Finally, Jung MinAh shouted. But the thing she showed were tears. Tears filled with sorrow and anger.
“What are you, ahjussi, to… me… why are you…”[1]
“……”
Puberty would always produce ups and downs in emotions. Perhaps it’s due to the overflowing emotions? Or perhaps it was due to the piled up stress? Jung MinAh started crying sorrowfully. KangYoon, who was getting angry at her, panicked for a bit before tapping her shoulders.
“It’s just once. And in MG Entertainment, Jung MinAh, how many can hold a candle to you in dancing? This is not the decisive factor.”
“…..”
“Try again, and you can definitely do it. Alright?”
Jung MinAh felt strange. This was definitely the first time she saw him. And she was scolded and even consoled by such a person. It was the first time something like this happened.
“…..”
“…..”
For a moment, silence flowed. Jung MinAh, who controlled her emotions, raised her eyes, which were red.
“…Thank you. Nobody believed in me like this before.”
“Oh, really?”
“Thank you, even if it’s just empty words. I just… needed some consolation, I guess. This has never happened before… Ha. It’s funny.”
Perhaps she also felt that it was funny, but Jung MinAh showed an awkward smile. However, KangYoon spoke with confidence.
“It’s not empty words. It’s based on many sources. You will definitely become a singer. A big one at that.”
“…..”
“So don’t go ruining your body with something like cigarettes and start again. Alright? Don’t ruin your body.”
“…. Yes.”
Finally, Jung MinAh smiled a proper smile. Of course, the tears and the smudged makeup made her face a mess, but her unique beauty didn’t go away.
“Ayyy. This was one of the things I enjoyed.”
“Stop it. Your lung capacity will drop.”
“Ok. I’ll try stopping, but I don’t even know your name. Who are you, ahjussi?”
They spoke as if they were close friends until now, but she didn’t even know his name. Jung MinAh was curious about him. He had an ordinary impression, but his eyes had unusual depth and his body had strength.
“I’m Lee KangYoon. We will eat from the same pot from now on, so please take care of me.”
“Me too. What’s your department?”
“Heh, that’s a secret.”
“Whaat? Tch, being childish.”
KangYoon and Jung MinAh became friendly in no time and were talking without holding anything back.
It was the first meeting between Jung MinAh, whose name would shake the world as MG Entertainment’s girl group’s core, and KangYoon.
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After returning home, KangYoon was pondering about the light from the singing.
‘It doesn’t appear through the TV or computer videos, huh.’
He concluded that it only appeared when he looked at the performance directly. If that was so, then how should he use this? KangYoon fell into thought.
‘Returning to the past is an amazing miracle in itself, but to think that I would ‘see’ singing. Why did I become able to see it? Perhaps it was due to that homeless man?’
He finally remembered that he handed a 10000 Won note to a homeless man who said he was hungry.
[Tell me anything you want. I will grant them all.]
Incomprehensible stuff that he will grant them all. KangYoon wanted to start over. And those words became reality. With an incomprehensible strange ability to boot. No matter how much he thought about it, that could be the only reason.
It became night, but KangYoon didn’t turn on the light in his room. He wanted to sort out his thoughts.
‘I returned to 10 years in the past and I gained an ability to ‘see’ singing. And today, I changed the original future.’
He was put in charge of JooAh, a top-tier singer, and not the singer he was originally assigned. He even got acquainted with Jung MinAh, who he never had any interactions with before. KangYoon was satisfied with the results of his hard work. However, he was also afraid.
‘JooAh’s album planning. And in Japan to boot… I was put in charge of a huge project right off the bat. However, if it’s the me now…’
He was sick and tired of failing. He didn’t even want to think about failing anymore. There was no longer a Lee KangYoon, who was chased by loan sharks while being called the minus’s hand, anymore. KangYoon resolved again and again that he would never think of something like failing again.
He started over like how he wanted.
‘Yes. I will start over. Again!! I will definitely succeed, and become happy!!’
In the dark room, KangYoon decided on the direction of his future. I will erase something like an unfortunate future here and now. I will make a bright and sparkling future with my own hands – like this.
“Oppa, you there?”
“Oh, yeah. HeeYoon, you’re home?”
“What are you doing? It’s pitch black. Are you sulking? Kya!! Oppa, what is it!!”
Right at this moment, KangYoon, who tightly hugged his little sister who just came back from school, was happier than anyone else. And I will make this happiness bigger – he decided.
Translator’s note
[1] ahjussi means something like ‘old man’.