funbook-pk Chapter 39 Those who climb over walls all have a wall in their hearts.
Chapter 39 Those who climb over walls all have a wall in their hearts.
Two o'clock in the morning.
Su Yu was awakened by her phone vibrating.
Cai Xiubin: [Can't sleep.]
Su Yu replied: [Counting sheep.]
Cai Xiubin: [I've counted to three hundred. The more I count, the more awake I become.]
Su Yu: [So what are you thinking about?]
Tsai Hsiu-pin: [I want to be interviewed by reporters tomorrow. I've never been interviewed before.]
Su Yu: [Then just pretend you're farting in front of the camera.]
Cai Xiubin: [Su Yu, shut up!]
Su Yu: [Farting isn't illegal. But saying the wrong thing is.]
Cai Xiubin: [Then what do you think I should say?]
Su Yu thought for a moment, then pressed the voice button, his voice hoarse from just waking up: "'Don't speak'."
Cai Xiubin replied instantly: [?]
Su Yu: [When a reporter asks you what was the hardest part of playing Ahn Go-eun, just say "Don't speak." Then shut up. Let the air get awkward. Awkwardness is a sign of sophistication.]
Cai Xiubin: [You want me to be like Yoon Shi-yoon, that taciturn guy?]
Su Yu: [The effect is outstanding. He's ninth on the trending topics list today.]
Cai Xiubin was silent for half a minute, then sent a voice message, his voice muffled, as if he were covering himself with a blanket: "Su Yu, I'm nervous."
Su Yu listened to the voice message and smiled.
This girl is practicing how to act cool instead of sleeping in the middle of the night.
He replied: "Holding a lollipop in my mouth will stop my mouth from shaking."
Cai Xiubin: [Where did this lollipop come from?]
Su Yu: [Given to me in a dream. See you at the convenience store tomorrow.]
……
Seven o'clock in the morning.
Su Yu pushed open the bedroom door and saw Kim Min-jun combing his hair in front of the mirror.
He was dressed in a suit and tie, his tie tied like a red scarf, and the whole room smelled of chemicals from the hairspray.
"What's wrong with you so early in the morning?"
"Hyung, today was my first official date with Choi Eun-jung!" Kim Min-jun turned around, grinning foolishly. "Am I handsome?"
"Like an insurance salesman."
"...Brother, can't you wish me well for once?"
"Hopefully you won't spill coffee on her today."
After Su Yu finished speaking, she walked to the sink.
Splash cold water on your face, then look up in the mirror.
His jawline was sharp, and his eyes were dark and deep.
The phone lit up.
Cai Xiubin: [I've arrived.]
Su Yu replied: 【I've arrived too.】
Cai Xiubin: [You're lying. You're still in the semi-basement.]
Su Yu: 【But my heart is there.】
……
Nine o'clock in the morning, on the film set.
When Su Yu arrived, Cai Xiubin had already finished her makeup.
Ahn Go-eun's makeup was bare-faced; she wore a gray sweatshirt and her ponytail was tied tightly.
She sat in a folding chair in the corner, clutching the script in her hand, her knuckles white.
Su Yu walked over and sat down next to her.
"nervous?"
"I'm not nervous." Her voice trembled.
"Then why are you shaking?"
"cold."
"Is it cold in July?"
"The air conditioning is set too low."
Su Yu didn't expose him, but took out a lollipop from his pocket and handed it over.
Strawberry flavored.
"what?"
"Keep it in your mouth. Your mouth won't shake."
She glared at him, took the candy, unwrapped it, and popped it into her mouth.
After holding it in my mouth for a few seconds, it stopped shaking.
"Su Yu".
"Um?"
"What questions do you think the reporter will ask me?"
"What was the most difficult thing about playing Ahn Go-eun?"
"Then what should I say?"
"Say 'don't speak'."
"Learn from Yoon Shi-yoon? You want me to learn from that taciturn guy?"
"It works great. Reporters love this kind of thing."
"Then I'll give it a try."
……
At ten o'clock, the reporter arrived.
One was carrying a camera, another was holding a microphone, and yet another was holding a small notebook; the three of them squeezed into a corner of the set.
Cai Xiubin sat in a chair next to the monitor, with Su Yu standing behind her, hands in his pockets, expressionless.
The reporter, microphone in hand and a professional, fake smile on his face, asked, "Soobin, what was the most difficult part of playing Ahn Go-eun?"
Cai Xiubin glanced at Su Yu, then looked at the camera.
"Don't speak."
The reporter was taken aback: "Not going to say anything?"
"Hmm. Angoun doesn't talk much. People who don't talk much often have a lot on their minds."
The reporter then asked, "So you're usually not very talkative?"
Cai Xiubin thought for a moment.
"It depends on who I'm with. I talk more with people who don't talk much. I talk less with people who do talk a lot."
The reporter pressed further, "So, is Representative Su talkative or quiet?"
Cai Xiubin didn't answer, but turned to look at Su Yu.
Su Yu remained expressionless.
She turned back, smiled at the camera, and said, "Ask him."
After the interview ended and the reporter left, Cai Xiubin let out a long sigh and slumped into her chair.
"Su Yu, how did I do just now?"
"good."
"It's alright?"
"At least they didn't mention the lollipop."
Cai Xiubin glared at him, took the candy out of her mouth, stuffed it back into the wrapper, and put it in her pocket.
"Keep this. I'll eat it again during the next interview."
"Then you'll have to buy it yourself."
"Stingy."
……
At 1 p.m., Yoon Shi-yoon arrived at the film set.
