Chapter 162 – Episode 19. Are You Asking Me to Call You Mother-in-Law or Sister?
After filming the alley scene, we took a short break. We started filming at ten o’clock, and after filming a few scenes, it was now time for lunch.
“You said earlier that there is nothing to be concerned about, right?”
“Yes, but I eat a lot because I’m big.”
“It’s good to eat a lot~! “It’s probably a packed lunch, but I’ll ask you to bring a lot, so eat a lot.”
“Thank you.”
Because it was an unfamiliar place, it was a bit difficult to ask for a lot, but I was glad that Ha Ju-yoon said he would tell me. Ha Joo-yoon asked the manager, Hwang Yoon-gi, to bring four lunch boxes, and Hwang Yoon-gi brought the lunch boxes. If there are four, is Ha Joo-yoon one and me three?
When I received the lunch box, it was a lunch box from the 30,000-40,000 won line, the most expensive lunch box from a lunch box franchise. It was a sturdy lunch box with a lot of side dishes and two high-quality main dishes. We placed our packed lunches at a simple desk in the waiting room and had lunch together.
“But Yongtae, are you good at acting?”
“Oh really? Thank you.”
Actually, I don’t think there was any particularly difficult acting… It feels good to be praised.
“Yongtae, do you have any plans to become a celebrity?”
“Yes?”
Celebrity? It seemed like the reason for praising acting was to recommend a celebrity. But I had no intention of continuing acting at all. I made a promise to this music video on a whim, so I did it just to get some experience, and I had no intention of becoming a celebrity. If you become a celebrity, people’s attention will be focused on you and it will be bothersome…
Besides, meeting all the women and beating up bad guys seems like it would be more difficult, and I don’t think I would make as much money compared to now… I thought it would be better to just build up my strength under the surface like this and then aim for the right time to follow my original goal of taking the throne of the Tyra Group.
“Actually, I don’t really have any intention of becoming a celebrity. “I am satisfied with my life now.”
“Okay? It’s a shame. “The mask is good, the body is good, and the acting isn’t bad.”
Ha Joo-yoon also did not feel very disappointed. It seemed like she wasn’t being serious and was just asking. We ended our lunch by putting aside the celebrity story and talking about other things.
Compared to me, who ate three lunch boxes, Ha Ju-yoon only ate half of the lunch boxes and had leftovers. It seemed like the amount of food was small to begin with. Or do you manage it?
“Now, these are the scenes we will film in the afternoon.”
“Yes.”
After eating, the director handed me the script. I received the script and read it carefully. A scene where they fail a test and stay at school to study alone, a scene where they receive one-on-one tutoring from a teacher, a scene where they look at each other and act out their emotions, and… Kiss scene? Was there a kissing scene?
I think Han Yu-kyung will go crazy if she sees it… No girl would like it if her man filmed a kissing scene with her mom. It was nice to kiss the beautiful actress Ha Joo-yoon, though.
“Let’s sleep~! “Let’s go to the after-school scene!”
At the director’s words, I decided to stop thinking about the kissing scene and focus on the immediate filming. The photo was taken in a classroom earlier, but the lighting was changed so it felt like a classroom with the sunset after school. I sat in an empty classroom, looked at the test paper, crumpled it up, and grabbed my head. It was a scene of frustration over low grades.
Acting like this was easy. Because I had often worried about my low grades, I naturally became immersed in it. As she sighed and composed herself again and took out her book, the classroom door opened and Ha Joo-yoon came in.
“Oh my, what are you doing when you’re not going home?”
“Because I didn’t get my grades… “I’m going to study a little more here.”
“Then, would you like the teacher to take a look? “What do you not know?”
So naturally, Ha Joo-yoon sat next to me and lectured me on things I didn’t know, as if it were a private tutor. Ha Joo-yoon played the role of an English teacher, so she explained grammar, and surprisingly, she seemed to be good at teaching English.
