Love for Love's Sake - Chapter 81
Chapter 81
Naturally, there was no response. If I could touch it, I would have grabbed, shaken, or ripped it apart.
After breaking up with Cha Yeowoon and returning home, I had made a conscious effort to find any clues related to senior.
I meticulously recorded the hints I had been given so far in my notebook, organized my chronicles from the age of twenty to twenty-nine, and went as far as watching instructional hypnosis videos so I could try self-hypnosis.
And just like a madman earlier, even yelled at the message window.
Nevertheless, there were no significant clues. It was daunting to try and track senior down, as all I had to go on was my uncertain memories.
But, there was one fortunate thing that had come out of this.
[ !Sub-Mission resumes. ]
After separating from Cha Yeowoon the system seemed to have started working properly again as expected.
The Sub-Mission that had been forcibly terminated due to an error a few days ago was restored once I ended my relationship with Cha Yeowoon and distanced myself from him.
[ Mission: Make Cha Yeowoon happy. ]
[ Penalty: Death ]
For reference, this part remained unchanged.
[ Favorability ¿¿¿ ]
But the problem was this.
“Did it break?”
There was no way to know since it didn’t show as a number. I didn’t even know what a reset entailed, so I was hoping that no news was good news.
“Haah…”
I took a deep breath, placing my hand under my chest. A sharp pain spread between my ribs.
My symptoms had been the same since that day.
Just thinking about Cha Yeowoon made my organs ache, reminiscent of the time when I had suffered from a fever.
Despite wrestling with my thoughts, the conclusion remained the same.
Indeed, the most crucial clue and lead was Cha Yeowoon.
Everything started because of him, and all the system messages were also related to him.
If I wanted more information, the most likely way was to stay close to him to obtain hints and mission rewards.
Up until now, I had obediently followed the reset or whatever it was, but now that the mission had resumed, it might not matter whether I was close to him. Especially considering that the main mission was still to make him happy.
[ Remaining time: 96 days ]
Wasting what little time I had remaining would be foolish. It was time I had earned just to be with Cha Yeowoon.
“I know it in my head, but…”
It wasn’t easy to brazenly appear in Cha Yeoowon’s life after I had made him cry his heart out.
Whatever the reason, I was the one who had abandoned him to fall and cry in the rain.
Despite being contacted by people I knew, there were no messages from Cha Yeowoon. I wondered what he was doing right now. Just imagining it made my chest tighten.
Wanting to distract myself, I touched the screen of my phone.
Was this why people would endlessly stare at their phones? To momentarily escape the swirling thoughts and worries.
Although I was looking at my phone screen absentmindedly, in fact, it was impossible to completely separate my thoughts from Cha Yeowoon. After watching duckling and cat videos for about ten minutes, I inevitably started searching for information on Cha Yeowoon.
[ Sub-Mission: Find 100,000 (90,000) fans for Cha Yeowoon. ]
This was on my mind.
If the number of followers on social media, which had stopped without any updates, had doubled, there was a high probability that something had happened.
Sure enough. I found the reason after scrolling through a few community posts that frequently mentioned Cha Yeowoon.
[ ㅊㅇㅇThe bastard who got sued seems like a real psycho. (57 replies) ]
[ 1. I heard he used to follow young athletes? And the trainees..
2. A youtuber even cried in their live broadcast yesterday;
3. He has a history of being insane; things nobody would do in their right mind.
4. Just causing trouble every day on online forums, it’s a hopeless life.
5. Ah…I’m so scared that he might appear in this post too;; ]
This was written just yesterday, and there were similar posts.
However, posts that seemed to have been written by the stalker were buried. Just by looking through the posts that were made before and after, I could guess the situation
After receiving a call from Cha Yeowoon’s side regarding a filed complaint, the stalker appeared to have lost their reasoning. They uploaded photos and recordings taken during a previous chase, along with comments similar to their previous accusations about Cha Yeowoon’s character, but more provocative and unspeakable
Then, when the stalker’s personal information was leaked, it became evident that they had a troubling and sinister past. At first, they mainly followed unsuccessful celebrities, trainees, and then amateur athletes, one of whom was Cha Yeowoon.
Moreover, one of the victims, who had given up on being a trainee as a result, had made a post.
They were now running a personal broadcasting channel with quite a few subscribers, so there were more comments related to their post than about Cha Yeowoon.
The post, which started with their struggles witnessing what was happening to Cha Yeowoon, was filled with shocking details. Well, it was quite shocking, considering what had happened to Cha Yeowoon.
“It’s beyond crazy.”
When I felt like my head was about to explode, the online world was ablaze in its own way.
Posts filled with provocative content spread rapidly. It was all the more so because it was a clear case of wrongdoing.
After the former trainee came forward, public opinion became more vocal in its guard against the so-called obsessive fans. In addition, the fact that the stalker mainly targeted minors and people without guardians who were unable to protect themselves also aroused anger.
In the midst of these events, the photos and recordings that the stalker had posted extensively became a subtle topic.
Cha Yeowoon, who expressed irritation in the randomly taken photos, seemed to have a certain charm. Furthermore, with his good looks, somehow even his voice seemed captivating.
The recordings themselves were an invasion of privacy, but among the deleted posts, there was even a morning call pieced together with Cha Yeowoon’s angered voice, which had clearly crossed the line.
This was how the number of followers had crossed 90,000. While Cha Yeowoon remained quiet, the world around him was anxious for him.
“Isn’t this really charisma…”