NIS Agent Reincarnated as a Genius Actor - Chapter 67

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Episode 67. Stalker

Seo Ji-eun greeted her manager who dropped her off in front of her home as usual, then went to the cafe in front of her house that she always visited and ordered coffee.

 

“Thank you.”

 

Seo Ji-eun smiled as she greeted them, took her coffee, opened the door and walked out.

 

The cafe part-timer stared blankly at Seo Ji-eun’s figure.

The cafe owner, who chuckled at this sight, poked the part-timer in the ribs.

 

“Do you like that young lady that much? She’s a daily customer, so you should at least respond when she greets you.”

“Manager, I’ll go to the supermarket in front for a moment. My mother asked me to run an errand.”

“Really? There aren’t any customers right now anyway, so hurry back.”

 

After hearing the manager’s words, the part-timer took off his apron and left the cafe with a stern expression.

 

 

Meanwhile, Seo Ji-eun looked at herself on the field monitor at the filming set and was worried that she seemed to have gained a little weight lately.

So while she usually drank cafe mocha, today she ordered only an americano without any syrup.

 

Seo Ji-eun hesitated as she was about to press the elevator button while holding her coffee.

 

She checked her appearance in the mirror next to the elevator and stretched her cheeks.

 

“Should I take the stairs today? Ugh, why does it feel like my cheeks are getting chubby?”

 

In the end, she didn’t press the elevator button and went up to her home via the stairs.

 

Thud thud─.

 

Seo Ji-eun, who had been climbing while panting for a while, felt something strange.

 

It felt like someone about two floors below was following her steps, and when she paused to rest because she was tired, those footsteps would also stop.

 

‘It must be an illusion from the sound echoing in the stairwell…?’

 

When she started walking again, footsteps followed from behind.

No matter how she thought about it, it didn’t seem like the sound was just diffracted.

 

Ji-eun climbed a few more stairs and then suddenly stopped her steps.

 

Thud thud─.

 

The footsteps definitely stopped one beat later than when she had stopped.

 

Suddenly getting goosebumps, Ji-eun ran up the stairs with all her might.

Then footsteps from behind also began climbing up, making loud noises.

 

“Kyaak-! Oh my god!”

 

While running, she looked at the numbers between the floors and saw that if she climbed just half a floor more, she would reach the 7th floor where Ji-eun’s home was.

 

She was too scared to look back, but judging by how close the footsteps sounded, it seemed like someone had followed her to about half a floor below.

 

With trembling legs, Ji-eun quickly entered the 7th floor and tightly gripped and pulled the gray iron door.

 

Clank clank─.

 

By a hair’s breadth, she had entered first, but the stalker was also pulling from the other side, making the emergency staircase door shake.

 

“Mom! Save me! Sob sob.”

 

In extreme fear, tears came out as Ji-eun shouted loudly with all the strength she had, even the strength from when she was nursing.

 

Even if it wasn’t necessarily her mom, she shouted loudly hoping that anyone from the five households on the same floor of the mixed-use building would come out.

 

The stalker on the stairs outside the door seemed to have heard the noise and let go of the door to run away, but she was too scared to release the strength in her hands.

 

At the noisy sound in the hallway, the doors of the homes opened and the neighboring couple and her mother came out simultaneously.

 

“Oh my, Ji-eun! What’s going on!”

 

Her mother, who had run out barefoot, rushed toward Ji-eun.

 

Seeing her mother’s face, Ji-eun finally relaxed and let go of the door handle she had been gripping with all her strength, and tears burst out.

 

“Mom!”

 

The neighbor uncle, who heard Ji-eun’s tearful explanation of the situation, opened the emergency staircase door and ran down to the lower floors, but there was no trace of anyone as they had already fled.

 

The police officer from the nearby substation who responded to the report checked the CCTV at the officetel entrance, but said that due to poor quality, aside from the information that the person was wearing a white t-shirt and jeans, it was difficult to distinguish other physical characteristics, and while they said they would investigate, it wasn’t very reassuring.

