Gender Reversed Geum Taeyang - Chapter 88

Chapter 88 – Change in Personality

“She wasn’t like this before.”

Looking down at the disconnected phone, a man’s face is reflected.

The face of the streamer ‘Geum Taeyang’, whom she hurriedly looked up after hearing Ari’s words.

According to Ari, he’s a streamer who’s been growing rapidly recently, but honestly, he’s someone I’m seeing for the first time.

If he has over a thousand viewers, I should have heard of him at least once, but mentioning other streamers was forbidden on my broadcast, and lately, I’ve been too busy caring about other things.

Being the #1 streamer on TwitchyTV is unimaginably time-consuming.

Anyway, to put it nicely, this person has a unique appearance.

Tanned skin that seems to assert his nickname wasn’t chosen randomly, and blonde hair with black roots showing through as if it hadn’t been maintained.

A silver piercing in his left ear, and his face… how should I describe this…

He’s handsome. His looks are incomparable to most celebrities. At least I don’t remember seeing someone of his caliber.

But that wasn’t immediately apparent. His features, the atmosphere he gave off was too fierce.

Delinquent? Thug? Such words fit him too well.

I can roughly see what kind of life this person has lived.

I don’t want to bring up the unscientific term physiognomy, but… no, rather than physiognomy, wouldn’t this be somewhat rational inference?

Looking at that face, a hundred out of hundred people would say similar things as me.

These kinds of people… that is, so-called troublemakers usually debut on AmericaTV, so why is he hanging around here?

But thinking about it, it’s strange.

Though I haven’t been friends with her for that long, Rete, Ari’s unique personality is famous within TwitchyTV, and I know it well too.

Serious, strict, loves justice, and hates thuggish people.

This man seems to be completely opposite to Ari’s personality.

His villainous smile shows no seriousness, and his thuggish appearance seems far from justice.

She won’t participate unless this man is included? What happened between them for Ari to say such things? Does he have leaked nude photos of Ari or something?

Ah. Saying strange things makes me feel unwell. This is what happens when I say unnecessary things.

Well, anyway, putting aside Ari’s recommendation, it seems unreasonable to have this man participate in the tournament.

First, his appearance itself is a problem. His past doesn’t look clean at all, and if any problems arise, it could affect the tournament. Honestly, it’s more surprising that there haven’t been any issues so far.

Also, while male cam streamers help with the tournament’s popularity, he’s not the only male cam streamer.

The current #1 male cam streamer on TwitchyTV who’s very popular is about to be recruited, so there’s no need to take such risks.

This tournament is hosted by a gaming company. Though I’m in charge of promotion and recruitment, I don’t have the final decision authority.

The hosting ladies will probably think similarly anyway. Though they’re a bit old-fashioned, they’re definitely not stupid people.

But giving up on Ari is also…

During the recent meeting with the higher-ups of the hosting side, Ari’s recruitment was almost unanimously approved.

When I showed them old photos of Ari and explained about her, everyone liked her tremendously.

Her celebrity-level appearance with long black straight hair representing her model student style.

Ari’s unique personality and, though it’s somewhat private information, the fact that she’s dating her childhood friend.

Everyone agreed to recruit her no matter what. Likeable people are always popular.

But… the risk seems too high.

Damn. What am I supposed to do? After weighing options in my head, I gave up thinking and went outside the room.

Well… wouldn’t it be okay to think about it slowly?

I’m not originally this diligent person. Though my tastes are a bit auntie-like for someone in their 20s, I’m someone who likes fishing and camping. It’s relaxed and comfortable.

Opening the door and coming out, the house was empty. On the dining table was a cup of instant ramen that I liked.

My husband… did he go to the office today too?

After getting married, I created an online fashion shopping mall for my husband who seemed bored.

He occasionally mentioned it as his dream, and I had the means since I had invested my early-to-mid 20s to become TwitchyTV’s #1.

I got him an office so he could work comfortably, but I feel like he might be focusing too much on work.

Well, though I’m a bit disappointed, I don’t regret it. Isn’t that how all businesses are, big or small?

I started boiling water in the coffee pot.

