The Face Genius Actor

Episode 101

“Great! Si-joon clearly knows the game!”

Yu Seok-jae applauded happily, while Ha Jung-hoon shook his head and muttered.

“He’s ruthless. Extremely ruthless, Si-joon.”

But it couldn’t be helped.

This is where the fun of this game came from.

Ji Joon-seok raised his voice at Yang Joo-chan who was hesitating.

“Hey! Why aren’t you answering!”

“Ah. I will, hyung. Why are you only like this to me, who’s easy to pick on.”

“Then should I get angry at the popular star now?”

“Woo. I’m scared.”

Now it was Yang Joo-chan’s turn to ask a question.

“What’s this person’s job?”

Yang Joo-chan also asked the same question as Ji Joon-seok.

Certainly, asking about the job was convenient in many ways to lead the game.

But this time too, I gave a fake answer.

“He’s a chairman.”

“A chairman?”

“Yes.”

Then again, criticism poured in from the other teams.

Ji Joon-seok heard my answer and gave a hollow laugh.

“Come on. He says chairman. Si-joon is no joke, huh?”

So Yang Joo-chan only realized that David Beckham was a chairman.

In reality, David Beckham was indeed the chairman of a certain club.

Now it was my turn to ask a question.

“This person… Is it a man?”

Both Yang Joo-chan and Ji Joon-seok shook their heads at my question.

Then they gave an answer that was impossible to understand.

“Is it a man? It doesn’t seem to be a man.”

“It’s not a man. It’s not a man.”

It was quite an ambiguous answer.

But surprisingly, this time the members didn’t tackle this answer.

It was a completely different reaction from when I gave ambiguous answers to their questions earlier.

‘That means… It’s someone whose gender can’t be specified by common sense…’

I could instinctively tell that I had gotten an important hint.

Then Ji Joon-seok and Yang Joo-chan each asked another question.

Ji Joon-seok asked about the gender and got the answer that it was female, and Yang Joo-chan asked about the gender and learned it was male.

And my turn.

“Is this person a real person?”

Hearing my question, Ji Joon-seok and Yang Joo-chan were visibly flustered.

Others also exclaimed and were shaken.

“Some people believe they exist.”

“Yes. I also tend to believe they exist.”

I could quickly grasp what kind of deceptive answer this was.

In the end, it meant the person didn’t actually exist.

‘It must be a character that exists in various stories. I feel like the range has narrowed significantly.’

While I was deducing in my own way, the other two asked questions once more.

First, Ji Joon-seok asked if Cindy was good at cooking and got the answer that they weren’t sure about that.

But Yang Joo-chan’s question was quite sharp.

“Is this person handsome by any chance?”

Certainly, if it was David Beckham, he was a handsome man who had been voted the sexiest man in the world.

So depending on the answer, he could quickly get close to the correct answer.

Ji Joon-seok seemed to be in deep thought, rubbing his forehead for a while before speaking with difficulty.

“Honestly… He’s handsome.”

Now it was my turn.

Certainly, David Beckham was handsome even in my opinion.

Especially his looks during his prime (although his team was Manchester United at the time) could be called legendary.

So I was going to answer that he was handsome, knowing that Yang Joo-chan would get closer to the correct answer.

That’s when Kim Jong-hyup interjected.

“But shouldn’t we think about appearance based on current standards?”

As if that became a hint, Yu Seok-jae quickly spoke up.

“Si-joon! Think carefully!”

Jeon So-ji also added a word not too late.

“That’s right! Si-joon! Have courage!”

I pondered for a moment at those words and recalled David Beckham’s recent appearance.

David Beckham was still a fine-looking man, but now…

‘I’m more handsome.’

I made up my mind firmly and answered towards Yang Joo-chan.

“In my opinion… He has a slightly good-looking feel.”

Then Yang Joo-chan muttered as if he had caught on.

“Okay. An ambiguous feeling.”

Everyone there burst into laughter at those words, but Yang Joo-chan never noticed the meaning of that reaction.

So it became my turn again.

“Is this character from a movie?”

Hearing my question, Yang Joo-chan and Ji Joon-seok burst into laughter and couldn’t easily give an answer.

At the same time, my guess turned into certainty.

“I think I’ve seen it in a movie.”

“It’s a movie character.”

As expected, I got the anticipated answers from the two, and I quickly raised my hand to say the answer.

“Groot.”

It was correct.

“Wow. How did he know this?”

“Does that make sense? There are countless movie characters.”

“What? This is suspicious! Too suspicious!”

“Si-joon… Did you receive divine inspiration?”

All the cast members were shocked.

Ji Jung-hyun also looked at me with a surprised face.

Yang Joo-chan, who lost to me, overreacted and made a fuss.

“No way! Let’s do this again!”

Yang Joo-chan walked towards where the cameras and staff were and shouted.

“No. The writers were in a frenzy from before the opening because Si-joon was coming, and they kept coming and going around. Didn’t they tell you the answer?”

“Hey! Joo-chan! Stop it. You’re showing your inferiority complex!”

Ji Joon-seok stopped Yang Joo-chan, who was excited.

Laughter erupted among the cast members at Ji Joon-seok’s words.

