Godsent Top Star [EN]: Chapter 246

246. So, What’s Your Answer? (1)

July 4, 2022

“Why didn’t you tell me about something like that?”

Those were the first words out of Woo Do-gyeom’s mouth.

“To get caught up in such a bothersome incident just to find some villa… Is the filming environment that poor? I remember instructing them to invest as much as you want without any conditions.”

Toc, toc.

Woo Do-gyeom’s long fingers tapped the armrest of the chair.

“No, well. There’s no reason to ask you for something like that, Mr. Woo Do-gyeom…”

“Why isn’t there a reason? If Gun gets caught up in such troublesome things, he naturally won’t have time for me. Isn’t that so?”

“Pardon?”

“You’re not saying you don’t know that my kids are waiting for Gun, are you?”

“Ah.”

“They’ve been making a fuss lately, saying they want to see the little one who’s always sticking to you.”

Woo Do-gyeom’s children, Woo Sae-rim and Woo Sae-hyun.

Like Yeon-woo, they were children born with spiritual eyes [the ability to see and interact with spirits].

Yeon-woo had saved them from dying from a vicious curse.

Perhaps because of that, the children showed endless affection for Yeon-woo.

Yeon-woo was also concerned about the twins, as if he were seeing his younger self.

“Your children are looking for me?”

“Yes. My children are looking for Gun so much. So, instead of wasting time in strange places, give me that time. You seem to be the only one who doesn’t know how valuable Gun’s time is.”

Woo Do-gyeom was a man who knew exactly where to dig [how to get what he wanted].

Before he knew it, Yeon-woo had made a promise to meet the twins.

But it wasn’t a bad thing.

“Heok… are you really lending us this place?”

“Director. Breathe. Breathe!”

“Ah, no, how can there be such insane beauty…”

Woo Do-gyeom faithfully kept his word.

Although it was teeming with ghosts and even had corpses buried, he could scoff at the ultra-luxurious mansion as ‘just a villa’.

“Even the surrounding scenery here is crazy. Wow, can we really use this place? Really? Yeon-woo. You didn’t borrow money from loan sharks or anything, did you? It seems like it would cost millions of won a day just to rent a place like this.”

“Director. Why would Yeon-woo use loan sharks? Say something that makes sense. What kind of company is it? It’s the place where Kwon Seong-hyun is [referring to Kwon Seong-hyun’s powerful company].”

“Ah. That’s right.”

Gil Sang-jun’s happiness didn’t end there.

“You’re saying… I can remodel this as I please? Really? Really…?”

“Yes. You can use it until all the filming is finished if you wish.”

When the secretary Woo Do-gyeom sent said that.

Yeon-woo felt that a person could die if they were too happy.

Of course, Gil Sang-jun didn’t die.

His soul just briefly left his body and came back.

The natural scenery was incomparable to the previous mansion, and the mansion was much larger and more antique.

He was even given the authority to overturn the interior.

Gil Sang-jun, who had shaken off the memory of being possessed by a ghost, had the ability to look at things objectively.

Gil Sang-jun quickly racked his brain.

“Let’s make the detached building the murder scene. Let’s make it Kim Seon-woo’s ‘studio’. It would be a shame to turn this place into a garbage dump! It would be good to use the house as a studio. Let’s set the left side as Kim Seon-woo’s house and the right side as Baek Ha-yan’s house!”

It was called a detached building, but it was also a splendid two-story building.

It had been several weeks since the art team and props team started building the set.

And it was completed just yesterday.

During those weeks, the actors didn’t just play around.

Because the filming schedule was already tight, they couldn’t waste a single day.

“Once we shoot this scene, we’re almost in the mid-to-late stages of Season 1.”

“Ogu ogu [an endearing expression]. Our Kang-seok. Are you sad because it’s ending?”

“It’s just, I’ve never had such a fun filming experience before, so I’m sad.”

The mansion that became the filming location was almost perfect.

The actors could feel that the Gil Sang-jun team had been working hard.

As Kim Si-hyuk said, Dramatic Tempest enters the mid-to-late stages of Season 1, starting with Yeon-woo’s murder scene this time.

Perhaps feeling new about it, the veteran actors laughed heartily and adored Kim Si-hyuk’s muttering.

“You were making such dying noises all this time. Was it worth it?”

“That’s all to make the drama a success, what. Thanks to you, I was praised for improving my acting skills a lot…”

“Si-hyuk has to thank Yeon-woo. No, we should also be thankful. Yeon-woo is a lucky charm, a lucky charm.”

People’s attention turned to Yeon-woo.

“I didn’t do much…”

Goo Jun-wook chimed in at those words.

“What do you mean you didn’t do anything? The time for every scene Yeon-woo appears in has been drastically reduced. I’ve never seen anyone make so few NGs [no-good takes, meaning mistakes] while filming all kinds of dramas… Ah, there is one. Only Kwon Seong-hyun is about the same.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes, yes. Si-hyuk’s acting has improved a lot since working with Yeon-woo, and he doesn’t make many NGs in solo scenes these days. I’m so proud of you two.”

Goo Jun-wook wore a fatherly smile.

Yeon-woo seemed to put up a wall against people, but when he was with Kim Si-hyuk, he looked like a peer.

Every time he saw them playing, his heart warmed.

It wasn’t just Goo Jun-wook who felt that way.

Even the staff who passed by couldn’t hide their happy smiles every time they saw them playing.

‘If they’re guys who have succeeded that much at that age, they’re bound to cause problems.’

There’s none of that.

There’s no lowliness in dividing into gangs or ranking each other.

They not only take the initiative to take care of the staff, but also don’t hesitate to lend a hand if someone looks like they’re having a hard time.

