Chapter 587
[★Strutting★]
Currently acting like the senior...
“Wait, you're already playing the senior role?”
“Well... I happen to know the owner and all.”
“I heard Actress Tak Jeongyun worked at in Daehakro for a long time.”
“Ah. Yes... Hello. I'm Tak Jeongyun, who played veteran nurse Lee Jeongmin in 〈Seoul Metropolitan City〉. Thank you.”
“What are you thanking us for?”
“Ah... for inviting me.”
“At times like this, we're the ones who should be thankful for bringing in three rookies.”
Tak Jeongyun's awkward variety-show moments won over the viewers.
-T_T LOLOLOL Ah, she's cute.
-Kind of an airhead...
-How must it feel to return to the octopus restaurant you worked at during your struggling years T_T I'm getting emotional.
-Her acting was insanely good, but seeing her being awkward is somehow adorable.
The team, watching the live broadcast, admired it.
“They really know how to establish characters.”
“She's less competent than veteran Tak Jeongyun, but the strutting baby leading around two clueless first-timers. So cute.”
“And here's the twist... Myeong Jeha actually worked part-time during his hiatus, so he's not a complete beginner.”
“In that case, it'll be even cuter if the real pro is the one mistakenly thinking they're the senior.”
Then—
-My daughter...
An overseas viewer had invaded the live chat.
“Ah. It's him.”
Gam Dajeong and the staff immediately recognized who it was.
“Baldie.”
That was the moment Marcus's Korean nickname was decided.
This episode of spread across social media in real time.
[HOT / Myeong Jeha actually riding a motorcycle with a helmet and doing deliveries.jpg]
(Capture of him saying he'd worked as a delivery guy.jpg)
Myeong Jeha said he actually tried the job because of his delivery boy role in Seoul Metropolitan City.
(Close-up of shocked people nearby.jpg)
Jeha... people really didn't recognize you...
(Close-up of Myeong Jeha's face.jpg)
No matter how I look at it, this feels fake;;
(Current live screenshot from WorkHol.jpg)
Huh? But he's ridiculously professional.
(Myeong Jeha checking delivery requests.jpg)
He's actually amazing at this.
-Anonymous 1: The fact that he's actually doing this is hilarious LMAO
-Anonymous 5: Huh? Since when? Myeong Jeha's on WorkHol?
-Anonymous 12: Yeah, it's being uploaded live right now.
-Anonymous 23: It's freezing, why is he delivering in a sukajan jacket? Wear a long padded coat, jeez T_T
-Anonymous 42: Why is nobody recognizing him TT_TT I feel sad for everyone who passed by him.
-Anonymous 65: LOL On Jihwa's father, who failed to recognize Myeong Jeha, is currently crying in the live chat.
* * *
10 p.m. Korean time. 6 a.m. American time.
Marcus, who would rather pull an all-nighter than wake up this early, got up for the sake of his daughter and joined the YouTube live chat.
His Korean travel vlog had become quite famous, so he had many Korean subscribers.
“So it really was Kangil.”
Not long ago, Marcus had received a message.
[Hello, Marcus :) We are a Korean Intube channel. We wanted your permission to use your image as reference material in a video featuring your daughter Jihwa...]
“My daughter?”
Opening the message box in horror as though his daughter had been kidnapped, Marcus had been heartbroken to learn that the person who brushed past him that day really had been Kangil.
But there was no time to grieve.
They promised him a jersey with On Jihwa's autograph if he provided some videos and materials for the show.
Naturally, he agreed immediately.
“Oh. They really aren't recognizing him...”
The guy on screen smiled shyly. Despite deliberately wearing a sukajan instead of a padded coat in this weather, nobody recognized him because he wore a helmet.
“Was that smile how he seduced my daughter?”
Marcus glared at the screen with an expression that did not suit the cheerful sounds of birds outside.
Type: Please show Jihwa already.
He pasted the translated message into the chat.
Soon, footage Marcus had provided began playing.
Subtitle: Just how badly did people fail to recognize him?
[Material provided by: Jihwa's Father]
[Marcus wandering K-Expo because of Jihwa.mp4]
[Marcus ordering pizza for photocards.mp4]
[Marcus's side profile captured on Myeong Jeha's body cam.mp4]
Subtitle: Even someone this obsessed with 〈Seoul Metropolitan City〉 didn't recognize him....
-LMAOO This is killing me.
-If it were me I'd have cried TT_TT
-Did everyone just assume he was a cosplaying delivery guy? Even Jihwa's dad?
