Chapter 133: Me?

‘Me?’

For a moment, Sua’s mind went blank.

‘They recognize me?’

It was the first time a stranger she’d never met before recognized her.

She couldn’t help but be surprised.

Meanwhile, the number of people inside the convenience store continued to grow.

It turned out they had more companions.

They must have been drinking together.

It was clear from the fact that they were all young, dressed up, and had flushed faces.

“Why aren’t you going in? I’m desperate for a cigarette.”

“Did something happen?”

“What is it? What’s wrong?”

Sua observed them once more.

Lately, her intelligence was often underestimated, but Sua prided herself on remembering people well.

‘…Their demeanor isn’t hostile either.’

Still, just in case, Sua asked.

“We…. This is our first time meeting, right?”

It was a question uttered as carefully as possible.

Of course, keeping image management in mind.

Sua was now an expert at feigning composure.

At that, the expressions of the group in front of her turned dumbfounded.

“…This voice, it’s her. It’s really Ms. Sua.”

They exchanged glances and then gasped silently.

To Sua, it looked like their jaws might actually dislocate.

“Kim Yuhan! Ms. Sua who played Kim Yuhan! Right? Special Task Force 808? No, we were just talking about the drama! And then like this…! Wow, that, really…!”

Sua was rather flustered by their gradual loss of language, as if they were regressing.

‘Am I the cause?’

It was then that the Sua Association intervened.

• -Imagine encountering a person in real life who was on TV just moments ago. Of course, it would be surprising.
• -Yes. The twist was incredible too.

‘So, that means….’

Sua finally realized.

‘…They recognized me as an actress?’

At the same time, a thrill shot through her as if she’d been struck by lightning.

She understood.

They recognized Sua as an actress, and that fact alone was causing a commotion.

Sua too, soon felt like joining in the frenzy.

A sense of elation welled up within her.

‘No way. I mean, it makes sense, but it’s amazing!’

Sua even felt like she wanted to become their fan.

‘They recognized me! I’m so grateful!’

Sua-thankful!

Sua-moved!

Sua-thrilled!

“What do I do! It’s really Ms. Sua! What do I do!”

Just Sua’s gaze made her stumble.

She was covering her mouth with one hand and extending the other towards Sua, and it was even more chaotic when Sua took it.

“Aaaaargh!”

Wasn’t she about to collapse?

As if electricity was flowing through Sua’s body.

Honestly, Sua almost collapsed too….

Meanwhile, the commotion steadily grew.

“She must really be from overseas. What’s with this vibe…!”

“Is it really Ms. Lee Sua herself?”

“Episode 8 was so, so much fun!”

“She cried!”

“That’s because I was drinking! You cried too!”

Around this point, Sua realized something.

‘The twist in episode 8 must have worked quite well.’

She had worried it might be unpleasant, but she was now certain it had been a great success.

The faces of the group confronting Sua were filled only with elation.

The greater their joy, the more excited Sua became.

“Ms. Sua, what brings you to the convenience store?”

“….”

Should she say she didn’t have any spare underwear to change into after bathing at Seo Yeon-ju’s house?

It was difficult to confess honestly.

Therefore.

“Character research….”

“Huh? Crazy! Are you already filming something?”

“That’s under a confidentiality clause….”

Confidentiality clause.

Sua was now effortlessly using difficult words.

You ask if Sumi can use it too?

I don’t know!

“I-I’m definitely watching your next project too!”

“Me too!”

“Please win the Best New Actor award!”

Thump, thump!

Sua felt her pulse quicken.

At the same time, a belated worry arose.

‘How do I get out of this?’

She didn’t want to push away these people who had kindly recognized her.

It was then.

“Excuse me, how much can we ask of you…?”

One person mustered the courage to ask.

“….”

Sua herself couldn’t answer.

It was her first time meeting people who recognized her.

It meant she hadn’t yet established a baseline for what was permissible.

Of course, she wouldn’t lend them money.

Rather, after hearing the question, she thought, ‘Oh no.’

‘I almost agreed to anything, swept up in the atmosphere. Be kind, but be mindful of my image. The dignity of an actress!’

Sua, using her wits, extended her hand.

Since she had just shaken hands with one person, it meant she would shake hands with everyone.

If she treated everyone equally, there wouldn’t be any complaints later.

“Ah, a handshake!”

“A handshake with Ms. Sua!”

Hands, flocking like doctor fish, bumped into each other.

Only then did they form a line and begin to shake Sua’s hand.

“Kim Yuhan! I held Kim Yuhan’s hand!”

“So warm….”

“Aaargh!”

Meanwhile, the part-timer wearing a convenience store vest brought out A4 paper and a permanent marker, along with a desperate cry.

“Ms. Sua, could I possibly get an autograph!”

“It’s not that I can’t, but….”

“Hul! Me too!”

“Me too!”

“I want one too!”

Soon, A4 sheets swarmed towards Sua like a school of sharks, but Sua herself was worried about something else.

‘…Come to think of it, I don’t have an autograph.’

Famous celebrities usually have cool signature autographs, but Sua didn’t have one yet.

It was because she had never even imagined a day would come when she would sign an autograph for someone.

It was fine.

A good idea soon came to her.

“Just a moment.”

What Sua chose was not text, but a drawing.

Skeetch, skeetch─

Sua drew caricatures of each of them.

Of course, they were just light sketches, but not in their eyes.

The working time was short, but it was clear who she had drawn.

The permanent marker felt like ink.

“C-C-Can I really receive something like this…?”

Moved.

That was the reaction of the first person to receive one.

Meanwhile, the Sua Association nodded.

