Chapter 121 - Tic Toc, time is running

Ye Rim felt a chill in her stomach as she strutted across her first red carpet. Of course, she was not there as a star, but as an escort to Composer Lee, a VIP guest at the event. But when a fashion reporter asked her what Maison signed her stunning dress, she could proudly say,

"It's a Jung Eun Ha!"

And the reporter even seemed to recognize her friend's name. Ye Rim knew that this was very unlikely, though. But if her picture ever came out in a magazine, the singer was sure that her stunning red dress and Eun Ha's name would be news! Even at her new agency, the costume designer offered Ye Rim several borrowed dresses from the archive, but when he saw Eun Ha's dress he was ecstatic,

"You definitely need to go with this one! No one is going to look at another woman!"

With a smile, she posed beside Lee Dae Won, and he introduced her to people he knew personally.

"Oppa, do you know Designer Zhang personally?" she asked MP Lee.

"I don't know him personally, but we'll manage to be introduced to him," Dae Won winked at her, understanding her reasons. If Ye Rim gets to make acquaintance with Stylist Zhang, she would give him Eun Ha's phone number. If he had really been honest with her unnie, he would not have forgotten what he promised.

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Eun Ha swallowed hard, staring at Baek Woo Geun,

"Have you met him? Haha. He's a nice guy," she glanced around, trying to see where Kang Dae was now. But the party was huge, and he was nowhere to be seen.

"Uhn, I don't know. They introduced him to me, but he's ... He's a funny guy. Showing off and stuff," Woo Geun was vague, but it was clear he hadn't had the best of impressions. Woo Geun, after all, was a Visual Arts major. If he started asking more specific questions, he would quickly debunk Kang Dae.

The young fairy looked at the Hunter, seeking some kind of support, but at this moment the Hunter was pretending not to pay attention to her, or so she thought. 'Is that jealousy?'

"Uhn, so… Woo Geun! Do you remember when I did NOT win the Young Stylist contest? When did stylist Zhang go backstage to console me?" Eun Ha asked. She only had one chance.

"Yes, we were all so sorry for you!"

"I did what he said! I finished my college, set up a collection, and went to look for him. And do you know what I earned from it? A door in the face!"

"I can't believe it! He had even given you his personal phone number! We were all so happy for you!"

"Unfortunately the phone number is no longer the same, and Cha Eun Mi, that b…! Well, she just boycotts me and doesn't let me get to Stylist Zhang!"

"And who is Cha Eun Mi?"

"A former trainee that was on a project with Ye Rim. Now she works at Park & ​​Zhang, and doesn't let me pass the lobby's port! That's why I came up with a plan!"

"Haha, it was taking too long to get to this part!" Woo Geun laughed wickedly, and then looked from side to side, "Wait a moment! Do you mean that at this very moment you are party crashing the Fashion Ball, and deceiving everyone? To speak to Stylist Zhang?" the conspiratorial tone caught the Hunter's attention, who came closer. 

Eun Ha felt like not wasting the opportunity to see him jealous, and walked away with the Prince of Fashion, turning her back on her tutor, 'Ah, it's so good to see you with this glare and suspicious look in my direction!' She went on, 

"Yes, Woo Geun. I created a very ingenious plan involving actors I hired to be here today. Please, for our friendship, don't expose me! As soon as I speak to Alexander Zhang I'll be gone!"

"Eun Ha, if you had told me you wanted to come for this, I wouldn't have come with Jessica Kim!" he said, making a face. Eun Ha was surprised. Would he really have stopped coming with a girl group member so she, Eun Ha, could come to the Fashion Ball?! The young stylist was amazed.

"Listen, Zhang is the honoree of the night and should give a speech thanking the event. It would be better to talk to him before that because afterward the reporters will swarm at him!" said his friend.

"Help me, Woo Geun! Help me with this and I will help you with a project of yours! I have little time, I can't stay here all night long!"

