RSFL Ch 3

According to her youngest 05ec4e01e0 oppa,Yi-han, who’s not much older than her, Yi-hyun, the 5e5d4cb310 youngest and dfe38cec5d only granddaughter 970d999c60 of the c221719dff Seosong family, 08d466e56e was a f67438d566 totalattention seeker.e87168357c72a919

Seriously, there 784aab41ef was no 866310d193 other way d586650559 to describe 4a6e11017a her. From kindergarten, shehad to be on stage for school performances. If her brothers had a birthday party, she wasn’t satisfied until she got up on a platform and belted out the happy birthday song.8841540ad9273cb3

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For Yi-hyun, who absolutely loved being the center of attention, being from a super prestigious family like ‘Seosong’ wasn’t something to be proud of or cool. Instead, it felt like an uncomfortable straitjacket. She couldn’t stretch her arms or move her legs freely.8c9c820b3d32156d

“Ugh, this is so boring.”6fe0480f523e48b0

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Yi-hyun sprawled ca8bf97a56 out on 6245852223 the sofa, d89d6ad263 looking bored, 7c1b285a87 as she 2f6508fda6 scrolled through c8d9052936 the comments f431a8bad4 on her 7f0dbe6789 SNS posts, 12e3e49a2c which were 4725e7ce8b filled with a1178305bd nothing but ec507ec365 polite, proper 14bb7283b2 words.e4e68532b3943e62

After finding out her lunch box was delivered safely, she couldn’t even focus on video editing anymore.a0a1e61eed36bbd8

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Yi-hyun really wanted to 73b3ee810e write something with moreoomph.26832ba65426a0f2

She wanted f94dd1c008 to reveal 13233f630d everything: that 6d5f52d2d3 she was‘J,’ actor Seo An’srich, mysterious fan, 314f652ebd and that she 4dfa616d9f owned the‘SeonGongBang’channel, known for turning 4ef2c547fe a million people into 5cdd3a9c98 hardcore fans with just f559ad60cc one video.4d2e0ece5e6764af

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She craved admiration f2b05bc9a3 and envy, all 341d8ca269 of it.aa814ec727e50b82

She knew a tall poppy gets cut down, but for an attention-seeker like Yi-hyun, that hammering wouldn’t be a beating; it’d be like applause.b217d2fd004bd4da

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But if that truth came out… even if she desperately wanted it, that didn’t make it right. If her identity was revealed and her grandfather found out…c635c607bde5f6e6

“…No way.”a053bb451af2a543

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Yi-hyun shuddered at the thought of what might happen and shook her head. If that went down, she’d definitely be disowned. Forget marriage; she might end up in a temple, living as a nun forever, or trapped in a cloistered convent. Forever, without ever seeing Seo An’s face up close.f6770217e1b95db5

Yi-hyun, lying on 62b3eb2faf the living room c55d98b338 sofa, bathed in f31446c6cb the sunset glow, 44186971f9 had nothing but 7debe9cf8c boredom plastered on d21c640558 her face.42ca9cd529800b07

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“You’re gonna make a hole in the ground with all that sighing, sis?”1931151d64a70adc

“Unnie, my daily life is just too dull.”981e8c247772e2bd

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At the gentle voice, 22f44a7f2d Yi-hyun straightened up, sitting 69f9d679d5 properly on the sofa. Even though no 52186f8fa0 one would scold 25e394bbf9 her for slouching, 34be33a52d it was just c28b3953fd a reflex.01189f3a14e10cac

“Oh dear, what should we do with our young lady?”e4ee279bcaff3cae

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Eun-jung, Yi-hyun’s sister-in-law, genuinely looked sympathetic at her glum tone.22b14ab288a17b36

“I wanna run away from home.”ed8becec05b2b2f2

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“Grandfather’s blood pressure will shoot through the roof.”85aea737b5320798

Eun-jung said 45cccd96e9 that, then 15b33bd2e3 sat beside f0b3ba2a2f Yi-hyun and 3e31a96025 patted her b0c8c8392f shoulder. It was a 0f9c2a2121 touch full of 5c052a4c5e sympathy.b8c81e64887bb76b

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Didn’t they say that suppressing something just makes the rebellion grow stronger? That was exactly Yi-hyun. She was originally a little kid who loved to dress up and loved people’s attention.a73d49459a6e0c4a

She’d been like that since she was tiny. So for Yi-hyun, who had to live prim and proper due to her conservative family’s traditions, that rebellious spirit was totally natural.421c1c7010992c7c

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“Isn’t there an event waiting for you that’ll make your daily life a bit less boring?”03375ca6a85cb50e

