Chapter 18 To Demolish or Not to Demolish? [Please Read On]
Chapter 18 To Demolish or Not to Demolish? [Please Read On]
Bae Joo-hyun immediately sent the photo to the group chat, and the next second, messages started flooding in like crazy, one after another.
Kang Seulgi: "Unnie!!!"
Son Seung-wan: "It looks very appetizing. I'll have to try it next time."
Park Soo-young: "..."
Kim Ye-rin: "No way, unnie! I'm so sick of eating grass, and you're eating delicious food outside. I'm not happy about that!"
Bae Joo-hyun: "If you're not happy about it, keep it to yourself!!!"
Lin Yuan rested his chin on his hand, watching Bae Joo-hyun sometimes grit her teeth, sometimes raise her eyebrows, and sometimes sneer. It was hard to imagine that a person could change different expressions continuously in just one minute.
"Shut up, I'll bring you gifts when we get back!!!"
As soon as she said that, the group fell silent. Bae Joo-hyun put down her phone, picked up her fork, rolled up a piece of pasta, and put it in her mouth. "Mmm~" she closed her eyes and savored it with a look of enjoyment.
"Is it tasty?"
"tasty."
Bae Joo-hyun replied instinctively.
On second thought, she didn't seem to have come out alone, did she?
She quickly opened her eyes and found Lin Yuan looking at her with a sly expression.
"Mianne, I...I..."
Bae Joo-hyun was so nervous that she couldn't even speak. Her face turned red, and she coughed incessantly as the pasta in her mouth got stuck in her throat.
Upon seeing this, Lin Yuan immediately stepped forward, gently patted her back, and asked the waiter to bring her a glass of water to drink.
"Ahem~"
Bae Joo-hyun took a big gulp and finally felt a little better.
Lin Yuan stood beside her, shielding her from the stares of passersby, and asked softly, "How are you? Feeling better?"
"Thank you, I'm alright now."
"That's good."
Lin Yuan returned to his seat, picked up his knife and fork, and began to eat, without uttering a single word until the end.
Bae Joo-hyun breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Lin Yuan was joking with her, and she was too proud to retort. Now it seemed that he had the same idea, and her feelings for him grew even stronger.
The candlelight flickered on the table, and the melodious sound of a piano filled the air. The rose lay quietly to one side.
SM Entertainment, downstairs in the artists' dormitory building.
"I'll go up now, I'm very happy today."
Bae Joo-hyun said with a smile, though a faint sense of reluctance lingered in her heart.
"Take this gift; consider it my apology."
Bae Joo-hyun looked at the small square box in her hand, her expression complicated. She had actually forgotten to give a gift.
"I....."
"Alright, get some rest! If you don't go up soon, your teammates will come down looking for you."
After saying that, he gestured for her to look up.
Bae Joo-hyun looked up, puzzled, only to see four pairs of eyes glowing green on the third-floor balcony, staring intently at the two of them. When they realized they had been discovered, they all hid back inside.
"Damn it."
Bae Joo-hyun cursed under her breath.
???
Little did he know that Lin Yuan had heard everything clearly.
"Sorry for the commotion, I'll head up now. Be careful on the road."
"it is good."
Upon reaching the lobby, Bae Joo-hyun suddenly turned around and saw Lin Yuan still standing there. A smile played on her lips as she waved her phone, silently saying, "Contact me by phone."
Lin Yuan only turned around and hailed a taxi to leave after the hallway light on the third floor turned on and off again.
Bae Joo-hyun didn't go into the dormitory until she saw him leave.
As soon as she opened the door, several figures surrounded her, all extending their palms in unison, "Hey, hey, presents, presents."
The bold Kim Ye-rin couldn't wait any longer and snatched the bag away, leaving Bae Joo-hyun standing alone in the entryway.
"..."
"Oh, a rough estimate is tiring?"
Bae Joo-hyun shouted and charged straight at the group.
Inside the room, Bae Joo-hyun, wearing a silk nightgown, leaned lazily against the bed, holding the gift in her hand.
"To demolish or not to demolish?"
Bae Joo-hyun is conflicted. On one hand, she has many perfumes, some given to her by brands and some she bought herself.
On the other hand, this gift was rather special, and she was reluctant to use it.
After thinking about it for a long time, she finally decided not to open it and put it in the very back of the drawer.
"Ah-du!"
Arrived home safely!
It was a message from Lin Yuan, but she didn't reply.
After turning off the lights, Bae Joo-hyun tossed and turned, unable to sleep, her mind filled with images of Lin Yuan.
Knock knock knock!
"Unnie, are you asleep?"
Kang Seulgi asked softly through the door.
"No, is there something you need?"
Kang Seulgi carefully pushed open the door, lifted the blanket and crawled inside, hugging Bae Joohyun tightly and gently nuzzling her head, "Want to sleep with unnie~".
Bae Joo-hyun tapped her forehead with her finger. "I just can't do anything with you. Go to sleep, it's getting late."
"Unnie, who brought you back?"
"Seulgi, it's not that I don't want to tell you, but I really can't. Just pretend you didn't see what happened tonight, otherwise..." She didn't finish her sentence, but I believe everyone understands what's going on.
Kang Seulgi was startled, as if she understood something. "Unnie, thank you for your hard work."
......
Lee Ji-eun was annoyed and kept looking through the peephole at the opposite door. The only sound in the empty corridor was the wind.
Ever since she learned that Lin Yuan was going to meet his blind date, she had been itching to know what would happen next. She thought to herself, "I want to see which colleague will win Aunt Meilan's approval."
"Ding! 』
Lin Yuan whistled as he stepped out of the elevator and opened the door to his room.
"etc."
As the sound came, he was about to turn his head to look when he saw that Lee Ji-eun had already ducked under his arm.
"you....."
Lee Ji-eun said impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense and tell me what's going on. Who is your blind date?"
. . . . .
Lin Yuan was speechless. Even Lee Ji-eun couldn't escape the gossip?
He strolled leisurely to the refrigerator, grabbed a can of apple-flavored Fanta, opened it, took a sip, and exclaimed, "Burp~ So refreshing!!!"
"Hey, I'm asking you a question, what happened?"
Seeing him dawdling, Lee Ji-eun felt a surge of anger and shouted at him.
Damn it, I'll mess this up next time, you're such a show-off.
"You mean the blind date? She was very pretty, and we got along quite well," Lin Yuan said casually.
"That's it?"
"What else do you want?"
Lin Yuan found her strange, pushed her away, and sat down on the sofa.
Lee Ji-eun hopped over on her short legs and asked anxiously, "Who is she? Tell me so I can see if I recognize her."
Bae Joo-hyun.
"A close friend? Bae Joo-hyun from SM Entertainment?"
Upon hearing that it was her, Lee Ji-eun immediately stood up, her face filled with disbelief.
She assumed the person in question would be from a small company or a relatively unknown band, so she didn't take it seriously and just treated it as a story.
But this one is different. She was already famous in the industry before her debut. She was showered with all sorts of adjectives, such as "Iron-Armed Girl," "Born Idol," and "God-like Beauty," which made artists from other companies want to find out more about her.
Unfortunately, Bae Joo-hyun is known for being aloof, and no man of the opposite sex can get close to her. She can't get any contact information or anything like that, but even so, she still receives a lot of love letters every day.
"Yes, what's wrong?"
Lin Yuan asked curiously, "Logically speaking, given Lee Ji-eun's status and position, she shouldn't be this shocked."
"It's nothing, I'll head back now."
FYN