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Translator Note:

Just wanted to let you know that sometimes I won't translate calls(?) like 'oppa, hyung, eonni, nuna, etc.' and suffixes like '-ssi, -nim, etc.'

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Chapter 41 – Projects (4)

According to writer Woo Tae-yoon, Kim Sanghyun's heart, which had been trying to approach Choi Ara lightly because of her pretty face, completely changed here.

Choi Ara has always wanted to cry, but she has lived stubbornly and suppressed her emotions. The despair that it's all over makes her heart jump out.

"Hey, don't cry."

"Ugh!"

Her face was wrinkled and bright red with heat. Her eyes are watering and she makes a childlike wailing sound. She doesn't look as pretty as she usually does, but Kim Sanghyun can't take his eyes off her.

Kim Sanghyun's reaction is like, why is she crying? Slowly, the atmosphere changes from embarrassed and uncomfortable to serious.

Kim Sanghyun feels sympathy for Choi Ara, who has no choice but to live like this, and he feels affection for her and wants to be by her side.

That subtle change in Yoon Jay's expression made the Director smile.  Then, Kim Sanghyun gently hugged Choi Ara in a big hug.

 

— What a crazy opening ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

— Isn't the chemistry really strong?

— Hey, his expression is so crazy. Was that really the acting of a rookie?

— It's not even a sweet scene, but his eyes make me feel like I'm getting diabetes.

 

The rate of posts on community boards and portal reaction windows that were running in real-time was insane.

 

"Sorry, I'm sorry."

"Ugh......!"

"Stop crying."

Still, she didn't stop crying, so Kim Sanghyun tightened his arms around her and held her tightly.

 

The difference in size between Yoon Jay, who is tall and broad-shouldered, and Han Da-yeon, who is short and slender, makes people excited.

 

Kim Sanghyun slightly pulled away from Choi Ara and gently wiped the tears from her face. Calm, atmospheric music plays in the background.

 

— Is it finally coming?

— Kiss!! Quickly!

— Kiss! (clap) Kiss! (mate) Kiss me! (mate)

— No, why don't they kiss?

 

Although their faces were close, it was not the scene viewers were hoping for. Before filming, the Director, Writer, and Yoon Jay had a brief discussion about this scene.

[What do you think, Jay -ssi?]

[Kim Sanghyun is a manipulative opportunist, and Choi Ara has a lot of pride. This is the scene where Choi Ara's pride completely collapses, and I don't think Kim Sanghyun going to miss this opportunity.]

[Yeah, that's right.]

[However, I think he'll pass on the opportunity because his feelings for Ara have changed from interest to love.]

Choi Ara has a lot of pride, so if she goes with the flow and kisses him, she'll blame herself later for being weak. This was Yoon Jay's impression.

[Is it because he is considerate to Ara?]

[Yes, because Sanghyun is only weak towards Ara.]

[I like that idea. Let's just tickle her moderately and let her go.]

The Director originally wanted to include a kissing scene. But Yoon Jay, who plays Sanghyun, liked the idea so much.

 

"Are you done crying?"

"......!"

So Kim Sanghyun looks away and then takes a step back. Choi Ara, realizing her mistake, gasps at the sight of Kim Sanghyun's face, pushes him away, and runs home.

"......Ha."

Kim Sanghyun didn't follow her. He sank to his knees, buried his head, and let out a heavy sigh.

 

It was a refreshing touch that made the viewers automatically tickle and feel soft.

"Cut! Okay!"

"Yay!"

"Good chemistry!"

This is okay without having to look at the monitor again. Han Da-yeon covered her face in embarrassment, and Yoon Jay patted her shoulder to encourage her. The atmosphere on the set brightened up.

"What do you think, Writer -nim?"

"It's fine."

The Writer, who cried when the Director instructed him to add romance and added it with a grain of salt, had no choice but to nod his head when he saw the results. The two of them, or more precisely, Yoon Jay, who set the tone, played a big role.

 

— Hey, is anyone watching Projects now? It's crazy.

— No, why does it feel like a sexy scene?

— Yoon Jay, can you do a steamy melodrama?

— So they're dating? I wish they would drop the spicy quickly.

 

Yoon Jay only has one drama, <Fluttering>. And in the drama, the relationship between Grand Prince Muhwi and Jung Yeonhwa is very simple. However, in that short scene, the atmosphere between them felt strange. Therefore, many people expect Yoon Jay to appear in a melodrama.

 

"If you go and explain your situation, I'm sure they'll consider the fine. And if you're in a hurry, I'll lend you the money."

"I-I don't want to! I'll take care of it myself!"

