Trial Marriage Husband (Pangyo Couple version)

Chapter 123: Putting Up a Last Struggle

Jennie Kim's popularity grew rapidly because, in the eyes of the public, she was undeniably the victim. At just 16-years-old she was already out making a living, but because of the words 'Mini-Jooeun', she ended up being excluded and humiliated.

With the revelation of the 'gift incident', heated discussions were ignited online. A few reporters even declared they would join forces to find Cha Jooeun and demand she gives a detailed apology or else they wouldn't stop pestering her. Those that were weaker indeed deserved sympathy, but this sympathy should never be treated as a reason to do whatever one wants. So at this time, when things were at their worst, Jooeun instructed Minjung to release a statement. She admitted that she had indeed given a gift to Jennie.

However, she didn't explain further. In an instant, her words caused an uproar. Jooeun had actually made an admission. Everyone thought Jooeun must have gone crazy. She didn't deny anything, apologize nor do any PR. Instead, she admitted to giving Jennie a gift!

While the netizens were insulting her, they couldn't help but laugh. They felt this must be the limit to her IQ and that her true EQ level had now been revealed. People that were scolding her became extremely aggressive. They didn't understand why Cha Jooeun had admitted to giving the gift but wouldn't apologize. This only made her situation worse. Things like this, from the eyes of those in the industry – even if it was true – they would never admit it. How could anyone admit to something like this?

No one understood why Cha Jooeun had done what she did, including YG and Sublime. The only person that had faith in her was the man watching the news with his chin propped up on his hand, Lee Jeonghwan.

Even Taejoo, who had seen Jooeun's previous counter-attacks, couldn't help but sweat nervously for her. Jennie had done all she could to push Jooeun to a point of no return, yet she willingly fell straight into her trap. Taejoo looked at Jeonghwan confusedly. He didn't show even a trace of concern. So he couldn't help but ask. "President, why did madam do this?"

"What are the results from your investigation on Jennie Kim?"

"I will have it on your table this evening." Taejoo swiftly responded. After seeing Jeonghwan nod in approval, he continued questioning him. "President, I thought you had faith in madam. Why are you still . . .?"

"The madam has one weak point. She is too merciful. Her counter-attack is sufficient to complete her goal. But the thing I want to help her with is to spare her any future troubles."

In other words, Jooeun wanted to clear her innocence and destroy Jennie Kim. Whereas Jeonghwan wanted to take it a step further and ensure that Jennie Kim would never recover!

Of course, as soon as Cha Jooeun's admission was released, Jennie Kim's arrogance increased even more. She was determined to implant a pitiful image of herself into the minds of everyone. So YG released a statement on behalf of her in response to Cha Jooeun. They stated that they weren't going to care about how badly Cha Jooeun hurt Jennie Kim and would forgive her...

Forgive her...

Onlookers started leaving comments, suggesting she stop using the name Mini-Jooeun and that she was a hundred times more beautiful than Cha Jooeun. They also recommended that she steer away from the path of being an imitation. They believed she had better prospects than Cha Jooeun.

Meanwhile, there were netizens that criticized Jooeun's character. Claiming she was worse than a 16-year-old girl. They claimed she had a bad temper! Among those that were criticizing her, is a famous social media personality, who gathered a list of celebrities that wanted Cha Jooeun to get lost. Online, all forms of scolding were in full swing.

At this time, the person in charge of Diptyque – the man that had been stood up by Cha Jooeun just a couple of days ago – was in the middle of an interview. He was asked to express his thoughts on Cha Jooeun.

Mr. Yves had already clarified everything to his staff beforehand, so he simply said, "Kids these days are sure calculative."

The media were stunned. They felt Diptyque's words were exactly what everyone thought and assumed he was referring to Cha Jooeun.

"Can you tell us the reason you think this?" The media were filled with excitement as they continued to question him.

"Firstly, Diptyque has previously released a statement clarifying the misunderstanding with Cha Jooeun. She was extremely sincere and came here personally to apologize. She also clearly explained why she was absent from our event. This was originally her personal matter and had nothing to do with anyone else. So all of us here at Diptyque, have no idea what Miss Kim was crying about."

Hearing Mr. Yves' response, the media were once again stunned. That's right, this was originally Cha Jooeun's personal matter, why did Jennie Kim start crying?

"Secondly, after Miss Cha was absent from Diptyque's event, Miss Kim immediately went home and started complaining. How did she know Miss Cha was against her? Purely based on assumption? Did she know her subjective assumptions would throw Cha Jooeun into the firing line? What do you want an innocent person to explain?"

"All you see is a pitiful 16-year old. What about the person being framed?"

The reporters looked at each other. They had been completely led on by the rumors without even looking at things from Cha Jooeun's perspective. Of course, Diptyque kept their ultimate weapon for later. They hadn't reached the climax yet.

Mr. Yves wasn't stupid. This was an opportunity to get free publicity for Diptyque. As if he would let it go so easily. The reason he had allowed Diptyque to get involved in the incident was that, apart from helping Cha Jooeun, he also wanted to take advantage of the situation to get Diptyque's name out to more people. He was definitely going to help her. As for how he would have to think about what way and with what means.

As soon as Diptyque shared their opinions, YG and Jennie exploded in anger. They immediately questioned Diptyque and told them not to confuse right from wrong. They also told Diptyque not to help Cha Jooeun do such unconscionable things by defaming a 16-year-old girl.

YG's exact words were, "The truth is already before us, yet the opposing party still wants to put up the last struggle."

This time, Diptyque couldn't be bothered releasing a statement, they just directly responded online. "The Heavens are watching and karma exists. Even if you want to create hype, you should have a bottom line. I'll give the young lady one last chance to admit her wrongdoings, otherwise, we will have to look at the evidence!"

Look at the evidence! What evidence...?!

Diptyque actually used the word evidence to suggest that Jennie had no bottom line. The uproar online increased once again. Onlookers suddenly couldn't decide who to trust. Some people claimed Diptyque was just creating hype, whereas, others thought Diptyque set a good example and spoke eloquently. It must be true that they had evidence. Then, there were people who were curious about the evidence Diptyque spoke of. Like this, Diptyque's fame escalated dramatically. Of course, YG had made a terrible move by using their own reputation to bet on Jennie, especially since Diptyque claimed they had evidence.

"What evidence could they possibly have? Even Cha Jooeun admitted to giving me the gift." Jennie expressed her doubt. She felt Diptyque was definitely lying. "This must be a trick Cha Jooeun is playing so she can make a recovery. Does she really think she still has a chance?"