• -Avoids risk by not taking photos, and gives uniqueness to the provided autograph to prevent resale? That’s quite a brilliant move. Good.
• -This kid is strangely smart only in these kinds of things. Especially in matters of human affection.
• -Well, primitiveness and purity are actually similar.

Skeetch, skeetch─!

Sua didn’t stop the permanent marker in her hand.

“Looking at the drawing, it’s definite! It’s Kim Yuhan!”

“The drawings weren’t props but actual skill…?”

“Crazy! The hurdle for actors is unbelievably high!”

Thanks to the positive reactions, her speed increased.

However.

‘Hmm?’

She felt something strange around the time she used up one pen.

Why wasn’t the number of people holding out A4 paper decreasing?

She realized immediately after.

Even at this moment, people were flocking in.

“What’s going on over there?”

“…Is something happening inside!”

“What is it? Why are so many people gathered?”

At the same time, on one side of the convenience store, volume-rated trash bags were prepared.

“Ms. Sua! Please tell us what you’d like to eat!”

“W-We’ll do something for you too!”

“Please accept it! It’s payment for the drawing!”

In the end, she used up two whole permanent markers and completely filled a 20-liter volume-rated trash bag.
No, even this was the result of Sua refusing, saying she absolutely couldn’t accept any more.

…She just couldn’t handle it.

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The next day, 7 AM.

That is, nine hours after episode 8 aired.

Whoooosh─!

Sua was drying her hair at Seo Yeon-ju’s mansion.

‘What is this newfangled contraption?’

That was Sua’s impression as she used the hairdryer with a wet towel wrapped around her head.

‘What is this? It’s on a completely different level, making the one Sua used at home feel like a mere fan.’

Thanks to it, she found a new goal.

‘When I make money, I’ll change my house and furniture first!’

At the same time, she replayed yesterday’s events.

‘I’m still not sure. Was it perhaps a dream?’

People who recognized her had appeared, and their reactions were quite favorable.

It felt like walking on clouds.

It was childish, but she wondered if she should pinch her own cheek hard.

Just as she was lost in such a Sua-like thought.

Suddenly.

A hand grabbed Sua’s chest firmly.

‘Euheo-eo-eo-eok!’

Sua jumped in fright, but thankfully, only internally.

In reality, she froze stiff, her eyes, narrowed to slits, darted to another person reflected in the mirror.

It was Seo Yeon-ju.

“Sorry, sorry. Are you angry?”

She stepped back, raising both hands as if in surrender.

“I just couldn’t resist wanting to touch it at least once. Since I let you sleep at my house, please overlook this much.”

She lightly tapped Sua’s shoulder as if to tell her to relax her angry expression, but Sua quietly looked at the floor.

She wondered if her heart had just popped out of her mouth….

“More importantly, drying it like this will take ages. We don’t have time.”

Seo Yeon-ju turned on two hairdryers and held them.

“The CEO has been making a fuss since morning. She said to come to the headquarters quickly. Well, it’s not just the CEO who’s making a fuss. The whole of Korea probably is.”

Seo Yeon-ju quickly dried Sua’s hair.

Afterward, applying makeup was a swift process.

“Something happened when you went out yesterday, didn’t it?”

“Hmm?”

Sua flinched.

‘Did she tail me?’

“Why?”

“Well, because everyone is talking about you.”

Seo Yeon-ju held out her phone, which had SNS open.

[ Real-time Trends ]
Trending in Korea
▶ Special Task Force 808
▶ Episode 8 Twist
▶ Lee Sua = Kim Yuhan
▶ Kim Yuhan Real Life
▶ Lee Sua Autograph

Among them, Seo Yeon-ju tapped on ‘Lee Sua Drawing’, and immediately, posts related to it poured out.

• -Saw Kim Yuhan in real life at a convenience store, it was crazy. No picture together, but attaching the autograph I got…!
• -Lee Sua’s autograph ㅠㅠㅠ The quality is insane ㅠㅠㅠ You’d normally have to pay for something like this, but she just coolly sketched it and left without a word. An angel ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
• -What’s with Ms. Sua’s drawing skills? She drew so well that my ugly face came out exactly as it is. I should have been born prettier….

“….”

Sua unknowingly gulped.

Thump, thump, thump─!

It was simultaneous with her heart beating loudly.

She unknowingly reached out her hand towards Seo Yeon-ju’s phone.

It was instinct.

The instinct to see more of people’s instincts.

Thump, thump, thump─!

Sua was currently like humanity when it realized at some point that tomatoes weren’t poisonous.

Until last night, she was nervous and reluctant to see the reactions, but now it was different.

Through the short fan meeting at the convenience store, and the posts and trends just now, she was certain.

The world was more favorable than Sua had thought.

Truly, immensely so.

‘It’s just a honeypot! I’m ready to devour anything!’

However.

‘Ack.’

Sua couldn’t do that.

“….”

─♩♪♬

Just then, Seo Yeon-ju’s phone rang.

“Oh my, looks like the van has arrived. Let’s go down.”

Sua followed without a word, and Seo Yeon-ju smiled knowingly, as if she had guessed Sua’s inner thoughts.

“Think of it as a little taste.”

“Pardon?”

“You’ve only seen one page of SNS, that’s all. Do you know how much happened while we were sleeping? The entertainment company is probably buried under a pile of work, struggling to breathe. Let’s go tease them a lot.”

Just.

Those two letters made Sua’s heart flutter.

But it was also true.

She had only just visited a convenience store once, and only just seen one page of SNS.

How much had the world changed?

How had it accepted Sua?

It meant she hadn’t even begun to check the important things.

“So, how’s the air up there?”

Seo Yeon-ju’s joke held the answer.