Chapter 84: How long are you going to hide it?

Chapter 84: How long are you going to hide it?

Chapter 84 < How long are you going to hide it? >

Lee Taegyeom, who was watching the last shooting of ‘The Deprived People Season 2’ from the corner of the set, chuckled when he saw Choi Jaewon, who stopped when he saw him.

“How are you, sir?”

“Brother.”

Lee Taegyeom smiled brightly. His perception of the secretary brother, who was hard to approach at first, changed completely after a certain incident. It had something to do with Choi Jaewon, who had left his seat as if he was running away a little while ago.

[Hey, you. Come here.]

[Me?]

Yoo Yeon Seo, who was quieter than before, and the support bombing from his family, made his position in the set the best.

Choi Jaewon was always dissatisfied with that. He felt annoyed that he was praised for being a little more docile. But he couldn’t say anything to Yoo Yeon Seo directly, so he started to vent his anger on his manager, Lee Taegyeom.

[Go and buy some water.]

[Me? What about the actor’s manager?]

[Then who else is going to do it? My manager is busy.]

Am I not busy? Lee Taegyeom gritted his teeth, but resigned. He was used to it.

[But there’s a vending machine outside.]

[They don’t have the water brand I drink. Go and buy it.]

It was a remote set, and it took about 10 minutes by car to get to a convenience store. He had a fierce look in his eyes since he saw him at the reading, and he seemed to be trying to torment him on purpose.

[Aren’t you going?]

[Yes, yes, I’m going.]

Honestly, if he compared him to Yoo Yeon Seo when he was his 12th manager, he was just cute, so he just followed him obediently. Yoo Yeon Seo’s reputation was very good now, so he didn’t want to make a fuss and tried to deal with it quietly. That was the way Yoo Yeon Seo’s manager had been behaving until now.

There were many people like that. They couldn’t touch the too-good Yoo Yeon Seo, so they pressured the manager instead to fill their sense of superiority, or they couldn’t say anything to Yoo Yeon Seo who caused an accident, so they nagged the manager instead. That contributed greatly to the manager’s resignation.

[Taegyeom, I’ll take care of it, so go see the sir.]

[The, the sir?]

[Mr. Choi Jaewon, can I talk to you for a moment?]

That’s how Lee Taegyeom, who had taken care of Choi Jaewon’s tantrums a few times, was stopped by Lim Seunghyun one day. Lim Seunghyun smiled leisurely and took Choi Jaewon away.

And when he reappeared, Choi Jaewon’s face was pale. And he ran away from Lim Seunghyun’s side.

[······You didn’t hit him, did you?]

Lim Seunghyun turned his head as if he didn’t think it was worth answering Lee Taegyeom’s absurd question.

[Then what did you talk about?!]

[It’s a secret.]

He didn’t know the details, but he only knew that there was a reason for the incident where Yoo Yeon Seo said Choi Jaewon was like a beggar. After that, Choi Jaewon started to avoid people related to Yoo Yeon Seo. He seemed to think that his life would be over if he got involved with Yoo Yeon Seo.

[He’s so cool······.]

Anyway, after that incident, Lee Taegyeom started to treat Lim Seunghyun as a real brother, not a ‘secretary brother’.

“It’s the same as before. He just quietly immersed himself and started shooting, and he didn’t make many NGs······.”

“Is that so?”

“But I’m not the only one who’s anxious, right?”

Yoo Yeon Seo, who suddenly showed his old personality, just worked silently after that.

Some of the staff might have thought that he was sorry for suddenly getting angry, but Yoo Yeon Seo was the top among the celebrities who didn’t care about other people’s eyes. In the eyes of Lim Seunghyun and Lee Taegyeom, he just looked like he was distracted by something else.

It became a more anxious situation when he faced an anomaly once. Lee Taegyeom and Lim Seunghyun stared at Yoo Yeon Seo, who was acting as Itaeo in the set.