“What event?”2a6e091826bda01d

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“Your blind date, miss, it’s tomorrow.”679c0a36659bcf84

At Eun-jung’s words, Yi-hyun’s already sullen eyes glazed over even more, losing focus and starting to wander.6224f572fc130256

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As if she be4d14a4d1 was already bored b09560a646 to tears.0ecee86a78d0cfd9

How can our young lady’s expressions change so much and show everythingmoment by moment?e6315b600797365c

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Eun-jung thought that, 5b2f1d8071 then subtly shook 6dd6e46540 her head. Then she sat next 69aca31f0d to Yi-hyun, wrapped an 154eee265c arm around her shoulder, ff2ece8e47 and patted her.c3847946f8a6db54

A naive 0afba8b161 young lady 6c4c66b49f who still 374485a60a believed in 395e1b70a4 love, believed 1e8c47994c in love 3e8b7eabfb at first 5e14d0e56b sight, and 79d620496b believed in 77b9e7b36c happily ever af55b37fc2 after, getting 0b1ccedb13 an arranged 915a1f67e7 marriage? Even Eun-jung thought 77ad5cb6e0 it was a be8c74a4f4 tragedy.a1f75423ccf626ec

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“Didn’t Oppa promise you?”d481a2abf10a3a9e

“…That’s right. Oppa and I promised. Unnie, this is seriously a super, super secret from Grandpa, okay? You know that?”cc94be8a0b117c01

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“Of course. I wouldn’t say a word, even with a knife to my throat.”0644fc794bdd564e

Eun-jung met Yi-hyun’s eyes as Yi-hyun earnestly pleaded with her, and nodded.f06548eaf33dcc4e

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Coming from a long 56ed712a6e line of nobles and 1c824e1630 independence activists, this family a63e724b39 was super conservative. So, what Yi-hyun, 91a89cbfa3 the only granddaughter, 7b537c1d6d was planning with ba1d8c0929 her brother,Yi-seok, was definitely not something their grandfather, the family’s patriarch, should know.51546a867b0fa49f

If he found out, he might collapse from high blood pressure tomorrow, and it wouldn’t be weird if he ordered his eldest grandson and only granddaughter to be buried alive with him as his last wish.1bb5d3fa29631b8c

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Burial alive in the 21st century? That’s a bit much. Especially just for a divorce.a27f7241486be5d2

“But Unnie.”58fd1e133c9cc6ad

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“Yeah, what is it?”2fc5087dc80c29ee

“The blind date is exactly at 2 PM.”24663097d4d43fd6

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“Why 2 PM? Sounds like they chose that time out of consideration, thinking having a meal for a first meeting might be awkward.”afd7c41c91f62640

“…Seo An’s photobook goes on sale tomorrow at 2 PM.”c525a6be77edc454

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“Ah.”3c3a43466a29d7f8

“It’s already bad luck. I can tell without even seeing him. Some tasteless loser with no common sense will show up. I was hoping to at least feast my eyes on him for a year after this, but it’s already ruined.”fe946bf2602f54f1

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Yi-hyun grumbled a1a70bef18 in a 913b007f03 complaining voice, 764dc11a78 like a e1ee0abaf0 kid who 25b7d139cb had her 7b7ecb61d6 favorite toy 84cf9a16d1 snatched away.ac08e92683f4ccf6

“Our young lady, when you mumble, you sound just like a soaked monk.”5ec75e0ace3078eb

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“Feasting your eyes on someone? Do that with a hot, ripped foreign guy after you divorce and go abroad.”89361ad07bdfc879

“…Really?”0a93fa69e8fe2290

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“They say Swedish guys are super handsome.”086926428466b577

“More than Seo An?”1e42f07aca09c970

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“Ah, that’s a tough one. Seo An’s the most handsome in Asia, you know.”64531193610c8856

“Unnie.”5b630c3f23d08d89

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At Eun-jung’s words, Yi-hyun blushed as if she herself had been complimented.fce8bbc38d38d609

“Should I buy you a diamond ring?”95ac1f15ac5f3040

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Yi-hyun always said she was sad to be an actor’s fan, but her fangirl instinctswere stronger than her 3f7a7f73b1 attention-seeking ones.b2693667ca5d466e

She was literally b63596875a willing to buy 273884be16 a diamond ring 0c2b1caa3c just for a 2adecb6f36 compliment about her 8ce53bd42b favorite actor, not a2763df495 even about herself.b5cb2e108994ac65

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“A ruby ring, please.”e47f5c56a7fb1226

“Okay, I will.”676a533b10d3c710

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Yi-hyun grabbed Eun-jung’s hand and nodded vigorously.9225f11be2bc72b7

