Chapter 134 - Ruining Kang Dae's Life

"Do you want to die?! Are you tired of living?!" The hairdresser Soo Bin poked Eun Ha's forehead with her index, threateningly. The fairy widened her eyes, alarmed, and indignant that Hunter Shin was not defending her. Why was he still with his hands in his pockets?!

"Unnie! What did I do?!" she snapped the older woman's hand away, legitimately questioning. "What did you do?! How dare you 'ruin' Kang Dae's life?! What are you doing? I knew that whole 'thing' made little sense!"

"'Thing'…? What are you talking about, Soo Bin Unnie?!" Eun Ha stammered, threatened by the way the hairdresser projected her body forward as if she was going to hit the fashion stylist at any moment. They were in front of Eun Ha's condo, and drawing a lot of attention of the passersby.

"I shouldn't be saying that, but I'll let you know! You got him discovered by hundreds! No, thousands of women in Seoul, and they keep surrounding the grocery store as fruit flies! Everything was great as it was before! He needn't have become the 'Monthly Hot Oppa' in the gossips magazines! 'Ryan Lee Oppa'! Why did you turn his head with this 'fame and money' thing?! He loves vegetables and must stay in our neighborhood! If you do something like that again, you'll regret it! It's my final warning!"

"But, Unnie, Kang Dae ...!" Now many things she didn't understand earlier made sense. Hairdresser Soo Bin did pay a lot of visits to the greengrocer. Eun Ha even asked once if she was a vegan. So she and Kang Dae had a secret affair, and the divorcee hairdresser was feeling threatened! But then… did Kang Dae pretend to flirt with Eun Ha just to disguise it? What was the point of that?

"And you're lucky that I'm the one to talk to you before his mom," Soo Bin was condescending. "Even Chang Mi isn't able to work in the grocery store because of the swarm of women around, and even reporters! Mrs. Yoo has already promised to get you by the hair once when she sees you!" saying that, Soo Bin walked away, ignoring the small crowd watching them.

"Oppa!" Eun Ha turned to the Hunter, her feelings hurt. He shrugged, and she said,

"Did you hear that? Soo Bin Unnie prefers Kang Dae to live here as 'the hot guy next door' than seeing him making money from his popularity and good looks! Does it make sense at all?"

"Uhn, where have I heard that mentality before? Ah, right here," Shin pointed at the young fairy, fixing her hat at the same time. Eun Ha opened her mouth, but couldn't get a good answer for that. She felt caught in her own trap.

"Miss Jung, could I speak to you for a moment? I'm Reporter Ahn, from the magazine ..." the fashion designer heard someone across the street address her,

"Not now, Reporter Ahn, I'm sorry!" she waved her hands in a hurried negative, grabbing the Hunter's arm and using him as a shield to enter the building once and for all. Shin had no choice but to be dragged by her.

When they reached the small entrance hall, they found Ye Rim coming down the stairs.

The donsaeng beamed, and Shin broke free from Eun Ha's grip,

"Well hello, good evening! Finally, I'm getting to meet my Unnie's French Teacher!"

Eun Ha blinked repeatedly, looking at Hunter Shin. Although he became a little more talkative when it came to scolding or teaching, Shin was still a social disaster. How would Ye Rim believe he was a French teacher? By the way, did Hunter Shin know a word in French?

'Look at his face! Practically the most frowning and unsympathetic person in the world!'

She turned back to Ye Rim. Her friend raised an eyebrow in question, as apparently at least a minute passed in awkward silence.

"Ah, so, this is my best friend, the singer Nam Ye Rim, who I always talk about. This is…"

"Shin," much to the young fairy's chagrin, the Hunter didn't even try to maintain the farce.

"Shin ...? Just Shin?" Ye Rim looked at one and the other again. "Ah, the Teacher has an American name, is that it? Or rather, a French one?"

"Ah, yes, he does, his name is ..."

"Hye Seong," he replied, staring at Ye Rim's face enigmatically.

'Honestly, what is he doing? Is this glare to threaten her for asking too much? And… Hye Seong? Shin Hye Song? Is that his name or is he making it up? And why is he telling her and not telling me?! GRRRR!!' Eun Ha narrowed her eyes watching each other intently. But Ye Rim just grinned wider. "It is a pleasure to meet you, French Teacher Shin! I wouldn't say you're a language teacher, by your looks only! But an athlete or… Police officer…"

"You don't seem to be what you are either," he said, finally looking down and diverting his gaze to Eun Ha. She hurried to ask,

"Are you going somewhere, Ye Rim?"

