Yoonho is going back to the U.S. soon; if you don’t come now, you may never see him!

Receiving Seon-ah’s urgent call, Eun-seo came out of Seon-ah’s room.

Amidst the various disturbances caused by Kwon Seung-joo, who generally showed no interest in anything and was always indifferent, there was an exception when it came to Chris.

She wanted to see him in person and, if there was a chance, offer a word of encouragement. It seemed nice to see him working hard. To cheer him on.

“Mother, then I’ll be going now. Seon-ah asked me to come.”

As she greeted them, Seon-ah’s mother, wearing an apron, rushed out of the kitchen, clapping her hands.

“Oh my, the food is ready. Eat lunch before you go! Seon-ah told me to make sure Eun-seo eats some pork belly, so I purposely grilled some.”

Eun-seo hesitated for a moment. She wondered what would happen if Chris went away during this time, but it was challenging to ignore Seon-ah’s mother’s kindness.

“Then, thank you for the meal.”

And so, Eun-seo and Seon-ah’s mother sat down alone to have a meal.

Seon-ah’s mother was a very cheerful person. Watching her, Eun-seo felt like she might know whom Seon-ah resembled.

Most of the memories Eun-seo had of her mother involved being drunk, crying, getting angry, or being depressed. Before losing Eun-ho, her relationship with her father was bad, and after losing him, it was because of Eun-ho.

So secretly, she envied Seon-ah. Oh, so her mother could be like this.

Seon-ah’s mother, worrying that Eun-seo was too thin, advised her to eat more of this and that, subtly asking.

“Right, Eun-seo, do you have a boyfriend?”

Instead of answering, Eun-seo laughed softly.

“Well, being this pretty and slim, you must have one.”

Perhaps misunderstanding it as confirmation, Seon-ah’s mother sighed heavily, then began to imagine her daughter’s future.

“Oh, my. Well, Seon-ah, a girl who just talks about it without doing anything, fell for that Kwon Seung-joo, the leader or whatever. After not being able to meet a man for a while, she’s idling away her time again. Now it’s this… Chris?”

As soon as Kwon Seung-joo’s name came up, the taste of the food plummeted. Unaware that Eun-seo had subtly put down her chopsticks, Seon-ah’s mother spoke with a sigh.

“Do entertainers feed you, or do they feed you rice cakes? Anyway, Eun-seo, please introduce Seon-ah to a man, okay?”

Even in such a worry, Eun-seo could only feel envy.

In the yard, Chris, sitting alone, cried without making a sound.

“…….”

The filming site gradually became quiet. Everyone lost their thoughts as they looked at Chris one by one.

Originally praised for his outstanding looks among the trainees, Chris now seemed extraordinarily beautiful, as if he belonged to a different dimension. Perhaps it was because his gaze seemed to wander through different space and time.

With no makeup on his face, the winter sunlight reflected on the glass wall of the main room, shining on him as if a spotlight had been placed there.
Tears streamed down his cheeks without a moment’s pause, yet his face showed no sign of distortion. Rather, if you looked at his expression after wiping away the tears, it seemed not sad but filled with joy.

What would the expression be when you meet a lover you had to part with after loving them to death, after a long time has passed? However, he was only twenty years old this year.

Even the camera director, who was used to capturing beautiful and handsome subjects as much as his camera allowed, even forgot to capture Chris’s image.

“How can such an expression come at that age…?”

Sighing in admiration, the director, who was even muttering these words, suddenly felt a poke in his side from the writer.

“Director, what are you doing instead of shooting?”

Then, she whispered in his ear.

“Have you forgotten why you called Chris?”

Even though the official announcement hadn’t been made yet, the loser’s revival match had been decided, and the purpose was solely to bring Chris back.

In fact, that’s why the youngest writer had called Chris today. Although it was true that a close trainee was nervous, it was never to the extent that the shooting couldn’t proceed. Asking him to come and comfort was just an excuse to bring him to the shooting site.

The reason for intentionally calling him was like this. How would the feelings of the eliminated trainee be as they watched other trainees dancing and singing? Surely, they would look at it with envy and loneliness, and the production team planned to subtly capture that scene. They intended to use that scene in the loser’s revival match, appealing to emotions to gather votes.

Of course, since Chris’s fandom was the largest among the eliminated trainees, he would pass even if left alone. However, they had to eliminate any possibility of any unexpected events. After all, they couldn’t afford to manipulate votes again, especially after the loser’s revival match caused by vote manipulation.

Anyway, what the production team wanted was just a lonely expression, but he was crying so beautifully.