Thank you @fiona628
Wow ... It turns out that our lovebirds had attended the same event, the VIP Premiere of the movie "The Front Line" on November 7, 2011.

From the video of SSH's arrival at the event, it seems that he is gaining so much attention and is enjoying its success that fans are eagerly waiting for him there.
 

This was because a few months earlier he finished starring in his MBC first romantic comedy drama "My Princess" (aired January 5 to February 24, 2011) and had great success due to the drama.
The drama was so successful that he considered "My Princess" as a turning point in his career.

As for our girl, SJH, she finished starring in the SBS Mystery Romance drama "49 Days" (airing March 16 to May 19, 2011). At that time she had starred in several dramas and films, so that its presence in the industry could already be on par with other famous actresses. It was proven by her presence at the event.

SSH as Park Hae-young in "My Princess"  2011

SJH as Shin In-jung in "49 Days" 2011

Thanks to all shippers for your efforts in digging up and stringing the crumbs as it turns out to be a lot of surprising things that we don't know yet. One of them is that they have attended the same event in the past.

So if we can assume.  At that time SSH was enjoying being a star because of the success of his new drama.

He might see and know SJH's name as his fellow colleague and his hobae in the industry was present there, but his attention was only focused on himself and his career which at that time became the public's attention. 

Likewise with SJH. She definitely saw SSH's presence there and knew well that as a famous handsome actor and her sunbae, SSH got a lot of attention. But SJH attention at that time was also just focused on herself and her career.

So if we relate their attendance at that event to what SSH and SJH admitted at the press conference that "they have never met in person since SJH debut" , it means they have never met face to face or been introduced (by their circle of friend) in person. 

And It seems they may have forgotten that they had actually attended the same event and may had glimpsed it from afar. 

SSH dan SJH may be completely unaware or forget that they once were in the same place but nine years later fate finally led them to star in a drama that tells about the meeting of two people, man and woman because of fate. 

"The thing about fate is that you can't cling onto it as you'd like and leave it as you'd like"

(Keanu-Ahjussi in Dinner Mate)

As the story in their drama Dinner Mate, SSH and SJH cannot avoid destiny.

"You meet the person in a place where you thought you'd never meet anyone. 
And you end up meeting the person anyway even when it's impossible.
And it makes you think it's a miracle. That's what it is. That's destiny"

(Woo Do-hee, in Dinner Mate)

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