Chapter 112: The Birthday Party About To Crash Head-on!!!
2025.
Villa.
Sitting on the sofa chatting with Soo Jung about Im Yoon Ah returning to the past on the evening of the 29th to celebrate her birthday, he suddenly noticed her gaze passing over him, looking behind him.
So he turned his head to look as well, only to see Lin Xiuyuan standing in front of that door, gazing at the two of them with a somewhat strange expression.
Soo Jung, who was more familiar with him than Im Yoon Ah, furrowed her delicate brows upon seeing this, “Something’s wrong?”
“Yeah, Park Hyomin and Sunny asked me out for dinner, and Little Ji-yeon.”
“So you’re here to notify us?”
Hearing this, Im Yoon Ah chuckled lightly, gave him a look, and helped give Lin Xiuyuan an opening.
And Lin Xiuyuan did not disappoint, immediately reacting, “How could it be just a notification? I’m here to ask for permission.”
Sure enough, as soon as this answer came out, Soo Jung, who had been a bit cold-faced before, burst out laughing, “Permission my foot, you make it sound like we’re oppressing you. Go on, don’t keep them waiting too long.”
“Alrighty, I’ll head out then.”
Im Yoon Ah smiled and waved her hand, signaling him to go quickly, but in her heart, she secretly thought: This kid’s awareness is still too poor; need to find an opportunity to properly train him.
If it were a seasoned veteran, he’d just open the door, state the situation, then close the door and leave.
As for her and Soo Jung, since there’s a complete and reasonable reason, they’re not the unreasonable type, so they can naturally soothe their own emotions.
Standing there in front of them right now, not leaving when he should, is the worst thing to do.
Lin Xiuyuan over there obviously realized this too, and quickly turned to close the door and leave.
After returning to the 2013 apartment, he checked the clothes he was wearing and saw no issues, so he grabbed his mobile phone and headed straight out.
It was rush hour after work, no rain, a gentle breeze blowing, and the weather exceptionally comfortable.
So when Lin Xiuyuan left the apartment, crossed the road, and arrived at the nearby commercial street, there were quite a few pedestrians on the street.
And since the meeting place wasn’t far from the apartment, Lin Xiuyuan simply chose to walk there.
But as he walked, somehow, he turned a corner and entered a strange alley.
“Where is this place?” He grinned bitterly, clearly a bit surprised.
After finally finding the destination, he looked up at the somewhat familiar signboard text, then smelled the familiar lemongrass scent in the air, and immediately felt a strong urge to back out.
Damn it~
Just had this unpalatable Thai food for lunch, and now again for dinner?
But just as he hesitated, Park Ji-yeon’s laughter suddenly came from behind, “Oppa, why are you so early?”
Lin Xiuyuan, whose shoulder was lightly patted, turned around and saw Park Ji-yeon standing there grinning behind him, with Park Hyomin and Sunny following, both politely nodding to him.
Things had come to this, no escaping now, so Lin Xiuyuan could only smile back.
Then he answered Park Ji-yeon’s question, “You know I live nearby; it’s less than ten minutes walking.”
“I thought you’d arrive a bit later.”
Park Ji-yeon said, pretending to be surprised.
Of course she knew Lin Xiuyuan lived nearby, but without saying something, how to start a conversation?
Sunny standing behind said, “Let’s go in first and chat; it’ll be trouble if someone recognizes us later.”
“Yeah yeah.”
“Let’s go, inside.”
The group then entered.
Just like that, a little while later.
Although this restaurant wasn’t big and had no private rooms, it had a few booth seats separated by railings.
After exchanging glances, Park Ji-yeon proactively grabbed Lin Xiuyuan’s arm: “Oppa, I’ll sit with you.”
“Sure.”
After Park Hyomin and Sunny sat first, Lin Xiuyuan let Park Ji-yeon go in first, sitting on the outside to block the aisle.
This way, even if passersby glanced in, it would be hard to instantly recognize who was sitting inside.
As soon as Park Ji-yeon sat down, she happily said to Lin Xiuyuan with a smile, “Oppa, the food at this Thai restaurant is pretty good, Tom Yum Goong Soup, and the curry is very fragrant too.”
“Uh, I’ll just have stir-fried udon.”
Lin Xiuyuan, who really didn’t want to try Tom Yum Goong Soup again, immediately made his choice, then added garlic chicken wings.
And after ordering, he looked at Park Ji-yeon with some curiosity, “Ji-yeon, why did you just use Hyo Min’s phone to call me? Don’t you have my number saved?”
“I just wanted to see if oppa had unnie’s number saved.”
As she said this, Park Hyomin across from her laughed too, glanced at Lin Xiuyuan, then looked at Park Ji-yeon’s pouting little face.
“That’s because last time when I went over with Sulli, we exchanged numbers with Boss Lin. Ji-yeon, you’re not getting jealous about this too, are you?”
Sunny watched with interest on the side, smiling but not chiming in.
As for Park Ji-yeon, after hearing Park Hyomin’s answer, she immediately huffed, “Not really.”
After huffing, Little Ji-yeon looked at Lin Xiuyuan again, her face instantly brightening happily, “Oppa, guess why I asked you out this time.”
The speed of this expression change really startled the two across from her, and made them even more curious about why Park Ji-yeon was so close to Lin Xiuyuan.
Could she really have fallen for this young guy?
Lin Xiuyuan was idly counting the wood grain on the table when she asked, and casually replied, “Any hints?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
Park Ji-yeon patted her slightly bulging chest forcefully, not afraid of flattening them.
And after witnessing this, Lin Xiuyuan subconsciously thought of Tae Little Soft’s antics at lunch, then inexplicably thought of Big Dragon Cub, and his face stiffened.
No way!!!
The next second, with them so close, they immediately noticed his drastic change in expression.
“Oppa, did you guess it?”
“Boss Lin, what did you think of? Your face looks so strange.”
“Feels like it’s not good news.”
Hearing their laughter, Lin Xiuyuan carefully glanced at Park Ji-yeon, probing cautiously, “Ji-yeon, you’re not… trying to tell me about your birthday, are you?”
As soon as he said it, the previously somewhat anxious Park Ji-yeon immediately broke into a brilliant smile, smugly lifting her chin toward Park Hyomin, “See, unnie? I told you oppa would definitely guess it.”
“How did you guess that?”
Park Hyomin looked at Lin Xiuyuan in full surprise, while Sunny smiled and offered her thought, “Boss Lin probably remembers Ji-yeon’s birthday.”
Compared to the excitement and curiosity of the others, Lin Xiuyuan just felt his scalp tighten.
He’d just promised Big Dragon Cub at lunch over there, and now Little Ji-yeon here in the evening was coming to him. If the time-space door wasn’t truly only in his control, he’d suspect these two were setting him up.
Shaking off those messy suspicions in his mind, Lin Xiuyuan asked, “Ji-yeon, how do you want to celebrate your birthday?”
“Oppa, I want to have a small wine reception in the small tavern. Everyone sits down to chat, sing a bit, drink some wine, just us, relaxed. Can we?”
As soon as Park Ji-yeon finished speaking, Lin Xiuyuan nodded without hesitation, “Sure, no problem at all.”
He knew he definitely had to agree.
But the real killer was two identical birthday appointments in two time periods; his timeline was about to knot up.
Looks like he needed to quickly come up with a foolproof plan, or he’d really be stretched too thin.
And he absolutely couldn’t tell Little Ji-yeon about this; if she found out Big Ji-yeon had invited him first, she’d explode!!!
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