The Face Genius Actor

Episode 114 

My appearance was limited to just one scene as a physical education teacher.

However, this fact caused a huge sensation.

-OMG ㅠㅠ To see the Lee brothers together in a drama ㅠㅠㅠ My dream has come true!

-When they said Si-hwan would appear, I was hoping for a cameo, and wow ㅋㅋㅋ

-Si-joon appearing with charisma ㅋㅋㅋ He’s a PE teacher, right?

-There’s something sporty about him… It suits Si-joon so well ㅠㅠ

-Si-joon perfectly pulling off even the tracksuit, made by Italian craftsmen….

-Si-hwan’s face looks good too ㅋㅋㅋ Look at that melancholic gaze out the window ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Anyone can see ㅋㅋㅋ “I got rejected by a girl” ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Why is even Si-hwan’s dialogue so melancholic ㅋㅋㅋ Asking if we’ve met somewhere before ㅋㅋㅋ

-No ㅋㅋㅋ Wasn’t he thinking about Lim Su-ji? Why is he suddenly like that with our Si-joon?

-It’s almost like a female lead’s line ㅋㅋㅋ This was definitely intentional ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-But the younger brother doesn’t acknowledge those feelings ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Unable to call his hyung “hyung” ㅋㅋㅋ Unable to call his dongsaeng “dongsaeng” ㅋㅋㅋ

-Si-joon is so funny ㅋㅋㅋ He’s saying his true feelings so openly there?

-Another face genius promoting his hyung while pretending to mutter ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Si-joon ㅋㅋㅋ You’re handsome too ㅋㅋㅋ Don’t be angry ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-By the way, where is this school really? The Lee brothers are all at the school ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What’s with the female students’ voices ㅋㅋㅋ Why are they spreading rumors like that ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-But our PE teacher Si-joon dominates the classroom ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Somehow ㅋㅋㅋ It feels like the female students don’t say much when Si-joon tells them to go back to class ㅋㅋㅋ

-It seemed like one female student was looking at Si-joon’s face for too long ㅋㅋㅋ

-Please ㅋㅋㅋ Teach our class too ㅋㅋㅋ That’s the feeling it gave ㅋㅋㅋ

-Ack ㅋㅋㅋ He suddenly says “Cheer up” ㅋㅋㅋ So funny ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Si-hwan is cute ㅋㅋㅋ He’s blushing there ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Somehow, Si-joon saying “Cheer up” now ㅋㅋㅋ Doesn’t it feel like he’s cheering for the drama?

-I felt that too ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Since he even made a cameo appearance ㅋㅋㅋ

-Ah ㅠㅠ Is Si-joon’s cameo scene over? ㅠㅠㅠ Is there no more?

-Shouldn’t there be more? He’s a PE teacher, right? He should teach every week!

-But you know ㅋㅋ Isn’t it funny to think that the Lee brothers are watching this scene right now?

-It would be so funny if they were watching it while having a drink together ㅋㅋㅋ

-OMG ㅠㅠ Just imagining it makes me so happy ㅠㅠ I want to drink there too!

After the broadcast of Episode 3 of “Love in 18”:

While checking the community reactions over drinks with my family, I cleared my throat.

Hyung also seemed to be looking at the same thing, as he quietly put down his phone.

Meanwhile, father poured drinks for both of us and said:

“I’m so happy to see my two sons appear in the same drama!”

Father really seemed to be in a good mood.

The constant smile on his face was proof of that.

I was also happy that father was in a good mood.

I thought again that it was a good decision to make a cameo appearance.

Even if it didn’t help increase the ratings of “Love in 18”, the cameo appearance was meaningful.

Because our family was creating new memories like this.

“Then, let’s cheers!”

“Cheers!”

“Cheers.”

So we clinked our glasses and downed the soju in one go.

“Good!”

“Ah!”

“……”

Of course, the side dish was whole chicken.

While I was wrapping chicken leg meat in white kimchi, father spoke up:

“By the way, younger son.”

“Yes?”

“So, how was it on set?”

“What?”

“I mean Si-hwan’s acting. Was it okay?”

“Well….”

“Tell me honestly as a senior actor.”

Father asked mischievously, and hyung showed interest.

Of course, hyung was looking elsewhere with his head turned.

But judging by his index finger twitching on the table, he was clearly interested.

He also looked a bit nervous.

‘Hyung’s acting skills….’

I didn’t think father brought this up just to tease hyung.

It was clear he was trying to encourage hyung’s courage.

Hyung’s acting skills had already been proven sufficiently during the first three episodes of “Love in 18”.

Having grasped father’s intention, I smiled and opened my mouth.

“The acting was good. Especially the way he built his own character and expressed it was excellent. The analysis of the character Kim Hoon was also good.”

As I laid out these words of praise, the twitching index finger stopped.

Then hyung clicked his tongue and emptied a new glass of soju.

Father pointed at hyung and laughed.

“Oh! Our Si-hwan must be happy, right? Getting praised by a 10 million viewer actor?”

“Well. I don’t feel bad.”

Indeed, hyung’s acting that I witnessed on set was excellent.

Even compared to other actors, it felt noticeably good.

Although not yet main lead level, it seemed Director Kang Han-sung didn’t assign the secondary male lead role for nothing.

The viewers’ reactions were also not bad.

In fact, as an actor from a modeling background, many people were dissatisfied with hyung’s challenge in acting.

