Chapter 567 (1/2)

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In the end, Yerin left with Yoo Chun Young, saying, ‘Thankfully, we have the same number of people as before since one is going, and the other isn’t.’ The scene then ended with the guy, Min Seok, being left alone in the empty lecture hall, pounding the floor.

Then it changed to a noisy bar where Yoo Chun Young confessed that he’s too drowsy to pay attention to the conversation. Yerin forgave him generously, replying, ‘No worries. You’ve been busy keeping your 4.0 GPA and working part-time.’ Then she repeated what they’d covered in the class discussion.

“For the on-scene report, we decided to explore an abandoned house.”

“Explore an abandoned house?”

“Uh-huh, so after the research, we came up with this place––Hwagok-eup Hwagok-ri…”

Yerin explained, showing the map on her phone screen. It was the latest smartphone. Watching that scene, I thought, ‘See? If I didn’t change my old cell to a smartphone, I would have felt left out.’

On the TV screen, Yerin continued explaining, “… This place had teen camps every year, but after a student went missing, those events and activities were discontinued, and this place has turned into an abandoned house.”

“Camp…” Yoo Chun Young murmured, narrowing his eyes. His face tinged with a glow between purple and orange under the lighting.

The scene then changed into the inside of a police station where Cho Yeon Suh, Lee Nara’s character in the drama, works at. The place was filled with desks piled up with all kinds of files and documents and people walking around them busily. In the hectic situation, Lee Nara was looking into a file, touching her forehead with a grimace.

Throwing a glance at the sight, one of her colleagues said teasingly, “Miss Yeon Suh, go home ASAP today if you finished writing the report.”

“Oh, okay,” replied Lee Nara, sending an awkward smile. She put her jacket on, then got up from her seat. Under her fingers, some black texts were on the paper such as ‘cold case,’ ‘camp,’ and ‘twin sister.’ Those clues were enough to outline the plot of this show.

At last, the first episode was over. During the commercial break, we looked at each other. Everyone seemed to have been absorbed in the drama for an hour.

Stretching her arms, Yeo Ryung exclaimed, “Wow, I even forgot that Yoo Chun Young was in that series. At some point, I was fully concentrating on the story.”

“Yeah, me too,” I also agreed with Yeo Ryung.

The drama followed a familiar plot, but maybe because it’s a special series made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the TV channel, the daring visuals and the attractive characters captivated us like watching a movie.

Directing her eyes back to the screen, Yeo Ryung uttered, “Yoo Chun Young really looks different in that show. Some parts are quite similar to his true personality, but mostly…” Looking at Eun Hyung, she added, “He reminds me of Eun Hyung. Don’t you think so?”

I nodded at her remark. Yoo Chun Young was playing a character affording living by himself while doing part-time jobs and private tutoring. Still, he didn’t reveal his hardships but perfectly took care of his academic performances and other things in life. Just like Eun Hyung, he was a mature person in that fictional world.

When I met Eun Hyung’s eyes, he scratched his head embarrassedly and said, “Was it that obvious? Chun Young actually told me that he feels a little easier to act when thinking about me.”

“Indeed, it was you!”

“Wow, that’s awesome!”

While Yeo Ryung and I shouted one after another in surprise, Jooin spoke excitedly, “This drama will go down very well.”

All of us nodded at his words. So did our mothers.

“So true. Nothing was interesting to watch lately, but now I seem to have found one.”

“I thought Chun Young was playing a small role since he’s a friend of the main character’s little brother, but I guess I’m wrong.”

Eun Hyung responded politely, “Yes, it was very surprising to us as well.”

“His character looks so cool,” said my mother, then she forecasted, “Trust me. After this drama, Chun Young will gain huge popularity.”

Quickly lifting my head, I waved off her words, saying, “Mom, you’re going too far.”

She asked me in wonder, “Look at you little thing! Can’t you believe mama? Don’t you know I have a long list of TV dramas I’ve watched?”

“No, that’s not what I mean…” I slurred the end of my sentence.

My mom reminded me of myself back in the days who used to say, ‘This is gonna happen. Believe me. I have a long history of reading various web novels,’ whenever something occurred.

‘Geez, embarrassing! Indeed the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,’ I sighed.