Waking up in the morning with a pounding headache, Yumin staggered to the bathroom to do personal hygiene, looking at her face that had just been "nourished" not long ago, now emaciated again. Yumin smiled to herself and wiped her face and walked out to change, outside the kitchen Lucy had already prepared breakfast and was waiting for someone else.

- Good morning, President! Did you sleep well last night? - Lucy held a glass of lemon tea and looked at Yumin leisurely sitting at the table.

- Don't tease me anymore Lucy, I won't repeat what happened yesterday! - Yumin gnawed on a sandwich, reached for the glass of water next to her and drank all the water.

- I dare you to drink alcohol freely like this again! If you don't know how to take care of your body, don't blame anyone for illness! - Lucy pursed her lips and tapped the table.

The helpless Yumin quickly finished the morning and then went with Lucy out of the apartment to the basement, below Junho had parked the car waiting for both.

- President!  - Junho nodded to Yumin, opened the car door for her to sit in, Lucy automatically went around to the other side to open the door.

- Have you had breakfast, President?  - After settling into a seat, Junho started the car, sat in front and asked Yumin.

- Have eaten together with Lucy!  - Yumin blinked a few times, not wanting the other two to see her sluggish state, so she turned to look out the window.

- In a moment, I will prepare medicine for you, remember to eat well no matter how busy you are!  Stomach disease that is serious is difficult to treat!  - Lucy frowned at the girl next to her, trying to hide her illness.

- OK!  - Yumin hummed a sentence and closed her eyes to rest for a while.

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Moonlight Ent.

On the desk with all kinds of documents, papers and some empty wine bottles lying around, Bae Jiwook, untidy clothes lying on the table, still holding a glass of wine.

- Damn! Bastard Kang Taechun, do you think you'll kill myself after using me? - Jiwook suddenly laughed, looking at the shelf in front of him with bloodshot eyes.

FLASHBACK

Bae Jiwook has not been able to contact Kang Taechun for many days, he several times wanted to threaten Kang Taechun to spend money on him or else he will report his illegal acts like before.

After Juri's funeral, in the early days, Bae Jiwook still relied on that case to steal a little from Kang Taechun but over time Kang Taechun did not give in to him anymore, cutting off contact with both sides, even challenging Bae.  Jiwook dares to move to his disadvantage, prepare the will first.

Bae Jiwook heard that, but he really didn't dare to act. Although he holds a lot of evidence to expose Kang Taechun's crimes, the other side also holds a lot of his weaknesses, neither side loses to anyone.

Moonlight company is getting worse and worse, the only current group is SPG, after losing a member, no one cares or invites and cooperates anymore.  This company will go bankrupt sooner or later, Bae Jiwook from the company formed a bit of a black fund but soon invested in securities and lost all, now only Kang Taechun is helping, but unexpectedly the other side has turned upside down.

Confused about how to deal with the upcoming problems, there was a knock on the door.

- Manager!  Someone wants to see you...

- Who is?

Bae Jiwook didn't have time to finish talking, the door opened, and outside stepped a slim, tall figure, wearing a suit behind her, there was also a muscular bodyguard.  The girl entered uneasily sitting on the sofa set in the middle of the room, she smiled at Bae Jiwook while looking at her curiously.

- We've met before, director Bae has forgotten me like that!

- You are... - Jiwook also felt that the girl in front of him was familiar, but with the current spirit, his mind was hazy and he couldn't think of anything.

- I'm the CEO of Diamond Star, Han Yumin!  - Yumin signaled Junho to close the door and asked the other employee to leave.

- Also a "best friend" of Kwon Juri, who was previously beaten to death by you guys to the point of mental breakdown!  Remember the funeral that day!  - Yumin raised her eyebrows, looking down on the person standing in front, but in fact, the hand on the knee was slowly clenched.

- You're that kid!  - Bae Jiwook suddenly realized, he used to investigate Han Yumin, but he didn't collect much information, so he didn't care, he also met this girl on the day of the funeral, simply thinking of being friends.  Now this person is the president of a very famous company and is still looking to him.

