CH 35

“Is it better to go over there and fall like this?”

“The camera director complained that the camera angle wasn’t good. Let’s do what we said before and if it doesn’t work, we can do it this way.”

Lee Wooyeon, who was listening to the conversation between the director and the action director, carefully handed them a warm drink.

“Oh. Manager. thanks.”

“We only need to film this scene today, so work hard.”

Inseop, who was diligent and sincere, was well-received among the on-site staff. The people who murmured behind the scenes saying, “He does his job properly because he’s young,” now had a different view because of his meticulous handling of work.

“Would it be okay?”

Choi Inseop asked the director.

“It will be fine. Since he said it. Lee Wooyeon said he can’t say no, and that he’ll do it.”

“Still… I heard it’s not just riding a horse today.”

What they had to film today was a scene where Lee Wooyeon was hit by an arrow while riding a horse and he would fall to the floor. He was told that the horse must also fall down, and that, if they tied an invisible thin thread to the horse’s leg and pulled it, it would fall at the exact moment it should fall.

However, even after hearing all those explanations, Inseop could not shake the anxiety that was rising.

“Do not worry. All the horses are trained, so you can be assured that they’ll act well.”

The action director also helped and relieved Inseop’s worries. Inseop said, “Is it so?” and shook his head helplessly.

“Why? Did the company threaten you to pay if Lee Wooyeon got hurt?”

When the director joked, Inseop was surprised and waved his hand.

“No. The president is absolutely not one to make such threats. Since he is a really good person, I sincerely… ”

“Hahahahaha. Just kidding, why are you denying it so seriously?”

“Aren’t you really being threatened?”

Lee Wooyeon placed his hand on Inseop’s head, who was not sure what to do between the two directors.

“Don’t bully my manager too much.”

“Are we bullying?”

“You’re joking.”

“He looks like he’s in pain.”

Lee Wooyeon moved his face from behind to look at Inseop’s expression. Choi Inseop turned pale, like a person being approached by a monster.

Lee Wooyeon smiled and patted his shoulder.

“I’m going to explain the scene one more time.”

Inseop glanced at Lee Wooyeon’s profile, giving detailed instructions to the director. Lee Wooyeon, who finished talking with the director, found Inseop looking and smiled.

“Why?”

“Ah … Are you okay?”

“You asked that question 10 minutes ago, and I will answer it again. I’m okay.”

Lee Wooyeon responded by waving his bandaged hand in front of Inseop. He felt apologetic to the staff and other actors, but Inseop actually wanted Lee Wooyeon’s filming to be delayed.

“The President told you not to overdo it.”

Inseop finally sold CEO Kim. Lee Wooyeon nodded his head as if he knew. However,he did not say that the filming would be delayed.

Watching him go horseback riding with the shooting team, Inseop let out a sigh.

“Why is a young man like you so worried?”

The director who was checking the camera angle asked

“I’m just worried.”

Inseop laughed weakly.

“If anyone sees you, they’ll think you’re a woman who worries about her husband who went to the battlefield.”

Although he did not exactly understand the meaning, Inseop shook his head, denying it.

“It’s not like that.”

“But it looks like that. Hahaha. Anyway, don’t worry too much. An actor who is as confident in self-management as Lee Wooyeon is usually not hurt.”

When the director said that, Inseop’s anxiety subsided a little. The director left to check the location of the camera. 

Sitting on a tree stump, Inseop blew a breath on his frozen fingertips, praying for Lee Wooyeon to finish filming today.

“Come quickly, come quickly.”

“What the hell happened?”

“I don’t know exactly. Step on it, quickly.”

CEO Kim, who was contacted while having a drink, called manager Cha and shouted that he had to go to the hospital immediately. Manager Cha, who ran out without sleeping, still couldn’t decide what the situation was.

“So, Lee Wooyeon got hurt again?”

Recalling the memory of receiving a phone call from Inseop saying that Lee Wooyeon had injured his hand earlier in the day, manager Cha asked.

“No, I mean, Lee Wooyeon was also injured, but he was only bruised, and this time Inseop was injured.”

“What is this? Taking turns, huh?”

“I fucking know. Ah really. It’s disturbing how many times this has already happened.”

CEO Kim clicked his tongue nervously. He was still busy with the listing review, but because of Lee Wooyeon, he thought that it had become more common these days.

