Chapter 290: Gentle Eun-jung And The Irrefutable【evidence】 Of That Matter
After the small interlude of the “eavesdropping storm” ended, Lin Xiuyuan and the others returned to the private room and smoothly finished their lunch. Then, the group of 6 people stood under the parking lot, waving goodbye to each other.
Watching the two MPVs drive away one after another, Lin Xiuyuan and Lin Xiaolu got into their own car.
Since they had a few sips of alcohol at noon, he directly found a designated driver at the hotel doorway, preparing to take the car back to the apartment on the small tavern side.
Planning to wait until they got there, then use the any door to send Lin Xiaolu directly back to her place, saving the round trip and some time to see if he could do something naughty.
On the other side, Goo Hara took Sulli and got into the car that their agent had driven to pick them up.
As the car steadily drove along the streets of Seoul, Sulli looked at Goo Hara beside her, who had been a bit absent-minded since getting in the car, and couldn’t help but ask with a somewhat amused expression.
“Oni, how was it? You and oppa went out to ‘order more dishes’ and took so long to come back; it definitely wasn’t just about ordering food, right? What did you talk about?”
Hearing this, Goo Hara first glanced at the front seats blocked by the partition, then somewhat depressedly patted the seat armrest.
Then she recounted how she had almost carelessly mentioned those sensitive topics about Sulli in a public area due to a moment of negligence, and how Park Hyomin had “just happened” to appear and interrupt.
And she sighed in great annoyance, “We just casually chatted about what Xiuyuan has been busy with lately. Then, just as I was about to ask him about you, someone came over. Luckily Hyo Min appeared in time; otherwise, if a stranger overheard, that would have been big trouble.”
Upon hearing this, Sulli roughly guessed that Park Hyomin’s “coincidence” was a bit suspicious, but she considerately didn’t point it out.
Meanwhile, seeing Sulli’s calm expression, Goo Hara felt even more guilty inside and looked at her with apologetic eyes, “But Jinjin, sorry. I suspect Hyo Min might have heard what we talked about earlier.”
She clearly knew it was probably that key question about “living together.”
But Sulli just smiled nonchalantly, reached out to link arms with Goo Hara, gently rested her head on her shoulder, and said in a relaxed tone, “It’s okay, Oni. I wasn’t planning to hide anything from you all anyway.”
But this frankness only made Goo Hara’s mood more complicated.
So she pursed her lips, made up her mind, and continued, “No, I still need to find a chance to have a good talk with Lin Xiuyuan. Jinjin, when should we schedule another meetup, just the three of us?”
However, Sulli showed a somewhat troubled expression and gently shook her head, “Oni, that might be a bit difficult.”
Because she knew that if her oppa had nothing going on, he would most likely slip over to the 25-year side.
Either playing games or playing with girls… cough cough.
Sulli quickly stopped that thought.
But the church members basically all knew this situation well.
Just thinking from another angle, if they themselves could freely travel through time-space, facing the technology far beyond the present in 25 years and all sorts of novel and fun “playstyles,” they would probably be just as reluctant to return as Lin Xiuyuan.
At the same time, in another car.
Park Hyomin and Ham Eun-jung sat side by side in the back seat of the MPV driven by Lee So-hee to pick them up.
As soon as the car started, Park Hyomin couldn’t contain her inner excitement and shouted in a lowered voice to Ham Eun-jung, “Daef~ Eun-jung, do you know? Sulli and Lin Xiuyuan them…”
Halfway through her words, she suddenly remembered that Lee So-hee was driving and instinctively glanced at the driver’s seat.
But then she recalled that Park Ji-yeon had privately mentioned to them that she had signed a strict confidentiality agreement with Lee So-hee, making her “one of us,” so she relaxed and leaned close to Ham Eun-jung’s ear to complete the explosive news, “…those two are living together!!”
As soon as these words came out.
Although Lee So-hee, who was driving, kept her eyes forward and her hands steady on the steering wheel.
Her young beautiful eyes instantly widened, and through the rearview mirror, she couldn’t hide her surprise as she glanced at Park Hyomin in the back seat, showing just how impactful this news was.
In stark contrast to Lee So-hee’s shock was Ham Eun-jung’s reaction.
She just smiled very calmly and calmly said “ah,” “Ah~ I already knew about this issue. It’s no big deal. And Hyo Min, their kind of living together isn’t the kind of relationship you think. You can understand it as… um, that kind of shared single men and women apartment dormitory? The more intimate kind of roommates…”
Finally, she smilingly threw in some English, “You understand~”
Faced with Ham Eun-jung’s humorous explanation, Park Hyomin sat up straight and stared at her with a “are you kidding me?” look, retorting, “Eun-jung, do I look like a fool to you?”
Seeing her “the truth is right in front of you but you refuse to see it” expression, Ham Eun-jung burst out laughing until tears were about to come out.