- If you remember it, it won't be long! For you!  - Junho received the signal and took out a stack of documents and gave it to Bae Jiwook.

- This... - Bae Jiwook looked at Yumin suspiciously, he took the document and read it line by line.

The more he read it, the bigger his eyes widened, this was all evidence that he colluded with merchants to arrange young girls to sell to them, there were also some papers showing that he evaded taxes, created fake permits and bribing public officials to run away from crimes. This is enough to put him in jail, and there is a huge fine waiting for him.

- What do you want? - Jiwook shivered, staggered to sit on the desk.

- These things are being searched by the prosecution team to report you! As long as you cooperate a little, I will burn these things without leaving anything!  - After saying that, Yumin took a document, took the lighter from Junho and burned it in front of Jiwook.

- Okay... okay, I agree! As long as I do what you say, this evidence won't reach the police, right?  - Jiwook almost wants to beg her, one Kang Taechun is enough now there's Han Yumin.

- I need the clip of the day Juri came here looking for you!  - That's it! Just having it would know what happened that day that caused Juri to seek death!

Bae Jiwook was silent for a while, then went to the shelf behind Yumin from an inconspicuous position, took out a mini camera connected to the computer on his desk, and looked up the video of the day Kwon Juri and Kang Taechun met each other copied it to a USB and gave it to Yumin.

- Chairman Han! That day, I was also forced to do this! Please... - He also saw the clip that day, instead of feeling guilty, he felt sorry for Kang Taechun when he hadn't done anything to Kwon Juri. If the person in front of him knew what he was thinking, maybe this day next year would be his death anniversary.

Receiving the USB Yumin did not rush to check, she stood up to let Junho go first to open the door without forgetting to say a word of assurance.

- Director Bae rest assured, I will not pursue your story anymore!

The door closed, Bae Jiwook sighed and then frantically grabbed a lighter to burn all the papers on the table.

Yumin sat in the car and looked up at Bae Jiwook's office, smirking.

Although she said not to prosecute, it does not mean that the press and police will leave this matter alone, blame him for doing too many crimes worthy of retribution.

A few days later indeed the press began to make a fuss about Bae Jiwook's case and the police also investigated it, and soon Bae Jiwook was also arrested.

END FLASHBACK

...

Right at the Diamond Star family meeting room

The atmosphere was quite tense when right here gathered 45 people divided into four groups.

Jisung rested his hands on the table and glanced at everyone sitting upright, even breathing heavily.

- We've been like this for 15 minutes oppa!  - Somi couldn't help but lie down on the table, everyone who heard that also sighed, stretching the tired muscles because of the upright posture.

- Okay, now let's start the "Sajang nim's Christmas Gift" project!  - Jisung excitedly took the remote to turn on the projector.

- The name is not cool at all!  - Guanlin pouted

- Agree!  - Minhee nodded

- It doesn't matter what name, the purpose of today's meeting is to give gifts to our Sajang nim, Han Yumin!  - Jisung showed a photo of Yumin sitting in the SLEEP position.

- Hahaha!  Where is that picture, please! - Daniel quickly took a magnified photo on the screen.

-  귀여워 - Yena is also taking pictures.

- Ummm... I showed the wrong picture!  - Jisung coughed lightly and exchanged a picture of Yumin sitting at work.

- What plans does each group have?  - Nayoung spoke up to stop the noise.

- Our group is planning to split into two groups, a performance group and a gift buying group!  - Eunbi pointed towards Chaeyeon.

- We also plan to write letters by hand! - Wonyoung hugged Nako's hand and chirped.

- If we all wrote letters together, Yumin might take a long time to read all these letters! - Yohan scratched his head imagining that Yumin in the night reading 45 letters was no different from a teacher grading students' assignments.

- If it was Yumin, she would definitely read it all! - Jihoon laughs.

- That's right! That's my Sajang nim! - Yujin smiled, revealing deep dimples.

- Then we'll cook! - Sejeong raised her hand to speak.

- Good! Our team will make handmade gifts for her!  - Han Seungwoo stood up.

