Chapter 92
Chapter 92
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 092
Chapter Title: Something That's Good for Both Taste and Health (1)
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I’m not picky about food. But if it’s the same ingredients, I just prefer Korean-style cooking over Western.
‘Oh, right. Tomorrow’s Woo Do-gyeom’s turn, isn’t it?’
After they overlapped meal trucks a few times like they were competing at the start, the two seemed to reach some kind of agreement, and their turns started alternating cleverly.
It wasn’t a bad choice. No matter how luxurious the meals were, there was a limit to how much one could eat. It’d be a waste to throw any away.
And besides.
‘If we keep leaving food, some hungry ghost might latch on, and that’d be trouble.’
The starving ghosts known as hungry ghosts—always famished no matter how much they ate. If there was leftover food, they’d swarm like possessed, gobbling it down desperately.
Not every leftover attracted them, but if luck was bad, ones with noses bigger than a tapir’s would slink over and cling on.
The real problem came after that.
‘A smooth shoot is precious enough. Humans with hungry ghosts attached are a hassle.’
When a hungry ghost latched onto a person, it didn’t just amp up their appetite—all desires got magnified. Sure, eating more, but also lust for power, fame, money, and so on. They’d indulge every craving, tormenting everyone around them nonstop.
If it manifested positively, that’d be great, but it never did.
Lust for power meant stepping on others to claw their way up.
Lust for fame involved packaging shady lies and deceit into something glamorous to fool and mesmerize people.
Lust for money meant taking from even blood relatives without hesitation, no matter if it ruined them or cost lives.
“If that happened, forget food or whatever……”
Everything would’ve been rejected outright.
But fortunately, Kwon Sung-hyeon and Woo Do-gyeom’s unspoken agreement manifested positively.
“Man, today’s menu looks even better than yesterday’s?”
“More lavish than yesterday.”
“Better than yesterday……”
“Yesterday……”
The two had turned it into a competition, jacking up the meal quality insanely.
It wasn’t just about variety and quantity anymore—each dish had reached a depth that was no joke.
“Did you just say something?”
“Nah, nothing.”
Lee Gyu-han, having caught Yeonwoo’s mutter, asked.
When Yeonwoo brushed it off firmly, Lee Gyu-han tilted his head oddly and said,
“Yeonwoo-ssi, you’re done eating? How about we do some X-App? Fans are curious what you had for meals per shoot, so showing them might be good.”
Lee Gyu-han pulled out his phone, fiddling with it expertly, and added,
“It’s the trend these days. Mukbang.”
“I already finished……”
“Just one more bowl!”
“Did you get Kwon Sung-hyeon’s fortune read or something?”
When Yeonwoo eyed him suspiciously, Lee Gyu-han averted his gaze slyly.
That was the moment suspicion turned real.
“…Alright! Let’s fire up the app right now!”
***
[I’m losing it. Who’s sending meal trucks to our Yeonwoo’s set? ㅠㅠ]
- Anyone know if there’s another official fan site besides us? Our Yeonwoo’s basically the maknae there. I was gonna rally support for a meal truck and asked the agency…… but they said trucks come every day already, so they’ll just take the sentiment ㅠㅠㅠㅠ They won’t even take my money??? I wanna spend my own cash, why reject it??? ㅠㅠㅠ Did someone else rally without me knowing? Or know any other support drives???
- Follow the manager’s personal SNS
ㄴWhy?
ㄴHe posts daily menus lol……
ㄴTrue, I follow and check every day. Menus are insanely fancy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Like a hotel buffet ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
- My noona’s friend’s boyfriend’s on staff there, and it’s from Yeonwoo’s agency!
ㄴIsn’t your noona’s friend’s boyfriend just some guy?
ㄴIt’s hearsay, chill~
ㄴNo, it’s real ㅠㅠ Not hearsay!
- Huh? I thought it was investors sending them since they’re hyped for this movie??
ㄴWhat? Where? Investors?
ㄴㅠㅠUm, sir…… I pray for Yeonwoo’s movie to smash too…… but from the plot I heard, it seems tough ㅠㅠ……
ㄴSmash looks hard 222…… So I’ll be doing daily theater rotations
ㄴSame
ㄴGonna send my soul
ㄴIf there’s a single-screen event later, you all better join ^_T?
ㄴDuh, stick a straw in my bank account ^_^!
ㄴWhat ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Take care of my account lol ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
ㄴRejected by agency and now here too ㅠㅠㅠㅠ Why’s my bank account so worthless ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
- Can’t we really do support? If not meal trucks, coffee trucks? Snacks might work.
It wasn’t just Yeonwoo shocked by the daily meal trucks hitting the set.
His fan club—gathered fans loving Yeonwoo—was too.
Of course, Yeonwoo had been slowly tamed like dampened by drizzle, but the fans hadn’t.
- Should we be glad the set conditions aren’t crap, or bummed?
No matter the set vibe inside, outsiders saw different.
The movie already looked like a flop.
If the official fansite pushed big support now, it’d likely make headlines.
Boost their fave’s momentum.
Show the public how many fans adored him that much.
