The Chaebol Family’s Youngest Daughter Doesn’t Hide Her Acting Skills - Chapter 62
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Episode 62
Ryu Dokyung was in the middle of solving practice problems. If he wanted to get into Korea University Business School as Chairman Ryu wished, he couldn’t neglect his studies.
They had offered to send him abroad to study, but Ryu Dokyung had declined.
It was just… he already couldn’t see Ju Sae-i much as it was, and if there was a time difference too, they might drift apart forever.
Anyway.
The phone on his desk rang. It was a message from Ju Sae-i.
‘What’s gotten into her, sending me a KakaoTalk message.’
Since returning to Jaedamjae, Ju Sae-i rarely contacted him first.
Only when she had business to discuss? And even that business was usually just notifications like saying she’d go to school alone today.
For Ju Sae-i to contact him first, as if she’d been waiting to send only work-related messages.
Ryu Dokyung immediately put down his pen. He checked the message without hesitation.
[(Link)]
He stared at the screen intently, expecting more to follow, but no additional messages came.
Did she send it by mistake? I felt like an idiot for checking the message so frantically.
When he clicked the link, a drama preview video that had been uploaded just moments ago appeared.
‘So Ju Sae-i sent this to me right after it was uploaded?’
Telling me to watch the video? What a rather cute thing to do…
Ryu Dokyung, who had been unconsciously smiling contentedly, straightened his expression. He forced the corners of his mouth down.
Sanshin-nim’s Blessing. The drama where Ju Sae-i was starring as the lead.
He’d heard it was a new work by a famous writer, but to Dokyung who didn’t enjoy dramas, it was just an unfamiliar name.
Ryu Dokyung silently watched the video. Ju Sae-i on screen was more lively than the version he knew. She seemed to be playing the role of a bubbly high school girl protagonist.
In contrast, Ju Sae-i’s co-star seemed to be the grumpy type. Constantly shouting “No,” “Tsk,” and “Stop” while trying to stop Ju Sae-i, which made Ryu Dokyung frown.
‘Why is he treating her like that.’
An observation completely lacking objectivity about how he himself treated Ju Sae-i.
As soon as the preview video ended, he scrolled down to enter the comments section.
Ryu Dokyung rolled his eyes busily with a stern expression, as if analyzing college entrance exam passages.
@potato-qwu2poy 3 minutes ago
Wow the female lead’s face is so fresh.. good vibes
While scanning the comments with an expressionless face, Ryu Dokyung liked this comment. Positive comments were good.
@KimJeho-23sd 4 minutes ago
The girl’s acting is pretty good? I’ve been watching since the Your Blue Name preview and she seems like she’ll make it big. Boarding the stock train~!!!!
While scanning the comments with an expressionless face, Ryu Dokyung liked this comment. Stocks were good.
@ene-fdm29 3 minutes ago
looks hella fun lolllll female lead is hella pretty
While scanning the comments with an expressionless face, Ryu Dokyung liked this comment. Ju Sae-i was pretty after all…
@ChoiYeonja-djnsd 3 minutes ago
The girl is as lovely as our granddaughter^^ Jehyeon fighting too~*^^*
While scanning the comments with an expressionless face, Ryu Dokyung smiled slightly and liked this comment. Respecting elders.
Ryu Dokyung’s fingers moved mechanically. Since he considered praise for Ju Sae-i as praise for his own judgment, there wasn’t a second of hesitation.
Then Ryu Dokyung’s finger paused.
@whatdidshetosavecountry-jeasf 2 minutes ago
The female lead has been paired with Jehyun for two works in a row since her debut~ㄷ.ㄷ She must have saved the country in her past life
Ryu Dokyung’s brow furrowed as he scanned the comments with an expressionless face.
‘If she had saved the country, she wouldn’t have gone through all that hardship.’
If anything, it would be the co-star who saved the country. This time he didn’t like the comment and mercilessly scrolled down.
However, the next comment couldn’t be ignored.
@delusionalfan-dii2h 3 minutes ago
Ah crazy is their face combo for real? Their size chemistry and vibes match so well… I’m already shipping..
Crack. Ryu Dokyung’s eyebrow twitched. They match well? Size chemistry? Face combo?
While scanning the comments with an expressionless face, Ryu Dokyung pressed the dislike button for the first time.
Even that didn’t calm his anger. Plus that annoying grammar mistake. To Ryu Dokyung, who had never missed first place, the misuse of Korean grammar was an unforgivable error.
He solemnly pressed the reply button.
└It’s ‘돼’, not ‘되’. Please follow proper grammar. And keep your delusions to yourself.
After posting the comment, he felt completely refreshed. Just as Ryu Dokyung was about to put down his phone with a satisfied expression.
Ding, ding…
In less than a minute, reply notifications began flooding in.
