If You Raise Three Idols Well, They Will Confess Their Love

48 – That’s a conspiracy theory, right?

Episode 48

When the ghost woman reflexively looked away to avoid seeing her exposed figure, she spoke.

“Are you wearing it?”

When I turned my head to check, a white dress was revealed.

It looks like it was worn inside body-skimming pants.

… Did you really have to take it off to prove it?

“… “Okay, put it back on.”

Without saying a word, the ghost woman folded her dress and put on her pants again.

“But why did you come here? “The cleaning isn’t finished yet?”

“I finished cleaning the women’s bathroom and came to help. “I didn’t know you were still doing it.”

“I’m sorry my hands are slow.”

I would have been done by now if I just sprinkled water and hissed, but my pride wouldn’t allow me to do that.

Still, it’s something I set out to do, so I have to do my best.

“No, you don’t need to apologize. “It wasn’t the size to do it alone in the first place.”

… For some reason, it was so wide.

“I’m not trying to criticize you, I’m just asking out of curiosity, but then why did you make me do it alone?”

Without answering, the ghost woman held a brush and started wiping away the grime from the urinal next to me. The skillful handwork looked quite professional. Probably, he has been cleaning it himself for a long time.

I ignored her as she didn’t respond and finished wiping the urinal.

When she had silently cleaned the six urinals, she spoke again.

“Actually, the director doesn’t ask volunteers to clean the bathroom, that is, to volunteer.”

So what am I doing now?

“I think that if you ask volunteers to do something like that, they will get tired of it easily. That thought is not wrong. “If you do something like this, many people will run away.”

Well, most people seemed to think so.

If I hadn’t had the ambition to become the next bubble shower, I would have given up halfway through.

It’s a bit excessive to ask someone to clean a bathroom that smells bad from the start.

“That’s why the director has us do educational volunteer work. “We want volunteers to build bonds with the children and have a continued interest in the orphanage and volunteer work.”

“When I think of volunteering at an orphanage, I think of something like that. “The director’s judgment seems to have an impact on such universal perceptions and expectations.”

“that’s right. I also do not view educational service itself as a bad thing. It’s totally worth it. “It’s also a fun thing to do.”

The ghost woman said, furrowing her eyebrows awkwardly.

“But do you know what’s funny?”

“… “What is it?”

“Even if we provide such educational services, 96% of the volunteers do not come back. “I personally saw the leak, so this is an accurate number.”

There was a hint of resentment in her words. It seemed like he was somewhat sad.

However, I believe that even if it is not done continuously, a single donation is still valuable.

Because of that, I defended the volunteers who came forward even though I didn’t know their faces.

“I say this carelessly because I don’t know the internal situation, but wouldn’t their dedication have been worth it even if it was just for that one time?”

She said, shaking her head.

“It doesn’t really matter to me if you just don’t come. However, most people make promises too lightly in the atmosphere of educational volunteer work.”

I asked, scraping the grime off the urinal with a brush.

“What is the promise?”

“I will come again next time. I’m going to buy you a gift. “I will take you somewhere.”

I stopped brushing for a moment and looked at her.

“The kids believe that. one more time. It’s different this time. Send your faith that way. But most of the time, we end up disappointed.”

There was dejection on her face as she brushed her teeth.

It seemed that it wasn’t just the children at the orphanage who were disappointed.

As she spoke now, she seemed to be bitterly disappointed.

“So, I ignored the director’s words and ordered him to volunteer. ‘If you’re going to disappear after seeing it anyway, don’t show your face to the kids.’ “I was thinking these provocative thoughts.”

She stopped brushing, lowered her head, and said.

“In the end, it was my rude arbitrariness that led to the volunteer cleaning the bathroom now.”

I understood her feelings.

When people get hurt too much, they try not to create situations where they will get hurt.

It was assumed that such an avoidance mechanism was at work when she made me clean the bathroom.

It was hard to see it as a good look to reveal this mechanism to others.

However, it was also considered that she was mature despite her young age in that she quickly admitted her mistakes and spoke up.

So I accepted the ghost woman’s confession and apology positively.

“Thank you for telling me the truth.”

I said jokingly to change the mood.

“By the way, can I assume that by saying that to me, you viewed me a little more positively than 96% of the volunteers?”

The ghost woman said with a small smile at my words.

“… Yes, but I still seem like a strange person who is a little different from other people.”

It was the laughter of a ghost girl I had never seen before.

I thought that smile was really pretty.

ah… Should I seriously try becoming an idol? If you have that kind of charm, it’s worth joining even if your dancing or vocals are a bit lacking.

But that smile somehow felt like déjà vu.

It felt like I saw it somewhere.

While I was contemplating looking at her, everything came to mind like an electric current.

Both her face and her name.

I repeated the name that came to mind unconsciously.

“… “Jin summer.”

How did I forget that face?

