The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Daughter Doesn’t Hide Her Acting Skills - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

‘It’s over!’

I packed the script back into my bag. With praise and even applause, I felt like I could fly from happiness.

Honestly, I couldn’t even remember how I read it.

I had memorized the script so well that I could recite all the lines if someone just nudged me.

However, I was worried since it was my first time coordinating with others, but it felt like Yeon Doyeon briefly came and went.

Maybe it was because I was properly stimulated by Dojehyeon’s dismissive attitude. For me, it was a jackpot since I finished successfully.

But still…

“Why, why do you keep looking at me like that?”

Dojehyeon was still acting strange. He hadn’t packed his things, kept his mouth tightly shut, and had been just staring at me for about five minutes now.

When I couldn’t stand it anymore and asked why he was staring, he finally seemed to come back to his senses and lowered his eyes.

“…You did well. It felt like an actual filming site even though it was just a reading.”

Why is he suddenly praising me again? Even so, he was still speaking informally.

“Did you notice that Seo Jun hyung was overwhelmed by your presence earlier?”

Was he?

There seemed to be a brief interruption in the flow, but I was too busy thinking about Yeon Doyeon internally to notice.

When I didn’t respond, Dojehyeon placed his hand on my bag as if frustrated.

“Ah, that, I’m sorry about earlier. I should have been more respectful.”

Using crude language with a model student’s face! The upright young man image of Dojehyeon in my mind gradually began to crack.

Eventually, Dojehyeon began to reveal the thoughts he had harbored about me one by one.

He thought I was a parachute hire since I easily got the role of Yeon Doyeon. He wondered if I was some lover being supported by an important person.

Since he had been in the entertainment industry for a long time, I could understand why he might imagine such things.

‘Actually, I am being supported by an important person.’

Though I haven’t disclosed it anywhere, I’m the first actor to join the agency established by Chairman Joo of Dongwoo Group.

Of course, I earned this role myself through auditions, so it didn’t matter.

“I was wrong. Writer-nim isn’t someone who would accept parachute hires in the first place.”

“She values child actors importantly.”

“Right. Writer-nim must have recognized you immediately upon seeing you. That you were Yeon Doyeon.”

“Sunbae-nim was just like Hajin too.”

“Huh? Oh, really…?”

There it was again. Dojehyeon reacted like a malfunctioning robot again.

It wasn’t empty flattery. Dojehyeon acts well. This was something I knew even before returning to the past.

However, in my previous life, while he was overwhelmingly good at genre acting, there were many reviews saying his romance acting was a bit ambiguous.

‘Maybe it’s fine because he’s still young?’

Unlike the future where he avoided male lead roles in romance, Dojehyeon’s Yu Hajin had no issues with emotional lines. He portrayed a perfect Yu Hajin just through the script reading.

A boy enchanted by his first love, willing to stake his entire future on that girl. That was exactly the feeling.

Looking embarrassed by my praise, he scratched his cheek and fumbled to take out his phone, extending it toward me.

“Ju Sae-i, give me your number.”

“Why do you need my number…?”

“I, I have no ulterior motives, so don’t look at me like that.”

“…How exactly was I looking at you?”

“I, I don’t know! I think we’ll have a lot to discuss regarding filming. Let me say again, no ulterior motives, just business.”

When I obediently entered my number, he spoke up again.

“From now on, be comfortable with me. Speak casually too. That’ll be advantageous for immersion.”

Be comfortable.

Hearing that, there was something I wanted to ask.

“…But why do you keep speaking informally since earlier?”

“What?”

“You told me to be comfortable, so I’m being comfortable. You keep calling me ‘you.'”

Wow, thinking about it makes me annoyed again. Counting my previous life, I’ve lived several years longer than you! Even without counting my previous life, I’m one year older.

At my question, Dojehyeon looked dumbfounded. After just moving his lips for a while, he slowly answered.

“…Aren’t you younger than me?”

“I’m one year older.”

“You’re my noona?”

When I nodded, Dojehyeon stepped backward. Covering his mouth as if he couldn’t believe it, he blinked his eyes.

Was it that surprising?

I found Dojehyeon’s flustered appearance quite amusing and laughed lightly. Then, turning his body away to avoid my eyes, he said curtly.

