Thanks to that, Sungjin was also able to experience horseback riding like the other students. Rather, the horse didn’t want to let Sungjin down and kept trying to run away with him, so he ended up becoming a laughingstock.
It was a slightly embarrassing memory, but at any rate, he had experience riding a horse. It would be somewhat more helpful than both of them being first-timers.
“Horses are much smarter than you’d think. They know that carrying people isn’t a bad thing for them. When they come back after carrying someone once, the caretakers give them treats and stuff.”
According to the simple information provided by the production team, the ranch they’d be visiting today was a place that cared for retired racehorses, and it was a facility famous for good animal welfare. On days when there were no visitors, the horses leisurely grazed in the pasture, resting when they wanted and eating when they wanted, so they seemed even more favorable toward visitors who occasionally came by to give them treats.
May it be a safe and enjoyable time without any accidents until the end. Sungjin parked the car in the flower garden’s parking lot with earnest hope.
“We’re here.”
“Thank you.”
“No, not at all.”
As Sungjin got out of the car with Yunchae, the production crew that had followed immediately began preparing for filming. The filming that began like that proceeded smoothly.
“Shall I take a photo for you?”
Thanks to it still being the peak hydrangea season, flowers were everywhere. From pinkish red hydrangeas to subtly purple-tinged blue hydrangeas, colorful flowers formed a beautiful landscape.
Sungjin walked following Yunchae, who was exclaiming “Wow” repeatedly while looking at the flowers, and made the suggestion first. Since she seemed like the type who cared a lot about appearance, he thought she might like taking photos in pretty scenery.
As expected, Yunchae answered with a bright smile.
“Oh, would that be okay?”
“Of course.”
Sungjin took other people’s photos better than anyone. Due to the nature of his major, he had a lot of experience going on field surveys here and there, and each time, Sungjin’s role wasn’t to become the subject in front of the camera, but to take memorial photos for others.
Since he basically had good aesthetic sense and taste, when he referred to tips for taking portrait photos while highlighting the background, he acquired quite a high-level skill.
I didn’t know I’d be playing the role of taking other people’s photos here too.
If Yunchae, who ended up spending time with a partner she didn’t even want, could at least get something out of it this way, well, something good is something good.
Sungjin swallowed a sigh inwardly and took Yunchae’s phone.
“I’ll take it when I say one, two, three. Please pose naturally however you’d like, and I’ll adjust and take it accordingly.”
“Okay!”
Yunchae, who hadn’t seemed that happy about accompanying Sungjin, became full of life the moment he held up the camera. So she does have the desire to be photographed prettily. Sungjin thought it was fortunate at least and captured Yunchae on screen to look as pretty as possible.
“I tried my best to take it well, but I’m not sure if it turned out as intended. Please check it once.”
When Sungjin finally presented the result, Yunchae’s eyes widened in surprise.
“Wow, you really take photos well?”
It was the best photo among all the ones Yunchae had asked men to take in her life. Not only was her more confident left side prominently captured, but the harmony with the background was also excellent, to the point where anyone would think she’d hired a professional snap photographer.
Who knew Sungjin had this talent? At the quite satisfactory result, favorable feelings she didn’t have before suddenly raised their head.
“Do you like it?”
“Yes, so much, wow! It came out so well.”
Seeing her face brighten as much as when taking the photo, Sungjin finally felt relieved. He had no particular intention of seducing Yunchae, and was just hoping they wouldn’t spend the worst time today, but it was fortunate that at least something seemed helpful.
Sungjin too, although she wasn’t a very comfortable companion, was having an experience that would have been quite enjoyable if it weren’t for visiting for broadcast filming.
They really arranged the garden composition well.
If Sungjin were to retire in a wealthy state later, he’d want to cultivate a garden like this. If it was composed to see various flowers by season so beautiful scenery could be enjoyed all four seasons, there’d be nothing more to wish for.
For that… I’d need land of this size, and the manpower, stamina, and funds to cultivate it.
For Sungjin, who looked like he couldn’t even get his deposit back right now, let alone retirement funds for old age, it was a dreamlike story. So let’s enjoy even someone else’s cultivated garden to our heart’s content now.
