Suzy got to where she was today, not because of stupid moves like she had displayed earlier. She was extremely clear-minded, "Rather than waiting for her to provoke us in secret, we might as well make a move first!"
Jennie lowered her head to look at Suzy's hand; she felt overcome with emotions, "This was originally an issue between Zhen Manni and myself, you should not have been implicated."
"Your issue is my issue. There is no such thing as should or should not."
That night, the news of Suzy hitting someone appeared on top of the news headlines. It wasn't because of Suzy's popularity that the news went viral, but because artists at Manoban Entertainment never made lowly mistakes like this in public. Yet, Suzy hit someone, and they were fans of Zhen Manni. This drama appeared to be an internal battle; to the reporters, this was an extremely attractive piece of gossip.
At the break of dawn, as expected, Minho was disturbed by phone calls from the media. Manoban Entertainment immediately activated their PR, but...because 1 of the 3 women that were slapped turned out to be the daughter of a government official, Suzy's mistake wasn't easy to fix.
The government official's daughter went straight to the hospital to examine her injury and decided to sue Suzy. Meanwhile, Manoban Entertainment immediately reacted by offering to provide a satisfactory solution.
So, while the sky was still dark, Minho sat on the sofa inside Suzy's apartment and sighed helplessly, "You really know how to pick your enemies."
"What are her conditions?" Suzy leaned against her bed dressed in a pair of pajamas as she questioned Minho.
"She wants you to make a public apology and compensate for any losses," Minho placed the information on the table and looked at Suzy confusedly, "Is this your way of letting loose? You've never created trouble for Manoban Entertainment by hitting people like this in the past."
Suzy turned around and placed her face close to Minho, "Come, throw me two slaps."
"Are you really not afraid that President Manoban will punish you?"
"President Manoban knows why I acted this way," Suzy replied with a deeper meaning. After speaking, she plopped down on the sofa, "Recently, Jennie has been suffering and tolerating, did Zhen Manni really think no one noticed? Jennie has been trying her best to avoid clashing with Zhen Manni face-to-face. But, you and I both know, Zhen Manni will merely take advantage of that fact."
"Let me reignite Jennie's fire and stop her from avoiding. This is the best outcome."
"You've really thought things out carefully for Jennie," Minho understood Suzy's intention. Although Manoban Entertainment was internally united and no one had any opinions towards Lisa becoming Jennie's manager, half of Zhen Manni's heart no longer belonged to Manoban Entertainment. So, as soon as her status was threatened, it was impossible for her to let it pass.
"That's because I've decided to retreat from the industry..." Suzy announced comfortably, "How many more times can I help Jennie?"
As soon as he heard Suzy's intention to retreat, Minho was stunned. This was something that had never even crossed his mind. He was so stunned that as he spoke, he stumbled with his words, "Re...retreat? Why?"
"I'm tired...I want to go get married." After speaking, Suzy lay on the sofa and closed her eyes.
Minho remained silent for a while before lowering his head and suddenly asking, "Have you spoken to President Manoban about your intention to retreat?"
"After the incident with Suzy is over, I'll speak to him about it," Suzy replied quietly.
"Where do you plan to go afterwards?"
"I'm not sure...I want to find a lover, I want a stable family, I want...a child. But, at the moment, this all seems quite difficult to achieve."
Minho didn't say anything. Actually, his heart was in quite a mess.
He had always found women like Bae Suzy were hard to understand. It wasn't like she was an old lady, but she appeared to have a lot of worries.
There had been many times in the past when Minho wanted to ask her if anyone had ever held a place in her heart. However, ever since the exposure of her private life, Minho finally realized Suzy was quite a simple person; she loved simply and suffered simply. Even when life was exceptionally cruel towards her, she never once complained.
"I'll just let fate decide."
On this day, as Minho stepped out of Suzy's apartment, he no longer appeared frivolous as usual. In fact, his mind was completely elsewhere.
Actually, he had taken note of Suzy for a really long time...
In order to prevent Suzy from suffering the scoldings of netizens, in the middle of the night, Minho drove his car over to the government official's home. Of course, this man was in a high position, so there was no way he would meet with some random person from the entertainment industry. However, Minho had his ways. He told the security to pass on a message, "If we don't privately solve this issue in time, according to Manoban Entertainment's history, your entire family will end up suffering. As I am aware, the elections are upon us, I don't suppose you are willing to lose, right?"
Although Minho ended up waiting until the next morning, the man eventually gave him an answer, "We will withdraw our lawsuit, but we still expect Suzy to apologize. If you want to take your headline down from hottest searches, then go ahead."
In the end, Minho successfully prevented the issue from escalating any further.
It was fine for Suzy to help Jennie, but it wasn't necessary for her to destroy herself in the process.
Even if she no longer cared about her own reputation.
"Minho sure is capable. He even managed to negotiate with a government official!" Rosé couldn't help but exclaim as soon as she received the news. In comparison, her ability was minuscule.
"Minho stood outside the official's home for 5 hours," Lisa explained to Jennie as they ate breakfast, "Now he's been hit with a fever. The phone call, just a moment ago, was from him."
Jennie was a little shocked, "He stood outside in such cold weather?"
"Yep."
"Has he always handled matters like this, or is this the first time?" Jennie spread some jam on a piece of toast and handed it to Lisa as she questioned him.
"From what I'm aware, he has always been good at self-preservation and usually approaches things with careful thought. His actions this time are a little out of the ordinary."
After Jennie finished eating, she lowered her head and thought for a while. Eventually, she asked suspiciously, "Why do I feel that Minho's feelings towards Suzy aren't that simple?"
"He has never given off any clues."
"Perhaps I'm just being oversensitive. After all, Minho is nice to everyone," Jennie temporarily let go of her suspicions and stopped analyzing. But, she still instructed Rosé, "In a moment, give him a call to check how he's going."
"How about I ask Jisoo to go over directly and check on him?" Rosé offered.
Jennie looked at Rosé and suddenly started laughing, "Jisoo is my husband's assistant, why is he following your orders at all times?"
Rosé looked down awkwardly.
Lisa did not say anything, gesturing that he agreed with Rosé's suggestion.
Rosé understood, so she quickly stood to the side and made a phone call.
However, Jennie was the only one that felt, things weren't over so easily. After all, it wasn't easy for Zhen Manni to find an excuse to complain.