NOVEL NEXT Chapter 162: Did I See It Wrong?
Chapter 162 < Did I See It Wrong? >
Park Chul-ho, the head of the drama department at M company, was in a great mood these days.
As soon as he released the news of Yoo Yeon Seo’s joining the cast, he received a flood of inquiries for advertising sponsorship. Naturally, the interest in ‘Snake’ was also rising day by day.
Yoo Yeon Seo, promoting ‘Snake’ by appearing on variety shows… Confirmed to star in a solo talk show
This time, it’s an observational variety show… Yoo Yeon Seo, filming ‘24 Hours’
Moreover, since Yoo Yeon Seo was actively participating in promotional activities that she didn’t do before, the head of the variety department even came to thank him. Park Chul-ho, who was chuckling, heard the sound of the door opening with a bang behind him and sighed softly.
“Brother.”
“Oh, you’re here? How was the reading?”
Eom Dong-pil was the only person who could enter the head’s office without knocking. Park Chul-ho sighed again as he saw his unhappy expression.
“What are you dissatisfied with now?”
“Now even the manager is interfering with me.”
“Why, what did he say?”
“He said to quickly make the community for announcements private…”
“He’s right, be careful. Don’t you remember the accident that happened before?”
He thought it was a trivial thing to be unhappy about, but he pretended to be concerned about Eom Dong-pil and managed his expression. Eom Dong-pil ruffled his hair roughly.
“…I should have directed it.”
“You’ve been out of touch for a long time, even the stray cat in front of you knows that. How dare you direct a drama starring Yoo Yeon Seo.”
“Brother.”
You shouldn’t say that, brother. As Eom Dong-pil protested, Park Chul-ho sighed again.
“And you just have to keep your place, you said you’d do well, didn’t you?”
It would be hard for anyone to send an experienced director as an assistant director because of their pride. But Eom Dong-pil was the one who asked for help first, saying he wanted to return and get a feel for the field. So he just told him to give some advice and sat him down.
‘But then Yoo Yeon Seo came as the lead and he suddenly changed his attitude.’
He didn’t like the fact that he was trying to impress Yoo Yeon Seo and go to JS.
“Let’s just keep quiet this time. Don’t be prideful.”
“…”
“I’m asking you. If you just get through this one time, I’ll give you another chance to direct, okay?”
“…Okay.”
Eom Dong-pil nodded reluctantly as Park Chul-ho pleaded with him. He was sure that his brother wouldn’t abandon him, but Park Chul-ho had a different thought.
‘Tsk, he won’t last long either.’
He gave him a chance out of old friendship, but… that was the end of it.
Until it was time for her filming, Yoo Yeon Seo did promotional activities for ‘Snake’, such as taking photos or appearing on variety shows. When she filmed a talk show, she deliberately rented a cafe near the downtown area. But she didn’t see anyone suspicious.
‘Maybe things have changed.’
If the obsession target had moved from Lee Hee-seo to me, I would have thought he would know my schedule. He was so annoying to Lee Hee-seo.
Yoo Yeon Seo decided to throw a bait. If he didn’t come this time, Etae-gyeom’s hypothesis would be discarded.
Y__Yeon Seo
This afternoon, Gangnam Station.
She deleted the post she posted on SNS after a few minutes, but it had already spread to various communities and even made headlines.
Yoo Yeon Seo, posts a meaningful message on SNS and causes a ‘buzz’
What’s going on at Gangnam Station this afternoon? Yoo Yeon Seo, posts and deletes a message on SNS
Etae-gyeom, who had gone out for a moment to run an errand for Yoo Yeon Seo, came back in a hurry. His phone was vibrating non-stop in his hand.
“Hey, where did you post that? The director called me.”
“Oh, just now.”
“Wasn’t it a secret? Can you post it like that?”
Why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Etae-gyeom looked at Yoo Yeon Seo with a suspicious eye.
“Why did you post it?”
“I thought I’d try to be a bait.”
“…You don’t mean because of what I said?”
Yoo Yeon Seo nodded. The production team might have a hard time, but it’s not my business. She sent a text message to Lim Seunghyun to bring security personnel.
“Do you think he’ll come?”
“I don’t know. It doesn’t hurt to check, right?”
I guess so… Etae-gyeom kept having uneasy thoughts.
-What are you doing in Gangnam? Why is everyone talking about Gangnam Station?
***
Yeon Seo announced on SNS that he would be at Gangnam Station.
-What? What’s going on?
-Why Gangnam Station all of a sudden?
-Isn’t he doing a guerrilla date for his drama promotion? Didn’t Park Minwoo do that before? Yeon Seo has been doing a lot of drama promotion lately.
-Oh, that must be it.
-But can he announce it so openly?
-I don’t know, I’m on my way to Gangnam Station right now lol
-Me too lol
-Why bother going to Gangnam Station? My husband is lying on the sofa and whining to me that he doesn’t want to go lol
-Jerk
-F**k you
-Dude, that joke is so old lol. You learned that joke yesterday and you’re happy to use it today, right?
Yeon Seo called Baek Seo-jun on his way to the guerrilla date shooting location.
(You know you’re such a troublemaker, right?)
“Why, you’re off today anyway. And your house is in Gangnam.”
(How do you know my schedule? And how do you know where I live?)
“I have my ways.”
(…I really don’t want to get involved with you and your brother.)
