Producer with no Regrets - Chapter 376



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Episode 376

Of course, the first one to recognize Seiko’s cry was Seongpil.

It was only later that Chinon noticed Seiko’s approach. Kafuu Seiko’s full-throated scream reached Chinon’s ears at a decibel level comparable to a train horn.

“How could you do this to me―!”

Seiko slightly moved the cup in her hand forward so that the other person could see it better.

Of course, I had no intention of spilling my coffee like in a scene from a weekend drama.

Seiko is scared.

Even in situations where irrational anger was taking over my body, I unconsciously considered the possibility of getting into a physical fight with Chinon.

Seiko would not approach someone with a weapon (coffee) in his hand. Chinon thought the same, so she raised her glass as a means of self-defense.

It looks like he’s the one picking the fight, but he doesn’t want to get hurt…

“I thought you were my friend―!”

Seiko’s steps became unsteady as she became extremely excited.

She staggered around awkwardly, without any sense of threat, as she strode towards her opponent.

“ah?”

At the same time, the cup containing Seiko was broken, and the coffee inside spilled out.

Seongpil quickly got up with miraculous reflexes that were hard to believe for a 33-year-old.

Seiko comes to her senses, and Chinon covers her mouth in shock.

and.

“Ahhhh! Ahhh hot! Hot!”

Seongpil shook off the coffee stains on his chest, flapping his body like a puppy with its fur on fire.

“Hot, hot, hot… … It’s not hot?”

At that moment, Seongpil realized that the noisy cafe had become quiet. Looking around, he saw dozens of people looking in this direction.

* * *

“I’m really sorry, Mr. Otonashi. I’m so embarrassed. I’m really sorry. I’m sorry.”

Now, Misato, the head of the headquarters, repeatedly bowed to Chinon.

Chinon just smiled gently, saying it was okay. But Misato couldn’t stop apologizing.

Chinon Otonashi was a world-renowned jazz pianist, Grammy winner, and even performed at the Olympic opening ceremony.

Besides, there was no need to give a reason for it, since Seiko had threatened Chinon.

“Nothing happened to me. I’m really okay.”

Chinon checked the time, then bowed slightly as if he felt sorry.

“I’m sorry. I have an appointment so I have to go.”

“No. Seiko-chan, no, thank you for forgiving Seiko. I’ll apologize to you separately later… … .”

Misato continued to follow Chinon and apologized.

Chinon waved his hand at Misato as she followed him and retreated. Even while doing so, he did not turn his back on Misato, so he reassured her as he walked backwards.

And so Chinon disappeared into the elevator.

As the door closed, Misato straightened her bent back and returned to where she had been.

“Director Park, how about this… … .”

“I’m really okay now.”

As the person who had been hit with the coffee, Seongpil had received an apology from Misato that was even more severe than Chinon’s.

Seongpil barely managed to stop her from running to the department store, saying he would buy her new clothes right away.

“Is it my turn now?”

Seongpil pointed to the reception room door. Misato nodded gloomily.

Seiko is waiting in the reception room. She just had a heart-to-heart talk with Chinon.

Now it was time for Seongpil to step in.

Misato said with a guilty expression.

“Director Park, Seiko-chan… … .”

“I know it wasn’t intentional. I don’t plan on saying anything out loud… .”

“Please say something loudly.”

“yes?”

Misato has lived thinking of herself as Seiko’s parent. She has thought of herself that way for over 15 years, and has been very interested in Seiko’s emotions and behavior.

“Seiko-chan is not used to apologies. She is also not good at calculating the consequences of her actions.”

It was the same during ‘New Asa’.

She decided to appear on ‘Newsasa’ because she wanted to be recognized by Sungpil. However, common sense tells us that even if she won on ‘Newsasa’, Sungpil would not react positively.

It would have been a victory that was achieved by defeating the Girls’ League, the idol group that Sungpil was in charge of. It would have been a bad result for Webex as well, since he had defeated the Girls’ League, who had become his family.

But Seiko had never thought about such causality in her head.

“Because there was a long period of time where I did everything for him, he became a person who was true to his own feelings.”

Seiko used Misato as her left brain.

Seiko herself focuses only on artistic and emotional work with her right brain, and leaves all other complex and calculating work to Misato.

“I hope this opportunity will help you understand the concept of responsibility.”

“You shouldn’t spill coffee on people… … If you do, you get punished… … That’s the responsibility?”

“… … If you say that, Seiko will seem like a very lacking person.”

“sorry.”

Seongpil knocked and entered the room.

Seiko had her back turned to the door. She didn’t turn around even though she felt Sungpil’s presence, but judging from the way her shoulders were trembling, she seemed scared.

Seongpil walked briskly over to Seiko and sat down. Then he was silent.

‘What did you ask me to say loudly?’

Seongpil didn’t know why Seiko had tried to spill coffee on Chinon. But looking at the situation, it seemed like it was due to Seiko’s misunderstanding.

‘First of all, we need to make them realize that it is absurd to try to pour liquid on a person.’

