Become A Star

Chapter 70

The ten barags who came on behalf of Wish Baragi seemed to have understood Park Yeon-Ah’s feelings; they smiled shyly and waved their hands. As they were preparing for today’s setup, the barags had thoroughly searched through the internet as they contemplated on what kind of special gift to get for Park Yeon-Ah.

Although she wasn’t popular, Park Yeon-Ah was known for being a stage actress and had fans of her own. Initially, they thought that they might be able to get some information from her fans so they asked around, but they ended up getting help from an unexpected person.

The barags had found a screenshot from one of the die-hard fans of ‘O! Phelia’ of the post that Park Yeon-Ah had uploaded to social media a few years ago.  As a fellow enthusiast, that fan wrote a heartfelt comment that she empathized with Park Yeon-Ah’s feelings. With that, the barags had decided on Yeon-Ah’s gift, but their task at hand was to look for the limited edition pictorial and figurine. With much difficulty, they finally managed to get their hands on it three days ago. Luckily, they were able to get the items cheaper than they had expected from a Korean website that acted as a platform to sell used items. But for some reason, it felt a little bitter because they could sense a mother’s resolve to get rid of her child’s collection coming from the seller.

Having received the best gift, Park Yeon-Ah thanked the barags and asked them how they managed to obtain the pictorial. If, by any chance, they had spent too much money on it, she was more than willing to pay for it herself instead. Technically speaking, even though the pictorial was cheaper than the hairpin that Woo-Jin had gotten for her, it was the best present in terms of value and efficacy.

After the birthday party was over, Wish Baragi gave each of the actors and staff members a two-tiered boxed lunch. There was a drawing of a genie coming out of the lamp like smoke on the cover of the boxed lunch. The cute genie with black hair and round black eyes seemed to be a Chae Woo-Jin inspired character. People knew how Woo-Jin’s fanclub’s name, Wish Baragi, came about so they smiled gently when they saw it. However, each boxed lunch contained a card with an individualized message to its recipient and their name.

Kang Min-Ho’s card read: ‘I thought you were a rather goofy person after seeing you on Huntsman, but you seem a little scary in the drama. You’re such a great actor who can play characters with distinctly different personalities! Choi Joon is scary, but I like Kang Min-Ho oppa~!’

“It would be nice if she added a heart at the end of the sentence. Guess she doesn't draw hearts for just anyone?” After reading the sentence that matched the round handwriting, Kang Min-Ho looked at Park Yeon-Ah as he smiled broadly. When he saw Park Yeon-Ah looking rather serious as she read her card in silence, he quietly glanced over her shoulder and looked at its content.

The word ‘fighting’ was written next to a drawing of two clenched fists at the bottom of the message. [2]

Even though she was currently shooting a drama, Yeon-Ah had always missed acting on stage and wondered if her choice to pursue acting in dramas was an act of betrayal. Despite the fact that everyone had supported and praised her for doing a good job, she was constantly worrying about that by herself. Seeing how the person who wrote the message seemed to understand her feelings and was telling her that it was okay, Park Yeon-Ah started to get choked up. She gently rubbed her eyes and kept the card.

Everyone was preoccupied with reading their cards before they started eating, so Lee Min-Soo took his card out of his boxed lunch and read it.

Lee Min-Soo felt kind of strange - he didn’t know whether the note was a compliment or an insult. Lee Min-Soo’s character, Choi Kang, was an immature and egotistical person. He was not exactly a bad guy, but he was definitely not a good person. And the person who wrote the message simply said they were keeping a lookout for his activities without saying that they liked it or anything along those lines. Hence, it sent chills down his spine; even more so because he felt as though he had received a similar letter in the past before. However, Lee Min-Soo’s train of thought was immediately interrupted by Park Yeon-Ah’s exclamation.