Chapter 69: “hold Me, Just For A Little While.”
“What? I committed suicide?”
“Wait a minute, what’s this? Jung Soo Yeon older sister left the group?”
“Wait a bit more…”
At the computer desk, Sulli looked at the news inside that had long expired, suddenly freezing on the latest timed push.
She quickly scanned the content, then abruptly turned her head to look at Park Ji-yeon behind her, “Older sister, you got married?”
“Look carefully, this is the old woman from 2025. I in 2013 wasn’t married, single as can be.”
Park Ji-yeon, already powerless to retort, vented all her inner frustration on the “old woman” from 2025, then corrected Sulli’s wording.
Only then did Sulli realize why she had been so emotional earlier, and she couldn’t help but laugh, “Older sister, you’re kind of plugging your ears to steal a bell here. The future you is you, after all.”
“If I didn’t know about the future, that statement might hold, but we’re in 2025 now. Knowing everything that might happen in the future means marriage and divorce won’t exist for me in 2013.”
Park Ji-yeon looked at her seriously, paused her tone, then continued slowly.
“At the same time, you in 2013, after knowing what will happen in the future, won’t go through those bad things anymore. You especially won’t commit lonely suicide at home in 2019. This point is particularly important, Sulli, you have to remember it.”
After saying that, she even reached out from behind with both hands to hug Sulli, gently yet firmly.
Lin Xiuyuan, a bit further back, didn’t expect the usually carefree Park Ji-yeon to have such a gentle side, so the corners of his mouth unconsciously lifted into a smile.
“Mm, older sister.”
Sulli gripped the mouse tightly, trying to relax as she showed a smile, “After all, I don’t want to lie in that cold cemetery either.”
However, since Lin Xiuyuan planned to use harsh medicine, he wouldn’t let Sulli recover so quickly.
After hearing Sulli’s words, he quickly stepped forward to her side, “Although I don’t really want to stimulate you right now, there’s a problem you need to know now. For example, after you on this side committed suicide, Goo Hara followed you.”
Sulli, who was comforting Park Ji-yeon in return, instantly stiffened all over, glancing sideways at Lin Xiuyuan who was bending over fiddling with the computer, “Oppa, what do you mean by that.”
“It means exactly that, see for yourself.”
Lin Xiuyuan, who had already searched the keywords, returned the computer and space to Sulli, then pulled Park Ji-yeon back to stand, quietly watching her back go from stiff to trembling, and finally sobbing.
Even the young Park Ji-yeon felt a bit heartbroken watching this scene, looking toward Lin Xiuyuan, “Oppa, aren’t you being too hasty?”
“When you came over back then, I told you the same way.”
“How can marriage compare to dying for love?”
Every time her own bad matters were mentioned, Park Ji-yeon always felt a shameful sense of not being able to lift her head.
She clearly remembered the first time she came here to this villa with Lin Xiuyuan, then sat in Sulli’s current position, watching various future events of the group.
At that time, she was still rational; even seeing Soyeon and Jeon Boram choose not to renew their contracts, she could understand.
Until she saw the news of herself marrying a bad person, living like a widow for over half a year after marriage, then dragging on for years before divorcing—that’s when she exploded.
Park Ji-yeon had originally wanted to watch all night, but later, reminded by Lin Xiuyuan, she remembered Ham Eun-jung waiting for her on the 2013 side, so she left the room step by step, looking back three times.
“I think knowing some things all at once is better than knowing them bit by bit. If you’re going to explode, explode thoroughly all at once, then the things that need to explode can wake up.”
This time, Lin Xiuyuan didn’t deliberately avoid Sulli like when he chatted with Jung Soo Yeon before, but said it directly in a normal volume.
Park Ji-yeon could clearly see that Sulli’s shoulders, which had slightly calmed down while sitting in front, suddenly tensed up again after hearing this.
This time she couldn’t hold back, gave Lin Xiuyuan a sideways glare, then walked forward and softly comforted Sulli.
Meanwhile, Lin Xiuyuan quietly left the room, giving the space to the two young girls.
And after telling Sulli the news of Goo Hara’s death as well, his work was done.
If after learning about her one-dragging-two situation, Sulli still repeated the same mistakes, Lin Xiuyuan wouldn’t even know how to stop her.
After all, people can stop others’ actions, but not the thoughts in their hearts.
One person’s energy is limited; it’s impossible to watch another person all the time.
Even living under the same roof, there are always times for sleeping, showering, and using the toilet.
Lin Xiuyuan, arriving outside the corridor, leaned on the railing, overlooking the two figures downstairs, suddenly feeling mischievous, and smilingly asked, “Jung Soo Yeon, has Krystal cried?”
As soon as the words fell, Krystal downstairs glared up viciously, quickly extending a middle finger, “Come down here, if you dare don’t ask from upstairs, come down and I’ll tell you the answer myself.”
“Looks like she hasn’t cried, what a pity. I wanted to take a photo to commemorate.” Lin Xiuyuan smiled.
