I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 160
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Episode 160
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Finally, that day had come. The schedule was moved up significantly because CG filming was needed.
‘The final episode…’
The transition from episode 15 to 16, the very moment when Yeomga and Seoryeong would face off. A strange anticipation and thick tension filled the filming set as it was being prepared.
‘The Professor is still inside.’
Whether she was gathering her emotions, the Professor didn’t come out of the van. As straw mats were laid on the dirt ground and red cloth was hung on the planted bamboo, I quietly watched the scene unfold.
‘The ritual ground that Yeomga prepared herself…’
Thinking about how she must have pressed down all her resentful feelings into it, my body suddenly felt heavy.
Yeomga, the opponent I had to fight.
I recalled what the Professor and I had analyzed about Yeomga in our previous conversations.
‘Just a while ago, we filmed the scene where she went to the marketplace with Myeongdo to look at trinkets, so I thought it would be difficult to capture the emotions.’
Instead, comparing that set with the current one allowed me to immerse myself in the emotions even faster.
Because the straw mat spread in the marketplace was the same as the one now laid on Yeomga’s ritual ground. Seeing the rough straw mat stained with dirt, I could almost hear Geum Bitkang’s voice echoing in my ears.
“She wouldn’t be able to tolerate this kind of world continuing to turn peacefully.”
Was Yeomga’s child a daughter or a son? Did they have an upright character like Myeongdo, or were they willful like Seoryeong?
‘I don’t know.’
No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t possibly know. Because that child…
‘Had died…’
Because they no longer existed in this world. What they would like or dislike, what they would be good at or bad at. It would forever remain unknowable.
If Yeomga’s child had been at the marketplace where Seoryeong and Myeongdo walked together, where would they have run to first? They might have gone to the fruit vendor to bargain, or bought a trinket that suited Yeomga and given it to her.
‘But such things never happened.’
During the time when Seoryeong and Myeongdo smiled brightly, in that world where such time unfolded leisurely, Yeomga and her child were foreign substances that couldn’t exist.
Day after day, year after year, for ten years… throughout that eon-like time, Yeomga must have been filled with thoughts of devouring all of this.
‘That time Seoryeong and Myeongdo shared together might have been the moments Yeomga wanted to give to her child…’
The clear and beautiful mountain path, under the tree on a rainy day, the sound of the waterwheel, the vast sky, the morning air.
The figures of staff members passing in front of me became blurry. And Seoryeong’s past life flashed by like a panorama.
All those days when even Seoryeong, who had buried her resolve for death in her heart alongside Jeongan, sometimes desperately wanted to live.
‘Could Yeomga not have known that beauty…’
She would have known. There must have been moments in her life when unbearable joy pierced through Yeomga’s heart.
When the wind that she had felt together with her beloved blew under the same sky they had watched together, when the wild strawberries they had shared tasted particularly sweet.
Yeomga must have felt miserable about not being able to give all of this to her child.
Ding-.
A status window appeared. Finally, the ritual ground was completely set up.
“Yeoreum, shall we go?”
A stage that seemed prepared just for me had been created. I nodded. Finally, it was time to face off against Yeomga.
Emotions surged wildly. My throat hurt from the voice projection I had screamed out as if scraping it raw. The sounds of gongs and flutes heard on set echoed loudly in my ears.
For a moment, I couldn’t feel the world’s gravity. The camera lens seemed distant, the microphones were invisible, and all focus was solely on Yeomga.
Everything was blurry. In this moment when only Yeomga in front of me appeared clearly.
I had the illusion that I wasn’t a being grounded in this world, but rather floating above it.
How much time had passed like that? Someone approached me as I lay collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath. Black shoes came into my vision. When I slowly looked up at the person who had knelt down, I saw Geum Bitkang with a strange expression.
“…”
“…”
We looked at each other in silence for a moment. Both of us were dripping with sweat from the continuous filming. Geum Bitkang was the first to speak.
“You did well.”
“…”
“Seoryeong.”
At that moment, a status window appeared before me again.
With three weeks left until the final episode, I had finally earned the name Seoryeong.
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‘This isn’t normal.’
What Jegal Rok felt when he briefly stopped by the filming set was just one thing. It wasn’t normal. Definitely not.
If Yeomga had used all her facial muscles to crush her opponent with hundreds of faces and one voice, Seoryeong was the complete opposite.
‘Her expression stays the same throughout, but only her voice changes…’
With a face that truly looked possessed by something, Seoryeong gave it her all. So much so that blood flowed from her fingernails as she gripped the dirt on the ground like a lifeline.
Jegal Rok captured every moment clearly in his eyes from a corner of the filming set. He had come just to check, but ended up witnessing a moment that far exceeded his expectations.
‘Really not normal.’
How could he describe this? While searching for suitable words, Jegal Rok picked up his phone. was smoothly drawing audiences. The theater district was revitalized.
“This is Jegal Rok.”
Jegal Rok made a phone call somewhere. At this rate, achieving ten million viewers was practically guaranteed.