Mainly because the situation was just too ridiculous.
Before, when she and Ji-yeon made up lies about Lin Xiuyuan’s news, her sister believed it.
Now she told the truth and the other didn’t believe it; it was completely absurd.
After Ham Eun-jung finished laughing, Park Hyomin described in detail the few sentences she had overheard while hiding at the viewing platform entrance, as well as Goo Hara’s serious tone questioning Lin Xiuyuan on behalf of her sister.
After quietly listening to all this, Ham Eun-jung nodded knowingly, “That’s just Hara’s personality. Don’t let her small stature fool you; her temper and loyalty are well-known, a bit like Sunny, both very protective of their own.”
Just as Park Hyomin wanted to delve deeper into analyzing the complex relationships around Lin Xiuyuan, Ham Eun-jung’s gaze caught a bus platform by the roadside ahead.
So she quickly patted the back of the driver’s seat lightly and said to Lee So-hee in front, “Soo Hee, trouble you to pull over a bit in front.”
“Okay, Oni.” Although puzzled, Lee So-hee immediately turned on the turn signal and steadily parked the car just ahead of the bus platform.
Seeing this, Park Hyomin looked at Ham Eun-jung in confusion, “What’s up? Something wrong?”
However, Ham Eun-jung was already picking up her bag while preparing to stand, and smiled apologetically at Park Hyomin, “Yeah, something came up suddenly that I need to handle. Hyo Min, you go find Ji-yeon with Soo Hee first.”
Park Hyomin was stunned and immediately a bit unhappy, “Hey~ Eun-jung, didn’t we agree to go shopping together later? How can you back out like this?”
Ham Eun-jung, who had already pushed open the car door, turned back and winked at her, her smile carrying a bit of distress, “Sorry, next time I’ll make it up to you, okay? Please, just this once.”
Seeing her like this, Park Hyomin suddenly had a realization and blurted out, “Wait, you’re not going to find Lin Xiuyuan, are you?!”
This time, Ham Eun-jung didn’t answer, just pursed her lips into a smile, using that smile to confirm everything.
Then she closed the car door and quickly walked toward the bus platform.
“Hey!! Ham Eun-jung! You can’t abandon friends for a guy like this!!” Park Hyomin stomped her feet in the car in anger, shouting madly at her departing back.
Lee So-hee in the driver’s seat watched this “friend abandoned” scene through the rearview mirror, couldn’t help but purse her lips in a smile, and after the car door slowly closed, continued asking, “Oni, so now we…”
Park Hyomin, who had slumped back into the seat sulkily, complained like a child who didn’t get her favorite toy, “What else can we do? Go find Ji-yeon. Those two are definitely in cahoots; one runs off and the other comes to tie me down. It’s infuriating.”
Lee So-hee held back her laughter, restarted the car, merged into traffic, and headed toward the company.
Leaving Park Hyomin alone in the back seat, grumbling about being “abandoned” while growing even more curious about Ham Eun-jung’s urgent purpose in seeking Lin Xiuyuan.
After Ham Eun-jung leisurely took the bus and arrived downstairs at the apartment side, she called someone to say she was almost there.
Then Lin Xiuyuan hurriedly returned through the any door from Lin Xiaolu’s apartment.
And as soon as he closed the any door and turned around, he bumped right into Ham Eun-jung who was pushing open the front door from outside.
The next second, Ham Eun-jung’s gaze scanned Lin Xiuyuan from head to toe like the most precise scanner.
That slightly disheveled collar that seemed just grabbed and wrinkled by someone.
That trace of glittery peach-colored lip gloss at the corner of his mouth.
And that small patch on the side of his neck that faintly gleamed under the lighting, suspiciously like a mix of saliva or sweat in an ambiguous sheen…
She immediately gave Lin Xiuyuan an annoyed eye roll, her tone carrying a bit of teasing and amusement, “So eager, huh? If you’d told me earlier you had ‘business’ with Yoona, I could’ve come later.”
Ham Eun-jung emphasized the word “business” with particular meaning.
Lin Xiuyuan, caught red-handed, had thickened his skin lately, but even he felt a bit embarrassed now.
So he pretended to be calm, wiped the corner of his mouth with his fingertip, then rubbed his neck, trying to erase the evidence.
Then he mumbled an explanation, “Nothing like that, don’t overthink. I just went over to help her get some heavy winter clothes from the top of the cabinet; they were dusty, so I got all sweaty.”
Hearing this perfunctory excuse, Ham Eun-jung snorted a laugh from her nose and didn’t bother dwelling on such an obvious matter.
Her purpose this time was very clear, “Alright, let’s go. Let’s check on ‘me’ over there. She’s gone so far as to be hospitalized and discharged; as myself, I should visit out of both emotion and reason.”
Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan nodded and prepared to open the time-space door again.
But as soon as he raised his hand, Ham Eun-jung called him again.
“Wait.” Ham Eun-jung looked him over with amusement and said pointedly, “Xiuyuan, why don’t you take a shower first? Going over like this wouldn’t be good.”
Though called out, Lin Xiuyuan just grinned, “Fine, give me a sec.”
“Go ahead.” Ham Eun-jung waved him off, watching as he hurried back to the bedroom bathroom.
Taking advantage of the gap, Ham Eun-jung wandered aimlessly around the apartment.
Her steps finally stopped in front of the small wine cabinet in the living room, her gaze sweeping over the dazzling array of bottles inside, her eyes somewhat distant.
As if pondering something, or perhaps just spacing out.
A few minutes later, Lin Xiuyuan quickly took a combat shower, changed into a comfortable clean set of gray sports clothes, came out with his hair still dripping wet, and greeted Ham Eun-jung, “Done, let’s go.”
Seeing his wet hair upon turning back, Ham Eun-jung couldn’t help but worry again, “Not drying your hair? Going out like that makes it easy to catch a cold; the temperature in Seoul isn’t high right now.”
But Lin Xiuyuan dismissively waved it off, “Crazy, with my physique, catch a cold?”
Though said that way, Ham Eun-jung still instinctively picked up a clean towel draped over the sofa armrest, walked to him, and naturally wiped his wet hair.
Under the warm lighting, the tall woman tiptoed slightly, gently drying the man’s hair, the scene looking exceptionally warm and harmonious.
Hmm???
If Lin Xiuyuan didn’t open his mouth to ruin the atmosphere.
After enjoying it quietly for a few moments, he suddenly seemed to remember something and said uncertainly, “Uh… Eun-jung, I vaguely remember this towel… was the one Jinjin used to wipe her feet before.”
!!!
After these words, Ham Eun-jung’s movements instantly froze, as if paused.
She jerked her head down to look at the soft towel in her hand, blinking her eyes in disbelief several times.
The next second…
“Pfft~ Hahaha!!!”
Deafening laughter burst from her mouth, even bending over laughing so hard she could barely breathe, apologizing to Lin Xiuyuan intermittently amid the laughs, “Sor… sorry… Xiuyuan…… hahaha…… I~ I’m not doing it on purpose…… hahaha…”
But seeing her laughing until tears were about to flow, the sincerity of the apology was quite questionable.
Luckily Lin Xiuyuan didn’t care much about such details, just helplessly scratched his nose and sighed, “Let’s go, let’s go, geez…”
Then he walked back to the time-space door again, leading the still giggling Ham Eun-jung into the 2025 villa.
Upon arriving, Lin Xiuyuan first picked up the mobile phone on the villa living room coffee table to check messages.
On the screen, Krystal’s message was prominently at the top:
【Xiuyuan, I have a last-minute interview to reshoot some shots, so I won’t be back tonight. Oh, Eun-jung Oni called you this morning; remember to call her back when you’re back.】
Lin Xiuyuan held up the mobile phone, waving the screen in front of Ham Eun-jung, “I’ll call over there. If she’s home alone, we’ll go directly. If not or inconvenient, we’ll wait.”
Ham Eun-jung nodded understandingly.
Then Lin Xiuyuan dialed Sweet Eun-jung’s number and put it on speaker.
“Hello?” Sweet Eun-jung’s slightly lazy voice came from the other end, “Xiuyuan?”
“Yeah, you alone?”
“Yes.”
“Then I’m coming over.”
“Okay.”
The call was brief and to the point, quickly hung up.
“Let’s go, she’s home.”
Putting away the mobile phone, Lin Xiuyuan took Ham Eun-jung back to the apartment, then opened the time-space door to Sweet Eun-jung’s apartment again.
Gazing at the scenery behind the door that changed completely in an instant, Ham Eun-jung took a deep breath in some emotion, then followed Lin Xiuyuan through the room door.
However, when she walked into the apartment living room and her gaze clearly fell on Sweet Eun-jung, who was lazily leaning on the sofa and lifted her head upon hearing them…
Ham Eun-jung was completely stunned!!
Because the woman in front of her had smooth and glowing skin, full and rosy cheeks, clear and moist eyes.
Her brows carried a lazy charm from being fully nourished, her whole person radiant, even without makeup, good enough to shoot a cosmetics ad directly.
How did this look like a patient who had just had a relapse of an old injury, was mobility-impaired, and needed visiting?
This was clearly a flower blooming vibrantly from being watered by love or something else!!!
Ham Eun-jung’s eyes instantly widened; all her previous guesses, suspicions, and the thoughts Lin Xiuyuan had barely suppressed with “leg injury” erupted like a volcano at this moment.
And this time…
The evidence was irrefutable!!!
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