Chapter 93: Anxious And Worried Lin Xiaolu
2025.
Around 5 p.m., the sun was setting in the west.
Lin Xiuyuan, who had been sitting in the practice area for an entire afternoon, was fortunate to have his mobile phone to scroll videos and occasionally hit a few balls, so it wasn’t too boring.
Until the little leader Kim Tae Yeon, who held the title of “paper person,” said she had no strength left, the ball game that had lasted most of the day finally came to an end.
“So that’s it for today?”
Lee Ji-eun, who had taken back the ball scout, lightly touched the nonexistent sweat on her forehead, looked at Kim Tae Yeon, then at Im Yoon Ah with a smile.
She didn’t look at Lin Xiuyuan because she wanted to ask him out again. “By the way, Xiuyuan, do you have time tomorrow? Let’s go play on the fairway?”
Lin Xiuyuan, who was scrolling videos, heard Lee Ji-eun call him, looked up, “Ah, hard to say about tomorrow, it depends on Yoona’s arrangement..”
Im Yoon Ah, standing with Kim Tae Yeon, was a bit confused. “Ah, what does it have to do with me?”
“Didn’t we change the bet before? That ‘acting skills’ one. I’ll send you the document later. If you record the video tonight, I’ll take it to my friend tomorrow.”
Seeing that Im Yoon Ah didn’t understand, Lin Xiuyuan reminded her.
Hearing this, Im Yoon Ah raised her eyebrow, smiling playfully. “Then I won’t record it first. After you finish playing ball with Goo Ri, I can give it to you then.”
As soon as she said this, Kim Tae Yeon and Lee Ji-eun couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Lin Xiuyuan shrugged and turned to Lee Ji-eun. “Qri, see, now I have time.”
Then Lee Ji-eun laughed even more happily.
Having agreed on tomorrow’s time, everyone went their separate ways. No dinner plans, no last-minute additions, even Im Yoon Ah and Kim Tae Yeon just waved goodbye simply.
Lin Xiuyuan was slightly surprised but didn’t think much of it. He drove his Mercedes-Benz back to the villa to catch up on sleep.
When he woke up, it was already past 9 p.m.
He ordered takeout on his mobile phone, ate while scrolling short videos, then played some games.
Of course, during this time, he didn’t forget to scan the question Lin Xiaolu gave him into text and send it to Lin Dajun.
Later, he learned his lesson and didn’t play games all night. Around early morning, he washed up and went to bed.
The next day, after waking up and having a simple breakfast, he headed straight to the golf club again. After these back-and-forth trips, he was much more familiar with the way.
But Lin Xiuyuan didn’t know if he forgot or what.
Yesterday, besides showing up in 2013 in the morning, he didn’t check in there at night.
This led to Lin Xiaolu in that time-space blowing up his phone last night with no answer, and this morning frantically searching everywhere for him like crazy.
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2013.
“Bang~”
The practice room door was suddenly pushed open.
Sulli, who was rehearsing with her teammates, was startled and then looked at Im Yoon Ah in the doorway in astonishment, opening her mouth. “Yoona unnie~”
“Sulli, do you have that guy Lin Xiuyuan’s phone number?”
Seeing Sulli nod, Im Yoon Ah, who had just arrived at the company, got straight to the point. “Call him and see if you can get through, or do you have any other contact info for him?”
Hearing how anxious Im Yoon Ah was, Sulli quickly ran to the chair, calling Lin Xiuyuan while carefully asking, “Unnie, why are you looking for oppa?”
“Something important, a big deal.”
Im Yoon Ah calmly said this, completely unaware that Victoria, Jung Soo Jung, and others next door were looking over.
Sulli called twice with no answer, then turned to messaging in the small group, but still no response.
Im Yoon Ah standing nearby kept staring at the phone. Seeing this, she took a few deep breaths, then smiled at Sulli.
“It’s okay, Sulli, if you can’t find him, forget it. But please help keep an eye on his situation. If he replies to you, let me know right away, or have him call me.”
“Mm, okay, unnie.”
“Then I’ll go first, thanks for the trouble, Sulli.”
“No problem.”
Im Yoon Ah smiled lightly, turned back to the others in the practice room, and apologized with a smile. “Sorry for the disturbance.”
Then she turned and left freely and easily, leaving Sulli surrounded by members starting a gossip bombardment.
On the other side.
Im Yoon Ah, leaving the f(x) practice room, quickly walked into her own group’s practice room.
She arrived early today, so only Seo Hyun and Yuri were in the practice room.
“Morning, Yoona, why so early today?”
“Good morning, unnie.”
The two inside were also surprised to see Im Yoon Ah.
Because usually, though Im Yoon Ah wasn’t the last, she wouldn’t come this early.
After greeting them, Im Yoon Ah sat to the side, holding her phone in a daze, lost in thought.
Yuri and Seo Hyun exchanged a glance, sensibly not disturbing her, each stretching and warming up.
Later members arrived one by one. As they showed up, Im Yoon Ah responded calmly to each.
Until Jung Soo Yeon arrived, she suddenly rushed up to her. “Unnie~”
“Whoa~”
Caught off guard by the sudden hug, Jung Soo Yeon almost let slip the vulgarity she learned from Lin Xiuyuan, but braked in time at the last moment. “What are you doing, Yoona? You scared me to death. I thought something happened.”
