Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 120

120. Anything Like This (2)

2022.02.28.

“Why would I? Wouldn’t you know better than I, Yeonwoo-ssi?” “……?” I don’t understand a single word. [What is he talking about, Yeonwoo?] Even the ghost listening was questioning it. It’s not my hobby to ponder over incomprehensible sounds. Yeonwoo subtly broached the subject to Yeon Dohee. “Anyway, Yeon Dohee-ssi. Are you really thinking of moving agencies……?” “Huh? Are you really going to take me?” “If you’re considering it…….” The words, delivered with a faint smile, weren’t sincere. [Wow, Kang Yeonwoo. Using the ultimate technique you only showed Yeonhwa-ssi here…….] Donggaryeong clicked his tongue as if he was dumbfounded. Just like he said, Yeon Dohee’s gaze shifted ambiguously for a moment. [Ah, this. I need to tell our actor-nim. Or should I not say anything?] Whether Donggaryeong was going through an internal conflict or not, Yeonwoo waited for Yeon Dohee’s answer with a kind smile. The request completion notification had already popped up a long time ago. This could be seen as a kind of aftercare. ‘Being betrayed is always a great wound.’ Yeon Dohee had maintained a good relationship with her agency. However, with Park Childuk’s involvement, the friendly relationship between the agency and Yeon Dohee had become ambiguous. Despite knowing Yeon Dohee for a long time, the agency had subtly sided with Park Childuk. To Yeon Dohee, that was no different from betrayal. Being betrayed is always painful for everyone.

-Kang Yeonwoo! Let’s go home together!
-Huh……? With me……?
-Yes! With you, Kang Yeonwoo!
-I…… Can I go with you? If the other kids see…….
-Who cares about the other kids? I want to go with you!

Back when I was still young. When I was much less skilled at handling spiritual power than I am now, and when I wasn’t used to what my spiritual eyes showed me, so I was very clumsy. Of course, Yeonwoo, who was unique in many ways, couldn’t mix with people. It couldn’t be helped. No one would want to be friends with a child who sees ghosts and talks to ghosts. So maybe that’s why,

-Let’s go together again today. You used to like this snack, right?
-U-Ung!
-Do you want to play in the playground?
-Yes! I like it!

Young Yeonwoo might have opened his heart too easily. If it had ended there, it would have been a very beautiful past. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

-헐 [Korean slang for ‘What the heck’]. Is it real? Did he really do that?
-Ah, yeah. I pretended to be friendly with him on purpose to check it out. So you guys better give me five hundred won [approximately 50 US cents] each quickly. I need to go to the arcade, hurry!

The sound carried on the breeze.

-[Didn’t I tell you? Friends are useless. So you just need to stay with us. Give us your body…….] So that I couldn’t hear the ghost next to me, who was gleefully trying to tempt me to give up my body.

-…….

Young Yeonwoo was hurt. It wasn’t a socially serious or financially devastating betrayal. But.

‘Suddenly all sorts of things are coming to mind.’ Memories that I had buried without a second thought suddenly popped up.

‘Should I have tormented that Park Childuk bastard more?’ This is all because of the culprit who made me think of the keyword ‘betrayal.’

[Yeonwoo-ya? Your eyes look a little scary? Are you thinking about something? You’re not going to use a sealing talisman [a mystical object used to trap spirits] on me, are you? Or an exorcism talisman……?]

“It’s nothing like that.”

[Ugh. The atmosphere suddenly made me nervous!]

Yeon Dohee, who had been avoiding eye contact, turned her head, perhaps having heard the small voice of ventriloquism.

“Huh? Did you say something just now?”

“No?”

“Really? Huh? Did I mishear?”

“……So, what have you decided to do?” Yeonwoo subtly changed the subject. Leaving the memories of the past that made him provide aftercare services in the corner of his mind.

“Well…… That’s……” Yeon Dohee, who had been hesitating, made up her mind and looked him in the eye again. “It’s a really, really, really kind offer, but…… I’m okay. I’ll just take the thought.”

It was an unexpected answer.

“I’m not that shameless.”

“Shameless? I’ve received a lot of help from you, sunbae [senior/mentor].”

“You did everything, Yeonwoo-ssi. What help did I give?” Yeon Dohee blinked her round eyes and continued, “Actually, I wasn’t really thinking of moving agencies. It’s just that…… I was kind of cornered, but that thought disappeared cleanly yesterday. Do you know why?”

I know. Of course. Because it was something that Yeonwoo, who received the request, had finished cleanly.

“I wonder……?” But I can’t show it. Of course, Yeon Dohee wasn’t easy either.

“Do you know what?”

“……?”

“Yerin and I are close.”

“Are you talking about Min Yerin-ssi?”

“Yes. She told me this and that because I was going to film a movie with Yeonwoo-ssi. Ah. It wasn’t a strange story. It wasn’t slander, so don’t misunderstand. Okay?”

“I don’t have such misunderstandings.”

Conveniently, something popped up above Yeon Dohee’s head at just the right time. [Truth]

“Anyway, she just remembered what she told me was a mysterious experience.”

“……?”

“She said Yeonwoo-ssi looked like an angel.”

“…….”

Yeonwoo almost covered his face with his hands.

“Ah, this doesn’t have a strange meaning either. You know?”

“……I know.” Of course, I know. I fully understand why Min Yerin brought up that story. When she was filming the scene of falling into the water. Because Yeonwoo saved her from being dragged in by the water ghost.

‘I think it would be more convincing if you called me a grim reaper…….’

