Chapter 46: “you Really Like Married Women, Huh?”
At the sofa, Ham Eun-jung who was playing the guitar and Hyo Min beside her suddenly exchanged a sideways glance in tacit understanding, then looked very coordinately toward the young man and young girl at the other end of the bar counter.
And that young girl was leaning forward so much that she was almost right up in that young man’s face.
What concerned them the most wasn’t how intimate this posture was, but that the young man seemed to have little interest in their own little Dragon Cub.
This point really made it hard for them to accept.
Suddenly, Hyo Min noticed that the young man and young girl who were talking both looked over toward her side, as if the topic was revolving around her.
This immediately piqued the curiosity of the gossip little folding screen young girl under Gossip Sect Master Sunny, making her heart itch intensely.
As for the bar counter side.
Lin Xiuyuan, upon hearing Park Ji-yeon’s next sentence, casually flicked a finger on the wine glass, the crisp sound drawing Park Ji-yeon’s gaze back. “Ji-yeon, although I don’t stan much, I still know the basic news and info.”
“Ah?” Park Ji-yeon felt a bit guilty.
“When it comes to making introductions, how could finding Hyo Min be more convenient than finding you? You’re best friends with IU, right? I didn’t get that wrong. And that one also has a deep relationship with IU, so I just don’t believe you don’t know her.”
Now Park Ji-yeon’s little face was completely flushed, the guilt and panic from lying made her speechless at once.
Lin Xiuyuan, who seemed to see through her thoughts, continued, “Let me guess. Asking me to find Hyo Min, and also Goo Hara. One of them hasn’t had it easy lately, and the other has passed away.”
At this point, he looked with interest at the little girl in front of him whose cheeks were flushed and whose gaze was evasive. “The latter I can understand—saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda, that’s true. But Hyo Min’s life is pretty good, so what do you want to do?”
Having her thoughts pointed out one after another, Park Ji-yeon finally panicked a bit, so she hurriedly explained, “Oppa, I don’t have too many ideas. I just want to introduce you to my older sisters and get you more familiar. So that if there’s any problem later, you can help my older sisters out.”
And she earnestly and seriously added, emphasizing that she absolutely didn’t mean for Lin Xiuyuan to bring Hyo Min in, not at all. She just wanted to take this opportunity to let him get acquainted with a few older sisters.
After hearing the answer, Lin Xiuyuan gave her a deep look, his gaze as if it could see through what she was thinking.
Until Park Ji-yeon’s little head hung lower and lower, almost lying on the bar counter.
Only then did he softly reply, “Ji-yeon, if you have any ideas, just say them directly. Don’t beat around the bush like this next time. I’m happy to observe how things develop anyway, so if you tell me straight, I’m not unwilling to agree. But going in circles like this makes people feel uncomfortable.”
“Sorry, oppa~” The little Dragon Cub who knew she was wrong apologized without hesitation.
But Lin Xiuyuan, being a young person too, wasn’t really angry—after all, he had been just as reckless before.
As long as the intention wasn’t scheming or ulterior motives or anything bad-hearted, everything was fine.
After apologizing, Park Ji-yeon carefully lifted her gaze to look at Lin Xiuyuan, and seeing he still had a smile, she asked, “Then oppa, how do you want to get to know Sulli?”
“Your idea is pretty good, just go with yours. Besides, Hyo Min’s figure is indeed quite sexy.”
“Huh??? Oppa, you really like married women?”
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2025.
After finishing the morning promotion interview, Soo Jung rarely got off work early and was planning to go back to the apartment for a good rest.
But as soon as she got home, she was called out by a phone from Jessica, who insisted on having dinner together.
Although she wanted to refuse, Jessica was even more insistent. “No, you have to come over, or I’ll tell Mom you have a young, cute boy on the side.”
This made Soo Jung laugh helplessly, but she really had no reason to refute, so she turned around and went out again.
With a cool evening breeze, stepping into the moment when the lights were just coming on, Soo Jung arrived at the agreed restaurant and sat down in front of Jessica.
Then she complained helplessly, “Ah, older sister, what exactly do you want? It’s so rare for me to get off work normally.”
Looking at her younger sister in front of her, Jessica suddenly had the illusion that a grown girl can’t be kept at home.
“Hey, Jung Soo Jung, when you rushed over to that side the day you landed, how come you didn’t say you could rest? You were smiling so happily. Now I call you out for a meal, and you complain?”
“I’m not complaining about having dinner, it’s just that what you said earlier about keeping him is a bit too much.”
When Soo Jung said this, she actually didn’t have much confidence, because her blindly transferring money and sending gifts to the door was indeed no different from keeping him.
But since Jessica didn’t know, she naturally wouldn’t admit it.
Jessica, being told this, found it amusing. “This wasn’t said by me, it came from your film crew. Honestly, Soo Jung, this news has already reached quite a few people’s ears.”
“No way.” Now Soo Jung had to take it seriously.
“It’s just rumors for now, but I really hope you don’t let it become reality. I always feel that kid approaching us has some purpose, not with good intentions.”
Seeing Jessica still holding a ‘suspicious’ attitude toward Lin Xiuyuan, Soo Jung couldn’t help but think of the topic they had discussed about her older sister before, so she softly let out a breath and sighed inwardly.
Seeing Soo Jung silent, Jessica was a bit worried. “Hey, you didn’t really fall for that kid, did you?”
“No, older sister. I just think he’s easy to talk to. My feelings aren’t that cheap, and I wouldn’t give them out so casually.”
Soo Jung wasn’t joking with this sentence. Although Lin Xiuyuan was pretty good and held everything from her cherished past.
But compared to dating him, she’d rather let him nibble on her like cabbage a few times.
After all, as age increases, emotions become more sensitive than the body.
Hearing Soo Jung’s tone didn’t sound fake, Jessica relaxed a bit. Tonight calling her out was precisely to probe this issue indirectly.
But now, after she mentioned Lin Xiuyuan, Soo Jung suddenly became a bit emotional, with all sorts of thoughts surging in her mind.
Looking at Jessica in front of her, thinking of the last call with her young older sister, after a while, she surprisingly asked an unexpected question. “Older sister, if there was a chance to go back to the past, what would you do?”
“Go back to the past?”
Not understanding why Soo Jung suddenly asked such an outrageous question, but Jessica still thought about it. “I don’t know. A few years ago I might have considered it, but now it just feels like a joke. Something impossible, why waste thoughts on it?”
She said this lightly, yet it was profound.
It actually made Soo Jung, who understood her words, look at her older sister with some heartache.
Because Jessica’s subtext was clear—a few years ago she wasn’t trapped so deep, there was still a chance to turn back.
Now? She couldn’t extricate herself.
Noticing Soo Jung’s gaze, Jessica waved her hand very relievedly. “Don’t look at me like that. Why did you suddenly ask this? Did you think of something?”
“Sort of.” Soo Jung nodded.
“So what do you want to go back to do?”
“Go see someone.”
As soon as she said this, Jessica fell silent, because she knew who that person was.
Even everyone knew who that person was.
And Soo Jung, who answered the question, wanted to try once more on her older sister. “Older sister, if—I’m saying if—there really was a chance to go back, would you be willing to go back and change things?”
Although Jessica didn’t know what was up with Soo Jung tonight, this question did touch some of her deepest thoughts, so after a moment of silence, she slowly nodded.
“If there really was such an opportunity, who would give it up, right?”
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