"You've sold your poverty, but you still have any pride left to show me?"

"That's......!"

"I'm not giving it to you, I'm lending it to you. Are you going to accept it tenaciously?"

 

From here on out, the air between Kim Sanghyun and Choi Ara becomes even stranger. Viewers are interested to see when their relationship will progress.

 

— This is exactly what it is. She throws away all her pride for money, but she doesn't want to bend her pride to him. That's love.

└ A woman who lives tenaciously despite being poor with an immature money-spinning bastard? It's delicious.

└ I liked this combination.

└ It's fu#king tasty.

 

[Projects Highlight] Yoon Jay and Han Dayeon finally kissing?

[Projects Behind the Scenes] Collection of The Guilty Man, Yoon Jay in .zip

 

A short snippet video becomes a real-time trending video, and the viewership increases slightly.

 

The mood of the scenes changes from the sweet sub-protagonist's narrative to the two main characters chasing the criminal. A fifth body was discovered.

The problem is that the first body was found by Kim Sanghyun.

He was worried about Choi Ara, so even after his shift was over, he went in and out of the neighborhood as if eating a meal, and met her. Desperate for even the smallest clue, Park Yunseong and his colleagues identified the culprit as Kim Sanghyun.

"Ah, it's not me!"

"Then why were you there at this hour, your shift ended long ago."

"It's......!"

"Look. You can't say it."

This is because the location where the body was found would not have been easily found unless the culprit was involved.

Kim Sanghyun is taken into custody, but he keeps his mouth shut. Choi Ara, who heard the news late, rushes into the police station.

"Huh? Ara, why are you here......"

"Kim Sanghyun...... At that time, he was with me."

"With you, Ara?"

"Yes."

The Detectives sighed and relaxed. They'd been wondering if they'd gotten the wrong guy because Kim Sanghyun didn't fit the profile of the serial killer they'd been tracking.

"Hey, why didn't you tell us about that?"

"I mean, I thought that if I said, I was together with her at such a late hour, there would be strange rumors…… After all, when the autopsy results come out, it would show the time of death or anything."

"Oh, fu#k."

"What an as*hole."

Even though the Detectives caught the wrong person, no one apologized. Park Yunseong took out Kim Sanghyun and apologized briefly.

"I'm sorry. We're in a bit of a hurry."

"No, well......"

Kim Sanghyun, who had relaxed, noticed a police officer and an old man walking behind Choi Ara.

"Excuse me, Detective."

"Huh?"

"That man was also near the scene."

The only witness was......

"Oh my, where am I?"

He's an elderly man with dementia.

***.

"The killer's pattern has changed."

The old man folded a paper crane and handed it to Choi Ara. The paper crane was like the killer's signature, so the detectives grabbed the old man and asked him questions, but of course, they couldn't get any useful information.

"What if the killer had a change of heart and suddenly disappeared?"

"No, the killer has gotten the taste of killing, and the change in pattern means...... It's only going to get worse."

Park Yunseong stared at the road map marking the crime scene.

So far, the killer had been following their own rules: a regular killing cycle, strangulation, and a paper crane in his mouth.

However, the fifth body discovered had no regular cycle and no paper crane in his mouth. He was also not strangled, but stabbed to death.

"A detective's hunch?"

"I have it, and the data says it."

A direct stabbing with a knife is an expression of emotion. Negative emotions like anger, rage, and resentment. What's going on in the killer's mind? Has a close family member died, or is there another reason?

The precise pattern was broken, and the killer became a random, emotionally driven killer. This was more dangerous. You never knew when or where someone was going to die.

"Subin, you've been around this neighborhood a lot, right? I need your help."

"Um...... There should be one more person."

Kang Subin called Kim Sanghyun. He knew the geography of the neighborhood and all the people who lived there to impress Choi Ara. Maybe even more than Kang Subin.

"Ah, the elder of that house is reconciling with their child with whom they lost contact and is moving. The house is empty now."

"When did you know all that?"

"Um, it could be considered that I'm a perfect person."

Kang Subin and Park Yunseong smirked at the sight of Kim Sanghyun squinting one eye.

"This house belongs to Mrs. Park Soon-hee from Gyeongsang-do, whose husband is working at the apartment construction site. She's the one who often gives banchan to Ara."

T/N: Banchan are small side dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine.

"Enough with the useless information, tell us about the people who live alone."

"Okay."

The only way to find out who the killer might be targeting is to go undercover. Park Yunseong wrote down the information Kim Sanghyun gave him on his phone.

"......Wait a minute."

"Why?"

