Chapter 97: Lin Dajun And Lin Xiaolu
“Bang—”
Ignoring the two people glaring at each other from that side, Lin Xiuyuan immediately turned around and closed the door.
He quickly ran back to the control panel and set the door lock to exclusive member use only, afraid that something might go wrong.
After doing all this, he turned his head to look at the two people in the room.
Yoona from 2025, that is, “Lin Dajun,” was originally sitting on the high stool in front of the bar counter.
But when she clearly saw the Yoona from 2013 standing at the doorway, that is, “Little Deer,” she suddenly stood up.
Gazing at that “self” who had walked in from the door, her pupils trembled violently, as if she had missed a step, the whole person being dragged into an indescribable unknown abyss.
The other also stopped at the doorway, staring at her in astonishment, the whole person frozen in place as if struck by electricity.
The face exactly the same, the figure exactly the same, even the suspicion and vigilance in the gaze like looking in a mirror.
The air seemed to solidify in an instant, a bizarre sense of time-space dislocation suddenly permeating.
“This, this…”
After staring at that side for a few moments, Lin Dajun instinctively took a step back, almost bumping into the bar counter behind her.
Little Deer’s thoughts on that side exploded like lightning; a few days ago when writing questions for Lin Xiuyuan, those absurd guesses in her mind now actually crashed into her reality like a hundred-meter tsunami.
But her shocked gaze wasn’t directed at Lin Dajun, but at Lin Xiuyuan.
“She is you from 2025.”
Lin Xiuyuan, who was being stared at, smiled and spoke.
While coming out from behind the bar counter, he looked at Lin Dajun at the bar counter beside him, “And the one at the doorway is you from 2013. If you still can’t figure it out, then I really have no way to explain it.”
Then he walked toward Little Deer at the doorway, smiling and raising his chin, “How about it, are you satisfied with this teacher I invited for you?”
“Future me? Why not say the other is a time-space superhero.”
Little Deer replied warily, her tone full of disbelief, vigilance not reduced by a bit.
This explanation and setup were too absurd; rather than believe the other was her future self, she was more willing to think it was some fan’s full-face plastic surgery imitation prank.
In fact, similar thoughts also flashed through Lin Dajun’s mind.
Because Lin Xiuyuan had mentioned to her before that there were two fans, one like Sulli, one like herself…
But this “fan” in front of her was too similar.
She gazed at Little Deer, that mint green dress, soft shoulder-length long hair, face still carrying the clarity and innocence unique to youth.
Just standing there at the doorway, like a sudden phantom from some old dream.
And at this moment, Little Deer was also sizing up Lin Dajun.
That face, that figure, exactly the same as her own.
Just with some faint lines at the corners of the eyes, and the gaze hiding deep fatigue and stories from the past.
As the gazes of the two collided in the air, the entire tavern seemed to quiet down in an instant, leaving only the rapid heartbeat sounds echoing from each other’s chests.
The lighting swayed, casting mottled light and shadow on two similar yet distinctly different faces.
At this time, the younger Little Deer was the first to break the silence, seemingly accepting it faster, “Wait, Lin Xiuyuan, you say the one across is future me, then what is my future like? Not talking long-term, just next year, what will happen to me next year.”
“Next year Sulli unnie will leave the group, we won’t wait for the ten-year promise, on the Tokyo Dome where dreams once peaked, one figure will be missing.”
Lin Dajun slowly stepped forward, the shock on her expression gradually fading, much calmer than before.
Walking to Lin Xiuyuan’s side, standing shoulder to shoulder with him, she said softly, “If you really are me from 2013 as Xiuyuan said, then congratulations, you will get a perfect future under my guidance.”
“Still don’t believe it?”
Lin Xiuyuan looked at Lin Dajun who had come to his side, then at Little Deer across, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
“How to believe this, it’s too fantastical.”
Little Deer said this with her mouth, but her heart had already begun to waver.
Lin Dajun also muttered softly, “You say it so easily.”
But even if her tone was indifferent, her eyes never left Little Deer; the slightly trembling glow in those pupils had already betrayed the turmoil in her heart.
And Little Deer across was thinking about the previous words, all the thoughts in her mind these past few days intertwining and flowing.
Leaving the group… Tokyo Dome… Familiar terms made her look up at Lin Xiuyuan again, “So the hypothetical scenario you told me before wasn’t a hypothesis at all, but reality that’s about to happen?”
“What scenario?” Lin Dajun also looked at Lin Xiuyuan.
Being looked at like this by a pair of ‘twins,’ Lin Xiuyuan felt a bit of pressure, so he said, “How about sitting down first to talk, standing is a bit tiring.”
Lin Dajun and Little Deer exchanged a glance, then followed Lin Xiuyuan’s steps to the U-shaped sofa side.
Three directions, Lin Xiuyuan sat deepest inside, one on each side facing each other.
Then, while explaining to Lin Dajun how he had deceived Little Deer back then, unexpectedly hitting it right by mistake, she smoothly passed Kim Eun Sook writer’s The Heirs audition.
While also confessing the truth of that video to Little Deer, the filmmaker was actually Lin Dajun, but to conceal identity, AI was used to swap face and voice.
After the explanation, the people on both sides of the sofa fell silent at the same time.
