I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 157
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Episode 157
Taeyang, who had caught his ragged breath, opened his bag zipper. Inside the zipper was a melon soda keyring he had gotten from the Blu-ray funding campaign.
Turning on his cell phone screen, Taeyang skillfully skimmed through the public reactions.
‘Good response.’
Episodes 5 and 6 of , which had aired recently, also received enthusiastic reactions.
Jo Gwi, who could imitate human appearance by eating human fingernails and toenails. Seoryeong went to greet the people inside Choi Hundo’s house to find it hiding among the humans.
Though it was a village with excessive wariness toward outsiders, opening the door to Hundo’s house was surprisingly easy.
“They say the son beat his mother?”
“Yes. That’s what happened…”
“Would she open the door if two men went and asked her to open it?”
Seoryeong decided to exploit the tender heart of Hundo’s wife.
“Go to the fabric shop and buy women’s clothes, then casually mention it. Say she was very sick before coming here.”
“What should I say was wrong with her?”
“…Heart fever. Say she was very lonely because of her mother who died when she was young. Say her brother often beat her too.”
Seoryeong dug into human hearts with indifferent eyes.
“As a mother, she won’t be able to not open the door.”
Seoryeong was right. It was a village where rumors spread as quickly as suspicions ran deep. Hundo’s wife, having heard of Seoryeong’s circumstances, easily opened the door for her.
In the Jo Gwi episode, Seoryeong quickly grasped everything. The real son was hidden somewhere inside the house, and Hundo’s wife and household members lived pretending not to know this.
-The son should be killed too lololol
But if that were the case, they wouldn’t have kept her alive until now..ㅜ They’ll probably emphasize maternal love.. or she’ll become a new person
No, then the sweet potato is fucking crazy, let’s just kill everyone fairly
Seoryeong, having successfully infiltrated, discovers the son in the storage room behind the sarangbang, where the madam’s treasures were said to be piled up.
“Shh. You want to get out of here, don’t you? You wouldn’t want to live like this.”
Because of Seoryeong covering her mouth with her index finger as if to rescue him, comments exploded at that moment.
-????Is she rescuing him?
-No damn it Seoryeong this isn’t right, think about it again
-It would be better if you and your family just raised a healthy hamster instead ㅜ You only need to trim their nails regularly
Seoryeong spoke quietly.
“Think of what you want. Desperately…”
At those words, the emaciated son’s eyes gleamed with madness.
They were eyes filled with vengeful thoughts that if he could just get out of this place, he would kill them all. Though his hands and feet were bound and his mouth was gagged so he couldn’t move, the malice in his gaze was vivid.
Seoryeong took out a small blade and traced along the lifeline of his bound hand. Thick blood filled up in a gourd bottle. Putting the bottle back inside her clothes, Seoryeong looked down at the son and said.
“Well then, take care.”
It was an indifferent voice as if her business was finished.
-???
-Ah shit lololololol he just got his blood stolen
-This is it, this is our Seoryeong lolololol crazy for real lololol
Seoryeong looked down at the confused son and prepared to leave. Writhing frantically while bound, he slammed his forehead against the floor.
However, thanks to the soft blanket the madam had laid out beforehand, he didn’t get a single wound. Seoryeong looked down at him pitifully, then gently pressed down on the son’s head with her small foot.
“How does it feel?”
The son glared at Seoryeong with murderous eyes.
“Isn’t this what you used to do to the animals you kicked and mistreated? I heard you lured them with food and then slashed them with knives.”
“Mmph…!”
Though his mouth was gagged, the son constantly tried to say something. Seoryeong smiled and answered as if she understood his heart completely.
“Ah, how can animals and people be the same?”
“Mph! Mmph!”
At Seoryeong’s question, the son nodded his head frantically. Seoryeong sneered and asked Myeongdo beside her.
“Hey. In your view, is this thing human?”
Myeongdo looked down at what lay below with a cold gaze.
A human who got drunk daily and beat the household members, a human who lured dogs and cats as prey and played with them like toys, a human who disgraced his deceased father’s name, a human who ultimately committed unfilial acts even against his mother.
“…No.”
“Right? I think so too.”
He was human yet not human. Rather, Jo Gwi seemed more human. He judged it would be better for Jo Gwi, who was simple, warm, and held reverence for humans, to exist as the son.
Because the humans of Yeomho Kingdom that Myeongdo wanted to protect were not things like this.
“Mmph! Mph!”
Seoryeong and Myeongdo disappeared like that again. Leaving the son alone in the storage room.
Creak-. The mother who opened the storage room door upon hearing her son’s ravings looked at him with complicated eyes.
Then, saying he was still her blood relative, she covered him again with a soft blanket and took out scissors to trim his grown fingernails and toenails.
“When you were young… you promised that when you grew up, you would trim this mother’s fingernails and toenails.”
The dark storage room had even its windows blocked, filled with a musty smell. The mother’s tears shimmered in the lantern light she had brought.
The son she had loved so much when he was young, the son who had been her whole world – where had that son gone, and something worse than a beast was rolling on the floor, looking at his mother with eyes that wanted to tear her apart and kill her.
The mother looked at her son’s palm, sharply torn by something, and gently caressed it. It was a touch that couldn’t even apply pressure, worried it might hurt too much.
