I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 201

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Episode 201

The staff at the counter only recognized Do Gyeoul, and the people around also recognized Do Gyeoul. Feeling the familiar gazes, she entered the private room.

“Um… Gyeoul, thank you.”

Chu Gaeul, who had been only gripping the drink placed in front of her with her hands, opened her mouth.

“I was really lacking today. It might have been frustrating, but you approached me first to become friends.”

It was a familiar display of affection. To Do Gyeoul, it was a tiresome line. It was an uninteresting scene she seemed to have witnessed hundreds or thousands of times in her life, but she pulled up the corners of her mouth and responded with acting.

“No. Since I debuted at such a young age, I don’t have many friends my age…”

Do Gyeoul gave fan service to Chu Gaeul, who was looking at her with eyes of admiration and excitement. And she made her open her mouth to suit Chu Gaeul’s purpose.

“The atmosphere must have been quite different, so you were probably flustered. How was the web drama? When you first filmed 【Pachehi】, the spin-off was a lead role, but that was your debut work.”

“…Gyeoul, do you know my entire filmography?”

The 【Pachehi】 filming set, the feeling when she saw Han Yeoreum’s acting up close, NGs and behind-the-scenes. Do Gyeoul questioned as if digging up everything she wanted to know.

‘As expected. I caught her well.’

Chu Gaeul, who had been tense for hours until just now, easily gave the answers she wanted with just a little coaxing.

Do Gyeoul remembered only Han Yeoreum’s name like grasping it in her hand from among the pouring sentences.

“Did you also see Yeoreum in this 【Fuse】?”

And she threw out the question she was most curious about. At Do Gyeoul’s question, Chu Gaeul hesitated.

“That’s not it, but I know I’m going in. Yeoreum promised to send a coffee truck? When she comes, you should also come together…”

Who asked about that kind of thing? Gyeoul barely swallowed the words she couldn’t say out loud. She wasn’t curious about coffee trucks or anything like that.

‘Whether Han Yeoreum saw the script, how she interpreted Jang Heebin. Tell me that.’

Gyeoul exercised patience and steadied her breathing.

“Didn’t you see the script? It would have been nice if you did script analysis together with Yeoreum.”

Then a red flush appeared on Chu Gaeul’s face.

‘Probably shame?’

She stared intently at Chu Gaeul trying to act nonchalant. It seemed to remind her of her own appearance from earlier.

“Come to think of it, I’ve been talking only about Yeoreum since earlier. How about we do script analysis together, just the two of us?”

“You and me?”

“Yeah. If we two grasp the script together, I think we could create better characters…”

“How?”

Gyeoul asked back as if genuinely curious. She looked over Gaeul with a questioning gaze.

“We don’t have that many scenes together. If a supporting character is too intense, it disperses the firepower.”

She lost interest in Chu Gaeul. What she wanted was Han Yeoreum’s attention, not Chu Gaeul’s useless ambition.

“I understand your feelings, but shouldn’t we prioritize the quality of the work? Gaeul… So many people are putting in effort.”

“Ah, right… But I’m one of Jang Heebin’s rivals. I want to make up for today’s mistake. It’s not that I want to stand out. I’m thinking about how I can better support the lead.”

Continuing the conversation any further was a waste of time.

‘If she’s not going to talk about Han Yeoreum, she’s useless.’

Chu Gaeul by herself couldn’t have any influence on Do Gyeoul. She didn’t even feel the emotion of being annoyed.

A newcomer with a meager filmography of one web drama supporting role, one lead role, a few photo wall appearances for beauty and fashion brands, two appearances in Han Yeoreum’s vlogs, similarly the 【Faster Than Law】 premiere, and a few cable variety show panel appearances.

‘Just that much.’

Even when she searched, there was so little that it was surprising. Enough to raise a slight question about how she got into 【Fuse】.

“Did I keep you too long? You must be busy too.”

Even knowing that Chu Gaeul wouldn’t be busy, Gyeoul deliberately made excuses for the other person and pulled her chair back.