Seiko must have been quite angry. That’s why she tried to spill coffee on Chinon.

But a normal person, no matter how angry they are, would not pour or splash coffee on someone.

Of course, Seiko said that it wasn’t intentional and that she couldn’t help it because her leg was tangled, but the problem was herself approaching Chinon with coffee that wasn’t even hers.

‘Let’s keep quiet until someone speaks first.’

Silence inspires imagination.

It increases anxiety by making you unaware of the other person’s intentions or feelings.

Seongpil, who had managed many trainees in his past life, knew the most effective method for this situation. I don’t know if it’s right to use this method on an adult (30 years old), though.

“… … .”

Seiko didn’t raise her head. That didn’t mean she wasn’t doing anything.

She was taking finger-sized snacks one by one from the snack basket on the table.

Take it out, open the package, and arrange the contents neatly on top of the package.

Repeated it.

On the table, there were rows of snacks laid out by Seiko, like an army. It seemed like something she had been doing since the reconciliation with Chinon and up until the time she met Sungpil.

‘Is she really a child?’

It’s unsettling to just stay still, and I’m also scared to look at Seongpil’s face, so I concentrate on something else.

It wasn’t something that adults should do.

Something like that, like saying, ‘Please pay attention’…

“green onion…….”

Then Seiko opened her mouth.

It was a voice that was trembling and stiff at the same time, as if he was trying to force himself to calm down. The hand that was opening the snack package twitched sadly.

“Director Paku. Would you like to eat this… …?”

Seiko pushed a wrapped chocolate bar toward the table.

“it is delicious…….”

“Ms. Seiko.”

“yes!”

At Seongpil’s call, Seiko, who had been looking at the table until then, raised her head.

“Before you offer me some cookies, do you have anything to say?”

Seiko’s head slowly lowered again. Her eyelashes fluttered sadly.

“sorry…….”

“… … .”

Seongpil picked up the chocolate bar Seiko offered him and ate it, then spoke in a softer voice than before.

“Why did you do that?”

“… … .”

“Did Mr. Chinon make Seiko angry?”

“… … .”

“The reason is… … .”

“Chinon!”

After that, Seiko’s excuses, full of resentment, continued. The content was as follows.

Sungpil and Chinon were talking very properly. Chinon even called Sungpil by his name. She still calls him ‘Paku (Park)’. I thought Chinon was flirting with Sungpil. What kind of betrayal is this? I trusted Chinon, my friend, and told him everything, and now this is what he says in return. There is no one in the world I can trust, and I am so sad and so angry that I can’t stand it anymore…

“Oh, I see.”

Seongpil calmed her excitement.

“So, did Mr. Chinon really say that?”

“no…….”

“That’s right. Mr. Chinon didn’t do that. I was the one who spoke to him first.”

“why?”

“yes?”

“Why did you talk to me first?”

“I liked the performance… … .”

“Is that why you’re talking to me?”

Seongpil felt something strange. For some reason, it felt like the arrow was coming back to him.

“That story now… … .”

“You said you had no intention of dating until the Girls’ League was finished! Oh, and do you have a separate partner for physical play?!”

“I’m not familiar with the nuances of Japanese, but I can tell it sounds very vulgar.”

“Then what happens if you reject my confession? I’ll be the only one who gets hurt!”

Seongpil couldn’t help but laugh at Seiko’s boldness.

It’s not easy to confess to someone who rejected you. But seeing that you do it without hesitation, it seems like Seiko’s wounds have healed a lot.

“What’s so funny!”

“Oh, that’s typical of Seiko. Always so cheerful, no matter where you are.”

Seongpil meant it as a compliment, but Seiko seemed to interpret it as criticism.

Seiko’s sharp momentum from before was nowhere to be found, and she turned into a hamster curled up in a corner after being threatened.

“Ms. Seiko, we were supposed to meet again for dinner in five years, right?”

“……yes.”

“The person who said that I might be rolling around in bed with a pretty boy band member at that time, do you care who I’m talking to?”

“It’s only been 4 months… … .”

“So when will this stop happening if I start dating? In two years? In three years?”

“… … .”

“Really 5 years later?”

The corners of Seiko’s eyes lowered in sadness.

“I don’t think someone like Director Paku would stay single forever… … . But, the reason he rejected me was because of the Girls’ League… … . The Girls’ League is fine, but it’s just because I don’t like hanging out with other girls… … .”

It seemed as if Seiko and Chinon were already deeply intertwined in her mind.

Seongpil clapped his hands and dispelled her delusions.

“Okay. Five years, right?”

“yes?”

Seiko opened her eyes wide as if to ask if what she had heard was true.

“5 years.”

“Oh, really, really… … .”

“Anyway, I… … .”

At that moment, the reception room door opened wide. And like special forces, the members of the Girls’ League quickly entered the reception room.

“Director Park!”

Jang Ha-yang looked pale and looked for Seong-pil. Then she saw that there was yellow coffee dried on his chest.

