Chapter 43
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Ji An was super busy with Jun's drama shooting and following up with Min Young's case. She hardly had time to rest while juggling between two schedules. She was so tired and frustrated. Her frustration was due to the police slow updates regarding Min Young hit and run accident. Even though her memory had greatly given opportunity to track the car owner, still no follow-up news from the police yet.
Suddenly Ji An could hear her ringtone in the middle of drama shooting, there was unknown number calling her.
"Hello, Song Ji An here."
"Song Ji An-ssi? I am Kang Min Young's mother."
"Oh, Aunty. Hello, how are you?" Ji An cheered up after hearing Aunty's voice. Since she had no mother and had lived with her father, she thought of Kang Min Young as her own.
"I am good. Are you free?" Aunty's voice had a hint of longing.
"I can always find time for you. Do you miss me, Aunty?" Ji An playfully spoke with Aunty. It was true that Aunty had missed her. After Min Young left this world, Aunty seemed to rely more and more to Ji An. Some more Ji An was there and helped her tremendously during those difficult time.
"Stupid child. Of course, I miss you. Come over when you have time, okay? I will cook for you lots of delicious meals."
"Sure, Aunty!" Ji An made a mental note to visit Aunty. She had planned it before, but due to her recent schedule, she kept delaying it and now felt more guilty towards Aunty. From the corner of her eyes, she could see Jun just finished taking another scene and went to rest on his special chair. Ji An walked over and handed him hot coffee. The weather had turned quite chilly recently.
Jun received the hot coffee with thankful eyes and sipped it slowly, absorbing the taste and let caffeine slowly penetrated every cell of his body and gave him much needed jolt. His eyes looked so tired. Ji An pitied him and went to check his schedule with Producer Kim.
"Kim PD! Here's coffee for you." Another thing that Ji An learned was sweet talking to the production crew. She realized that when you acted nice towards them, they would give you something good in return. She was currently needed Producer Kim to give Jun longer break so he could take a little nap.
"Oh ho, Manager Song. You are fitting well with us. Thanks." Not different from the actor and actresses, Producer Kim also looked haggard and tired. However, his eyes was still full of passion.
"Um, Producer Kim. I wonder whether we can shift Jun's schedule slightly later. I know he get another shoot after this, with Kim Anna. Can we postpone that in another 2 hour or so? You can shoot another scene first with the supporting. I have checked and consolidated those other scenes." Ji An showed Producer Kim consolidated scenes of supporting actor and indeed if they were doing it according to Ji An's plan, it would save the production crew more time and they could wrap up earlier.
Producer Kim reviewed closely and called his assistant as well as writer. Three of them were looking intensely and discussed some minor details before he returned the schedule back to Ji An. "I think we can go with this. Thanks for letting us know, it will really save a lot of time."
"Thank you so much, Producer Kim." Ji An bowed her head a few times as a show of gratitude. Producer Kim waved his hand,"Nah, it's you that helping us. Lee Jun sure lucky to have you by his side."
Ji An blushed hearing Producer Kim's compliment and ran back to Jun. Jun was still sitting on his special designated chair, reading his scene. Ji An was mesmerized by his seriousness and indeed a guy looked more charming when they was doing their work seriously. Jun had memorized all his lines, but he still kept reading and perfecting his part and imagining what he should do or how to improve.
Ji An forcefully took his script away and held his hand, dragging him towards his car.
"Hey!" Jun shouted angrily. He disliked to be disturbed during script reading. He tried to free his hand from Ji An but apparently her grip was quite strong.
"Monkey, let me go. I am still reading my script. Are you ignoring me?" A few people looked into their direction, they were surprised to see the usual calmness from Jun dissipated. It was a rare view to see Jun shouting while being half-dragged.
Ji An was totally ignoring him. Her other free hand was reaching her pocket for car key to open access to Jun's car. Once she heard the beeping sound from the car, she pushed Jun towards the car and turned on the heater.
