Producer with no Regrets - Chapter 382



Only Noblemtl

Episode 382

“Why, why? What did I do wrong?!”

Snow White asked desperately.

What was more shocking than the fact that I couldn’t go on a vacation that everyone else was going on was the fact that I had done something wrong enough to deserve such a punishment.

‘Did Director Park do something wrong that would make him cancel my vacation?’

I have no idea what it is, but it’s not normal.

It won’t be over just by saying sorry. You may have to kneel down and bury your head in the floor with all your might.

‘What did I do…?’

It was a very short time before Seongpil’s answer came back. Baekseolha quickly sank into the past.

What I did wrong to Seongpil… … .

‘… … .’

There isn’t any… … ?

It’s embarrassing to think this way myself, but Snow White has never seen a person in their mid-twenties as polite as she is.

If there was a manners contest, I would be confident that I would win. I have been especially careful to be polite to Sungpil. Except when Sungpil was the one who started the joke.

‘What, what the heck? What did I do wrong? Why is this happening…?’

Nothing really came to mind.

All Baekseol could do was wait to see what Seongpil’s answer would be.

[Erika said that Seol-ha hasn’t had fun singing lately?]

“……yes?”

[I heard that it’s become a way of life rather than something you sing for fun. It’s not as exciting as it used to be. Are you saying you’ve sung enough songs now?]

“yes yes?”

Seongpil’s faint smile could be heard over the phone.

[These days, they do less vocal training than they used to. It’s a punishment for children who don’t love singing.]

It was a joke again.

[Haha, I was really surprised when you said you were cutting your vacation… … ]

“You heard from Erica? Are you in contact with Erica? Why?”

[Oh, that. Well, that’s because he’s Tomo (a friend).]

“… … .”

Okay.

Snow White has now given up on understanding.

In the past, it was annoying that Sungpil liked KAUS and was close with the KAUS members. But now, it seems like a natural phenomenon that cannot be stopped.

Baekseol unconsciously pushed away thoughts of Erica and focused only on the fact that Seongpil had played a prank on her.

“I was… … joking… … .”

I was so surprised to find out that my vacation was really going to be cut short.

[Is it true that there are no vacations?]

“Why on earth?!”

[It’s not that there aren’t any, um. Seol-ha, I’m really sorry to you, but do you want to go on a broadcast?]

Snow White suppressed her anger and answered curtly in a voice that she had barely managed to calm down.

“What is it?”

[The Unknown Singer.]

“I want to go out, I want to go out, please let me go!”

[As expected, he’s a musician.]

The Unknown Singer.

It is a program where the contestants compete solely through singing by covering their faces.

Although there are occasional non-professional singers who come out and gain recognition, most of the people who come out are people who work in the music industry.

[Doesn’t it make your blood boil as a singer?]

Seongpil had expected that Baek Seol-ha would be particularly positive about ‘The Unknown Singer’.

Snow White developed a certain obsession because of her innate physical characteristics.

They believe that people are interested in them and like them because of their innate physical characteristics, not because of their hard work and achievements.

Perhaps, she may be more thirsty for recognition than anyone else in the Girls’ League.

“Hey, is that ‘The Unknown’ you’re talking about, senior Joo Sung?”

[Pretend not to know. ‘Interesting and fun Ttanttara’ is more unknown.]

The Unknown Singer puts masks on the contestants, but their identities are often revealed before they take the masks off.

If the singer has a strong personality, it’s not hard to guess who it is just by listening to the song.

“Can I win?”

[What, going to the finals is a basic prerequisite?]

“Is my opponent strong… …?”

[I don’t know yet. I won’t know until filming starts. But if I go to a meeting at the broadcasting station, I might run into you by chance.]

“It’s not like I’m guaranteed to win, though… … .”

Snow White showed humble confidence.

“I’ll almost definitely make it to the finals. I think I can make it.”

Seongpil returned the smile with a hearty laugh.

[Yes, I believe you, Leader.]

“Yes, I will definitely make it to the finals. And I will win… … .”

The Unknown will be one of the most popular idol-turned-singers in the history of The Unknown Singers.

“By winning, I will make the Girls’ League more widely known.”

[Yeah, you can do it. And Seol-ha.]

“yes.”

[Can you take one day off this week?]

“Uh… …Are you going to a meeting?”

[Well, it’s a meeting.]

“I have a meeting scheduled for the weekend. The broadcasting station is really… … .”

[Meeting with me.]

“……yes?”

Seongpil’s playful laughter was heard.

[Let’s talk about the Girls’ League Leader and Producer. Not seriously, but a little serious? I’ll give you a gift for taking time off during the holidays.]

“… … .”

