“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience. Even from here, I can see the audience buzzing with excitement.”
MC Lim Eun-Ah, dressed in a fluttering light green dress, opened the talk show with her clear, resonant voice, typical of a former announcer.
The set, with a background of small, star-like lights scattered across a purple backdrop, radiated anticipation from the dozens of pairs of eyes focused on it.
“Today, it seems like if I talk too long here, I might get some serious glares, right?”
Laughter and applause immediately filled the room from the audience, their expressions showing Eun-Ah had hit the mark.
“Still, introducing today’s guest is part of my job, so bear with me for a bit longer.”
Several audience members were already craning their necks towards the left corner of the stage, anticipating the guest’s entrance. Of course, no matter how much they strained, they wouldn’t be able to see the guest just yet.
“If I hadn’t first heard he was a film director, I would’ve definitely mistaken him for a celebrity. Not only for his outstanding talent as a director but also for his striking looks. He’s perhaps more familiar as ‘Matsu’ in Korea. Please welcome Director Kim Jun.”
At that, all eyes turned to the left corner of the stage. Responding to their gaze, Jun, tall and well-built, clad in a bespoke black suit, stepped out.
As he moved across the stage with his long, confident strides, he quickly reached where Eun-Ah was standing.
Despite the audience’s usual role of welcoming the guest with roaring applause and cheers, more than half were caught off guard, hands moving from clapping to covering their open mouths in awe. Jun’s appearance, too radiant to be justified by mere words, elicited exclamations from various quarters.
“Wow, if a film director looks like that, it’s just unfair.”
“Tell me about it. He could have been an actor and saved on casting costs.”
After a brief introduction of Jun’s achievements, a highlight reel from his breakout film ‘the train’ played on the screen.
Before a minute passed, the footage stopped, leaving a lasting impression. The audience, still immersed in the scenes, began to express their emotions with various sighs and gasps.
“As we just witnessed those iconic scenes, many here must be feeling emotional. One reason ‘the train’ garnered so much attention is due to its unique portrayal of first love, likening it to a train with a destination, emphasizing the inevitable emptiness and loneliness at the end of that journey.”
Then, from somewhere in the audience, a loud voice carried to the stage.
“Oh man, I cried so much watching that.”
All eyes turned towards the source of the voice. Realizing his comment was louder than intended, an audience member quickly covered his mouth, apologetically bowing repeatedly. Observing this, Jun slightly smiled and spoke up.
“No, not at all. In fact, I should be the one thanking you. As a film director, when audience members interpret the messages in my films in their own ways and express their emotions so honestly, it moves me profoundly. I’m truly grateful that you cried watching my film. Ah, does that last part sound a bit odd?”
Jun’s jesting remark drew loud laughter from the audience, who had gathered there to shower him with boundless love from the start.
“I completely agree. I cried too, really cried. But recently, I heard some astonishing news, and I’ve been wanting to ask you about it if I had the chance to meet you.”
Eun-Ah, the professional she is, smoothly and naturally continued the show.
“Surprisingly, I heard that you, Director Kim Jun, recently reunited with your first love, who could be considered the muse for ‘the train’.”
I had anticipated this question to be the first to come up ever since the talk show schedule was set. Therefore, during the preliminary coordination with the broadcasting station, Jun had requested through Secretary Yoon to avoid questions about this topic, almost like a threat.
However, Eun-Ah, seemingly unwilling to let this young and handsome director go without making the most of his appearance, decided to playfully nudge him into an uncomfortable spot.
At this point, caution was needed. Displaying too much emotion here could stir the abundant imagination of journalists.
Jun, doing his best to hide any inner turmoil, closed his mouth firmly and gave a slight nod to Eun-Ah’s comment.
“How about it? That train has probably been at its final stop for quite some time now.”
It was a metaphorical but sharply accurate question.
The rumor that Kim Jun had reunited with his first love and was turning their memories into a screenplay for a movie was an open secret in the industry until the official announcement from Haru’s broadcasting station. Hence, none of his interviews, both domestic and international, had mentioned it so far.
The famous muse of ‘the train’, the reunion with his first love. Even a single answer to this would be a scoop, and failing to get one, capturing Jun’s facial expressions on camera would suffice for Eun-Ah to declare her mission accomplished.
Cold Male Lead Became My Clingy Husband (Female-Dominant)
Feng Bai Su transmigrated into a matriarchal novel, becoming the sister of the female protagonist and the Seventh Princess of the Feng Ling Kingdom.
After working herself to death in her previous life, finally reincarnating as a princess, she only wanted to be a lazy fish who could eat, sleep, and play.
Until she met the male protagonist from the book, Wei Jing Mo, and he took a liking to her!
Wei Jing Mo is the top young man in Feng Ling City, talented in both appearance and ability, from a prestigious family, with a cold and otherworldly appearance, a figure like the bright moon in the hearts of noble ladies. It was thought that only the most powerful and talented noble lady in Feng Ling City would be worthy of such a brilliant young man. Who knew that this young gentleman would secretly admire the infamous Seventh Princess?
Short scene 1:
Feng Bai Su looked at the young man crying like a pear blossom in the rain before her, and couldn’t help but doubt her life.
Wasn’t the male lead described as a cold and otherworldly figure in the book?
Then who was this poor little thing crying with swollen red eyes and tear-stained face?
Short scene 2:
Wei Jing Mo stared intently at Feng Bai Su who was about to go out, wanting to say, “Be careful on the road.”
Before he could speak, Feng Bai Su suddenly bent down and bit his cheek.
Her peach blossom eyes were full of disdain: “Tsk! You’re so clingy!”
Wei Jing Mo: “…”
A talented fox spirit female lead with a flirtatious appearance but actually abstinent VS A cold-looking but actually naive and clingy little jealous male lead