"Yes. Dr. Kim is going to start teaching me tap dancing tonight," she commented, being distracted by this question, "Are you guys going to ... study upstairs?!"

"Yes," said Eun Ha.

"No," countered Shin. "We suspend our classes due to Ms. Jung intense activities. I just came to bring her home."

Eun Ha was forced to signal Ye Rim to leave them, which made everything even more embarrassing. Her donsaeng contained her amused expression at the situation, and said,

"Well, if you're going to study or something, there's a lot of things in the fridge to eat… But I have to go. See you!"

Eun Ha blushed at Ye Rim's hint, but as soon as she saw her leave, the stylist turned to the older fairy,

"Hye Seong is your real name?"

"Er ...?" he seemed distracted, still looking at the path that Ye Rim took.

'Don't play dumb!' she screamed internally, but also externalized, "Professor Shin! What's your interest in my protégé?! Why are you saying her name and looking at where she went?"

"What are you talking about, Jung? Don't you see?!"

"What?"

"Your protégé really has something different. There is strong magic surrounding her."

"Of course, she's under a spell. The spell of the man in pink!" Eun Ha still didn't have all this experience to identify magic the way the Hunter could. Or maybe she was just too used to Ye Rim.

"Never wondered why is she under a spell?"

"Ah… yes, to tell you the truth, yes I already wondered. I cannot understand exactly why the spell involves the man in pink. But I have known Ye Rim all my life. Only the day of our birth can explain the fact that she is under a spell."

"You didn't tell me the whole story."

"I also don't know the whole story. Ye Rim's mother, who met my fairy mother, was considered crazy and ran away with the psychiatrist after a while, leaving the family. She lives in the capital, but Ye Rim doesn't want to contact her. I think she is the person who really knows what happened."

"Interesting," The Hunter murmured, and Eun Ha nodded. Then the Hunter asked,

"But, did you hear that your protégé is going to meet the man in pink, and isn't itching all over to go after her and stop the romance? Is there anything new that I'm not aware of?"

"Yes, of course there is," the fairy sighed. "The things I said on the night of the Fashion Ball. I meant it. I'm sorry for everything I did. And I have the impression that, trying to prevent the prophecy from being fulfilled, I ended up causing them to meet."

"Hmm," he nodded.

"Just now I realized that I shouldn't try to think I know what is best for the people I love."

"Hmm," this time there was a twinge of admiration for her words.

"And of course, it would be useless to trying to prevent her from falling in love. She is already in love."

"Are you sure?"

"Totally," Eun Ha stated with conviction. "But I must be around so when she gets hurt, I can support her and help her get up. It is."

"And don't you think he's in love, too?"

"Why would I think that? I think all he wants to do is to compete with MP Lee. It looks like they have some long-standing rivalry, or something. This sudden offer to teach tap dancing? Spare me of such nonsense! He wants to disrupt MP Lee's chances."

"But Ye Rim wasn't interested in the musician, was she?"

"This is very strange. I'm sure it's because Dr. Flamingo has been using his time to subtly hinder and vilify MP Lee behind his back. MP Lee is the perfect man for Ye Rim. No. In fact, he is the most perfect man around. His only flaw is being a gentleman and not playing dirty like Dr. Flamingo!"

"There are no perfect people, Jung," the Hunter stated flatly.

"Ahh, he probably has his toenail stuck. So, he's no longer perfect," Eun ha showed her teacher her tongue, which made him smile spontaneously.

Excited by this, Eun Ha said,

"Anyway, this time I'm happy that she's going to see Dr. Flamingo. And maybe get a miracle this time. Being in love should help her motivate about dancing. See, I'm not that radical."

"Uh? I didn't get it this time, Jung."

"It's simple. Not every time she was refused or failed as a trainee had to do with me. Not even her colleagues' hatred had anything to do with me. Ye Rim is a great singer and a good actress… But as a dancer, even a popsicle stick dances better than she does."

The Hunter raised his eyebrow in surprise.