Mr Mermaid | LK Adaptation

Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Autographs and Teasing

Teacher Taeyang helped Lisa by sharing the burden of the flowers.

With their arms filled with flowers, the two of them left the sight of the crowd. Teacher Taeyang did not plan to conduct anymore interviews — as he walked, he said to Lisa, "Lisa, it was not your place earlier to say those things. We're reporters, not advocates for the athletes. As a reporter, you only need to record the subject's replies and ask questions."

Lisa was still unwilling to admit any wrong. "But that question was really too horrible."

Teacher Taeyang's eyebrows knitted together. "Well, you didn't ask the question, so you needn't feel stressed out about it."

"But that's unfair to the one being interviewed. He hasn't even answered yet and he has already had a chamber pot flipped over his head. What if the interviewee isn't good at speaking and is unable to explain things properly? Should he just accept the accusation despite being innocent?" It wasn't like such things had not happened before — some psychologically weaker people had even broken down crying due to the harsh questioning.

"Lisa!" Teacher Taeyang's tone turned hard and strict. "How can you still not understand? You're not a judge! Matters of fairness are not for you to worry about. We're reporters. We should not take any sides when looking at an issue. You're brazenly standing on Jungkook's side ... this is not in line with the professional conduct of a reporter."

Lisa was unfazed. What sides? Being objective and fair was her true position. Take those people earlier for example — all of them were completely ignoring the problem with that question, all of them waiting for Jungkook to fall for the trap. That wasn't called being unbiased — that was called hoping for a show without care for the consequences.

She still wanted to argue, but when she saw Teacher Taeyang's stern expression, she choked back the words on the tip of her tongue. Instead, she lowered her head and said, "Okay, I understand. I'm sorry."

Teacher Taeyang nodded, relieved. In his eyes, this girl Lisa had a lot of potential. She was smart and quick to learn, and her professional qualities were good. The only problem was that her brain would sometimes go offline, and her attitude towards work was inconsistent — she would sometimes be very hardworking, but then there were times where she seemed to rebel against the nature of her job. She was truly a mystery ...

Lisa was still meekly saying things that she didn't really believe in, "Thank you, Teacher Taeyang, for your guidance. I won't do this again."

"Alright, alright. It's not really a big deal. Besides, that fiasco just now wasn't completely fruitless. Jaehyun and Jungkook both have a pretty good impression of you now. By building good ties with the athletes, you might just be able to get an exclusive interview in future. Who knows? Hahaha."

Teacher Taeyang was mostly trying to console Lisa when he said this. To obtain an exclusive interview, simply building good ties with the athletes was useless. It was more important to have a good relationship with the coaches ...

The two of them were walking towards the exit of the venue when Teacher Taeyang suddenly thought of an important question. "Say ..."

Right then, they heard sounds of a conversation coming from the other end of the passage.

A: "That girl was really bold, but it's clear to see that she's a newbie, daring to say anything. From "Sports Weekly", was it? I heard she's called Lisa?"

B: "You think that's bold? She's done something even more outrageous. At the beginning of Jaehyun's interview session, Jaehyun seemed to have met her before, and so he let her ask the first question. In the end, this girl immediately asked Jaehyun: 'May I know how it feels to lose twice to the same person?' Oh my!"