Chapter 19: “who’s Calling Who ‘older Sister’ Between You Two?”
“Knock knock~ Knock knock knock~”
“Coming.”
Hearing the knocking from outside the room door, Lin Xiuyuan tidied up the trash from the just-unpacked mattress and threw it aside, then walked to the doorway and opened the apartment door, seeing Jung Soo Yeon standing outside.
And the first thing she said upon seeing him was, “Hey, what are you and Soo Jung doing, hugging and embracing on the street late at night, are you crazy? No, this is only your second meeting, isn’t the progress bar a bit too fast?”
Looking at Jung Soo Yeon who had hurriedly run over to find him, Lin Xiuyuan smiled, “So you anxiously asked where I was just to settle accounts with me?”
“Shouldn’t I? And Soo Jung came over, why didn’t you tell me?” Jung Soo Yeon frowned.
“Then how did you confirm that the people you saw last night were us?” Lin Xiuyuan asked in return.
Jung Soo Yeon was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting him to answer like that, “Wasn’t it you two?”
“It was us, no mistake.”
“…”
Realizing she’d been teased, Jung Soo Yeon took a deep breath in annoyance, then glared at the guy in front of her, really wanting to curse him out a few times.
At that moment, she noticed some trash at the room doorway, her gaze unconsciously drawn to it, “Why is there suddenly so much trash, what are you doing?”
Lin Xiuyuan glanced back at the room and said, “I bought a mattress and desk, planning to fix up the room here. Even if I rarely live here, I should at least make it look the part, so if the police come for a random inspection, they don’t find there’s no mattress.”
“You’re even worried about that.” Jung Soo Yeon curiously leaned to the room doorway to look inside.
There wasn’t much inside, just a bed, a table, a newly bought laptop, some old miscellany, and not even many clothes.
Lin Xiuyuan bent down to bundle the trash into a big bag, “I’m not from the peninsula, as an overseas worker, random inspections are normal. Anyway, I’ve been door-checked before, though it was just routine questioning, but I don’t want any mishaps.”
“Speaking of that, what about your visa after you resign?”
Seeing Lin Xiuyuan mention this, Jung Soo Yeon asked him with care.
This question gave Lin Xiuyuan a bit of a headache too, “Don’t know, we’ll see. Worst case, switch to a tourist visa.”
“That suggestion I mentioned to you last time, do you want to think about it?”
“What suggestion?”
As soon as Lin Xiuyuan answered, he suddenly realized, “Oh, the one about opening a shop.”
“Yeah, opening a shop counts as investment. Once you get the investment visa, you won’t have to worry about visa issues anymore.”
If asked who Jung Soo Yeon cared about most these past few days, there was no doubt—it had to be the man in front of her.
No helping it, who let this guy grasp that time-space door she couldn’t forget.
Thinking of this, Jung Soo Yeon’s eyes subconsciously glanced at that magical room door. She couldn’t imagine that such an ordinary room door could really cross to the future over a dozen years away.
Noticing this, Lin Xiuyuan smiled, “By that logic, I might as well find an agent to ask about a Hong Kong Island passport. Once I have it, most countries worldwide basically offer visa-free entry, no need for investment at all.”
“That method’s pretty good too. Can you find someone? I’ll pay for you.”
Before, Jung Soo Yeon had thought Lin Xiuyuan a bit tacky for approaching her for money, but after thinking it over later, facing this guy, it seemed all she could help with was footing the bill.
But she was fine not mentioning it—once she did, Lin Xiuyuan recalled last night’s situation.
So he smiled at her, “Right, speaking of that, Krystal said to have you give me the pocket money you took from her as a kid, so I can go get a car, consider it her gift to me.”
At these words, Jung Soo Yeon’s eyes widened round, her shocked appearance making Lin Xiuyuan find it very amusing.
Then she shouted, “Hey, has she gone mad? I only took from her once, and that was just 10,000 Korean won, 10,000! Even counting ones I forgot, at most 100,000, just 100,000 and she wants you to buy a car with that?”
“I don’t know, that’s just what she said.”
Facing Jung Soo Yeon who was a bit bristling, Lin Xiuyuan was truly amused, then thought of something else.
He went back into the room, took out two books and handed them to her, “Oh, and these—I bought them on the way dropping Krystal back to the film crew last night. You can read them if bored, but destroy them after, it would be trouble if they got out.”
“What books are so serious?”
Without thinking too much, Jung Soo Yeon took them, looked down at the cover—a big purple SHINE in English printed on it.
This was still normal, but when she saw the two lines of English at the bottom, she froze completely.
—From international K-pop star
—JESSICA JUNG
“I… I wrote this?”
“This one apparently has Jessica writing quite a bit about the dark side of your entertainment circle here, plus some hardships. And this one’s even more fun—it covers stories after debuting in the group, then the story of being kicked out after starting a personal brand.”
Lin Xiuyuan first pointed at the one she was looking at and chuckled softly, then pointed at the one below.
This prompted Jung Soo Yeon to hurriedly bring it up top, staring at the purple Bright cover of the second book in silence.
Seeing Jung Soo Yeon’s dazed gaze, Lin Xiuyuan couldn’t help recalling last night on the way dropping Krystal back to the film crew, when he temporarily got out to buy these two books, and Krystal’s evaluation of them in the car.
…
“Why are you buying this?”
“For your sister.”
“Hahaha, you’ll scare her like that.”
“It’s fine, but how much of the stories in here can be believed?”
“Thirty percent, or twenty?”
“That low?”
“Do you think my older sister seems like someone who could write a novel? Ghostwritten, it’s a story, understand? In your side’s words, just chives-cutting.”
“Then should I still give it?”
“Give it, no big deal.”
…
And the same words, Lin Xiuyuan relayed verbatim to Jung Soo Yeon here.
Hearing Krystal’s descriptions, Jung Soo Yeon couldn’t help laughing, “It does sound like Soo Jung’s tone, just her personality’s changed—how can she hug and embrace a guy she just met?”
Looks like she was still hung up on last night’s scene.
In response, Lin Xiuyuan explained, “Who could’ve thought you’d suddenly come for late-night snack? We were planning to go eat too, but your appearance scared us big time, and in the end we didn’t eat and just sent her back.”
“Serves you right, not thinking about the situation, running around everywhere. Oh right, I got Soo Jung’s ID card and passport, forgot to bring them today, next time.”
“Mm, last night I also had her screenshot Jessica’s identification for you, so you two can swap and use them.”
Jung Soo Yeon nodded lightly, holding the two books. Though still a bit incredulous inside, she couldn’t help wanting to dive in right away and see what was written.
Even if not highly credible, it could still show some clues.
But before that, she had one more thing to do.
So she looked at Lin Xiuyuan and asked, “Have you finished tidying the room?”
“Why?”
“Once it’s tidy, let’s go out and buy a car. Didn’t Soo Jung say I should get you one?”
Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan burst out laughing, “You said it wrong—it’s her gifting me one, bought with her pocket money.”
Facing Lin Xiuyuan’s teasing smile, Jung Soo Yeon bared her teeth, “Hey, Jung Soo Jung, just you wait till I see you, I’ll have to teach you a real lesson.”
Then Lin Xiuyuan got a bit curious, “Right, when you meet, who calls who older sister?”
“Of course she calls me, what are you saying?”
“But she’s older than you.”
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