Chapter 10 – Hero, Rice House Daughter Hyeon Ha-Yeon (5)

I didn’t think it would be good for my mental health to look further into my past with the warrior.

Since I found a clue to attack the hero, I decided to wake up from the dream.

As I closed my eyes and hoped to wake up from the dream, I felt like my body was floating.

Before I knew it, I was lying in bed.

I checked the time. It was still dawned.

When I checked the business card of the rice restaurant I received, there were no business hours written on it.

Today, I contacted the company in advance and cleared my schedule.

It was easily adjusted due to the influence of the maximum number of votes.

I opened the map app to estimate the distance, and thought that it would be about the right time to get ready and go to the rice restaurant by now, so I hurriedly got up and headed to the bathroom to wash up.

*

[Current road traffic situation in Seoul…]

I turned on the radio to see if I could fall asleep, and traffic information came out.

[There is some traffic congestion near xx road.]

On the radio, it is said that the road leading into Seoul is blocked, as if informing the situation of the road on the other side.

Perhaps because it was morning in my lane, the road leading to Gyeonggi-do was clear and cool.

I glanced at the opposite lane.

I felt a little refreshed when I saw the flood of cars coming in and my lane was wide open.

I increased my speed to go even a little faster.

[07:18AM Destination – Public parking lot, 2.5 kilometers, approximately 5 minutes]

I glanced at the information floating on the navigation.

I think it will arrive soon.

In fact, it can be embarrassing for a warrior.

He asked me to come to him in the morning and become a celebrity…

While she was wondering how to persuade her, she quickly arrived at her destination.

*

After parking the car in the parking lot, I walked towards the rice restaurant.

When I came here before, there weren’t many people, but it was a lively place, but now I don’t see people walking around on the streets.

There were occasionally stores that opened early.

The black-haired woman in the distance also seemed to open the store early.

‘Sak-sak-‘

[Rice house used]

The warrior was sweeping the front yard with a comb.

She was more diligent than I thought.

“Uh… Hello?”

As she approached a little, she saw me and said hello.
She had a nervous expression.

“···You’ve been through a lot since the morning.”

“No, it’s something I do every day…”

“I wonder if you came because of that contact…”

“Yes, that’s right”

“Oh, I’m sorry. I should have contacted you.”

She looked a little sorry.

But I didn’t come to hear the hero apologize.

“Hayeon, today I came to persuade you.”

“Yes?”

“It looks like you are busy preparing for the opening, so let me help you with the work first.”

“Oh, it’s okay…”

When she said it was okay, he took her hair and her comb from her and let her into her shop.

“Hayeon, please prepare inside, and I will tell you when I’m done.”

“Um… Yes…”

I entered her store, still looking at me with strange eyes.
In order to finish quickly and have a conversation with the warrior, I concentrated on cleaning for the first time since I was discharged.

*

‘Drurrruk’

While she was cleaning the inside of her store, she was surprised to see me.

“Wow, are you done already?”

“Yes, even though I am like this, I am a military veteran, so I am confident in cleaning.”

“Giggle, really?”

“Yes, is there anything else to do?”

“Um… It’s okay, it’s all over.”

“···It looks like you are organizing the bags. I will help you.”

“It’s a bit heavy…”

“I’m a former artilleryman, so I’m confident in heavy weights.”

“Oh… Then please move what’s over there over here!”

I gently lifted the bag of rice she pointed to.

When I took a quick look at the sack while lifting it, it was 40 kg.

“Inhale!”

I couldn’t breathe because the weight was heavier than I expected.

“Giggle”

She looked at me and laughed, as if it was funny that I was carrying bags of rice, and then started working again.

“Huh… Fifteen… Hayeon, I moved them all.”

“Wow, thank you! “I just need to move this, and it’s done!”

She lifted the bag of rice with one hand and carried it, as if picking up a rock that had fallen on the floor.

The way her deep-colored black hair fluttered and moved was like seeing a warrior in a dream.

I felt my muscles, which had not been used to carry 15 bags of rice, tremble a little.

“The end!”

When I saw her lightly placing her bag of rice, I felt a bit of skepticism.

“Thank you for your hard work. Have you eaten yet?”

“No, I think breakfast is ready by now. Let’s eat together.”

She cheerfully suggested that we eat together.

Since I had no reason to refuse, I accepted the invitation.

‘Drurrruk’

When I opened the door inside the store, I heard the woman’s voice coming from inside.

“Is it over already?”

“Mom! “The manager is here!”

“Who is coming?”

The lady was preparing her meal, so she greeted me wearing her apron.

“Hello”

“Oh my, you’re Seoul’s son?”

The lady looked a little surprised.

“Ha-yeon had some business to run, so I came to see her and helped her run the store.”

“Hayeon?”

He seemed surprised to hear that I had something to do with the hero.

“Yes, I will explain the details again. If you don’t mind… Would it be okay if I get a meal?”

“···Okay, let’s eat together”

Even though the lady seemed embarrassed by the request, she smiled warmly and said let’s eat together.

*

“Umm… Chuck tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk”

The warrior’s younger brother, Choyeon, was eating mashed fried eggs and putting them on rice.

“Kim Cho-in… Manager?”

“You can feel free to call me superhuman.

“Um… Yes, Mr. Choin, is there a celebrity I might know?”

“Lee Ji-yeon was my celebrity”

“Hehe! Mom! This oppa was Lee Ji-yeon’s manager!”

Choyeon, who was eating her meal, made a fuss and said.

“Hmm…”

The lady who heard my explanation had an expression on her face that said she still didn’t understand.

