Chapter 26: Duang Duang Romance Brain???
Outside the restaurant.
Krystal walked out the door, glanced at Lin Xiuyuan beside her, noticed his fleeting little gaze from earlier, and casually asked, “Recognized her?”
“Although I was a future illiterate when I first arrived, I haven’t been offline this whole time, so how could I not recognize her?”
Lin Xiuyuan smiled, “But she’s even more stunning in person than in videos, truly the ‘Fifth Generation Duang’.”
As a vigorous young man, Lin Xiuyuan had recently added some specific keywords when browsing videos.
For example, during the day he searched for…
: Duang Duang Duang.
: Korean Entertainment.
Then watching those compilation videos with one figure after another, his exclamations of amazement never stopped.
Then in the evening, he switched to…
: Action films.
: Teacher.
Especially after discovering Teacher Mikami, he truly felt the benefits of traveling to the future for the first time.
It’s not that there weren’t good teachers before, but the future ones are each more addictive than the last.
Krystal didn’t understand his ‘Fifth Generation Duang’, but being clever, she could tell from his tone and that smirking appearance that it wasn’t anything proper.
So she unceremoniously cursed, “Vulgar man, exposing your true nature right away, huh.”
“How is this vulgar?” Lin Xiuyuan retorted.
“Then what is it?”
“This is unity of knowledge and action. What I think, see, and do are all the same, with no sneaky little thoughts.”
Krystal, who had originally planned to scold him more, involuntarily closed her mouth after hearing his “righteous” explanation, then gave him a deep look.
Indeed, having been in the industry for so long, she had seen all kinds of men.
One type wore masks, acting differently in public and private; the other type were upright or straightforward in character.
But even among the latter, few were like Lin Xiuyuan, openly admitting their thoughts without reservation,
Even if it wasn’t exactly honorable, he didn’t hide it and could say it with conviction.
So the so-called unity of knowledge and action from this lewd-minded young boy really meant he dared to say and do it.
Especially in daring to do it, Krystal was genuinely convinced by Lin Xiuyuan. After all, if it were her with that time-space door, she definitely wouldn’t casually pull someone in like this.
Thinking of this, she couldn’t help but raise the corners of her mouth, looking at Lin Xiuyuan in front of her with a slight smile, “Yes, yes, you’re right about everything. Let’s go, Young Master Lin, talking about farming when you’re actually a landlord young master with several hills of land at home.”
“It’s not mine, it’s my dad’s.”
“What’s the difference? Come on, get in the car.” Krystal unlocked the car and looked back at him.
But she saw him standing motionless in place, waving at her, “Aren’t you in a hurry? No need to send me, just head back to the film crew. It’s rare to go out, I’ll wander around nearby and go back myself.”
“Really?”
Krystal looked at him a bit worriedly, afraid this ‘treasure key’ would get lost.
“Go on, don’t be like a sissy, nagging.”
Facing Lin Xiuyuan’s disdainful tone, Krystal bit her lower lip and suddenly squeezed out from her throat, “I am a woman.”
After saying that, she glared at him, saw Lin Xiuyuan laughing so hard he was bending over, huffed, turned, got into the car, and drove off.
As for that bit of worry in her heart, it was just a fleeting emotion.
After all, such a big person couldn’t get lost.
After watching Krystal’s car fade into the distance, Lin Xiuyuan began pondering another matter in his mind.
Because the moment he saw Yoo Jimin enter earlier, it inevitably reminded him of the young girl on the poster he had seen with Krystal not long ago.
At this moment, she in 2013 had short hair just like this side, even the style was very similar.
So a thought suddenly emerged in his mind: Should he go see her tombstone in 2025?
But he, who usually acted on his thoughts immediately, encountered a very serious problem this time.
That was, he didn’t know where her tombstone was, which was quite awkward.
At that moment, a figure holding newly bought coffee emerged from the doorway of the nearby restaurant.
Seeing Lin Xiuyuan standing roadside, after hesitating for a moment, she still stepped forward and greeted, “Hello.”
The soft voice made Lin Xiuyuan turn to gaze, and seeing it was Yoo Jimin from before, a flash of surprise in his eyes, he nodded back, “Oh, hello.”
After responding, inspiration struck Lin Xiuyuan, and looking at Yoo Jimin, he asked, “By the way, do you know where Sulli’s tombstone is?”
“Ah?”
Yoo Jimin had only approached to politely greet because this was Krystal senior’s friend, being proactive.
She really hadn’t expected to be turned into a human search engine instead.
But after a moment of astonishment, though she didn’t know why he was asking, she still nodded, “Yeah, I know. It seems to be over in South Gyeongsang Province.”
“Far?” Lin Xiuyuan asked again.
Yoo Jimin pursed her rosy little lips, her fine brows lightly furrowed, trying hard to recall the travel times between the two places from previous trips.
After a good while, she said, “It seems to take half a day, 5 or 6 hours, or maybe 4 or 5 hours. Senior, are you going there? Or you can check map navigation, since I’m not too clear on the details.”
“Oh, right, thanks for the reminder.”
Lin Xiuyuan then remembered that in 2025, the internet was ridiculously advanced, and navigation could easily find a cemetery.
So he immediately pulled out his mobile phone to search, not forgetting to thank her.
Yoo Jimin politely replied, “No, I didn’t help much.”
Then watching Lin Xiuyuan look down at his phone, find the address, search the navigation route, and tsk, “Tsk, over 4 hours.”
Actually, the distance wasn’t that far, but to go would require driving home first to get the car.
Hearing this, Yoo Jimin hesitated a moment more, then mustered courage and carefully asked, “Senior, are you going to see Senior Sulli?”
Senior???
Hearing this title for the second time from these girl group idols, Lin Xiuyuan couldn’t help but laugh.
Then he looked at her and didn’t hide it, “Yeah, going to take a look.”
This answer made Yoo Jimin’s eyes light up slightly, but they soon dimmed again, a trace of depressed expression emerging on her face, looking quite cute.
But no one appreciated this emotion, because the restaurant’s location was remote, with no passersby nearby.
And Lin Xiuyuan standing in front of her wasn’t looking at her at all, seriously comparing routes and confirming the address.
Yoo Jimin looked at this boy in front of her, thinking how she had just secretly asked the server inside and learned he was a friend drinking afternoon tea with two big seniors, Jessica and Krystal.
The originally extinguished thought somehow reignited.
Probably, maybe, perhaps… not a bad person.
So when Lin Xiuyuan looked up to say goodbye and leave, she spoke first, “Senior, if you’re going there, can I go with you?”
This stunned Lin Xiuyuan, shocked by the young girl’s proactivity.
Gazing at her, thinking of some of her deeds and words from interviews.
After a long while, he came to a thought…
Romance brain???
Or the Duang Duang kind???
