TRIPLE 29

Overseas location, heading out… Chae Yoonoh, captured at the airport! The undeniable aura of a top star.

CS Entertainment’s Chae Yoonoh begins filming for his next project! An epic scale.

His first project since marrying the representative of the Beom-young family. Chae Yoonoh’s global strides begin in earnest.

Information about airport fashion or overseas locations. Even gossip related to his private life.

Every sparkling word that exists in the world was attached to Chae Yoonoh’s name. He’s a guy who catches the eye even in person with his slick looks, but even in the articles, he was shining all on his own.

He really is damn good at being successful. Is this why people were so shocked when they didn’t recognize him? Siyeon clicked his tongue and scrolled down the phone screen.

Naturally, the real-time reactions were even more chaotic.

YoonoLuv @yoono_luv

Half of Chae-Chae’s face is covered, so why is he so handsome?

↳ Afilm @Afilm88

For real, even the mask is just a photoshoot prop.

↳ Deok-gwa @ddkay

If his face were so forgettable just by pulling a cap down, the [South] Korean entertainment industry wouldn’t have let Chae-Chae go like this.

↳ ChH ChH @Uuuuo5

But doesn’t Chae-Chae look a bit unwell today? He looked tired.

↳ YoonoLuv @yoono_luv

Fan signing event followed by non-stop filming? And they even said a 3-week overseas location, f***.

Afilm @Afilm88

But who is that next to Chae-Chae in the dating photo going around right now? There wasn’t an article about it.

↳ Deok-gwa @ddkay

Isn’t that his stylist? There’s a staff member who’s about the same height, Song OO.

↳ ChH ChH @Uuuuo5

Yeah, it’s definitely the stylist. My friend’s cousin is an employee at CS Ent, so I know.

↳ Deok-gwa @ddkay Fing CS Ent only doesn’t know their work handling is s.

↳ YoonoLuv @yoono_luv

I’m saying this in advance in case the antis go crazy again– it’s a stylist/staff member, please stop trying to link them together; how many times has this been already?

Watching the posts coming up in real-time, Siyeon unwittingly became serious.

With this level of fame, it was natural that eventually, someone would recognize him, whether he pulled his cap down, wore a mask, or kept his head down. The people who had latched onto them on the walking path last time were no coincidence, either.

Besides….

‘If photos are circulating… could it be that they mean the one taken at that time on that day?’

Judging by the situation, it seems it was roughly settled by the fans’ tearful, bloody shield, but he would have to be a little more careful. If a kissing photo had been caught, he wouldn’t even have been able to make up an excuse, would he?

‘That was almost a disaster.’

Ignoring the goosebumps rising on his skin, he pressed one more link attached to the community post, and the atmosphere quickly veered in a different direction.

[Anonymous]

Is Chae-Chae going overseas again? Why is he never in Korea?

It seems he’s become even busier since marrying Mr. Beom. Husband’s halo?

↳ Halo my a. Chae-Chae was busy from the start, even before marriage.

↳ No, in the first place, why would two dominant alphas marry? Are all chaebols like that?

↳ It’s a political marriage, why are you searching for love?

↳ F***, our Mr. Beom is a romantic—

↳ Yeah, they said they’ve known each other since they were kids. What kind of childhood friends register their marriage?

The point that’s hilarious is that even when the couple is together, they don’t smell like a couple, but like a shareholders’ meeting.

↳ It’s a ‘handsome doubled’ event, so it’s actually good.

↳ Why are there so few photos of them together? Give us some crumbs, you guys even got married!!!!!!

↳ But since they’re both alphas, who gets penetrated? Is it Chae-Beom or Beom-Chae?

Siyeon gave a small scoff.

They spoke so easily. Political marriage, showroom couple. They arbitrarily pieced together someone else’s life with a few photos and a few lines of article headlines. But the funny thing was, those words weren’t entirely wrong.

Siyeon scrolled down the phone screen a little further. Just as he had inwardly expected, this time, articles tying the two together appeared.

‘Alpha Couple’ Chae Yoonoh & Beom Yisu, attention focused on whether there are plans for a successor.

Protests regarding the Nakwon-dong demolition in full swing. Beom-young succession structure, still veiled in mystery… “External disclosure limited.”

Chae Yoonoh & Beom Yisu, each walking a different path… “A deliberate separation strategy?”

“…Plans for a successor.”

Chae Yoonoh and Beom Yisu were dominant alphas, as everyone knew. If that were the case, even if they hadn’t said it out loud, everyone would be thinking the same thing.

Perhaps because of Beom-young’s influence, the reporters didn’t seem to be able to use it outright in the article headlines, but was there not only one method?

And in reality, it was so. The problem was that the only solution was currently sitting here on the sofa, rummaging through a phone.

Sure enough, unlike the articles that seemed to have been tidied up, the comments attached to them were more explicit.

[Comments 1548]

But if two alphas marry, how do they have a successor?

