Chapter 716 – Episode 703. Wonho, Be Happy! (1)

“Ji. Good job today. This is the first home run commemorative ball. Ruler. “It’s special to turn your first hit into a home run.”

At the end of the game, after the interview, Judge handed me a souvenir ball that was my first hit and first home run. Usually, it would have been delivered by a manager or coach, but it seemed that the captain, Judge, had received my ball while I was being interviewed.

“Is it so? But it seems a bit of a waste. I was able to turn my first hit into my first home run in my first at-bat. In fact, in Korea, I hit a home run in my first at-bat.”

“Haha, I know that feeling too. I hit my first hit, a home run, in my first at-bat. “I was one at-bat faster.”

… What? Did you get the ball just to show off? Somehow, the judge handed me the ball himself. I’ve definitely felt it since spring training, but Judge was secretly very proud of himself.

“… Yeah, whatever. Congratulations.”

I didn’t like Judge’s boastfulness, but anyway, a memorial ball is a memorial ball. Although I wasn’t the type to be obsessed with commemorative balls, I tended to keep meaningful balls, like the first home run I hit without Rossby or my first professional home run, and the first home run I hit in the major leagues was also worth keeping, so I gave it to Judge. Received.

“So, you know that tomorrow is a rest day, right?”

“Oh, yes I know.”

I don’t know why there was a break day during the series, but the game schedule was scheduled that way. Except for the opening series, most series are played continuously throughout the series, so I was a bit curious as to why there was a day off only for the opening series, but I just thought it would be good to have a break anyway.

“Let’s rest well tomorrow and see you the day after tomorrow.”

I was a little worried that there would be a company dinner tomorrow since it was a rest day, but luckily it didn’t seem to be the case.

“Yes. Please rest well, too.”

After saying hello to Judge and heading to the parking lot, I was greeted by the new SUV model of R company, which Soyoung had given me as a gift to commemorate her entry into the United States. I rode it when I came to the stadium today, but I guess I haven’t gotten used to it yet?

Anyway, when I got into my new car and went out of the parking lot, Yankees fans were waiting for me.

“Ji! “Today was great!”

“Please give me an autograph!”

It was similar to the fans waiting on the way home from work, but the good thing about this place was that it was under the control of someone like a security guard, and there was no need to get out of the car. After signing autographs for fans with the car window down, the streets of New York welcomed me.

It takes about 30 minutes to get from the stadium to the house if the road is not blocked. The new house I bought was a multi-million dollar luxury apartment next to Central Park. I heard that it was safer and that it was more private to live in a luxury apartment with tight security than living in a single-family home, so I chose the apartment right away. I did it.

The only disappointing thing is that it’s not that expensive. This was the only place where 4 houses were available at once, so I couldn’t go into the more expensive places.

The reason I bought a lot of houses was simple. My girls were going to come to New York soon.

Hye-jin’s sister was also planning to come to New York with her children around July or August, and Lee Ki-cheol knew that So-young and Hye-jin were close, so he planned to move into the house that So-young owned by paying a low monthly rent. It was in a state of being.

Moreover, Hyuna was also thinking about advancing to the United States after this season. From what I heard from Soyoung, there have been offers from the American Women’s Volleyball League since the end of the Asian Games, and one of them was from New York.

Since the volleyball team that Hyuna is currently playing in is also Soyoung’s, wouldn’t it be a problem for her to advance?

Jo-eun was also planning to come to the United States as soon as she finished her studies and received her physical therapist license, and So-young was planning to follow me to the United States as soon as she was a little older. It will probably take about 1 to 2 months.

I wanted to buy a house for each person, but it’s a shame there aren’t any for sale.

The problem was Jia, who was now waiting for me in my new home. Although iTube was doing well, I felt it would be a shame to give up on the Korean league, so I was contemplating whether to go back and forth between Korea and the United States. To be honest, it wasn’t a very profitable job, but it was something Jia wanted to do, so she didn’t say anything about it.

‘But I guess I’ll have to go home and ask what to do.’

