Chapter 150 - With a Little Help from My Friends

Things came together favorably in the coming weeks for Eun Ha's projects. With the help of her friends, the designer had time to produce the clothes for the show while they took care of the rest.

The runway show was only a few hours away. Many people invited confirmed their presences, and in fact the event was packed, as all vacant seats were requested.

Alexander Zhang and his daughter Yuna Zhang had confirmed their presence at the event and sent flowers and a basket of fruit in the morning. Other people, like Composer Lee, had also sent gifts and congratulations. In fact, even Dr. Flamingo had sent her flowers!

Feeling so tense that her neck hurt, Eun Ha once again passed the makeup room, where the models talked while the professionals worked. Soo Bin Noona was beaming, while commanding her assistant hairdressers and makeup artists. Fifteen models, men and women, would take turns on the catwalk to show 34 different clothes. 

One of these models was, of course, Kang Dae, or rather, Ryan Lee.

Woo Geun and some friends organized every detail as if it were his show. He had complete control of the situation. He was also filming backstage for posterity, and recorded several moments of the production. He made some live streams in his channels to boost the event relevance in social media.

Eun Ha's former boss, Dentist Park, had hired a professional DJ as his good luck gift to Eun Ha. Friends at Kang Dae's boxing academy offered to help with parking and securing the event for a lower fee. Chang Mi would be in charge of lighting the catwalk. Ye Rim managed to get Mrs. Cha, from the Orchid Club, to get flowers at a good discount. Ye Rim would help with the reception of the event, together with Woo Geun's team.

And when Madame Jung, Eun Ha's mother, was communicated, she immediately came with Ye Rim's father to the capital. Madame Jung took care of all the catering details, her specialty in the girls' hometown.

Only the owner of the mansion was not in sight when this whole event was prepared. But the garden was perfect for the day of the event, and the signage was replaced by banners that announced Jung Eun Ha's fashion show.

The press and photographers were already in their designed places, and Woo Geun came to remind her she had to be prepared for some interviews before the event. 

Looking around, Eun Ha took a deep breath. It was time to get in the storm's eye and definitely put her talent as a stylist at stake.

None of this relied on magic. And she wondered if she would be able to enthrall people enough that some magic would build up in that hall.

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It was unbelievable that the French Professor of Eun Ha was actually a wealthy and eccentric heir with a mansion overflowing with works of art. But it was true, and thanks to him Eun Ha would make his official debut in a place as beautiful as her clothes. It was much better than they envisioned!

Ye Rim looked around, and then at the clock. The parade would start in about 20 minutes. The guests were waiting. Lee Dae Won, Alexander Zhang and his daughter, as well as other important guests, were already in the hall, waiting for the fashion show to begin. Jun Hyeon had not come yet, despite being invited. They hadn't seen each other in the past few days, as Ye Rim was quite busy with the runway show in her spare time, so she wasn't taking dance lessons. 

Then, Mr. Shin's butler, Mr. Ahn, came to her discreetly,

"Miss. Nam, I'm afraid to disturb you, but Mas ... Mr. Shin asked me to report any problems with the guests to you."

"Sure, what happened?" Ye Rim just hoped that no guest had spoiled this magnificent house.

"I just saw a woman putting medicine in a drink, I'm sorry to have to report this. But I think someone might be in danger," Mr. Ahn described the woman and said he suspected her attitude when she was spotted into a forbidden place. Ye Rim reassured him, saying she would find the person. She just hoped that no one would ruin Eun Ha's event tonight. She would drag that person by the hair, if that happened!

Ye Rim was going to where the guests were, when she saw Jun Hyeon arrive. She, who was already a little angry and thinking he wouldn't come, felt her heart flutter treacherously when he hurried in, and came straight at her.

With an embarrassed smile, he apologized for the delay,

"Something happened at the hospital, so I was late. Has the show started?"

