If I can’t debut, I’ll get sick to death. Episode 105
The manager who returned delivered predictable but hit-or-miss news.
“…Are you trying to call the police?”
“okay. What kind of assault is it? I sweated really hard.”
The first manager wiped away a cold sweat, saying that he almost gave a strange article before the comeback. And grumbled.
“Then why did I bother to contact them…Tsk.”
It was a sniping at the second manager who was not present.
By the way, Lee Se-jin was not there because he was accompanying the company to the interview.
“How did he get into the lobby?”
“At that time, on the way back from the hospital, little Sejin said he would go to the practice room, so he came to the company. The open guards said they were the members’ parents, so they let them in.”
“Aha~.”
Keun Se-jin exclaimed, but his face did not look very cool.
‘Isn’t it a problem that can be blocked at source?’
Family gossip could continue to happen even if the person concerned disowned the family.
Besides, he wasn’t a normal human being enough to cause a stir in the lobby, so there was plenty of potential for trouble later on.
“…Anyway, little Sejin would have been surprised, but you guys treat me well when you come to the dorm.”
“sure.”
“All right.”
From an ankle injury to family problems, it was almost certain that it would be difficult mentally.
The members seemed to be thinking about the situation in their own way while nodding their heads.
And soon after, Lee Se-jin returned to the dorm in a half cast.
It was the same situation as a few days ago, but the difference was not that there were no companions.
Lee Se-jin’s face was saddened.
“…?”
The members seemed to have noticed that sign, and the members hesitated.
“Sejin-ah…Did the story end well?”
“are you okay?”
“okay. …I am very fine.”
Lee Se-jin said as if he had made a promise, then walked steadfastly through the front door and headed for the kitchen.
And one shot of water.
Gulp.
Lee Se-jin put the cup down on the table and took a deep breath before speaking.
“tomorrow…I’m going to apply for a restraining order.”
“…!”
“Oh, Father?”
“My father got divorced when I was young, so I don’t have custody…!”
Some of the members were taken aback when they first heard Lee Se-jin swear at each other.
“…Do you have any evidence?”
“It’s not like I’m applying for the target. …I will do it for my mother.”
“…!”
“…after.”
Lee Se-jin sighed and explained the situation appropriately.
“…He seems to have been contacting my mother and extorting money from me ever since I gained some recognition as a child actor.”
However, the mother said that she did not bother revealing the situation to young Lee Se-jin. I first found out about this while talking about it.
“I haven’t been in a while since I took a break from child acting activities…They started contacting me again after I appeared on < Azusa >.”
Lee Se-jin swallowed and continued with a slightly trembling voice.
“I am…I just knew that the two of you split up due to a difference in personality. You said it was difficult, so I sent you the money… ….”
It is said that the amount demanded gradually increased, accompanied by subtle verbal abuse and threats.
“…Because the program went so well, it happened almost every day from the middle to the latter half.”
Lee Se-jin’s face turned pale as if he recalled that time.
‘…Is that why he became more sensitive from the 3rd contest onwards?’
At that time, the mental state was already bursting.
“…Then, on my last vacation, I found out about it while talking openly with my mom.”
It is said that they divorced from the beginning because of gambling and hand habits, and that their father continuously threatened them financially.
“….”
There was a moment of anxious silence.
“…Then why are you still contacting me… ?”
“…I made a hasty move and my mother…It could be a nuisance to the group again. already…There was also a problem with the agency last time.”
Lee Se-jin gritted his teeth and wiped his eyes vigorously.
“Since I decided not to run away, I somehow…I was thinking of doing it. …It didn’t go well.”
“….”
“I apologize in advance, if you apply for an access ban…Maybe there will be an article. The company said it would try to block it as much as possible, but… ….”
Sejin Lee lowered his head.
“If there is a problem again…sorry.”
“…!”
“Sejin-ah, there is no need to apologize for this.”
“I’m really fine…!”
Among the members who were confused, Sejin opened his mouth as if he was sorry with a nice face.
“hmm…I’m really sorry about your brother’s troubles. I don’t think anything will end just by applying for a ban on access, so shouldn’t we think of another method?”
“…I know.”
Sejin Lee swallowed his saliva.
“so…I found out where he gambles.”
“-!! How are you?”
“…Does it matter? Anyway, I will report it to the police.”
“omg!”
“Then you will go to jail. In the meantime, you can settle the bill and send your mom to a safer place.”
“Oh oh!”
Among the admiring minors, I thought to myself.
‘Isn’t illegal gambling usually punishable by a fine?’
Even if you get a sentence, I think I’ve only seen cases that usually end with probation.
In addition, it is a question of whether the police who received the report will trust it so obediently and go to the scene.
“…Won’t it end with a suspended sentence?”
“It won’t. I heard you gambled fraudulently while working at a gambling house.”
“…!”
“I recorded everything you said to scare me. What is a gangster? …. I can send it to the police anonymously if need be.”
He said he had a problem with gambling, so I thought he was addicted, but he turned out to be a full-fledged criminal.
Well, I understood Lee Se-jin’s desire for cider and the big picture. But rather, in this case, I don’t think the situation is more dangerous.
‘It’s even more painful if a criminal goes around saying that he is Lee Se-jin’s father.’
After all, I think it would be better to visibly cut off the relationship with Lee Se-jin… hmm. There is one thing that comes to mind.
‘I’m not sure if it’ll be okay.’
Let’s get the story out.