"Now, sleep." She passed a soft blanket and eye cover to Jun. Jun was just holding the colorful blanket, totally out of his style and sitting down without much noise. He was totally speechless, again. Once again, the monkey managed to surprise him with her caring attitude.
"Don't look at me anymore. Quickly sleep. I managed to push your schedule for 2 hours. You can sleep for at least one hour. I will wake you up again later." Ji An sit on the other side and started to turn on her laptop, to access her work email.
"Thank you." Jun gratefully thank her, put on his eye cover and within seconds had drifted to sleep.
Ji An could feel her phone vibrate again. Thankfully, she remembered to turn on her silent mode. It was a call from Detective Jo, the police who was investigating Min Young's case. Ji An put her laptop aside and went outside the car, did not want to disturb Jun.
"Hello, Detective Jo. Have you found any information for the car owner?"
"Reporter Song. Rather than that, I have more bad news for you." Ji An sighed and massaged her temple.
"What kind of bad news now?"
"Min Young's autopsy report is out. I am at hospital now. According to the report, Min Young didn't die from the car accident. She died from drug overdose."
"She whatttt???!!!!!" Ji An shouted back and when she realized her volume had went up several notch, she left the car and went slightly further away. "How could that be? After the operation, the surgeon in charge clearly told me it was due to massive loss of blood and internal organ damage. How could it change to drug overdose. Did they pass you the wrong report? How about the surgeon in charge?"
"No. This is the right report with Kang Min Young name printed clearly. That's the issue. I couldn't even find the surgeon who operated on Min Young. The hospital said the surgeon had resigned and no longer with the hospital anymore."
"Then, find him!" Ji An was clearly frustrated. It was slowly and surely getting out of her hand. Seems like there was someone playing a trick behind her.
"It's not as easy as that. With this report, I could no longer investigate. The weird thing is even before I went to retrieve this report, my boss called me to stop investigating this case and close it as drug-overdose case. He said the higher up asked the case to be closed as soon as possible."
"Detective Jo, there must be something big behind all this." Ji An was so sure that Congressman Park must have pulled some string.
"Yes, I know. I could only officially close it for now but I will keep looking. Will keep you updated. However, be careful. It seems this case is not as easy as we think." Detective Jo issued her a warning and hung up their conversation.
While Ji An could only helplessly ended their conversation, another call came through and she picked it up without checking the caller ID.
"Reporter Song Ji An."
"Yes?" Unknown voice was coming from another side. Ji An furrowed her eye brow and checked her phone screen, it was a blocked number.
"I am warning you. Stop your investigation before it is getting worse."
"I will not... Hello? Hello? Who is this?" The phone was ended after issuing threat to Ji An. She felt herself tremble from the threat but she also knew that she would never stop.
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Ji An was super busy with Jun's drama shooting and following up with Min Young's case. She hardly had time to rest while juggling between two schedules. She was so tired and frustrated. Her frustration was due to the police slow updates regarding Min Young hit and run accident. Even though her memory had greatly given opportunity to track the car owner, still no follow-up news from the police yet.
Suddenly Ji An could hear her ringtone in the middle of drama shooting, there was unknown number calling her.
"Hello, Song Ji An here."
"Song Ji An-ssi? I am Kang Min Young's mother."
"Oh, Aunty. Hello, how are you?" Ji An cheered up after hearing Aunty's voice. Since she had no mother and had lived with her father, she thought of Kang Min Young as her own.
"I am good. Are you free?" Aunty's voice had a hint of longing.
"I can always find time for you. Do you miss me, Aunty?" Ji An playfully spoke with Aunty. It was true that Aunty had missed her. After Min Young left this world, Aunty seemed to rely more and more to Ji An. Some more Ji An was there and helped her tremendously during those difficult time.
"Stupid child. Of course, I miss you. Come over when you have time, okay? I will cook for you lots of delicious meals."
