Peninsula: I can steal the luck of disgraced celebrities

One month later, in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.

The filming location for "Sungkyunkwan Scandal" was a folk village in Yongin City, Gyeonggi Province, where major sets such as Sungkyunkwan, Dongjae, and Seozjae were built.

The sun was already scorching at the end of June. The period costumes were thick and stuffy, and after a scene, the undergarments were soaked with sweat.

Lin Puzhi sat on a chair with his clothes open, waving a prop fan in his hand.

Lin Puzhi felt that the biggest advantage of playing the role of Moon Jae-shin was that he didn't have to be completely covered up.

To fit the character's rebellious personality, he dressed very openly.

She frequently exposes her chest and breasts.

Lin Puzhi stood up, stretched his stiff neck, and walked towards the actors' rest area.

He stopped as he passed the prop shed.

Under the ginkgo tree next to the prop shed, Park Yoochun sat upright, his body covered with things.

She wore a string of prayer beads around her neck, a red rope around her wrist, and a talisman around her waist.

He even wore a vest of a tiger-fighting hermit under his costume, which he specially asked someone to obtain from the Jogye sect, the largest sect of Korean Buddhism.

On her left wrist was a black obsidian bracelet that was said to have been blessed, and on the ring finger of her right hand was a silver ring that had been blessed by a wizard.

He was clutching a string of cross prayer beads in his hand, and a half-empty bottle of talisman water was placed at his feet.

"For the past month, he's had bad luck every time he runs into you, and now it's turned out like this."

The speaker is Park Min-young.

She walked over and stood next to Lin Puzhi, her tone carrying a complex emotion that was somewhere between sympathy and amusement.

"Last time we were filming a night scene at Dongzhai, the three of us were lying on one bed, and he didn't dare to lie down next to you."

Xu Xiaolin also leaned closer and lowered her voice:

"And that time in the cafeteria, Park Ji, you were in line behind Park Sunbae to get your food. When Park Sunbae turned around and saw you, he took his tray outside to eat. It was over 30 degrees Celsius outside, and he sat on the steps, sweating as he ate his food."

"The most outrageous thing was last week."

Song Joong-ki appeared out of nowhere and started fanning himself with a prop fan.

"Senior Park heard from some Taoist priest that you were born in the Year of the Tiger and he was born in the Year of the Dragon, and that the Dragon and Tiger clash. So he spent two million won to buy a tiger tooth pendant, saying he wanted to 'use the tiger to subdue the tiger.' Later he found out that the tiger tooth was plastic, and the seller was a fraud."

Lin Puzhi listened to these words without any change in expression.

Each time he uses [Survival], it only costs him three to five points, which won't endanger his life or even cause any real harm.

It's all about Park Yoochun getting a toothache from drinking cold water, tripping over things while walking, and getting his hand caught in a door—those insignificant little misfortunes.

But if this continues for a month, it's enough for a normal adult to go insane.

The look in his eyes when he looked at Lin Puzhi had changed from disdain to fear.

"Park Ji-ssi".

Lin Puzhi turned his head and found that Park Min-young was looking at him intently.

"Although I don't know why Park Yoochun has bad luck whenever he runs into you, I think... you'd better not look at him. In his current state, even a glance from you might feel like a curse."

Lin Puzhi withdrew his gaze and did not look in that direction again.

It wasn't because of Park Min-young's words, but because he himself had a worry.

He turned his head and looked at Song Joong-ki, who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, before he felt relieved to confirm that the distance between them was more than two meters.

A month ago, no one would have noticed this scene. But now—

As soon as the two left, Seo Hyo-rin and Park Min-young began to whisper to each other.

"Aren't Lin Puzhi and Song Joong-ki acting a little strange too?" Seo Hyo-rin asked Park Min-young in a low voice.

Park Min-young watched the two figures retreating thoughtfully.

"Now that you mention it... it seems so. They used to sit next to each other during the study session, but now every time Song Joong-ki gets close, Lin Puzhi keeps her distance from him."

"The men in this film crew are all acting weird," Xu Xiaolin added.

Under the ginkgo tree.

Park Yoochun touched the real tiger tooth pendant he had recently acquired around his neck, carefully looked around to make sure Lin Puzhi was out of sight, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

At the other end of the rest area, Lin Puzhi sat down in his seat, took out his phone and pretended to check messages, but his eyes were constantly fixed on Song Joong-ki's movements.

This story begins a week ago.

That night, Lin Puzhi tossed and turned in his dormitory, unable to sleep, feeling that there was something about the character Wen Zaixin that he didn't quite understand.

In the dialogue written by Kim Tae-hee, the conversations between Moon Jae-shin, played by Kim Tae-hee, and Goo Yong-ha always carry a subtle, almost imperceptible, affection.

He got up and used his phone to search for the original novel of "Sungkyunkwan Scandal".

Then he saw something he shouldn't have seen.

In the original story, Moon Jae-shin and Goo Yong-ha are lovers.

Lin Puzhi's first reaction upon seeing this scene was:

I, Lin Puzhi, committed many evil deeds in my past life, which is why I see such things, and why I have to play such a role.

Last month, he fabricated stories that Yeon Jung-hoon and Song Seung-heon were gay.

He's going to be filming this kind of movie this month.

Karma in this lifetime!

He'll be laughed to death by that little girl Choi Sulli.

He immediately called Kim Tae-hee.

When the call connected, Kim Tae-hee was wearing a face mask, and her voice was muffled.

"Park Ji, what's up calling so late?"

"Writer Kim, I have a question. In the original work, Moon Jae-shin and Goo Yong-ha were a couple. Does that mean they are also a couple in the drama script?"

There was a three-second silence on the other end of the phone.

"You're only finding out now?" Kim Tae-hee's tone was calm.

"But don't worry, TV dramas can't film these kinds of things. The censorship system is there, and KBS can't allow homosexual content in a school period drama. So I rewrote the relationship between Goo Yong-ha and Moon Jae-shin into a brotherly relationship, a very deep brotherly relationship."

Lin Puzhi breathed a sigh of relief.

"But..." Kim Tae-hee added, "When you act, you can retain some layers. When the drama airs, you can use that to win over some fans of the original work."

It can only be said that South Korea is a very particular place, and male celebrities' career path is all about following the path of homoeroticism.

For example, in TVXQ, Park Yoochun and Kim Junsu formed the duo "Misu", and they often interacted closely on variety shows.

The two are definitely not gay; these are just personas and lines that SM Entertainment has created for them.

Over the phone, Kim Tae-hee repeatedly assured him that he and Song Joong-ki had no intimate scenes before he finally hung up.

But after hanging up the phone, he suddenly realized a more serious problem.

Who recommended him for the role of Moon Jae-shin?

It's Song Joong-ki.

Thinking hard.

Then, thinking back to Song Joong-ki's debut work, "A Frozen Flower," which was also a BL drama.

Even though Lin Puzhi knew that Song Hye-kyo had dated Song Xiao-song and later married a foreign woman, he was still afraid.

He decided to stay away from Song Joong-ki from now on.

From that day on, a strange phenomenon appeared on the film set.

Park Yoochun hides from Lim Park-ji, and Lim Park-ji hides from Song Joong-ki.

The three maintained an eerie distance from each other in the cafeteria, the lounge, and the filming location, like three chess pieces pushed apart by the same magnetic pole.