GTRC&D!

Chapter 250 Touch High! (2)

“No way.”

Huh?

“I told you I have the college entrance exam, so what filming? What are you talking about, making a student who’s only three weeks away from the exam shoot a show?”

Seo Taehyun had declined a major network variety show schedule.
But his reason was studying for the entrance exam.

‘What is this? Is this some kind of hidden camera prank?’

It was odd enough that Choi Yeonwoo had suddenly handed me an opportunity to appear on a major network variety show….

I stood there dumbfounded in front of a resolute Seo Taehyun, then quickly turned my gaze to Lee Yugeon, who had been dragged along and was now peeling fruit beside me.

“Then what about Lee Yugeon! He’s not taking the exam!”

“He is taking it, though.”

“How is that possible!? Registration closed in September!”

At that, Lee Yugeon, who had been calmly peeling an apple, began to slowly shred it to pieces with a drained expression.

Jung Siwoo sighed and snatched the knife from Yugeon’s hand.

“The company registered him at the same time as Taehyun last time. It was right around our debut, so Yugeon must have forgotten.”

“I don’t even plan on going to college, so why…?”

At that, Seo Taehyun’s eyes widened in anger.

“Who said you had to go to Seoul National University!? If you don’t go to college, you’ll have to go to the army, you idiot!”

“That’s why I’m keeping my mouth shut….”

For once, Yugeon was being compliant—guess he’s scared of the military, too.

‘Come to think of it, if Yugeon were to go to the military now, his family would essentially be left without a breadwinner….’

Wait a second. Isn’t he the head of his household? Shouldn’t he be exempt?

…Just as I began to think about it, I realized the company had probably already looked into it.

‘They’re probably keeping him active duty by forcing some bogus reason, so they’re using this as insurance.’

Why hasn’t Korea been unified yet?

I’ve been hoping for it since I was seven years old, but now that I’m 29, I can only resent that North-South unification hasn’t been achieved. I absentmindedly grabbed and ate one of the apples that Yugeon had shredded and Jung Siwoo had salvaged.

Just then, Yugeon, who had somehow ended up studying for the entrance exam alongside Seo Taehyun, began to whine uncharacteristically.
“Hey, studying for three weeks won’t turn me into a genius. What studying are you talking about?”

At that, Seo Taehyun’s eyes flashed as he stabbed an apple with his fork.

Hard.

“Who told you to score a perfect exam…? Do you want to end up as some attention-seeking idol who made a mess at the exam center on the news…? Do you think I want to make you study? At least look at the English and social studies materials so you can mark something on the OMR sheet…? If you walk into the exam room in your current state, you’ll definitely make headlines as the ‘idol who ruined the college entrance exam’. You think we stop being idols when we step outside the exam hall?”

Seo Taehyun’s menacing voice and expression made me involuntarily lower my gaze.

Judging by the side glance, Yugeon had also done the same, so I didn’t feel too embarrassed.