While I was worrying about Jia, she was able to arrive at her new home, and when I entered the house, Jia, who was cooking, greeted me.

“Is your brother here?”

“Okay. “How was your day?”

“It was so cool. The video came out well.”

“Now, wait! I’m still cooking… !”

After kissing Jia lightly, I quickly cleared up the things that had piled up since the morning and asked her what she had been thinking about on the way from her meal.

“Jia, so what are you going to do? Are you going to keep going back and forth to Korea? “Can’t we just live here together?”

“I want to do that too, but… There is also a filming team. There is also a PD. Not all of those people can live in America…”

I have a family of my own, right? It was definitely a difficult problem.

“Just fire everyone.”

“Huh?”

“Just give me some money and fire me.”

Of course, there was nothing that could not be done with money.

“Ah… But then, I was the only one who went overboard. Soyoung is a chaebol, Hyuna is a volleyball player, and Jo-eun is studying to become her brother’s trainer. It’s a bit like that if I’m the only one who doesn’t do anything…”

“Hyejin doesn’t do anything either.”

“That’s true, but Hyejin has a child and is married anyway.”

“Hmm… Then how about this? Just change it to a Major League information channel. Anyway, there wasn’t much to your KBA content other than occasionally inviting players during the off-season.”

“… “No!”

“Aren’t all baseball information channels the same anyway?”

“No! Mine is special! We invite a lot of players and talk to retired players!”

Isn’t it cute to rebel?

‘Uh… !’

At that time, a thought flashed in my head.

“How about filming couple content instead?”

“What? Couple content?”

“Uh. When I looked at the comments on your recent video, almost everyone knew that you were dating me anyway.”

“It’s not official yet…”

“Couple content with Ji Maeng-ho, who fucking dates women. I think this might be a bit aggressive, right? “The editor doesn’t have to come to the U.S. Anyway.”

Even though I thought about it, it was really stimulating. “How did I come up with this?”

“… It’s not bad, though. “Oppa, are you okay?”

“Of course I’m fine. I don’t think it would matter much as long as Hyejin noona doesn’t show up, right? I don’t think Soyoung will show anything. HyunA is okay because her face has already been sold. Hmm… As for Jo Eun, I don’t think it will work because her face is not known. But even if it’s just me, you, and Hyuna, I think the number of views will be huge, right?”

“… It’s okay. But wouldn’t it be a bit awkward to change the channel identity too suddenly?”

“So, this year, you can gradually change things by following me and making vlogs.”

“…”

“Why don’t you want to be with me?”

“That’s not it… Okay, okay! I’ll do as you say! Stop! Stop right there! “I’m eating right now!”

After solving Jia’s problem and taking a break from her, I felt more satisfied, and the morning of the rest day dawned.

“Oppa, are you ready?”

The schedule for my first rest day in New York was simple. Going to iBlack’s concert with Wonho. Coincidentally, iBlack had a concert scheduled for about 3 days in New York, and Leah invited us to the concert.

“But, Wonho can go too, right?”

“Oh, it doesn’t matter because I told Younghee.”

There’s one more customer there. I felt sorry for Wonho, who was lonely in New York without any connections, so I asked him before the game yesterday if he wanted to go with me. Since Wonho didn’t know anyone, he readily accepted my offer.

-Wonho: Hey, I came out, where am I?

‘This bastard is not a nobleman either. As soon as I thought about it, I saw you contact me right away.’

– Me: Home. Coming soon ㄱㄷ

-Wonho: It’s your appointment time, but you haven’t shown up yet?

– Me: I’m taking a break in the hotel lobby. Don’t you know that the streets in New York are clogged? This guy is a hillbilly, so it won’t work

-Wonho: You’re a bitch, saying it’s your home

-Me: Haha;; ㅈㅅㅋ

“Jia, Wonho is mad? Why are you preparing so late?”

“Ah! I told you to stop because I was late, but you continued! See, women usually take a long time to get ready!”

Jia made a cute fuss and I felt like I wanted to get one more, but I was a gentleman who knew how to keep her appointments, so I quietly put her in the car and headed to the away hotel where the Houston players were staying.