Following the director’s instructions, I filmed a scene where I listened to Ha Joo-yoon’s explanation, sometimes nodding and sometimes tilting my head as if I understood. Also, the student showed his admiration for the teacher by looking at Ha Joo-yoon’s face while blushing from time to time.
Her face turned a little red, perhaps because she was immersed in the acting, or because the scent of a mature woman kept tickling my nose. There was an incident where Ha Joo-yoon looked at my red face and smiled, but the director said the smile was too obscene and asked to film again. Ha Joo-yoon grumbled while looking at her hand mirror during the pause.
“Tch, she’s just innocent… ! Yongtae, did you find my smile dirty too?”
“Hmm… “It felt a little sexy.”
In response to Ha Joo-yoon’s question, I was afraid that it would be a little rude to say it was sexy, so I changed her words accordingly.
“Ho ho ho! I’m sexy. Woo~♥”
Ha Joo-yoon seemed to be happy with what I said, laughed loudly, and started filming again. Fortunately, the filming went smoothly without any interruptions after that. After finishing the one-on-one lecture scene and other minor filming, the kiss scene, which I was half excited and half worried about, finally arrived.
It was a scene where the main character, who had been accepted to the university of her choice, went to visit her teacher and gave her a bouquet of flowers and kissed her, but Ha Joo-yoon, who was about to kiss her daughter’s boyfriend, was very calm, as if she wasn’t even nervous. Is it because he is a veteran actor after all? On the other hand, I was so absorbed in acting that I felt like I was going to confess to the teacher I really had a crush on.
I took off my school uniform, put on the clothes prepared on site, and headed to the set holding a bouquet of flowers. The set felt like an apartment hallway, and I rang the bell in front of the door of one of the houses. My heart was already pounding. The door opens and Ha Joo-yoon, dressed in slightly everyday clothes, looks at me with surprise.
To me, who was already immersed in the situation, Ha Joo-yoon’s appearance seemed very beautiful.
“Here, teacher.”
I give the bouquet with a smile and Ha Joo-yoon also receives it happily. And show the passing certificate held in the opposite hand.
“I passed.”
“Oh my, congratulations..Eup!”
I kiss Ha Joo-yoon without even hearing all the congratulations. Given the situation, it was a fresh boy’s kiss, but since it was a broadcast kiss, there was no tongue involved… ! No, Ha Joo-yoon! Why are you inserting your tongue? Yes? Ha Joo-yoon kissed with her tongue, and the scene that felt like a forbidden love but fresh feeling immediately became like a romantic movie.
“Cut! Why are you doing this from now on? “Let’s go with something innocent instead of something sexy, okay?”
Of course, the director cut it and we had no choice but to film the kiss scene again.
“I’m sorry~. “It’s been so long since we’ve kissed that my tongue went out to meet me without me knowing?”
“It’s already happened, but there’s nothing we can do about it… I’ll keep the fact that I put my tongue in it a secret from Yu-kyung.”
“I think it’s already too late?”
When Ha Joo-yoon pointed to a place and looked, Han Yu-kyung was looking at me and Ha Joo-yoon with a bunch of tendons sticking out on her forehead. Hmm… You’ll get scolded, right?
After the kissing scene, a few more scenes were shot and filming was completed. Since the singer’s album was released in 4 days, editing began immediately without any post-shoot parties. Even though it was done at high speed with AI editing technology, some parts still needed human touch, so it seemed like it was still busy even as times changed.
“I’m sorry~ Yukyung-ah~.”
“I did not know…”
“For now, mom, be quiet!”
Everyone got into Ha Joo-yoon’s big van, and Ha Joo-yoon was being cute and apologizing to Han Yu-kyung, and I was just walking away, saying I didn’t know. When Han Yu-kyung saw her mother and her boyfriend kissing at the scene, she pressed her temples with both hands as if the shock had not subsided.
