna, who were trying to tease me for being single, actually looked at my phone screen where I received a DM confession… .

“Wow… , I can see the certification mark, so this is real… .”

“I’ve listened to this person’s songs a lot… . This person confessed to Yerin unnie… ?”

“This is totally pure… .”

“

He spat out a swear word.

And then he shouted indignantly.

“This guy, isn’t he crazy? Yerin unnie is only 19! She hasn’t even had her birthday yet, so she’s only 17! This, this crazy guy confessed… !!”

“’I listened to Yerin’s music well.’, ‘I want to get to know Yerin seriously.’ This, this crazy bastard, this 26-year-old bastard, how dare he say that to a high school student!! Unnie! Hurry up and block me! Block me!”

“… I blocked you a long time ago. I blocked you without even responding.”

From idol trainees to famous idols, and even actors you’ve seen a few times in dramas.

Since I first created my personal account, I’ve been receiving confessions from celebrities like this quite often.

Of course, I blocked him immediately as soon as he confessed.

But, since I was feeling anxious, Park Yu-jeong and Na Hanna on either side of me grabbed my arms with pale faces and spoke anxiously.

“Sister! I’m sorry for joking around earlier!”

“There is a tree that doesn’t fall after being hit 10 times! There’s something like the World Tree! So you have to keep building an iron wall against men like this. Yes?”

“Of course it will be. But why are you guys so over it.”

“… We were worried that my sister might meet a strange guy.”

“What?”

When I tilted my head at the unexpected remark, Park Yu-jeong and Na Hanna each said something as if they were worried.

“… I think my sister would be very devoted to a man if she were to date him.”

“… If a man asks for money, I’ll give him the money, and if he asks me to do housework, I’ll do it.”

“… No, I’m not stupid, so there’s no way that would happen… .”

I was about to say that it couldn’t be true, but then I felt a sting and closed my mouth.

If you tell me to make money, I will make money.

If you tell me to do housework, I do it.

… Aren’t these all things that my parents did to me?

Thinking about it that way, I can understand a little why my younger siblings are worried that I might meet the wrong guy.

“Sister. If you want to meet a man in the future, you have to get our permission in advance.”

“No. Just don’t date or get married and live with us for the rest of your life.”

“Okay… No, I don’t mean okay… How did we get to this point?”

I was thinking about scenarios of what kind of crisis our rookies would face and that’s how I ended up here.

But now, looking at the members… .

‘I don’t think it’s a dating rumor…’

The chances of a dating rumor arising among the Rookies also seemed extremely slim.

‘Then what could it be…?’

All of the dating rumors, drugs, gambling, and school violence that I just mentioned seem to have little to do with Rookies.

‘Rookies are a group that we’ll be talking about soon anyway.’

So what on earth is driving the Rookies into such a corner?

“Sigh… .”

No matter how much I thought about it, the answer didn’t come.

Rather, I felt like my head was becoming increasingly complicated.

So I looked at the time and… .

Sigh.

“Hey, sis. Where are you going?”

I got up from my seat.

“Let’s take a walk around the broadcasting station for a moment.”

The time now is 2:00 PM.

There are three hours left until the main broadcast starts.

Based on my experience, now is the time when there are the fewest people around.

I planned to take advantage of this timing to take a quick walk around the broadcasting station to cool my head.

“Sister, are you going to meet your secret boyfriend? No, we will choose our spouse ourselves.”

“… That’s not it. I’ll be back soon.”

I took Park Yu-jeong’s prank and went out the waiting room door.

widely.

As expected, the hallway was deserted.

“Then where should we go?”

Since my debut, I’ve had little time for myself, so I’ve been feeling a little sad, but doing something like this has made me feel a lot more at ease.

So I walked along, wondering where to go.