novellhall Chapter 7 How Much Do I Resemble My Former Self?
Chapter 7 How Much Do I Resemble My Former Self?
Near Dongmen Market.
Sky Road Mural Street.
Choi Jisoo changed into a beautiful sleeveless floral dress.
Although I'm not very good at makeup, I applied foundation, carefully and simply outlined my eyeliner, applied lip gloss, and even braided my hair, making me look more refined.
Standing in front of the mural street where we had agreed to meet, I checked the time and realized I wasn't exactly early, but I still didn't see Shen Yu.
"...Blonde girl, oh, hello, are you Ms. Jisoo?"
"Huh?"
When she heard herself called Ji-soo, she almost didn't react for a moment.
Mainly, it's only her family who calls her that; outside, more people call her Lia.
When I came to my senses, it was a girl wearing a GS25 convenience store uniform.
"Ah, this must be you, Ms. Jisoo. This is a handwritten letter from a boy named Shim Yu who asked me to give it to you. Hey! LIA!"
"..."
"Thank you for sending the letter."
"Ah, I like you very much. To be honest, I've been quite worried about your health lately."
"I'm much better now, but you have to keep it a secret for me. I might be back soon."
"Okay! Don't worry!" The girl cheered Choi Ji-soo on, then ran back to the unattended convenience store.
Choi Ji-soo opened the envelope, shook it, heard a sound inside, and then poured the memory card into her palm.
Pull out the letter paper...
"Dear my beautiful model friend..."
*
Xu Youqing watched as Shen Yu turned on his computer, searched for trending news on Naver, and then logged into his YouTube account.
"Wait a minute, are you planning to delete everything?"
Xu Youqing stood behind Shen Yu, watching him open the YouTube account that still had some fans, then opened the backend, intending to delete all the videos with one click.
"That's right, I plan to start over, after all, I'm going to be an idol from now on."
Most ordinary people or internet celebrities would need to sever ties with their previous identities at this stage, but Shen Yu doesn't need to do so.
Seeing how relaxed he sounded before clicking the confirmation button, Xu Youqing felt a pang of reluctance.
All the videos uploaded to YouTube by Shen Yu range from piano videos he started releasing at the age of 12 to his latest original songs. Each video is a testament to his past as a musician.
And now it's all been cleared out like this.
"Um... you could actually switch to private and create a new account."
"These are all useless now. Oh, right, I still have a TikTok account, right?"
Xu Youqing watched as Shen Yu cleared his TikTok account, then opened his Instagram account and clicked to clear the account as well.
"..." Xu Youqing always felt that Shen Yu must have been stimulated by something after returning from Jeju Island.
"Um... Shen Yu." Xu Youqing was already thinking about whether she should invite Shen Yu out for barbecue tonight.
"Sister Youqing, you probably don't have anything to do, right?"
"Hmm? My main responsibility is to be in charge of you. After the new team is announced, I should be in charge of some art and AR design."
"I meant I have something to do later?"
"No, not at all." Xu Youqing glanced at her phone, realizing it was almost noon. "How about this, I'll treat you to that place in Jiangnan for lunch..."
"That's great! Here, take your phone."
"Oh? Shen Yu, you don't need to take your phone away yet."
"No, I mean, can you help me film a video? Oh, and first, take me to the company's makeup and styling department... Do you have a makeup artist at your company?"
"...Alright, come with me."
Although Xu Youqing felt that Shen Yu was acting on a whim, she still fulfilled Shen Yu's request.
143 Entertainment is so small, it definitely doesn't have its own makeup artist.
In reality, most small companies, and even some large companies, don't have their own dedicated makeup artist teams. In Seoul, where the beauty industry is highly developed, they mostly rely on outsourced studios.
Xu Youqing drove Shen Yu to a makeup and styling studio in Cheongdam-dong.
"Yi-xian, I'm entrusting Shen Yu to you."
"Oh, okay, since you already made an appointment by phone, didn't you?"
The two entered the studio, and Xu Youqing led Shen Yu to the second floor with ease, where they found a girl playing on her phone in a seat.
Judging from his appearance, the other person is not very old, or perhaps around the same age as Youqing?
Shen Yu's perception of the girl's age showed no awareness whatsoever of a child from the MZ era.
When Shen Yu told Xu Youqing that he wanted to find a makeup artist, Xu Youqing called her friend.
"Hello teacher, are you skilled in imitation makeup?" Shen Yu asked.
"It depends on whose it is. If you give me a... um..." She originally wanted to suggest a handsome character to discourage Shen Yu, but looking at Shen Yu's clean and refreshing face in the mirror, she felt there was nothing more to say.
"Is this alright, teacher?"
Shen Yu still held the makeup artist in the necessary respect.
Choi Yi-hyun looked at the photo, paused for a second, and then looked at Shen Yu's profile.
To be honest, if the makeup and styling are done well, it really does look somewhat similar.
"Shen Yu, who are you going to imitate in your makeup?"
Xu Youqing curiously leaned closer.
Then I saw the man on Shen Yu's phone screen.
Do they look very familiar? Or rather, their national recognition is astonishingly high. In this day and age, there are practically no people in Seoul who don't know them.
"Oh right, I remember there's a CK store nearby, right, Sister Qing? Could you please buy me an outfit that's the same? If you can't find the exact same one, something similar will do."
The man in the picture is wearing jeans and a white shirt, and of course, the most obvious thing is...
The Calvin Klein logo is clearly visible on the underwear.
"...Okay, wait for me to come back."
*
About an hour later, after washing and cutting her hair again and getting her makeup done, Xu Youqing returned home much earlier.
"Ahem, don't mention it. Oh, right, Youqing, didn't you bring back some clothes? Let him change into them."
After Shen Yu changed his clothes and returned, the other makeup artists in the studio gathered around.
"It's so lifelike! If I hadn't seen him walk in just now, I would have doubted whether it was the real person who came."
Xu Youqing was also a little dazed. She had just seen the other party's poster in the CK store. Now that Shen Yu's makeup and styling were finished, the person really looked more than 80% similar, or even like someone who had stepped out of the poster.
As for why it's eight points?
Xu Youqing actually thought that Shen Yu was a little bit more handsome than Tian Jungkook.
"Perfect! Would you mind if I took a picture to remember this?"
Choi Yi-hyun looked at her work and said, "By the way, could you unbutton your shirt a little?"
Shen Yu struck a pose; back when he was a Taobao model, this was nothing.
Besides the differences in their experiences, the original owner and Shen Yu also had some physical differences.
The most obvious one is...
"hiss!"
"I love it!"
"No, why are you swallowing so loudly?"
"Jeon Jungkook...cough cough cough, those perfect abs, I think anyone could have them."
The female makeup artists who gathered around stared intently.