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LifeOnce Again CH 548

Author:Wise Dragon Category:Unreal Update time:2022-12-22 05:30:39

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“The world sure has gotten cruel.”

“What the heck, that was so random”

“Why cant the younguns grow up more brightly”

“Park Daemyung, what did you feed this guy”

“I-I dont know.”

Maru patted Dowooks shoulder before picking up his food tray and standing up.

He just got a text from Okseon.

She told him to forget about the conversation they had yesterday in an imperative tone.

It was cute to see her thinking that she could tell others what they should do with every word and every sentence of hers.

Though, she might be thinking that she was being serious.

He talked with her a bit yesterday since he thought that she was impressive for trying to do something proactively, but her insufficient mindset and actions made him almost encourage her instead.

“It really doesnt matter what people look like on the outside, does it”

“Are you picking a fight with me Youve been saying weird things for quite a while now.”

“Even the angry-looking Dowook is actually a cute little brother in front of his big si… whoa there, put your hands down.”

After sending off the steaming Dowook, he walked onto the school field with Daemyung.

“Have you picked the ones for the play”

“Yeah.

A total of 13 of them.”

“I guess the ones that didnt get picked are disappointed right now.”

“Thats why Im planning to pick different members for the winter competition.

Getting the prize is important but having everyone enjoy it is even more so.

Oh, hows it going with the shoot We discussed that we should send people down, but we just ended up practicing because I didnt hear anything.”

“We were originally going to shoot on Thursday, but something came up on the drama side.

Thanks to that, I got an earful from Sora.

Why am I being scolded when Im volunteering for this”

“You did break your promise, so you cant help that.”

“Wow, you sounded quite firm there.

I really have a good friend.

Why dont you stand surety for me later”

“No.”

“Daemyung, youve become a lot crueler.

Is it because of Jiyoon”

“Wh-why would Jiyoon come up here”

Daemyung turned red up to his ears in an instant.

“You know, that must be a talent you have there.

Your ears turned red in an instant.”

“Thats because you said something like that.

Are you shooting the drama today too, then”

“That was an awkward change in topic, but Ill let it slide.

I have a full schedule on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Im about to cry tears of happiness because Im flooded with work.”

“Will it be like that next week as well”

“Who knows Ill find out about it next week, but I think so.

Were practically overhauling an entire episode, so I think Ill be busy if we dont want blanks in the shooting schedule.

Its all because the writer suddenly decided to overhaul the script.

I do like the new one better, but its hard to get adjusted to the new schedule.”

“I-I see.

Youre working hard,” Daemyung said as he looked away.

Maru stared at him.

“Oh yeah, you look a little tired today.”

“I-is that so”

“Youre wearing the same clothes as yesterday too.

Youve been looking after yourself quite a lot ever since you met Jiyoon though.

This is pretty strange.”

“H-have I now”

“Dont pretend that you dont know.

You looked like you stayed up the night a few days ago, and its like that again today.

Did something happen I heard from Dowook that you left during practice because of some matters.”

“The thing is, I met them again.”

“Them”

“The writers.”

“Oh, the acquaintances of writer Ahn Pilhyun”

“Yeah.”

Maru smiled and patted Daemyungs back.

“I thought there was a big problem or something, but it turned out to be something good.

You should try to act affable in front of them.

Meeting such people is a part of work too.”

“I-I want to do that, but….”

Daemyung looked at him before lowering his head.

His reaction was somewhat down.

Maru pointed at the gazebo in the corner of the school field.

It was an octagonal one, and apparently, the head director bought one for the school for aesthetic reasons.

Of course, it wouldnt make a worn-out school look good just by itself.

After sitting down in it, Maru spoke,

“Whats up If its something you cant tell me, you wouldnt have talked about it in the first place, and if you are going to tell me, you shouldnt be hiding it so much.

So whats up with this vagueness”

“So, the thing is…”

Maru quietly looked at Daemyung.

Daemyung was capable of knowing what he could and could not say.

From the way he hesitated a lot, it meant that he was wondering whether it was really okay or not.