“Did you wait?”

Wonho was already waiting for me in the hotel parking lot,

“Why so late… This person… ?”

As I was getting into the car, I looked a little surprised when I saw Jia in my car.

“Hello. Wonho.”

“Joo Jia. I don’t know? You’re Seungcheol’s older brother’s younger sister? Have you never seen ZiaTube? It’s a baseball-related channel…”

“No, I know it’s Jia because Seungcheol told me to subscribe to the channel at National University, but why are you coming with me?”

“Go out with me. Okay, get on it quickly. “I’m going to be late.”

“Oh, okay. Hello. Mr. Jia.”

Was it because the first meeting was awkward? There was silence in the car on the way to the concert venue. In times like this, I, the connecting link, had to lead the conversation, but honestly, I wasn’t familiar with New York’s geography, so I didn’t have time to talk.

“… But why did you ask me to go see an idol concert?”

And Wonho, unable to bear the awkwardness, opens his mouth first.

“Oh, I’m friends with iBlack Leah. Leah asked me to see her face while she was in New York… “I’m going to have a meal with Leah after today. Wonho, that’s okay, right?”

“Ah… I see Yes, well, I don’t mind.”

And then silence follows again. Fortunately, it didn’t take long to get to the concert venue, and we were able to arrive just before the concert started. At the concert hall, there were half Asians who looked like Koreans and half foreigners, but fortunately there was no big fuss because we were wearing masks in case someone recognized us.

There were some people who looked at Jia strangely as she was sandwiched between two large men.

Anyway, iBlack’s concert went quite smoothly as an idol with many years of experience, and time passed quickly as I enjoyed listening to familiar Korean songs for the first time in a long time. Shortly after the concert ended, Jia’s cell phone rang.

“Oppa, Younghee is asking you to come to XXX? They say it’s a high-end restaurant near here… Oh, and one more person asks if we can eat together?”

“It doesn’t matter to me, who is it?”

“Juhee is the girl in the middle when I sang Kiss Me earlier. Are you okay? “I know him a little bit, and he’s a pretty nice guy.”

Joo Hee-ra… It was a somewhat familiar name. Well, I guess I’m used to it. Because iBlack was a pretty famous idol.

“You don’t mind, right?”

“Me? What am I…”

So we headed to a nearby restaurant where Leah was waiting, and as soon as I saw Joohee’s face, I realized why that name was familiar.

“Uh… !”

Joohee was the person who rejected me years ago. Was it a city at that time? I came to do that and watched it with Seungcheol and Leah as a group of four…

“Oppa, are you here? Joohee here, isn’t it spherical? When was Joohee in the Olympics? There was a scandal back then. “I brought him here because he said he wanted to look at his face and apologize.”

Leah spoke quickly at my surprised face.

Yes, something like that happened back then. Now that I think about it, I remember that Joo-hee’s name came up in some kind of scandal during the Olympics. There was an uproar at the time, but I forgot about it after winning the Olympics, but when I saw his face, I remembered it clearly.

“That… I should have come and apologized to you earlier…”

“Well, it’s not for Joohee to apologize. Rather, he would have only suffered damage to his image by getting involved because of me…”

“Still, I was always concerned because I felt like I was harming someone who was exercising just by eating one meal. Leah said that Meng Hao is not the kind of person who cares about such things, but she still worries.”

Well, your personality is okay.

Compared to her fellow idol, Hayan, this level was at the level of an angel.

“… Why don’t you introduce me? “It’s my first time meeting everyone.”

Oh, there was this one too?

“This is my high school friend Wonho. And he’s a baseball player. Major-leaguer.”

“Hey! “I have to introduce him first as a major-leaguer.”

“What’s the big deal about being a major-leaguer? And Joo-hee, you probably don’t know much about baseball, right?”

I clearly remember Wonho rejecting me by saying he didn’t know much about baseball, so I cut him off.

“… I saw it in the article. “I’m going to the major league.”

… There was something strange about the way Joohee looked at Wonho.

‘Uh? No way… ?’