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Kim Sun-il was the most taken aback.

What? Who’s whose girlfriend?

Sun-il immediately grabbed Yoo-jin.

“…Yoo-jin-ah, what are you talking about?”

But Yoo-jin was confident.

“Oppa, you promised me, right? To become even closer with Soo-ah unnie in the future. We should be proud of things like this!”

“Haa.”

Kim Sun-il sighed deeply.

Come to think of it, even during the broadcast of Special Task Force 808, Yoo-jin wanted Sun-il to be recognized within the hospital ward.

This young girl wanted her *oppa* to be praised and a source of pride wherever he went.

Yeah, I know that’s how she feels, so I can’t scold her. But still, isn’t this too much of a misunderstanding…?

Kim Sun-il looked at Lee Seo-jung and said,

“My younger sister is young and still clumsy. Lee Soo-ah and I are nothing, so please filter out what she says.”

“….”

Kim Sun-il left with his younger sister after saying that, and Lee Seo-jung sat there blankly for a while. Afterwards, even though she tried not to care, she kept thinking about it.

‘Lee Soo-ah is dating? With Kim Sun-il?’

No, they don’t suit each other at all.

But that’s how dating is. Because they don’t suit each other, they sometimes seem to suit each other. Was it the younger sister who lied, or Kim Sun-il? It’s confusing.

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One hour later.

Lee Seo-jung entered a meeting with Netflix officials and Lee Geum-sook’s team. The atmosphere in the conference room felt warmer than usual today, and the reason was simple.

“Wow, Sun-il *ssi* joining us like this.”

Yes, Kim Sun-il’s participation was the reason.

With Kim Sun-il joining ‘Untitled’, which already had the weighty casting of Lee Soo-ah—Lee Seo-jung—it had become much heavier.

The Netflix team leader smiled and spoke first.

“Seo-jung *ssi*, you’ve been waiting a long time, right? An unexpected meeting came up today, so Seo-jung *ssi* had to wait.”

“It’s okay. Kim Sun-il is a card you can’t afford to miss. Whatever he’s like as a person, his acting is impeccable.”

Lee Seo-jung wasn’t petty enough to ruin public matters because of personal feelings. Objectively speaking, the news of Kim Sun-il’s joining was definitely a good thing.

Soon, a document was placed on the desk.

“Okay, then let’s adjust the detailed contract terms for Seo-jung *ssi* today. The part you mentioned last time….”

“Um, but before that.”

Lee Seo-jung changed the subject.

There was something she was more concerned about than the contract terms right now.

“What were the circumstances of Kim Sun-il’s participation?”

“Circumstances of participation? I’m not sure about those things…”

As the team leader tilted his head, Lee Geum-sook interjected.

“He suddenly contacted us saying he wanted to participate. Why? Seo-jung *ssi*, are you uncomfortable with Sun-il? You’re not, right?”

“We’re just awkward with each other, not enemies. I’m just asking out of curiosity. He suddenly called? Does that mean he called after seeing the script?”

“No? He hadn’t even seen the script.”

Lee Seo-jung pondered for a moment.

That picky Kim Sun-il decided to participate without even seeing the script? It’s unbelievable. At the same time, it was something that couldn’t be understood logically.

‘Could it be that they’re really dating?’

In the end, Lee Seo-jung decided to just ask directly.

“Kim Sun-il and Lee Soo-ah aren’t dating, are they?”

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Later, in the early morning.

The conversation room for those involved was going wild.

[ Netflix ‘Untitled’ Production Team ]

This is a group chat room made up of Netflix officials and some staff, and the activity was tremendous even though it was early morning. Lee Seo-jung’s remarks at the meeting were the starting point.

[ Are Soo-ah *ssi* and Sun-il *ssi* dating? ]

[ I’m not sure, but it seems like Sun-il *ssi* joined because he was conscious of Soo-ah *ssi*. He’s usually so meticulous, but this time he participated without even looking at the script. ]

[ OMG OMG If that’s true, isn’t it amazing? They both seem like they wouldn’t bleed a single drop of blood, but they’re dating? ]

[ People like that usually have very stable relationships. There are surprisingly many things like this in the entertainment industry, right? ]

[ Nothing has been confirmed yet. Watch your words. ]

[ But why would Seo-jung *ssi* ask that? ]

[ …Could it be a love triangle? ]

[ Gasp ]

As the filming date for ‘Untitled’ approached, all sorts of speculations began to run rampant. And their final conclusion was.