“Is Inseop okay?”

“I don’t know. Lee Wooyeon was angry and hung up the phone, so I couldn’t even ask.”

“…Is Lee Wooyeon angry?”

Manager Cha, who was driving, was surprised and asked. Although Lee Wooyeon had a filthy temper, he never got angry with CEO Kim. He has never seen him show his anger so openly. He only grinned and annoyed people from the inside.

“That’s right.. He was so cruel that I didn’t even ask in detail and hung up.”

“What did he say?”

“Come to the hospital quickly. And… He said he was going to kill Kang Youngmo.”

“…Why don’t we just remove Lee Wooyeon from the drama now? Wouldn’t it be better to swear a little now and plan for the future before making a mistake?”

Manager Cha made his opinion cautiously. CEO Kim, who was sitting in the back seat, firmly closed his lips and shook his head.

“It’s under review for listing right now, so if something like that happens, it’s fatal. No way. Ah really. Last time we went out, we managed to prevent an accident, but now, how did this happen again? Anyway, right now, reporters are scrambling to see if there is anything that would fall on Lee Wooyeon.”

“Reporter Kim Haeshin?”

“Yes. It’s terrible. Lee Wooyeon got bitten by the worst one.”

It seemed that Lee Wooyeon’s refusal of all interviews related to Kim Haeshin after that day had fueled her desire to win.

CEO Kim, who had a frown on his forehead, said, “It’s a bit odd to say this,” he said.

“What are you talking about?”

“Choi Inseop, the kid is nice…  but don’t you think these incident’s of Lee Wooyeon is weird?”

“Didn’t you say he’d sign a contract for the rest of his life?”

“This is the third time Lee Wooyeon has been injured since he came in. He’s good at his job and he’s nice, but anyway, after he came in, accidents around Lee Wooyeon keep happening, so it’s a bad feeling… After saying this, I feel very sorry for Inseop.”

“If you know you’re sorry, be nice to Inseop. Do you know how sincere he is? He’s a kid who comes out early in the morning, prepares breakfast, prepares coffee forLee Wooyeon and goes out every week to check the schedule.”

In the eyes of Manager Cha, who had been a manager in the field, Choi Inseop was the best manager.

“Who knows? It’s just that after Inseop became the manager, Lee Wooyeon had a lot of accidents …Would it be good?”

“It’s a good thing you’re a person who goes to church every week and prays.”

“I’m saying it because it’s frustrating, hey. Really.”

Hearing CEO Kim grumbling, the car manager stepped on the accelerator.

“Uh… ”

Lee Wooyeon raised his head at the sound of someone calling him. It was one of the nurses who peeked inside before.

“If it’s okay with you, could you please sign it for me? Because I’m really a fan…”

Lee Wooyeon, who was leaning on the bed with his chin resting on his hand, frowned.

Normally, he would have smiled and signed a few autographs, but now he didn’t feel like it.

“Sorry. I will do it later.”

He didn’t even respond kindly.

“Wait then, even a picture…”

“…”

Crazy bitches, she was a nurse. How could she ask that in this situation?

Lee Wooyeon looked at her face for a long time and then turned his head.

In the end, the nurse, who had been waiting for a while, could not overcome her embarrassment and returned to her seat.

Lee Wooyeon looked down at the manager’s face, lying on the bed. Seeing the scars all over the bridge of the nose and cheeks made him feel very sick.

He felt strange when he heard about the manager who had previously jumped into the icy water to rescue him from the lake. It was because he did not understand the situation itself of risking his life for others. Besides, he clearly believed that Choi Inseop hated him. It was him who had a strange feeling about things that did not match, so he decided to keep Inseop by his side and watch over him.

But today, something happened again that Lee Wooyeon couldn’t understand. There was an accident where the reins were cut in a scene where he had to fall when he was on the horseback. Just before the horse’s leg touched the ground, the reins were cut, and in an instant, Lee Wooyeon lost his center of gravity. As Lee Wooyeon plummeted to the floor, people around him screamed. After that, the horse lost its composure. No matter how well trained, horses were basically timid animals. To make matters worse, Kang Youngmo, following from behind, passed right in front of him without slowing down, so Lee Wooyeon’s horses panicked and started to struggle.

