I Stole the Number One Ranker’s Soul 226

Episode 27

The first time Seo Ji-han dried my hair was around evening, about two weeks after we started living together.

After washing up, I was absent-mindedly watching TV and then naturally sat down on the sofa and dried my hair.

At first, I thought it was just a whim and accepted it gratefully, but as a day or two passed, the behavior gradually became Seo Ji-han’s routine and became completely established.

When I finally got into a situation where Jihan was naturally serving the side dishes while I was spooning the rice, I realized something was wrong.

“That Seo Ji-han. “I don’t think you need to dry my hair.”

I tried to take the dryer from Seo Ji-han’s hand, but he dodged my hand and asked back with a puzzled expression.

“why? no?”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it, but I’m sorry.”

“Are you sorry? I like it. Touching your hair.”

“How long are you going to do that?”

“Until your hair stops getting wet?”

That means I’m going to continue anyway.

When I was at a loss for words, Seo Ji-han suddenly changed his expression to soft and opened his mouth as if to comfort me.

“I know. That you can do it. But I want to do everything. This is all I can do. “Do you hate this feeling of wanting to help you even just a little bit?”

He was much taller and bigger than me, so he deliberately got down on the sofa, knelt halfway down, and lowered his gaze to ask.

He even tilted his head with an earnest expression on his face, so I didn’t have the wherewithal to resist.

Eventually, from that day on, Seo Ji-han began taking care of me diligently, drying my hair and preparing clothes to wear the next day.

The only consolation is that it stopped me from putting side dishes on my rice.

After reminiscing, I finally sighed and spoke as if I was lamenting.

“it’s hard.”

“Did he ignore you even though you said it? I don’t think so. “If it’s really hard….”

“It’s hard because Seo Ji-han is so cute.”

Ban Seo-jin suddenly stopped talking with a bug-chewing look on his face.

I paid no heed to that expression and began to let out the feelings I had been holding in.

Because the only person I could say something like this to was Ban Seo-jin.

“Mr. Seo Ji-han is really cute. I think he’s my type. I’ve made him stop now, but in the past, he tried to make me brush my teeth too. People say my fangs are cute because they’re small, but Seo Ji-han who says that is even cuter…” Ban Seo-jin was looking at me with an expressionless face

.

The words ‘Are you crazy?’ appeared clearly in those eyes.

But the good thing about Ban Seo-jin is that he continues to listen anyway.

“And I think I’m good at everything. “Sometimes, when I look at it, it’s amazing, so I asked Seo Ji-han how he’s so good at everything, and you know what he said?”

“…What did you say?”

“He said, ‘I’m good at anything I do with my body.’ I’m really jealous. I’m not that good at sports… Oh, and I’m also very quick-witted. “I don’t know how they do it, but if you think you want to eat something the day before, it’s served for breakfast the next day, right?”

“Okay…”

“Oh, and Seo Ji-han was just staring at me one time. I asked him if there was something on his face, and he said, ‘I just thought he was so adorable.’”

“Yes…”

“And then he said, ‘Works of art evoke emotions. Moa is like a work of art to me.’ So I asked what emotion it evokes…” “Love?

”

“No, happiness.”

“Okay…”

Ban Seo-jin just nodded, mechanically answering my continued love advice. Please listen

a little more, Mr. Ban Seo-jin.

Who should I say this to? Mr. Ban Seo-hu? Or Eundam? This?

But that doesn’t mean you can’t say that to the assistant manager and deputy director who feel burdened by Seo Ji-han.

“Anyway, that’s why Seo Ji-han says, ‘I guess I kept my first girlfriend’s seat empty so I could meet you!’ Isn’t that so cute? ”

“Yeah… it’s cute…”

As I said this, I became more and more excited and couldn’t control myself.

But since Ban Seo-jin was dying little by little, I struggled to calm down.

Yes, it’s nothing that Seo Ji-han is so cute and my life skills are trash.

Actually, if I think about it, I didn’t have a good life from the beginning.

that’s right. It wasn’t there from the beginning.

I grew up living on my own and taking care of things on my own instead of my mother who went out to earn money, but I have no ability to make a living.

