Chapter 271 (2/2)
As the acting club was quite small, each member had to put a lot of effort in in order to create a play. It wasn’t that Maru was entirely carefree, but after seeing Daemyung, he felt that there wouldn’t be any big problems. Daemyung was just that capable in leading the club.
Just then, the speaker announced the start of the next class. Maru took out a notebook and the textbook from his bag. The exams were over, and it was back to a rather boring everyday life.
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“Phew, thanks for all the work.”
“You too. Thanks for helping.”
“I’m doing this for money, you don’t need to thank me.”
Miso threw a can of beer to Ganghwan. Today was the last day the play ‘The Lottery Dream’ was performed. Throughout the morning, they took out all the props on the stage with their juniors and returned the small theater to the state before they rented it. Although it was only for a short time, standing on stage again was very fun. I wish I had more talent in acting - Miso thought as she drank the foam on top of the beer.
“What happened to the drama you told me?” Ganghwan asked.
He really was dumb-witted at times like these. Miso emptied half of the beer in one gulp before shaking her hand. She managed to get her hands on a drama script through Junmin, but she didn’t get the okay from the director. Miso smiled bitterly when she was evaluated as ‘having good acting skills but her looks didn’t fit the character’. When she was twenty, she challenged auditions without taking much damage. She took to heart the old saying ‘failure is the mother of success’ as she took those challenges. However, once she became thirty and she started spending more time teaching other people how to act rather than acting herself, she turned her eyes to reality. She started professionally teaching aspiring actors.
“Aah, I guess there goes my dream of becoming a superstar.”
“You’re saying as though you’ve given up completely.”
“Hello? Mr. Yang Ganghwan? I might have a young-looking face, but I’m thirty-one years old this year. Don’t look down a lady after thirty. It makes me feel like the world is turning stiff.”
“Young-looking, she says, pfft.”
Miso crumpled the empty beer can with her bare hands and threw it towards ganghwan. The can fell on the floor with a crisp sound after hitting Ganghwan’s forehead.
“I pity the teacher that’s going to marry you. I really do.”
“Do you want me to beat you up for real?”
“No, I’m still too young to part ways with this world, so I’ll politely decline.”
Ganghwan gave her a chicken skewer that was sold on the streets of Daehak-ro. They always used to come out and eat some chicken skewers with beer like this after finishing off a play.
“Have you met senior Junmin?”
“I did.”
“What about the contract?”
“I signed one.”
“So now, you and I, as well as Geunsoo, are eating off of one pot. Goodbye poverty!”
Ganghwan rejoiced. He was the type of person who would spend any money he earned, so he was always short on money despite earning a decent amount. He also spent most of the profits from the play this time paying his juniors, so he had enough to barely get by in his bank account.
“Isn’t it time you make a savings account or something?”
“Nah, there’s no woman to marry me, so I don’t need one. Life is about spending what you earn, you know?”
“Damned lunatic. Why do both you and Geunsoo live life the easy way?”
“Miss Yang Miso, why do you leave out your name from that list?”
“Unlike certain men, I worked hard to become a made-self woman you know? I have a house under my name as well.”
“Now that, I envy you.”
Ganghwan grinned.
“Do you really not have a girl you’re dating?”
“Nope.”
“Well, I guess no one would date a person like you who suddenly loses all contact. I was flabbergasted when you actually cut off all contact to experience homelessness first hand.”
“You’re bringing up old stories again. Don’t worry about me and worry about yourself. That teacher of yours is a saint so don’t let him go, okay?”
Miso punched Ganghwan’s waist since he got on her nerves. Ganghwan grabbed his waist in pain.
“Geunsoo started shooting apparently.”
“I heard.”
“Wanna go look?”
“Don’t get in his way and just stay here. If you’re so free, then try getting a girl in Daehak-ro. You’re not gonna live alone forever, right?”
“Please, just let me take care of my own romance, alright? You’re not my mom, nagging me like that.”
Ganghwan grumbled for a moment before standing up abruptly.
“Since I’m free, I should go see my first disciple.”
“Your first disciple?”
“The old-fashioned dude.”
“Oh, you mean Maru.”
“Wanna go?”
“Should I?”
Miso looked at Ganghwan and smiled. Maru had told him not to interfere with them too much, but just going to see them was not interfering, so it probably wouldn’t matter.
“Oh, wait. Kim Suyeon is there as their instructor, right? I suddenly don’t want to go.”
Just as Ganghwan was about to sit back down, Miso pulled him up again.
“You’re a man. Why do you change your decisions on a whim like that? Let’s go for now. I want to see my cute juniors.”
She hadn’t even greeted the new first years properly. She thought that she should buy them something nice and cheer for them.