Lee Wooyeon’s feet were caught in the stirrups, so he couldn’t get up right away. Because of the scene of riding a horse, the shoes that were purposely secured with cloth around the ankles did not come off no matter how much force was applied. The horse was so agitated that no one rushed to help. Lee Wooyeon felt a strong pain near his shoulder when he got up and tried to pull his foot out. He couldn’t move as he had planned, perhaps because his shoulder touched the horse first and was dislocated. At that time, Lee Wooyeon saw Choi Inseop’s white and tired face running towards him. Seeing Choi Inseop, who was very frightened, reached out his hand to the stirrup that was hanging on the running horse, Lee Wooyeon thought.

‘Did you save me while trembling like this before? With such a frightened face? You’re saying you saved me by doing that pathetic thing?’

‘Go!’

Lee Wooyeon probably screamed like that. However, Inseop grabbed the stirrup with his trembling hands and pushed out Lee Wooyeon’s feet. But as Inseop approached, the horse became even more scared and agitated and rushed towards Lee Wooyeon, swinging his front paws. Lee Wooyeon closed his eyes and bowed his head. However, it wasn’t the horse’s paws that struck him, but Choi Inseop’s slender body. Then, with a popping sound, a heavy feeling of weight was felt. Hearing Inseop’s scream, Lee Wooyeon reached out and embraced his body, barely rolling to the side.

The zookeeper heard the news and ran to calm the situation. However, strangely, he could not easily quieten the horse and it ran wild for a long time. After seeing some of the staff rushing and barely dragging the horse out, Lee Wooyeon checked Choi Inseop, who was lying under him.

‘Are you okay? Are you hurt?’

Inseop, terrified, crouched down and trembled, unable to answer properly. He was so pitiful and miserable that it was hard to keep his eyes open. Lee Wooyeon held Inseop’s shoulder, holding back his anger over why he intervened. As he tried to hold him up and lift him up, Inseop screamed and burst into tears. It was at the same time that a fire spread in Lee Wooyeon’s head, who discovered that Inseop’s two fingers were twisted in a strange shape.

Lee Wooyeon yelled at the staff to prepare a car and find the nearest hospital. He thought it was not his usual reaction, but he couldn’t contain his anger at that time. No, he didn’t even think of that.

The only thought was that Choi Inseop, who was trembling with tears in his arms, should be taken to the hospital immediately.

‘It’s okay. It’ll be fine, don’t worry.’

Lee Wooyeon wrapped a blanket around Choi Inseop’s body and spoke. Perhaps understanding his words, Inseop nodded his head slightly as tears fell.

The director ran up to him and asked if he was okay. Lee Wooyeon replied that he would be going to the hospital, so filming had to be delayed, and he got into the car.

As he drove in the car, he comforted Choi Inseop from crying and thought about why he was so angry, but couldn’t come up with an answer. In the end, Choi Inseop vomited and passed out, and Lee Wooyeon yelled at the staff who was guarding the signal, what the hell were they doing?

It was Lee Wooyeon who carried Choi Inseop into the emergency room. When Lee Wooyeon suddenly appeared in the emergency room, doctors and nurses as well as patients were surprised.

However, Lee Wooyeon did not see any of that. He stood expressionless with his arms crossed next to Choi Inseop until he heard from the doctor that he had no problems other than a broken bone and that he passed out because of the shock.

After confirming that Inseop was asleep, Lee Wooyeon calmly told the staff who had accompanied him to the hospital that it would be okay to return as he would keep staying with him. When he called the director, he told him not to worry and that it would be fine. He knew that nothing really happened.

Still, he didn’t feel any better. It seemed that this maddening anger would only be alleviated by twisting the head of the horse to death right now.

That’s when Kang Youngmo called. ’How do you get hurt like that? Is the manager okay? Really, no luck. How could such an accident happen? If you want, I don’t care if you leave now, but everyone is worried, so get well soon and see you on set.’ Lee Wooyeon briefly replied, “Don’t worry,” and hung up the phone. As if on purpose, when he remembered the face of Kang Youngmo, who passed in front of him, his cursing rose.

Lee Wooyeon called CEO Kim to come here right away. After finishing the call, he went into the emergency room and Lee Wooyeon sat down next to Choi Inseop’s bed.

Inseop fell into a deep sleep as he was given a ringer mixed with sedatives and painkillers, and he never woke up. Lee Wooyeon even put her finger under Inseop’s nose to see if this bastard was really alive.