- Okay! We won't be weak either, Minhyun!  - Sewoon banged the table and yelled

- Thanks to a mysterious ally, we learned that Yumin's hobby is collecting famous wines! So we contacted an acquaintance to resell a "50 year old bottle of Dalmore"!  - Minhyun raised the bottle of wine.

- "Dlamore" is a famous whiskey with 50 years of age, only 60 bottles produced, is a sought-after wine all over the world!  - Jisung further explained.

- Wow! Must be very expensive!  - Seungyeon whispered quietly.

- Does she know how to drink?  - Hyewon stroked her chin thoughtfully.

- I just know she likes to collect wine! Whether she know how to drink or not, we don't know! - Daehwi shrugged.

Everyone here is talking about the Christmas party, Wonyoung pursed her lips and looked at her phone in frustration, yesterday she used up the courage to text and ask the other person to choose a suitable gift, but after seen it, Yumin didn't even bother to reply, so she has been sad since morning.

"So when you said I texted you, you would definitely reply!"  Wonyoung's POV (Baby is sulk! 😤)

- Go on like that! Everyone now buy the necessary things to prepare gifts! After preparing the gifts, gather in the main hall on the day of the party to carry out the plan! Remember to feel a little that day so that she can be touched! - Jisung clapped his hands to end the meeting.

Each group followed their manager to the elevator and started buying gifts.

Minju was washing her hands in the toilet, and outside ran into a figure that made her jump.

...

Inside Diamond Star is decorated full of Christmas atmosphere, everyone is still working normally, each desk is designed by each employee with a Christmas theme.

Yumin returned to the company after meeting outside partners, leaving Junho to park car, she take the elevator to her office. Waiting for the elevator to go up inside Yumin's face became more and more blue, as if she couldn't stand the movement of the elevator Yumin ran out of the elevator and ran to the bathroom.

Eating not much in the morning, just these days, not eating enough meals, so the stomach pain recurred, causing Yumin to become uncomfortable when eating.  Yumin didn't notice anyone inside, she collapsed on the toilet and threw up in the toilet, then sat there with a face that couldn't be more white.

Minju realized it was Yumin and in panic squatted beside the concerned Yumin.

- Yumin!  How are you? Can you walk? - Minju used a tissue to wipe the sweat from Yumin's face.

- Can you help me get to the elevator? - Yumin hugged her stomach and whispered each word, every word that escaped from Yumin's mouth seemed to drain her vitality.

- OK!  I'm trying, i help you go!  - Minju put Yumin's arm on her shoulder, she grabbed Yumin's waist, walked out of the toilet and accidentally bumped into Somin.

- Minju... Oh President, what's wrong with you?  - Somin reacted like Minju, hands and feet busy supporting Yumin's other hand.

- She suddenly ran to the toilet, vomited a lot, then had no energy to stand up, so I helped her go to the elevator!  - Minju worriedly looked at Yumin with tight eyebrows, explaining for her.

- Haizzz, why are you being so impulsive! Oh, just leave Yumin to me, you go with everyone!  - Somin, who felt that one member of IZ*ONE was missing, asked the rest of the members to find out that Minju had just gone to the bathroom, so she told everyone to go first, but she herself looked for Minju who expected to see this scene.

- It's okay unnie just let everyone buy gifts, without me there's nothing to worry about!  And unnie who's helping someone alone is also struggling for me to lend a hand! - Before, Minju was also excited to go to choose a gift for Yumin, but now seeing this person like this, her previous excitement has been thrown away.

- That's okay!  - Knowing that Minju could not be stopped, Somin had to obey her.

The two put Yumin in the elevator to go up to Yumin's floor to work, put Yumin on the sofa. Minju used a towel to wipe Yumin's sweat while Somin called Lucy to report the current situation.

- Oh wow! It's really... that i told you to take medicine before, but this girl suddenly dared not take it, i really wanted to go crazy!  - Without keeping the three of them waiting for long, Lucy ran to Yumin's office with some pills in hand.

