Hye Yoon turned her gaze, biting the soft flesh inside her mouth. The feeling of warmth rising from her chest made it difficult for her to look at Ji Ho any longer.
“Did you get home safely that day?”
“……”
Ji Ho still talked while looking at his script. This time, it was a question that required a response, yet there was no sign of one from her side. She waited a little longer, then turned her head, an excuse to also take a glance at his face.
‘He’s doing it again. Is he like a baby pufferfish?’
Like earlier, Hye Yoon was puffing up her cheeks with air. It seemed as if she was trying to make herself appear bigger for protection. Although her bowed head was towards the script, considering she hadn’t even opened the cover, her mind seemed elsewhere.
He gently touched her script. Only then did she give him a wary look. Her puffedup cheeks were dyed a tender pink.
She was so lovable while trying so hard to put up a defense. He wondered if he was a threat.
“Aren’t you going to answer?”
He turned over the cover of her script. Of course, there was tenderness in his gesture.
“……I got home safely.”
A soft whisper escaped Hye Yoon’s mouth, as if the wind had been let out.
“I see.”
Ji Ho smiled and looked back at his script. This place was a workspace, after all, no place for further indulgence.
The script reading went smoothly without any major interruptions. However, sometimes silence can be more disconcerting than noise. That was the case for Hye Yoon right now.
“Writer Jang, let’s try that part one more time. The beginning of scene 13.”
“Yes.”
Min Woo, who had been silently observing for an hour, suddenly called out to Hye Yoon. And it was a line from a long time ago. It was the scene where Hee Soo, on her first day at Jong Soo’s house, speaks to him for the first time.
“Um……if you’re uncomfortable, should I tell uncle? I can sleep in the living room.”
“Yes. Are you going to continue with that tone in your acting?”
Min Woo’s finger was twirling at his chin.
“Is Hee Soo, as she’s saying her lines now, a character that’s so conscious of others?”
“Ah… Did I interpret it wrongly?”
“No, I’m genuinely curious. I don’t think so, but I wanted to ask if Writer Jang has a different interpretation.”
It wasn’t overbearing, but there was a heavy question in his tone. There was no more playfulness in Min Woo’s eyes either. There must have been a reason he kept addressing Hye Yoon as a writer since the start of the script reading. For instance, asking her to demonstrate something worthy of that title.
Struck by Min Woo’s newfound sternness, Hye Yoon found it difficult to speak. Her unusually moist eyes looked like they could really cry at times like these.
“Don’t be so scared. It was a simple question.”
“I’m not scared, senior. Please keep pointing out if there are any mistakes.”
Seeing her eyes, Min Woo softened his expression. Soon, the hand that had been holding his chin naturally fell and he clapped his hands.
“Then, let’s take a 10minute break.”
As Min Woo’s voice announcing a break echoed, the previously quiet conference room became momentarily noisy. During that brief moment, Min Woo watched the two of them again.
“Why are you looking at them like that? Why? Is their twoshot too artistic no matter how you look at it?”
The assistant director, already standing next to him, nudged his shoulder. The one asking the question and the one receiving it wore the same expression.
“……Yes.”
“Hehehe. I think the same, so I can’t refute it.”
Min Woo stood up from his seat, smiling satisfactorily. The pair he had observed for an hour were more fantastic than he had imagined.
“Actually, I was a bit worried after casting Ji Ho. He’s a poor high school student who has a crush on his older cousin, and I wondered if it made sense for him to be so handsome.”
“That’s right. It’s a bit… a lot too much, Ji Ho is.”
“But when Hye Yoon sits next to him… oh? It works? They match well? Even if Jong Soo really looked like that, Hee Soo might fall for him? That’s what it seems like.”
“Calm down. Lower your skyrocketing jaw.”
The steps of Min Woo and the assistant director leaving the meeting room seemed light as if carried by the wind.
“What if it’s too successful?”
“You really worry about the strangest things.”
About an hour into the script reading and during the break, the director and the assistant director were already making ratings predictions. The thought of ‘Drama Special’ becoming the number one viewership on Friday night at 10 PM excited them and more.
Of course, Hye Yoon, who had no way of knowing the production team’s thoughts, sat motionless in her chair, looking back at the script. The weight of her thoughts made it hard to see the words.
‘What kind of child was Hee Soo really?’
The problem was not the wall called acting, but not believing in herself. She had portrayed Hee Soo as she felt, but an uneasiness arose, as if it wasn’t the right answer.
“She must have been quite observant.”
“Huh?”
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
