Peninsula: The Best Actor Begins with a Breakup

Chapter 645 Sneaking Around

"Nuna, it's been a long time."

Mingyan warmly greeted Kong Hyojin.

He contacted this woman today specifically to meet with her, in order to find out who would be the female lead in "When the Camellia Blooms".

“The last time we worked together was back in 2014.” Gong Hyo-jin laughed heartily: “Later, when I was filming ‘The Producers,’ I couldn’t persuade you to come.”

The cast of that show looks quite impressive now.

The middle-aged cast includes Cha Tae-hyun and Gong Hyo-jin, while the younger cast includes Kim Soo-hyun and IU.

At the time, Gong Hyo-jin did invite Myung-yeon, after all, she had quite admired this younger man when they worked together on "It's Okay, That's Love".

However, he made it clear that he was already preparing to film "Descendants of the Sun" at the time, so he turned down "The Producers".

"Nuna, I'm innocent! You and my teacher are both my flesh and blood, so I have no choice but to listen to my elders."

"Stinky boy."

Gong Hyo-jin didn't really care about this matter; she just wanted to quickly bridge the gap between the two by talking about the past.

"Noona, what do you think of the script I sent you?" As soon as the two sat down, Mingyan quickly got to the point. After all, everyone was quite busy, so they didn't want to waste time on pleasantries.

Gong Hyo-jin nodded: "I've seen it, it's good. Is it the screenwriter you've worked with?"

“Yes, the screenwriter of ‘Fight for My Way’ is a really great lady.” Mingyan introduced, “Noona, if the script wasn’t good enough, I definitely wouldn’t have asked such a great person as you to work on it.”

Given Gong Hyo-jin's resume, to persuade her to participate, either the script must be exceptionally excellent, or the cast and investment must be extremely strong.

In the latter case, even if the results are disastrous, it's not a loss.

"I've noticed you're always surrounded by this 'older sister' or that 'older sister' types. Have you realized how good older sisters are now?"

Kong Hyo-jin's eyes sparkled.

For mature women approaching forty, flirting with younger, handsome men is a very interesting thing.

"Noona, mainly because all the older women I've met are like you, so of course they're all great." Mingyan knew that Gong Hyojin was just teasing him and didn't mean anything else.

Gong Hyo-jin laughed: "You're so good at talking... There's nothing wrong with the script. Let's all sit down and talk about it sometime."

"Okay, let's set a time, I'll call the director and screenwriter over for a chat."

"You're the male lead, right?"

"Ah."

"Then I have another reason to take the role."

She's forty years old, yet she can still play lovers with young men in their early twenties. Who can say that's not a perk of her profession?

……

Two nights later.

"Uncle, aren't you asleep yet?"

Kim Minjung looked at Mingyan, who was lying on the sofa playing on his phone. Usually, Mingyan would have been back in his room by this time.

"Well, I still have some things to take care of. You should go to sleep first." Mingyan smiled at his niece.

After chatting with the Twice members, Kim Minjung has regained her energy.

Just do it, what's there to be afraid of?

The little guy even took on the task of providing psychological counseling to Ning Yizhuo, because the younger sister was not yet an adult and it was not right for her to hide in the dormitory drinking every day.

She planned to observe Ning Yizhuo further; if he remained nervous, she would then ask him to make his move.

For children, it's obvious that the words of an elder who has achieved success and is not much older than them carry more weight.

Kim Minjung didn't think much of it: "Alright then, goodnight, little uncle."

"Ah."

Mingyan merely raised his eyelids slightly as an answer.

The man was waiting for Hirai Momo. According to the progress report the girl had given him via text message, she should have already left the dormitory and headed here.

Mingyan was still a little worried. Although the journey from Twice's dorm was very simple, the possibility of an accident could not be completely avoided.

After all, that's Hirai Momo!

"Momo, have you arrived yet?" The man kept in touch with Hirai Momo to make sure everything was normal and no accidents had occurred.

If he wasn't afraid of Nayeon finding out, he would have gone directly to the dorm to pick up the girl; that would have been more convenient.

Hirai Momo replied confidently: "Oppa, don't worry, I'm almost there."

"Are you really almost there?" "Five minutes."

After thinking it over, Mingyan changed his clothes and went downstairs to pick up Hirai Momo.

Sure enough, not long after he came out, he saw a girl, who was bundled up tightly, get out of a taxi and stand at the entrance of the residential area looking around with her phone in hand.

"Momo, over here." The man walked over quickly and started waving from a few steps away.

"Oppa!" Hirai Momo's voice was full of surprise: "Why did you come down?"

"I'm afraid you'll get lost."

"hey-hey."

The girl smiled sheepishly and didn't refute it. She had indeed wanted to call Mingyan to ask for directions again.

I've only been here once, so my memory of it is a bit hazy.

Mingyan looked at the fully armed Hirai Momo and said, "Let's go, Minjun is already asleep."

"Nayeon unnie also thought I was going to the gym and that nothing would happen."

Hmm... What was originally an open and aboveboard matter suddenly sounded like an affair coming from their mouths.

"Shh, keep your voice down." Mingyan put a finger to his lips, signaling Hirai Momo to be quiet.

He didn't mean to hide it from Kim Minjung; it was just that explaining such things was rather complicated, so it was better not to let the little guy know.

If you don’t know, you don’t have it.

"Oh~"

Hirai Momo's face was full of excitement; she had never done anything so sneaky before.

The girl originally wanted to wear slippers, but then thought that would make noise, so she simply followed Mingyan into the master bedroom barefoot, since the house had underfloor heating and wasn't cold.

Mingyan turned around and said, "Momo, you can hang your coat there, it's up to you."

"Thank you, oppa~" Hirai Momo became much more at ease after receiving permission. She and Mingyan weren't strangers, so she wasn't too reserved.

The girl wandered around the room with her hands behind her back, occasionally twitching her nose as if trying to discern the scents in the air.

If it were truly that effective, she could at least smell the scents of five girls.

Kim Jisoo, Lim Nayeon, Kim Jiwon, Yoo Jimin, and Kim Minjung.

"You take a rest first, I'll go get you a glass of water."

Mingyan looked at Hirai Momo, who was acting like a curious child, and chuckled.

"No need, I'm not thirsty." Hirai Momo didn't like being too polite. She asked this oppa for help because she trusted their relationship; they were good friends, after all.

"I'm not thirsty now, we still need to discuss our plans later."

"That's true. Do you have any drinks?"

"Would cola be okay?"

"Ok!"

Hirai Momo felt that this evening would definitely be perfect.

You don't actually have to go to the gym, you can chat with Mingyan, and there are drinks to enjoy.

The happiness of idols is that simple.

When Mingyan returned with the iced cola, Hirai Momo was peeking into the dressing room: "Momo, go in and look if you want. I don't have any secrets here."

"Really not?" Hirai Momo had heard Lim Nayeon complain before.

That older sister has quite a few rivals in love.

"I've already hidden the secret, so you won't find anything out."

Mingyan changed his wording and actually gained Hirai Momo's approval.

This is right.

The girl took a big gulp of cola, then squinted her eyes, her face full of happiness.

"Ha~ I haven't had a carbonated drink in ages." Hirai Momo noticed Mingyan's gaze and explained shyly.

"I understand. So what should we do now?"

"Oppa, you're my boyfriend, so you get to decide."

(End of this chapter)