Minju saw this, lifted Yumin's head, sat up, and put Yumin's head on her shoulder so that this person could easily take the medicine.  Pouring all the pills into her mouth and drinking the glass of water, Yumin still didn't open her eyes and rested her head on Minju's lap.

- You don't need to grumble, i just forgot to take my medicine!  - Yumin now has less pain, then tell Lucy.

- You can say that, if you don't meet Minju and Somin, You must die! Do you want me to leave you alone? - Lucy frowned and went to make a glass of milk.

- Because of this, why don't you eat properly? The Christmas party is coming soon, then don't make excuses to be sick and then be absent! - Don't joke, everyone has already planned to buy gifts, but if this person doesn't show up, it's over, Somin prayed in her heart.

- Assured! I will come at that time, but today is an exception but normal is no problem! - Yumin opened her eyes and looked at Minju above.

- Don't force yourself too much!  Everyone will sympathize with you, so take care of your health, Sajang nim! - Minju heard that Yumin might not be able to attend the party, but her health is still more important.

- I will try to stay healthy until Christmas day! - Yumin smiled promisingly, then closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and fell asleep.

- This... - It's awkward for Somin to look at Yumin without any intention of falling asleep on Minju.

- You go do your own thing, Minju just let Yumin bring it back later!  Who said yesterday that she was late to drink... alcohol!  - Lucy suddenly realized that she had accidentally revealed Yumin's personal story, but had already missed it, she had to finish the sentence.

- So Minju is hard to stay, if there's anything, call me!  - Somin and Lucy pulled each other out, leaving Minju and Yumin inside.

- Definitely ask for a raise!  Don't you think the president is worth giving us trouble? I have worked overtime for many days without pay! - Lucy hugged Somin's shoulder pretending to cry.

- I think so too! - The subordinates like them are really miserable.

...

Yumin also slept for a long time, but there was still no sign of waking up, it seems like many days of lack of sleep, so now lying down, he sleeps very deeply.

Minju's legs wanted to feel numb, but she still struggled to stay in this position so that Yumin could sleep well, Minju looked down at the sleeping girl, her face turned to her stomach. Running her hand through the black hair tied low behind, looking at this person thinking that this person normally doesn't have many emotions, even talking normally with friends is very awkward, Minju has known Yumin before, so she didn't feel like doing it. Strange with this personality is just herself always trying to find a way to get close to Yumin so that she can see her other faces.

- The first time I met you, I thought our situation then looked like a webtoon!  You have no qualms about protecting me from those bullies, so cool!  - Minju remembers the bus ride that day and is warm.

- Then, the first time I went down to the freshman area just to return your coat, I accidentally caught everyone's attention, thinking that you was afraid of trouble so I had to leave the classroom, but you did not own it, brought me back to the classroom so we officially got to know each other then!  -   Minju didn't notice her gaze when she looked at Yumin full of love.

- When you returned to Korea from your hometown, I thought that I wanted to be closer with you when I knew your situation, so I wanted to ask you out!  But i was too shy, so many times i let you go home without saying anything!  Until I met you and your sister on the way home, I used up all my courage to tell you directly, seeing that you hesitated and seemed to want to refuse, I felt a sense of disappointment and a bit of failure, thanks to your sister said for me so you finally agreed, that moment was like a candle that had just gone out and was lit up in my heart!

- But I know that the day I went to eat ice cream, you also accepted my gratitude and reluctantly went with me! But since then, I have not given up, always wanted to contact you regularly to make our relationship even closer, so I frankly expressed my feelings, I was very happy when you also opened your heart to accept. We are like a true friend!

- After a while because of preparing for the PD48 competition, we didn't see each other very often, but I still receive messages of encouragement from you sometimes, it gives me strength! It seems that during the time when I didn't see you, a lot of things happened, right, Yumin?  Was there someone who made you smile a lot, care a lot, worry a lot and... love a lot!  - Minju's heart suddenly constricted, feeling uncomfortable when thinking that Yumin had developed a lot of emotions that she had never seen for others.