 

Seo Ji-eun, who suffered from nightmares all night, dragged her exhausted body to the filming set.

 

 

After finishing filming yesterday, Jin Yu-han left the country for overseas location shooting, and today’s filming required shooting a scene where she chases on horseback together with Yeon-woo.

 

Chronologically, the scene they shot yesterday in Damyang’s bamboo forest with action was actually a later part, and today’s scene was of witnessing that arsonist and setting off in pursuit.

 

Due to Jin Yu-han’s overseas departure schedule, they had no choice but to film the later part first yesterday, opposite to the chronological order in the drama.

 

Yeon-woo, who noticed that Ji-eun looked unusually dispirited at the filming set, spoke to her.

 

“Is something wrong? Are you sick somewhere?”

“Mm, no. I just didn’t sleep well.”

 

Since telling Yeon-woo wouldn’t solve anything and she didn’t want him to worry unnecessarily, Seo Ji-eun just gave a vague excuse.

 

As they were having various small talk, the assistant director’s voice could be heard from far away.

 

“Alright, let’s go for the shot.”

 

Staff came over to properly adjust their clothing, and the two positioned themselves within the frame.

 

Director Lee gave his signal.

 

“Action, cue.”

 

Ji-eun had already pushed yesterday’s events to the back of her mind and immersed herself in acting as she began her lines.

 

“Master Seo, I think that beast is definitely the culprit!”

“If we miss it now, there’s no telling how many more houses it will burn down. I’ll pursue it immediately.”

“Wait a moment.”

 

Seo Ji-eun grabbed Yeon-woo’s arm as he was about to leave in pursuit.

At that moment, Seo Ji-eun felt a sharp pain in her arm.

 

Enduring the stinging pain, Seo Ji-eun spoke to Hyang-a, who was playing the female servant behind her.

 

“Hyang-a, go to the Lord’s House quickly and report what you just saw to Prince Lee Ji-baek.”

“Yes, miss.”

 

The actress playing Hyang-a exited the frame, and after exchanging glances, Ryu Yeon-woo and Seo Ji-eun left the frame together.

 

“Okay! That was good.”

 

The director’s okay signal was heard, and Seo Ji-eun rubbed her arm, feeling pain from yesterday’s struggle with the stalker through the iron gate.

 

During the morning filming, Seo Ji-eun seemed to gradually recover her condition.

Nevertheless, Yeon-woo tilted his head seeing the dark expression that remained on one side of her face.

 

‘She’s usually such a bright person, what could be wrong.’

 

After filming several more scenes that needed to be shot at the folk village, in the afternoon, staff were preparing to film the horseback pursuit scene.

 

Then Yeon-woo approached where Ji-eun was.

 

“Have you ridden a horse before?”

 

At Yeon-woo’s question, Ji-eun shook her head back and forth.

 

“I asked the director earlier, and he said the fast riding close-up shots will be filmed on a mock-up frame, but the departure scene has to be filmed actually riding the horse.”

“Yeon-woo, do you know how to ride horses?”

 

Reassuring Ji-eun who seemed slightly scared, Yeon-woo smiled.

 

“Yeah. I can ride pretty well, so just leave it to me. It’ll only take about twenty seconds to film.”

“That’s a relief.”

 

Ji-eun nodded at Yeon-woo’s words.

 

Then an animal handler led a horse into one side of the filming set.

 

“Is that the same one we filmed with in Taean?”

“People say all horses look the same, but you recognize it.”

 

Seeing Yeon-woo approach, the animal handler smiled and handed over the reins.

Yeon-woo skillfully received the reins and sugar cube from the animal handler and fed the sugar cube to the horse’s mouth.

 

“They do all look the same. But this one’s so handsome.”

“Aren’t you talking about yourself?”

 

Ji-eun approached with a laugh and threw out a joke.

Then she showed interest in the horse and came closer to pet its head.

