Chapter 160

Chapter 160

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I put down my phone on the table. It was late Saturday evening and was exactly 24 hours after the live broadcast. If I briefly organized what happened in the last 24 hours, it was possible to summarize it into one sentence.nove(l)bi(n.)com

Its possible for someone to fall to their doom in just one day. This was the fastest and most wide-scale event that happened since we worked as Siren. I expected things to settle down with Yoon Dong-Hyuk and Hwang Joon-Kyul for longer. Since it seemed like my members were not willing to feed the trolls, I was waiting for those two bastards to slip up and accidentally let on too much.

Since feelings of inferiority were not easily resolved, I was sure that those two would definitely make a mistake in their v-live. If that happened, I thought someone who was previously hurt by them or who left YM Entertainment because of them would upload a verified post about the two.

Thus, I planned to wait 2 weeks, and if there werent any changes by then, I planned to directly make my move. Thus, I couldnt believe that Woons short response during a live video would made such a big butterfly effect.

We achieved quite a feat while standing in the background again. Although I was pleasantly taken aback, I was scared at the same time as I directly experienced how powerful and influential the internet and media platforms were in such a short time frame.

Yoon Dong-Hyuk and Hwang Joon-Kyul were falling to the ruins to the point where they could no longer be revived. Videos, posts, and pictures of those two fighting and swearing were being posted and shared at a startling rate. I felt good that those two annoying people that had been bothering us were finished for good.

At the same time, I thought this event was getting out of control. What should we do about this?

Hmm This incident had not just ended Hwang Jun-Kul and Yoon Dong-Hyuk but made the public opinion sympathetic towards us. Although it was good that the public gave justice to the victims, it was not good for idols, who should be shining stars, to have a pitiful or sad image.

Of course, these sympathetic public opinions were helpful in giving idols an initial boost, and in fact, we benefited from our sad and poor image at the beginning of The Showcase 2. However, that was not the case anymore. If we received such a pitiful image with our debut around the corner while having some recognition in the idol industry, I thought it could shorten the life of our group in the long-term.

This could be bad.

Sighh I looked at the clock with a sigh. It was 9pm. The time was now heading towards midnight, not evening anymore. Since it was a weekend evening, each of the older members went to their parents house to have dinner or went out for personal activities. I was the only one in this house, and I had also skipped dinner due to my conflicted feelings. I sat on the sofa and stared at the phone on the table.

What should we do? I thought I needed to first think rationally about the situation. We would probably finish collecting and organizing songs for our debut album by next week. If I just finished the lyrics quickly, the recording process would be quick, and the track list would be fully finalized within next week.

Furthermore, I thought, I think we can reveal the teaser next week. We had originally scheduled to release the teaser next, next Monday, but I thought it would be all right to release it next Friday or Saturday. Of course, we hadnt even filmed it yetbut I thought that money would solve the time restraint issue.

If we did all this, I thought, Then we might be able to put out the urgent fire for now. If an idol-like teaser came out as soon as our public recognition increased, there was a possibility that the publics sympathetic sentiments would fade.

I wish there was something more. I wished that we made another bang before or after the teaser was released. While I was continuously pondering about this matter

Beep, beep

I suddenly heard the door unlocking at the front door. I got up and walked towards the front door. Everyone had said they would come in late at night or tomorrow.

Is it astalker fan? This thought instantly occurred to me. Thus, I waited for the door to open with a spatula in my hand.

Tae-Yoon, Tae-Yoon! Hellllp! When I opened the door, Yeon-Hoon appeared. However, it wasnt just Yeon-Hoon but Yeon-Hoon holding a big barrel.

What?

Hold this! Hold this for me! My arm is breaking!

What, you can just put it down then.

Ah! Yeon-Hoon put down the barrel with an embarrassed expression for a moment and awkwardly turned away his gaze.

I asked, Yeon-Hoon, youre embarrassed, right?

No.

Why are you holding such a heavy object for no reason? You could have put it down.

I knew that.

I dont think you knew.