Jang Ha-yang raised a blade in his eyes. The blade was pointed at Seiko.

“This bitch with a head full of shit (Kono no miso onnaga)… …!”

“Heeeeeeek!”

Seiko jumped over the table and ran behind Sungpil. She hid behind Sungpil and looked fearfully at Jang Hayang over his shoulder.

The members were also dumbfounded and looked at Jang Ha-yang. Rika was especially dumbfounded because she had not expected Jang Ha-yang to be so good at cursing in Japanese.

“Sister, I’m scared… … .”

Jang Ha-yang searched the surroundings carefully.

When she saw that there was nothing suitable, she clenched her fists.

Her forearm muscles, trained with great effort, burned glycogen to create energy. Soon, the strength to attack with the physical force of hundreds of kilograms was quietly building up in her fist.

“Stop it, Unnie Hayang!”

Jo Ara and Shin A-reum rushed in, tied Jang Ha-yang’s arms, and pushed him against the wall.

“Are you okay, sir?”

Baek Seol-ha approached Seong-pil cautiously.

After hearing about the great incident that happened at the cafe, they immediately came to find Seongpil.

The incident had already spread like wildfire within Webex, and everyone knew that Seiko had threatened Seongpil and a woman.

Since it was a scene that seemed like something you would see in a weekend drama, various speculations poured out from many people’s mouths.

“It’s okay, guys. It was just cold coffee.”

“Oh, thank goodness… … .”

Snow White’s whole body lost its strength.

From the moment she heard that Seongpil had spilled coffee on her, Baekseol had been prepared for the worst.

From Sungpil being hospitalized with bandages wrapped around his face after suffering burns, to Sungpil refusing to go out into the world with his disfigured face, she remains by his side…

‘Ah, no, how can I continue to remain the same! I have to be an idol!’

Still, after work, I would stop by once a day to chat with Seongpil and Maldongmu…

‘Stop delusions!’

Snow White shook her head vigorously.

“Senior!”

Rika stood proudly next to Baekseolha.

“In love, giving up is also important! No matter how much Director Park builds an iron wall, you can’t spill your coffee, right? It’s such an old-fashioned personality to say you’ll destroy something if you can’t have it!”

The members had a rough idea of ​​Seiko’s feelings. Before leaving for Korea, Seiko had invited Sungpil to her house.

Judging from Seongpil’s attitude at the time, it was possible to predict what would have happened.

“Cold coffee is all you need?! That b*tch… …!”

“Ha-yang, do you know that those words are really bad?! If you use those curse words in society, you’ll be immediately buried! Who taught you that in the first place!”

“Guys, stop.”

Seongpil said.

Suddenly, the atmosphere cooled down. The members who had been overly excited began to slowly come to their senses.

“Stop it. Calm down.”

If others saw it, they would think it was a comedy. However, there was a reason why the Girls’ League was making such a fuss.

Because Seiko was involved.

If a normal person had just spilled coffee on Sungpil, the members would have vaguely wondered, “What could have happened?” or worried about Sungpil.

But Seiko got involved.

It was the work of a woman who put Seongpil in a coma for a week, in the hospital for a month, and on crutches for about two months.

So I had no choice but to react this way.

“Ms. Seiko… … .”

“I’m telling you to get off that woman’s back right now! Are you going to let her stay like that?!”

“… … Was Hayang originally like this?”

The members nodded awkwardly.

In this way, Seongpil got to see another hidden side of Jang Ha-yang.

Anyway, peace was found in the living room.

On one side of the sofa is Seongpil, and behind him is the Girls’ League lined up in a row. On the other side is Seiko, with her shoulders hunched forlornly like an albatross captured by sailors.

An unexpected seven-way confrontation has begun.

“Anyway, I understand why Seiko did that.”

“……yes.”

Seongpil had his usual affectionate face. It was the face he showed to the members of the Girls’ League.

Seeing that, the members realized that Sungpil would forgive Seiko’s misdeeds.

Rika thought with a refreshingly sad tone.

‘The director was in big trouble, but it was because the person he was dealing with was Seiko-senpai.’

Snow White was worried that something like this might happen again.

‘Can we end it like this? Shouldn’t the director have spoken strongly? You could have suffered burns and spent several years in the hospital with me as your only companion.’

Joara sighed as if she was frustrated.

‘It’s just the way you are. You’re the only person who would forgive someone like this. You’re so stupid… ‘

Jang Ha-yang was still caught between Jo A-ra and Shin A-reum.

‘(censorship).’

Shin A-reum didn’t like anything.

‘Do you know what that woman will do next? Shouldn’t we get a restraining order against her? Mr. Ha, I have to tell the team leader after this is over. She’s so soft on what happened to her… ‘

Amidst everyone’s worries, Seongpil said.

“I haven’t dated for five years. Is that okay?”

Silence, and.

“… … !”

“… … ???”

“… … ? … … ! … … ?!”

“… … . … … . … … .”

“… … ?”

Girls’ League, panic!