But more than her affection for her son, the wounds that had accumulated from his violent acts were greater.
It wasn’t a problem that could be solved by her enduring alone either. Because there were many lives her son had carelessly harmed.
A decision was needed as a mother… but she couldn’t bring herself to kill him with her own hands.
“Take good care of the beast.”
“…”
The next day, Seoryeong, who visited Hundo’s house before leaving the village, said so. Gone was her modest appearance from the day before, replaced by an arrogant attitude as if she held the upper hand. The madam realized subtly.
She had known everything all along.
“Make sure it can never escape.”
What did she mean by beast? Jo Gwi or her son? The madam couldn’t say anything and just bowed her head.
“You can’t kill it, can you?”
“…I know it’s greed.”
The madam smiled painfully and shed tears. She knew her son wouldn’t be reformed. But she couldn’t live as before.
Even for the sake of the household members and villagers who would suffer under her son’s grip, she knew this was the best option.
“Here. A gift.”
Seoryeong took out a talisman from inside her clothes. To the madam who looked questioningly at what it was, Seoryeong turned her back and replied.
“It’s a talisman that will let you leave together on the day you depart.”
“…”
“The soup restaurant owner makes good boiled meat, so I’m giving this to you. She said you helped when she was setting up her tavern? Well… I can’t eat for free, so I’m paying you the price.”
What would happen after she died? Could her son continue to live by the hands of the household members? If not, would he be brutally murdered? If someone released him, would there be bloodshed in the village due to his accumulated resentment…?
The madam, who had always been anxious, collapsed right there.
With the madam kneeling and crying loudly behind them, Seoryeong and Myeongdo went their way.
The Jo Gwi episode was a great success. Acting ability, direction, and a story that didn’t disappoint viewers. Viewers’ reactions and comments exploded, and it was constantly the talk everywhere.
Taeyang, who skimmed through the reactions again, read a few comments carefully.
-That kind of bratty personality could really be off-putting if done wrong, but maybe it’s because Seoryeong is such a good actor…ㅎ The arrogant attitude actually seems to suit them better.
Her sophisticated vocal delivery, intonation, and expressiveness… it feels like flawless acting without a single flaw… She makes viewers truly connect with and fall in love with the character Seo-ryeong… So much charm~ This actress is definitely going to make it big^^
Taeyang pressed the like button on the comment. After pressing like on several clips like that, he finally arrived at Wangsimni GCV.
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‘I really don’t like this kind of movie.’
IP 85.152 bought a sparkling water at Wangsimni GCV. Usually when it came to movies, IP 85.152 would naturally choose only cinephile recommendations or award-winning films, so this kind of entertainment movie felt unfamiliar.
‘Predictable story, predictable ending, predictable overall atmosphere.’
Unlike art films that required careful, breath-holding attention, this kind of entertainment movie would be full of people who made IP 85.152 uncomfortable – those checking their phones mid-movie, chatting with people next to them, loudly eating popcorn…
‘Still, well.’
Since a birthday coupon from GCV had just arrived, it wouldn’t be bad to give it a try once.
Because looking at genres different from what one usually enjoyed was how to broaden one’s cultural world.
‘It’ll be fine just for small talk material at work too.’
So it wasn’t that they came because they wanted to see it. They just happened to want to take a half-day off and rest, the workplace was near Wangsimni GCV, and the timing worked out…
” 3:50 PM showing, please enter-.”
IP 85.152 quickly entered following the staff member’s guidance. It was 20 minutes before the movie started. It was quite a large theater and packed with people. Many of Yoon Hyeonjo’s fans could be seen with placards and headbands.
‘Stage greetings are just seeing the lead actor’s face and the director saying to enjoy the movie, what a fuss…’
IP 85.152 sat down, fidgeting with empty hands holding only sparkling water. It happened to be an aisle seat. Of course, they had chosen the aisle seat in case they needed to go to the restroom.
‘Since I came to watch a movie. The seat should naturally be where you can see the screen well.’
Right. Since they hadn’t come to see Han Yeoreum, it naturally had to be the back row. Absolutely, definitely not because stage greeting reviews mentioned actors mainly took selfies with back row audiences.
“They’re entering-.”
Someone came through the open front door. Shutter sounds could be heard from here and there.
“It’s actor Hyeonjo!”
“Here! This headband!”
Yoon Hyeonjo’s fans went wild. Yoon Hyeonjo with neatly styled hair bowed politely with refined gestures and received the gifts.
When he couldn’t put on a headband by himself, Yeoreum nearby helped him.
‘Why doesn’t Han Yeoreum have a headband!’
IP 85.152, who had naturally thought someone would bring one, suddenly stood up from their seat. A male student nearby also stood up from his seat.
“Yeoreum…!”
That’s when it happened. Someone who had run in thrust a bouquet and headband into Han Yeoreum’s arms.
Yeoreum looked at that audience member with surprised eyes, then smiled brightly and hugged them tightly.
“What!”
IP 85.152, who had unconsciously shouted loudly, quickly sat back down.
“What was that just now? A microphone? Didn’t it make a sound?”
“Uh… I think so…”
The audience stirred at the unprecedented loud sound. IP 85.152 pretended to look at their phone while managing their expression to seem nonchalant.
The male student in school uniform had also sat back down. He seemed to be slightly covering his face for some reason.
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