Chapter 67 - Unexpected Hook

To be fair, if <> becomes a bit of a hit, Yoo Mokah's status could really go up.

As a fan of Cheon Seonghyeon, Choi Yeonhyeop didn't want to see that happen.

However, Choi Yeonhyeop didn't expect that the writer of <> would be so direct.

When she saw that "Watch mine if you dare" comment, Choi Yeonhyeop couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She thought she might just watch an episode of <> because of those words alone.

At first, she only planned to give the show a bit of a view count, just watch for ten minutes as a way of thanking the writer for taking a shot at <>.

But once she started watching <>, for some reason, she kept going.

She didn't know how to describe the drama.

Honestly, when she saw the first scene, it gave her a feeling of rawness and youthfulness.

In recent years, dramas have gone overboard with skin smoothing effects.

The scenes and backgrounds look very polished, and the lighting is soft, but there's a hard-to-explain sense of fakeness and tackiness.

This is true for both teen dramas and urban romance dramas.

If Choi Yeonhyeop had to describe her first impression of <>, it would be "natural."

Choi Yeonhyeop had read the introduction for <> before.

She knew it was a story about a secret high school crush, and she'd seen many similar sweet teen dramas.

In terms of the cast, apart from the writer Im Giseok, who was somewhat known, most of the crew were newcomers.

Yet, for some reason, just after the opening, she was hooked on the story.

The story of an ordinary girl, Lee Gyepyeong, having a secret crush on the most popular boy, Choi Bangmyung, should have been a very cliché plot, but the way the story was told from Lee Gyepyeong's perspective made it incredibly relatable.

When Lee Gyepyeong spotted Choi Bangmyung in a crowd, the feeling of singling him out from thousands felt like it hit Choi Yeonhyeop right in the heart.

Although Lee Gyepyeong liked Choi Bangmyung, she wasn't a girl who felt small or weak or made herself feel low.

From the start, her goal was to make herself better.

She studied hard, she helped everyone she could, and she helped her friends overcome their fears and shadows.

The only ordinary thing about her was her face.

However, she herself was a bright light.

These scenes made Choi Yeonhyeop think back to her own youth.

While watching, she didn't even notice the time passing.

Before she knew it, the ending song was playing.

"That's it?"

Choi Yeonhyeop instinctively wanted to click on the next episode but suddenly realized this was a new show, and only the first episode had been released.

Choi Yeonhyeop wasn't a very patient person.

Lately, she had found some shows moved so slowly that she didn't want to wait for more than half an hour.