So the next step, befitting the name of JC ENM’s new innovation.
“For the final episode of , proceed with renting out a movie theater for simultaneous screening.”
He would present another paradigm to this industry.
What would the audience reaction be if a large screen was combined with vivid sound?
In that rapidly changing whirlwind, how far would Han Yeoreum be able to rise?
“Yes. I know. What I’m saying right now probably doesn’t sound sane.”
Jegal Rok decided to take a path that others wouldn’t take, once again.
“Still, rent out a theater for the final episode. Even just one theater is fine. Either way, we just need to bring viewers.”
Anything that could be done with JC ENM’s power.
“This isn’t an event with celebrities, invitations will be mainly for reporters and critics. All remaining tickets will be for advance sales.”
Jegal Rok had reserved the GCV Yongsan Theater for ‘ final episode day.
“That’s all.”
‘ viewership ratings were exceeding 17%.
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It was another day of overtime. The office worker watched on his way home. It was a drama that made him completely forget the fatigue of his exhausting commute.
[♨No Time to Think of Titles Just Go Strange Tales Episode 10 Fire Board♨] [2987]
-Now I just cry when I see these two faces.. You guys need to be happy damn it
-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Really, we have to say goodbye next month? I won’t be able to watch this drama anymore..
-Please have a good ending please please please I want to rewatch this multiple times
smoothly carried the story forward. Drama fans especially cheered that episode 7 would be remembered as a legendary scene for ages to come.
‘Especially the scene where Myeongdo discovers that Seo Ryeong is a woman was great…’
The office worker had watched it so many times that she could instantly recall the scene just by closing her eyes. The subtle OST combined with the sound of rain was truly the best.
Seo Ryeong, soaked in rain, collapsed with a fever, and the moment Myeongdo reached out to change her wet clothes.
-Ah shit this is it!!!
-Please kiss her I’m desperate does it make sense they haven’t even held hands until now
-We’ll close our eyes.. ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
‘The comments exploded.’
Myeongdo fidgeted briefly in front of Seo Ryeong the next day. Everyone watched episode 7 with blissful faces.
Some of them even had their lives changed by .
Pondang @pppongdang___e
Days without Strange Tales Get lost you crazy sexy bastard nothing works because of you stop ruining people’s moods and hurry up and disappear can’t you hear me
Days with Strange Tales ♡
Retweets 17K Likes 7,729
It felt like life was divided into days with and days without . It wasn’t just the level of being happy from 9 PM when aired at 10 PM. She was counting every day as a D-day for .
People who watched the drama live used the remaining days of the week for review.
Intube
[Heartbreaking to even watch – Strange Tales Episode 7 rain scene, Seo Ryeong-ah don’t cryㅜㅜ] 02:17
Views 2.13M
-The size difference between these two is insane, seriously.. The guy’s hand is bigger than the girl’s face right now ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-She’s completely soaked from the rain but still looks so pure and innocent.. haha I’ve watched all the works that actress Han Yeo-reum has appeared in, and her crying scenes are really heart-wrenching.. they have this quality that makes you worry about her. I think she’ll soar even higher in the future^^
You’re absolutely right that it makes you worry ㅠㅠㅠㅠ She’s so good at crying so heartbreakingly.. Now that we’ve seen the tears, let’s get back to the blood and sweat
Please, I really need to get the Blood Sweat & Tears trilogy set, damn it, it’s urgent
The rain scene, which was episode 7’s legendary moment, saw its view count skyrocket as soon as it was uploaded. That scene spread far and wide not only as a video but also as GIFs and screenshots.
‘She looked like she was crying even when she wasn’t…’
From the moment they saw Seo Ryeong’s face with rainwater flowing down, a new meme spread among drama fans watching .
Screen Daze (British Drama Circle) @ScreenDaze
It’s rainy season… Don’t bring umbrellas, everyone just get rained on… Shit our Seo Ryeong is getting rained on too…
Damn, this is insanely sexy
It was the complete opposite feeling from the ‘foolish regret girl’ character she had shown on variety shows. Yeoreum earned the nickname ‘the woman who makes you worry.’ Everyone worried about her like this.
ㅇㅇ(118.235) I wonder if it’s okay for me to sleep well tonight… Our Seoryeong is sleeping in some rundown inn right now, damn it
ㅇㅇ(39.119) I can’t even swallow my food.. Seoryeong, you’re not starving, are you…? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴㅇㅇ(10.112) Damn, my kid eats three bowls at a time, just thinking about them going hungry makes my heart ache like crazy
Yeah (14.40) It’s raining like crazy again today, our Seoryeong doesn’t even have an umbrella, how can the weather be like this, damn.. can’t even go about daily life
Everyone pretending to be wistful while taking care of Seo Ryeong became a meme among viewers. It was thanks to the impact of Han Yeoreum’s rain scene. Before they knew it, Seo Ryeong had become the epitome of drama fans’ sore spot.
‘Most importantly, that foreshadowing!’
This wasn’t the end.
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