“I think we should stop people with such an ex from saying useless things by borrowing hyung’s name in the future. You could come out of prison and call him father and commit investment fraud.”
“…!!”
“How about drawing a line at this point?”
“Uh how…?”
I turned my finger
“My older brother is changing his mother’s last name.”
“…!! Big up.”
“It is completely erasing the connection with the father.”
Was it an unconventional proposal?
I heard Lee Se-jin say something.
“Calm down.”
Sejin Lee added another glass of water to the glass he was drinking earlier. Lee Se-jin took a one-shot and muttered with a bewildered face.
“that…That thought… …I haven’t tried it.”
“me too.”
“Me too.”
Cha Yu-jin and Seon Ah-hyun blankly agreed.
Keun Se-jin seemed to be quickly searching on his smartphone, then nodded.
“Oh~ Unless you’re a minor, you don’t have to ask for permission from your father. Still, they say that they send out opinions, but it’s perfect for when you report that gambling place and get distracted! Do you think you can do it?”
Lee Se-jin made a mysterious face.
“…Then it will take quite a while, but it’s a little bit of a change in the middle of comeback activities… ….”
Well, I’m worrying about meaningless things.
“You can just use it as your stage name right away.”
“…!!”
“Oh, I see. Once you change your activity name, you can change it naturally!”
Kim Rae-bin admired. And Lee Se-jin still had a bewildered face.
‘Well, if I suddenly get annoyed, I might be worried.’
It’s kind of funny that I, with both first and last names, think of this.
Anyway, there was a career he had built under that name since he was a child actor, so there was plenty of room for him to feel reluctance to change.
‘I might refuse.’
The moment after thinking that, Sejin Lee nodded his head sadly.
“…good! Last name doesn’t matter.”
Snow was burning brightly.
‘…It’s the same eyes I used to look at my smartphone a few days ago.’
Perhaps it was the desire for cider.
Anyway, the members clapped at Lee Se-jin’s bold declaration of name change.
“Ohhh!”
Sejin Lee shook his head shyly.
‘It’s a conclusion.’
I immediately made an additional request.
“Be sure to tell the company to select an article with the nuance that the divorce was completely attributable to the father. Not openly, just at a level that can be guessed from between the lines.”
It means don’t drag it with aggro and don’t give it room.
Of course, the company will take good care of it, but there is nothing to lose if you grab it once and move on.
And Lee Se-jin had an expression of reminiscing about something.
“…I thought about it last time, but you… no.”
“…? Please speak.”
“Because it isn’t.”
what if that
Liu Chengyu laughed slightly shyly and joined the conversation.
“Actually, apart from the goals I just mentioned…It seems like a good enough decision. Your mother’s last name, which loves you, is much better than the one you received from someone like that.”
“…that’s right.”
“Anyway, thank you for making the tough decision. Sejin.”
“…It’s not hard.”
Lee Se-jin seemed to have exhausted his social skills for half a year and returned to his usual blunt tone.
“Ah anyway. Then, just call the company.”
“yes!”
“I am glad that the conclusion went well.”
“…thank you.”
“Hi-Hi.”
“Thank you for your hard work~”
Keun Sejin also smiled and gave thanks.
He still doesn’t seem to have a crush on Lee Se-jin, but at least he didn’t seem annoyed this time around.
It seems that Lee Se-jin is immersed in the task, so there is no time to be more uncomfortable with Se-jin.
‘That’s good.’
It’s okay if I don’t put it on.
In that harmonious atmosphere, I suddenly thought of a question.
“Come to think of it, what is your mother’s last name?”
Then Lee Se-jin’s ears went red.
what?
“…ship.”
“yes?”
“It’s a pear!”
“…!!”
…After turning around like that, Lee Se-jin, who was a child actor, really became Bae Se-jin.
This time, it was not an abbreviation of an actor, but a surname taken from his mother, so it was fortunate that Bae Se-jin seemed to be satisfied with it.
It’s the same name, but it’s a bit strange that such a different result came out just with the perception of the receiving side… It was fun in theory.
But the most surprising part of the case was not here.
It appeared in an internet article that Sejin Bae came to a few days later.
“This is it!”
Bae Se-jin pointed his smartphone at me with a rare excited face.
“…?”
I read the article
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[Arrest of XX City Illegal Gambling Operators… Confirmation of drugs]
: Gyeonggi-do Northern Police Station announced on the 12th that it opened a gambling hall in the basement of a building at XX on the 11th and arrested Mr. A (43) and five others for illegal gambling.
In addition, 2.2 kg of pill-type drugs were found inside the gambling establishment….
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“…!!”
“how is it! I don’t think I’ll have to worry about it for a few years!”
“…yes.”
I really don’t have to worry about it anymore.
It was the day he caught Schrödinger’s drug lord on his hind feet.
* * *
And again a few days later, it was around the time Bae Se-jin took off his half cast and changed to light protection.
‘The music video teaser is coming out at midnight today.’
It was like a signal flare of full-scale activity.
And now the day has come when I have to make the choice I have been putting off.
It’s point distribution.
‘Status window.’
You can spend 3 points. I plan to save one of these for emergencies and use 2 points unconditionally.
The question is where to use it.
“hmm.”
Without thinking long, I decided where to distribute the points.
And before actually raising the stats, I decided to do what I had to do first.
“brother.”
“uh?”
“What do you think about changing shops?”
It was an in-depth version of what I did during < Azusa >.