“If its something you cant tell me, you dont need to….”

“I saw mom.”

“Mom Whose mom My mom” Maru asked as he pointed at his own face.

Daemyung shook his head.

Mom Just what was he talking about At that moment, an unexpected name came out of Daemyungs mouth: Choi Haesoo.

“Mother-in-law”

“M-mother-in-law!”

“Oh, its just a habit of mine to call her that, so dont mind it.

Rather than that, you met mother-in-law”

“Yeah.

She is one of the acquaintances of teacher Ahn.”

“That was surprising.

She can be quite mischievous at times.

Were you okay with her”

Daemyung only made an awkward smile and did not reply.

The answer was obvious from just that.

She was someone who could play high-level pranks.

Moreover, she was impulsive as well.

The words she said were all direct-to-the-point and might hurt someone weak-hearted.

Of course, she was a good person.

Probably.

“Actually, Haesoo-ahjumma is okay.”

“It is a bit strange to hear her name from you.

Anyway, if youre okay with her pranks, then there should be no problems, no”

“...Theres one more person.

Another friend of teacher Ahn.”

“So the reason you look so gloomy is because of that person.”

“That writer isnt so bad.

Weve only met twice until now, but I can tell that much.

In fact, its the opposite.

I got a lot of helpful advice.

A lot, like, really, a lot… really, really, a lot….”

Daemyungs voice became quieter and quieter.

Perhaps it wasnt a coincidence that he looked like someone who was tired from work.

“Looks like that writer scolds you a lot.”

“Y-yeah.

Its a bit scary.”

“I see.

I guess it must be scary if a middle-aged man shouts at you.”

“...Shes a woman.”

“Oh, really”

“In fact, itd be less scary if it was a man instead.”

“Just what happened last night”

He asked for more details, but Daemyung no longer spoke.

He just trembled once before staring at the ground.

Maru decided to stop since he might traumatize him if he asked any more.

“Youre having a hard time.”

“Nah.

Its good since I have a lot to learn.

Though, I do wish that she can take it easy on the alcohol.”

“Dont force yourself to drink.

If you keep accepting drinks, theyll keep pouring you a glass thinking that youre good with it.

Even if you get scolded or insulted, you should firmly reject it at the beginning.”

“They arent people who would force me to drink.”

“Thats good.

But who is this female writer”

“Uhm….”

After hesitating, Daemyung slowly spoke.

“Its writer Lee Hanmi.”

“No way.

She shouldnt be the Lee Hanmi that I know of, right”

“She should be.

She writes New Semester.”

“Hey, this isnt the time to be grumbling.

Bear with it and stick to her.

Shes known to be a big shot writer, isnt she Such a connection has to be maintained at all costs.

It seems like she takes good care of you from what you just said though, huh They say scolding is a waste for hateful kids.”

“Im not so sure.

She did thank me, but from how I had to hear her scolding all night last night, I think she might hate me.”

“She thanked you”

“It seems like she had hit a writers block or something.

She told me about the situation while drunk, but the details… are a bit hard to disclose.

You get me, right”

“Yeah, those kinds of things arent supposed to be told to other people.

It would be disrespectful.”

“Yeah.

Anyway, while I was listening to her, I ended up showing her my novel.”

“Novel Oh, the one you wrote”

“Yeah.”

“Im surprised you decided to show her that.”

“I-it was really embarrassing, but I still wanted to show it to her.

She said that writing is always supposed to be fun.

When I wrote that novel though, there were many occasions where I felt agonized.

Thats why I showed it to her.”

“Always having fun while writing, huh.

Shes one incredible writer.”

“Apparently, she never failed.

I also looked it up after I got back home, and all the works she wrote were huge hits.

She also told me that it took her only 3 days to lay out the groundwork for some of them.

And here, Im having a hard time writing a single page over several days.”

“I dont like this phrase that much, but I guess I can use it today.

That writer must be a genius who enjoys working[1].”

“Yeah.

I was really surprised when she read my novel.

I thought that shed just skim over it, right But she read it very seriously.

At first, I was really embarrassed to show her the novel, but I realized that I shouldnt be when she read it so seriously.