This was even more so because he had solidified his position as a model by working at the world’s three major fashion weeks.

It could have been a situation overwhelmed by expectations and pressure.

Hyung overcame all of this with excellent acting skills and received praise from viewers.

Of course, there were still people who doubted hyung’s skills or looked at him with jealous eyes.

But I had no doubt that time would solve all these problems.

Because hyung’s skills would improve over time.

In fact, it seemed that if hyung took on one or two more secondary male lead roles, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to rise to the main lead.

Director Kang Han-sung, who was watching hyung from the closest position, also mentioned something similar.

‘Someday, I might really appear in the same work officially with hyung.’

I thought this while looking at hyung who was sipping soju.

I was already looking forward to that day.

* * *

The ratings for Episode 3 of “Love in 18”, released the next day, were 4.37%, an increase of 1.01% compared to Episode 2.

As a result, articles poured out saying that my cameo appearance had helped “Love in 18” achieve a significant increase in ratings.

I was also satisfied that I seemed to have contributed to the rise in “Love in 18″‘s ratings.

Now it seemed I could focus solely on filming “I Am Not a Villain”.

Today, we were scheduled to film the middle to later part where Kang Tae-nam starts to seriously suspect Yoon Se-rang as the culprit.

It was also the day to film scenes where media pressure on the police investigation intensifies as Han Ho-hoon’s body is discovered.

Yang I-deum, who agreed to make a friendly appearance as a reporter for this scene, arrived on set.

“Si-joon!”

I turned my head towards the voice and easily spotted Yang I-deum.

“You’re here?”

“Yeah. Just arrived. I watched Episode 3 of ‘Love in 18’ yesterday where you made a cameo.”

“Really?”

“It was such a big deal everywhere that I felt I had to watch it even if I didn’t want to.”

“Ah. Right. There was that kind of atmosphere.”

“Episode 3 was so fun that I watched Episodes 1 and 2 as well. The drama is interesting. I’ve become a total fan of Oppa Si-hwan.”

“Oppa Si-hwan?”

“Since you’re my friend, Si-hwan oppa is Si-hwan oppa, right?”

“That’s true. By the way, Kyung-mo contacted me yesterday saying he watched it well too. Seems like you enjoyed it as well.”

“Yeah. It was good. By the way, Kyung-mo is playing Han Ho-hoon, right? Did he film well and leave?”

“He said he did well. But I couldn’t see him that day because I was doing the cameo for ‘Love in 18’.”

“I see. Kyung-mo must have been really disappointed. He likes seeing your face more than anyone else.”

“Maybe that’s why he asked me to send him a selfie.”

“Did you send it?”

“Yeah.”

“Wow.”

Since Goo Kyung-mo was playing Han Ho-hoon, he didn’t have any overlapping scenes with Kang Tae-nam.

Han Ho-hoon’s corpse was also set to be replaced with a stand-in as needed, filming it separately.

But even so, it would have been nice if I had been on set since he was making a friendly appearance.

I couldn’t because of the “Love in 18” cameo.

So I had separately apologized to Goo Kyung-mo.

“But he didn’t seem particularly upset, probably because I sent him the photo.”

“Right. Knowing Kyung-mo, he was probably happy. Saying he got a treasure.”

While I was in the middle of talking with Yang I-deum like this,

Director Choi Seo-young gave the start signal, and the two of us moved in front of the camera.

“Standby! Cue!”

* * *

Calls from reporters are pouring into the police station day after day.

Because of this, everyone is busy holding onto phones.

I’m no exception.

I’ve just dealt with the twenty-seventh reporter.

Why do these people who ask why we’re not investigating properly interfere with the investigation like this?

Finally, unable to contain my anger, I unplug the phone line.

At that moment, someone speaks to me from behind.

“Detective Kang Tae-nam?”

I turn around to see a young woman standing there.

“Who are you?”

“Hello. I’m Lee Hee-yeon, a reporter from Tomorrow News.”

“Reporter? Ah. Why are you here, Ms. Reporter? You’re not supposed to be here.”

I push the reporter out.

The reporter raises her voice urgently.

“I heard that Detective Kang Tae-nam is investigating a classmate of Han Ho-hoon as a suspect. Is this true?”

I can’t help but pause at the reporter’s question.

It’s true that I’m actually chasing someone.

However, I don’t know the name of this child yet.

None of the teachers at Myungsung High School remembered this child’s name.

Even the students are the same.

For some reason, they’ve forgotten this child’s name.

So I’m trying to identify the child by visiting students one by one.

But this was at the preliminary investigation stage, so I had nothing specific to say to the reporter.

If unnecessary words leak out when we have nothing, it will only cause confusion in the investigation.

For this reason, I can only ask the reporter this:

“Where did you hear that?”

The reporter’s eyes light up.

“Oh? Seems like it’s true.”

Realizing I’ve been baited, I start pushing the reporter out again.

Even as she’s being pushed out of the detective division, the reporter shouts:

“Hey! I’m going to write an article about this! I’m writing it!”

Knowing from experience that saying anything here would be disadvantageous, I remain silent and completely remove the reporter.

After driving out the reporter, a colleague approaches me and asks:

“Detective Kang. Do you have any clues?”

I hesitate for a moment, then shake my head.

It’s too early to say anything now.

“Not yet… Not yet.”

Hearing my answer, my colleague nods and retreats.

I stare for a long time at the spot where I chased out the reporter.

Something doesn’t feel right.