The Face Genius Actor

Episode 067

It couldn’t be helped.

I had written down almost all the lyrics of “We must go” that were given as the question.

Silence fell over the set once again.

Everyone’s reaction showed they couldn’t believe my answer even though they saw it with their own eyes.

That’s when Moon Jong-yoon, who came to his senses first, got excited while pointing at Babam’s expression.

“Wow! Incredible! Babam is flustered!”

“You’re right! His face is completely red!”

“What? Is it the correct answer?”

“It’s over! It’s over!”

Then Babam belatedly tried to control his expression and waved his hand.

“Don’t say that. When did I ever look flustered?”

But no one believed Babam’s words.

The situation was just too obvious.

Even the production team seemed to give up, crumpling up the sketchbook and throwing it at Babam, and the regular panel members started cheering.

“Lee Si-joon! Lee Si-joon!”

“Lee Si-joon! Lee Si-joon!”

“Lee Si-joon! Lee Si-joon!”

While everyone except Babam and the production team was caught up in the festive atmosphere,

Babam, who was wiping off cold sweat and fanning himself, took off his glasses and threw them aside as he asked me:

“How did this happen, Si-joon?”

“Pardon?”

“You couldn’t write down a single word after listening to the song earlier, right?”

“Ah, yes. But as I sat quietly, something came to mind.”

“Don’t tell me you already knew ‘We must go’? How? Is there a story behind this?”

This was why I hesitated for a moment about whether it would be okay to write down the lyrics of “We must go”.

Since it was a question that was impossible to get right just by listening, I had no choice but to say that I already knew the original song.

If I were to bring up any unnecessary explanations here, it would only raise suspicion.

So I answered honestly without making flimsy excuses.

With a little white lie added.

“Actually… I once practiced the choreography of ‘We must go’ alone, intending to use it as a special skill at fan meetings or similar events if I got the chance.”

Babam’s eyes sparkled as he asked back in response to my answer.

Not only the regular panel members but even Cindy showed a surprised reaction.

“Oh! The choreography?”

“Yes. But since I’m not very talented in dancing, the practice took longer, and I naturally ended up memorizing the song first.”

Im Dong-seop, who realized why I knew all the lyrics to “We must go”, excitedly summarized the situation.

“Ah, so you completely memorized the song while practicing the dance? Then this must really be the correct answer, right?”

In response to Im Dong-seop’s words, the other regular panel members who particularly loved the drama cheered.

“Amazing! Are we going to eat sundubu-jjigae?”

“A bowl of sundubu-jjigae!”

“So Si-joon was today’s chef!”

Meanwhile, Lee Beom, who had been nodding his head, agreed with my story.

“That’s right. Usually, when you cover a dance, you end up memorizing the entire song too. But is our recording okay like this?”

“Why? Even you think there’s nothing strange about this, Lee Beom?”

“There isn’t. It makes perfect sense contextually. If we’re not careful, we might not get enough footage.”

Yeni, who was in charge of taking notes among the regular panel members, shouted.

“Please reveal the character count! Otherwise, we’re just going to move to the answer zone!”

Babam, looking flustered, hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief and revealed the character count.

“Character count reveal! Today’s question has a total of 45 characters!”

“45 characters! It matches exactly with Si-joon’s dictation, even down to the character count!”

I was worried there might be some errors, but at this point, it seemed safe to relax.

Still, feeling a bit uneasy, I quickly added a comment.

“Since this wasn’t written down from what I heard, but purely from memory, I’m not entirely sure.”

“No, it’s certain, Si-joon. We can tell from how flustered Babam is. But just to be sure, shall we hear the song information?”

So we checked the song information and confirmed the number of English words and numbers in the lyrics.

Fortunately, everything matched with the lyrics I had written.

“See? Even the context fits perfectly, right?”

“Wow. It’s over. Should we ask Night Cheong if this is the correct answer?”

“Oh, good idea. That way we can also save our first attempt in case of any unforeseen issues.”

Night Cheong was a kind of hint where you could get an answer to one yes-or-no question.

Lee Beom suggested asking “Is this the correct answer?” before making the first attempt.

This way, they could confirm whether it was correct while saving the first attempt.

Not only the regular panel members but even Cindy welcomed Lee Beom’s suggestion.

As expected of the ace of “Amazing Sunday”, Lee Beom was thorough until the end.

There was no room for error.

“Are you really going to do that?”

Babam asked with a flustered look, but everyone answered “Yes” in unison.

Babam seemed to give up and pointed at me as he delivered his fixed line.

“Then, Lee Si-joon! Please prepare your question!”

“Cheong-ah, Cheong-ah, Night Cheong-ah!”

“Is what I’ve written down the correct answer?”

I asked the question, and Babam tried to secure as much screen time as possible by dragging out the moment longer than usual.

He performed a precarious balancing act between “Yes” and “No”.

He even showed a simple magic trick by pulling out a flower in the middle, trying to secure as much screen time as possible, but…

“Yes!”

There was no twist.

Along with Babam’s answer, the word “Correct” appeared on the large screen hanging in the back.

In the end, we had solved the problem without even making the first attempt.

It was an incredible result.