Moreover, it wasn’t a pretentious attitude to show off.

Of course, that wasn’t the only reason people smiled happily every time they saw Yeon-woo.

Yeon-woo’s true worth was revealed even more clearly when he was acting.

‘If he continues to grow like this… he’ll be in that high place in a few years.’

He hasn’t filmed many works, but.

There were already countless people who recognized Yeon-woo’s true worth.

Didn’t he receive an offer as the main character in this drama alone?

If he does a few more works, it was clear that he would become a top-class actor that no one could object to.

‘There are hardly any people in that age group who act so chillingly…’

Goo Jun-wook recalled the past few weeks.

“Si-hyuk. Is something going on these days?”

“Ah, no? Nothing’s going on?”

“But why do I feel like you’re avoiding me these days?”

A gently smiling face.

However, an unhideable coldness clings to the edge of his expression.

In fact, Kim Seon-woo was sizing him up.

One day, a close person suddenly becomes strange?

Moreover, suddenly keeping a distance and becoming awkward?

‘He was quite a useful pawn…’

Should I get rid of him?

Such a sign was read with just one smiling face.

However, viewers will only feel a subtle sense of incongruity.

Because it hasn’t been revealed yet that Kim Seon-woo is a psychopath killer.

He threw out hints from the beginning, but this part was a kind of turning point.

Kim Seon-woo asks as if he’s disappointed with a smiling face.

However, the atmosphere is strangely tense, like a tightly drawn line.

“No, no. Seon-woo. It’s not like that… it’s not!”

The camerawork also contributed to the tension.

Kim Seon-woo approaching little by little.

The hand he raises is greatly zoomed in.

It was shown in slow motion as if that hand was approaching Kang-seok’s shoulder as if it was going to strangle his neck.

Kim Seon-woo’s tearful, frightened eyes passed by alternately.

A strange background music heightened the tension.

And.

Thud.

The hand that seemed like it was going to strangle his neck reached Kang-seok’s shoulder.

At that moment.

The atmosphere was reversed.

“Don’t do that too much. I’m disappointed. I still thought we were friends…”

“Seon-woo…”

“I’m so glad that Si-hyuk is doing well. So I think it’s a relief. I’m just a little sad if you’re not pushing me away… that’s all I need.”

As if that tension had ever existed.

The precarious atmosphere melts away.

Nothing much has changed.

Because the soft but cold smile has changed as if it is really regrettable with a slight change in expression.

The angle of the shoulder that went up and down slightly as if sighing.

And even the gaze that subtly glanced down and then slowly and slowly came up again.

All of that came together to complete Kim Seon-woo, who was feeling very regretful.

“No. No, no! It’s not like that… it’s not!”

I’m disappointed.

Kang-seok was flustered by the atmosphere that was so full of feeling.

Until just now, he had been bowing his head like a criminal being interrogated, but he suddenly stood up.

Because Kang-seok, who was already large, stood up abruptly, the two cups on the table rattled precariously and fell to the floor and broke.

Clang!

It seemed to imply their relationship.

“I’ll pick it up.”

“No. Si-hyuk didn’t even touch it. Was that… because you didn’t want to touch it?”

Here, Kang-seok is contemplating.

After gaining the special psychometry ability [the ability to discern facts about a person or an object by touching it].

Kang-seok couldn’t control his abilities properly.

The pain of being forcibly injected into his head even when he didn’t want to read it was enormous.

That’s why he kept his distance from people and became extremely careful about touching them.

Even when he shouldn’t use his abilities, he uses them without knowing.

It was because Kang-seok, who was closer to being swayed by his abilities than using them, was keeping his distance from Kim Seon-woo.

“Now you don’t even want to eat what I buy you.”

Kim Seon-woo quietly began to clean up the broken glass shards, smiling bitterly.

A working employee ran over and said he would do it, but Kim Seon-woo refused with a gentle smile.

It was a kind refusal to clean it up himself because he was the one who made the mistake.

“This person is someone who cares more about others even at times like this… What was I worried about with such a kind and gentle person?”

Kang-seok decides with narration after seeing Kim Seon-woo’s hurt appearance.

To confess his secret to him.

Of course, the hurt appearance was also what Kim Seon-woo intended.

Kang-seok, who can only see the top of Kim Seon-woo’s head as he picks up the glass, will not know.

That Kang-seok’s face is more cold than ever as he picks up the glass.

That appearance, where only his voice is soft without any expression, was definitely an incongruous appearance no matter how you looked at it.

A gentle and hurt voice that doesn’t match the expressionless face.

With just those two devices, Yeon-woo showed that Kim Seon-woo hid the intention to lead all of these situations.

“Seon-woo… I have something to say.”

Kang-seok’s voice sounded nervous.

The camera zoomed in on Kang-seok’s stiff jaw and eyes.

The trembling pupils and the Adam’s apple moving with tension were clearly visible.

As if alternating with that, the smile that appeared on Kim Seon-woo’s lips swept across the screen.

“It’s difficult to say here…”

“Shall we go to a quiet place?”

“Yes, yes. That would be good.”

Squeak-

Squeak-

The swing in the old playground moved slowly.

Kim Seon-woo said, looking at Kang-seok, who was still hesitating even after coming to a quiet playground in a remote place.

“Si-hyuk. You don’t have to say it if it’s hard to say. I didn’t want to make Si-hyuk suffer. If you’re not pushing me away, I… that’s all I need.”

A mournful smile appeared on his neat lips.

You can feel the heart that tries to care for the other person regardless of his own suffering.

Kang-seok looks at Kim Seon-woo.

A handsome man who doesn’t fit in this old and remote playground.

It was none other than himself, Kang-seok, who brought such a man to this place.