WONHEE let out a sigh of relief when Yejun fell asleep as soon as his back hit the mattress.
She pulled the duvet up to his neck carefully.
Then she sat on the chair next to the bed.
"Tannie?"
Tangerine Fairy turned to Wonhee. "Are you changing my na, Chu Wonhee?"
Wonhee smiled awkwardly while scratching her cheek. "I just realized that ’Tangerine Fairy’ is too long. Can I call you ’Tannie’ as a pet na?"
"That sounds cute."
"You like it?"
"I’ll change my na to ’Tannie’ in the System’s database."
Wonhee smiled and nodded, relieved that Tangerine Fairy liked the pet na she ca up with. "Alright, Tannie."
"Oh, I asked the System about my gender and it said I’m a boy."
"I see. Thank you for telling , Tannie."
"And we’re the sa age."
"Then can I speak informally with you?"
"Go ahead."
Wonhee smiled because she could tell that Tannie was proud that he finally introduced himself to her properly.
[He feels more like a dongsaeng1 than a friend of the sa age.]
"Tannie, am I allowed to leave the Sleeping Salon while Yejun is asleep here?"
"You can’t," Tannie said firmly. "The Sleeping Salon will automatically shut down when you leave the space. Moreover, Hwang Yejun would wake up. We cannot interrupt his eight hours of sleep."
"Ah. So, I’m stuck here for eight hours."
"Why don’t you sleep? Hwang Yejun signed a contract, so he can’t touch you even if he tried. This is your safe place, Chu Wonhee. The System will protect you here, so go ahead and rest."
"It’s not that I’m worried Yejun would attack in my sleep," Wonhee said carefully. "I just can’t sleep since I have many things on my mind at the mont. Do you mind if I work until I get sleepy?"
"Of course not," Tannie said, then he bounced in the air and dropped himself on top of Yejun’s forehead. "I’ll sleep here. Wake up if you have a question."
Pfft.
It was cute how Yejun didn’t wake up even after Tannie hit him on the forehead.
[Yejun did frown a little, though.]
"Good night, Tannie," Wonhee said, smiling. "Sweet dreams."
Tannie just huffed before he closed his eyes.
As soon as the administrator fell asleep, she pulled out her smartphone and checked the news.
Wonhee looked herself up in the internet, of course.
Naturally, she found herself browsing through the most popular news/gossip site in the country. And she wasn’t disappointed because the #1 trending/viral topic was about her.
Wonhee took a deep breath.
So of the people leaving comnts about her family were people hired by her older siblings to spread her real identity.
In fact, it was their side who "leaked" her real identity as Soobin and Semi’s baby sister.
[Soobin Oppa sneakily "leaked" the information to the socialites who love to gossip, then to the reporters who keep an eye on said socialites. That’s how the news of her background eventually reached the public.]
Wonhee agreed to reveal the truth of her "origin" for Soobin and Semi’s sake.
Wonhee was relieved to see that most people’s faith in Soobin and Semi was restored.
[Thank god our plan worked– the public opinion on Soobin Oppa and Semi Unnie has finally turned positive again.]
That was the point of revealing the fact that Wonhee was Soobin and Semi’s baby sister.
And now that her older siblings’ nas were cleared...
That was the second trending topic in every news portal– people were debating whether Wonhee was innocent or not.
Wonhee knitted her eyebrows, surprised and confused. "Choi Sumin is missing? But Soobin Oppa said APA is probably hiding her..."
She decided to trust her older brother.
But, for so reason, she still felt weird.
Wonhee only stopped thinking about Choi Sumin when her phone rang and it showed the caller ID of the person trying to call her.
Ah, it was Seodam’s older sister.
Wonhee smiled bitterly because her ex-boyfriend’s family mbers had never called her this many tis when she was still dating Seodam.
She knew why Seorin was calling her again and again, though.
[It’s probably because of her wedding that I painstakingly organized only for Seorin Unnie to "uninvite" after Seodam broke up with .]
She knew she had to deal with her forr "in-laws" soon.
But not today.
[I have better things to do with my ti.]
Wonhee rejected Seorin’s call, then she called her secretary– the one helping her manage her finances. "Please cancel every reservation I made for Lee Seorin’s wedding."
Im Hani, Wonhee’s secretary-slash-financial advisor, let out a sigh of relief.
She could only smile while shaking her head.
[It’s embarrassing how I let Seodam’s family walk all over .]
"Hmm? What about their house?"
Im Hani asked in disbelief.
Oh, right.
Wonhee forgot that she bought a house for Seodam and his family, and then she rented it out to them without telling the Lees that she was the real landlord and not the person she sent as her representative during the lease signing process.
[I’m a fool...]
***
SEORIN was anxious.
Her wedding day was approaching, and yet every reservation for her big day was getting canceled one after the other.
First, her wedding dress.
Then the hotel where the wedding ceremony was supposed to take place also canceled her reservation for her big day.
And, just now, the wedding cake shop called and said they wouldn’t be making her wedding cake anymore.
As if that wasn’t enough, the team of stylists that Wonhee hired to do her hair and make-up for her wedding day backed out. The sa thing happened with the photographer and even the artist that she commissioned to do a live painting for the wedding ceremony.
"Wonhee, why aren’t you picking up my calls?" Seorin, who was in her car, whispered to herself while biting her nail. "You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?"
When Wonhee’s phone couldn’t be reached anymore, she scread her heart out.
She was alone in her car anyway, and her car was parked in an abandoned lot.
[Chu Wonhee, are you finally showing your true colors?]
If that was the case, then...
Seorin took a deep breath, then she called her trump card. "Seodam-ah, please help or I’ll die!"
***
[LEE SEODAM?]
Hmm.
Yejun woke up to Wonhee’s phone ringing loudly on the bedside table.
On the other hand, the owner of the phone was asleep on the couch.
He wanted to carry Wonhee and put her on the bed so she could sleep more comfortably, but he stopped when the talking orange glared at him.
[Right, I can’t touch Wonhee carelessly here.]
And, so, he just focused on the na that sounded familiar to him.
"Lee Seodam," Yejun wondered out loud while massaging his temples. "Where did I hear that na again?"
The talking orange answered him unexpectedly. "Hunter Lee Seodam, A-Class Hunter, Chu Wonhee’s ex-boyfriend."
Ah, right.
"The dude whose sex life was broadcasted live on national TV."
The talking orange bounced in the air as if nodding. "Hunter Lee Seodam and Guide Park Ruda are very popular among shippers."
Aha.
Yejun raised an eyebrow while looking at Wonhee’s phone. "Should I pick up the call, then make fun of him for letting a national treasure slip away from his hands?"
***
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