Hayeon, who was sitting next to her, was wiping rice from the corner of Choyeon’s mouth.
She didn’t seem very interested in the conversation with her aunt.

“···Is our Hayeon worthy of becoming a celebrity?”

“I am confident that if you join as a trainee… I am confident that you will become a top celebrity within just two years.”

“Two years?”

“He’s a top celebrity! Wow!”

After hearing the specific period of two years, Hayeon also seemed to be a little interested.

“No matter what, the thought of becoming a celebrity now…”

“Mother, Hayeon is now 20 years old. Actress Audrey Hepburn filmed Roman Holiday at the age of 24, and actress Lee Tae-hee debuted as an advertising model by chance at the age of 20.”

“Actress Kim Na-young also started as a magazine model at a similar age. She is old enough. In fact, she can debut at an appropriate age.”

“Wow… This guy must have memorized everything.”

Choyeon was surprised once again.

“Well… If Hayeon wants to do it, it’s okay…”

The lady glanced at Hayeon.

As I followed her aunt’s gaze, Hayeon was looking at my face as if she was a little surprised.

“Well, I… I don’t know”

She answered in a slightly dejected voice.

The woman stroked Hayeon’s back and carefully opened her mouth.

“···Then, Ha-yeon, why don’t the three of you take your time and think about it, and since Mr. Choin came to visit today, you two can have a conversation? “I probably couldn’t say what I wanted to say properly because I was helping with the work.”

The lady helped me.

It was worth explaining it carefully.

“···I will do that”

She agreed to the conversation.

“Thank you, mother”

The lady smiled kindly and said.

“Mr. Choin, please take care of my daughter.”

“Hayeon, we’ll look at the store, so let’s go and have a chat.”

“···Uh”

Since I also ate her food, I helped her clean up and then followed her to a nearby café.

*

5 minutes after sitting her down at a café near her and ordering her coffee and drinking it

She still had a subtle expression.

“···”

She quietly wet her mouth with her coffee.

She couldn’t sit like this forever, so she said to her.

“···Hayeon, were you uncomfortable with me coming here like this?”

“Oh! No!”

She answered hastily, as if she didn’t really mean it.

“That…”

She wiggled her fingers and couldn’t continue her words.
I felt like she was acting like this because there was something that bothered her.

“If you tell me why you are reluctant, I will answer with all my sincerity.”

“Ugh… I’m not pretty…”

“Hayeon, having seen Jiyeon Lee all my life, I can confidently say that Hayeon is beautiful.”

“Aww… Even if you say that…”

She lowered her head and took a sip of her coffee as if she were embarrassed.

She didn’t really know what she was like.

I gave her words to boost her confidence.

“Hayeon, for the first time, I told the company that I would raise a celebrity.”

She glanced at me while holding her glass.

“I always said that I would not do any heavy lifting and only load at work for the rest of my life.”

She gently put down her glass.

“When I saw Hayeon for the first time, I went to the CEO of the company and said she had a celebrity I wanted to raise, so she introduced Hayeon and of course she gave me the OK.”

“If by any chance I fail Hayeon, I will apologize to Hayeon with the rest of her life.”

“No, not until that happens…”

“I need you.”

“Aww…”

She was still embarrassed.

“If you follow me for just one month, not half a year, I will show you my potential within a month.”

“A month.?”

“Within a month, anyone who sees you will see you as someone who can surpass Lee Ji-yeon.”

“I’ll say it again, it can’t be done without you, Hyeon Ha-yeon.”

She seemed to be a little taken aback by my firm words.

“···Uh···”

“···”

I waited for her answer.

“Without me… I can’t run the store with my family…”

“My father passed away a few years ago, so when the store closes, it becomes difficult for my family…”

“I… Have to protect my family.”

It was said that she had to protect her family.
If I solve this problem, I can get her

However, it was natural for an unknown celebrity to have no income.

But if she stopped here, her even slightly open heart might close.

“Our CG entertainment company has a lot of money”

“I also have a home that I use at work.”

“···”

“The in-house training system is also quite well established. It must be difficult to commute from home here to work.”

“···Yes”

“The living expenses, maintenance expenses, and housing necessary for your stay in Seoul will be provided.”

“Yes?”

“It’s okay if you don’t feel sorry for CG Entertainment. The amount of money Hayeon will earn is astronomical. It’s okay if Hayeon doesn’t continue to run the rice shop to protect her family.”

“···”

She looked a little puzzled.

“I know that going to Seoul with my family is difficult.”

“But me and CG Entertainment will protect you and your family.”

“I’ll say it again, CG Entertainment has a lot of money. That level of investment is the price of chewing gum.”

“I have the ability to attract that level of investment.”

“··· I would be grateful if Hayeon followed me well, so she could become a top celebrity and protect me.”

I said everything I could.

Now all I had to do was wait for her reaction.

She said, looking at me with a slightly flushed face.

“···Can you really live in Seoul with your family?”

“Yes, if you have any doubts, I will call Choi Dae-pyo directly and confirm.”

“Oh, no”

“···Really···Can you really protect my family?”

“I will protect not only my family, but also Hayeon.”

Her face blushed even more when she said that she would protect her.

I calmly waited for her next words.

“···Can I really protect the manager?”

I asked if she could protect me.

I have watched her in her past several times.
The warrior I saw in my dream was strong. But she was Hyeon Ha-yeon, not a warrior.

I spoke confidently.

“Yes, there is no one who can protect me except Hayeon.”

Her expression became strange at my answer.

“Well, since you said I’m the only one… I’ll protect you… Manager.”

She smiled brightly, as if to hide her embarrassment.

“Please take care of me in the future. Hyeon Ha-yeon”

I recruited a hero.