This made Krystal instantly bristle, unable to tolerate it, she stood up to go upstairs to settle it, and Jung Soo Yeon couldn’t stop her.
So she could only watch that back head upstairs while looking up at Lin Xiuyuan, “Why did you provoke her now? Handle it yourself. Oh, toss me your mobile phone from downstairs, see what takeout food there is, time to order.”
Lin Xiuyuan said nothing more, directly tossed the mobile phone from his pocket onto the sofa downstairs, then looked at Krystal coming straight at him to settle accounts, smiling faintly, “This is a misunderstanding…”
But before he could finish, Krystal had already quickly walked up to him and suddenly pounced into his arms.
“Ah~”
Lin Xiuyuan instinctively stepped back, but was still hugged tightly by her.
Her arms were wrapped very tightly, encircling his waist with almost no gaps, her whole body pressed against him, like suddenly finding the only reliance.
Lin Xiuyuan was stunned, his brain short-circuiting for a moment, hands half-raised in the air, not knowing whether to lower them or push away.
Downstairs, Jung Soo Yeon, who had just unlocked the mobile phone to order, suddenly sensed something, looking up toward upstairs.
Then her pupils contracted, brows furrowed a few times, bit her lip, and withdrew her gaze.
She just became a bit absent-minded when ordering.
Meanwhile, upstairs, Lin Xiuyuan hugged by Krystal still had his hands floating in mid-air.
Until Krystal, burying her face in his shoulder, her voice muffled and came with a slight tremble, “Hug me, just for a while.”
Only then did he gently place them on her back, patting lightly twice, like giving her a comforting response.
At the same time, feeling a bit guilty, he said softly, “What’s wrong? Did I say something wrong earlier?”
Krystal didn’t answer, just hugged him even tighter.
She didn’t want to speak, didn’t know how to speak.
She just suddenly felt very afraid, afraid of losing again the person she once failed to protect, afraid of being too late once more.
So at this moment, she needed a hug.
A hug without any explanation or promises.
Seeing her not answering, Lin Xiuyuan didn’t press further. He just stood quietly in place, letting her lean on him, letting this silence slowly precipitate between them.
Outside the window, the wind was still blowing gently. Outside the house, the heavy rain continued to rage.
……
Today was another day of rest.
After the group disbanded, Yoona had more free time than before. Although work was constant, she learned to leave blanks and better understood leaving some private precipitation space for herself.
This was helpful both personally and for her acting skills.
But recently, there was a tricky problem: whenever she idled, she couldn’t help thinking of that figure she brushed past that evening.
She also thought of the small tavern from the night before last, and the young boy inside.
But looking at the rain curtain outside the window, Yoona gave up the idea; her thoughts were messy, but not enough to drive her out of her comfortable home in this weather.
Besides, if she went over, she probably couldn’t enter that tavern.
Thinking of the membership system the boy mentioned, Yoona couldn’t help but feel interested.
After all, in all of Seoul, places that could refuse her at the door, or places she couldn’t enter just by showing her face, were truly rare.
You know, other bosses or shops were desperate for her to go, then promote it heavily afterward to make money.
Only that boy’s gaze flashed with tension and refusal, even setting up a mysterious membership system, which really piqued Yoona’s interest.
As she thought, her stomach growled.
Yoona then set aside the idea, got up and walked into the kitchen, planning to make some oatmeal to eat.
But the rain sounds outside the window interrupted her actions; she looked up at the rain curtain, thinking that since it’s a rare rainy day, maybe she could reward herself with a good meal.
Yoona, who thought and acted immediately, stopped her hand reaching for the oatmeal, then stood in place hesitating for a long time.
Finally, she put down the kettle, returned to the living room side, picked up her mobile phone, and flipped out a number she hadn’t contacted in a while.
……
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At the villa side.
Knock knock knock~
With the knock at the door, Sulli and Park Ji-yeon in the computer room finally looked toward the doorway, seeing Lin Xiuyuan standing there gazing at the two of them, “Takeout is here, eat first before looking.”
“Oppa, I don’t…”
“Eat first, who isn’t hungry?”
His tone was gentle yet irrefusable, Lin Xiuyuan looked at Sulli who wanted to speak with an unshakeable firmness.
He, raised on the red land, had heard a saying since childhood: Man is iron, rice is steel, if you miss one meal, you’ll feel hungry.
So just like that, Lin Xiuyuan who called Sulli and the other down, personally poured two cups of warm water and placed them by their hands, then sat in the dining chair.
And Sulli, looking at this table of appetizing stir-fries before her eyes, her stomach which originally had no appetite suddenly felt hungry.
“Let’s eat.”
With Lin Xiuyuan’s words, everyone picked up their chopsticks.
But at that moment, an urgent ringtone interrupted their meal; everyone looked toward the sofa following the sound.
At the same time, Krystal next to them stood up, “It’s my ringtone.”
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