- I don't even understand how i feel! The day you went to CJ headquarters to give food to Hyewon unnie, I was quite surprised to see how close you two were, until when I heard Hyewon tell the story of how the two of you met, I was very upset with Yumin!  The two of you who just met became close while I had to work very hard to be as close as we are now!

- There was also a day when I thought of you because of the "red light" period and didn't know who to ask. I didn't expect much either, but I'm very touched that you came to prepare medicine and supplies for me!  Besides, there was an awkward situation in the dark room that day, you didn't react at all, only my heart was uncontrollable, a very strange feeling that I had never experienced before for anyone! - Minju sighed and laughed, blaming herself for thinking that day.

- The final night of PD48, I am not only nervous about my results and looking forward to finding my family, but I also look forward to you because you promised to support me! It was a very memorable moment when I was the first one to appear in the IZ*ONE lineup, thanks to you cheering me on, I constantly tried to prove myself and improve my confidence to deserve today's achievement!  I wanted to meet you, but that night you left early for no reason!  - Of course Minju didn't know about Yumin being chased that day.

- Being a member of IZ*ONE, I know it's a bit difficult to meet you with a busy schedule at first, but you also disappeared without contacting me! On the graduation day of seniors, I met you but at that time you changed, no more emotions, very cold! I was very surprised and also wondered why you became like this but I know there are limits that we should not cross so I don't want to find out much!

- And on that fateful day, it seemed that IZ*ONE would have to end in vain, but you appeared to save everyone, save my hope! I really thank you Yumin, for appearing in my life, thank you for caring, freeing me from troubles!

- ... If... you were a boy, I would love you! - After a while recounting the past, Minju finally settled down, her eyes slightly regretfully caressed Yumin's face, expressing her true feelings.

It's words like that Yumin didn't hear, accidentally missed an emotional part that was always behind her.

How about everyone?  The person you love and the person who loves you, who will you choose?
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December 24, 2019

Everywhere there was a lot of traffic, people were busy walking hand in hand on the street.  Families gather together for dinner or go out, groups of friends gather after days of study and hard work, and couples meet to watch movies, give each other gifts.

In this joyful and warm atmosphere, at Diamond Star is taking place a Christmas party with the participation of all artists and employees of the company.

The inside splits into two large halls, accommodating more than 200 people in today's party, each stylishly dressed and expressing their individual style.

In the past few days, thanks to the decoration team, today the surrounding scenery is gorgeous and beautiful, tall pine trees are neatly placed in rows along with cute and sparkling decorations hanging on the trees, below.  The tree stump also arranged several large gift boxes and some cotton wool to create the feeling of snow.

The food is beautifully displayed, the aroma spreads so that everyone looking at it has to swallow a big mouthful of saliva.  In addition to things related to the Christmas theme, above there is a large space to set up the stage, next to the producer team who are working very hard to do their job well to control the music.

People usually do not have much contact with work, on this day, they meet and get to know each other, boys and girls even have a couple of newly blossomed couples.

Soon the whole hall fell silent, hearing voices coming from the stage.

- Attention! Ladies and Gentlemen! I'm Heechul and I'll be the MC for tonight's party!  And opening the party today will be the appearance of our noble leader, the young genius who dares to challenge the limit to create miracles that no one at this age can't match, CEO of Diamond Star  - Han Yumin! A round of applause, please! - Heechul was excited to play the MC and said solemnly at Yumin.

Yumin wore a simple dress today, a long-sleeved black shirt, a sleeveless sweater on the outside, pants of the same color as a sweater hugging her long slender legs, step by step on the stage.  Yumin smiled and took the microphone from Heechul, standing in front of hundreds of people with deep voices.

- Thank you to everyone who fully participated in this corporate party! I know that in the past time, everyone has worked hard with the company to overcome the difficult time at first, the time has passed quickly, recently, Diamond Star has been established for half a year and in just a few days we will  Celebrate the New Year together for the first time!  Hope today everyone can relieve all the fatigue and stress during a year, enjoy the party and have a refreshing spirit to welcome a smooth new year! Shallow cup!  - Yumin holds a glass of champagne in her hand and directs everyone below to raise their glasses.

