The Probability of Meeting Your Ex on a Straight Dating Show Chapter 3

⤷ No conscience, honestly if you don’t like it just don’t come in, but you purposely came in and…

— The teaser comes out the day after tomorrow, I wanna see it quickly, curious about the male cast’s faces

⤷ It’s obvious even without seeing.. (See more)

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— I have come to find the dopamine I requested

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At the sound of pressing the door lock’s passcode, the firmly closed front door opened. What revealed itself along with a blindingly bright light was Ki Seojeong.

“Excuse me.”

A pleasant low voice resonated at the entrance, but there was no reply. When he lowered his gaze, indoor slippers huddled together in a corner of the entrance came into view.

Seojeong, having taken out the slippers placed on the far left and put them on, moved his steps. Following the long, stretched-out corridor with straight strides, a wide living room soon appeared before he knew it.

A space where no sign of people could be felt at all. It seemed he was the first guest to enter this place.

Seojeong looked around from where he stood. Everywhere his gaze touched, there was nothing that wasn’t unfamiliar. But as long as he had resolved to appear, this was a space he would have to stay in for 4 weeks. He needed to get used to it as quickly as possible.

What caught Ki Seojeong’s eye after scanning the surroundings for a while was a pink paper placed on the living room table. He could faintly make out the writing ‘X House Living Rules’.

Beep—

What held Seojeong back from heading toward the table was the door lock sound. He turned his body toward where the sound was coming from, and immediately after, the second guest revealed themselves.

The woman who spotted Ki Seojeong opened her eyes wide, as if surprised. Apparently, she hadn’t expected someone else to be there first. Watching the woman standing motionless, Seojeong was the first to speak.

“Hello.”

“Ah, ah! Yes, yes! Hello!”

Only then did the woman shake her head. As if he had gone Ding! and broken the spell that had been cast on her, Seojeong let out a puff of laughter.

“I was just about to check that, so we can look at it together.”

Having reined in his laughter, Seojeong pointed to the top of the table. The woman, who looked toward where his fingertips were directed, also seemed to spot the pink paper and answered in a cheerful voice, ‘Alright.’

After briefly exchanging names, the two perched on the long sofa. It was Minha who first picked up the pink paper. Seojeong, who had looked over the paper in hand, opened his mouth.

“There’s a QR code.”

“Ah, it looks like we need to scan this with the Please Take Care of My X application.”

Right! Seojeong nodded in agreement as he watched Minha, whose eyes sparkled as if she had made a great discovery.

“Then, I’ll scan it.”

Not long after Minha took out her phone and scanned the QR code, the living rules written on a pink background appeared on the screen. Minha let out a cry of admiration and flapped her hand toward Seojeong.

“Mr. Seojeong, the rules came up! Let’s look at them together on my phone!”

“Shall we, then?”

Matching Minha’s completely excited reaction, Seojeong scanned the letters written on the small screen with his eyes.

X House Living Rules

Welcome to all residents of X House.

We will guide you on the rules to follow at X House for the 4 weeks.

— All residents cannot voluntarily reveal their X to other residents.

— No information aside from names can be voluntarily revealed.

— During the 4-week stay, you will not date anyone.

— All affectionate acts excluding confessions are permitted.

— You must eat at least one meal a day with one or more residents.

Compared to the build-up, there was no particularly new information in the living rules. It seemed Seo Minha had similar thoughts to his. Ki Seojeong pulled up the corners of his mouth and broke the silence.

“It looks like we’ll have to take turns preparing meals.”

“It does seem so. Mr. Seojeong, do you know how to cook a little?”

“I do know how.”

Though I can’t guarantee the taste. Seojeong lightly added.

Easygoing Ki Seojeong’s palate was just like him. Having grown up in an orphanage, he ate anything well as long as it wasn’t spoiled. The one who suffered because of his dull sense of taste was Cha Yoon, with whom he had lived.

‘Hyung, never cook again.’

The day they first ate dinner made by Ki Seojeong, Cha Yoon issued a cooking ban on Seojeong. After that, for the 5 years they lived together, cooking naturally became Cha Yoon’s responsibility.

“Gasp, I’m bad at cooking too, what do we do?”

Lost in thought, Ki Seojeong barely came to his senses at Minha’s voice. Seojeong smiled once again out of habit.

“Let’s at least try to assist diligently beside those who cook well.”

As he chatted with Seo Minha, the remaining residents arrived one by one. Before he knew it, the living room that had been empty was bustling with people.

Excluding himself, five cast members had already arrived, but Shin Dabin was not among them.

Seojeong recalled what the production team had said about a mid-way participant. He thought perhaps that might be Dabin. He nodded.

Then, to whom should he send the message? With trivial thoughts, Seojeong moderately participated in the conversation.

“What’s your name?”

“Ah, I’m Song Jua.”

It was then that he realized something was going strangely.

Song Jua was the seventh resident. A familiar face and name. Indeed, it was natural that he couldn’t forget. Because Song Jua was Cha Yoon’s old friend, someone who knew about his and Cha Yoon’s relationship.

Ms. Jua, what’s your MBTI? Well. Among them, which is the best? Ah, Ms. Jua, you’re really funny. While light questions flew back and forth, only Ki Seojeong was serious.

Even now, 6 months after the breakup, his heart couldn’t survive the memories of Cha Yoon that came to mind frequently. And on top of that, he had to spend a month with someone related to Cha Yoon. Ki Seojeong swallowed a rising sigh.

When he raised his head, he saw Song Jua looking his way.

‘You remember me, right?’

She hadn’t actually said it out loud, but Jua’s eyes seemed to say just that. While he kept his mouth shut, not knowing how to react, Seo Minha’s voice was heard.

“Oh, it looks like one more person is coming!”

With that, Jua’s gaze left Ki Seojeong and headed toward the entrance. Just as Seojeong felt relieved, the front door soon closed and the sound of footsteps approaching the living room was heard. Neither fast nor slow, the sound continuing at a moderate pace was somehow familiar. Ki Seojeong’s senses went on edge.

Before long, the owner of the footsteps revealed himself.

Neatly arranged black hair of fine texture, a nose bridge extending smoothly as if drawn, and thick lips situated below it.

It was a face he knew all too well.

At the sight of the man who had climbed all the stairs, exclamations of admiration leaked out here and there, but Ki Seojeong could not make any sound.

In that moment, his eyes met the man’s. The man, who had been expressionless the whole time, smiled with his eyes as if he had been waiting.

“Hello.”

Finally, the last cast member appeared.

It was Cha Yoon.

What is this? He tried to understand the situation unfolding before his eyes, but failed. This was something beyond Ki Seojeong’s scope of understanding.

Reality denial began immediately. Is this a dream? Seojeong clenched his fist. As his nails dug into his palm, pain arose.

Not a dream. Then a hallucination? This was also a possibility. Because thinking of Cha Yoon was Ki Seojeong’s daily life.

He opened his eyes, which he had tightly shut, praying for Cha Yoon to disappear as if by magic. Regrettably, Cha Yoon still existed in that spot. It was to be expected. The world Seojeong lived in wasn’t a fairy tale. There was no way something like magic existed.

Further denial was meaningless. Seojeong decided to accept reality. The one standing over there was indeed the ‘real’ Cha Yoon.

Why was Cha Yoon there? In the past 6 months, Seojeong had not run into Cha Yoon even once. That was natural, and he had thought it would continue to be so.

But shattering his expectations, he met Cha Yoon.

And on a dating show, as a fellow cast member.

The thoughts that had been linking one after another suddenly stopped. Fellow cast member. That ultimately meant Cha Yoon was also appearing on this show with an ex-girlfriend.