Chapter 34: Jk’s First Call And “married Woman”
The phone ringtone was still ringing.
Lin Xiuyuan immediately turned his gaze to Jung Soo Yeon across from him, teased with a smile, “So, are you going to listen or not.”
“Listen.”
“Want to turn on speakerphone.”
“…”
Jung Soo Yeon lifted her eyes and glanced at him, meeting that half-smiling expression, said nothing more, and silently shifted her gaze away, too lazy to pay him any mind.
Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan stopped teasing her, chuckled lightly, answered the phone, and conveniently turned on speakerphone, “Hey, Krystal.”
Krystal on the other end of the phone was clearly a bit surprised upon hearing Lin Xiuyuan’s clear voice, “Eh, you got up so early today?”
Because based on past situations, whenever she called, either she couldn’t wake this guy up, or he was groggy and couldn’t speak clearly.
Facing Krystal’s confusion, Lin Xiuyuan glanced at Jung Soo Yeon and smiled, “Get up? I haven’t slept at all last night, stayed up all night, just about to lie down.”
Meanwhile, Jung Soo Yeon across from him pursed her lips tightly; this was the first time she heard her sister’s voice after more than a decade.
Even across the phone, that familiar tone and voice still made her heart tighten involuntarily.
The small movement on her mouth changed from pursing to biting, and the gaze she had shifted away was now firmly fixed on the mobile phone in Lin Xiuyuan’s hand.
“Stayed up all night playing games again?”
Having seen Lin Xiuyuan like this more than once, Krystal thought it was the same this time.
But unexpectedly, Lin Xiuyuan’s next response made her heart skip a beat, “Last night I really didn’t play games, accompanied someone watching videos and news all night, eyes are all blurry now.”
Someone?
Krystal, who knew Lin Xiuyuan’s secret well, guessed the identity almost instantly, “Jessica came over?”
Hearing this address, the somewhat stiff expression on Jung Soo Yeon’s face immediately relaxed.
She widened her eyes staring at the phone, then quickly slanted a glance at Lin Xiuyuan, opened her mouth just as she was about to speak, but he beat her to it, “Yeah, she came, she’s standing right beside listening, your calling her by name just now seems to have a bit pissed her off.”
“Ah~”
Krystal’s tone paused, not knowing what she was thinking, stayed silent for a few seconds, then said, “It’s fine, I’m older than her, she should be the one calling me older sister.”
As soon as the words fell, a small hand grabbed Lin Xiuyuan’s arm, and Jung Soo Yeon huffed angrily, “Hey~ Jung Soo Jung, even if you’re older, you were born after me.”
At the same time.
Krystal, currently waiting at Incheon Airport, heard Jung Soo Yeon’s shout from the other end of the phone, and a familiar feeling long absent surged in her heart again.
It wasn’t that Jessica on this side stopped calling her, but over these years, as they grew older, the interactions between them had lost that original flavor.
And at this moment, this familiar shout awakened those long-sealed emotions once more.
So she couldn’t help but feel excited, standing in the corner, leaning against the wall taking a deep breath, yet the corners of her mouth couldn’t help but curve up.
Until Jung Soo Yeon on the other end shouted a few more times, “Hey, what are you doing, Jung Soo Jung, answer me.”
Krystal then snapped back, laughing like a child, “Haha, hahaha, older sister, older sister, older sister, older sister~ I’m here, I’m here, older sister.”
The more she called toward the end, the more Krystal’s voice trembled, but the laughter grew thicker.
Her reaction and emotion also left Jung Soo Yeon on the other end at a loss for a moment, hurriedly asking, “What’s wrong.”
“Nothing, just a bit excited.”
Another deep breath, Krystal quickly adjusted her emotion, not daring to say too much.
Then she pursed her lips again, put on the sunglasses on her chest, and asked softly, “Older sister, when did you come over, why didn’t you tell me.”
“Came over in the early morning last night, want to have lunch together at noon.”
Regarding Krystal’s trembling voice just now, Jung Soo Yeon was still a bit worried, so she softened her tone.
Although this was the first call between JKs from two time-spaces, that kinship deeply embedded in blood and bone, even with identities from different time-spaces, had never felt estranged due to this misalignment.
Krystal looked through the sunglasses and glass toward the airport runway and airplanes outside the window, “Afraid not, I have to go to Paris, there’s a photo shoot and fashion show to attend over there, already at the airport now.”
“Mm, it’s fine, we can schedule when you get back.”
Though a bit regrettable, Jung Soo Yeon didn’t put too much pressure on Krystal, “Be careful on the road, stay safe.”
This warm reminder brought a gentle smile to Krystal’s lips, “Mm, I’m already thirty years old, older sister.”
“No matter how old, you’re still a kid, alright, you two chat.”
After saying this, Jung Soo Yeon finally couldn’t hold back the emotions in her heart, shoved the mobile phone back into Lin Xiuyuan’s hand, turned around, and quickly walked into the bedroom.
Lin Xiuyuan took the phone, glanced at the lightly closed bedroom door, and said flatly into the phone, “Your sister probably ran off to cry just like you.”
“I didn’t cry.”
She could have a little emotional breakdown in front of her own sister, but in front of this guy Lin Xiuyuan, Krystal still had to pretend to be calm.
Hearing Krystal’s stubborn response, Lin Xiuyuan directly replied, “Ah, yeah yeah yeah.”
And the profound Chinese was showcased at this moment, triple affirmation equals negation, just ask who can rival that.
“You bastard, don’t think I can’t tell you’re being sarcastic.”
“Getting smart, huh, Krystal.”
Krystal, who had been a bit sentimental, now just wanted to curse after Lin Xiuyuan’s playful teasing, “Get lost.”
Lin Xiuyuan chuckled a few times, then got back to the point, “Alright, no more chit-chat. So, calling me so early, what’s up?”
At this point, Krystal also reined in her emotions, her tone turning serious, “That tavern member of yours, planning to add more people?”
“Hm?”
This question sounding abrupt and puzzling to others was instantly understood by Lin Xiuyuan, “Who?”
“Ji-yeon.”
The name Krystal hadn’t finished saying was picked up by Lin Xiuyuan, “Park Ji-yeon? You two are close?”
“Close friends, sort of… And, she’s very rich, still a married woman.”
Lin Xiuyuan, who had been wondering the reason, was suddenly amused by Krystal’s words, especially the last part.
“Hey, do I look like someone short on cash? If I’m broke I can just ask you, are you poorer than her or what. And what does that last sentence mean, too much, Krystal, do you think I’m that kind of person?”
“No, I was just making a suggestion.”
“There must be a reason.”
Questioned by him, Krystal hurriedly gave the explanation she had prepared, “Last night Amber called me and we talked about her, said they just met a couple days ago, then chatted about a whole lot… some words that make one…”
A few minutes later.
After hanging up, Lin Xiuyuan thoughtfully raised an eyebrow, tsked, and rubbed his face.
Then he walked to the door of the second bedroom, knocked, and stepped inside.
“What are you coming in for.”
“To see if you cried.”
A pillow flew over, “Get out~”
The next second, Lin Xiuyuan quickly fled the second bedroom, muttering in his mouth, “The world has changed, caring gets you hit.”
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