“Anyway, that toad [derogatory term for an unattractive or unpleasant person] suddenly came to the company early in the morning yesterday, I don’t know what happened. I happened to stop by the company because I had something to do, and I ran into him by chance, and he rushed to me in a hurry, so I was surprised. I did a harsh interview on purpose the day before yesterday. As a warning. So I thought, what crazy thing is that human trying to do again, coming to the company from the morning…….”

What Park Childuk did was kneel down as soon as he saw Yeon Dohee.

“I thought I saw it wrong. That toad evolved into a bloated steamed bun and cried…… He was babbling something. I couldn’t hear him well because he was mumbling, but if I roughly summarize it, it’s about apologizing to me? Do you know what was so strange? The human who was telling me that I couldn’t make it because I didn’t take off my clothes until just the day before yesterday suddenly said yesterday that he really thought wrong. He said he was all wrong. He begged me to forgive him? Besides, he said that he wasn’t in his right mind when he said such humiliating and disgusting things, and he was crying and begging, you know?”

The content was imaginable enough. [Hehe. That toad seems to have really repented. Well. Because those who are stronger than him came and threatened to kill him if he didn’t take off his clothes, he was crying. Is it natural?]

Donggaryeong, who was floating around, nodded.

“Honestly, I wasn’t thinking of leaving the agency, but I hated it that much…… Seeing that toad come and prostrate himself, I felt like something was taken out of me? The president took him away after cleaning up, and in the afternoon, he said that he had resigned.”

“I see.”

“The president seems to have had a change of heart. He called each of us and apologized, saying that if anything went wrong because of his brother-in-law, he would fix it right away. If there are any victims, he will compensate them.”

“Isn’t that like locking the barn after the cow is gone?”

“Right? Still, it’s better than not doing it at all. I’m not going to let go of my expectations because he’s the person I’ve seen. He’ll do well, I guess.” Yeon Dohee smiled brightly.

“That toad was saying strange things about ghosts and stuff while apologizing, so he seems a little crazy…… Anyway, thanks to you, I didn’t have to release the interview. Actually, I was a little worried about that. I was really angry, but I didn’t hate him enough to break up. If Park Childuk hadn’t done that yesterday, it would have been a little different.”

The article would have been released, and then I might have gone to the companies that contacted me. If that happened, I would have gone down a path of no return with my current agency.

“I’m so grateful to Yeonwoo-ssi for not letting that happen.”

“……I didn’t do anything…….”

“Um. Yerin and I have talked about this before.”

“……?”

“If a miraculous thing that can’t happen happens, isn’t it probably thanks to Yeonwoo-ssi……?”

“How could that be? I’m not a god or anything…….”

I’m not a god, but I’m someone who can see ghosts.

“Is that so? Still, this is certain. Things have been going well since I met Yeonwoo-ssi.”

“I’m grateful for your kind words.”

“Oh. I’m not the type to say empty words like this? In fact, there have been many similar things like this.”

One of the reasons why Yeon Dohee’s career hasn’t been going well so far. No matter how hard she tried, something that would hold her back always happened several times.

“This is similar to this time. Should I say I was born with bad luck? If it weren’t for Kwon Seonghyun this time, I would have been forced to film a sudden nude scene, the movie would have flopped, and it would have been a mess.”

And Kwon Seonghyun brought the solution directly because Yeonwoo was there.

“Director Ji would have rejected such ridiculous proposals. Even if it wasn’t Kwon Seonghyun.”

“I wonder if that’s true…….” Considering Director Ji’s delicate and tender nature, which is different from his appearance, he might have been pushed back by a human like Park Childuk.

“Still, Yeonwoo-ssi would say no, right?” Yeon Dohee smiled and added, “Park Childuk said something about ghosts and stuff while rambling…… But Yeonwoo-ssi has nothing to do with this either. Right?”

Yeonwoo nodded calmly at the playful words. I don’t have to use a poker face, I can answer this much calmly. Because wearing this mask has been something I’ve done all my life.

“That’s right.”

“Anyway, thank you. In many ways.” Yeon Dohee, who smiled once more as if she knew he would give a calm answer, held out her hand. It was a gesture of a handshake. “It was fun being able to film a movie together.”

* [Don’t you think she noticed something? As expected, there seem to be a lot of people in this field with strangely good senses.] “Well. She can suspect, but she can’t be sure, right? How would she know about a method of sending ghosts into dreams to rehabilitate them?”

[That’s true. Still, considering you were suspected, you don’t seem upset?]

“Do you think I’m still a kid who’s scared of being caught and trembling?” When I was young, I didn’t know anything and said everything purely. Now, I already know enough about what I can say and what I shouldn’t say.

“This kind of thing isn’t so bad either.”

[Yeonhwa-ssi would be happy to hear that.]

“I’m not thinking of following in Kang Yeosa’s footsteps, though?”

[Still, it’s a great development. After all, getting used to it like this isn’t so bad, right?]

“I wonder.” After roughly pushing away Donggaryeong, who kept talking to me. Yeonwoo glanced at the clock on the wall. [Why the clock? Ah, did you say it will be uploaded to YouTube at 12 o’clock?]

“Yeah.” As the time approached, the phone started to ache. >Really, you don’t have to watch it together? This is a message from Kwon Seonghyun. >Let’s monitor it together! Me and the other actors are gathering now, do you want to come too? This is a message from Yeon Dohee. >Although I couldn’t properly capture even a hundredth of what Yeonwoo-ssi has done for us, I tried to make it with as much affection as possible. I hope everyone properly feels Yeonwoo-ssi’s sparkle.