An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 126

126. #24 – Her Two Faces (3)

“That is… about Shin Min-young…”

I tilted my head, puzzled by PD Park’s words.

“Yes? What happened?”

“Well… how should I put this?”

At his words, I quickly rolled my eyes.

I knew that Shin Min-young currently harbored negative feelings towards me.

Could she have come to PD Park and badmouthed me?

Or perhaps, did she give an interview for my documentary?

I considered various scenarios, but I couldn’t be sure.

However, I could guess that she had said or done something unpleasant to me.

I could sense that much without even hearing the rest of PD Park’s story.

Of course, the fact that she had done something unpleasant to me wasn’t exactly pleasant.

Even though I was taken aback, I wanted to just brush it off.

Well… anyone can talk behind someone’s back.

It was just sad that it was Shin Min-young.

Swallowing my bitterness, I smiled at PD Park and said,

“Did Min-young perhaps say something bad about me?”

At my words, PD Park hesitated, pursing his lips.

I quickly spoke again.

“If that’s the case, you don’t have to tell me. Anyone can talk behind someone’s back, right?”

Seeing me force a smile, PD Park’s face became even more serious, and he swallowed hard.

“If it were just at that level, I wouldn’t have bothered coming to Hee-sung to tell you.”

At the unexpected answer, my brow furrowed for a moment.

Without saying anything, I waited for his next words.

“But it went beyond just talking behind your back. I felt you needed to know…”

He immediately opened his phone and clicked on something repeatedly.

And then, the sound of an alarm.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

Ding-dong.

The alarm on my phone rang incessantly.

Tilted my head at the continuous sound, I took out my phone from my pocket.

It was none other than messages from PD Park.

Several messages, not just one.

I frowned and clicked on the messages.

They were all videos, each a few minutes long.

“What is this?”

I asked PD Park, keeping my eyes fixed on my phone.

He replied with a worried expression and a low voice.

“First, get in your car and make sure to check them out.”

“…Okay.”

PD Park avoided my eyes and bowed his head.

We exchanged greetings and moved to our respective cars.

***

‘Play.’

The screen showed a dark filming site.

“Hee-sung is resting here, right?”

PD Park’s voice was heard.

“Yes, the next shoot is at dawn, so he’ll sleep for a few hours and come out.”

“Then I’ll just set up the camera.”

The screen was shaking as if it were held in PD Park’s hand.

Only the voices of Manager Kim and PD Park filled the audio.

“He’s just sleeping, are you filming here too?”

“Yes, it’s to capture scenes when the camera isn’t rolling. Well, it’s like the backstage [behind-the-scenes footage].”

“I see. Viewers can’t know the actor’s resting time.”

“Yes, Hee-sung is resting, so I’ll just set up the camera and leave.”

“Then have a good one.”

“Yes.”

With that conversation, the sound of Manager Kim’s footsteps walking somewhere was heard.

Rustle-.

PD Park opened the tent door and carefully entered.

The camera was filming me sleeping soundly.

This video seemed to be the first one.

Judging by the clothes, it seemed to be the day I first slept in the tent.

PD Park also seemed to be entering the tent for the first time, shining the camera on me from various angles, looking for a place to fix it.

Rustling-.

The sound of his clothes brushing against something was heard.

Soon, the camera was set up in a place where my whole body could be seen.

Dring.

At that moment, PD Park’s phone rang in the video.

“Hello. Oh, I’ve set up the camera now. Really? Okay, I’ll be right there.”

With that call, PD Park immediately left the tent.

And I was left alone in the tent.

In the video, I was fast asleep, without even a slight twitch or movement.

I tilted my head at the continuing static video.

There was nothing particularly unusual to see in the 5-minute video.

While quickly skipping through the video.

Wait a minute.

About 3 minutes after PD Park left.

The tent door opened again.

I strained my eyes and focused on the person who came in.

The person who came in, pushing her long hair back with her hand.

I could tell at a glance that it was Shin Min-young.

It wasn’t a phone camera, but a broadcasting camera.

The picture quality was beyond doubt.

It was Shin Min-young, so clear.

Since no actress had ever entered the tent before, my eyes widened at her appearance.

Even after confirming that I was sleeping, she didn’t leave.

Holding my breath, I continued to watch the video.

Shin Min-young didn’t seem surprised to see me, as if she already knew I was there, and watched my movements.

Then, at her actions, I covered my mouth.

Thump, thump.

She started kicking the supports that were holding the tent in place.

The expression of annoyance as the supports, which were quite firmly fixed, didn’t collapse, was captured on camera.

Although the documentary camera was hanging on the tent ceiling,

Shin Min-young didn’t seem to notice it at all.

Well, if she had known, she wouldn’t have done this.

I distorted my face as I watched her meaningful actions in the video.

“…No way.”

And then her hand moved.

Thump-.

She pushed a small can that was on the shelf in the tent with her hand.

The can containing the drink fell directly onto my leg.

“Crazy…!”

My pupils began to shake as I watched the video.

I covered my mouth and watched the video.

Shin Min-young, who quickly moved out of the tent and watched my condition.

Perhaps because I was in such a deep sleep, I didn’t get up right away.