Black jacket, jeans, and a bag in his hand.
He walked up to Su Yu and put the bag on the table.
"For you."
"What?"
"clothing."
Su Yu opened the bag and found a black hoodie, clean and simple, without any logo or pattern.
Why did you buy this?
"The shirt I wore when I climbed over the wall yesterday got torn. Here's a replacement for you."
"That one I bought in Dongdaemun for 10,000 won. This one doesn't look cheap; you got ripped off."
Yoon Shi-yoon looked at him.
"So what if I lose money? It's better than owing you a favor."
"You value personal relationships more than money?"
"Money can be repaid, but favors can never be repaid."
Su Yu folded the hoodie and put it back in the bag.
Thanks.
"No need to thank me. Put it on, I'll climb over the wall this afternoon."
"Translate it now? There are reporters here."
"Night. In the alley. Nobody's around."
"Are you sure you can get over it?"
"If you can't get over it, I'll tear yours too."
……
At 3 PM, Cai Xiubin finished filming her scenes.
She changed back into her white T-shirt, removed her makeup, and went bare-faced.
She walked up to Su Yu, holding the lollipop wrapper in her hand.
"Su Yu, could you throw this away for me?"
"Don't you have hands?"
"My bag is in the car."
"Then put it in my pocket."
"Your pockets are dirty."
"If you don't like it, then don't put it here."
She stuffed the wrapper into his pocket and turned to leave.
"Cai Xiubin".
"what?"
"Tomorrow morning, seaweed rice rolls. Don't forget the ingredients."
She didn't turn around, but waved her hand.
……
It's 7 p.m. in the alley.
Yoon Shi-yoon changed into all black, wearing sneakers, and stood in front of the low wall.
Su Yu leaned against the wall, holding her phone and turning on her flashlight, the light shining on the wall.
The wall is less than 1.6 meters high, made of brick, and the cement surface has several cracks.
"Shall we begin?" Su Yu asked.
"start."
Yoon Shi-yoon took a few steps back, sprinted, braced himself against the wall, turned his body to the side, stepped over, and landed.
Steady, light, almost silent.
He flipped back and glanced at Su Yu.
Is that enough?
"Not enough. Three more rounds."
Yoon Shi-yoon rolled over five times before his breathing began to become heavy.
"Su Yu".
"Um."
Why don't you ask me about being blacklisted?
"You'll speak when you want to."
I don't want to talk about it right now.
"Then don't say it."
Yoon Shi-yoon leaned against the wall and looked up at the sky.
The moon was obscured by clouds, and the alley was dark, with only the light from Su Yu's phone shining through.
"Su Yu, I came to this alley every day during those years."
"What are you here for?"
"Run. Run from one end of the alley to the other, back and forth. Run until your legs are weak, until your mind stops thinking."
"and then?"
"Then I went home to sleep. I continued the next day."
Su Yu didn't speak.
He handed him a bottle of water.
Yoon Shi-yoon took it, unscrewed it, and tilted his head back to take a big gulp.
"Su Yu, when you were writing about Jin Daoqi, were you thinking about someone?"
"Who?"
"The one that got banned."
"No. I'm thinking about many people. Including you, including me, including those who have been bullied and dare not speak up."
Yoon Shi-yoon remained silent for a long time.
"Have you made up your mind now?"
"What have you decided?"
"How can we help those people?"
Su Yu leaned against the wall, looking at the streetlights at the alley entrance.
"Let's get over this wall first. Once we've got it, we can talk about other things."
……
At nine o'clock in the evening, Su Yu returned to the semi-basement.
Pushing open the door, I saw that the ceiling was still dripping water.
Tick, tick.
He hung the black hoodie that Yoon Shi-yoon had given him on the headboard and touched the fabric.
It's much better than his old one.
The phone lit up.
Cai Xiubin sent a message: "What time tomorrow morning?"
"Seven o'clock, at the company."
"So early?"
"Didn't you want to learn how to make seaweed rice rolls? The early bird catches the worm."
Am I a bird?
"You're the one who eats insects."
She sent an eye-rolling emoji, then added, "Su Yu, thank you for the lollipop today."
"Strawberry flavor. I'll try a different flavor next time."
"Change to what?"
"Whatever. Just don't buy the wasabi flavor."
"Then I'll buy the wasabi flavor; you can eat it yourself."
"Fine. I'll eat the wasabi, and you eat the tears."
She didn't reply.
A while later, a photo was sent.
It was the door of her refrigerator, with a sticky note on it that read: "Tomorrow's ingredients: seaweed, rice, spinach, carrot, cucumber, eggs, salt, sesame oil."
Su Yu looked at the sticky note and smiled.
He typed a few words: "Your list is more detailed than the script."
She replied instantly: "Because I want to study hard."
Su Yu asked, "What if I can't learn it?"
She said, "If you can't learn it, just keep learning. You can't run away anyway."
Su Yu placed her phone next to her pillow and closed her eyes.
Someone is playing music outside the window; I can't make out the lyrics, just the slow, leisurely melody.
The ticking continued.
But he knew that tomorrow morning, someone would come to the convenience store with a shopping list that was more detailed than a script.
She would diligently learn how to roll seaweed rice rolls, spreading rice everywhere, tearing the seaweed, and cutting carrots unevenly.
But he will eat it.
Because it was made by Cai Xiubin.
It wasn't because it tasted good, but because she was willing to learn.
Those who are willing to learn will not be trapped in a convenience store for their entire lives.
Just like those who are willing to climb over the wall, they won't be stuck outside the wall forever.