"Sure, Aunty!" Ji An made a mental note to visit Aunty. She had planned it before, but due to her recent schedule, she kept delaying it and now felt more guilty towards Aunty. From the corner of her eyes, she could see Jun just finished taking another scene and went to rest on his special chair. Ji An walked over and handed him hot coffee. The weather had turned quite chilly recently.
Jun received the hot coffee with thankful eyes and sipped it slowly, absorbing the taste and let caffeine slowly penetrated every cell of his body and gave him much needed jolt. His eyes looked so tired. Ji An pitied him and went to check his schedule with Producer Kim.
"Kim PD! Here's coffee for you." Another thing that Ji An learned was sweet talking to the production crew. She realized that when you acted nice towards them, they would give you something good in return. She was currently needed Producer Kim to give Jun longer break so he could take a little nap.
"Oh ho, Manager Song. You are fitting well with us. Thanks." Not different from the actor and actresses, Producer Kim also looked haggard and tired. However, his eyes was still full of passion.
"Um, Producer Kim. I wonder whether we can shift Jun's schedule slightly later. I know he get another shoot after this, with Kim Anna. Can we postpone that in another 2 hour or so? You can shoot another scene first with the supporting. I have checked and consolidated those other scenes." Ji An showed Producer Kim consolidated scenes of supporting actor and indeed if they were doing it according to Ji An's plan, it would save the production crew more time and they could wrap up earlier.
Producer Kim reviewed closely and called his assistant as well as writer. Three of them were looking intensely and discussed some minor details before he returned the schedule back to Ji An. "I think we can go with this. Thanks for letting us know, it will really save a lot of time."
"Thank you so much, Producer Kim." Ji An bowed her head a few times as a show of gratitude. Producer Kim waved his hand,"Nah, it's you that helping us. Lee Jun sure lucky to have you by his side."
Ji An blushed hearing Producer Kim's compliment and ran back to Jun. Jun was still sitting on his special designated chair, reading his scene. Ji An was mesmerized by his seriousness and indeed a guy looked more charming when they was doing their work seriously. Jun had memorized all his lines, but he still kept reading and perfecting his part and imagining what he should do or how to improve.
Ji An forcefully took his script away and held his hand, dragging him towards his car.
"Hey!" Jun shouted angrily. He disliked to be disturbed during script reading. He tried to free his hand from Ji An but apparently her grip was quite strong.
"Monkey, let me go. I am still reading my script. Are you ignoring me?" A few people looked into their direction, they were surprised to see the usual calmness from Jun dissipated. It was a rare view to see Jun shouting while being half-dragged.
Ji An was totally ignoring him. Her other free hand was reaching her pocket for car key to open access to Jun's car. Once she heard the beeping sound from the car, she pushed Jun towards the car and turned on the heater.
"Now, sleep." She passed a soft blanket and eye cover to Jun. Jun was just holding the colorful blanket, totally out of his style and sitting down without much noise. He was totally speechless, again. Once again, the monkey managed to surprise him with her caring attitude.
"Don't look at me anymore. Quickly sleep. I managed to push your schedule for 2 hours. You can sleep for at least one hour. I will wake you up again later." Ji An sit on the other side and started to turn on her laptop, to access her work email.
"Thank you." Jun gratefully thank her, put on his eye cover and within seconds had drifted to sleep.
Ji An could feel her phone vibrate again. Thankfully, she remembered to turn on her silent mode. It was a call from Detective Jo, the police who was investigating Min Young's case. Ji An put her laptop aside and went outside the car, did not want to disturb Jun.
"Hello, Detective Jo. Have you found any information for the car owner?"
"Reporter Song. Rather than that, I have more bad news for you." Ji An sighed and massaged her temple.
"What kind of bad news now?"
"Min Young's autopsy report is out. I am at hospital now. According to the report, Min Young didn't die from the car accident. She died from drug overdose."
"She whatttt???!!!!!" Ji An shouted back and when she realized her volume had went up several notch, she left the car and went slightly further away. "How could that be? After the operation, the surgeon in charge clearly told me it was due to massive loss of blood and internal organ damage. How could it change to drug overdose. Did they pass you the wrong report? How about the surgeon in charge?"