No, thats not true. Yeon-Hoons ears turned bright red.

I decided to stop teasing him because I thought he might get angry if I teased him more than this. However, now that Yeon-Hoon came inside, my troubled heart felt lighter.

But whats that big barrel?

Oh, right! Tae-Yoon! Is there rice at home right now?

What?

This is braised beef ribs! Its absolutely delicious!

Braised beef ribsin a barrel like this?

My mom made this for all of us to share!

I opened the lid of the barrel. Although it was smaller than the large buckets used in businesses, it was gigantic for home use. I wondered if this huge barrel would really be full of beef ribs.

?

My mom is really generous.

Ah I was really shocked that it was really just packed with braised beef ribs.

Ms. Seung-Yeon said yes! But she told me to first think and then talk before I speak and be careful since it's live.

Really?

Our phonefor v-livehere is it! He took out the phone for v-live from under the TV.

But before that, I asked, Yeon-Hoon, are we doing it without makeup?

Yep!

Really?

Ourbare faces already came out tons of time on TV.

Ahyoure right. Our bare faces appeared countless times in The Showcase 2. There was no need to hide it now.

Then what are we going to do at the v-live? More importantly, I wondered what we were going to do for the content. Of course, we could turn it on for a simple chat, but I thought we needed to do something more special than that.

Yeon-Hoon thought about it for a while and said, Shall we do a song cover?

He suggested this idea, and I immediately had an epiphany. !

This was it. I found the solution to dilute the salty, tear-jerking lens placed on us.

***

10:30 PM. It was an ambiguous time, too early to be called late at night but too late to be called early. It was at this time Sirens surprise v-live began.

The youngest and oldest are here~

Only two people came to mind with these two words; it was Bong Tae-Yoon and Woo Yeon-Hoon. Sirens fans, who have been resting at home during a weekend evening, quickly logged into the v-live. The internet was quite noisy due to the Yoon Dong-Hyuk and Hwang Jun-Kyul incident.

All kinds of people from various groups gathered together, from Siren fans, ordinary people, and trolls who were ready to stir up a fuss. There were obviously people in the chat room who asked if Lee Woon and Kang Do-Seung were okay, and there were negative people who asked what was the point of turning on a v-live during that time.

However, Bong Tae-Yoon and Woo Yeon-Hoon ignored all these comments and progressed their v-live. Moreover, actual Siren fans also posted aggressively on the chat to cover up these belligerent comments.

Ah, what did I eat for dinnerwe ate braised beef ribs today.

My mom made it for us! It was super, super delicious!

Yes, it was really delicious.

Bong Tae-Yoon and Woo Yeon-Hoon conducted the v-live while chatting about everyday topics like this.

Wow, their facial harmony is perfection

I love you, Tae-Yoon.

They look so pure and innocent cause theyre wearing no makeup so cute *sob

Youngest and oldest pair luv it so much <3

Bong Tae-Yoon and Woo Yeon-Hoon purposely did not respond to any comments about Hwang Jun-Kyul and Yoon Dong-Hyuk, and the trolls and click-baiters soon began to disappear.

I want to sing a song. Everyone, would you suggest a song for me to sing?

Woo Yeon-Hoon said he was going to take a song request.

Oh my gosh!

Crazy

People began to pour out song requests as if they had been waiting for this moment all along.

Oh? I like this song.

Woo Yeon-Hoon picked out a song he liked among the suggestions and began singing it on the spot. Although there were many people who knew that Woo Yeon-Hoon was handsome, there were surprisingly many people who didnt know he was also good at singing. Woo Yeon-Hoon was a vocalist with a singing style and skill that was hard to find in the idol industry, and his stunning visuals had overshadowed his singing ability.

???

Yeon-Hoon?

Wow, crazy

???

Thus, late at night, the chat window froze for an instant from the songs that Woo Yeon-Hoon sang seriously with his emotions.

9th place. Yeon-Hoons crazy singing (7,534 tweets)

Furthermore, although he sang only once, Woo Yeon-Hoons name went up on the real-time trend rankings.