Chapter 206 – Scandal 2

Yesterday worked pretty hard.
It was because her mother came back from her schedule and came to ask me to hug her.

Yesterday’s mom looked very tired, as if she had had a hard day.
In the sense of cheering up, I did my best. Until dawn.

‘Actually, she doesn’t want to be a mother, but she might be forced to do it because I asked her.’
There were times when I suddenly came up with such thoughts and became anxious.

I know it’s delusion.
It is an eternal truth that a mother loves her son.
However, such delusions of persecution would haunt me whenever I could forget them.

That’s why I was even more pleased with my mother’s actions.
That she wants me too.
I was happy that I wasn’t alone in my unrequited love.

So I inadvertently tried too hard.
Until her mother’s belly is moist.
They hugged each other until they collapsed from exhaustion.

The next day, both my mom and I have empty schedules.
So I was able to sleep through the night in peace.

… And the next morning.
Waking up late, I looked at my phone and was startled.

“Eh.”

177 missed calls.
That number was stamped on my phone.

First time I’ve seen these numbers.
Is it broken? Or maybe I’m a stalker too?

As I was imagining the wrong thing to dispel my anxious mind, the phone flickered again to let me know that there was a call.
It was Lee Seon-young, director of J-up, who helped me during the last CF shoot.

“Ah, Jin Seon-hoo. I just got it.”
“Yes, sir.”

I made up my mind a little.
It was because the voice of the already serious director was even more serious.
There must be something going on

“Did you see the news this morning?”
“News? No, wake up now…”

What? Any news related to me?

“Then I’ll talk briefly.”

… It was an odd story.

Scandal.
That also involved me and Seonha, and a scandal erupted with ridiculous content.

“I’m sorry, Jin Seon-hoo. We should have stopped it earlier.”
“No… No. Because it suddenly exploded from there… I can’t help it.”

You can’t blame the agency for this.

It’s also wrong for not telling the agency about Sunha in advance.
It’s also my fault that I turned off her cell phone last night because I was spending the night with her mother.
It was also wrong to ask her center to keep things a secret about me.

All in all, it was a situation that occurred due to a lot of misfortune, and it was not a matter of blaming anyone.

Moreover, it is said that the first place to explode this time was the media company that got a backlash for publishing an incorrect article about the date with Miso in the past.
He said he had a grudge against me for that and caused this scandal.

… It’s not that the guy who farts gets angry!
Then I’m the victim!

“… I will check the article first and get back to you.”
“Is it so. Jin Seon-hoo, don’t get too stressed out either. According to Seon-Hoo Jin, this is a fight that we will win unconditionally.”
“Yes.”
『Now, let’s not react hastily, let’s wait until the other side crosses the line.』
“… Yes.”

This is what the director thought.

The current scandal can be put to rest if the truth is revealed.

But it is weak
Public opinion will be on our side, but it is clear that the other side will end with another article of apology.
If that happens, the same thing will happen again next time.

After getting a lot of views with an article written by exaggerating speculation posted on social media with just a few circumstances, as if it were true, or else.
Smile last time, Seonha this time, and someone else might get involved with me next time and suffer damage.

So, let’s take this opportunity to give it a shot.

If we delay announcing our position, the other side will cross the line on its own.
When things get so big that they can’t be undone, we fight back.
At that time, even the other side would not be able to get over it with a single line of apology.

The director said to wait until then.

“… Yes. All right.”

I don’t know if I’m alone
However, I am not a saint enough to forgive even the bugs that touch my precious people.
If you look shallow, you will be eaten. I entered that world.
In the future, I needed to clean it up to protect my family.

So I decided to follow the director’s opinion.

“Whoa.”

Hang up the phone and take a few deep breaths.

From now on, I’m going to look into the abyss.
I had to stay alert.
When I look into the abyss, the abyss will also look into me.

I opened an Internet window on my cell phone.

… I didn’t even have to search.
It was because three letters of my name were hanging on the main screen of the portal site on the initial screen of the Internet.

『’Good looking’ Jin Seon-hoo, high school girl sponsor scandal』

… It was already a mess from the title of the article.

I first heard the word ‘Jjinjalnam’ from Miso.
I don’t know who started it first, but it felt like a nickname given to me by my handsome smile.
The feeling of seeing such a nickname on the news like an official was very strange.

Besides, the high school girl sponsor scandal that followed.

At best, I thought it was a secret dating scandal caused by a photo taken while wandering around with Sunha.
But what about a sponsor?
The dimension of the problem was different from the pure love scandal and the sponsor scandal where money was exchanged.

In fact, I talked about Sunha and the sponsor, but that wasn’t the sponsor that amounted to a scandal.
It literally means sponsor, support, and I didn’t ask for sex in return. Rather, I refused to give it.

But if I write the title of the article like this, it seems like I did something really strange. Even for minors.
Wouldn’t it be unfair if you really did!

It was said that a media company with a grudge against the last smile scandal broke this scandal, and just looking at the title of the article, you could tell that it was a malicious article.

“Whew.”

To be honest, I didn’t have the confidence to press it.
It must be an article to thoroughly bury me.

… Still, you should think about how to respond once you read the article.
Should I read it?

I made up my mind and touched the article.

『’Good looking’ Jin Seon-hoo, high school girl sponsor scandal』

『Actor Jin Seon-hoo, who is enjoying peak popularity as Hwang Jin-woo in the drama ‘Flowers, You and Me’, has been caught up in a sponsor suspicion.