↳ What’s money for? They’ll use a surrogate mother.

↳ They might have already found an omega for pregnancy and hidden them away.

↳ F***, it’s so realistic it’s not even funny.

↳ Did you see the independent film that won an award this time? I was surprised because it’s really identical to Chae-Chae’s current situation. In that, one of the alpha couple undergoes a trait change and gets pregnant directly; I wonder how it is here.

But isn’t it a bit strange that the Nakwon-dong cleanup and the successor articles are coming out together? What on earth is the connection between the two?

Have you ever seen alphas keep their chastity? They’d be playing around with separate lovers on the side.

↳ Here we go again lol. You don’t know anything, so don’t throw out your personal theories.

↳ No, but a political marriage is true, why are you having a seizure?

↳ For real, a family whose legal team moves first.

↳ They really do seem like they wouldn’t exchange a single word with each other.

How does this couple see to a successor.

No matter what great genes and status the two had, alphas alone could not create a child. It was inevitable that public attention would be focused on it.

In the first place, using an omega surrogate between an alpha couple wasn’t illegal, so people just couldn’t insult them openly. They only revealed their aversion toward the wealthy. Siyeon stared down at the phone screen, then stopped his hand in front of one comment.

But if they use an omega surrogate, is it usually over after giving birth? Or do they raise them together?

↳ If it’s Beom-young, they’d probably get rid of them right away.

↳ Get rid of them? Why?

↳ If that surrogate gives birth to another child elsewhere, wouldn’t it become their child’s half-sibling? Do you think they’d watch that happen?

It was a comment thrown out by a person who knew nothing. Under normal circumstances, he would have snorted and moved on, but since he was the person involved, his heart sank for no reason.

“…D*mn it.”

A short curse leaked out between his lips. Siyeon turned off the phone. His face was faintly reflected on the dead, black screen.

Siyeon immediately realized the identity of the discomfort he was feeling. If the surrogate’s identity were revealed, it wasn’t them who would be in trouble. It was himself. It was obvious that Siyeon, who had neither money nor backing, would become the easiest prey.

And as the comments said, even if the surrogate work ended safely, there was a possibility he could be disposed of by Beom-young without a sound. So, this meant it wasn’t the time to be lazing around like this, dreaming of an easygoing life in the future.

Startled into alertness, Siyeon flipped his phone over immediately.

“If I can’t search for it…. it doesn’t mean there is absolutely no method.”

Things that you look at with your eyes, flip through with your hands, and then put back in their place. Paper and books….

The study.

…No. The basement archives.

Of course, there would be surveillance cameras around there, and he couldn’t completely avoid the eyes of the servants, but there really wasn’t any alternative beyond that.

Above all, there must be quite a few materials related to Beom-young there that he couldn’t obtain even through searches. Things like company acquisition-related materials…. When he glanced over them while organizing the study, he just thought they were stocking up on these things because it was a chaebol household, but thinking about it again, they were clues he could get his hands on.

Siyeon raised his body from the sofa. Having sat for a long time, he felt the sensation of the fabric clinging to his thighs.

“That’s it. Why am I worried already?”

Because he felt stifled, he had to say something courageous to himself for a change of pace. Stretching his body to gain some strength, Siyeon moved toward the hallway leading to the study.

The mansion was, as always, excessively quiet. It was a moment when the carpet swallowed all sound of his footsteps, so he couldn’t even hear his own walk.

Clatter—!

For some reason, the sound of glass breaking scratched sharply through the house. Immediately after, desperate footsteps and suppressed voices, like the sound of gasping, were heard all at once.

Because the servants always moved like shadows, it felt like a ghost mansion. But now that an accident had happened, the sense of presence was vivid.

Siyeon hesitated for a moment before turning his feet toward the source of the sound. From the end of the hallway not far away, a low gasp was heard first.

“I’m sorry… I’m sorry.”

It was in front of the service hall leading to the kitchen. On the floor, broken glass shards were scattered in all directions, and next to an overturned tray, a clear glass bottle was smashed, pouring out its contents. Whether it was fruit preserves or syrup, a sticky, sweet smell mixed with the scent of detergent pierced his nose.

In the middle of it all, a young servant stood with a face that had turned stark pale. Their hands were tightly curled, as if they were about to cry at any moment. And blocking in front of them was a middle-aged woman with a neat impression. She, wearing gray hair pulled up and a dark blue uniform, seemed to be examining the broken shards on the floor first.

As Siyeon stood still and watched the situation, they discovered Siyeon.

“Ah…!”

With a short gasp, both people’s gazes turned toward this side at once. In normal circumstances, they would have been terrified and scattered before Siyeon could even approach, but this time they couldn’t. It was because of the glass shards spread on the floor.

Siyeon was about to step back for no reason, then stopped. Well… he’d already seen it, so wouldn’t it be strange to avoid them?

“What’s going on?”