The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Daughter Doesn’t Hide Her Acting Skills - Chapter 23

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Episode 23

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The child actor portion was gradually racing toward its end.

After finishing today’s filming, I didn’t go home right away but stayed at the filming set.

‘Adult Doyeon!’

Since our filming schedules never matched, I couldn’t see actress Park Yeon-hui’s adult Doyeon, but finally today the opportunity came.

To be able to see adult Doyeon’s appearance. My body, which had been drooping from exhaustion just moments ago, felt like it was coming back to life.

“Sae-i, drink this.”

Director Woo Byeong-hwa handed me a drink. Since my throat was feeling dry, I gratefully accepted and drank it.

“Right, you said you wanted to see adult Doyeon?”

“Yes!”

“Your passion for acting is amazing. Don’t lose that passion.”

Maybe it was just my imagination, but the director’s gaze, which had been looking at me sharply for a while, seemed to have softened a bit.

Just as I was fidgeting with excitement, Park Yeon-hui took her position on the set.

‘But why does her complexion look so dark?’

Come to think of it, Park Yeon-hui’s complexion had been strangely pale since the last script reading.

I heard she always had a bright and cheerful personality, but this was quite strange.

Now that I think about it, was it around the time I had just become an adult? Park Yeon-hui, who was doing so well, suddenly disappeared from sight at some point.

Is her complexion dark because of a slump?

“Alright, ready… Action!”

In any case, the first take of that scene began. Just as I was craning my neck to watch adult Yeon Doyeon from afar.

“Young Doyeon~ Was it Ju Sae-i? Your acting was so good!”

“Ah, thank you!”

“You haven’t joined an agency yet, right?”

What?

A company representative who had been following Park Yeon-hui around during setup came up to talk to me. He handed me a business card and suddenly left.

‘Ah, I didn’t get to see adult Yeon Doyeon!’

Do they usually do other things like that when their agency’s actor is performing? I’m practically a beginner on set, so I’m not sure.

I lightly skimmed the business card that came into my hand.

[Mora Entertainment Team Leader Kim Song-jun]

Mora Entertainment.

Like when I first encountered Woon Seong-ha’s name, it felt familiar. Was there some issue?

“Cut! Yeon-hui, are you not focused enough? Let’s try it one more time!”

Ah, they have to reshoot it.

Just as I stood up with the determination to finally capture adult Yeon Doyeon with my eyes.

“Give that here…!”

Park Yeon-hui, who came running toward me with a frightening shout, snatched the business card from my hand.

She looked around as if checking whether the company representative was nearby, and in an instant, she tore the business card to shreds.

“…!”

Wait, why did she suddenly rush over and tear up the business card?

In this absurd situation, I looked at Park Yeon-hui once, then at the torn pieces of the business card that were unrecognizable.

“You, Sae-i, never work with them.”

“What? No, why…”

“If I say don’t do it, then don’t do it!”

Even though we hadn’t properly talked yet due to different filming schedules, Park Yeon-hui called me Sae-i and tried to dissuade me.

There must be a reason why someone I’m not close with would be so alarmed and try to stop me. Especially since it’s her own agency.

One reason would be that the company is so good she wants to monopolize the talent, and the other would be…

‘Was there some controversy?’

With Park Yeon-hui in front of me, I traced back my memories from my past life.

Park Yeon-hui. Mora Entertainment. Kim Song-jun.

After thinking for a while, a news article flashed through my mind.

It was an article about Park Yeon-hui filing a lawsuit against Team Leader Kim Song-jun and the CEO of Mora Entertainment.

Specifically, it was an incident where they habitually made excessive demands of Park Yeon-hui, and when she refused, they threatened her claiming it was a contract violation, which she took to court.

‘Why was I forgetting this!’

I heard Park Yeon-hui won this trial. So I thought she would make a comeback, but she disappeared, which was puzzling.

Mora Entertainment was regarded as the agency that made young Park Yeon-hui into a famous actress, but after the incident broke, they were treated like trash and buried.

Some malicious netizens drove her as a villainess who filed a lawsuit without knowing the grace of being raised.

‘I think I understand why she disappeared and didn’t return to the entertainment industry…’

With countless such comments, it’s not strange that she lost affection for the industry.