Snow White suddenly remembered the time before she entered Garo Enter. The embarrassing past when she had taken Sungpil’s promise to “drink coffee” as a date request…

Snow White closed her eyes tightly.

‘I’ve grown up since I was a kid.’

Long, snow white.

You don’t stutter in a flustered voice.

“Yes, okay. Leader vs. Producer, right?”

[Also, Seol-ha. The reason I chose you as the first batter for the project today wasn’t because you’re easy.]

“It wasn’t… … ?”

I thought for sure that Seongpil had chosen me because he thought, ‘Even if Seolha tells me to do it, I won’t be able to rebel, right?’

So, Snow White felt wronged.

It was even more frustrating because I could see myself not being able to really rebel against Seongpil.

[There are things that only you can do, things that only you must do.]

“To me… … .”

[Since long ago, I’ve always thought you were the best.]

“Uh, huh?”

[At first, there was only you.]

“Ah, uh, yes, uh… … .”

[Did a bug appear? Why is your voice so stiff?]

“No, no, yes… … .”

[Okay. Then take a rest. Sorry for contacting you after work.]

“Hey, Director Park, you should get some rest too.”

The call is over.

Snow White put down her phone and let out a deep breath. Then she looked to the side and saw Jang Ha-yang sticking out his ear nearby.

As soon as the call ended, Jang Ha-yang also fell down.

“Sister, are you leaving ‘The Unknown Singer’?”

“Oh, yeah.”

“What about the opponent?”

“I don’t know yet.”

“What do you think we’ll talk about when we meet Director Park this weekend?”

“Um, maybe something about ‘our producing’?”

“Is it possible to change the leader?”

“What are you aiming at?!”

Snow White trembled in fear as she looked at the usurper’s seed.

“Hahaha, just kidding!”

As history has shown, usurpers were often the king’s closest confidants until the moment of rebellion.

* * *

day off.

Seongpil drove to the Girls’ League dormitory. Baekseolha was already waiting in front of the dormitory.

‘You’re wearing a skirt?’

Seongpil was not familiar with the League of Girls Wearing Skirts.

They wear pants to the company for practice, and skirts are rare among the Girls’ League stage costumes.

No wonder fans even made a ‘Girls League Skirt Moment Collection’ video.

Seongpil chuckled.

‘You must have wanted to wear it.’

Seongpil personally thought that women’s desire to wear skirts was similar to men’s desire to wear suits.

In the fashion world, they say that the more a man wears, the more stylish he looks, and the more a woman reveals, the more beautiful she looks.

Seongpil also secretly harbored a desire for a classic suit like Han Gu-in.

The reason Baek Seol-ha wore a skirt was probably because of a similar desire as Seong-pil. Since it was a rare holiday, she probably wanted to dress up to the nines.

“Seolhaya.”

I rolled down the window and called out, and Baek Seol-ha came walking towards me. As soon as she got into the passenger seat, she smiled brightly and greeted me. Then she put both hands together and held them out.

Seongpil stared at her hand, then looked at her again. Baekseol was just smiling brightly.

“why?”

“Please give me a gift.”

“hmm?”

“You said you were sorry for calling me out on a holiday. You said you were going to give me a gift.”

“I didn’t say I was sorry.”

“Anyway, please give it to me.”

“Seol-ha, you’ve become so shameless. Okay, I’ll give it to you.”

A while later, Seongpil bought a cup of coffee at the drive-thru of a franchise cafe.

He handed the takeout coffee to Baek Seol-ha.

“Here, here’s your present. Enjoy your meal.”

“… … .”

Snow White furrowed her eyebrows in disappointment.

“Wow! If an adult gives you something, you’ll say ‘thank you’ and accept it. Where are you looking down? When I was young, if an adult gave you something, you’d bend your back 90 degrees even after receiving a red ginseng candy. Do you get it?

“Golden breath… … .”

Snow White sighed. Then she crossed her legs and sipped her coffee.

Looking at it, Sungpil somehow thought of his ex-girlfriend when she was in a bad mood. She also acted like that when Sungpil did something wrong.

Seongpil knew what to do at a time like this.

“Use it!”

“Why again?”

“Where do you sit with your legs crossed in front of adults?”

“What is the concept today… … ?”

Snow White grumbled and uncrossed her legs.

Seongpil took a blanket out of the glove box and placed it on her thighs.

“Aren’t you cold? Should I turn up the heater?”

“are you okay.”

“It’s not cold. Your stockings look like they’re about 30 denier. Why are you wearing those?”

Coffee flowed out of Snow White’s mouth.

“Seolha, are you my blanket?!”

Seongpil hurriedly took out tissues and threw them carelessly on her thighs. Baek Seol-ha was also flustered and wiped her coffee.

Seongpil wanted to keep paying attention, but the light had changed, so he focused on driving.