“Is he really okay?”

“If the sir said he’s okay, he must be okay.”

Lim Seunghyun answered that way, but he didn’t relax his frown. Lee Taegyeom knew that, but he didn’t ask.

‘Did he get his memory back?’

But he didn’t go back to his old personality as much as before. Lim Seunghyun narrowed his eyes. There were a lot of strange things these days. He suddenly collected information about Lee Heeseo, and sometimes he looked like he wasn’t feeling well, but he acted like nothing was wrong.

Something new pops up every time he tries to make up his mind.

If he stops the memory synchronization, the clue to the culprit will be lost, and he will have to live in the hallucinations that torment his body. If he continues the synchronization, he might lose control when the original’s personality pops out. But it will be fine if he reaches 100% and merges perfectly.

‘I have to keep my mind straight.’

It won’t be easy. He opened his eyes at the touch of Lee Tae-gyeom tapping his shoulder.

“What?”

“We have to go take a group photo.”

He dragged his heavy feet to the camera. Yoo Yeon Seo stood next to Ryu Hye-kyung and forced a smile.

“Thank you for your hard work!”

They all clapped and celebrated the last shooting of ‘The Deprived People Season 2’.

***

Baek Seo-joon opened the cap of the soju bottle and filled his glass.

‘He must have arrived.’

If the surroundings were so noisy, it meant that he was either a well-known celebrity or not an ordinary person.

Sure enough, Yoo Eun-ho sat across from Baek Seo-joon. He was wearing a high-end suit that didn’t match the cheap pub, an expensive watch, and an unrealistically handsome face.

“Are you here?”

“Did you find out anything?”

Baek Seo-joon clicked his tongue at Yoo Eun-ho, who got straight to the point.

“Not much.”

“Then why did you call me? I’m busy...”

“Hey, I’m busy too, you know? It’s nice to have a place like this with friends once in a while.”

He poured liquor into Yoo Eun-ho’s glass and said.

“I went to see the detective who participated in the investigation that day. But he said he couldn’t remember because it was too long ago. He said he had to look at the data, but there was no data left.”

They clinked their glasses. Yoo Eun-ho took a sip and put it down, then said quietly.

“I’m keeping an eye on the family for now.”

“So, what I’m saying is... isn’t there anyone else you suspect besides your close family?”

“Grandfather’s side?”

Baek Seo-jun nodded. Yoo Eun-ho was lost in thought.

“Well... it’s possible.”

Joo Sung is a leading company in South Korea, and also famous worldwide. A company like this doesn’t just happen overnight. Yoo Chang-ho is the second-generation chairman. The first-generation chairman was his brother, Yoo Hyung-joon.

Yoo Hyung-joon passed on the group to his younger brother, Yoo Chang-ho, instead of his own children, for some unknown reason. And now, Yoo Geon-min and Yoo Eun-ho are firmly establishing the succession structure. But would Yoo Chang-ho’s cousins stay quiet?

“I think we have a good relationship with them, even though we don’t interact much...”

“They might be resentful that they didn’t inherit Joo Sung. He’s more than qualified to be a speaker.”

“I guess so.”

The top star of the era. He made a sensation in South Korea with the wedding of the century. But Joo Sung’s image was irreparable for a while because of Lee Hee-seo’s scandalous accident. If they were aiming for that, Yoo Hyung-joon’s family was also a suspect.

“...”

Yoo Eun-ho was silent, and Baek Seo-jun, who had been drinking without a word, put down his glass nervously. He scratched his head roughly.

“Hey, let’s be honest. This won’t work. There’s no clue, no evidence. There’s nothing to gain.”

“...”

“But if there’s a witness, the situation would change.”

Yoo Eun-ho’s hand, which was fiddling with the glass, trembled slightly. Baek Seo-jun looked at him and said softly.

“How long are you going to hide it? He’s not a kid.”

“...”

“Call him now, your brother.”