I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 267

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Chapter 267

“Um, Director. Would it be okay if I modified the dialogue just once?”

“What is it?”

“I think it would be good to use the line where Huijae said ‘I want to see you’ again.”

Huijae, who was clumsy with Joseon language. Everything that such a Huijae could say felt particularly sincere.

Han Yeoreum knew how to use that.

Director Ja recalled the audition where he had lost control in an instant. The rookie actor who had arbitrarily adjusted the perspective.

Han Yeoreum was a key. Whether it was a key that would open doors viewers couldn’t see, or a key that would twist the direction of the work like a ship, he didn’t know.

“…Maybe it’s both.”

Director Ja muttered.

On screen was Huijae, who had finally reached the location Taeseok had mentioned. That face, soaked in rain despite all the careful preparation.

“It’s wonderful!”

A lie. Huijae was lying.

This place that wasn’t white, sparkling, glamorous, or pretty could never look wonderful to the girl’s eyes. Even to herself, it only looked shabby. Taeseok answered bluntly.

“You don’t have to say things you don’t mean.”

“It’s beautiful!”

“It’s just an empty wasteland with nothing.”

“But-. If many new shops are built here, and many new people come…”

“Who would come to a place like this? What’s the point of opening a shop if it won’t make money? If it were me, I wouldn’t open a shop in a place like this. There’s no reason it would succeed.”

Taeseok raised his voice without realizing it. His unstable breathing expressed the boy’s wretchedness directly.

“わけ(reason)?”

Huijae immediately understood why the boy, who never had big emotional swings, had his face turn so red.

“わけがあるんだ。(There is a reason).”

It wasn’t her usual clumsy way of speaking. Huijae spoke with a firm voice. As if she had no doubt whatsoever in her belief.

“Because there are many people like you here. まいにち, um… every day, people who are faithful to every day.”

As if telling me to trust her.

She must have been tired and exhausted, she must have wanted to be annoyed about why he brought her to such a place, she must have been very cold wearing all those wet clothes.

Even so, the girl smiled brightly.

Just looking at the innocent girl’s face made one side of his chest ache. Her eyelashes, wet with rainwater, sparkled transparently.

The rain that had been falling mercilessly gradually subsided.

A drop of rainwater that had been pooled at the tip of the boy’s chin fell with a plop. That rainwater looked just like tears he had been trying hard to hold back.

Behind the boy who was quietly looking at the girl’s face, the dark clouds slowly cleared.

It was a moment that was unbearable without falling in love.

* * *

This was Jinhae, where filming of 【The Great Garland】 was in full swing. Staff Members and cast were gathered together watching today’s broadcast.

Ji Haebeom’s brow furrowed slightly as he watched his childhood self.

‘This is trouble…’

He had checked Han Yeoreum’s entire filmography. Ji Haebeom had checked all the hit works over the years. Every single one of Han Yeoreum’s works had risen to the ranks of popular productions without exception.

‘Combined with Director Ja’s special technique.’

Ja Seokhwan’s special technique wasn’t just drawing aggro. The element needed to carry a long period drama was none other than emotional immersion.

The illusion that I was living in that era.

Director Ja knew how to draw that out from viewers like a magnet.

Days so hard you couldn’t think of tomorrow, humiliation received from those far above, the shame of poverty, the pettiness of reality, and even first love you couldn’t dare speak of.

These were things everyone had experienced at least once in their lives, so he could make everyone immerse themselves.

And all that immersion connected and continued,

‘With Han Yeoreum’s special technique added on top, this is just…’

Even though they had never been caught in the rain with a short-haired girl, it made everyone recall their own first love. Han Yeoreum tenaciously and stubbornly dug into old memories.

Making viewers unable to help but cherish it. Unable to help but love it.

Ji Haebeom knew Jeong Yeondu, who cried in the rain in a dark pit. He knew Seo Ryeong, who cried soaked in rain inside dark, damp old tree roots.

As if swallowed by the distant darkness, he knew Han Yeoreum who had been soaked in rainwater like that.

“…Let’s go down now. You’ll catch a cold.”

But this time’s acting ability had a different texture. It seemed to say that even in darkness, you could find light and move forward.

Even her eyelashes were completely soaked in rainwater, which was pitiful, but that wasn’t the end.

“Let’s come again next time!”

“Okay. I understand.”

There’s a common saying. That someone went to sleep and woke up as a star.

The entertainment industry is a place where there’s that one big hit. No matter how long you show your face on broadcasts, if you don’t have that one hit that clearly imprints you on the public, you can never become a top star.

But on the other hand, even if you haven’t been active for long.

Just one hit. If you have just that one thing that can grab and shake the public’s heart.

‘Just looking at the atmosphere, the answer is obvious.’

Anyone can become a star.

Ji Haebeom looked around. When watching the drama they’re producing, Staff Members usually don’t keep their mouths shut.

“Hey, I almost died from all that running around for that scene. I can never film that again.”

“But definitely shining the lighting from there is better. The way the face shadows get really deep.”

“How many NGs were there at that part? I thought I was really going crazy.”

There’s no creator anywhere who can stay still while watching the finished product they worked so hard to complete. However, in this scene right now. In this scene where the boy and girl make promises for tomorrow while being caught in the rain, not even the sound of breathing could be heard.

As if they wanted to concentrate just a little bit more.

‘Probably by tomorrow…’

Han Yeoreum would wake up to find herself the nation’s first love. Ji Haebeom smiled slightly.