That’s how the first video ended.

The second video started playing right away.

The same tent.

The only difference from the first video was one thing.

Just that Shin Min-young’s and my clothes were different from the first video.

It’s a different day.

There was no difference.

Me sleeping.

And Shin Min-young’s cruel appearance of deliberately dropping things on my body.

Such videos continued.

I started to feel nauseous as I watched the videos.

Beyond the rising anger, goosebumps rose all over my body.

That Shin Min-young, who laughed and joked on set, had such a side to her.

It was hard to believe even after seeing it with my own eyes.

Is she really the one I’ve been with until now?

Come to think of it.

Whenever I slept in the tent, I always had bruises on my legs or arms.

At first, I didn’t think much of it, thinking I had bumped into something.

But I began to wonder about the bruises that kept appearing one by one.

And the stiffness in my body after taking a nap in the tent.

I also blamed it on sleeping outdoors and the extremely short sleep time.

That all of this was because of Shin Min-young’s actions.

The actions of her in the video, which were so different from the image I had of her until now, made me sigh involuntarily.

Even after watching all the videos.

My heart, which kept pounding at the image of her that lingered like an afterimage, didn’t calm down easily.

“Hee-sung, what’s wrong?”

Manager Kim asked with a surprised face when he saw me.

Since I hadn’t finished grasping the situation yet, I diverted the topic so he wouldn’t worry.

“No, I’m just browsing SNS [social networking service].”

“Oh, I thought something was wrong.”

“There’s nothing like that.”

Manager Kim turned his gaze back and focused on driving.

Hiding my expression, I fell into thought.

Why did Shin Min-young do that to me….

No matter how much I thought about it, the only thing that came to mind was the cat incident.

After talking about me and the cat that day.

She had been cold to me.

Could she have shown me this behavior because of that?

But even so, such an act against me while I was sleeping was more than enough to cross the line.

I couldn’t understand her thoughts at all, so I saved all the videos PD Park sent me to my phone.

I can’t leave this as it is.

***

The next day, until I arrived at the filming site.

My head was full of thoughts about Shin Min-young.

I hadn’t told Manager Kim or anyone else yet.

I didn’t want to make this a public issue.

I hadn’t heard her side of the story yet.

Of course, even if I did, her fault wouldn’t disappear.

Nevertheless, I wanted to hear about this from Shin Min-young’s own mouth.

About what she was thinking when she did that to me.

Squeak.

Because I was so deep in thought, I arrived at the filming site sooner than I thought.

“Hee-sung, we’ve arrived.”

“Yeah.”

I nodded at Manager Kim’s words and unbuckled my seatbelt.

“That’s right. You know that the first broadcast is right after this filming, on Monday, right?”

“Today is Sunday.”

“Oh, it’s tomorrow. The first broadcast.”

He smiled and continued to speak to me.

“There won’t be many scenes to film tomorrow. They said they’re going to finish filming early and watch the first episode together while having a company dinner.”

“That’s good.”

Manager Kim nodded and looked out the window.

I followed him, got off, and started preparing for filming.

At that time.

A familiar car arrived next to us.

It was the car carrying Shin Min-young.

Click.

Soon after, the door opened, and Shin Min-young looked at me as if nothing was wrong and bowed her head.

“Hello.”

A cold greeting, different from before.

But she didn’t seem to be full of anger towards me like she was in the video.

Looking at her treating me as if she had no feelings for me, I frowned.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], I’m going to talk to Min-young for a bit and then go to the set.”

Because he was usually close to Shin Min-young, Manager Kim nodded casually and turned around.

I quickly headed towards Shin Min-young.

She tilted her head as she saw me approaching her.

“Min-young.”

“Yes?”

“Let’s talk for a moment.”

Shin Min-young distorted her face at my words.

“What about?”

Shin Min-young’s manager approached me at her attitude.

I lowered my voice and replied to her.

“I think we need to talk alone, let’s go over there and talk.”

At my words, she sighed.

“Just do it here. I don’t have much to say to Hee-sung.”

She had no idea she was filmed in the tent.

Well, she wouldn’t have done that if she knew.

I approached her ear and whispered softly.

“Is it okay to talk loudly here about what happened in the tent?”

“…….”

Shin Min-young’s face froze coldly at my words.

She quickly shouted to her manager.

“Manager, I’m going to talk to Hee-sung for a moment, I’ll be back.”

“What’s going on?”

“Just talking. It’ll be quick.”

Her manager also shrugged and sent us away.

Me and Shin Min-young went to the back of the car, looked around, and then opened our mouths.

“Min-young, you know the tent behind the filming site, right?”

At my words, she shook her head vigorously with a face that she didn’t know at all.

“No?”

I burst out laughing at her brazen words.

“But why did you follow me when I said we should talk about the tent just now?”

“…Well, it’s because Hee-sung said he had something to say.”

“I know everything. Why did you do that when I was sleeping in the tent?”

Shin Min-young frowned and pulled her body back as she replied.

“Explain what you’re saying so I can understand. What are you talking about….”

There was no sign of a lie on her face as she denied it.

I eventually handed Shin Min-young my phone.

“Then how would you explain this?”