ALL NOVEL Chapter 315
Chapter 315: A Night in Gangwon-do Behind (3)
While the restaurant was overflowing with testimonies, there was nothing coming out of the guesthouse—except for the account from the guest in room 201. The Destis managed to track down the traces of Hajin and Haru at the guesthouse… in a rather unexpected place.
★★★★★
**gomi*****
Green Narae-dong 301**
“I stayed for a night with my husband and 5-year-old son. We were looking for a quiet place with not many people, and this seemed like a good value. The facilities were very clean, and the owner was extremely kind and attentive. They took great care of everything our child needed, so we had a wonderful time. I think we’ll come back if we visit Gangwon-do again~”
This review was posted on a lodging app for Taehyun’s guesthouse. At first glance, it seemed like an ordinary review, but the last three lines were what caught the attention of the Destis.
(…….)
“+ Oh! And the part-timers at the store grilled sweet potatoes and buttered squid themselves and sold them to guests. Make sure to try them if you visit!!! My son came back with a piece of squid, and I wondered where he got it from, but apparently, the young part-timer gave it to him to try~ My kid loved it so much that we bought a few more, but when we went back to buy more, they were already sold out…ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅠ. Honestly, it was way better than anything you’d find at a rest stop. ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅠ”
The attached photo showed buttered squid grilled to a perfect golden brown, cheese-topped roasted sweet potatoes, caramel-coated popcorn, and fried corn in a paper cup. The visual appeal was so strong that it outclassed even the viral photos of some of the best one-star restaurants.
But the rave reviews for these ‘convenience store snacks that outshine most rest stops’ didn’t end there.
★★★★★
**Wonse***
Areumduri-dong 102**
“Clean and nice lodging. Convenience store food is GOAT. I might come back just for that….”
**[Gangwon-do Guesthouse Recommended Honest Review]**
**MookongDiary ‖ Influencer (20XX.03.27)**
(…….)
**(Guesthouse Photo1.jpg)**
“When you go to the store, you’ll see staff like this! If they’re not there, just call the number on the door. When I went, there were two men, and both were super handsome and charming…ㅎㅎ. There aren’t any supermarkets or convenience stores nearby, so they’ve stocked almost everything at the store! We even bought some extra meat that we were short on! And when we arrived, one of the staff members was grilling snacks in the yard in front of the store. Wow…the smell…ㅋㅋㅋㅋ it was insane. So, in the end…!”
**(Photo of cheese sweet potatoes, buttered squid, and honey-glazed grilled rice cakes.jpg)**
“How could we pass by without buying anythingㅋㅋㅋ (emoticon)? We thought we’d just taste a little, but after trying it on our way out, we turned right back and bought moreㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. Honestly, it was better than most bar snacks. It was so delicious. Especially the buttered squid—how did they even grill it? It was just like dried squid, but I couldn’t stop eating itㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜㅜ. (Of course, it might have tasted even better because the staff member selling it was so handsomeㅋㅋㅎㅎ).”
(…….)
The Destis, who sometimes encountered reviews like ‘The staff was really kind and attentive,’ ‘The staff ate the sample food so deliciously that I ended up buying it,’ or ‘The food was delicious, and the staff was handsome,’ were now certain.
The ‘#PensionConvenienceStoreSoldOutGuy’ who charmed everyone was none other than their group leader and maknae.
**[All these puppy-like reviews are hilarious]**
“A staff member was tasting food, and suddenly, another staff member next to him grabbed his forehead because he broke the tongs.”
《This is just a Kairos vlog in disguiseㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋKang Hajin and Dan Haru’s self-expression on another levelㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ》
– **”It’s just text, but why can I see it with my eyesㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
– **”I feel like I just watched a whole Kairos vlog episode, seriouslyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
**[HeartTrio is really something else]**
**”While 1Ha was off winning money playing Go-Stop, 2Ha and 3Ha made a fortune by selling out the convenience store snacksㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
**”This is what it takes to dominate public TV variety shows, huh…ㅠㅜ.”**
– **”But seriously, doesn’t it look insanely delicious???? The cheese sweet potato looks crazy good.”**
– **”Kang Hajin and Dan Haru should start a live broadcast right now and share the recipes.”**
– **”HeartTrio is too dangerous to be left unsupervised. Who knows what they’ll do next?”**
└ **”Even if you dropped them on a deserted island, they’d make a fortune by developing it into a tourist spot….”**
– **”I’m new to this, but is 1Ha Doha??ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
└ **”YepㅋㅋㅋDoha, Hajin, and Haru all have ‘Ha’ in their names, so it’s HeartTrio+numbered by age: 1Ha, 2Ha, 3Haㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. There’s also a GreatHa, MiddleHa, and SmallHa as extras.”**
└ **”That’s so cute tlqkfㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
**BigChel @crushonyouS2**
**Kairos PuppyTrioConvenienceStoreSelloutScandal**
**Kang Hajin and Dan Haru made insane JMT snacks and turned Taehyun’s family guesthouse into a convenience store hotspot. Not only that, they flooded Twitter with posts about butter-grilled dried squid.**
**(#ButterGrilledDriedSquid, #ConvenienceStoreSoldOut trending screenshot.jpg)**
**(Guesthouse review screenshot.jpg)**
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Of course, Destis reacted strongly to such a typical Hajin and Haru episode, but the photos of the insanely appealing snacks they made also sparked huge reactions among non-fans. It got so intense that Taehyun’s mother had to temporarily close all reservations for the guesthouse due to the overwhelming number of inquiries!