Baek Seol-ha, who had just finished wiping off the coffee, said in a dazed tone.

“Hey, how do you know the denier…? How did you know it was 30 denier…? Are you, are you wearing stockings?!”

“No… … Usually, you’ll find out when you get a girlfriend.”

“ah…….”

“I even bought it myself to use as a prop.”

“props?!”

“Anyway, why are you wearing something so thin?”

“Ugh, I don’t wear stockings that often, so I don’t have many. The ones with higher denier have all the wool in them… … .”

“Okay, since we’ve already dressed up, let’s show the world Seol-ha’s curves.”

“Where?”

“I don’t know. Should we dance in the middle of the department store?”

“I’m not dancing!”

“And Seol-ha looks good in slightly thick stockings. Her legs are thin. Wear them without worrying about looking bulky.”

“Didn’t you say that the thick ones are all gone?!”

Snow White sighed and looked at her legs. Then she put her hands under the blanket and felt her thighs and calves.

‘Are you thin? Well, you’re thin. Because you’ve been dieting. But when you look at it in person, you look better with more fat than you do now… … .’

While searching for diet-related videos on YouTube, I often saw titles like ‘How to get a body like an idol’.

As a true idol, whenever she saw a title like that, she wanted to say, “Idols don’t have very pretty bodies.”

‘I wish I could gain 5kg more than I do now. Oh, but then I’d look too fat on camera.’

“Seolhaya.”

“yes?”

Snow White answered in surprise.

“What were you thinking about that made you keep singing so intently?”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

“And why do you keep fiddling with your hands inside the blanket? What are you touching?”

Snow White quietly turned her gaze downward. Just as Seongpil had said, she saw her own hand moving suspiciously.

“I touched your thigh! Don’t misunderstand!”

“Oh, okay.”

“It’s not weird!”

“Yeah, I understand. Anyway, what gift do you want?”

“yes?”

“I told you I’d give you a present. Is there something you’ve always wanted?”

“Are you really going to buy it for me… …?”

“Yeah. But it can’t be ridiculously expensive.”

“How much?”

“Um, 30,000 won? No, 50,000 won? No, 40,000 won?”

“It’s ambiguous. W, of course I appreciate that. Hehe… … . Um, but I heard you have something to say today… … .”

“Are you worried that you might hear something bad?”

“… … .”

“It’s not a bad thing. It’s just a favor, so don’t worry. So, did you choose what you wanted?”

“hmm…….”

* * *

Seongpil and Baekseolha came to the home interior corner of a large mart.

A place filled with various furniture and interior items, especially beds and blankets.

Snow White was there for an hour.

“Hmm.”

Snow White picked up the 49,900 won memory foam pillow and pressed it here and there.

I put it on the table and looked down at it. But then it tilted its head as if it didn’t like something, and eventually I put it back in its place.

“Seolha… … .”

Seongpil aged a year in an hour.

“How about we eat first?”

“Just a little bit. I think I can really choose now.”

“I said that 10 minutes ago too… … .”

“Hmm.”

Snow White went back into pillow-shaming mode.

The gift she chose was a pillow.

Snow White considers sleeping to be one of the greatest pleasures in life. As such, she chose a pillow as one of the most important things in her life.

The pillow that Baek Seol-ha was currently using had a tattered cover, but she couldn’t throw it away because of the comfort it brought her.

Since the opportunity had come, Snow White decided to buy a new pillow.

“Seolhaya.”

Seongpil came up behind her and pointed to a pillow. It was the most expensive pillow in the corner.

“How about this? There must be a reason why it’s expensive. Isn’t this the best? Huh? Huh? Seolha, huh?”

“Don’t disturb me.”

“Uh, sorry… … .”

The members said that Baek Seol-ha was scared because her sleep was disturbed. Seong-pil thought, ‘How scary would Seol-ha be if she was scared?’…

‘It’s probably a little similar to now… … .’

Snow White was sincere to her pillow. Her chilling aura made it difficult for even producer Sungpil to approach her.

But there was someone who approached through that snow-white aura, and that was the corner employee.

The employee who had been watching the two for an hour since Seongpil said, “We’ll look around by ourselves,” finally approached the two.

“hello.”

The employee smiled broadly and looked back and forth between Baek Seol-ha and Seong-pil.

“Are you looking for a coma?”

Baek Seol-ha dropped the pillow she was holding. The employee was startled and picked up the pillow that had fallen to the floor and dusted it off.

“Uh, uh, uh, it looks like that… … y… … ?”

“No, thank you. But we’ll just watch it. Sorry about the pillow drop.”

Seongpil sent his staff and observed them to see if they had figured out Baek Seol-ha’s true identity.

