HIS SMILE

Chapter 10

The driver saw that this woman knew Jin and hesitantly slowed down the speed. Still, he didn't stop and waited for Jungkook's gesture.

"Stop the car." Jungkook opened his mouth in an expressionless manner. He was reaching for the white gloves placed next to him and suddenly paused for a moment. He turned to look at Jin sitting next to him and retracted his hand.

Jin looked at the warmly smiling Yoo ri and subconsciously shifted closer to Jungkook. Then he realized that he might be a bit rude to her and quickly returned to his seat, speaking through the half-open window. "Yoo ri noona, what happened?"

"My car has a problem and I don't know how to fix it." Yoo ri gave Jin a sorry smile. "I have a job this afternoon. Can I trouble you to give me a ride?"

Sending her was equal to not being able to eat hot pot with Jungkook = coupon couldn't be used = wasted money = letting Jungkook wait for so long. Countless thoughts appeared in Jin's mind and then he looked at Yoo ri with a sorry and helpless expression. "Sorry, noona. I have a very important thing at noon and can't send you. I have the phone number of the organizer's staff here. Should I ask them to come and help you arrange a vehicle?"

Originally, he wanted to help Yoo ri call an app-based driver. Then he thought about how the money would be taken from his account. He was so poor he had to forget there was this choice.

"How can I trouble you?" Yoo ri's expression was stiff for a moment before she suddenly leaned over, as if to get closer to Jin in the car. Jin moved back. "Noona, what else do you want?"

"It's fine." Yoo ri looked hatefully at the 10 meters distance between her and Jin and her face became expressionless. "Two days later, we are going to K Broadcasting Station to record a program. I look forward to seeing you then."

Jin quickly waved. "Goodbye!" Then he couldn't wait to close the door and his body leaned back in the chair like he had escaped a calamity.

Jungkook asked, "Is she your friend from the set?"

"A friend doesn't count. At most... a colleague." It wasn't good to speak ill of girls in front of anyone. Jin placed a peeled orange into his mouth, eating a few to get rid of the shock.

When he first entered the crew, Yoo ri was quite satisfied with his face. One night, she knocked on his door in her pajamas and with loose hair. He was so scared that he thought the hotel was haunted and refused to open the door.

Since then, Yoo ri no longer looked at him. The rest of the crew laughed when seeing Jin but Jin thought it was good that she ignored him. After all, who wanted to be friends with an actor who knocked on the door in the middle of the night to scare people?

Yoo ri looked at the car that couldn't wait to leave and couldn't help whispering, "I don't understand the feelings of this poor ghost. He is a single man who will live a lifetime without finding a woman!" 

The assistant saw Yoo ri's face and whispered a few words in her ear. Yoo ri's expression slowly eased.

Jin stood ten steps away from the hot pot store and said, "It is a bit wrong."

He looked at the empty store and spoke to Jungkook, "I heard that this store's business is very good and there is a long line at every mealtime. Why is there no one here today?"