Sungjin took out his phone and diligently took photos. Doing this wouldn’t make this beautiful garden his, but anyway, all that remained were photos.
After finishing the flower garden tour like that, the two people soon moved to the ranch. The ranch located at the foot of Hallasan Mountain had a considerably large area, and horses were peacefully resting sprawled out here and there.
“……!”
Startled by the unexpectedly close distance, Yunchae stepped back as soon as she got out of the car. The horses didn’t show any particular interest in Yunchae. They were just leisurely eating if they wanted to eat, resting if they wanted to rest, and sleeping if they wanted to sleep. They turned their heads while doing as they pleased.
“The horses, the horses are huge!”
Horses are originally large animals though. Yunchae, as if surprised by the size she was seeing up close for the first time in her life, muttered the obvious. That sight looked quite cute even if he had no romantic interest in her.
“That’s right. Be careful. I heard it can be dangerous if you get too close from behind.”
“Okay…!”
While Sungjin was spending time that wasn’t entirely unpleasant in its own way, escaping from Yuwon like that, Yuwon was Yuwon-style enduring unwanted time.
“……”
“……”
“……”
Yuwon and Jiyoon were silently walking the coastal trail without saying a word. The date course assigned to them was none other than trekking. Because the sponsors supporting the broadcast production included the Jeju Provincial Office local government, scenes promoting Jeju Island’s various tourism products and resources had to be included.
Yuwon couldn’t understand at all why he’d been assigned such a course full of nothing but hardship. I like walking? Me? He had no memory of giving such an answer, but as long as he’d agreed to appear on the broadcast, it was an area he had to cooperate with.
“……”
He was participating out of necessity, but that didn’t mean he had any intention whatsoever of spending time chatting warmly with Jiyoon and getting to know each other. Because of that, while he was silently walking along the path with his mouth shut almost as if protesting, Jiyoon suddenly opened his mouth.
“Hey.”
“……”
Yuwon looked back at Jiyoon with narrowed eyes as if to say “what now?” Jiyoon pursed his lips and spoke to Yuwon, who was looking back at him with a face that no matter how you looked at it wasn’t an expression to make on a dating show.
“I didn’t particularly want to date Yuwon-ssi either, so stop making that face. Anyone who sees will think you’re being forced to accommodate me.”
Isn’t that exactly what this is? As Yuwon looked at Jiyoon with a face as if he’d written that, Jiyoon finally couldn’t hold back and burst out laughing.
“Pfft, ahahaha. Yuwon-ssi really can’t manage your expressions. You absolutely can’t act. Your outside and inside are too transparent.”
At the sentence that could be teasing, mocking, or both, wrinkles formed between Yuwon’s brows. He couldn’t understand why this was picking a fight again. When Yuwon glared at Jiyoon without saying anything, he shrugged and said.
“I’m not particularly interested in Yuwon-ssi anymore either. We’re both in the position of being dumped in the matching, so let’s not be like that too much. Do you think I want to pretend to be interested and rub up against someone who has no interest in me?”
Dumped. At the quite explicit expression, Yuwon reflexively glanced at the camera. It would be troublesome if such an expression went on air. However, Jiyoon seemed unfazed even after making quite a bombshell statement.
“They won’t be able to broadcast this anyway. The runtime is limited, and there won’t be enough time to put in scenes viewers would want to see, so why would they show this? And well….”
Tsk, Jiyoon made a clicking sound with his tongue, stretched once, then continued speaking while pursing his lips.
“It doesn’t really matter even if they do show it. My viewers already know this is my personality, so what’s the big deal?”
“……”
Yuwon couldn’t understand why he was telling him this at all. It seemed like he wanted to say that he wasn’t very pleased with this situation either. But so what about that?
Yuwon had no intention of cooperating much with whatever he expected from him. Because he’d deliberately checked only male as his desired matching partner, hoping to be matched with Sungjin for sure, but it had turned out like this.
When Yuwon was indifferently brushing off Jiyoon’s words. He suddenly spat out a sentence that hit the nail on the head.
“Yuwon-ssi, you came here because of Sungjin hyung, right?”
It was a question he never expected to come from someone else’s mouth other than Yurim’s.
