An Actor Who Has Lived For 10,000 Years [EN]: Chapter 127

127. #24 – Her Two Faces (4)

“Then how do you explain this?”

I held out my phone toward Shin Min-young.

But she turned her head away as if she didn’t want to see it.

“Why should I watch whatever that is?”

Shin Min-young crossed her arms and turned her body to the side, glancing at me out of the corner of her eye.

I played the video and held it up to her face.

“Min-young, were you always this kind of person?”

I frowned as I looked at her.

Shin Min-young softened her expression, glanced at the video, and then tightly shut her eyes.

“……”

She couldn’t even make excuses for her actions.

The video was so clearly recorded that Shin Min-young let out a long sigh.

As the video played again, my heart started pounding again.

Thinking about Shin Min-young’s actions in the video still gave me goosebumps all over my body.

Watching Shin Min-young’s eyes waver, my mind became complicated.

Not long ago, she and I were laughing and chatting together.

The fact that our relationship had deteriorated so much because I tried to point out her wrongdoing in raising her cat flashed through my mind.

But even if we went back, I wouldn’t have turned a blind eye to her wrong thinking.

Because it wasn’t just a simple difference of opinion; Shin Min-young was in the wrong.

If it were a stranger, I wouldn’t have bothered arguing.

Rather, because we were close, I tried to tell her the right thing to do.

And I bit my lip as I looked at Shin Min-young’s flustered face.

If she apologizes to me, what should I do?

Is it right to just let her get away with a simple apology for deliberately dropping something on my body and hurting me?

But I had no intention of receiving any compensation from Shin Min-young.

How did it come to this?

Was Shin Min-young such a scary person?

When all sorts of thoughts were swirling in my head,

Shin Min-young shrugged her shoulders and opened her mouth.

In a very nonchalant tone.

“I did that by mistake.”

In this situation, I was the one who was flustered, not her.

“Excuse me? A mistake?”

“Yes, I didn’t know you were sleeping next to me like that.”

“What….”

As soon as she entered the tent, her body and eyes were directed at me.

After confirming my presence, she dropped the object toward my body, which was quite clearly recorded.

I was dumbfounded by her confident claim that it was a mistake, when I was wondering how she would apologize.

“Min-young, this isn’t the first time, is it?”

“Yes, it is the first time.”

I squeezed my eyes shut at her brazen attitude.

And after taking a long sigh, I looked at her and opened my mouth.

“The number of bruises on my body isn’t just one.”

“I didn’t do that. Do you have any proof?”

I ended up playing the next video, and the one after that, and held them up to her face.

But her answer was even more shameless.

“Didn’t you just hurt yourself by tossing and turning in your sleep?”

“Can’t you see this video?”

“Well… I accidentally dropped a can of soda once, but I didn’t know I did it. I’ll apologize since you’re so angry.”

“Min-young, were you really this kind of person?”

At my words, she lowered her eyes and said, crossing her arms.

“Haa… I’m sorry then.”

Then, without waiting for an answer, she turned around and headed to her manager.

I felt like I had been hit in the back of the head by Shin Min-young’s apology and attitude.

I shook my head, looking at her in the distance.

“Shin Min-young… is really crazy….”

***

“This scene is very important, so you have to express your emotions as well as you can.”

Director Song pointed to the script and said.

I had practiced this scene quite a bit, so I nodded with determination in my eyes.

“Yes, I understand.”

Shin Min-young, who appeared as my co-star, also shook her head with a serious expression.

Even though we had an issue this morning.

I couldn’t let that emotion affect my acting.

I couldn’t completely abandon my feelings for her.

But in acting, I had to put aside my personal feelings and immerse myself in Shin Min-young’s character.

As soon as the camera started rolling, she smiled and approached me as if nothing had happened.

“Show us your great chemistry with Hee-sung and Min-young again this time. Haha.”

Director Song, who didn’t know anything, patted our shoulders with both hands and laughed.

There was a subtle chill between Shin Min-young and me.

Director Song grabbed his megaphone and shouted.

“Ready, action!”

With his one word, the set became so quiet that you couldn’t even hear the wind.

I quickly immersed myself in the role.

Shin Min-young, who was standing in front of me, looked at me with a bright face, unlike a moment ago.

“You’re here?”

Shin Min-young smiled brightly and greeted me.

I opened my mouth at her words.

“Yeah.”

At my short answer, she came to me and grabbed my coat.

“I’ll take care of your clothes. You should wash up and eat.”

I coldly shook off her hand and replied.

“No, I have to go out again. I just came to change my clothes.”

“You came in the morning after working late yesterday, just to wash up, change your clothes, and go out. Do you have another appointment today?”

Shin Min-young shouted at me in an annoyed tone.

I sighed at her.

“Let’s just live the way we want. Isn’t that what you wanted?”

I turned my back on Shin Min-young and walked into the dressing room to change my clothes.

She sniffed the clothes that I took off and put on the floor.

My eyebrows furrowed at Shin Min-young’s actions.

“What are you doing? Why are you smelling my clothes?”

Instantly.

Shin Min-young’s face hardened coldly.

She blocked my moving body and said quietly.

“Are you… really cheating on me?”

Shin Min-young’s eyes narrowed.

I glanced at her out of the corner of my eye.

I put on my clothes again as if nothing was wrong.

“This smells like women’s perfume.”

Her face turned redder and redder, and she came to me and threw my clothes.

“Are you even human?”

“What are you talking about? Don’t accuse me of something I didn’t do.”

I glared at her and shouted.

Shin Min-young bit her lip tightly and took a deep breath.

“Do you think only one or two people saw you coming out of the Ari Hotel yesterday?”