Seeing the two silent, Lin Xiuyuan stood up to break the stalemate, “I’ll get you some drinks, what do you want?”
Lin Dajun looked up at him, “Whiskey, thanks.”
Little Deer was first startled upon hearing, but her inner pride made her give the same answer, “Whiskey, thanks.”
“Are you sure you can drink? Don’t get drunk in one sip.”
As her past self, Lin Dajun knew better than anyone the alcohol tolerance of this Little Deer Bambi in front of her.
Beer and sake were one thing, but whiskey too, guaranteed drunk, so she couldn’t help but throw a sharp-tongued remark.
Completely forgetting that this Little Deer Bambi, though young, had no lack of sharp-tongued skills.
So, the next second, Little Deer’s retort came back, “I think whether I can drink isn’t the issue, whether it grows is the big problem. Didn’t expect after more than ten years it’s still so flat; if that’s really the case, looks like I need to drink more papaya milk.”
Cough cough~
Lin Xiuyuan, cutting ice cubes at the bar counter, choked and coughed out loud, quickly lowering his head to continue with the work at hand.
Lin Dajun looked down at herself, helpless yet amused.
After lunch with Lin Xiuyuan, she went back to the apartment for a short nap; before going out, suddenly remembering what Lin Xiuyuan said, she changed into an outfit.
White cropped sports tank top, outlining tight shoulder lines and slender waist, paired below with high-waisted army green cargo pants.
The tank top hem just falling below the ribs, revealing a section of clean flat abdomen, finally draped in a light blue boyfriend-style shirt, open and casually lazy.
This outfit and figure, as long as not hitting the airport-attacking sharp tongue, were basically invincible.
Fate was so fair, yet today she ran into her 2013 self.
“Hey, you…”
Amused and annoyed Lin Dajun looked at Little Deer across, just wanting to call the other’s name, but for a moment didn’t know how to address her.
While Little Deer across thought she had won a round, very smugly giving her a provocative glance, but quickly reined it back in.
Because she suddenly remembered, according to that guy Lin Xiuyuan’s meaning, this one seemed to be her teacher.
Also right, a more than ten-year acting career in the future, indeed better than her own.
Just as Lin Dajun pursed her lips, wanting to counterattack with something, Lin Xiuyuan timely appeared, placing a glass of whiskey in front of each.
He didn’t mind Lin Dajun’s side, just looked at Little Deer, “Drink slowly, sip it and you won’t get drunk so fast.”
The one across didn’t say anything either, and at the same time, the embarrassment and shock in her heart dissipated quite a bit.
Rationality returned, the atmosphere began to ease.
Moments later, Lin Dajun who suddenly thought of something looked at Lin Xiuyuan, “Xiuyuan, so that girl who looks just like Jessica…”
“Yeah, it’s Jung Soo Yeon.”
Lin Xiuyuan, who had sat down, nodded; at this point, nothing to hide anymore.
Hearing this answer, Lin Dajun let out a long breath.
No wonder she couldn’t forget, no wonder she was so obsessed; it really was her.
Thinking of this, she suddenly laughed out loud, drawing the gazes of Lin Xiuyuan and Little Deer.
But she didn’t care at all, just continued laughing a few more times, like finally released from some obsession.
And her reaction, Little Deer couldn’t empathize at all, until Lin Xiuyuan said in her ear, “That future group departure was pretty ugly.”
Though Little Deer at this time was young, it didn’t mean she understood nothing.
Just from this sentence, she instantly understood some of the emotions and silence of her other self across.
Several people suddenly all fell silent, the air in the small tavern also stagnating.
But this quiet didn’t last long. Accompanied by the electronic door lock’s “beep,” everyone’s gazes turned to the doorway.
Then they saw Jung Soo Yeon, wearing a black V-neck silk shirt paired with high-waisted light blue denim shorts, draped in a white knit cardigan, pushing open the door and striding in.
Still muttering to herself, “Hey, Lin Xiuyuan, why did you call me over here in the big evening? I haven’t showered yet, so rushed, if it’s not…”
Jung Soo Yeon, just about to ask Lin Xiuyuan for a reason, turned her head and saw two Yoona standing right in front of her.
Even having long known of the “time-space door’s” existence, Jung Soo Yeon still had her pupils contract, instinctively shrinking her neck, voice drawn out, “What is this situation?”
Then she turned to find Lin Xiuyuan still sitting on the sofa with an innocent smile, sighing deeply, “Hey, are you crazy? Didn’t I tell you to discuss if there’s something? Just like this suddenly?”
“What’s to discuss, look, isn’t it pretty good? No fighting either.”
At these words, Lin Dajun directly rolled her eyes, Little Deer also pursed her lips and gave him a glance.
The remaining Jung Soo Yeon quickly came to the sofa, looked around left and right, then at Lin Dajun, “Big Yoona?”
Then at Little Deer, “Little Yoona?”
Compared to Lin Dajun, Little Deer was closer to Jung Soo Yeon, so she directly replied, “Unnie~ I’m Yoona.”
Her tone carrying a bit of pride, and irrepressible joy.
While Lin Dajun across originally wanted to say something, but at this moment suddenly smiled.
The smile gentle, gaze relieved, like reaching some reconciliation with herself.
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