Rebirth: King to Superstar

Chapter 60 - Jung-hwa's Help

He continued to sit on the seat until a group of women came to the couch and started to wake up the women who fell asleep opposite to him. They shook her until she was awake and talked to her for a few seconds before helping her out of the pub. Through the entire process, just like the lady before, they didn't notice Joon-won sitting there. 

Seeing the group make their way out of the pub, he leaned back on the couch and continued to drink the juice. The pub atmosphere was the same, people still jumping around, and he was getting bored with it. He drank the whole thing and stood up. 

He looked around for Mo Yang but couldn't find the man in the swarm of people on the dance floor. He didn't want to get flooded in that crowd and simply sent the man a text before walking out. 

As soon as he came out, he took a deep breath, the air inside was mixed with all kinds of smells like sweat, drinks, cigarettes, and drugs. It was suffocating. He looked to the side and saw the same group of girls again, patting the lady's back as she vomited everything she had in her stomach. 

He turned around as he was about to walk off, he heard someone calling for him from behind, "Excuse me." Making him turn around. It was one of the girls in the group. She was pretty short and had long black hair.

She pushed her glasses up and thanked him. "Thank you for looking out for my friend back inside. We couldn't thank you inside because of all the noise and her state. I guess luck is on our side as you came out quickly." She spoke completely normally, and it didn't look like she drank any alcohol. 

Joon-won nodded and replied, "It's alright. Your friend was pretty drunk and spoke a lot of nonsense. Take her back home." And turned around to go back. 

"Ah, Can I know your name and where I can find you? My friend wouldn't let me live if she didn't know the person who took care of her when she was drunk. She is the type of person who likes to pay people back. So please try to understand." 

He looked over his shoulder, raised his eyebrow, and replied, "It's alright. She doesn't need to pay anything back to me. I'm perfectly ok with it. I didn't take care of her or anything, she and I sat on the same couch. That's all." He wore his headphones and walked away, ignoring anymore calls from behind. 

As he reached home, he took off the earphones and got inside the kitchen to cook himself some quick dinner before going to sleep. He was exhausted and so took out an instant noodle packet to cook and eat. After having dinner, he sat on the couch and took out the script for a while. Having some more reads before sleep, he jumped on the bed.

The next day back in the supermarket, Joon-won sat down on his chair for some rest as Gah Soo attended the customers in his place. He took out his phone and sent a text to Jung-hwa. It was time to know what was going on with his sister to worry Min-Seok so much. 

He received a reply as soon as he sent a text and he slowly started to explain the situation to her. He wanted her to know where she was going every night and coming back home so late. Her exams were only a few weeks away, and it was time for her to concentrate on them. She was smart and could get into a good university if needed. 

Jung-hwa immediately agreed to his request, and he asked her to go to Yun-hee's high school at 5 which was the time the classes end for the final year students. She sent her a picture of Yun-hee so she could recognize her. She agreed to find out what Yun-hee would be up to as a payback for his help the past week. He thanked her once again before closing the phone and continuing his work. 

After completing his work, he went back home, cooked some lunch, and started his practice. The exam was the next day, and he got most of the emotions in lines down and the next was practice. He shut himself in the house and continued to practice his lines over and over again until he felt it was good enough. He used his phone to record each section to review and do it again if there were notable mistakes. 

As he was practicing, he received a message from Do Hwan and told him his appointment was at 2 the next day and also told him to be on time. After sending him a thank you, he continued to practice once again. 

As time passed by he finally received a call and he checked to see it was from Jung-hwa. His heart started to beat quicker than his thoughts turned dark about the situation. 

He picked up the phone and heard Jung-hwa from the other side, "Joon-won, your sister is working in an underground bar." 

"What kind of work?" 

"She is acting as a waitress for the bar. But this place isn't good to act as a waitress at all. All types of gangsters and drug addicts are lying around. I asked another waitress and she told me that your sister came here for work a month ago."

'A month ago?' that was way back before he entered this body. It looked like his sister was working in a bad place, filled with misfits everywhere. That was dangerous for a teenage girl and he hoped nothing happened to her. 

"Can you hand over the phone to her for me? I'll talk." And Jung-hwa agreed and he heard her footsteps along with the music in the background. 

"Yun-hee? This phone call is for you." He heard Jung-hwa on the other side shouting through the blasting music. 

"Ah! What? Hello, who is this?" He finally heard his sister's voice for the first time.