“Wow!”

“Wow! This actually worked?”

“This is amazing!”

“Si-joon, we’ll enjoy the meal!”

“Thank you, Si-joon!”

The regular panel members cheered with joy, and even Cindy quietly spoke to me, seemingly surprised.

“This is amazing, isn’t it?”

She seemed pleased that I, making my first appearance on a variety show, had shown unexpected prowess.

After all, we were here to promote “Let’s Live Together, Princess.”

If either of us performed well, we could fully reap the benefits.

While everyone was rejoicing,

Babam looked worried about screen time, his expression not good.

Also, Short-tongued Moon, who could only eat if the members failed at dictation, had a sad face.

* * *

As expected, the combination of grilled fish set meal and sundubu-jjigae was excellent.

There was no need for fake reactions to promote the food.

After finishing a hearty meal, the regular panel members and guests entered the snack game.

Today’s snack was homemade brownies densely sprinkled with powdered sugar and a glass of milk.

“Did you eat heartily?”

“Yes!”

“Cindy.”

“Yes?”

“You and Si-joon first met through a music video, right?”

“That’s right. We met when Si-joon appeared in the ‘Straight Sun’ music video.”

“So we prepared this! Today’s snack game is a Music Video Scene Quiz!”

“A Music Video Scene Quiz?”

“From now on, we’ll show a scene from a music video on the back screen. You need to guess the title and the singer in that order.”

“Oh! It’s a new game!”

The snack game on “Amazing Sunday” consisted of various types of quizzes.

And among them, there were questions that favored actors like me.

But a music video game?

It clearly couldn’t be said to be advantageous for me.

Not only Cindy, Korea’s top singer-songwriter, but many of the regular panel members were famous singers.

It wasn’t going to be easy to answer the questions before them and win the snack.

‘Moreover, I…’

I didn’t usually watch music videos often.

I often listened to music when resting or going to and from filming locations, but rarely watched music videos.

If I had the same amount of time, I would rather practice one more time wearing a method mask.

I did look up some other music videos when I appeared in “Straight Sun”, but

Compared to those whose main job was singing, the number was bound to be absolutely insufficient.

‘Personally, I was hoping for something like a movie poster quiz or a drama set quiz.’

It was disappointing.

It seemed unlikely that I would perform well in the snack game.

It looked like “Amazing Sunday” had prepared the snack quiz expecting Cindy to shine.

As expected, while one or two people got the answers right, I couldn’t even get a grasp on the questions.

“Cindy! Fast Track! Bloomings!”

But Cindy got the first question right in one go and even performed beautifully.

Despite not being a dance singer, she showed excellent dance skills, drawing many cheers.

‘As expected, a top-tier singer is different.’

The question itself was advantageous as it was about a girl group music video from the same era as Cindy, but impressive was impressive.

Anyway, it wasn’t a bad thing for me either.

As mentioned earlier, if either of us performed well, we could promote “Let’s Live Together, Princess.”

However, while I was thinking this, I was getting further and further away from the snack.

“Lee Beom! Spy! Next Monster!”

“Hyun-hae! Star Is My Destiny! Kim Sol!”

“Yeni! Microwave! Upset!”

“Jong-yoon! Red Letter! Baek Ya-haeng!”

As the quiz continued, it came down to the last few people.

Finally, a question came up for Im Dong-seop, the oldest among the cast.

“Im!”

“Ah, as expected, Im Dong-seop. So fast.”

As Babam admired, Im Dong-seop smiled and started to say the answer clearly.

“Barley field…”

I instinctively felt this was my chance when Im Dong-seop got this far.

“I wish it had stayed that way.”

“Wrong!”

“Si-joon!”

“Yes, Si-joon. Go ahead.”

I recalled the rules of the Music Video Scene Quiz once again and gave the answer.

“I wish it had stayed that way. Barley field.”

“Correct!”

That’s right.

In the Music Video Scene Quiz, you had to say the answer in the order of title, then artist.

And usually, Im Dong-seop’s pattern was to catch guests who didn’t follow this rule.

But this time, I neatly snatched Im Dong-seop’s snack.

At this unexpected turn, laughter broke out among the regular panel members.

“Ah! Dong-seop hyung! That’s too funny!”

“It’s karma! It’s karma!”

“That’s why you should always have a kind heart!”

“Ah! Seopi-aena is crumbling like this! Si-joon, come out. You have to show us a performance.”

Following Babam’s cue, I stepped forward, and a somewhat embarrassing interlude started playing.

It was a much sweeter ballad than I had imagined.

I was going to do some improvised dance, but even that seemed daunting at this tempo.

Lee Beom raised his voice as if it was absurd.

“Ah! That’s too much! How can Si-joon handle this!”

Even Cindy, who had agreed to help with the performance if I got the question right, shook her head.

It seemed that even Cindy found it daunting.

“This is really too much. Please change the song. To something else.”

But the song was already playing, and I had to do something.

Having snatched the answer from Im Dong-seop with difficulty, I wanted to put a definitive end to it.

‘What should I do…’

As I was lost in thought, I started dancing with familiar movements.

There was only one dance I could somewhat perform.