[ Wow, then what will happen if we put all three of them in front of the camera at the same time ㅋㅋㅋ I’m dying to know what the atmosphere will be like when filming starts ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ ]

…They were dying to know and were curious. Really.

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One week later.

At 4 a.m., a man and a woman approached an SUV parked in the corner of the underground parking lot.

Both were wearing hats and masks, but their unique aura couldn’t be hidden. The man had a sturdy build, and the woman had a slender figure due to good management.

However, the atmosphere on both sides was unusual. The woman, in particular, was walking with large strides as if she was very angry.

Soon, they started talking to each other, and their voices grew louder.

“Why are you doing this? I really only have you.”

“You only have me, but you were already thinking about touching another woman’s thigh? No, you were even going to touch her butt? I was so embarrassed trying to defend you, I wanted to die!”

“That year overreacted. You know my personality.”

“Haa…. You want me to believe that?”

“What am I supposed to do if you don’t believe me?”

The man pounded his chest as if he was frustrated.

“I’ve been telling you everything without exception all this time, right? It’s the same this time. The divorce proceedings are almost over, and I’m going to live with you right away.”

“I’m anxious. I’m slowly starting to not trust *oppa*. I don’t know how many months it’s been since you said it’s almost over.”

“Haa….”

A little later, the man kneels down.

After that, the sound wasn’t heard well. However, the man who soon got up hugged the woman and got into the SUV.

After that, the car rattled and faint noises leaked out occasionally.

About an hour passed like that.

The lights inside the car turned on a few times, and the two ate lunch together. Then, after the lights inside the car went out again, it rattled several times.

Thump—

Much later, the man and woman got out of the car again.

However, it was different from before. The two briefly blew away the sweat from their bodies and put on their hats and masks again, but even that brief moment was enough to guess their identities.

Actors from ‘Crescendo’ starting tomorrow.

It was Kang Hak-man and Lee Joo-hyun.

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Ten minutes after the SUV disappeared.

The lights of a vehicle that had been maintaining a certain distance from the opposite side turned on. There were a total of four people. Their appearances were also unusual. They had their eyes on fire like undercover detectives.

“Wow…. They’re working hard in such a small place….”

The person in the passenger seat clicked his tongue and said.

“Did you put a small microphone nearby? Did you record the sound too?”

“Of course, I recorded it. But what’s wrong with Hak-man? Did he even touch a rookie actress’s thigh? Isn’t he crazy?”

“We’ll find out about that later, but what’s important now is that a married man with a daughter committed adultery.”

“Don’t worry. It’s all captured in photos and videos. From kneeling to joining bodies.”

“Good job. Fighting, making up, overlapping bodies, and fighting again with overlapping bodies…. What are they, monkeys?”

The man in the passenger seat clicked his tongue and said.

“From the beginning, Kang Hak-man shouldn’t have been able to hold his head up normally. He’s a serious piece of trash, isn’t he?”

“That’s right. I still laugh when I see these articles.”

The man in the passenger seat checked his phone.

[ Kang Hak-man Directly Explains Controversy over ‘Kim Joon-gi Golden Hospitality’ “I only met him in a public place” ]

[ Kang Hak-man Steadfast Despite Kim Joon-gi Controversy…. ‘Harmonious Family’ ]

“That guy who played dirty with Kim Joon-gi survived with just reputation management, right? But he can’t fix his habits. I thought he’d get caught someday, but he finally got caught.”

“That’s right. The work is finally over.”

“Should we report to the madam first?”

Here, madam was Kang Hak-man’s wife.

They were private investigators. Kang Hak-man’s wife had noticed something strange a few months ago and commissioned them to tail him, and they finally saw the results.

At that time, the head detective in the passenger seat shouted.

“Report? Hey, you idiot!”

“Yes, yes? We caught the evidence, so shouldn’t we report it?”

“This bastard doesn’t know how to make money because he’s new.”

The other detectives clicked their tongues at the newbie.

“We need to drag it out as much as possible with the madam and squeeze as much money as we can, and in the meantime, we need to calculate how much we can sell it to entertainment reporters for.”

“…Ah, is that how you do it?”

The newbie had a shocked expression.

It was understandable. The head detective had declared that he wasn’t just doing this out of a sense of justice, and that he would take as much profit as possible.

“We’re even going to contact Kang Hak-man himself. We’ll tell him we caught these circumstances and if he gives us double the money, we’ll just bury it. Of course, we’ll blow it up whether he gives us the money or not.”

The head detective smiled wickedly.

“Let’s test the waters here and there for about two weeks, squeeze as much as we can, and then completely send them to hell.”