I felt like I would be betraying my own work if I thought of my work as embarrassing when someones earnestly reading it in front of me.”

Maru nodded as he listened.

He didnt know what that exactly felt like.

He never wrote something, much less showed his writing to others.

But this much was for sure.

There was nothing more joyful to a content creator than the content consumer taking that content in with all of their heart.

“I fell asleep because it was late at night, and when I woke up in the morning, she was writing on a laptop.

It looked very cool.

Though… she went on to criticize my novel so badly and was insistent on telling me about just how horrible of a novel I wrote.”

“Consider her a good teacher and study under her.”

“Thats what I should be doing, right But I dont know if I can adapt to her personality.”

“Theres no free lunch in this world.

A writer on her level should be earning tons by holding seminars and lectures.

You get that for free.”

“Yeah, thats what she told me.

That her words are worth hundreds of thousands of won.”

“You lucked out then.

Try to earn as much as you can from her.”

“Itd be better if she went a little easy on me.

I feel like my soul is being dried out when I listen to her words.

Yesterday, she made me wonder if it was okay for me to keep writing, you know”

Daemyung sighed.

He didnt know the specifics, but from this, it was clear that Daemyung was the reason why episode 13 of the drama was changed so suddenly.

An aspiring writer who cleared the writers block of a genius, huh.

‘No, wait.

If the thing she wrote overnight was episode 13, that means that she just wrote it in one day

Maru clicked his tongue as he thought back to the script for episode 13.

The actors discussed and said that the new episode had a lot of good lines while going over the script.

Thinking about how those lines were created in less than one day, he laughed like an idiot.

An aspiring writer might go beyond the point of despair and start worshipping her.

“If you ever direct your own film, ask her to write something for you.”

“Even if I do become a director, I will never, ever, ask her to write something for me.”

“Why”

“Because Ill obviously have a hard time.

I want to avoid that at all costs.”

“Just how hard was it…”

Daemyung smiled bitterly before standing up.

It was about time for 5th period.

* * *

“Good night.”

“Good night sounds so weird.”

“Then should we call it alets-go-home-early night I think I like that better.”

“Thats good.”

Maru greeted Joomin as he walked inside the classroom.

Okseon watched them from behind.

Maru talked for a bit with the people gathered around as he put his bag on the desk.

He then looked at her before approaching her.

“Good night.”

Okseon did not reply.

When she didnt, Yeseul, who sat at the front, saidoh my while widening her eyes.

Okseon did not feel the need to react to such a childish reaction.

Did she act like that at school as well Yeseul was really beneath her level as always.

Maru shrugged before walking over to Dongho.

Dongho also looked at her before turning away.

Okseon observed Maru for a while after that, but fortunately, it didnt seem like he talked about the conversation he had with her yesterday.

He was an idiot, but it seemed like he could tell what was right from wrong at least.

“Good night.”

The door opened and Giwoo came in.

He kept smiling as though he wanted to infect the others with his bright smile.

Okseon thought that he was really a viper at heart.

She had to admit though, Giwoo knew how to act in society.

He was worth observing.

He sometimes had others see through him, but that should be because he was still young.

“Youre saying good night as well”

Jichan grumbled.

Giwoo laughed before sitting down.

The adult actors were waiting in the next classroom over.

In the beginning, they all shared one classroom in an awkward manner, but they naturally split apart after some time.

Both groups created a space that was more comfortable for them.

“Okseon, lets practice our lines together,” Giwoo said.

Okseon did not reply and just picked up her script before walking over to the others.

“Okseon, isnt it about time we became friends Im worried about you.”

Yeseul said that with a faint smile.

Okseon maintained her expressionless face.

If you want me to use me to raise your value, go ahead, do what you want - Okseon had no plans to follow along with childish things like that.

[1] This sentence: “A genius will never surpass a hard-worker, and a hard-worker will never surpass one that enjoys” became quite popular in self-improvement books.

Maru is saying that shes a combination of the 1st and the 3rd.

Basically saying that shes invincible (if thats the right word for it)

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