"No, but it will start soon. Can you do me a favor, meanwhile?" she briefly told what was going on, and that she wanted to deal with it discreetly. Unfortunately, from the description, she believed it involved an important person: Yuna Zhang. Jun Hyeon said he would keep an eye out, and he looked very concerned. Then she took him to the salon, realizing that it impressed the doctor. It made her happy,

"Did you expect less?"

"Well, I had to follow the GPS, because I had never heard of this place. Which is? A museum? It's an exquisite and  different place for a runway show."

"No, it's the home of the French Professor Shin!"

She needed to remind him who was Professor Shin and his relationship to Eun Ha.

"The event is beautiful. I look forward to meeting your friend in person after the parade," he commented.

"Those," she pointed to the front row, "are my father, and Eun Ha's mother," she was proud of them. Ye Rim just didn't know what it would be like to introduce Jun Hyeon to her father. But out of the corner of her eye, she looked at the doctor's reaction. Dr. Kim seemed curious and full of plans, which left her inappropriately euphoric. 'We don't even have anything, we just kiss once, why am I looking forward to introducing you to my father?!'

However, a staff member came to tell her she should be backstage. Eun Ha asked for her presence before the show began. Saying goodbye, she hurried out. But not before Jun Hyeon quickly squeezed her hand and let it go, wishing them luck.

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Jun Hyeon had done his best after a surgery that took longer than expected, to arrive dressed in a presentable way for the fashion designer Jung's debut. The surgeon knew how important Eun Ha was to Ye Rim, and how involved she was with the event.

Ye Rim was so beautiful and bold with an aggressive and dark makeup, and a very sensual black silk jumpsuit that enhanced her curves, that he was breathless when he saw her. But that was nothing new, was it? He was happy to see that she was a little sulky because of his delay. It hadn't been on purpose, but she missed him! How could an a.d.u.l.t man be happy with such nonsense?

But then she told him about her suspicions about Yuna Zhang. Kim Jun Hyeon was immediately concerned. The facts of the Fashion Ball together with this suspicion could indicate an ongoing crime. He looked for the woman with the description, and soon saw Yuna Zhang, leaving her father's side. Dr. Kim decided to follow her discreetly.

The woman moved away from the crowd, trying to avoid the cameras. She left through a side door, and Jun Hyeon followed her. The doctor felt he was doing something wrong, but the accusation that Yuna Zhang possibly spiked a drink for someone was quite serious. And Jun Hyeon now suspected that she was trying to poison her own father.

Upon arriving as close as he could in a casual manner, without being seen, Jun Hyeon hid himself. He stood in a position where he could see her silhouette projected on the grass in the garden, since Yuna Zhang had her back to a lighted door. From there, he can only hear her exclaim,

"Maybe it won't work. I don't know if I can do this!"

'Hm, this is definitely suspicious, but should I interfere and confront her?'

He watched more and more puzzled as to the silhouette move away from the door and into the bushes. So he had a better view of what Yuna Zhang was doing.

She was hiding something in the bushes! Then she went back to the salon, taking her cell phone out of her bag.

'Hm, let's see what she left there ...' Dr. Kim let a few minutes pass to make sure she wasn't returning, and went over to the bush. 

"How pathetic, how am I going to justify myself to the owner of the house for checking his garden," he mumbled, as he fiddled with the plants in the flower bed using his cell phone flashlight as an aid. He finally saw the object. It was a cell phone, which he fished with two fingers.

"Well, you can start now," a voice said behind him. Jun Hyeon stood up in alarm. In front of him, a man of aristocratic appearance, perhaps a little older than he, naturally handsome and without any plastic surgery. 'Sui generis'.

"Good evening. Are you the owner of the house? Professor Shin?" he asked. He imagined someone different as Eun Ha's eccentric friend.

"Yes, I am the owner of the house. And what did you find in my garden, Dr. Kim?"

'Great. He knows who I am. Now, to the explanations of why this is a  problem,' thought Kim Jun Hyeon.