Chapter 118: “take Her Out” And “jung Soo Yeon”
Afternoon.
Today’s Krystal went to Gimpo for advertising pictorial shooting, plus a few street shots. The workload wasn’t heavy, but the filming was arranged in bits and pieces.
Most of the time was spent on standby, waiting for the filming crew to prepare things before she needed to step in front of the camera.
So when Xiuyuan called her, Krystal was able to pick up immediately, a happy smile lifting the corners of her mouth. “Hey, Xiuyuan~”
Before she could ask anything, Xiuyuan on the other end of the phone spoke up. “I’ve run into a little problem here and need some money. Are you free to transfer now?”
That sentence made Krystal’s expression change instantly as she started worrying about his situation.
At the same time, she instinctively agreed. “Sure, how much do you need?”
Her tone was natural, but her actions were even quicker. Her other hand reached into her bag, as if she was just waiting for Xiuyuan to name the amount so she could pull out her backup phone and make the transfer right away.
But the other end of the line suddenly went quiet, as if the signal had dropped, with no sound at all.
It wasn’t until a moment later that Xiuyuan’s voice came through. “Two hundred million. Send it to Jessica’s account. How about that?”
Krystal froze, just about to speak.
The next second, Jessica’s voice came from the other end, angry and agitated. “Hey, Xiuyuan.”
The atmosphere turned weird all of a sudden. Krystal finally sensed something was off and quickly pressed. “Older sister? Xiuyuan, what’s going on with you two?”
“Nothing big, but judging by Jessica’s reaction, two hundred million probably isn’t enough. Send her a bit more. How about that?”
“Enough.”
Jessica’s roar rang out again, mixed with a brief argument between the two. Before Krystal could ask more, the call was hung up.
She frowned and tried to call back, but it was exactly her turn to shoot.
With no choice, Krystal held back her frustration, forcing a smile for the camera while frantically wondering what had happened between Jessica and Xiuyuan.
So the moment work ended, she grabbed the bag from her assistant’s hand, rushed out of the shooting location, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for the tavern villa.
Sitting in the back seat, Krystal originally planned to call Xiuyuan back first, but after seeing Jessica’s note, she hesitated and dialed her instead.
The phone rang until it was about to cut off before it finally connected, with faint chaotic shouting coming from the background noise.
Then Jessica’s weak voice came through. “Hey, Krystal~”
“Jessica, what happened with you and Xiuyuan just now? What’s this about needing money? What did you do?”
Having gotten the call connected, Krystal got straight to the point.
On the other end, Jessica glanced at Kwon Young Il, who was making a noisy commotion in the private hospital behind her, and let out a light sigh. “I don’t have time to talk about this right now. Ask him. I’ll talk to you later. Hanging up.”
“Wait, Jessica.”
Krystal’s voice was loud, loud enough that Jessica didn’t hang up right away but waited for her to finish. “Whose fault is it?”
The other end went quiet for a few seconds, followed by an almost inaudible sigh, and then the call was cut off.
But with that sigh, Krystal already understood that this wasn’t Xiuyuan’s fault.
Because if it had been his fault first, her older sister would definitely be relentless, not stopping her scolding until she herself called stop. There was no way it would just be a silent sigh.
So the urge to call Xiuyuan right away was temporarily put on hold.
Anyway, she was already on her way to see him. Asking in person would be more direct and effective than pressing over the phone.
She endured the itch in her heart the whole way. As soon as the taxi stopped at the villa alley entrance, she hurriedly scanned to pay the bill, got out, and rushed straight to the villa.
But unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the door, she bumped right into that woman drenched in sweat.
Krystal’s heart tightened, alarms going off.
She instinctively looked toward Xiuyuan, her gaze shifting instantly from urgency to a bit of displeasure.
Though she had said she wasn’t responsible, though she had said she hadn’t fallen for him, after rolling around for so many days and nights.
She did have some possessiveness deep down.
So at this moment, suddenly seeing a perfect woman who had always been one step ahead of her since childhood, with hardly any flaws, appearing by Xiuyuan’s side—Krystal’s first thought was to take her out.
Of course, that dangerous idea flashed by in an instant and could never become reality.
Yoona generously smiled and explained that she had just finished working out, was drinking water, and told her everything that had happened at the tavern doorway.
So when Krystal heard that Jessica had gone over her head and personally delivered that Rollei camera, even bringing Kwon Young Il along, she already had a faint ominous premonition.
And when she heard that Kwon Young Il had publicly mocked Xiuyuan, her gaze instinctively turned to the guy on the sofa. After learning that Xiuyuan had swung back with a punch regardless of consequences, the outline of events became very clear.
She just hadn’t expected Kwon Young Il to dare make that kind of “compensation” demand, and she also didn’t know about the few looks Xiuyuan had given Jessica.
To be precise, even Yoona hadn’t noticed those looks. She had only heard Xiuyuan’s cold sarcasm toward Jessica.