“Unnie, can you find that guy Lin Xiuyuan?”
Just like with Sulli, Im Yoon Ah asked about Lin Xiuyuan right away, stunning Jung Soo Yeon.
Curious and puzzled, she asked, “Why are you looking for him? And don’t you have his number?”
Their conversation quickly drew everyone’s attention, ears perking up, even Kim Hyo Yeon, who had clashed with Jung Soo Yeon before, couldn’t help eavesdropping.
Facing Jung Soo Yeon’s question, Im Yoon Ah didn’t hide it and told the truth. “Unnie, I’ve been calling him since last night, and this morning too. I nearly blew up my phone, but no one picked up.”
At these words, even Jung Soo Yeon widened her eyes, and the other members gasped.
Everyone wondering what kind of person this Lin Xiuyuan was to make their Yoona so proactive in seeking him out.
Even more exaggerated, he wasn’t answering.
After hearing this, Jung Soo Yeon frowned slightly, suddenly thinking of something, and rolled her eyes.
“Sigh, got it. That guy probably played too hard and passed out sleeping. His phone is often on do not disturb. Wait a bit longer. Is there something urgent?”
Suddenly thinking of something, Im Yoon Ah hesitated, was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, “The course I bought, I need it urgently now, unnie~”
Understanding her implication, Jung Soo Yeon frowned again. “Wasn’t it just given to him yesterday? Even if you’re in a hurry, you have to wait for him to talk it over with people.”
Im Yoon Ah lowered her head, pursed her lips, her voice even softer but more emphatic. “Besides the course, I have something else to find him about, unnie, urgent.”
She emphasized the last two words heavily; anyone could see she was really anxious.
Seeing this unusually anxious Yoona, Jung Soo Yeon sighed and asked no more.
She softly comforted her a few words, then took out her phone to dial Lin Xiuyuan’s number.
She even called two numbers unknown to outsiders.
Those were her backup phones specially left at the apartment and small tavern, hidden in corners, just in case he forgot his phone.
But the result was the same, still no answer.
After hesitating a moment, she looked at Im Yoon Ah. “If you’re really that urgent, how about we just go to his place? Or wait for him at the tavern?”
Im Yoon Ah was silent for a bit, Kim Eun Sook’s words from yesterday flashing in her mind.
Thinking of that still ample time, she took a deep breath, adjusted her emotion, and gently shook her head.
“It’s fine, unnie. Let’s rehearse first, then go find him after.”
With that, she returned to her usual self, as if that emotion had never appeared.
Only occasional missteps in dance and brief lapses revealed she still had worries.
This situation continued from morning until evening.
During this time, Im Yoon Ah and Jung Soo Yeon tried calling Lin Xiuyuan multiple times, but none connected.
Finally unable to hold back, Im Yoon Ah even asked, “Unnie, is he some urban special agent? Off on a secret mission, cut off from the world?”
“…”
Jung Soo Yeon, not knowing how to respond, could only stay silent. She couldn’t say that guy went to 2025 to hook up with future you to record ‘acting guidance’ video, right.
After dinner, the two returned to the practice room to continue training.
Around 8:30 p.m., Im Yoon Ah had hidden her phone at the bottom of her clothes, when the screen suddenly lit up faintly.
Almost simultaneously, Jung Soo Yeon’s phone lit up too, but quickly went dark again.
But they were rehearsing at the time and didn’t notice.
Until a knock on the practice room door, Girls’ Generation members paused and looked toward the doorway.
The door slowly opened, revealing Sulli and Jung Soo Jung outside.
Sulli politely nodded to the seniors, even smiling appropriately at Kim Hyo Yeon.
Then her gaze finally fell on Im Yoon Ah, tone light and cheerful. “Unnie, oppa called me back.”
9 p.m.
Lin Xiuyuan, who had packed some snacks nearby, walked briskly toward the small tavern. But before he reached the door, an SUV suddenly stopped beside him.
The car window rolled down, revealing Jung Soo Yeon and Im Yoon Ah.
From the back seat, Sulli’s cute little face poked out, waving to him. “Oppa~”
Seeing them, Lin Xiuyuan raised the snacks in his hand. “Hi, I brought food for you.”
“You laugh now, we’ll see if you can laugh later.”
Jung Soo Yeon coldly dropped this line, drove with the two straight into the residential area, parked the car, and headed to the small tavern.
Then upon entering, she snapped at the figure lounging on the sofa eating, “Hey, can’t you stop running around everywhere next time?”
Because Im Yoon Ah was there, Jung Soo Yeon couldn’t be too explicit, but Sulli and Lin Xiuyuan understood.
So the former smiled slightly, the latter a bit embarrassed. “I was there yesterday. Who knew you would…”
Suddenly need him so urgently.
He didn’t dare finish the rest, just looked at Im Yoon Ah, who had drained his phone from 90% to under 10%. “Right, haven’t congratulated you yet, Yoona. You got the lead actress role in Kim Eun Sook’s script.”
At these words, Jung Soo Yeon and Sulli both looked at Im Yoon Ah, then exchanged glances.
Now they knew why Im Yoon Ah was so desperate to find Lin Xiuyuan.