My pupils shook slightly at her words.

But I controlled even that emotion and answered.

“So what.”

“So what?”

Shin Min-young grabbed the back of her neck and continued.

“How could you do that? Not to mention, with someone else….”

I walked to the kitchen without saying anything and gulped down water.

She followed me in an excited state and shouted.

“You should have cheated on me with a stranger….”

Shin Min-young, who was following me, sat down on the floor.

I didn’t even look at her, put down the glass, and muttered.

“If that were up to me, would it be love?”

“…What?”

Shin Min-young frowned with a dumbfounded expression.

I took a rough breath and opened my mouth.

“People’s hearts can’t be controlled.”

At my words, Shin Min-young slowly got up.

She glared at me with a contemptuous look and said.

“That person… is my sister’s husband.”

A cold air lingered between her and me.

For a moment, there was no conversation.

But our eyes, which met in the air, contained a lot.

And soon I looked at her and opened my mouth.

“Why? Are you not allowed to fall in love?”

“Were you… really that kind of person?”

My lips began to tremble.

I was breathing so heavily that my body was shaking with uncontrollable emotion.

“Is it wrong to do what my heart tells me to do, what my love moves me to do?”

Finally, an outburst.

After shouting as if crying, I ran my hands through my disheveled hair.

Shin Min-young started crying loudly.

“How could you do this to me? You said you only loved me….”

Her tears soon filled her face.

My expression hardened as I looked at Shin Min-ah.

With eyes as if looking at a woman she had never loved.

“Don’t cry. It’s even more off-putting.”

“……”

The excited look from a moment ago was gone, and I looked at her with the coldest and most chilling expression in the world.

My rapidly changing expression was captured on camera.

I narrowed my eyes, looked down at Shin Min-young, and sighed.

“If you want a divorce, go ahead and try. I don’t know if you can do that.”

My lips lifted slightly.

The camera zoomed in on my face.

After filling it with poisonous eyes.

“Cut, okay!”

Director Song’s okay sign dropped.

And soon, applause erupted.

“Wow.”

“Wow….”

Staff members exclaimed from all over.

Director Song jumped up and came to me.

“Hee-sung, what is it? How much did you practice?”

“Thank you for the kind words.”

“Min-young, your acting was very good too.”

She smiled brightly and got up as if she had never cried.

Director Song opened his mouth again, looked at me, and shook his head.

“Hee-sung, have you… cheated a lot?”

“Excuse me?”

“Why are you so good at it? Even though I know it’s acting, it makes me angry.”

“Haha, is that a compliment?”

The assistant director nodded next to us at our conversation.

“After the drama airs, everyone on the street will have something to say to Hee-sung, right?”

The staff members at the scene all burst into laughter at his words.

“Aren’t you going to become the nation’s cheater? Haha.”

Director Song patted me on the shoulder and replied.

“That means you acted too well. Being cursed at outside for your role is a compliment to an actor.”

The filming continued in such a friendly atmosphere.

***

One by one, cars began to arrive in front of the dinner venue.

Before getting out of the car, I picked up my cell phone.

The first episode of the drama, which I had been waiting for with anticipation and worry.

Everyone gathered at the dinner venue two hours before the drama started to watch the viewers’ reactions together.

As the time approached, my heart started to beat faster.

And suddenly, one person came to mind.

It was Choi Seo-bin.

“Hyung [older brother/male friend], the first episode of Blackman hasn’t started yet, right?”

Kim, the manager, nodded at my question.

“Yeah, it starts in about a month. When our drama airs around episode 8, their episode 1 will air.”

I nodded at his words.

And I held my cell phone and fell into thought.

“Hee-sung, aren’t you getting out?”

Kim, the manager, asked me with wide eyes as I stared blankly at my cell phone.

I raised my eyebrows and answered him.

“Hyung, can you go in first?”

“Is something wrong?”

“No. I’m going to do something for a while and then get off.”

At my words, Kim, the manager, nodded and got out of the car.

Alone in the car.

I pressed Choi Seo-bin’s phone number and hesitated with my hand over the call button.

“Is sunbae [senior colleague/mentor] still very angry with me?”

As I thought of him, I hesitated.

In the end, I pressed the call button.

A short ringing tone.

Soon, Choi Seo-bin’s voice was heard.

-Hello?

“Sunbae, this is Hee-sung. Is it a good time to talk?”

-Ah… yeah.

His tone was still stiff.

I opened my mouth to him in a polite voice.

“I called you because I have something to tell you.”

-What is it?

“About the drama. I wanted to apologize for not being able to work with you on the project.”

-Hey, it’s okay. You apologized last time.

“Still. I’m really sorry. It’s definitely not because I didn’t want to work with you. It’s because the project or role didn’t suit me….”

Choi Seo-bin’s faint laughter was heard over the receiver, as if he understood what I meant.

-I know what you mean.

“Thank you for understanding. I definitely want to act with you in a good project next time.”

-Okay. Thanks for calling, Hee-sung.

Choi Seo-bin’s voice seemed to have returned to normal.

I smiled at his friendly tone, which had been taking care of me again.

“No, it’s nothing. Are you filming?”

-Yeah, isn’t your first broadcast today?

“Yes, that’s right. Did you know?”

-Of course. The drama will be a success. I’ll be cheering for you.

“Thank you. I’ll contact you again, sunbae.”

-Okay, let’s see each other soon.

“Yes, goodbye.”

After the call ended.

I felt like the stuffiness in my chest was being relieved as if I had gulped down cider [a refreshing drink].

“Haa….”

A feeling of discomfort for some reason.

That feeling was resolved with this one call.

I opened the car door with a light heart.