"I don't know how to help you tonight. But Stylist Zhang went up the stairs with his business partner, Vivian Park. Rumor has it that they were being mean to each other in front of people, and they literally went up arguing. So far they haven't returned, and it's been over half an hour!" Baek Woo Geun discreetly showed the stairs that led to a restricted access section.

Exactly the same ladder that the Hunter wanted to investigate! Two security guards were guarding the area to prevent guests from trespassing. 

"Omo, what to do?" she asked aloud, starting to get distressed.

"Eun Ha, just don't be so inconvenient as to interrupt a conversation they don't want to be seen!" the fashionista advised. "It is better to wait for him to come back because he'll do this at one time or another. But there is something you need to do!"

Eun Ha looked on without understanding, and Woo Geun lifted his chin, talking pompously,

"Ryan Lee may be the best-dressed man at the party, but he certainly is clueless. Of course, they'll soon find out he's just a hired person. I think he's really enjoying the drink bar, because he's there laughing out loud and making metaphors involving fruits and vegetables. Dreadful. Do something Eun Ha, or he'll get his stylist's name dirty. That's if I don't get that fantastic outfit I should wear! Do something, Eun Ha!"

"OMO!"

They said goodbye, and the fairy looked at her watch. It was already 10:05 pm. Going to Hunter Shin, she spilled up,

"Professor, Stylist Zhang is in a business meeting upstairs. I shouldn't interrupt them, but he needs to get down soon! Aishh! I'm so nervous! And I need to see what Kang Dae is doing, too. I think I was very optimistic!"

"So in less than five minutes, you told this person everything. But you didn't even tell your friend the greengrocer the real reason he was here, working hard and for free to help you! Your choices always intrigue me, Jung," the Hunter sneered.

The fairy gaped, and didn't know what to say to defend herself,

"Why! Please, Professor Shin! Just help me now! Get them downstairs, while I find out what Kang Dae is saying and why so many people are around him.

"Okay," replied the Hunter, with a sigh, "Take care of yourself until I return."

Eun Ha nodded and went back to the other side of the room, where the main bar was. There was a small crowd around the bar, and Eun Ha hurried on, worrying.

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"I'm getting a little dazed," said Ye Rim to his date, when he asked if she wanted more champagne. She didn't miss the opportunity to speak Eun Ha's name every time someone asked who signed her dress. This has happened several times in the short time since they arrived. Despite the excitement of being at the famous Fashion Ball, Lee Dae Won was doing his best to make her relaxed. 

"Then don't drink anymore," with a smile, he returned the glass of champagne to the waiter's tray. Ye Rim saw an intriguing figure passing behind the waiter. A short figure with a huge black hat.

'I know that way of walking ...' Ye Rim couldn't believe it. 'No, it can't be. Eun Ha would be at the French costume party tonight, seducing the French Teacher with her Joana D'arc costume. 'She was, wasn't she?'

"What is it, Ye Rim? Did something happen?"

"No, it's just ..." The singer tried to stretch her neck to see where the woman who looked like her unnie had gone. "I think I just saw my unnie!" Ye Rim laughed, although the more she thought about it, the more certain she was that Eun Ha was indeed at the Fashion Ball.

"Well, that would be fantastic, but ... Why didn't she tell you she would come?" Dae Won asked.

"Ah, unnie is so busy that we barely have time to talk. But for the past few days, I've also been busy with the agency, and I haven't told her either, "Ye Rim said, while consciously following the same path the woman in black had done. Dae Won escorted her across the crowded ballroom, "But if she is here, it will be cool because I'm wearing the dress she made for me! I need to get check it out, do you understand, Oppa? If it's her, we have to meet!" 

The singer was still struggling and trying to see her short friend. In that place where many people were extravagantly dressed, Eun Ha was not so easy to find. But she stood on tiptoe for a while, and saw the girl with the big hat go towards the bar, dodging a couple who had just entered the room.

Ye Rim held her breath.

Jun Hyeon and Na Ra had just arrived at the Fashion Ball.