“Ha… “Mom, if it’s something like this, you should tell me in advance.”
“It’s acting, it’s acting. Instead, mom will buy me something delicious today. Let go of your anger~”
“No! “Why are you taking out your anger on me being something to eat and not a child?”
Fortunately, I seemed to have escaped the target and was watching the fight from a step back. Well, rather than a fight, it’s more like Han Yu-kyung getting angry and Ha Joo-yoon trying to calm it down with cuteness.
“Phew… Okay. “It was a filming, so I’ll skip this time.”
“Thank you~! What does my daughter want to eat? Yongtae, should I buy you an eel so I can use my strength? Yoongi~! “Go to the eel restaurant there.”
“No! “Mom, what are you talking about again?”
It was fortunate that the story ended with Han Yu-kyung finally letting go of her anger. But it’s an eel… ! Do I look like I can’t use my strength? It’s amazing even without eels. When I think about it, Shinoe Misano also often bought me eel, so I guess recommending eel is a characteristic of misses.
“There’s nothing wrong with Yongtae, so I’ll just skip it this time.”
“Okay. Instead, I will eat eel today and do my best.”
“You know, Mom~. “Speak quietly.”
Han Yu-kyung gets embarrassed by my playful words and slaps my forearm. Perhaps because Han Yu-kyung was angry, she headed to the eel house while talking about various things.
“But what kind of contractual problem was it?”
“They just keep accusing us of problems with our contract. They told me to pay alimony. “It hasn’t been completely resolved yet, but I left it to the working-level staff.”
It was a problem with the contract. Ah, I think this is an event that also happened in the game… I’m trying to remember something, but I can’t remember. What was it… Since I don’t remember it right away, I don’t think it was a big event. You can think about it while eating eel.
We soon arrived at the grilled eel restaurant and took a seat. Ha Joo-yoon told Hwang Yun-seong to leave work, and Hwang Yun-seong also said hello and left work. Still, Ha Joo-yoon seemed to care because he was the manager and had him pack the eel and take it away.
“It’s delicious here, so eat as much as you want. “My sister will buy it for me.”
“Yes, I will eat well, sister.”
“Are you calling me sister?”
The atmosphere became cold for a moment when Han Yu-kyung asked a question after hearing our conversation, but Ha Joo-yoon didn’t seem to be embarrassed at all. I’m not sure if it’s because she’s an actress and has strong ad-libs, or if Ha Joo-yoon herself is strong.
“Should I listen to my mother or mother-in-law outside? Is this Ha Joo-yoon? Look at us both. “The age difference doesn’t seem that big, but you’re perfect.”
“After… Okay.”
Han Yu-kyung sighed heavily several times as if she was trying to calm down her anger, and then nodded her head saying she understood. She then picked up the eel that had been grilled on an iron plate and placed it on the plate in front of me. Almost two-thirds of the eel was placed on my plate.
“I think you really need to use some strength to relieve your frustration today, Yongtae.”
“You don’t have to have eel, but… “I’ll eat well.”
Well, you can always use your strength. We stopped chatting and ate grilled eel, and as Joo-yoon Ha was confident, it was quite delicious. It was a delicious grilled eel with a lot of fire and just the right amount of fat, probably because it was grilled over charcoal and rice straw. Han Yu-kyung, who was a little uncomfortable, opened her eyes wide and said that it was delicious, so she ate it well.
Beep beep beep ♪
While everyone was happily eating, Han Yu-kyung’s phone rang. Han Yu-kyung looked at her number and sighed, and then she answered the phone.
“Yes. “Do you really need to see me again to discuss this?”
It seemed like it was the contract from before. Han Yu-kyung frowned and looked annoyed, then stood up from her seat as if she had no choice.
“I’ll go first. Yongtae, finish eating and take a taxi to my house.”
“Oh my, are you leaving already?”
I don’t know why, but Ha Joo-yoon’s voice was filled with anticipation, not regret.
