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𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟒

I start to get up out of the cab thanking the cab driver.

"Kamsamnida!" I say bowing while taking my luggage from his hands.

"Good luck on whatever your doing here." He smiles while bowing.

"Ahh, thank you!" I wave before walking in.

I open the large doors that lead to a big building. Gasping I walk over to the front desk.

"Hello! How may I help you?" The lady asks while typing onto her computer.

"Uhm. Hello, my name is Zhao Lusi? I have a business card from Bang Si-Hyuk." I hand her the card.

"Ahhh, he told me to lead you to this room right when you arrived." She leads me to a room.

She opens the door and I see the familiar guy that I gave me the card.

"Annyeonghaseyo." I bow.

He stands up and bows before telling me to come sit down.

"So glad you made it!" He says.

"Me too!" I say letting out a deep breath.

"So, you may be confused but I'm going to explain everything to you now." He says seriously.

"BeLift Lab is holding season 2 of I-Land. Season 1 debuted the boy group 'ENHYPEN' and season 2 will debut a girl group called 'MVSK'. I was hoping you would audition to be a contestant."

"There will be 20 contestants competing to debut in a girl group consisting of 5 members." He continues.

"I've thought about your offer and I will audition." I smile.

"Auditions will be in an hour. Here's your audition number. You can practice outside as people are walking in as we speak." He hands me a paper that has a '2471' on it.

Standing up I bow before leaving and going into the lobby. I didn't expect there to be so many people auditioning but there were well over 50, more like 100.

I find an uncrowded area to practice in away from everyone else. I start to practice but soon get interrupted.

"Hello!" A girl walks towards me.

"Oh hello!" I smile.

"What songs are you auditioning with?" The girl asks me.

"'Black Mamba' by æspa and 'TANK' by NMIXX." I answer.

"Woah! That's so cool! Would you like to practice together?" She questions.

"Sure, what's your name?" I ask.

"Soo Young! What about you?"

"Such a pretty name, mines Zhao Lusi." I smile.

"That's not Korean, is it?" She asks confused.