The opponent is Miss K, a minor.
It is known that Jin met Miss K for the first time on the set of the drama ‘Flower Party’.
K, an orphan without parents and living in a children’s facility, was working part-time at a broadcasting station to earn college tuition even at a young age. Ms. K is said to have received a lot of cuteness from her older sisters and brothers who worked part-time for her cute appearance and sincere attitude.

It was Mr. Jin who approached Miss K.
Mr. Jin seduced Miss K with sweet words that he would give her a lot of money, and Miss K immediately quit her part-time job when she said that she could earn money easily.”

No!!?
When did I?!!

Sunha quit her part-time job before I even said anything!!

When was it? Was it when I revealed in an interview that I was an adopted child?
At that time, Seon-ha knew that I was her real brother, and after many thoughts, she quit her job.
And after that, she worked part-time at a convenience store.
It was also at that time that she saw Seon-ha being treated badly by her grandson at a convenience store and told her to quit her part-time job because I would support her for money.

Anyway, it was true that Sunha worked part-time at a broadcasting station, but what happened after that was completely fiction.

The truth was mixed with lies.
The fact that Sun-ha worked part-time at a broadcasting station is a fact that can be known if she investigates a little.
However, after that, the mention of sponsors is unknown to anyone other than me and Sunha, the parties involved, so those who know that Sunha worked part-time at a broadcasting station will have no choice but to think that this article is true.

I calmed down and read the next paragraph.

『Even after Miss K quit her part-time job, Mr. Jin continued to have a tryst with Miss K. Testimonies continued that they saw Jin dating Miss K in school uniform all over the city.
And among the witnesses was Miss A, a classmate of Miss K.
Ms. A said, ‘In exchange for silence, Mr. Jin even bought me expensive things at a high-end store.'”

“Whoa.”

I don’t know how many times I sigh today.

I just bought ‘expensive bread’ from a ‘luxury bakery’!
It was transformed from a ‘luxury store’ to an ‘expensive item’!
Just reading the article, you’d think I gave you a luxury watch as a bribe!

Besides, it wasn’t for silence, it was meant to be friendly with Seonha!!

I gritted my teeth and moved on to the next paragraph.

『Miss K’s classmate, ‘Miss K ask for sponsorship conditions’」

“Miss K’s classmate, Ms. A, said, ‘Ms. K asked about the sponsorship conditions. Things like the period, amount, and number of meetings.”
Also, ‘after that, he boasted about clothes and expensive school supplies he received as gifts. Before that, I only wore shabby school uniforms.”

“No… Under…”

Did Sunha ask her friend about that? Besides, did your friend even tell the reporter about it?

This was a matter in which the truth could not be revealed even if it was not me and Sunha, the party involved.
If I said no, I’d say it’s a lie.
Even if you open the account details, you can insist that you gave it in cash.

I got caught in the fire properly. This media outlet must have calculated and exploded that much.

It was a battle that could never be won unless Seonha and I became siblings.

… Okay. This can all be overturned by revealing that Sunha and I are siblings.
Let’s not get excited. It’s a battle where victory is decided from the beginning.

『C Coin karaoke CCTV had clear pictures of Jin Seon-hoo and a female student in school uniform. This place is also famous as a tryst place for teenagers who lack money to go to a motel.

Mr. B, the president of the coin karaoke room, said in an interview with this magazine, “Since the room is a closed room, there are many cases where couples come to do lewd acts. It’s rarer to just sing and go. There are limits to what we can do… ‘, Revealing the reality that obscene acts in the room are not uncommon.

Mr. D, who was working at the counter at the time, remembered the situation clearly. ‘The tall man came out first, but he seemed angry for some reason. A female student from behind came out restlessly. She seemed to have had a fight.'”

… It’s as if I had done ‘obscene acts’ with Seon-ha at coin karaoke.
This was also a gobulgi. Even if I didn’t do it, I wouldn’t believe it.
It was a secret room anyway, and there was no CCTV inside. There is no evidence that he did, but there is no evidence that he didn’t.
Shit.

『In this scandal, netizens say, ‘I’m disappointed that I haven’t seen Jin Seon-hu that much’, ‘You pretended to be nice and then peeled pumpkin seeds from behind’, ‘Prostitution of minors is a serious crime, it must be legally punished’. He left comments such as ‘Jin Seon-hu is also a man, but you can do it with money’.

Currently, Mr. Jin and his agency, J-up Entertainment, are not giving any position on this scandal.”

“Ugh.”

Isn’t this just a reporter writing what he wants to say?
In the first place, this scandal was the first one to come up with, so where do you get netizens’ opinions?
I was so dumbfounded that I had nothing to say.

… What should I do?

Should I call Sunha first?
You must be very worried by now.
Because all of a sudden, the stigma of prostitution teenagers has been stigmatized on the front page of the news.

… The more I thought about it, the more I couldn’t forgive myself.

“Seonhu-ya… ? What’s going on?”

Come to think of it, she had someone here to talk to before Sunha.

She gave a glimpse of her breasts before pulling back the slipped blanket.
It was beautiful even when she just woke up from sleep.

Thanks to that, the anger that had been seething had subsided a little.

“Mom.”

My dearest mother in the world.

I decided to tell her mother everything first.