-He's embarrassed and demanding Jihwa already LMAO
Even Marcus's chat messages had become comedy material.
He was a true professional Intuber. A hustler.
He knew that if he got too carried away in the chat, people would call it excessive, so he stopped there cleanly.
On screen, Do Gyeoul appeared in cross-editing. With cute BGM and little chick footsteps, she was out making deliveries.
“This alley, right?”
“Yes, this way.”
“Hahaha, thank goodness.”
Do Gyeoul smiled brightly and ran off. The cameraman hurried after her.
“Wait, wait, why are you suddenly running...?”
“The customer wrote in the request to deliver quickly.”
-LMAOOOO She's so diligent.
-Did we make every pedestrian delivery person do this...? I feel guilty.
-Why is she working so hard?
-Why is nobody recognizing her T_T
Viewers also began voicing complaints.
-Shouldn't the MC be delivering? Why are they making Do Gyeoul run around in the cold while Han Yeoreum has it easy?
-One person's outside freezing while another's inside warm...T_T Unfair.
-If Do Gyeoul stayed inside the restaurant, nobody would focus on eating because they'd all be talking to her.
-Huh? But it is unfair lololol
Unlike Myeong Jeha, somebody recognized Do Gyeoul.
“Uh, are you a celebrity...?”
Since she looked different from the other delivery workers and there was a camera, they seemed to realize it was filming.
“What are you filming?”
Gyeoul nodded at the unexpected situation.
People started playing twenty questions to guess the identity hidden under the helmet.
Every time the hardworking Do Gyeoul shook her head, a deflating balloon sound effect played.
Subtitle: Hiiiiing...
-But who would think Do Gyeoul is delivering in the middle of the street lololol
-Ahhh, she's cute T_T
-Just take off the helmet already, Gyeoul.
-TT_TT Baby...
Watching Do Gyeoul remove her helmet and reveal her face, Marcus muttered,
“When are they showing my daughter?”
* * *
“This is when you save the real hand...”
Manager Hong monitored the flow.
Even the most seasoned broadcasting veterans had to bow their heads here.
JC ENM.
He smiled while monitoring the episode spreading through social media in real time.
“And now she appears.”
Customers who recognized the MC were interviewed.
On their table stood bottles of Fresh Leaf Soju bearing Han Yeoreum's face.
“Oh? You like Fresh Leaf Soju?”
“Ah, yes.”
“Perhaps you're a Han Yeoreum fan?”
“Ah... fan... not really...”
The young woman, who looked to be in her early twenties, covered her mouth and laughed.
“Your name?”
“Park Sumin...”
“So you just drink it because it tastes good? No feelings toward Han Yeoreum?”
“No, that's not it. Really.”
The MC teasing the young student felt friendly.
“If you can say one famous line from one of Han Yeoreum's works, I'll pay for all the Fresh Leaf Soju on this table.”
Subtitle: Our MC trying to spend all today's earnings.
Subtitle: He's definitely going to regret this later.
The student successfully recited a line.
The camera zoomed in on Han Yeoreum's face on the bottle.
Subtitle: Hehe, thank you.
Han Yeoreum's current image overlapped transparently.
“Two spicy, one mild—”
“Got it. Two spicy, one mild.”
Like a professional, she called out orders to Tak Jeongyun while automatically gathering side dishes according to the customer requests.
-??
-Why is she so good?
-LMAO She's seriously the queen of part-time jobs.
-What's "two spicy"? Two spicy orders?
-She reminds me of the older girl I work with T_T During peak hours we don't even have the strength to talk...
Her movements minimizing unnecessary steps were unbelievably natural.
She prepared delivery food and answered the phone at the same time.
“Yes, Aunt Wang's Octopus. Delivery? One moment. Last four digits? Yes, zero-two-two-one... Change the spicy order to medium. Confirmed. Thank you.”
Seeing her pull a pen from her apron pocket and mark the order slip reminded many people of Yuna from 〈Youth Disqualified!〉.
-T_T Yuna... I need to rewatch Youth Disqualified!
-Han Yeoreum definitely didn't fool around while doing part-time jobs... it's in her body.
-The deadness slowly appearing in her eyes is real.
Tak Jeongyun silently focusing on the octopus became a character herself.
Subtitle: She has a microphone on...
Subtitle: Let's turn the volume up.
The staff only captured Tak Jeongyun's breathing.
(From two spicy one mild to one spicy one medium one mild.)
(Haa...)
(My eyes sting...)
