Chapter 129

“It was — longer than we expected — the time we were apart –”

The song went into the chorus . Lee JunYeol’s voice went higher and Han JooYeon’s singing readily supported his . It was a combination of tenor and alto . Lee JunYeol’s voice rang across while Han JooYeon’s became deeper and deeper .

The two’s voices became one and dug into the hearts of the audience .

“The winter is so warm — yet you —”

The song entered the bridge after the chorus . At the same time, Lee JunYeol’s voice entered its peak . Despite his high voice, it wasn’t shaking at all, and Han JooYeon had to try her best not to pop out . Feeling empowered, Lee JunYeol was immersed in his own world and even started improvising .

“Lalala~~”

‘Ah, goddammit . ’

Although the audience cheered at the fancy technique, Han JooYeon’s insides were boiling .

‘At least tell me beforehand!’

However, she didn’t show any of it on her face . She was a pro as well . Han JooYeon glanced at Lee JunYeol and tried to match his improvisation . Thanks to her efforts, the song became better and better .

“Wow… . ”

A high male voice improvised singing and a low, soft female voice created a wonderful harmony . Hearing such a wonderful sound, the audience’s jaws were agape with surprise . They raised their hands and waved in the air .

Like that, the song had entered the second half .

“More than I thought –”

It came back to the chorus again .

At that, a small ‘pshhh’ noise could be heard as snow was sprayed into the air . At the same time, soap bubbles flew in the air as well, creating a winter-like scene inside Lunas . The lights also chimed in to make a warm-looking winter .

KangYoon had a thick smile on his face while looking at the waves of silver light that Lee JunYeol and Han JooYeon had created .

‘So what we’ll do hereafter will be important . ’

Several cameras were recording the stage .

KangYoon wondered what to do with the video footage of the stage .

“May we love each — other —”

“May we love each — other —”

The song sped down . The two looked at each other with a soft expression .

“other — now —”

The two’s final harmony could be heard . At the same time, the song finished off with a calm piano sound .

“Waaaaaa—-!”

“Thank you . ”

Lee JunYeol and Han JooYeon bowed their heads to the audience .

“Lee JunYeol! Lee JunYeol!”

“Han JooYeon! Han JooYeon!”

The audience’s cheers decorated the end of that stage . The remnants of that stage could be felt through the remaining soap bubbles in the air . Perhaps due to that, everyone cheered out loud for the two performers .

A Christmas for everyone – the final song for the event was now over .

The two of them were the main characters in that scene .

***

“Aaah, today was the best . My heart is still racing… . ”

“JunYeol-oppa, have me . ”

After the concert, the audience returned to their homes with satisfaction . Even the audience that had doubts due to the small scale of the venue, was very happy to see something so unexpectedly good .

After the concert, the word ‘Han JooYeon’ appeared on the top 10 search results in an hour . There were many other words associated with her name as well, such as her performance, Christmas and whatnot .

“I remember the saying – a rich man going bankrupt will still feed himself for 3 years… . ”

Lee HyunJi, who was looking at the top search term charts on her phone, exclaimed slightly . She was cleaning Lunas’s main hall with a broom right now . KangYoon was also mopping next to her .

“Although Eddios’s presence has become fainter in the industry, they are, after all, a group who had dominated the industry for years . There’s no way people aren’t interested . ”

“I guess so . You’re right, people should have a strand of interest . You aimed your target well . ”

“Yes, indeed . Even people who have no interest in the industry itself should click the search term at least once when they see a familiar name on the charts . Through that, everyone would eventually know . People who are interested will search for videos, and that way we’ll spread to the general populace . ”

“So that’s the reason you decided not to prevent the audience from recording videos, president . ”

“There’s no reason for us to do everything . People are willing to help us out, after all . ”

Usually, paid-entry concerts did not allow video recording . However, KangYoon did not stop them from recording . This was for marketing . Amongst those many people that recorded the stages, there will be at least one that decides to upload the video onto the internet .

Lee HyunJi tapped the contents of the dustpan into the trash can . Jung HyeJin asked KangYoon in curiosity .