“Seol-ha, you’ve been here too long. Go somewhere else for a bit… … .”

“I’ll do this.”

Seongpil opened his eyes wide.

“Have you decided? Finally?”

“yes.”

The pillow that Baekseolha had been holding until just now, but which she dropped to the floor when she heard, “Are you looking for a coma?”

I chose a pillow with an impressive rose pattern for 49,900 won.

“I’ll take this as a gift.”

* * *

“I earned my vacation like a dog, but I’m spending it like a dog!”

Globe member ‘Noah’ raised his fist high. Likewise, Globe member Wiser looked at the lively Noah warmly.

The two went shopping, taking advantage of their long-awaited vacation.

At the mart.

“Why the mart? There are many other good places.”

“I used to go to the supermarket a lot on my days off in my hometown. I went with my mom and dad and had a lot of fun! The food tasting corner was the most exciting part!”

“No, let’s just look around here for a bit and then we’ll go to Dongdaemun… … .”

“You’ll lose out if you don’t pull the cart!”

Noah pulled out the cart with great force and drove off. Wiser saw this and was speechless, then followed behind with a laugh as if he was dumbfounded.

“Sister.”

“huh?”

“Are you preparing well for ‘The Unknown Singer’?”

“There’s no need to prepare.”

“You went to a meeting, right?”

“We only discussed my stage name and mask design.”

“You’ve become the ‘Okinawa Sun Girl’.”

“That’s why I said I won’t do that.”

“You’ll regret not getting advice from the future star actor. Hmm!”

Noah groaned at the fragrant smell that spread throughout the grocery aisle.

“It’s my time!”

10 minutes later.

“Ah, I miss my hometown. There’s not much to see in Korean supermarkets. The amount of tteokbokki I can sample is too small.”

“If you want to eat tteokbokki, I’ll buy it for you.”

“I don’t want to eat anything, I want to sample it! It’s free!”

“okay……?”

“Do you understand, sis?”

“Uh, um, um?”

“Is it possible or is it not possible? The nuances of the Korean language are still a wall to me. No, it is a wall.”

It was not Wiser who answered Noah. She could not help but let out a strange sound because the unbelievable sight caught her eyes.

‘Team Leader Park?’

Surprisingly, Seongpil appeared.

Next to her was a woman who was crazy about fashion, wearing stockings under 30 denier even though it was the middle of winter.

On a day like this, when the wind is howling, she is dressed like that. It is admirable. How much must she want to look good to men to walk around like that in the middle of winter?

‘Girlfriend… … oh… … .’

Wisera had heard Sungpil’s story from Yang Somin. No, not just Wisera, but all the members of Globe had heard Sungpil’s story.

Seongpil is said to have expressed his determination very firmly, saying, “I will not go to Success Entertainment.”

‘Yeah, of course.’

Why would a producer from Girls’ League come back to Success Entertainment?

… … I thought there would still be some regret.

I was thinking about saying hello to Seongpil, who was a man of great stature, but decided to just give up.

‘We’re strangers now. Completely, forever strangers… … .’

Wise-ra shut her eyes tightly and turned around.

“Oh, it’s the team leader!”

Noah held on to the cart tightly and kicked the ground. Then he got on the cart’s footrest and slid down the cart, feeling its acceleration.

“Hey, Team Leader Park!”

Squeak, Noah suddenly stopped the cart next to Seongpil.

“Long time no see… … .”

Suddenly, a cart appeared from the side, and Baek Seol-ha stumbled in surprise. Seong-pil held her back with his arm.

The impact caused Baek Seol-ha’s hat and sunglasses to fall to the floor.

Noah recognized her immediately.

“Seol-ha… … No, senior, no, unnie, no, Seol-ha, huh?”

Noah covered his mouth with his hand.

“Forbidden Relationship!”

Noah showed her shock with her whole body by shaking her hands and feet. She turned around to show her shock to Wiserra too.

“Sister, Team Leader Park… … !”

Wiser was already on his knees on the floor in shock.

‘Hey, is this why you didn’t come back?’

Just because of one woman?

Because of a woman who doesn’t give up on fashion even in winter?!

‘……for a moment.’

Wiserra rummaged through her pockets with trembling hands. She was looking for her phone.

‘Hey, if you take a picture of this, I can blackmail you.’

Wise took out her phone and tried to open the photo app. Her fingers were shaking so much that she had a hard time even pressing the screen accurately.

‘If I just have this picture, I can make the team leader do whatever I want, no!’

Wiserra was caught in a fight.

‘Not for my own pleasure, but for the greater good! For our beloved Globe members!’

Her camera lens turned towards Seongpil and Baek Seolha.

‘Tongue, can threaten, can threaten… … .’

Madness flashed in Wesera’s eyes.