"No. This is the right report with Kang Min Young name printed clearly. That's the issue. I couldn't even find the surgeon who operated on Min Young. The hospital said the surgeon had resigned and no longer with the hospital anymore."
"Then, find him!" Ji An was clearly frustrated. It was slowly and surely getting out of her hand. Seems like there was someone playing a trick behind her.
"It's not as easy as that. With this report, I could no longer investigate. The weird thing is even before I went to retrieve this report, my boss called me to stop investigating this case and close it as drug-overdose case. He said the higher up asked the case to be closed as soon as possible."
"Detective Jo, there must be something big behind all this." Ji An was so sure that Congressman Park must have pulled some string.
"Yes, I know. I could only officially close it for now but I will keep looking. Will keep you updated. However, be careful. It seems this case is not as easy as we think." Detective Jo issued her a warning and hung up their conversation.
While Ji An could only helplessly ended their conversation, another call came through and she picked it up without checking the caller ID.
"Reporter Song Ji An."
"Yes?" Unknown voice was coming from another side. Ji An furrowed her eye brow and checked her phone screen, it was a blocked number.
"I am warning you. Stop your investigation before it is getting worse."
"I will not... Hello? Hello? Who is this?" The phone was ended after issuing threat to Ji An. She felt herself tremble from the threat but she also knew that she would never stop.
Ji An was super busy with Jun's drama shooting and following up with Min Young's case. She hardly had time to rest while juggling between two schedules. She was so tired and frustrated. Her frustration was due to the police slow updates regarding Min Young hit and run accident. Even though her memory had greatly given opportunity to track the car owner, still no follow-up news from the police yet.Suddenly Ji An could hear her ringtone in the middle of drama shooting, there was unknown number calling her."Hello, Song Ji An here.""Song Ji An-ssi? I am Kang Min Young's mother.""Oh, Aunty. Hello, how are you?" Ji An cheered up after hearing Aunty's voice. Since she had no mother and had lived with her father, she thought of Kang Min Young as her own."I am good. Are you free?" Aunty's voice had a hint of longing."I can always find time for you. Do you miss me, Aunty?" Ji An playfully spoke with Aunty. It was true that Aunty had missed her. After Min Young left this world, Aunty seemed to rely more and more to Ji An. Some more Ji An was there and helped her tremendously during those difficult time."Stupid child. Of course, I miss you. Come over when you have time, okay? I will cook for you lots of delicious meals.""Sure, Aunty!" Ji An made a mental note to visit Aunty. She had planned it before, but due to her recent schedule, she kept delaying it and now felt more guilty towards Aunty. From the corner of her eyes, she could see Jun just finished taking another scene and went to rest on his special chair. Ji An walked over and handed him hot coffee. The weather had turned quite chilly recently.Jun received the hot coffee with thankful eyes and sipped it slowly, absorbing the taste and let caffeine slowly penetrated every cell of his body and gave him much needed jolt. His eyes looked so tired. Ji An pitied him and went to check his schedule with Producer Kim."Kim PD! Here's coffee for you." Another thing that Ji An learned was sweet talking to the production crew. She realized that when you acted nice towards them, they would give you something good in return. She was currently needed Producer Kim to give Jun longer break so he could take a little nap."Oh ho, Manager Song. You are fitting well with us. Thanks." Not different from the actor and actresses, Producer Kim also looked haggard and tired. However, his eyes was still full of passion."Um, Producer Kim. I wonder whether we can shift Jun's schedule slightly later. I know he get another shoot after this, with Kim Anna. Can we postpone that in another 2 hour or so? You can shoot another scene first with the supporting. I have checked and consolidated those other scenes." Ji An showed Producer Kim consolidated scenes of supporting actor and indeed if they were doing it according to Ji An's plan, it would save the production crew more time and they could wrap up earlier.Producer Kim reviewed closely and called his assistant as well as writer. Three of them were looking intensely and discussed some minor details before he returned the schedule