"Why is the door open over there?"

"Didn't you just go out the front?"

"No, because the situation is dangerous like this, so I told her to lock the door if she goes out for a minute......"

As he excitedly walked through the neighborhood, Kim Sanghyun noticed that the sliding door of Choi Ara's house was open. He had an ominous feeling and looked inside.

"A-Ara."

Choi Ara had been stabbed in the abdomen and was lying on the ground.

 

"Cut!"

"Let's go to the next scene!"

We cut to the next scene. It's the scene where Kim Sanghyun carries and runs down the street with Choi Ara still breathing.

It was a steep and narrow alleyway, so the staff put their faith in Yoon Jay.

"Jay -ssi, if it's too hard for you, you can stop halfway and we'll take another shot......"

"Safety comes first. Be careful not to fall."

"Yes."

Yoon Jay nodded and picked up Han Da-yeon. Several staff members exclaimed in admiration at his action of lifting her lightly as if he didn't feel weighty.

"Well, you're a firefighter, so you're guaranteed to be strong."

Previously, there was a scene with a resident, where he came to collect taxes but the resident misunderstood that he was a debt collector and ran away, then a clumsy chase was filmed.

Despite being filmed over and over again, Yoon Jay never complained and didn't look too tired, which earned him a good reputation among the staff.

"Aren't I heavy, Oppa? You can put a little scaffolding underneath."

"You're not heavy."

As Han Da-yeon continued to ask anxiously, Yoon Jay gently spun around. So far, so good. The shooting atmosphere was good, and he hadn't gotten too many NGs.

"Okay. Ready...... Action!"

The Director's sign rang out, and Yoon Jay, who plays as Kim Sanghyun, started running.

 

"N-No!"

An ambulance can't come to this alley. Even if they did, it would take a long time. So he carried her himself and ran.

He was afraid that Choi Ara would go wrong on the steep stairs, but he didn't stop running. Ara, Ara, don't die.

"Please......!"

The drone camera captured his image from above. The cameras in the alleyway pick up his image as well.

He gasps for air and lets out a short scream. It was urgent and desperate.

'......Ara.'

 

Kim Sanghyun, or Yoon Jay, felt the place he was running in was changing. From a narrow alleyway to a tense school hallway, to a battlefield where guns and shells were flying.

 

'Don't die.'

 

Back then, I carry him like this, too. The school, which would normally be full of laughter, became the scene of tragedy, and the gunman's muzzle pointed at us. And I stood in the middle of the battlefield, dodging incoming shells...... Huh?

Is that Choi Ara I'm running with? Or is it Han Da-yeon, who plays as Choi Ara? Or is it Benjamin, whom I failed to save? Or......

'Don't die, Ben.'

The mask I've been working so hard to keep up cracks as I shift from Kim Sanghyun to Yoon Jay to the firefighter Jay Jenkins.

 

"Cut! Hold on!"

The Director on the radio jumped to his feet and waved his hand as Yoon Jay ran so fast he overtook the camera. But he didn't stop.

"Oppa. Oppa. Stop."

"......Huh?"

It wasn't until Han Da-yeon tapped him on the shoulder that he finally came to his senses. When he barely stopped, Han Da-yeon got off his back.

"Are you okay?"

"......I'm sorry."

"No, I'm not having any difficulties because I'm constantly being carried on your back......"

Standing close to Yoon Jay, Han Da-yeon noticed a trickle of water in his eyes and shut her mouth.

'What's......?'

For some reason...... It seemed like the sad and miserable atmosphere wasn't simply because he was immersed in Kim Sanghyun.

Even in the script, Kim Sanghyun cries while running with Choi Ara. But it's more like he's crying like a child because he's scared and afraid of losing Choi Ara, not that he's crying so sadly like that.

"......I'm sorry."

"No, it's alright. Let's take a break. Where's Jay -ssi's manager?"

The Director sensed his condition and stopped filming for a moment.

Yoon Jay rarely made mistakes, and he was polite and kind to everyone, so everyone liked him. The fellow actors looked at him with concern, and Han Jin-woo rushed over, draped a blanket over his shoulders, and handed him some warm water.

"Hyung, drink up."

"Okay."

His heavy breathing gradually returns to normal. But his eyes looked a little strange, so Han Jin-woo asked cautiously.

"Is there something wrong?"

"Benjamin."

"What?"

"It reminds me of someone......"

Yoon Jay wiped his tears with the back of his hand.

 

[It's not a good idea to hold it in too tightly, because what you temporarily blocked will eventually explode.]

 

The Captain's voice seemed to come from somewhere.


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