After hearing everything, Krystal walked over, sat down beside Xiuyuan, and watching him casually eat snacks as if nothing had happened, couldn’t help asking, “Xiuyuan, are you okay?”
“What would be wrong? I wasn’t the one who got hit. It wasn’t my tooth that got knocked out. I’m definitely fine.”
The questioned Xiuyuan smiled, even showing Krystal his punching right hand. “See, not even a bit of skin broke. You should worry about your sister’s guy instead.”
Hearing Xiuyuan mention him, Krystal firmly replied, “No need. He asked for it.”
But after saying that, she let out a long sigh. “Next time Jessica calls you, just ignore it. She’s got some issues in her head. Ever since that thing a few years ago, it’s like she’s got this persecution complex. I’ve told her many times.”
Nearby, Yoona listened quietly, holding her water cup, her expression showing a trace of concern and helplessness she hadn’t even noticed herself.
Xiuyuan, with a very natural expression, answered Krystal’s question. “She got tricked by empty promises herself, so she’s worried her only little sister behind her will get tricked the same way. Totally normal emotional shift. I get it. No problem.”
Faced with Xiuyuan’s explanation, Krystal smiled first, then turned to Yoona. “Older sister, why’d you come over today?”
“To give Little Deer a lesson. So tiring.”
After complaining, Yoona set down her water cup. “But she just left not long ago. If you’d come back earlier, you could’ve run into her. Alright, I’m gonna shower and head back.”
After speaking, she turned, did a backbend, and as she was about to head to the bathroom, thought of something and looked back at Krystal.
“Oh right, Soo Jung, maybe you should still go check on Soo Yeon older sister. I’m a bit worried about something. What if that toothless guy wants to stir up more trouble? If you’re there, you can block for her.”
Krystal, who hadn’t planned to go, pondered for a moment after hearing this and nodded. “Yeah, I’ll head over in a bit.”
The “in a bit” she agreed to really was just a bit.
That bit of time was probably just until Yoona finished showering, changed back into her clothes, and then left the villa together with her.
Leaving Xiuyuan alone on the sofa, munching on takeout snacks while idly watching television.
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Night, 2013, SM Entertainment practice room.
As the members arrived one after another, the Girls’ Generation girls began stage rehearsal for the upcoming concert tour.
But with so many songs and tight time, the dance teacher picked a few tracks they hadn’t performed before for focused rehearsal.
As for the usual hit songs, they were basically just used for mid-session warm-ups or to take it easy.
After all, everyone had danced them until they were sick of it during promotion periods.
But tonight’s rehearsal clearly felt off.
As the dance lead and center, Little Deer was way out of it.
Either her positioning was slow or the direction was wrong.
Even during her solo dance turn, she just froze in place.
Everyone gradually noticed something was wrong, so they paused for a short rest.
But as Taeyeon, Yuri, and others wanted to go check on Yoona, they saw her head straight for Soo Yeon sitting on the floor, pull her up, and leave the practice room, leaving a room full of curious onlookers.
More than ten minutes later, the two returned to the room.
After this break, Yoona was spirited again, no longer dazed.
But now someone else was distracted.
They stumbled through rehearsal until the end, and with the dance teacher’s “That’s a wrap,” Soo Yeon unhesitatingly grabbed her mobile phone and car keys, rushing out of the room without looking back.
Once again leaving a room full of curious onlookers.
But fortunately, Little Deer was there this time.
So everyone’s gazes naturally turned to her.
“Yoona, what exactly are you two hiding from us? Tell us.”
“Yeah, yeah, you two have been so intimate lately. What’s going on?”
“Yoona~”
“Yoona!”
Late night.
After playing games for most of the evening, Xiuyuan got up from the bed as the alarm rang, rubbed his eyes, and slowly went downstairs.
Preparing to head back to 2013 to check his phone for anyone urgently looking for him.
But as he opened the door and entered the 2013 apartment.
The moment he stepped into the apartment, that quietly seated figure on the living room sofa jumped into view, scaring his heart nearly to a stop.
His whole body shook like he’d been struck by lightning, blurting out a national curse. “What the fck, hey, Soo Yeon, you know scaring people can kill them?”
After seeing who it was, Xiuyuan shouted.
Soo Yeon on the sofa had been waiting over an hour. Whatever subtle emotion she’d felt was almost worn away by time, her face full of resentment.
So upon seeing Xiuyuan, she snapped back irritably. “Did you have to wait until now to show up?”
“I didn’t expect you to be looking for me. I was just with Little Deer earlier.” The guy who got called out replied softly.
Then he looked at her. “So Soo Yeon, what do you need me for? Ready to go?”
Meanwhile.
Just as Xiuyuan and Soo Yeon met, in the parking space downstairs, a car slowly turned off.
The car door opened, and a figure got out.
She looked up at the apartment building that had once sparked her immense curiosity but she’d never set foot in, her expression complex.
Then she glanced at the bunch of keys in her hand, pondered for a moment, gripped them tight, and turned to enter the first-floor door.
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