Professor Choi Tae Hyuk had grabbed Eun Byul’s hand that was raised to hit her.
Na Young looked at him with surprised eyes.
And Eun Byul too looked surprised when she discovered the person who Choi Tae Hyuk had brought with him.
“You, are you Director Cha Hyun?”
Na Young felt dizzy at the shy voice that was so different from the one that was hysterically yelling at her just now.
Too many things were happening in a short span of time today.
Slowly.
Cha Hyun emerged from behind her, grinning at Na Young.
“It doesn’t seem like the right atmosphere for a greeting, but I’m glad to meet you anyway.”
Na Young looked at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, unable to figure out why Director Cha Hyun had come to the hospital.
Tae Hyuk quickly got to the point, releasing Eun Byeol’s arm.
“The only way to quell the uproar over the smoking issue right now seems to be a transformation of Miss Eun Byeol’s image, so I called Cha Hyun.”
Eun Byeol and Na Young both wore expressions of confusion.
Both had been hit hard by emotional shock that day, their brains unable to process quickly.
Cha Hyun took over the explanation from Professor Choi.
“Your agency has already lied about you never having smoked. Now, even if you honestly admit to smoking, the public will criticize you for lying.”
“Wait a minute! You want me to admit that I smoked?”
Eun Byeol’s expression hardened, as if she could not tolerate even this from the respected Director Cha Hyun.
Cha Hyun crossed his arms and looked at Eun Byeol.
“I don’t need a youth star who only knows how to laugh in my movies. However, I might be interested in a twentyyearold Eun Byeol who smokes and rebels.”
Cha Hyun’s movies were said to only cast true actors who could chew up the camera with their acting skills.
So Eun Byeol, no matter how popular, had never dared to hope she could appear in a Cha Hyun movie.
“So do I get a chance to appear in your movie?”
Eun Byeol asked, her voice full of anticipation.
“You’ll need to improve your acting skills for that. And acting skills grow from the moment you can properly face yourself, not avoid or turn away.”
Cha Hyun’s words sounded like serious advice to Na Young too, advice meant for the actor Eun Byeol, not the star Eun Byeol.
“Don’t be scared as if you’ve lost everything over mere smoking. Once you start acting properly, this will be nothing.”
Eun Byeol’s eyes moistened, perhaps because it was the first time someone had said such things to her.
“Think of this incident as an audition. I’ll decide whether you can be in my movie based on how you handle this.”
Eun Byeol clasped her hands together, speaking as if she were a rookie actress just starting her first audition.
“I really want to be in your movie! Please watch me.”
Na Young could hardly believe that the smoking scandal could end on such a hopeful note.
“Thank you very much for your help today, Director.”
Na Young bowed to Cha Hyun as she left the VIP room, Tae Hyuk interjected firmly.
“You should be thanking me.”
Na Young gave him a brief, cool glance and spoke.
“Professor, you only brought Director Cha, didn’t you?”
It was Director Cha Hyun that moved Eun Byul’s heart.
“I insisted on having Eun Byul in the film no matter what. But this guy just pushed it off as an audition. He didn’t help you, he almost ruined everything.”
As Tae Hyuk began to ruthlessly disparage his friend Cha Hyun, Na Young wore an absurd expression, and Cha Hyun gave a hollow laugh.
“If you had made a film with Eun Byul with your money as you said, you would be bankrupt.”
Na Young stared at Professor Choi Tae Hyuk in horror.
“Investing in a movie? Are you crazy?”
Tae Hyuk, who thought she would be touched if he paid for it all, was on the brink of death from resentment upon hearing she thought he was crazy.
Just then, the elevator doors opened and Oh Seung Jun appeared.
Seung Jun, who came to see Eun Byul himself because his sister Seung Hee was in trouble, squinted his eyes upon seeing Tae Hyuk standing close with some man.
He had been confident that he was the only one who could tolerate the erratic Choi Tae Hyuk, and was surprised to see an unexpected rival.
“Professor Choi, who is this gentleman?”
Cha Hyun, realizing someone else was wary of him, deliberately showed closeness by resting his arm on Tae Hyuk’s shoulder.
“I’m a friend of Choi Tae Hyuk. And who might you be?”
“I am Oh Seung Jun, a medical school classmate and Choi Professor’s closest friend.”
“Ah! So you’re just a work colleague.”
“Just? We may see friends occasionally, but we meet every day.”
Watching the two men’s competition unfold around Professor Choi Tae Hyuk, Na Young thought to herself.
What a spectacle.
Yoon I Na stared intently at the realtime search terms that popped up on her internet browser.
The scandal about Eun Byul’s smoking had somehow changed to a combination of Director Cha Hyun and Eun Byul.
Yoon I Na clenched her fist.
She had heard that it was Choi Tae Hyuk who personally brought Director Cha Hyun to the hospital.
Knock, knock.
When she heard the knock, Yoon I Na quickly closed her browser and spoke with a calm voice.
“Come in.”
Seeing the person who opened the door and came in, Yoon I Na wore a surprised expression.
“This is the first time you’ve come to see me first.”
There was an undisguised pleasure on her face as she said this.
Tae Hyuk spoke in a voice devoid of any emotion.
“Do you want to have dinner with me?”
When Na Young was mad at him because of a rumor from the past, he just felt wronged. But that wasn’t it.
He had really done something wrong too.
If he had cleared up the rumor at that time, Yoon I Na might have changed.
But because he neglected it, Yoon I Na got even worse, and even Na Young got hurt.
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An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