I know there’s a group that calls me “Pong-pong woman” because I eat a lot of instant food during broadcasts.

That’s nonsense. My husband isn’t just someone who’s there to prepare meals. These days, many wives cook too.

And our dating period wasn’t short either. We dated long and deeply until marriage, so what Pong-pong? They’re just jealous, those outdated people.

I opened the cup ramen and poured in the seasoning.

Though I’m a bit tired of it from eating too much lately, it was cup ramen that I really liked.

I think it’s evidence that my husband cares about me a lot, remembering even such small preferences.

After a few minutes passed, I started eating the completed cup ramen.

My chopstick movements weren’t fast. The cup ramen wasn’t going down well.

Should I just eat this and start streaming early?

The desire to chat with someone crept up inside me.

Hmm. Lately, I feel like I’ve been starting streams early.

Am I lonely? No, that can’t be it. How can someone who’s married be lonely?

Just. I like talking, so that must be why.

That must be it, probably.

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“So this normal line passes through the center of the circle…”

In a peaceful high school classroom. During break time, Sehee was listening to math problem explanations from Jung Seongmin, a so-called model student.

But the explanation wasn’t getting through to her head well. It wasn’t because Seongmin’s explanation was lacking, but because Sehee’s mind was complicated.

On the class observation day when Yuhan came to meet Sehee, she felt extreme happiness.

She, who always treated friends well, to the extent that she didn’t even consider her best friend Park Sijun important.

But what followed was self-loathing and discomfort.

Because the thugs who had clung to her when she went down the wrong path brought up Yuhan right in front of her.

Though she grabbed their hair, she couldn’t properly punish them.

She resented herself for getting excited and hanging around with Yuhan.

She was annoyed that she had made Yuhan visible to their eyes, and disgusted that Yuhan was being talked about by thugs because of her.

The self-loathing that crept into Sehee, who hadn’t lost confidence since restarting school life, got worse day by day.

Those thugs deliberately passed by Sehee’s vicinity, and whenever they met Sehee, they would bring up stories about Yuhan among themselves.

While there was interest in the fantastically handsome man, the biggest reason was their rebelliousness against Sehee, as they could see her reactions become intense when hearing about Yuhan.

Though Sehee was a person with temper, she didn’t want to cause problems with that temper and worry Yuhan.

They resolved their sense of defeat towards the superior Sehee by eating away at her mental state.

They even paid Park Sijun, who already liked Sehee, to find out about Yuhan, Sehee’s “known oppa”.

Though there was no progress in that matter, it was quite pleasing to see the superior woman struggling.

As a result of that continuation, Sehee was now mentally cornered while unable to focus on studying with final exams ahead.

The continuation of a vicious cycle. Being mentally cornered and unable to study, and being mentally cornered because she couldn’t repay Yuhan’s faith by not studying.

“Sehee? Did you understand?”

Sehee came to her senses at Seongmin’s voice from the front.

“Huh? Ah…, no, sorry.”

“Haha, it’s okay! You must be very tired?”

“No, well…, yeah…”

Sehee answered halfheartedly.

Though they had become quite close now after receiving a lot of help since starting to study again, she couldn’t focus on his words at all.

At the same time, she felt self-loathing.

Though Oppa Yuhan said he would support her so she could study comfortably.

Not only had she made Oppa be talked about by thugs, but she felt pathetic for not even being able to study properly.

To Sehee who had infinite affection for Yuhan.

To Sehee who wanted to share the future with him.

The thought that she wasn’t helping Yuhan, that she was just being a burden, infiltrated her mind.

About whether she should even like Yuhan.

Negative thoughts began to surface.

(End of chapter)

T.N. Aaaand that was the last of the still available chapters! With this, I’m done with this web novel. This was my first ever solo project, and I’m really glad I was able to finish it despite the few ups and downs along the way. I definitely wouldn’t have been able to finish this without your support.
I would like to give my heartfelt thanks to all of you, especially the patrons and commenters who kept me motivated throughout the whole journey. I would like to mention some names whose support was invaluable to me:

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Until next time, peace out!”