Everyone who heard that simultaneously raised their glasses towards Yumin and drank it down, then clapped their hands in response to Yumin's words.

Surrendering the stage to the MC, Yumin went down the hall to join Lucy and Junho, besides the group of close friends Dohyun, Chanwoo, Stella and Somin.

- The President's speech is very meaningful! - Chanwoo smirked and raised a glass of wine with Yumin.

- I just say what I want to say, there is no hidden meaning!  - Yumin exchanged another glass of wine from the waiter, shaking the swirling wine in her hand.

- Chairperson! Limit alcohol use!  - Junho next to her stood still for a while, seeing Yumin taking another glass of wine, he carefully reminded.

- Don't worry, I'll help you take care of her! - Lucy today wears a red one-piece dress with split splits, behind her back also reveals a white blank that attracts others' eyes.

- You two treat her like a baby and take care of her! - Dohyun shook his head, pinned a block of jelly on the long table with a plastic fork.

- Then she is the baby of this family! Right, Yumin?  - Stella did not let go of the opportunity, teasing Yumin's expression.

- But where is Woohyun and Yohan, those two should have appeared with us!  - Somin looked among the searchers.

- On the other side, talking with other leaders, those two are always immersed in work, even on happy days like this, they still talk about work!  - Lucy pointedly pointed to two young men standing with the production team, the director and some staff in the company.

- Can't be blamed! It's a strange thing for those two to leave their jobs aside! - Chanwoo laughed.

-Entering the party just now, there was no sign of Somi, Daniel and the other groups! Somin have they come yet? - Yumin glanced around the hall.

  - It's arrived! Wait a minute and see you soon! - Somin heard Yumin's words and smiled at the stage above.

  ...

  Behind the scene

- Are you ready, everyone?  - Eunbi adjusted her headphones to look at her members.

  - I'm done, unnie!  - Chaeyeon fastened her shoelaces leading behind Yujin, Minju, Wonyoung and Hitomi preparing to go on stage.

  - Check if anything is missing?  - Jisung directed the staff to check the gift boxes.

  - Full, not missing a dish!  - Yoojung raised her hand to sign OK.

  - OK! Fighting spirit, everyone!  - Jisung called for everyone to gather in a large circle and put their hands in.

  - 2...3... FIGHTING!  - 45 people at this time form a harmonious working body.

Outside, Heechul continued to lead everyone's attention towards the stage including Yumin.

  - And now, to make the show fun, beautiful boys and girls have enthusiastically prepared some special performances only for tonight and the last performance will be very special and meaningful. I hope everyone will follow me to the end!  Especially our CEO, Yumin!  - If Heechul is not a lawyer, he is very suitable to follow the MC path.

  - There's a bit of anticipation!  - Yumin smiled, sipped some wine and looked up at the stage.

The energetic first performance of the boys including Daniel, Woojin, Seongwoo, Wanna One's Jihoon and Yohan, X1's Hangyul, Eunsang with hip hop style, powerfully captivated viewers' eyes with skillful movements , regular lineup.

Then followed by a gentle ballad by the top vocals of the Diamond Star family: Yeonjung, Sejeong, Jaehwan, Sewoon, Yuri, Eunbi, Chaewon and Seungwoo.

Next is the cover of "Boy with luv" by BTS, the performance belongs to our girls: Somi, Yoojung, Mina, Chaeyeon, Yena, Hitomi, Minju, Sakura and Yujin.

After enjoying three impressive performances from Diamond Star's artist team, everyone excitedly clapped for their hard work.

  - Yes! After watching the performances that showed the company's artist members are working hard, trying to practice each other's skills, and moreover, today for the first time all four of our groups started!  Hand in hand to create a lively atmosphere today, to thank the enthusiasm and love of the 4 groups, please give them a round of proud applause!

The applause of hundreds of people in the hall caused a great shock to Yumin's eardrums.

  - The last performance I would like to invite our president to come up here to receive a small surprise prepared by the active artists from before!  Please!  - Heechul raised his hand to invite Yumin to the stage.