Yang Joo-chan returned to his seat, blushing.

Knowing that he had exaggerated for the sake of entertainment, I also smiled lightly.

* * *

So, even though I came in first, Yu Seok-jae and Jeon So-ji didn’t produce good results.

As a result, our team finished the first race in second place.

It wasn’t a bad result considering we could get one hint.

‘Who could the spy be?’

Our first hint was that the spy was a man.

But this didn’t tell us whether both spies were men.

In the end, it wasn’t an extremely decisive hint.

‘But there’s no need to be too disappointed. The hints will be shared later anyway.’

This game was generally unfavorable for the spies.

Because any team had to catch the spies to win.

So there was a high possibility that the hints would be shared in the final race.

‘However, even if all the hints are gathered, they probably made one of the two confusing.’

It was usually like that.

In the end, it was clear that even if we gathered hints diligently, we couldn’t easily catch the spies.

But that didn’t mean we could neglect the hints.

Also, because we could deduce who the spies were during the game process, we had to do our best.

That was how to avoid suspicion.

‘The suspicious people from the first race are Yu Seok-jae, Jeon So-ji, Song Ji-ho, Ji Joon-seok, and Ji Jung-hyun…’

Kim Jong-hyup and Ha Jung-hoon were the winners of the first race.

So it was a bit difficult to suspect them as spies.

Also, Yang Joo-chan was not very good at this game, so it was hard to put him on the list of suspects.

In the end, it meant that everyone except these people had the possibility of being a spy.

‘Especially Senior Ji Jung-hyun is suspicious… Usually in , they choose one guest as a spy.’

So Senior Ji Jung-hyun had a quite high possibility of being a spy.

But there were still difficult parts to continue deducing.

So the second race began.

As always, the PD delivered the rules.

“The second game in Namdaemun, where bone soup and spy hints are at stake, is ‘Describing an Object Without Knowing It’.”

‘Describing an Object Without Knowing It’ was also a game I liked.

Two people would come out and randomly describe an object whose identity they didn’t know.

At this time, the two people couldn’t know what the object was until the end of the game, but they could earn points if they somehow gave valid descriptions.

In the end, it was important to somehow give plausible descriptions and earn points.

And in this game, Ji Jung-hyun made a great performance.

Ji Jung-hyun came out with Song Ji-ho and started explaining about stockings.

As soon as the game started, Ji Jung-hyun blurted out.

“This is an essential item for couples.”

“For couples?”

Ji Jung-hyun nodded at Ha Jung-hoon’s question.

“I usually give it as a gift when I have a lover.”

“When? On anniversaries?”

“Anniversaries are good, but I tend to give it as a gift whenever there’s an opportunity.”

“What for?”

“It’s used when you need to have a sincere conversation with your lover.”

“A sincere conversation?”

“Yes. So we end up using it mostly at night…”

“Ji Jung-hyun, be honest. You saw what this is, didn’t you?”

“What?”

Ji Jung-hyun was flustered, and everyone burst into laughter.

Certainly, Ji Jung-hyun’s explanation had some exquisite aspects.

The problem was that it was too inappropriate for ’s broadcast rating.

In the end, Yu Seok-jae stepped in.

“Don’t let Ji Jung-hyun do all the explaining, Song Ji-ho should explain too.”

So it seemed the level would go down for a moment, but Song Ji-ho also brought up some considerable stories.

Thanks to that, the scene couldn’t help but become a sea of laughter.

Next was my turn with Yu Seok-jae.

“This is an object I use often.”

Yu Seok-jae spoke first, and Yang Joo-chan hurriedly responded.

“When do you use it?”

“I use it in almost every aspect of life. I use it when eating, in the bathroom, and I always carry it when I go somewhere.”

“You use it in the bathroom too?”

“Yes. Is that strange?”

“It is strange.”

The fact that it was strange to use it in the bathroom was an important hint.

It meant that if this object was used secretly, it could be strange.

Thinking this, I opened my mouth.

“I often lend this object to my friends.”

“To which friends?”

“I tend to lend it to close friends. I’ve even given it as a gift to Senior Ji Jung-hyun.”

“You? To me?”

Ji Jung-hyun looked noticeably flustered, as if my explanation was strange.

But feeling it was difficult to suddenly change course now, I closed my eyes tightly and continued talking.

“Yes. Don’t you remember? After the filming ended, at the company dinner, you were holding it tightly while drinking.”

“There… seems to have been a misunderstanding…”

“No. I’m certain. You said you were thankful that I gave you this object as a gift then. You said you’d cherish this gift and use it over and over even after ended, remember?”

“Um… Shouldn’t we stop now?”

Ji Jung-hyun added the last words in a flustered state, but it was already too late.

Everyone went wild at my story and started questioning Ji Jung-hyun.

Ji Jung-hyun waved his hands in embarrassment.

At the same time, he looked at me with eyes that seemed to resent me.

‘What’s this? What kind of object could it be to cause such a reaction?’

Still, I decided to be satisfied with the fact that I had mentioned the title several times through this game.

Anyway, as long as it was funny, it was possible to promote .

After that, Yu Seok-jae’s explanation continued a bit more, and finally the object was revealed.

The object was a ‘Barbie doll’.