That woman was Jin Yeo-reum, the third-generation conglomerate of Jin Kang Group and the signal for the bubble shower incident. And he was a former rhythmic gymnastics prospect who fell into ruin when he was discovered to have doped at the Olympic athlete selection competition.

During his time as a promising player, he was nicknamed the Smiling Angel and was loved by the nation, even opening a personal fan cafe, but he was also an icon of the abyss who quickly became a national criminal due to a doping incident.

“… .”

She sighed softly, as if she was embarrassed by what I recognized.

“ha… . “I thought you didn’t know, but you just didn’t recognize me.”

Jin Yeoreum and I met our eyes. And as if she had been waiting for this moment, her status window appeared.

[Name-Jin Yeoreum (Female)]

[Appearance-A+ Potential A+]

[Vocal-C Potential B+]

[Dance-A Potential S]

[Lab-D- Potential D]

[Smoke-C- Potential B-]

[Entertainment-D Potential C+]

[This person is suitable for being the main dancer. I highly recommend recruiting.]

This guy is throwing it again. Does it sound like a recommendation for recruitment in the face of public disfavor?

The potential is truly ridiculous. I never imagined that there would be another girl like Gaeul other than Ga Eul.

Still don’t do it. Damn Tae-chang.

While I was getting bored looking at the status window, Jin Yeoreum asked.

“So?”

“yes?”

“Now that you know that I’m in the middle of the summer, don’t you have something to say?”

No, I have nothing to say. … If I had to say one thing, it would be ‘let’s not live in a relationship with each other.’ degree?

“If you want to say… .”

“Well, it happens often.”

Jin Yeoreum put down the cleaning brush, stared at me, and said.

“Why are you volunteering here? Aren’t you going to school? Why is there no support here? Doesn’t Jinkang Group give you money? Why did you dope?”

She bit her lip and said.

“… Why did you give a condescending sermon on the topic of criminals?”

Jin Yeo-reum seemed to be tormenting herself as she said those words.

I didn’t want to add a hand to tormenting her like that.

Even without that, it seemed like Jin Yeo-reo was already being tormented enough.

“Jin Yeoreum. “Please don’t say things like that.”

“… .”

“Jin Yeoreum is not a criminal, right?”

The course of the incident in which Jin Yeo-reum was discovered doping was as follows.

Jin Yeo-reum, who was leaving the Olympic trials, tests positive for a banned substance during a medical test. Jin Yeoreum denies that fact.

The media reports on Jin Yeo-reo’s positive test, which was the subject of national attention.

Those who saw it criticize her for corrupting the sacred competition.

Jin Yeoreum’s fans and supporters actively support her claims.

Public opinion is divided and fights like dogs.

A large-scale test is conducted in the interest of the public, and it is confirmed that she has a reaction to the prohibited drug.

By this time, public opinion, which had been divided in defense of her, was completely broken, and everyone moved to drive her out.

It was the moment when fans turned to anti.

Jinkang Group, where her father serves as chairman, did not stand still.

Jin Kang’s side claims that it was an arbitrary operation by her personal doctor who was greedy for success.

It is not only to inform public opinion, but it is to sit a private doctor in court.

Jin Kang creates a division of top lawyers and presents the same argument in court.

As a result, Jin Yeo-reum succeeds in denying intentional negligence and is acquitted.

However, even after the trial results were announced, public opinion did not improve.

They believed more in the conspiracy theory that a doctor in Jingang was used as an outcast rather than the court’s judgment that she was also a victim.

Honestly, I think I did too.

However, there would be no reason to start an emotional fight by saying this to someone’s face.

“under… , There’s no need to say that in front of your face.”

… Did you get caught?

“I already know very well that everyone in the world thinks of me as a criminal.”

His tone was closer to defensive self-deprecation rather than reading my mind.

It’s about putting yourself down to not have expectations.

Whether she was doping or not, it felt like her mental state was quite precarious.

I spoke to her as casually as possible.

“I guess not so? “Jin Yeoreum was found not guilty, right?”

“Whether it was lobbying or giving preferential treatment to all government officials, they must have used some kind of despicable method.”

Is this an accurate understanding of public opinion? Actually, I think so too.

Although I won’t say it out loud.

“That’s a conspiracy theory, right?”

I said with an innocent expression.

“I will trust the judgment of the law rather than false rumors. So please don’t describe yourself as a criminal in front of me.”

If I admit that, I’ll be playing around with a criminal.

“To me, Jin Yeoreum is a strict senior who is doing volunteer work at the orphanage first. And I am Jin Yeo-reum’s junior volunteer who cleans the bathroom. “Wouldn’t that be enough to define us?”

Summer. Let’s just keep the relationship up to that point. Don’t even think about getting closer.

Jin Yeoreum looked at me as if she was seeing a strange animal.

“… “I will take back from saying that you are a slightly different and strange person.”

And he spoke with a smile full of his unique charm.

“You are a very strange person.”