The Lucky Fans (LEE JUN HO'S FANFICTION // ENG VER)

11. The Wolf and the Kitten

"There's a famous restaurant here called Jungsik Seoul. Would you like to eat there?" Hee Chul asked once they were in the car.

Rhea typed the name of the restaurant into the Naver search bar to find out what it was like. "Are you asking me out on a date?" she asked after discovering that Jungsik Seoul was a fine dining restaurant.

Combining traditional Korean and Western cooking methods and ingredients, Jungsik Seoul offers neo-Korean dishes with avant-garde presentations. A full lunch or dinner at Jungsik Seoul costs between seventy thousand and one hundred eighty thousand won, not including wine. If you want wine with your meal, an additional one hundred twenty-five thousand won is required. Despite the high prices, many international visitors make reservations there.

"I'm handsome and wealthy, so you should be grateful to be going out with me."

"But you're not handsome and wealthy enough to make my heart race."

Hee Chul clicked his tongue. "So, what do you want to eat?"

"Hmm... jajangmyeon."

Hee Chul couldn't understand the woman beside him. While he was offering her a luxurious dining experience, how could she choose something as simple as jajangmyeon? Sometimes, Hee Chul wondered if there was something off with her thinking.

Hee Chul knew of a place that served great jajangmyeon, even though it wasn't their signature dish. It wasn't far, still in the Gangnam area. The restaurant he had in mind was Madam Ming, a popular Chinese restaurant in Gangnam.

Each dish was priced at an average of under ten thousand won. Besides jajangmyeon, Hee Chul also ordered jjamppong (spicy seafood noodle soup) and gesalbokkeumbap (crab fried rice). Apart from the relatively lower prices, one of the reasons this restaurant was well-known was because they offered unlimited food refills.

Rhea couldn't help but salivate when her jajangmyeon arrived. Her hands swiftly mixed the noodles with the black soybean paste sauce, but she didn't dive in right away since it was still too hot.

Seeing that, Hee Chul realized something. "Don't we look like siblings? We can't eat when it's still so hot," he remarked, then took a sip of his jjampong broth. Rhea agreed.

"Rhea-ya, have you ever thought about being in a relationship with an idol or actor? Isn't that something fans always dream about?" Hee Chul asked.

"I've never really thought about it. Wae?"

"But would you want to be romantically involved with an idol or actor?"

"No matter their profession, if he makes my heart race and he's the right one for me, I'd go for it. Even if he's busy, I'd still be with him."

"Even if you can't date like a normal couple?"

Rhea smiled, suddenly reminiscing about the past. "I prefer a private relationship. I don't want many people knowing about it—just close friends and family."

Despite having a bitter experience with a private relationship before, it didn't mean Rhea would go public about her relationship. She wouldn't show signs of being in a relationship, even if she had a boyfriend.

-ooo-

They would be filming in the Gyeonggi-do area. It wasn't too far, just a one-hour drive from Seoul. The staff had prepared costumes for everyone to wear when filming began.

There were many animal costumes available, ranging from cows to wolves. The staff helped them put on the costumes that matched their characters. "It seems like Hana looks great in the sheep costume. She really looks like a baby," Dong Hae commented, already dressed in a clownfish costume.