└ Delusional bug: ? How old are you by any chance? lololololol
└ 2912: Dude… it’s a meme where you intentionally misspell things, don’t take it so seriously ㅠ
└ notanonymous: So annoying when people who don’t know memes try to lecture us, serious boomer get out!!!!
“…Uncle?”
Ryu Dokyung’s pupils shook as if an earthquake had hit. He’d been called an old soul wherever he went, but to be called uncle when he was nineteen with ink barely dry on his ID card.
“I’m still a minor…”
His lips jutted out in indignation. Chaebol or not, numbers mattered in anonymous spaces. The great Ryu Dokyung had been rendered speechless.
The additional replies that followed all treated him like a clueless boomer uncle.
…Ugh.
Ryu Dokyung’s face burned as he hastily flipped his phone face down. Even though he wanted to argue back, he felt pathetic having to open a search engine to understand what “so annoying” meant.
Buzz…
Wondering if it was another reply, he glanced over and saw another message from Ju Sae-i had arrived.
[Did you see the comments?]
[The reaction is good, right?]
Uh. I saw them, and got thoroughly roasted…
Ryu Dokyung couldn’t bring himself to reply. Instead, he just buried his head on his desk and groaned.
“…Yeah, the reaction is good. Very heated…”
Trying to ignore how he’d been treated like an old man after commenting out of inexplicable jealousy, Ryu Dokyung let out a deep sigh.
It was a particularly irritating nineteen-year-old’s night, not even knowing his peers’ trendy expressions.
***
I lay in bed staring at the ceiling.
The reaction to 【Sanshin-nim’s Blessing】’s preview was hot, and filming for both projects had finished safely. Everything was flowing smoothly.
Suddenly the phone by my pillow vibrated. Could it be from Ryu Dokyung, who I’d read but hadn’t replied to?
When I checked the screen, my eyes widened involuntarily.
[Park Yeon-hui]
It was a call from an unexpected person.
Park Yeon-hui. The lead actress who played the adult version of female protagonist ‘Yeon Doyeon’ in my first work 【Your Blue Name】, and an industry senior.
Though she’d been kind to me on set and at company dinners, we weren’t close enough to contact each other privately like this.
“…Hello? Senior?”
When I answered nervously, her characteristically languid voice came through the receiver.
“Oh, Sae-i. You weren’t sleeping? Sorry for calling so late.”
“No, it’s fine! I’m okay! What’s this about?”
“Nothing major, I just heard some news.”
“What news?”
“Sae-i, you joined a company recently, right?”
A company…
As I quietly retraced my thoughts, I closed my mouth with a gasp. Park Yeon-hui got straight to the point without delay.
“You joined Wave Actors, right? Congratulations.”
I couldn’t help but be bewildered.
It was true that I’d completed my contract with Wave Actors in Grandfather’s hospital room, but no official article had been released yet.
How could Park Yeon-hui know something that only a very few people knew – Grandfather and the Wave Actors CEO below him?
“Ah, yes. Thank you…”
Unable to hide my puzzlement, I asked carefully.
“But how did you know about that, Senior? No article has come out yet…”
A low chuckle came from the other end of the phone.
“How would I know?”
There was a strange delight in Park Yeon-hui’s voice.
“I know because I’m also part of that agency now.”
“…What?”
My thoughts stopped for a moment. What did I just hear?
“S-Senior, you’re also at Wave Actors?”
“It was contract renewal season.”
“Ah, what about Mora Entertainment…”
“I ditched that place, and they made me an offer here, so I signed today. He was famous in the entertainment industry, and had secured good investments too.”
That’s fortunate, but what if Mora Entertainment had held on tight…
Even though I didn’t voice it, Park Yeon-hui continued as if she had read my concerns.
“There seems to be a big backer behind the CEO. He said I don’t need to worry about my former company.”
“…Ah.”
That big backer is my grandfather.
I suddenly remembered when I told Grandfather about Park Yeon-hui’s situation.
If Grandfather already knew all about Mora Entertainment’s misdeeds, he would have already taken care of Park Yeon-hui’s matter too.
Though I didn’t expect him to bring her into Wave Actors like this. In my past life, Park Yeon-hui couldn’t easily escape from Mora Entertainment.
I realized that the future was changing due to my intervention.
“When I was signing the contract, the CEO mentioned it first. He said Sae-i had also signed.”
“Ah…”
“The world is really small, isn’t it? Meeting as a child actor and adult role was already fate, and now we’ve become family eating from the same pot.”
Park Yeon-hui had a relaxed attitude as if she could see my dumbfounded expression.
The contract with Wave Actors must have brought peace of mind to her.
“Please take care of me from now on, junior.”
Somehow, I felt like I had gained a reliable ally.
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