Chapter 126 - The Day After

The next day, Ji Hyeon was watching the coverage of the Fashion Ball while preparing a sandwich. Her best friend always went to the Ball every year and the media always interviewed Na Ra in the Red Carpet. It was always nice to see how time was a good friend for Na Ra.

In the transmission's interval, they commented on the terrible incident of the death of the young singer Hani.

"A couple found at the end of last night, a body floating on the banks of the Han River. Police have confirmed that the body was identified as belonging to the 20-year-old singer Park Ae Cha, known as Hani. The police don't confirm the suspected suicide, and the official cause of death will be known in 30 days. Hani was known for her debut hit song "18 Balloons", and released her second album recently. According to her press office, Hani left the studio where she was working on a new version for her hit "Deep Dive", around 8 pm. The song must be part of the soundtrack of a film by the acclaimed director ..."

"My music didn't give you luck, did it? And how would it work, poor thing?" Ji Hyeon shivered, murmuring to the figure of the big-eyed girl smiling at the camera in the paralyzed image.

To her delight, right after that, the regular show returned, and they made more spicy comments about the Fashion Ball. She saw Na Ra and OMG! Jun beside her. Both were so beautiful that she wanted to freeze the image forever. However, it was so brief! Jun also didn't seem connected to Na Ra. In fact, he seemed to look elsewhere. Something the cameras didn't catch.

'What or who is he looking for?' she wished to know.

°°°

Eun Ha had her face tucked into Hunter Shin's overcoat, feeling his body heat and smelling '… Argh, anise?!' Opening her eyes, she turned and, for the third time, vomited into the bowl beside her bed. 'UGHHH!' In fact, she was clinging to the other fairy's overcoat, but Shin was not in it. And the smell of anise was her own, exuding the substance which she was allergic to.

The Hunter had brought her home and promised to make sure that Kang Dae returned home safely. After the fifth bath, the fairy no longer smelled of anise, and had no obvious sign of horns or redness.

Looking at the clock, she saw that it was early, about 7 am, and went to the kitchen, feeling totally recovered now, after the shower. Really, her home was the best place in the world, where she felt good and recharged! She made herself some tea and, turning on her laptop, Eun Ha looked for news about the Fashion Ball.

"OMO!" the first news from her favorite gossip channel was,

EVERYTHING ABOUT THE FASHION BALL: THE BEST LOOKS, THE Faux pas AND WHY A. ZHANG DIDN'T SPEECH - KNOW EVERYTHING

followed by:

THE BEST FASHION BALL MEMES - 

WHO'S RIGHT: RYAN LEE OR J-MANCER - ASTROS' DIETS

INSIDERS OPINION - THE BEST FASHION BALL DRESS THIS YEAR IS NOT FAMOUS AT ALL

J-MANCER CLAIMED: I DIDN'T FAKE IT, I DON'T KNOW WHO RYAN LEE IS

Eun Ha gave a loud laugh. With the magic dissipated and no evidence on the internet, his marketing scam had been successful. Later, she just needed to admit that it was an advertising strategy. Her smile died when she read the next headline:

IDOL AND HOLLYWOOD ACTOR FIGHT IN THE FASHION BALL (SEE EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS!)

"But what did Kang Dae do in my absence?!"

There was a sequence of photos of J-Mancer, a famous rapper, and Kang Dae, or rather Ryan Lee, pushing each other. The strange thing is that they both had their shirts wide open, showing their fit torsos. 'What the hell is Kang Dae doing? How shameless!'

The report said that 'witnesses claimed that the rapper and the Hollywood actor started a heated discussion about the keto diet, advocated by J-Mancer. The actor reacted and started advocating balanced diets with lots of vegetables. So they compared their abs, but the discussion didn't stop, J-Mancer didn't believe Ryan Lee's description of the diet. Then accusations and even jerks and punches started. The security guards had to intervene, and the two were expelled from the party.'

"My God, what now? What if J-Mancer sues Kang Dae?" Eun Ha ran her hands over her head, aghast.