His brother? Did his brother do something? He became curious about what had happened and suddenly wanted to contact his brother.
“I’ll do whatever you want. Who do you want me to introduce you to?”
(Actually, I’m already here. But there are so many people.)
“Really? I thought there wouldn’t be any since it’s still daytime.”
(Don’t you underestimate your popularity too much?)
He was amused by Baek Seo-jun’s sudden change of attitude and tilted his head. Is that so?
(You know you won’t be able to find him even if he comes in this situation, right?)
“I know, I’m just hoping. How’s the investigation on the person who was on Choi Namyun’s call history?”
(Were you scared of retaliation? You’ve been shooting around everywhere.)
He meant that they had roughly located him. He had a feeling that there would be good news soon. Yeon Seo frowned at the many people he saw on the street before he even arrived at the shooting location. Surely they didn’t gather because of him?
“It would be better to watch from upstairs. I’ll send you the address, so stay there.”
(Really? I can just sit at a cafe on the second floor nearby.)
“It’s my building. I’ve prepared everything you need.”
(Oh… okay, got it.)
He had lived well without lacking anything, but he was surprised by what he heard. Baek Seo-jun laughed nervously and hung up the phone.
When he saw the familiar van, one of the production staff approached him cautiously. Yeon Seo opened the window.
“Hello, Yeon Seo.”
“Hello.”
“There are a lot of people, right?”
Idol fans with strong fandom tendencies could gather like this. But usually, even top actors couldn’t attract such a large crowd. Yeon Seo thought he would be in the same situation.
“Tsk…”
In his past memories, he was a curiosity seeker who announced on SNS and went to the street like today, but the people who were nearby just stopped for a moment because they were curious, not because they came to see him on purpose. He thought he would be fine today because of that memory.
‘The chances of not seeing him even if he’s here are increasing…’
He regretted it a little, but it was already done. Yeon Seo thought he should be careful from now on and pointed behind him.
“I shouldn’t have posted that. So I prepared a security team separately.”
“Oh, that’s too much… It’s good for us if there are a lot of people.”
“Yes.”
The production staff’s expression brightened at the news of the security team. They were more worried that Yeon Seo would be harmed by the people who couldn’t handle him than the fact that he had gathered people.
“Yes! Guerrilla date! Finally, the person we’ve been eagerly waiting for is here! Today, we’ve prepared a live streaming as well!”
They had to do both recording and live streaming because of the unexpected crowd. But as soon as Yeon Seo, who had the microphone, entered the screen, the streaming kept breaking and the production staff had a hard time.
“Kyaaa!”
The fans who had run to see him screamed loudly. They even made slogans in a hurry and waved them.
“Please wait a moment, everyone. Please give Yeon Seo some time to greet you.”
“Hello.”
“Kyaaak!”
The cheers were so loud that it took a long time to finish the introduction.
“But Yeon Seo, we were supposed to surprise them at Gangnam Station. Why did you post a notice in advance?”
“I wanted to meet more of you, so I got greedy.”
Taegyeom observed the surroundings from a distance. So did Seunghyun. They also warned the bodyguards they hired hastily that there might be a stalker, and told them about his gait, the scar on his ear, and his habits.
‘Will this work?’
He had gained extraordinary physical abilities from the influence of the soul. Maybe he could filter out the noise in the crowd. Like Hanyujun, the character he played in ‘Snake’. Yeon Seo maintained his calm expression without any change.
“Well, then. Who should I pick…”
“Me!”
“Me!”
The reporter had a hard time frowning when too many people shouted to be picked for the interview.
“You, in the red coat! Come over here.”
“Woah!”
The chosen person jumped up and ran over. Yeon Seo smiled slightly at the sight of his pure admiration.
“What do you want, a three-second eye contact?”
“I, I’m nervous…”
The mischievous reporter didn’t give him time to prepare. The woman who stood close to Yeon Seo covered her mouth with her hand.
“Okay, here we go. One, two…”
“Wait…”
He pushed away the paper that was between their faces, and Yeon Seo looked at her as if he was Seonghyunwoo looking at Iseo-eun in ‘Nation’s Bird’.
“Huek…”
“Hey, careful.”
He gently wrapped one arm around her shoulder as she almost collapsed from not being able to stand.
“Are you okay?”
“Huk…”
As soon as they hugged, there was an explosive scream from the crowd. The woman who was picked was small and petite, so the size difference drew people’s attention.
“Okay, this time, someone else…”
“Me!”
The previous fan service was more intense than expected, and people appealed themselves more eagerly. But the reporter defied their expectations.
“Let’s do something special and bring a man. Hmm… yes, you!”
“Me, me?”
“Yes! Come over here!”
A man who came to watch with his girlfriend was picked, and a student who was working part-time nearby was picked too.
They did a few more fan services, and moved to another place because too many people gathered. They gave up on finding the culprit because more people came than they expected.
‘This place looks familiar.’
Yeon Seo stopped walking and looked around. He couldn’t see it well because of the crowd, but this was… where I had the accident.
“Yeon Seo?”
“…”
“What’s wrong?”
“No, nothing.”
He hurried his steps again. He saw a white figure in the middle of the intersection where he had the accident. It was the usual illusion. He had gotten used to it by now.
‘Just now… what was that?’
But there was something different.
‘Did I see it wrong?’
He couldn’t be sure because it was a fleeting moment, but it wasn’t floating in the air. It was standing on the ground.