back to Ji An. "I think we can go with this. Thanks for letting us know, it will really save a lot of time.""Thank you so much, Producer Kim." Ji An bowed her head a few times as a show of gratitude. Producer Kim waved his hand,"Nah, it's you that helping us. Lee Jun sure lucky to have you by his side."Ji An blushed hearing Producer Kim's compliment and ran back to Jun. Jun was still sitting on his special designated chair, reading his scene. Ji An was mesmerized by his seriousness and indeed a guy looked more charming when they was doing their work seriously. Jun had memorized all his lines, but he still kept reading and perfecting his part and imagining what he should do or how to improve.Ji An forcefully took his script away and held his hand, dragging him towards his car."Hey!" Jun shouted angrily. He disliked to be disturbed during script reading. He tried to free his hand from Ji An but apparently her grip was quite strong."Monkey, let me go. I am still reading my script. Are you ignoring me?" A few people looked into their direction, they were surprised to see the usual calmness from Jun dissipated. It was a rare view to see Jun shouting while being half-dragged.Ji An was totally ignoring him. Her other free hand was reaching her pocket for car key to open access to Jun's car. Once she heard the beeping sound from the car, she pushed Jun towards the car and turned on the heater."Now, sleep." She passed a soft blanket and eye cover to Jun. Jun was just holding the colorful blanket, totally out of his style and sitting down without much noise. He was totally speechless, again. Once again, the monkey managed to surprise him with her caring attitude."Don't look at me anymore. Quickly sleep. I managed to push your schedule for 2 hours. You can sleep for at least one hour. I will wake you up again later." Ji An sit on the other side and started to turn on her laptop, to access her work email."Thank you." Jun gratefully thank her, put on his eye cover and within seconds had drifted to sleep.Ji An could feel her phone vibrate again. Thankfully, she remembered to turn on her silent mode. It was a call from Detective Jo, the police who was investigating Min Young's case. Ji An put her laptop aside and went outside the car, did not want to disturb Jun."Hello, Detective Jo. Have you found any information for the car owner?""Reporter Song. Rather than that, I have more bad news for you." Ji An sighed and massaged her temple."What kind of bad news now?""Min Young's autopsy report is out. I am at hospital now. According to the report, Min Young didn't die from the car accident. She died from drug overdose.""She whatttt???!!!!!" Ji An shouted back and when she realized her volume had went up several notch, she left the car and went slightly further away. "How could that be? After the operation, the surgeon in charge clearly told me it was due to massive loss of blood and internal organ damage. How could it change to drug overdose. Did they pass you the wrong report? How about the surgeon in charge?""No. This is the right report with Kang Min Young name printed clearly. That's the issue. I couldn't even find the surgeon who operated on Min Young. The hospital said the surgeon had resigned and no longer with the hospital anymore.""Then, find him!" Ji An was clearly frustrated. It was slowly and surely getting out of her hand. Seems like there was someone playing a trick behind her."It's not as easy as that. With this report, I could no longer investigate. The weird thing is even before I went to retrieve this report, my boss called me to stop investigating this case and close it as drug-overdose case. He said the higher up asked the case to be closed as soon as possible.""Detective Jo, there must be something big behind all this." Ji An was so sure that Congressman Park must have pulled some string."Yes, I know. I could only officially close it for now but I will keep looking. Will keep you updated. However, be careful. It seems this case is not as easy as we think." Detective Jo issued her a warning and hung up their conversation.While Ji An could only helplessly ended their conversation, another call came through and she picked it up without checking the caller ID."Reporter Song Ji An.""Yes?" Unknown voice was coming from another side. Ji An furrowed her eye brow and checked her phone screen, it was a blocked number."I am warning you. Stop your investigation before it is getting worse.""I will not... Hello? Hello? Who is this?" The phone was ended after issuing threat to Ji An. She felt herself tremble from the threat but she also knew that she would never stop.