Everyone in the hall looked at Yumin waiting, she gave Junho a glass of wine, step by step towards the stage, her heart was warm.

Wait until Yumin neatly stood in the center of the stage, the boys and girls rushed up from below with gifts in hand, saying at the same time.

  - SAJANG NIM!  MERRY CHRISTMAS!  🎉🎁🎄

Yumin smiled and looked at everyone standing on both sides of their arms, the stage was estimated to be quite large enough to accommodate everyone present on the stage.

  - Yumin! Merry Christmas!  - Somi happily hugged Yumin and let go.

  - This is everyone planning to surprise you together!  How do you feel? - Daniel put his hand on Yumin's shoulder like an older brother looking at his sister's expression.

  - Everyone worked hard!  Thank you! - It's true that it's a bit emotional, but if you want to see her cry, it's even harder.

  - Why is it so bland and emotionless! At least look surprised! - Dongpyo pouted his lips in displeasure.

  - Yumin, let's see! This is handmade and decorated by us, there is no place to sell it!  - Somi again holds a chocolate cream cake covered with dense dark chocolate cream, sprinkled with cocoa powder and a lot of decorations on it.

  - It's massive, it's not pretty, but it's delicious! - Looking at Yumin expressionlessly looking at the cake, Nayoung explained further.

  - There are also a total of 45 handwritten letters dedicated to Sajang nim! I hope you read them all with all your heart!  - Jisung narrowed his eyes and took a red cloth bag like Santa's and gave it to Yumin.

  - Thank you very much everyone!  I will try to read everyone's letter!  - Yumin hugged the bag in her hand and laughed.

The party went on for a while, and everyone gradually left to go home, our boys and girls before leaving, dragged Yumin to take a lot of pictures.  The most favorite photo voted by everyone with all members of Diamond Star!

  ...

Everyone left, leaving the hall empty, only a few employees left to clean up the aftermath of the party.

  Today and tomorrow is the day off for Diamond Star artists so everyone goes to their own house.

  Wonyoung holds the phone in her hand, standing in a corner outside the company as if waiting.  She changed into another outfit, a skirt with long socks, a sweater inside, a thick, heel-length coat outside, and a designer handbag in her hand.

  Why does she still here?

A few minutes ago, backstage, Wonyoung finished changing first, while waiting for the unnies, the phone in her hand vibrated announcing a message.

Looking at the sender's name, Wonyoung wanted to ignore it, then received another message, she frowned, and sighed helplessly, unlocking the phone to read the message.

  +++ Chat frame+++

  Wonie🐰:

  What do you like on Christmas day?  (Seen)

  Han_Sajang 😶:

  I love to eat ice cream!  Wonyoung likes ice cream too, right?

  Han_ Sajang 😶:

  After the party is over, let's go eat ice cream together!  I wait!

  +++++++++++++++++++++++++

  So Wonyoung was given special privileges by Somin without having to bring her back.

  - Let you wait!  - Yumin also covered with a thick coat and ran in front of Wonyoung's eyes.

  - It's so cold! Get in the car!  - Wonyoung looked at Yumin puffing out a mouthful of white smoke, her face flushed red. She rubbed her arms with both hands and then took the initiative to hold Yumin's hand and run to the car in front.

Yumin looked at the hand holding her cold hand, smiled slightly and followed Wonyoung.

As soon as the car door closed, Wonyoung took a deep breath and reached for the heater, warming her hands. Yumin looked at her wrapped in thick clothes while sitting, so her whole body swelled up like a cotton ball, looking very cute.

  - It's cold to eat ice cream, you're so weird, Yumin unnie! - Wonyoung still warms her hand, seems to feel the eyes staring at her, she speaks up.

  - It's not because it's cold that I want to eat ice cream!  It's because I want to be able to adapt in any harsh situation, without resorting to solutions! - People are always like that, when it's hot, they like to eat ice cream and when it's cold, they want to eat spicy noodles. If you do it against the natural rules, you can adapt in any situation.