I can’t do anything without Seo Ji-han!

“Ha, I think it would be better to just do whatever Seo Ji-han says. Because I like it that much….”

“Yes, I think so too. I think it would be more efficient that way. You can also work with the stamina you saved, so isn’t it a win-win?”

“As expected, isn’t it?”

“Yeah, whatever. Then I’ll just leave. I’ve said everything I wanted to say.”

Ban Seo-jin, who had been half-rising from his chair earlier, got up in a hurry and ran out of the conference room. Did

I go too far?

After saying goodbye to Ban Seo-jin, I started preparing for the next schedule.

Usually, I started preparing for the next schedule. I was inspecting the business, but I had a special agenda today.

The media’s attention, which had been going on since Dungeon Management was just launched, was still going on.

The media, even without me saying anything, would be friendly if Dungeon Management started a new business. There were a lot of articles pouring in.

Sometimes there were articles praising the business too much.

Before the business was first established, such articles were very useful.

Of course, they are still useful. However, it felt a little strange that only articles praising everything were pouring in. This is what I heard:

‘Isn’t this the same thing I was doing at the Daehan Guild?’

I never directly controlled the media.

However, the media’s favorable articles and interest in Dungeon Management continued.

At this point, I thought that it was time to slowly return the atmosphere to normal.

Representatives of each media company in Korea While everyone was gathered, I attended the event with my secretary.

Here, I would not speak directly but only attend. The secretary who was with me was going to do the talking.

That way, I would not have to act and my image would not be damaged,

even just a little . If you look down on him, he might change his attitude and try to bite you again, so everything he said at these events was done through an agent. “There has been

excessive mention of dungeon management in recent articles, so please refrain from this.”

The secretary who came to the front instead of me got to the point in a stern tone.

I quietly glared at the media representatives behind me with an expressionless face.

In their imaginations, I was portrayed as a very scary person, so just doing this had a significant effect.

But today, somehow, the atmosphere was different . It was a bit strange. The people who were supposed to say ‘I understand’ began to look at each other and chatter.

One of them opened his mouth with a very nervous expression, as if he had decided to carry the gun.

“When you say that, what part are you referring to? …”

“We are asking you to reduce the reporting and creation of content on dungeon management, regardless of entertainment news articles.”

The secretary’s calm words shook the conference room again.

After a brief battle of wits, the person who first came out carrying the gun spoke again.

When I looked at him, he was trembling pitifully.

“Exactly how much can we reduce? “Is it not okay to even mention that?”

what?

The atmosphere is a bit different from what I expected.

Were you planning something lame? Or did something happen? I looked at him with narrowed eyes and suspicion.

He took out a handkerchief from his pocket with a calloused hand and began groveling, wiping the red sweat from his forehead.

“Because it’s the hottest issue right now… More than half of our media’s views are articles related to dungeon management. Of course, if you tell us to reduce it, we have to reduce it, but how can it not be just a little more? The number of views is truly enormous. These days, advertising has decreased, so management is difficult…”

As soon as he made the first move, others began to come forward and add their words.

“That’s right. It’s the hottest topic right now, and I will never write a negative article, so please, please.”

“That’s not the case. Subscribers don’t really like negative articles in the first place. Just writing that analysis column will result in a barrage of negative comments, so we’re writing articles carefully. If you’ve been uncomfortable with the articles so far, we won’t go this far, so what can we do? Just to be able to mention it…”

Huh? What is this atmosphere?

The secretary glanced back at me with a puzzled expression.

That’s right, the situation is very different from what we talked about before I came, right? I guess I should step in.

“We will announce the extent of the mention later.”

After lightly raising my hand and shaking it, I left the place, taking my secretary with me.

After returning to work, I sent the secretary away in a confused mood.

The secretary seemed to be unsure whether he was feeling the same way or not.

However, when I told the deputy manager and assistant manager that I met in the bathroom that something like this had happened, they nodded with an expression of understanding.

“Ah, of course it is. “Moa, you said I didn’t think it would be necessary.”

“that’s right. “I should have listened to the conductor.”

Seeing my expression of still not understanding the meaning, the assistant manager smiled and explained.