The quiet peace of Ju Seoyeon's fan café was interrupted early in the morning when a new post appeared.

* Isn’t the variety show Seoyeon filmed in Japan airing today?

It was something like that.

Seoyeon's fan café had been relatively quiet recently.

With most of her movies and dramas wrapped up, the only thing to talk about was news about her next project.

VS debates would occasionally pop up, but thanks to Seoyeon’s meticulous image management, even those had subsided significantly.

Of course, this wasn’t because there was nothing left to argue about. Fans had started to recognize the tearful efforts she was making to manage her image.

* Did she go to Japan again? Why?

* Isn’t it from when she went for the Kyungsung Lady shoot?

* Didn’t she come back earlier?

* They said she filmed it in advance because of her busy schedule.

* Yeah, Seoyeon is pretty busy these days.

The Japanese variety show Seoyeon had appeared on previously was a standard interview show, so it hadn’t drawn much attention.

Ironically, the hidden camera variety show she’d appeared on before that had been much hotter.

* Isn’t she going to crawl around pretending to be a ghost again?

* Doing the same thing twice wouldn’t be fun.

* True.

* I heard it’s something like camping in the woods?

* Jo Sehee posted something on Instagram.

Jo Sehee had uploaded photos taken before the shoot.

The exact location wasn’t marked, but it gave off a forest vibe.

* So it’s just a normal camping show?

* That’s not bad, I guess?

* Are they really close? People keep saying they are.

* Honestly, it might be kind of fun.

* I’m not into those calm, laid-back shows... Do Japanese variety shows even do that kind of thing?

The reactions were split about fifty-fifty.

Half the fans were excited at the prospect of seeing a slice of Seoyeon’s daily life.

The other half thought such laid-back shows were boring.

Although the positive responses slightly outnumbered the negative ones, most people didn’t place much significance on the location.

At least, not until they found out where the forest actually was.

***

A week had passed since the auditions for Seoul Escape.

Around that time, the results were sent to Seoyeon’s agency.

[Seoyeon! They just called to say you got the lead role in Seoul Escape!]

Park Eunha’s excited voice came through the phone.

Truthfully, Eunha had had some reservations about Seoul Escape.@@novelbin@@

It was a movie directed by someone whose recent projects had all flopped.

Given Seoyeon’s current upward momentum, it felt like a questionable choice.

Among the scripts sent to Seoyeon, there were several from far more reputable directors.

But Seoyeon had insisted she wanted this film.

With Park Jungwoo also attached to the project, Eunha felt somewhat reassured.

“Really?”

[Yeah, it’s a relief.]

“Honestly, I was a bit worried.”

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