“Yeon-hui, we’re resuming filming!”

Because the lead actress suddenly left her position, the production team called for Park Yeon-hui. Even as she had no choice but to return to the camera, Park Yeon-hui couldn’t easily take her gaze off me.

“Team Leader Kim, never get involved with that scumbag!”

“…”

“Did you understand what I said?”

To think she would go this far to stop me when we barely know each other.

Actually, unless it was her own business or that of someone close to her, she could have just ignored it and moved on.

She could have just clicked her tongue thinking ‘That kid’s going to step in shit. Too bad.’ after glancing at the situation.

“…Thank you for the advice.”

Some might call it meddling, but I was very… moved by that thoughtfulness.

I wasn’t the only one who was moved, as the teacher who was waiting for the next shoot slowly walked over to my side. It seemed like she had been watching the situation from afar.

“Yeon-hui is a good person and diligent, but it’s unfortunate what happened to her. The company won’t let her go.”

“Ah…”

In this industry, it was still common to grab young child actors who don’t know much about the world and make them sign slave contracts. Park Yeon-hui was probably a victim of that too.

I hope she can safely terminate her contract…

“About senior Park Yeon-hui. She’s also really good at acting, right?”

“She’s good. She’s one of the few skilled actors among her peers.”

These days she seems to have lost some vitality because she has a lot of worries about her company… The teacher muttered in a small voice.

‘Her wings are being clipped because of the company.’

A skilled actress still like a young sprout. A talent who was about to be broken because she met the wrong company.

‘This is the kind of story that Chairman Ju Taeback would like.’

…Should I mention it to Grandfather once?

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School time is 9 AM.

Right now it’s 6 AM.

And I am…

“I’m leaving.”

I politely greeted the Jaedamjae ladies and headed for the front gate.

Even with plenty of time, it only takes thirty minutes to get from home to school, but there was a separate reason I was leaving at six o’clock.

‘He’s not here!’

To shake off Ryu Dokyung, who would deliberately come all the way to Jaedamjae by car and then take the bus to school with me.

This was already the third day I had left this early in the morning.

Because I came out so early, the bus was relatively quiet. Since I could sit and go, it was great for me.

Befitting a prestigious private high school, several high school seniors were going to school in gym clothes. Probably those preparing for the regular admission exam… something like that.

I passed through the second-year floor corridor and peeked at other classes. Most were still unlit since no one had come yet.

But our class was a bit different.

Slide, thud.

When I opened the sliding door and entered, the one who would greet me…

“…”

Cancel that about greeting me.

Actually, he doesn’t greet me, but there was always Woon Seong-ha in the seat next to mine, who came to school earlier than me and was sleeping face-down on his desk.

It felt awkward to wake a sleeping kid, so I just sat next to Woon Seong-ha and busied myself reading the script.

I used to try talking to Woon Seong-ha when he woke up, but not anymore. It was embarrassing to keep getting ignored.

I pulled the script from my bag. The child actor portion I was filming was already racing toward its end.

So the script I would be reading was from after the transition to adult Yeon Doyeon. Specifically, the long-awaited final episode.

I wiped my hands once on my school uniform skirt and turned the script cover with a reverent heart.

Right then.

Ding!

A KakaoTalk notification rang out.

I didn’t need to look to know. It would be a message from Ryu Dokyung. It was about time for him to arrive at Jaedamjae.

Sure enough.

[Ju Sae-i]

[Are you happy going alone and leaving me behind for days now?]

…What would happen if I answered that I was actually really happy to be able to go to school peacefully here?

Just imagining Ryu Dokyung approaching me while radiating cold energy made goosebumps rise all over my arms.

‘I’ll keep my answer on hold for now.’

Ryu Dokyung would still be at Jaedamjae, and my mood for reading the script was completely ruined.

I got up from my seat and left the classroom. My destination was the snack bar!

‘The school I went to before didn’t even have a snack bar!’

After my regression, when I chose to transfer schools, I had always wanted to experience the atmosphere of a high school snack bar. My steps gradually quickened with excitement.

[I’m on my way to your class, so wait quietly]

Little did I know there was an unread message from Ryu Dokyung that I hadn’t checked.

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