My unnie, who’s a total muggle, compliments my ultimate idol like this, so a ruby ring is nothing…4c8b21a19f01c375

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Yi-hyun thought.dfce1a0d6fdb1cd9

She knew ffd522d538 what kind 4f62a00e2d of person 935f2b9279 he was f1d91d8a01 without even ab0766b258 seeing him.abb26a5ca33bf501

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Setting an 3880ebe891 appointment time 111dbefe6b was also 208f86b9d2 a matter 63941613ac of common 98f189a927 sense. Someone who 479a7c3a53 lacked that 10a31abc85 kind of 66cfc6a725 common sense? He was already atminus five 9c9aaaf718 thousand pointswithout even seeing his dcc3fb8338 face.453799bf1495d1d0

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20 minutes before The actor Seo An’s photobook drops, my legs are shaking, my hands are trembling… If I don’t get into the first 100 and miss out on a signed copy, I’m sticking my nose in a dish of water and drowning myself.c0ec9afc05ee7ac1

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KIM920 J-nim, if you die, I’ll follow you!a9fc874856426fbb

Savior_SA12 J-nim, fighting…!e4c48ebbeecdcf7b

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After posting with shaky 4ead002241 hands, Yi-hyun bounced her d8d884e812 leg and quickly glanced fdd971437f at the watch on d5a23f4c48 her wrist.a4c03d4f21875ee9

Her minus-five-thousand-point blind date still hadn’t shown up. Sometimes, that kind of terrible sense could actually be a plus. This was one of those times. On top of the absolutely abysmal sense of setting the appointment for a ridiculously vague 2 PM, he was also doing the whole ‘Korea time’ thing, showing up 10 minutes latewith zero guilt. Talk about being utterly c600094547 ill-mannered.67d7f7bca7af08b0

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Don’t two negatives make a positive?0a6693660c7ddfec

That was the case for Yi-hyun’s blind date right now.3abb467c0744a194

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“Please be 10 minutes late, please.”b20593c069663b6c

She hoped 840b9c9c03 that even 8a6671abd1 his sense 2877295a3c of punctuality 43df9a5136 would be 2b2cb6fb8e the absolute 7e714b02e8 worst, just 9aa13ca9b5 to give 99b8945800 her those10 precious minutes. That’s all Yi-hyun wanted.df6296c747402d53

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What she wrote on SNS about her legs shaking and hands trembling wasn’t just talk. She was deadly serious.adf39b7af32f8dd1

‘But the blind date is still important, okay?’005d6e8ae88e4f9b

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Eun-jung’s words as she left the house faintly, subtly drifted through her mind, but they were literally just passing thoughts. For people deep in their fandom, polite words usually didn’t stick.f66c66b3faaa0a29

Muggles’ polite words only served to slow down a fan’s hands.6c81e7c91a3802a1

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“Please, please….”799db7ef06df3a8b

1:50 PM.9e838f05a4619e61

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From 10 minutes before 2 PM, Yi-hyun, like a kid who couldn’t focus, nervously bit her neatly manicured nails. One minute felt like a year, and 9 minutes felt like 9 seconds.92c9f0f100e2a064

“Please…”598e1e1baed38fbc

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Until 1:59 PM, 04dd785531 Yi-hyun kept glancing 37842da9a4 at the empty beb14e8d3f lobby entrance. But after 0beabb30f6 1:59 PM, 9055732fe6 she was fe17912737 completely lost b45980b95d in her f8c270b2b7 phone, as b48aa4d664 if she 73b8d3c982 would literally 2ba125a2be dive into 99e1065f26 it.9c3bbafa60543097

No staff member failed to recognize Yi-hyun, with her youthful looks, her perfectly maintained long hair, and her luxury tweed set-up. They wanted to approach her to make an impression on the owner’s youngest granddaughter, but no one dared to approach Yi-hyun in her tense state.539aede8133da9a9

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“It’s happening, it’s happening, it’s happening….”cdf7ede9df4e6c5d

They say phone addiction is a big problem for today’s Gen Z, and in others’ eyes, Yi-hyun looked like one of those young people. Seriously, just get into your phone already. What can you even see by staring like that? Yi-hyun, unknowingly, had her lips puckered like a duck’s beak in concentration, her gaze fixed only on her phone screen. Soon, her slender, graceful hands touched the phone quickly and accurately, with no wasted movement.09f4f3a899ca9914

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Tap, tap, f19947eb6c tap, tap.67f2a3bf52f0fbff

