Yeoju and Yoon
01
Yeoju and I were born into wealthy families, born with a silver spoon in our mouths. My parents inherited my grandparents' business and became the presidents of Chess, a renowned conglomerate in South Korea. Yeoju's parents had risen from the bottom. In other words, Yeoju's company, Taerim, was a relatively new conglomerate, having only been established a few decades ago. Because it was so new, it faced many challenges, but we were able to overcome most of them with the help of our parents. However, we shouldn't have helped Yeoju's company.
"Chairman Seo, I owe you another favor. I wonder how I can compensate you..."
“Oh, no. I’m satisfied just watching our Yoon-i and Yeo-ju playing together.”
“Thank you always.”
“Here, buy some apples and other fruits.”
“It’s okay haha.”
“I’m giving it to you because I’m grateful. Please give it to me.”
“Then I will eat it with gratitude.”
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“Oh, Dad… Today, you lent 300 million won to their family again and only received a few of these fruits?”
“It’s just a little. Since you gave it to me, I have to eat it well.”
“Even so... ah... that’s enough.”
It was always like this. My parents would lend me a few hundred million won in return for some groceries. They happened to have two movie tickets.I think I should watch it with Yeoju and talk about it this weekend.
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“Hello? Lady?”
“Hey, it’s me. Yoon, what’s going on?”
"No, it's just something else. Do you want to go see a movie together this weekend? I have two tickets."
“A movie? Yeah!”
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“Hey, lady, come here!”
“Yoon! It’s been a while. It’s been almost a month, right?”
“Okay. Let’s watch a movie first.”
"okay."
About halfway through the movie, my phone started vibrating.
"hello?"
It was my mom.
“Honey, I don’t think you should come home today.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
“I’ll tell you the details later, so just go to your grandmother’s house for a bit.”
“Hello…? Mom? Hello??”
“…”
The call ended abruptly. Feeling uneasy, I apologized to the female lead before the movie ended and quickly left.
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I arrived at the house's yard. The twinkling lanterns and pretty sculptures that had been there were gone. It was a moment when my heart sank to the floor. I carefully pressed the door lock and opened the front door. The black furniture inside the house had red tags on it. I walked inside the house slowly. I heard my father's voice from the living room. His urgent voice became clearer as I got closer. When I arrived, I saw my mother crouched next to my father, holding back tears. When my mother confirmed my arrival, she got up and handed me a piece of morning bread that had been thrown on the table as if it had been thrown.
“Mom told me to go to Grandma’s house. Why did you come here?”
“…”
"It's exactly what you think. I got stabbed in the back of the head by our heroine."
“…”
"Taerim... seems to have planted a spy in our company. They must have patented the furniture we released a few days ago without our knowledge. So we ended up using that patented technology without permission. The article now only talks about our company and Taerim."
My mother's eyes widened as she spoke. I lowered my head, biting my lips, and thought of Yeoju. I thought Yeoju's company and ours had a pretty close relationship.
"So... why did you do that... why!!! I told you not to lend it to me!!!! Taerim should have gone bankrupt himself..."
“Lady, calm down and let’s talk…”
"Talk? Do you think this situation can be resolved through conversation?"
“Lady, calm down.”
“Dad, it’s the same!!! How can you lend me money all the time?”
“…Okay. I’m sorry.”
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This happened to me when I was in my third year of middle school. I'm currently a freshman in high school. A little less than a year has passed since that incident. That year was the worst. My family of three moved into a 66-square-foot (20-pyeong) one-room house and lived there for about five months. Fortunately, during those five months...We managed the company diligently and narrowly avoided bankruptcy. After that, we moved back to our original home and lived a precarious life. When we were boycotted by consumers, I felt like I wanted to disappear from this world. Every street I went on was covered in banners saying "NO CHESS" and I felt like I was going crazy. There was no way to restore our company's image, which had already fallen to the bottom. Our company's revenue nearly doubled, and I lived at school with the title "Daughter of a Chess Company." However, even with our revenue nearly doubling, a large company is still a large company, so we still had some money left over for whatever we wanted. I cut ties with Yeoju's company after that incident. However, I still contact Yeoju occasionally.
“Please take it…”
“The number you have dialed does not exist...”
“Oh, shit.”
Naturally, Yeoju never answered my calls. She must have changed her phone number, too, so now I can't even contact her.
“Okay, now.“There are only two weeks left until school starts… Let’s not do anything useless.”
I threw my phone on the bed and started studying.
-explanation-
1. Do Yeo-ju and Seo Yoon have been friends since birth.
2. At the time of that incident, Taerim mobilized all of his journalistic connections to prevent Taerim's misdeeds from being leaked to the world.
3. All members appear.
4. Chess is a large furniture company that designs and manufactures furniture centered on achromatic tones.
5. Taerim is a major company focused on home appliances (though it also occasionally sells furniture).
Hello.
The song is a hit. I'm writing this because I'm bored, so the quality isn't great! I put a lot of my own tastes into it. Let me give you a little spoiler: Yoon is the villain, but in stories where the main character is the villain, they always end up being loved, right? I really didn't like that. That's why I'm writing this. It might not go in the direction you want!