HE RETURNED AS A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL (PART ll)

Chapter 271: Cost and Benefit (3)

After Kang Ra-Eun agreed that she would star in the film that Vice President Park Hee-Woo had decided to invest in, Hee-Woo expressed great satisfaction. However, Ra-Eun had no intention of accepting her offer just like that.

“However, I have a condition.”

“A condition?”

“Yes. A very important one.”

Ra-Eun’s next production was very important for her. No, it would be more accurate to call it a trial.

“My lips are on the line, so I’d like for things to be as thorough as possible.”

As soon as Spokesperson had broken ten million in total attendance, the public had made their predictions on who she would be kissing. It had died down after Ra-Eun had said that she would be taking a break for the time being, but the storm of opinions would surely return once it was announced that she would be starring in a film.

The three restrictions that Ra-Eun had always set as a condition whenever she starred in a drama or film were skin exposure, skinship, and kiss scenes. She would be lifting one of those restrictions, so she wanted a guarantee from Hee-Woo, considering how much she was sacrificing.

“I’d like to set a condition that I will only star in this film if your father accepts your request... No, I guess I should be calling it your wish ticket.”

If Park Chan-Gil accepted Hee-Woo’s request, Ra-Eun was more than willing to do a kiss scene or whatever else. There really wasn’t much further to go until Kim Han-Gyo fell to ruin. Ra-Eun was planning on destroying his societal position, influence, physical and mental health, and everything else.

To do that, it was necessary to sever his last remaining political tie, and Hee-Woo just happened to bring her the perfect offer to do that. However, Ra-Eun was a very distrustful woman; even if it was a good offer...

“I’d like to prepare for the unexpected, just in case,” she stated.

Ra-Eun wanted to make absolutely sure. Hee-Woo lightly shrugged.

“Okay. Let’s do as you’ve suggested. If my father doesn’t do what I ask, we’ll consider this conversation never happened. That’s what you want, right, Ra-Eun?”

“Yes.”

“You sure are thorough.”

“I’ve learned that the more important something is, the more cautious you have to go about it.”

Hee-Woo’s eyebrows flinched a little.

“What a coincidence. My father used to say that to me and Geon-Woo all the time.”

The more Hee-Woo learned about Ra-Eun, the more that she didn’t feel like a stranger.

***

Everything was best done quickly. The day that she had met Ra-Eun, Hee-Woo went to see her father and came across an unexpected guest who had arrived at her father’s office before her. It was Park Geon-Woo, Hee-Woo's little brother, as well as Ra-Eun’s past self.

“Why are you here?” she asked.

“I just had something to report to Father. What about you?”

“Me? Well... Something similar.”

Although it wasn’t work-related, it was true that she had come to tell Chan-Gil something.

Chan-Gil’s chief secretary softly laughed and joked, “You’re brimming with popularity today, Chairman.”

Chan-Gil did not even crack a smile at the chief secretary’s joke. Someone might think he was in a bad mood, but he just rarely laughed. Hence, both Geon-Woo and Hee-Woo considered their father to be in his usual mood.