* * *

On the mountain path muddy with rainwater, a slender ankle wobbled. Her shoe heel slid down the shallow hill path with a slip.

“Ah…!”

Strength went into the boy’s arm that was holding the girl’s arm. The falling situation was barely avoided, but the shoes were really troublesome.

“It’s hard to walk.”

Taeseok knelt in front of Huijae without hesitation and showed his back. The hesitating girl slowly entrusted her body onto the boy’s broad back.

“Am I heavy?”

“Not heavy at all.”

Both of their clothes were still soaked and sticky. But with their bodies pressed together sharing body heat, it wasn’t as cold as before.

Thump. Thump. Thump. The two people’s heartbeats began to resemble each other. Huijae leaned against the back of Taeseok’s neck, pressing her cheek firmly against it.

“Let’s really come again later.”

The boy smiled softly at her clumsy speech learned from textbooks.

“Yes. Let’s do that.”

Watching the two people make promises again, Aetami shed tears.

“After doing this, she becomes another man’s wife…? Damn, does this make any sense…?”

It was because he already knew Taeseok and Huijae’s future. It wasn’t just Aetami. People on the Fire Board also began crying with one heart.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠLet’s get divorced.. divorce.. let’s get divorced…

-Running away together for love in this state doesn’t look bad either

-This can’t be a doomed love, please don’t let it fail, you two should love each other forever, I’m going crazy ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Being close like this, their chemistry is really amazing ah my heart feels good

Huijae, who carefully stepped on the box she had stepped on when leaving at dawn and returned home, noticed her dress shoes were ruined.

If she threw them in the trash can in her room, it would reach the Nurse’s ears, and it would be the same if she requested them to be fixed.

“What should I do…”

After thinking for a moment, Huijae chose to carefully dig the ground with her bare hands. Anxiety came before the thought that she should quickly change her wet clothes and warm her body. If someone questioned why the shoes were ruined, it would be the end.

“What are you doing?”

While frantically digging the ground, she heard a familiar voice. It was the woman who brought meals every day, who had given Rio a new name.

Huijae hastily put her hands behind her back and hid the shoes.

“Just, just…”

Huijae’s cheeks, deflated from fear of being scolded, were flushed red. Her body temperature was rising from being caught in the rain.

“Oh my, you’ve gotten all dirty. Give it here.”

The woman smiled mischievously and took the shoes that were in Huijae’s hands. While Huijae was flustered and fumbling around, the woman who saw the back heel sighed.

“Who would bury something in the ground just because it’s a little damaged… I’ll fix it for you. You can still wear them for a long time.”

“…Then I shall offer payment in return.”

The woman gently pinched Huijae’s cheek as she spoke with a serious expression.

“Eating well and going out to play is how you help.”

The woman held the dress shoes in one hand and wrapped her other arm around Huijae’s shoulder. Though she still didn’t understand every word, she felt like she was on her side.

If Huijae had to express her current feelings in one phrase, it would be ‘see you again next time.’

She thought it would be wonderful if there could be such ‘next times’ every day. She wished these kinds of days would keep coming to her.

Every part of Joseon that Huijae encountered was a place that filled her heart with overwhelming joy.

The next day, Taeseok immediately picked flowers and paced around the wall. Carefully holding the pure white wild chrysanthemums so they wouldn’t get damaged, Taeseok looked at the mansion wall with clear eyes. However, even after waiting for a long time, the young girl didn’t come out.

His innocent eyes, heavy with disappointment, gazed beyond the wall.

Huijae, who had returned soaked from the rain, suffered from high fever for several days. Even during this time, she had to dutifully see Hanamura off, but she was too weak to stand alone and couldn’t meet Taeseok.

“Where did you go to have such fun that you’re burning up with fever…”

When the woman wiped her sweat-soaked forehead and muttered softly, Huijae, who she thought was sleeping, opened her eyes.

“I wanted to see the flowers.”

“Flowers? What kind of flowers?”

“I don’t know their name. The flowers I saw when I first came to Joseon… They were white and pretty, covering the entire tree.”

“As soon as you came to Joseon?”

The woman gently asked as she brushed away the hair stuck to Huijae’s forehead. Huijae, who found this endlessly pleasant, smiled and nodded.

“I visited someone’s house and there was a wide space with many trees and flowers.”

“…I know whose house that is.”

In this small town of Jinhae, there weren’t many people who could afford to grow flowering trees inside their homes.

“Pear blossoms. Pear blossoms. White and pretty like our Huijae, right?”

“Pear… blossoms…”

Huijae repeated the words over and over again. As if she would never forget them.

-Holy shit, so fucking cute ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ My baby pear blossom.. ah.. I wish it could just continue like this forever ㅠㅠㅠ

-Huijae getting better at speaking Joseon language is so endearing I could die, please let our baby do Papi Go modeling

˪Let’s go to Joseon Language Academy together, she’s so cute///

Our baby is a living translator ㅜㅜㅜㅜ

Now viewers felt deeper emotions every time Huijae appeared on screen. Tender, loving, and endearing. They watched 【The Great Garland】 with hearts that wanted to cheer for her like their own family.

“Ah, now…”

Reporter Wi, who was watching the screen, remembered.

“It’s about time… for it to appear.”

Having already been spoiled on all the famous scenes while filming content, Reporter Wi knew this was where it ended.

The beautiful, heartwarming scenes were over.

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