 

“Wow, it’s really cute looking. Look at those big eyes and no chubby cheeks. I’m jealous.”

“Huh?”

 

Ji-eun seemed to have a slightly different perspective on looking at horses than his own.

 

But seeing her joke around, her condition must have improved a lot.

 

“Give me your hand.”

“Huh? My hand.”

 

When Yeon-woo held out his hand, Seo Ji-eun placed her hand on top like a puppy. Yeon-woo put a sugar cube in Ji-eun’s hand.

 

“This is the horse’s favorite snack. Feed it one to get friendly with this guy beforehand.”

“Oh really? That’s interesting. So it likes sugar cubes.”

 

When Ji-eun approached the horse and held out the sugar cube, it licked it up with its tongue.

 

“Eek! It got saliva on me.”

“Hahaha.”

 

Watching the cute scene between the two, the animal handler laughed and pulled out wet wipes from his front pocket.

 

“Use this.”

“Ah, thank you!”

 

As she wiped her hands with the wet wipes and petted the horse again, the assistant director shouted from far away.

 

“Actors, please get ready. Filming preparation is complete.”

 

Hearing that, Yeon-woo mounted the horse first, and the animal handler rummaged in his front pocket and pulled out a large blanket to place on his knees as he sat.

 

But how does that pocket keep producing things?

Thinking of a certain character who pulls various amazing items from a front pocket, Yeon-woo shook his head to dispel the thought.

 

“Step here and grab the male actor’s hand to get up in one go.”

“Oh, you’ll step on me? What if it hurts? I’m heavy though.”

 

Seeing her obviously slender body while saying she was heavy, it really seemed true that women only see themselves as fat when looking in the mirror.

 

“It’s fine. Please step on me.”

“Then I’ll take my leave.”

Ji-eun struggled to climb forward while holding Yeon-woo’s hand.

 

“Whoa. It’s really high.”

 

Once Ji-eun actually got on the horse, she was amazed at how much higher it was than it looked.

 

“I’ll go slowly over there.”

 

Yeon-woo secured Ji-eun between his arms and entered inside the frame where filming preparations were complete.

 

Director Lee Sang-hoon confirmed the two on horseback and gave a thumbs up as he spoke.

 

“The shot looks very good. We’ll film the scene of departing quickly like this. No need to go far. Let’s just go about ten meters.”

 

Hearing that, Yeon-woo looked ahead and nodded.

 

“I’m blocking both sides with my arms, but still hold tight to the saddle in front. So you don’t fall off.”

“I’m blocking both sides with my arms, but still hold tight to the saddle in front. So you don’t fall off.”

“Yeah!”

Hearing the director’s quietly shouted cue signal, given softly so as not to startle the horse, Yeonwoo shifted his feet in the stirrups.

“Like this!”

Seo Ji-eun gripped the front part of the saddle tightly at the larger recoil than expected.

A horse that moves forward boldly at the signal.

Seo Ji-eun gripped the front of the saddle tightly due to the recoil being stronger than expected.

Anyway, it’s quite a stable position since Yeonwoo is holding Jieun with his arms.

As the director said, Yeonwoo goes about ten meters away and then returns back into the frame.

“Well, riding in front is definitely safer… but many people do ride in back.”

 

When he actually had Ji-eun ride in front and started slowly, it felt more like going on a horseback outing rather than going to pursue someone, so the director was concerned.

“Well, it’s probably safer to ride in the front…, but a lot of people do ride in the back too.”

When they actually set off slowly with Ji-eun in front, the director was concerned because it felt more like going out for a horseback ride rather than pursuing someone.

Seeing Director Lee Sang-hoon’s expression, Ji-eun spoke up.

“Should we get off and get back on? I’m fine with that.”

Director Lee pondered Jieun’s words for a moment, then nodded his head.

“It should be fine since we’re only going a short distance.”

On an impulsive decision, Jieun dismounted and then got back on behind Yeonwoo, driving the horse again to position themselves within the camera frame.

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