“A, anyway! I have a schedule so I’ll go, and we’ll talk again next time!”

What are we going to talk about again? Even so, the fact that I’m his noona won’t change. I waved my hand toward Dojehyeon as he hurriedly disappeared.

‘Still, he doesn’t seem like a bad kid.’

Seeing how he was wary of me due to prejudice about parachute hires, then admitted his misunderstanding and apologized first, he wasn’t as annoying as my first impression suggested.

The reason he hates parachute hires is probably… because he’s serious about acting.

Rather than someone who treats others carefully depending on who they are, I preferred someone who values acting. That would be helpful for me too.

All in all, I thought Dojehyeon would be perfect as a partner for my debut work.

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The script reading site after all the actors had left.

Writer Choi Gi-jeong, who had swept her eyes over the spot where Ju Sae-i had stayed, looked toward where the filming crew was and spoke.

“How was it?”

The question wasn’t directed at the filming crew.

It was a question directed at her older sister, Writer Choi Gi-yeong, who had hidden among them wearing sunglasses.

“…How did you know? My disguise was perfect.”

The shirt and slacks she doesn’t usually wear. She even styled her hair for deception. Fearing she might make eye contact, she even wore sunglasses.

Choi Gi-yeong, who had taken off her sunglasses and tucked them into her shirt, ruffled her hair as if defeated.

Choi Gi-yeong often infiltrated sites like this to peek at her younger sister’s works.

This time was the same. She had recruited Director Woo Byeong-hwa to secure a spot at the 【Your Blue Name】 script reading site.

While she was curious about her sister’s new work, that wasn’t the main reason.

“Director Woo kept stealing glances this way.”

“Ha, that old man really can’t act.”

“So how was it?”

“There’s nothing more to see about your work. You write well, Writer Choi Gi-jeong.”

“Not the work.”

“…Not the work, then what? What else would I come to see besides my sister’s work?”

“Doyeon.”

“…!”

Really, her younger sister’s intuition was this sharp.

She tried to get by talking about the work, but it seemed she had been properly caught regarding the real reason for coming to the script reading site.

Choi Gi-yeong shrugged her shoulders as if admitting defeat and placed her hand on her sister’s shoulder.

Working in this industry, she had occasionally seen actors who memorized entire scripts.

However, a newcomer with the boldness to showcase this on their first work, first official schedule… was definitely a first.

“Your Doyeon, you said her name was Ju Sae-i, right?”

Choi Gi-jeong silently nodded at the question. Her face showed she was inwardly curious about her sister’s evaluation, who was also an industry senior.

Choi Gi-yeong slowly closed her eyes.

When she closed her eyes, the newcomer’s acting that she had just witnessed replayed in the darkness.

Though there were no props to aid immersion, just sitting at a desk and delivering lines changed the scent of the moment.

‘It seemed like she didn’t act as Yeon Doyeon, but became Yeon Doyeon herself.’

When reciting the monologue at her brother’s funeral, there was the smell of burning incense; when facing Yu Hajin in the rain, the fishy scent of wet earth; when smiling for the first time in front of Hajin, the warm sunlight scent of the countryside.

‘Ah, I want her.’

While writing scripts, had there ever been an actor who provided such diverse impressions just through a script reading?

At least in the life of Choi Gi-yeong, who had risen to the ranks of Korea’s star writers, Ju Sae-i was the first such actor. With a voice soaked in admiration, Choi Gi-yeong said briefly.

“…She’s a monster, she’ll become a big shot.”

When she first heard about Ju Sae-i from her younger sister, she never imagined her heart would race like this.

Now she even thought she might have been born as Choi Gi-jeong’s older sister just to meet Ju Sae-i while she was still a fresh newcomer.

‘I absolutely must make her my Ji-min.’

So Ji-min. The female protagonist of her new project and a new attempt she could make as a drama writer.

The latter part of the script that had been stuck throughout the writing process came flooding to her mind as soon as she saw Ju Sae-i.

She had to record it quickly before losing the inspiration. Taking out a notebook from her pocket and scribbling frantically, Choi Gi-yeong hurried out of the reading room.

“Where are you going? You need to tell me more about your impressions!”

“To the studio! If I don’t write this down now, I’ll lose hundreds of millions!”

She had finally found the ‘real’ So Ji-min.

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