Pull aggro for buzz—all in one go. A three-birds-one-stone fix.
But.
- Kinda pissed for some reason.
ㄴYou too? Yeah me too~!
ㄴㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Official fansite is us, why get rejected?!
ㄴLost Yeonwoo #1 superfan spot and now #2 shows up…… heart’s a mess……
Forget aggro, headlines, boosting—secondary.
- I just wanna do something for my actor, why’s everything no? ㅠㅠㅠ
ㄴWho the hell is it?
ㄴNo clue, total madness
ㄴLooks like an investor’s #2 superfan
ㄴㅡㅡ Speak straight. We’re #2? If you like someone, you wanna do stuff—that’s normal.
- Let’s do something ourselves!
ㄴYeah!
ㄴI wanna feed our Yeonwoo something yummy too!
ㄴThis is parental love (smug)
ㄴNah. Back off. (scare)
ㄴYeonwoo can’t be our kid…… disaster……
ㄴRise, wallets!
So the official fansite fans hatched one plan.
Unaware it’d pull aggro in a hilariously weird way.
***
The former Kwon Sung-hyeon fanpage president—who’d come spying on Yeonwoo first, got hooked, and became current Kang Yeonwoo official fanpage president—planted herself there.
“President, you’re really going?”
“This is fate.”
“Leaving Sung-hyeon-ssi behind?”
“Sung-hyeon-ssi fans Yeonwoo too. What’s to miss fangirling the same fave together? Anyway, take care of prez duties, Vice 1.”
“I vowed to usurp prez someday and be #1 for Sung-hyeon-ssi, but not like this.”
“So you hate it?”
“Nah, whatever…… same family either side.”
The former Vice 1, now current president, shrugged lightly.
What Vice 1 said was true.
Kwon Sung-hyeon’s fandom had almost no rabid types, making it possible.
“We’re not idols—jump ship and get called traitors. Yeonwoo’s same agency as Sung-hyeon-ssi’s fave. Giving side-eye would be weirder.”
Plenty already dipped toes into Yeonwoo subtly.
Mostly working adults—busy enough chasing one fave, but Sung-hyeon-ssi kept orbiting Yeonwoo, so eyes adjusted, and before they knew, affection bloomed.
One might think hanging with celebs puffed egos, but.
Yeonwoo showed none of that.
If he did, fans wouldn’t love him—they’d see a parasite and freak.
“President, remember Hye-in?”
“Yeah, course. She’s single digits. What’s she up to? Haven’t seen her, says busy.”
“She’s into Yeonwoo now.”
“What……? For real?”
President gawked.
Kwon Sung-hyeon official club oldbie. Held a single-digit number.
Trait: Extremely exclusive to other celebs.
Post-meeting Sung-hyeon-ssi, despised anyone leeching crumbs off him.
“Her? No way.”
“‘No way’ bites back.”
“Didn’t she swear off idols after grinding that scene?”
Famous otaku oldbie, heard she suffered mentally.
Even at staff drink-ups:
“Noona, I love Sung-hyeon-ssi so much. His fan vibe’s great too. Meeting him reformed me. No one else now.”
Kwon Sung-hyeon’s fandom mirrored his vibe—polite, higher-age active base made it famous chill. But they knew it was special.
“That bad?”
“Don’t ask. I was gutted…… My ex-ult, low recog in group? Pushed hard with mass pics, but hate was nuts. Why fan like this? Self-loathing hell……”
“Even same group?”
“Our kids—ex-kids now. That group’s vibe…… Others aren’t, probably……”
President recalled her wistful ‘probably’.
Strong fandom voices in idols/celebs often sparked member-fan rivalries or inter-fandom beefs.
Shocked hearing even cross-fandom clashes.
“Ours with Sung-hyeon-ssi-nim? Breeze. Who’d trash our one-and-only? No class to compare!”
“True. True.”
Kwon Sung-hyeon had antis, sure. But zero flaws made it just sore-loser tantrums.
“But she’s selling Yeonwoo? Herself?”
“See for yourself.”
Vice 1 shoved her phone over.
Yeonwoo’s face filled the screen.
“Damn, she opened a fansite?”
“Told you. Proper fangirling. Started tributing Sung-hyeon-ssi, then flipped fully.”
“Ah……”
President got it. She’d walked the same path.
Just watching relaxed you. Maybe placebo, but heavy shoulders eased.
Conduct? Kwon Sung-hyeon-level nearby, yet no using—instead, more guarded.
Rare actor with looks, physique, talent—and upright character? This industry prized them rarer.
Yeonwoo was one such gem.
‘If I hadn’t gone pricing that drama set guy……!’
Wouldn’t taste this life’s joy now.
President thought.
Going then was genius.
Denying the fall but calmly joining fan cafe? Lucky break.
Getting official agency nod? Her bulldozer push behind it.
“Same route as prez.”
“No you there, it’ll run fine.”
“Sounds like ‘not now’?”
“Uh…… now…… sigh……”
President sighed deeply.
“Didn’t expect competing with Sung-hyeon-ssi……”