- Why are you forcing yourself so hard? Isn't it better to just go with nature! - Wonyoung put her hand in her pocket and looked out the window.

  - Everyone has their own philosophy, no one is the same!  You can let yourself go with the flow of life but there will be some exceptions that make you have to deal with it on your own! So we can't say anything in advance, if there is a peaceful and smooth life like you said, everyone will live in happiness, there is no barrier of discrimination in this world!  - Yumin leaned back and closed her eyes lamenting.

Wonyoung didn't object anymore because she felt that the person next to her seemed to have a confidant so she just sat still.

The car drove to the busy center of Seoul, bustling with people still outside attending Christmas.  Junho stopped the car on the side of the road, Yumin and Wonyoung got out of the car, told Junho to stay and wait for her to be alone, then she took the initiative to take Wonyoung's hand.

The two went to an ice cream shop that was still quite crowded, sat in an empty position and ordered ice cream to eat.

Wonyoung received her favorite mint choco ice cream, began to enjoy each spoonful, Yumin ate green tea ice cream, she ate a few spoonfuls and then looked at the girl opposite eating deliciously.

  - Hey Wonyoung!  - Suddenly, Yumin faintly called out her name.

  - Nae! - Wonyoung put down the spoon to eat ice cream, looking at Yumin.

  - You look like a friend of mine!  Love the mint choco flavor!  I didn't hate or like this flavor at first, but thanks to that friend, I gradually liked mint choco more!  - Yumin used her spoon to scoop a scoop of Wonyoung's mint choco ice cream and ate it.

  - That friend seems to be very influential to you! So where is that friend now?  - Wonyoung innocently asked, unintentionally poking fun at the other's pain point.

  - That person is no longer here, she has gone to a far away place!  - Green tea ice cream exposed to outside temperature gradually melted, Yumin used a spoon to stab the ice cream cup indifferently.

  - ... So you still like mint choco?  - Wonyoung just realized that she was inadvertently bringing up Yumin's unhappy past, so she changed the subject.

  - Mint choco was originally not my favorite flavor!  But... today thanks to Wonyoung, I seem to love this taste again! - Yumin smiled at Wonyoung, she said it was true!  Seeing Wonyoung love mint choco in front of her, instead of looking sad, remembering the past, she felt like receiving a source of energy from Wonyoung that made the sky shine brightly.

  - I didn't do anything! - Wonyoung lowered her head to continue eating ice cream, hiding her red face up to her ears.

Eating ice cream as much as they liked, the two started walking under the Seoul sky, Yumin looked at Wonyoung from the moment she came out of the ice cream shop, still walking with her head bowed, afraid that she would hit someone if she didn't look at the way, her hand reached out to grab the table hand in coat pocket.

  - Ahh! Unnie, it's cold!  - She has been keeping her head down, suddenly, her left hand in her pocket touched a cold object with no warmth, making her jump.

  - I was worried that if you didn't look at the road, you would stab someone, so I took your hand, sorry! - She didn't think this girl would react so much, so she pulled her hand out.

  - Your hands are so cold!  - Wonyoung didn't let Yumin pull back, the two stopped at a big tree, Wonyoung grabbed both Yumin's hands and blew, rubbing to increase the temperature.

This scene is so familiar, also on a cold snowy day on a porch Yumin also uses this move to warm a person. Wonyoung looked up at Yumin, a little shyly letting go of Yumin's hand.

Yumin smiled once again, interlacing their hands together.

She looked at the snowy sky, turned to look at the person next to her who couldn't be compared with the past, Wonyoung was completely different from the other. Wonyoung looks like a child who needs to be protected on the outside, but in reality, she has a tough, confident mature mind, while the other person only knows how to swing her fangs and claws, but it's like a paper tiger that makes Yumin worry.

Last Christmas Yumin was alone in the snow, but this year not only met like-minded friends, but also created a real family.

  And...

Finding in the darkness of life a treasure saved her gloomy soul.

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The state of wifi in my house is in danger!  😖😖

I have to try my best to finish this fic!  😫😫