And as the convenience store sellout scandal continued to grow bigger than expected, some Destis began to wonder about this:
**[Unexpected Point of Interest in the Convenience Store Sellout Scandal]**
**Did Taecel know about all this…?**
“Judging by the fact that the reviews mostly talk about staff who seem to be Hajin and Haru, it might have all happened while Cherry wasn’t around…ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”
– **”Wouldn’t he have known? It’s Taehyun’s family guesthouse.”**
└ **”If you look at the previous reviews, there’s no mention of them selling snacks in front of the store like that, so people are speculating that the PuppyTrio just started it on their ownㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
└ **”Oh, really? That’s not how they usually sell things????”**
└ **”YepㅋㅋㅋBut since it’s Taehyun’s family guesthouse, it seems like they would’ve gotten permission.”**
– **”Considering Taehyun didn’t say much last time during Pop-Pop, I doubt he knew. If he had known, there’s no way he wouldn’t have shared the story.”**
– **”Normally, you’d assume they got permission, but since it’s Kang Hajin and Dan Haru, you can’t predict anything.”**
– **”If they did it secretly, should they be scolded or praised for it?ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ.”**
– **”If Taehyun didn’t know, I’ll bet my entire fortune that the PuppyTrio are standing in the corner with their hands up like last time during the album-breaking live broadcast spoiler incident.”**
└ **”But they sold out everything…? They made a fortune…? The reviews are exploding with 5-star ratings…?”**
– **”Please, start a live broadcast right now, guys. We need a proper follow-up, please….”**
Did Seo Taehyun (a.k.a the only rational, brake, normal one, dog owner, and final defense line of Kairos) know about all this?
And if he didn’t, how would he react?
**”Ha… I wish I could be the CCTV in Kairos’ dorm right now.”**
And at this moment, at the very Kairos dorm everyone was so curious about….
“…….”
“……….”
“………Aren’t you holding your hands up properly?”
“Yep.”
“Y-yes.”
Kang Hajin and Dan Haru knelt politely with their hands raised in front of Seo Taehyun, who was holding a baseball bat…!
* * *
It was over.
‘Seo Taehyun is pissed.’
The atmosphere in the living room was even more suffocating than when Dan Haru mindlessly
spoiled their comeback during a live broadcast. Not even Lee Yugeon’s grandfather coming in with some grandpa jokes could ease this tension.
Sitting on the living room sofa, Seo Taehyun ominously tapped his shoulder with the baseball bat he had somehow procured and spoke in a low voice.
“So….”
“…….”
“You set up a stall…? Behind my back…?”
“……….”
Seo Taehyun, whose surprisingly deep voice would shock fans only familiar with his broadcasting voice, relaxed his neck and lifted his head to look at us.
“When……?”
It was truly over.
His calm voice and demeanor made it all the more terrifying.
I glanced to the side for help, but it seemed the restaurant part-timer trio couldn’t handle Seo Taehyun’s full-on angry mode and were looking away, pretending not to see anything.
‘Stay calm, Kang Hajin.’
If I keep my wits about me, I can pull off a circus even in a tiger’s den.
I carefully opened my mouth, trying to look as sorry and repentant as possible.
“Well…. You know, when you went to the annex to prepare for the campfire, after telling me to set up the sweet potatoes…?”
“Yeah.”
“So, while I was grilling the sweet potatoes, they smelled really good. We were all super hungry, and we’d been working all day, so we were craving something sweet… And then I saw the maknae snacking on some chips because he was hungry too?”
“And then?”
“So, originally! Originally, we only intended to make a little, just a tiny bit for ourselves! There were cheese, a torch, and a gas burner right there! We thought we’d just make a little snack to hold us over…! That was the plan…!”
Damn, I stumbled over my words.
But that wasn’t the point right now.
To appeal to our innocence, I made my eyebrows droop pitifully and continued explaining the situation to Seo Taehyun.
“But as we were making it! The sweet potatoes didn’t seem like enough? But we couldn’t eat it all since it was supposed to be sold to the guests, right? So! I saw some dried squid nearby! And there was peanut butter in the pantry…! So I thought, why not stir-fry it a bit…! Oh, and for the record, I paid for the dried squid out of my own pocket! We really only planned to eat it ourselves…!”
“…….”
Both Haru and I were genuinely frustrated.
We just started small, thinking we’d eat it ourselves!
We only meant to try a little taste!
“But!”
“But?”
“Then…!”
“Then.”
“…As we were making it, we got carried away and lost control of the portions…!”
I mean, what could we do when we started rummaging through the fridge and found corn, rice cakes, and all sorts of things?
And what could I do when Dan Haru suddenly awakened, and his former bartender self resurfaced?
Anyway, we were innocent…!