Screech-.

The chair made a sharp discordant sound on the smooth floor.

“Ah, right… Let’s meet again next time.”

Gaeul, who had been dazed for a moment, gripped her bag tightly and stood up from her seat. Unlike before, she tried to leave hurriedly without making eye contact with Gyeoul. She seemed embarrassed, wondering if her appearance had come across as aiming for the lead role.

‘Well, I’m not sure.’

It wasn’t her concern.

“Take care. See you on the filming set.”

Gyeoul patted her shoulder in a friendly manner. Watching Chu Gaeul disappear with quick steps, she turned her back without lingering.

Gyeoul stepped into the opening elevator doors.

“Boring.”

Excessive boredom appeared on her face reflected in the elevator mirror.

“I’ve been looking forward to today for days…”

She wanted to properly hear about how Han Yeoreum was on the 【Pachehi】 filming set, behind-the-scenes stories like NGs.

Even if heard through another’s perspective, she wanted to absorb the Han Yeoreum from times she didn’t know. Throughout the way home, she thought about Han Yeoreum.

‘If it had been Han Yeoreum instead of that thing.’

She wanted to see Han Yeoreum who would act wildly on the filming set. What happened at the 【Great Garland】 audition had already spread throughout the industry.

The more that happened, the more curious she became about Han Yeoreum.

Click-.

Gyeoul opened the front door and entered the house. The place she headed straight to was the home theater located at the very back of the house.

Gyeoul, who buried her body in the recliner, looked at Yeoreum frozen on the screen.

“Chu Gaeul…”

A scene from the 【Parfait’s Cherry Belongs to the Heroine!】 spin-off was displayed. She had already become familiar with Chu Gaeul’s acting by watching 【Pachehi】 several times. It was the same skill level as during today’s script reading, not improved at all.

“And yet she dares.”

Chu Gaeul, who failed to meet expectations, was annoying. Gyeoul’s plan to hear Han Yeoreum’s stories and add to her interpretation of Jang Heebin had gone awry.

“I don’t like it…”

Gyeoul estimated when she would meet Chu Gaeul on set.

A sadistic desire stirred to make Chu Gaeul’s presence in 【Fuse】 among her filmography not a fortune but a misfortune.

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Yoon Hyeonjo had to cover one ear as soon as he arrived at the airport.

“Yeoreum-!!!”

Han Yeoreum’s name was called from all directions. Fans had gathered in numbers twice as large as the crowd from the Han Yeoreum Taiwan real-life videos he’d seen on SNS.

It was thanks to Yeoreum’s favorability increasing even more after her Ruel interview aired last time.

“Hey, colt! This is amazing!”

Gwak Cheolsik, who was walking beside Han Yeoreum like a guard despite being an actor, exclaimed in admiration.

“Oh please, why are you surprised by something like this? Soon when Yeonhuijae hits big, it’ll be hard to even step foot anywhere…”

“You’re saying something completely immodest in a very modest tone, colt.”

【Faster Than Law】 was having an overseas release in Taiwan, so a sudden schedule was added.

‘We ended up doing GV and interviews.’

The scale changed after Taiwanese investors decided to join 【Faster Than Law 2】. Yoon Hyeonjo looked at Han Yeoreum anew at this unexpected reinforcement.

‘Even when I first saw her…’

He hadn’t expected her to grow this quickly. Yeoreum, who had somehow gone from Influencer 1 to having her own proper character, had her name echoing through Taiwan Airport.

“Unnie!”

A hand suddenly extended next to Yoon Hyeonjo. Yeoreum seemed not to have heard due to the noise all around.

Yoon Hyeonjo took the letter from a young girl who was holding a camera in one hand and a letter in the other.

“You’re popular.”

Then he handed it to Yeoreum, whose hands were already full of letters. Until this point, Yoon Hyeonjo hadn’t expected that he would be called (Letter Oppa) in Taiwan.

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“Wait, what is this?”

Aetami was scrolling through her SNS feed as usual when she found a post with quite a lot of RTs.

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