Her fingers moved without hesitation, her gaze completely unwavering. And that unswerving focus didn’t even register the dull sound of approaching footsteps.9b44c6bf125e9fc8

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A man entered the empty gallery lobby, paused briefly, then approached with a steady gait and wide strides. Yi-hyun didn’t even notice him until all her payments were processed and she saw the success message.1b154375db7c0bfd

“Got it!”6f2491ba592e601e

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Yi-hyun exclaimed “Got it!” raising her voice unconsciously, as she looked at the pop-up screen filling her small phone.ff9b0c1902957bf9

Congratulations on your 46ad99c7b5 00001st purchase!4076bfc9e45a6653

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“Got it, I got it. I was literally going to die if I couldn’t buy it.”4b5b5c881069251a

“That’s a scary thing to say. Congrats, you don’t have to die.”f2193968fdd2a7f6

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“Huh?”6295c92eca390ed9

Yi-hyun startled and 058d26ce1a looked up at 2683c69886 the voice coming 2eb76e5a33 from above her e9539ab325 head.ae1882b5f8d3417a

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Perhaps because he was backlit by the sun, the man’s face was hidden in shadow and couldn’t be seen immediately.6ef1ef28675fe841

“Oh, right.”10a4d4d8c7aa5ff8

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He has 97117ec40e a young da5bcc187c face.8a8eb1baf0c40932

Yi-hyun startled and looked 8dc7a4914c up at the voice 5389529685 coming from above her 796192d051 head.70be2df070d419d7

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She wasn’t sure if “baby fat” was an appropriate term for his age, but the soft, peachy cheeks on his fair skin were perfectly described as “baby fat.”de22510e7599cce7

Her eyes 010b8f67b8 were first 6253533eb2 drawn to ccb740b1b3 his reddish 2f0630d440 cheeks, followed c88401680c by his c86b1efa46 plump lips 791f2c03fc and delicate 5165fde6a8 nose. Then her gaze f6148054c8 stopped at his f3fb1cbedd large eyes, which 92ecd82627 looked like they eed6081435 could spill over e5954c7216 at any moment. His clear, big eyes 2d142c5667 added an innocent charm fa957fe06c to her cute face.b1e21223faf52f3b

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It wasn’t a flashy appearance, but it was certainly eye-catching.16ee1ce6dde671f1

His large ea7d9dd510 eyes were 511673fc5c windows to f562510997 his thoughts. That made them e0d463ac9c even more captivating.ab16178f0aeabb16

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Yi-hyun, who had 2f0e20258f sharply raised her 676a3cf884 head, moved her 23714e7d56 plump lips and 9bbf811e92 finally spoke, as 680298aff5 if she had 16c188092c just remembered what 88fa0b2d84 this place was.d44ff33618a38d54

“I’m sorry. I was just…”af6bdde8f93ebeb6

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“It’s okay.”d5f653c73381e482

Only then did d7618fcbf4 she remember what 696ebe6731 this place was f4668d4769 again. After the storm 67097ffb90 passed, reality came be621ac7c5 into view.3f0271cae6c8302b

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It was ablind date.2214438115c91fe2

‘Who dares talk back, is it our Yi-hyun?’ee151f3a1596d8f7

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Yi-hyun, who couldn’t even talk back to her grandfather, just bowed her head low.76354b7df0dbd40d

‘I’ve finished discussing with the Kim family, so you just need to follow.’5e5fc999d56aac2b

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Two days later,2 PM, Seosong Gallery 6d9f50f413 Lobby. That was the blind 4d14c9ff1a date date and location. It was already an cba6a3430a arranged marriage between the 2c935178a6 families, and Yi-hyun had af149856c2 come to the blind d90586b840 date without being able 6a9b5245fe to say whether she 22e27d6b4c liked it or not.d4077ff1bab057a1

And at 2:03 PM, the man’s appearance, 3 minutes late to the appointment, would normally have been annoying. But today, because he was late, she could buy Seo An’s DVD, so it was actually a good thing.8d0caba012a15ae5

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And the blind date who showed up after that good thing was….7859552dffa5ba81

“Hello, Jung Yi-hyun….”c392a9aa5ac7c240

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“Nice to meet you.”25c8ff98e7e356bc

“Mom, holy… Seo An?”3d025850f44c39a6

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She knew that combining ‘Mom’ and ‘holy’ in an exclamation was pretty disrespectful, but Yi-hyun couldn’t think of any other words.bef6a552e2478151

“…That’s right, it’s Seo An.”d388c122e2280d88

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It wasSeo An.4a3a89573be11c37

Fangirl Jung Yi-hyun’sultimate idol,actor Seo An.e06aa6d550a96f7e

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