213 Back to Work (2/2)

”Yeah,” Park Soo Yeon nodded.

”She's really pretty. President Park, you sure know how to get all the good fishes,” the man sighed in admiration. Even though the young girl was just standing quietly behind the former top actress, her presence did not pale in comparison to the older woman.

”Haha, you flatter me, Woo-ssi,” she laughed politely, her voice tinged with a hint of pride; it was true that she had a good eye!

”Hello,” Yeo Ri took her chance to greet them politely as she saw an opening in their conversation. ”Please take care of me,” she said, smiling. She had already recited the line so many times that it was beginning to wear her mouth out. Though, in front of the strangers, she kept her true thoughts deeply hidden.

The people already in the dressing room reciprocated her greeting smilingly.

Mr. Woo, who was the costume coordinator, picked out a hospital pyjama from the clothes rack behind him. ”Change into this,” he instructed the girl. ”We don't have much time since Hyun Bin is coming soon.”

”Yes, sir,” Yeo Ri obediently replied. She grasped the hospital pyjamas in her hands and moved to the changing room to get changed. Luckily, since she had gone with a simple look, there were not many articles of clothing she had to take off. She was done in minutes.

”I'm done,” Yeo Ri informed them as she exited the changing room. ”Where should I put my clothes?” She asked as she brushed her long hair to the side. In one arm, she held her neatly folded clothes.

”—Huh? Ah... just leave it in there,” one of the staff members said. He had been staring at the girl in a daze as soon as he had noticed her exiting the changing room, thus causing his reaction to her question to be a little slow.

”Thank you,” Yeo Ri bowed slightly towards the man. Quickly, she placed her clothes on the cabinet in the changing room and came back out.

”Hm,” Mr. Woo hummed as he examined the girl. Even in a simple hospital pyjama, she still looked pretty. The somewhat baggy teal-coloured clothes hanging off her thin figure caused her to seem frail.

After a short while, he turned to the make-up artist, ”Give her a pallid look. Not too pale, though. Make her seem ill, but still strong enough to not kick the bucket for another few months, maybe half a year?”

”...Okay,” the makeup artist sighed. There he goes again, with his strange analogies! It was her bad luck to have to deal with him so early in the morning, she begrudgingly thought.

Mrs. Choi smiled as she took in the sight. It had been far too long since she personally went to a set and experienced all of this. Leaving the professionals to do their jobs, she sat down on a seat and observed Yeo Ri from the side.

Knowing that they were going to apply makeup on her, Yeo Ri sat down on the seat in front of the dresser and allowed the makeup artist to do as she was told.

She stared at her reflection as the makeup artist took out her tools and products.

It had been several months since she wore a hospital pyjama, she thought. It was a nostalgic sight; she had regularly worn hospital pyjamas during her previous stay at the hospital.

”Wow—I can't believe I'm saying this, but those clothes kind of suits you,” the makeup artist said with a small chuckle. She tilted Yeo Ri's head slightly as if to examine her face. ”Not that I'm saying you should go to the hospital or something,” she quickly added, thinking that her earlier words might cause the girl to take offence.

Yeo Ri smiled in amusement. ”I was thinking that too. Maybe it's because I've worn them for so long that it's embedded in my image,” she chuckled.

”Oh? Were you sick before?” The makeup artist asked out of curiosity.

”There was an accident...” Yeo Ri smiled softly at their reflection on the mirror, her words trailing off. It was obvious that she did not want to delve into the topic.

”I see,” the makeup artist nodded in understanding. She no longer spoke as she started working on Yeo Ri's makeup.

Twenty minutes later, she was finally ready.

Yeo Ri took off her shoes and put on the hospital slippers that had been prepared as part of her outfit. Nodding to Mrs. Choi, the two of them exited the dressing room.