“President, what do we do with the one we recorded then?”

“Let’s upload that on Aries . ”

KangYoon mentioned Eddios’s official fan club . Although many fans had left after Eddios became inactive, many loyal fans were waiting endlessly for a new album .

“Okay . ”

“You should take care of the matters regarding the fan club, miss HyeJin . ”

“Yes, president . I can upload Eddios’s schedule, notifications, and photos, right?”

“Yes . Now that you mention it, I should tell the girls to upload some feeds themselves . We’ll have to bring the official fan club back to life to have some power . ”

Jung HyeJin wrote down KangYoon’s orders on her memo pad app on her phone . As KangYoon did not give direct orders usually, she thought that she should do anything that he did order when he rarely did give direct orders .

While the three were cleaning up the audience seats, the artists, including Han JooYeon, had finished up cleaning the stage and came down .

“We finished cleaning the stage . ”

KangYoon glanced at the stage when Lee HyunAh said that . The stage had indeed become clean .

“Well done, people . You should be tired so go and take a… . ”

Before he could even finish his words, all the musicians started cleaning the audience seats . KangYoon was momentarily taken aback by the events .

“People, you should really go and take … . ”

“You’re working, president . How can we rest?”

Kim JaeHoon said so as their representative . The others nodded their heads in agreement .

“Geez . ”

KangYoon chuckled . He felt sorry as they should be tired after that performance .

HanJooYeon also mingled in with everyone and wiped the floor with a mop . She seemed to be happy that the performance had gone well and she was even humming .

“World has a good mood . ”

“It might be better if oppa decided to treat us out!”

The first words were from Han JooYeon and the latter was from Lee HyunAh . Everyone turned around to KangYoon at the mention of food .

KangYoon smiled with a slight sigh .

“…Fine, let’s go get some meat . ”

“Hooray!”

At KangYoon’s declaration, all the staff and the musicians erupted out in joy . They also started cleaning up a lot faster due to the motivation of meat .

Although the mood was good, Lee HyunJi and KangYoon had other things to worry about .

“President, we need more people in charge of Lunas . ”

“We do . Musicians cleaning up afterward… Looks like we should hire a caretaker no matter what the cost . ”

Although the mood was indeed good, it wasn’t good at all for musicians to do things other than music . KangYoon thought that he had to hire someone else to do it and fast .

***

[My dear, lovely fans (Feat: JooYeon-♡♡♡)

Hello, everyone, hi! lololol

Wow~ I don’t know how long it has been since I posted anything T-T

I’m JooYeon . It’s been such a long time since I got to post anything in Korea .

It really feels wonderful . 🙂

Don’t tell me… you don’t believe me?

I thought you might say that, so .

I’m giving you a rare selfie with my pajamas on . (Thank Miss SamSoon for that, hehe)

Thanks for your generous interest and love… We, the girls of Eddios, have finally!

Finally returned to Korea! This happened yesterday . Thanks to everyone that waited for us .

Everyone, and especially those that remember me, JooYeon!

I’m always thinking about you T-T I always did .

I’m looking forward to the day we meet again! *^^* It won’t take that long… . hmhm!

I love you, fans! ♡♡

***

Wait_for_JooYeon_till_deth: Uaaaaaah jaofinsaiognaiosnviavbhpiuabvpabnvpahvoajfo [jdsaiopfjodsnio[vvjhpiaviosajdfiojdsaiopfjioasjfoasj!!

SamSoonie_not_Jennie: That dude has lost it .

JooYeon_the_only: *Sob sob*… finally, finally our goddess has returned!

SeoYu_oppa_here: Oooh, finally!

Eddios’s official fan club, Aries .

Activities could finally be seen here after a long time . Han JooYeon, a member of Eddios, had posted something . That night at 10 p . m . , the open chat blew up .

Blingbling_JooYeon: Looks like the new company is not an idiot . Making a greeting .

*♡JooYeon♡*: Did you see the concert in Hongdae?

JooYeon_is_Ris: Wasn’t that the duet with the Sedy dude? They sang so well .

