Chapter 49: “peach, Huh? It Suits Me Perfectly After All”
Time returned to the afternoon.
Lin Xiuyuan, who was busy inside the bar counter, suddenly heard footsteps approaching. He looked up and saw Park Ji-yeon with a face full of smiles.
“Oppa, let me help you.”
Lin Xiuyuan smiled and casually replied, “Then just get whatever food you want from the freezer yourselves, ding it in the microwave to heat it up, and it’ll be ready to eat.”
Faced with Lin Xiuyuan’s statement, Park Ji-yeon couldn’t help laughing as she walked into the bar counter. “Oppa~ So all this food inside the tavern was pre-made in advance and just needs to be heated in the microwave?”
“Pretty much. Some are boiled or mixed. But I’m too lazy to bother. Eat whatever, anyway. You’re here to drink, not to eat, right?”
As he said this, Lin Xiuyuan pointed toward the door. “If you really want something specific, tell me, and I’ll go buy it from outside. There’s a snack stall right next door, very close and quick.”
He said this without any evasion, and his voice wasn’t low, so Park Hyomin and Sulli on the sofa side heard it crystal clear.
Sulli was slightly stunned, while Park Hyomin burst out laughing. “Boss Lin, shouldn’t you say things like that behind our backs as customers? Saying it to our faces like this, isn’t it a bit inappropriate?”
In response to Park Hyomin’s shout, Lin Xiuyuan smiled and called back, “Ah, that. No problem, these are all qualified products. I’ve taste-tested them myself, so rest assured. Also, you don’t need to call me boss, just use my name.”
After Park Hyomin and Lin Xiuyuan exchanged a few pleasantries, Sulli sitting beside her gently nudged her arm and asked with a hint of confusion, “Unnie, is this guy really the boss of this tavern? He’s too young. Is he some second generation?”
“Probably not. I’m not sure. He’s Ji-yeon’s friend, seems to be from China.”
Park Hyomin’s familiarity with Lin Xiuyuan was far less than what Park Ji-yeon knew. “But this tavern has a membership system. Non-members can’t enter. Right now, only Ji-yeon and Jessica are members.”
“Then us…” This statement left Sulli momentarily dumbfounded.
“Ji-yeon can bring people in. Plus, yesterday he told me he wanted to meet you, that’s why I found you. But now it seems a bit off. He doesn’t seem interested in paying you any attention at all.”
Saying this, Park Hyomin glanced at Lin Xiuyuan again, thinking he might be too shy to face her idol or something.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiuyuan inside the bar counter was chatting animatedly with Park Ji-yeon, with constant laughter.
Watching the same scene, Sulli couldn’t help laughing too. “It does seem a bit strange. Someone who didn’t know might think the person he likes is Ji-yeon, not me.”
Just like that, after a while, Lin Xiuyuan brought over two cups of drinks and a fruit platter and placed them in front of them.
Looking at the fruit platter, Park Hyomin instinctively glanced at him.
Lin Xiuyuan got it instantly and smiled. “I bought them frozen from the fruit shop at the turn when opening up. I don’t have knife skills that good.”
“Hahaha, Boss Lin, you have quite a lot of pre-made dishes here.”
“No problem, as long as the most important drinks aren’t pre-made.”
Park Hyomin agreed with what Lin Xiuyuan said. “True, as long as this isn’t pre-made, it’s fine.”
After saying that, she looked at Sulli. “Try some. The drinks Boss Lin mixes have much better texture and taste than other places.”
Hearing this, Sulli picked up her cup and sniffed first. A fresh tea fragrance hit her nose.
She took a sip, and the tea fragrance intertwined with pine nut flavor in her mouth. It was slightly bitter at first, but soon balanced by the sweetness of peach, ending with an lingering honey peach aftertaste.
This taste indeed brightened the eyes of Sulli, who had drunk quite a bit lately. She looked up at Lin Xiuyuan.
Park Hyomin chimed in from the side, “Not bad, right?”
“Yeah, way better than the ones outside.” Sulli wasn’t lying.
Right after she spoke, under Park Hyomin’s incredulous gaze, Lin Xiuyuan slowly smiled. “So Sulli, do you want to get a membership here? Then you can come sit anytime you want a drink.”
“Ah?”
Sulli was a bit stunned, not expecting to be invited.
Though her first impression of Lin Xiuyuan was good, it wasn’t close enough yet, so she hesitated a bit.
But Park Hyomin couldn’t stand it and started yelling. “Wow, Mr. Lin, you’re too biased! Is this what they call playing favorites? Yesterday Eun-jung, Yoona, and I were all here, and you didn’t mention membership once. Today Sulli just arrives and you invite her right away?”
Sulli, who had been hesitating, lit up immediately upon hearing that Park Hyomin, Yoona, and Ham Eun-jung hadn’t been invited by Lin Xiuyuan.
The beauty’s self-esteem and pride were thoroughly ignited by this statement.
So she chuckled lightly. “This is my honor.”
Just like that, watching Sulli follow Lin Xiuyuan to input her fingerprint and iris, Park Hyomin fumed and complained to Park Ji-yeon who was bringing over snacks.
Her muttering made Park Ji-yeon laugh nonstop, then she looked toward the two over there.
She knew very well why Lin Xiuyuan invited Sulli and was especially happy that in this time-space, with Lin Xiuyuan here, there was a chance to avoid so many regrets in advance.
At this moment, she heard Sulli over there ask Lin Xiuyuan, “Mr. Lin, what was the name of that drink I just had?”
Name?
Why does everyone like asking the names of cocktails?
Thinking this, Lin Xiuyuan glanced at her. “White Peach Oolong Gin Tonic.”
Getting the answer, Sulli smiled faintly. “Peach, huh? Hahaha, it really suits me.”
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Early morning.
Upon learning that Sulli had come by this side in the afternoon, Krystal was stunned for a long time before slowly coming back to her senses.
By now, Lin Xiuyuan had already mixed a ‘White Peach Oolong Gin Tonic’ for her and brought it over. “Here, this is the drink I made for Sulli this afternoon. Try it?”
Jung Soo Yeon, who had been holding Krystal’s little hand beside her, got straight to the point. “Lin Xiuyuan, you added Sulli as a member?”
“Yeah, it was bound to happen sooner or later. And I think sooner is better.”
Without denying it, Lin Xiuyuan looked at Krystal seriously. “If Krystal is ready, I plan to take her over to that side for a stroll in a few days. Because lately at night, I’ve seen some comments saying this human honey peach seems to have run into those scumbags recently.”
Precisely for this reason, Lin Xiuyuan decided to speed up the arrangement and have Park Ji-yeon introduce him to Sulli.
Being told this by Lin Xiuyuan, Krystal finally unlocked that sealed memory from over a dozen years ago, suddenly widening her eyes and glaring at Jung Soo Yeon like a knife.
“Unnie, after you go back, can you warn Kim Hyo Yeon in your group? If Sulli doesn’t want to go to the dinner party, don’t force her. If she wants to climb relationships herself, why use others as stepping stones?”
Hearing Krystal drop the polite language and call Kim Hyo Yeon by name directly.
Jung Soo Yeon was suddenly stunned, furrowing her brows tightly. “You mean Hyo Yeon is involved in Sulli’s matter?”
“Maybe not directly, but indirectly, she can’t escape even if she chops off her head.”
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