Thanks to the production team's kind mind-reading subtitles, Tak Jeongyun's screen time created itself.
-Why turn up the volume lolololol You only hear Tak Jeongyun breathing.
-Tak Jeongyun's cute T_T She seems gentle by nature.
-They're really making them work hard. Pay them more.
“Unnie, that one's not done yet! You forgot the wet wipes!”
“Ah, customer requests...”
Tak Jeongyun and Han Yeoreum working flashed by in double speed.
Since they never rested for even a moment, complaints about unfairness disappeared.
-They're suffering just as much.
-The dining hall is the easy job.
-Look at Tak Jeongyun and Han Yeoreum dripping with sweat. This is brutal labor.
Just then, Do Gyeoul returned after finishing an interview and came inside to deliver another order.
Special BGM played over the warm conversation.
“Should I take over? It's really cold outside...”
“Hahaha! Yeoreum, you've got a packed schedule tomorrow too. What are you talking about?”
-What T_T They're both so kind.
-Han Yeoreum's schedule is crazy right now. Movies and dramas... I'd give my friend the kitchen too.
-Tired of fake kindness.
-Pretty girls getting along T_T
-Show Myeong Jeha more.
-The two are friends, so why are random people fighting in the comments? LMAO
Smooth editing sent Do Gyeoul away.
Then Myeong Jeha, whom absolutely nobody recognized, came back inside.
“Let me have a bite too.”
He naturally approached Han Yeoreum and Tak Jeongyun, who had just finished handling a cancellation complaint.
-OMG what's this?
-Dating? Dating? Are you dating?!
-Han Yeoreum isn't even looking at him lololol
-She's too tired to raise her head lolololol
-Shippers, get out.
-Slaves sharing food. Where's the romance?
-GiYeon forever.
-If he asked me for food I'd be shaking so hard I'd spill octopus everywhere T_T
Just as the comments sped up again—
-Ding! Order!
An order came in.
“Yeoreum, wait.”
Tak Jeongyun grabbed Han Yeoreum's shoulder with a serious expression.
* * *
“This place really was nice....”
I silently thanked Tak Jeongyun.
“Who knew she'd be this prepared?”
The moment Tak Jeongyun said they were short on onions, she handed me swimming goggles.
“Yeoreum... could you peel onions?”
“...What's this?”
“I brought them just in case.”
Right.
Tak Jeongyun had always been like that, but that day she was especially like a traveling merchant.
“Unnie... I'll just do it...”
“You don't need to be embarrassed.”
“Haha. Come on, Yeoreum. Don't be shy.”
“Why are you joining in?”
Myeong Jeha smiled warmly, looking like he was dying to see Han Yeoreum in swimming goggles.
Cute sound effects and sweat drops appeared over my head.
“This is it. The cuteness of cornering someone...”
I almost felt disappointed that they were using chick footsteps for Do Gyeoul.
Our memories truly hadn't rusted.
When I first saw that older staff member from the days on set again, I was so happy.
-LMAOOOOO
-She's really dressed like that right now.
-That's the veteran skin;;
-This is suspiciously hilarious T_T lolol
So I sat in the corner wearing swimming goggles and peeled onions.
“Oh? You drink Fresh Leaf Soju?”
The MC kept mentioning the bottles with my face on them.
“Yes. Fresh Leaf Soju. Wait, you look familiar... Oh! Aren't you that comedian?”
Han Yeoreum's face on the bottle overlapped with Han Yeoreum wearing swimming goggles.
“What are you filming here? Workers?”
“We're ~! What's with workers!”
Behind their conversation, my swimming-goggle face sat in the background like wallpaper.
Subtitle: I'm here too hehe.
-LMAOO
-Did they send her to heaven?
-I'm dying LMAO
-This is bullying.
KangilJihwa, KangilYeonji, dating rumors, shipping wars.
The production team knew all about those things.
“As expected of former broadcasting station people...”
They were professionals too.
They chose laughter to block all the bait.
[HOT / Suspicious-looking octopus restaurant worker.jpg]
[Issue Board / Recommended fashion when you don't want people to underestimate you on your first part-time job.jpg]
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Sometimes.
I like.
A woman.
Who makes me laugh...
(Video of Han Yeoreum wearing swimming goggles.mp4)
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↳ What is this?
↳ Did Hwang Boseok write this?
↳ LMAOOO
Watching everything, I smiled.
“But I never forgot cuteness.”
Someone who never loses their cuteness even in the middle of all this.
That's what makes a first-rate person.