Gimme_double_chaps: I don’t give a sh*t . I’m not interested whether they make a comeback or not .

There will be a vote to expel Gimme_double_chaps .

Gimme_double_chaps was expelled .

JooYeon_the_only: That guy won’t give me double chapters… Anyway, JooYeon’s duet was so awesome this time!

Blingbling_JooYeon: The concert venue belongs to the company, apparently .

Fatty_pigeon: There’s a rumor that the owner of the company is the former planner for Eddios . That’s also the reason why the girls decided to leave MG .

Eddios4ever: Really? That guy’s one loyal guy .

Fatty_pigeon: They’re also looking into meeting with the managers of the fan club . They’ll upload the schedule here, and also give out tickets to the fan meeting, or so they say .

Eddios4ever: Whoa, looks like Eddios’s fans will come back .

The open chat room blew up with conversation . Their conversation lasted the entire night talking about World Entertainment, Han JooYeon’s new performance, as well as the future .

***

Last week of December .

This was an important week that contained the end-of-year ceremonies .

Kim JaeHoon was given invitations from both cable TV stations and public TV stations . He had made a comeback after 4 years of absence, and his new album had made incredible achievements .

At KangYoon’s house, Kim JaeHoon was currently practicing singing

“If my breath — reaches you –”

Since the door was closed, there was almost no noise at all . The room he was using had soundproofing done to it . Although he could just move out and live separately, Kim JaeHoon preferred to stay in KangYoon’s house . It was then easier for him to learn from KangYoon working at home, and could listen to various news from the company as well .

KangYoon fell into contemplation while looking at the invitation .

‘The award ceremony, huh . ’

KangYoon felt excited as well . This would be his first time since becoming a business owner . It may be difficult for him to attend one himself, but a musician belonging to his company was going to one . This made him feel glad .

‘I can’t look down on cable TV stations . They’ll only grow bigger and bigger in the future . Let’s definitely take KS TV, and there’s overseas filming starting from the 30th, so… I guess OTS is the only one left . ’

Kim JaeHoon wasn’t someone that showed up a lot on TVs anyway . KangYoon decided on the schedule and sent the file off to Jung HyeJin .

After that, KangYoon and Kim JaeHoon started rearranging a song for the award ceremony . They were given 8 minutes, meaning, he had to sing 2 songs . KangYoon asked for Kim JaeHoon’s opinion, his opinion which was to sing the title song from this album and one from his previous album .

“Can’t I do a duet too?”

“A duet? Why?”

“I wanted to do it after seeing JunYeol-hyung do it at Christmas . JooYeon was definitely good at singing… . ”

KangYoon chuckled . Han JooYeon and Lee JunYeol’s stage seemed to have influenced Kim JaeHoon as well . The two fit so well with each other . It was no wonder he wanted a partner of his own .

However, KangYoon shook his head .

“JooYeon’s voice doesn’t sound like it would fit with yours . ”

“Really?”

Kim JaeHoon became dejected at KangYoon’s words . As proof, KangYoon opened Han JooYeon’s singing file from the computer, then told Kim JaeHoon to sing along .

“We will — meet again –”

After singing a single verse, Kim JaeHoon stopped the song . KangYoon also turned off the soundtrack .

“You’re right . Our voices don’t fit . ”

“Told you . ”

“JunYeol-hyung’s voice fits really well though… Well, it doesn’t fit mine . I also want to do a duet though…”

Seeing Kim JaeHoon’s disappointment, KangYoon put his hand on Kim JaeHoon’s shoulders .

“Let’s go solo this time . I’ll definitely look for a suitable partner for you next time . ”

“Okay . ”

Kim JaeHoon knew that KangYoon didn’t make empty promises . He accepted and turned around to the computer .

The rearrangement didn’t take that long .

Kim JaeHoon took the soundtrack that appeared like magic and returned to his room . The door closed and the quiet sound of singing could be heard through the door .

‘Sheesh, he’s such a practice maniac . ’

Satisfied, KangYoon smiled .