As Eun Ha imagined, there were many photos of 'Ryan Lee' and her, and mentions of her name; as well as mismatched information about the mysterious actor. But it shocked Eun Ha to see Ye Rim next to Dae Won. Ye Rim was on the top 10 best dressed of the night! 

"Was she at the Fashion Ball? I can't believe it! Did she see something? Did she see Kang Dae? Did she talk to him? OMO!" Eun Ha still didn't feel ready to have 'The Conversation' with Ye Rim.

Still looking through the news, she realized that the trending topics revolved around two subjects this morning: Hani's death, and the Fashion Ball.

When she was about to open the news to find out what had happened to the young singer, the key turned on the knob and Eun Ha almost had a mini heart attack.

It was Ye Rim, dragging her body into the apartment. She looked exhausted and discouraged. She collapsed on the couch, but soon realized that her unnie was awake,

"Unnie? It's all right?!"

'Why is she asking this? Did she see anything? Oh, my gosh what am I supposed to say?'

"Ah yes! But how clumsy we are, isn't it? I didn't think you were going to the Fashion Ball with Dae Won Oppa!"

"Nor did I imagine you were going to the Fashion Ball either! I only knew you were there by Woo Geun! It would have been great if we had met there, Unnie!"

"We should have arranged this! I thought you were busy with acting classes at your agency and other appointments, so I didn't even comment. I didn't want to keep talking and talking about the Fashion Ball! But… I spoke to Stylist Zhang!"

"OMG OMG! This is so good!" Ye Rim stood up, with renewed spirits, "How was it? Tell me everything! But wait, I'm going to fix something to eat first!"

"No-no, you don't have to! Sit down, I'll tell you everything!" Eun Ha was surprised by the goodwill of Ye Rim, who hated to cook, and didn't do it very well. Besides, she looked tired. 

"I had a lot of work, but I entered the party. But everything went well, because I could talk to Stylist Zhang! I mean, more or less, because he was in a bit of bad health," unnie told of how she and the French teacher took the famous stylist off the par.a.p.et and the strange family situation they witnessed.

That was when Ye Rim also said that she had just returned from the police station, as she had spent the rest of the night giving testimony. She and Dr. Kim had found Hani's body in the Han River!

After Ye Rim gave all the details of the horrible incident, Eun Ha understood why the dress looked damaged and Ye Rim, so dejected. It was her turn to pamper her friend and suddenly realized,

"Well, but if you went with Dae Won to the Ball, why were you with Dr. Flamingo by the river?"

"Erm, well… And why did you take your French teacher and say you were going to a costume party elsewhere? Why didn't you just tell us you were going to the Fashion Ball?"

"Because common-sense people would try to prevent me from entering without an invitation! But in the end, it was better to do it my way," Eun Ha defended himself. "By the way, have you seen Ryan Lee?"

"No, I didn't get to see him," said Ye Rim, now showing signs that she was exhausted and needed to sleep. "

Who is he? I've never heard of him."

"Don't worry, he's the type of person who might even be your neighbor next door. Now rest, you have been through many things!" 

They spent a lot of time talking, and when Eun Ha looked at her cell phone again, she saw dozens of messages. Most from the journalists and media outlets.

Calling back the first call, she changed her voice a little,

"Hello. We got your call. I'm Kim Alison, Miss. Jung's assistant. What could we help you with?" 

After returning several calls in this manner, pretending to be her own secretary, Jun Eun Ha realized that she had new problems. Now, everyone wanted to see her fall/winter collection, and asked when her next runway show would be. They also asked for the number of Ryan Lee's press office! They tried to get a lot of information from the 'actor', some even aggressively.

What to do? She couldn't afford to make a runway show! Even doing it with magic would raise suspicion, because the lack of personnel!

And to make things worse, at the end of the morning, Park & ​​Zhang's staff called her number, asking where they should send stylist Zhang's flowers to Stylist Jung. And they also wanted to know if they could have invitations to the next runway show!

All the professionalism she couldn't afford yet!