Peninsula: I'm the Top Streamer

Chapter 480 Before the Storm
The flight to Paris is early tomorrow morning and time is tight, so Quan Xuanhe didn't waste any time. He quickly got dressed and left home.

It was getting late and the sky was getting dark. Quan Xuanhe looked at the address sent by Zhou Ziyu and drove fast.

On the road, Quan Xuanhe held the steering wheel with one hand, his eyes thoughtful.

Zhou Ziyu wanted to see him, so he came out to meet her, but what would happen after she came out to meet him, or what did she want to happen?
With a lot on his mind, Quan Xuanhe tapped the steering wheel lightly with his fingers, thinking about the situation that was about to arise.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't want to get back together with Chou Tzuyu now, but she means a lot to him and it's hard to let her go completely, so he thinks it's good to maintain this kind of mediocre relationship, as there's always room for both a step forward and a step back.

Men are like this, no, maybe he is just like this, cheap and despicable.

Who doesn't want a woman's heart to be in his heart forever?

After thinking for a while, Quan Xuanhe stopped thinking about it and went to the meeting with a calm mind. Anyway, it had not come to that point yet. He would deal with it later if that situation happened.

It's not like he is incapable of solving these problems.

Speeding all the way, Quan Xuanhe drove to a relatively quiet area of ​​buildings and stopped beside a quiet park.

After opening the car door and putting his feet on the ground, Quan Xuanhe looked around, picked up his phone and called Zhou Ziyu.

"Hey?"

"Where are you? I'm here."

The park was very quiet. His voice died away as soon as it started. Only the street lights were on one after another along the winding path, illuminating the benches beneath them.

He looked left and right and walked forward.

"Where are you?"

Zhou Ziyu's voice rang out from the other end of the phone, but he couldn't hear her voice at all while standing in the park, indicating that there was still some distance between the two of them.

"I'll turn on the flashlight and shake it around. Turn around and take a look."

Hearing this, Quan Xuanhe turned on the flashlight and waved his hand back and forth in the air, looking around at the dark and quiet park in the distance.

"here!"

There were shouts coming from a distance. Quan Xuanhe turned his head and saw a blurry dark figure walking hurriedly towards him. The figure was getting closer and closer, and Zhou Ziyu's appearance gradually appeared under the street lights.

She had long flowing hair and a tall figure, and she walked towards him with a slightly hurried pace.

Quan Xuanhe also walked towards her. Finally, the two of them walked together, their steps gradually slowing down, until they were only an arm's length apart.

The streetlight shone directly on the two figures, and the overhead light made their faces covered with small shadows.

"Here, this is..."

Zhou Ziyu felt the unpleasant light shining on her face, so she raised her head slightly, letting the light illuminate all her facial features. A gentle smile appeared on her face, and she handed the handbag in her hand to him.

"Well...you should tell me first, otherwise it will be confusing if I take over."

Quan Xuanhe didn't reach out to take it first. Instead, he looked down and held her arm to push her out.

Seeing this, Zhou Ziyu's smile faded slightly. She pursed her lips and said, "I'm just expressing my gratitude. After all, now that I think about it, we broke up. What you did after the breakup wasn't necessary. I can't just accept it and say nothing."

Zhou Ziyu accepted this generous gift from him, and as time went by, she felt more and more embarrassed.

Only people who are in the circle know what it's like when men and women are in love. Some of them are stingy and demand the money back after breaking up. There are not many ex-boyfriends as generous and humane as him.

This is a world of comparison and comparison. Only when you know how bad other things are, can you realize how good what is in front of you is.

It's not about self-satisfaction, it's about facts.

"I was a little touched, but I felt that the feeling came a little late."

Hearing this, Quan Xuanhe didn't feel any psychological burden at all. He nodded at what she said, but did not forget to complain about her.

Who would react so slowly? Only someone with a simple mind like her would react so slowly.

"Uh...huh?"

Zhou Ziyu was slightly speechless, puffed up her lips, tilted her head, and nodded slowly. "Okay."

"for you."

She picked up the bag again and handed it to Quan Xuanhe.

"What's inside? Is there anything I wouldn't dare answer after seeing it?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the possible romantic atmosphere was immediately broken, causing Zhou Ziyu to laugh helplessly.

"No, you take it."

Upon hearing this, Quan Xuanhe reached out and took the gift that Zhou Ziyu prepared for him.

It felt quite heavy in his hand. He lowered his head to take a look inside, then looked away.

“It feels heavy to carry.”

Quan Xuanhe stood up, held it in front of him, and said to Zhou Ziyu.

She just laughed softly, then looked at the bench next to her, slowly walked over and sat down, raised her head slightly, and looked at him with a slight expectation.

I want to sit down and chat with him for a while.

"How's it going? Has your comeback been busy lately?"

Quan Xuanhe stood there without sitting down, just opened his mouth and asked with a smile.

"Yeah... a little."

Zhou Ziyu paused for a moment, then sat there answering his questions.

"The song is nice, the person is beautiful, and she has fulfilled your boss's wish." Quan Xuanhe crossed his arms, continued to look down at her, and said jokingly with a smile.

"That's it."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziyu chuckled a few times, nodded with a smile in her eyes, and then took the initiative to ask him, "What about you? Your TV series is very popular, so you must be very busy."

Squid Game is so popular that Quan Xuanheli should be very busy, but I didn't expect that he would come out as soon as I asked him out, without any obstacles at all.

Isn’t this good news?

"No, I've been filming and haven't been busy with anything else. I'm getting ready to fly to Europe for Fashion Week tomorrow, so I guess I'll be busy for a while."

Quan Xuanhe said so.

The two of them were chatting like they were daily family, one sentence after another. The atmosphere was not awkward, but rather harmonious, and they always remained within a polite range.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Quan Xuanhe took the initiative to end the topic and looked down at the time on his watch. "It's getting late. I may have to leave first. I have to catch a flight tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, Zhou Ziyu felt a little inexplicably lost, but she quickly composed herself, put on a gentle smile, nodded, and then stood up.

From beginning to end, Quan Xuanhe never sat down beside her, but stood opposite her and talked to her.

"Then I'll be leaving first. I received your kindness. Please give me feedback when I get back."

Quan Xuanhe shook the handbag and said with a smile on his face, without too much reluctance, in a light and decisive tone.

"Did someone come to pick you up? Did you come here alone?"

Before leaving, he looked at the quiet environment around him, looked at Zhou Ziyu standing in front of him, and asked her with concern.

"No, Dahyun-unnie brought me here. She's waiting for me over there."

Zhou Ziyu hurriedly shook her head, turned slightly sideways and pointed into the distance, then looked back at him and said, fearing that he would worry too much.

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Logically, there should be some storyline going on. There should be some plot twists to come. It feels like today's meeting shouldn't have ended so abruptly.

But Quan Xuanhe left without a trace of hesitation, leaving only the back of him striding away. So, she watched Quan Xuanhe's figure walk further and further away from her sight until he got into the car and watched the car's taillights gradually disappear from her sight.

Zhou Ziyu took a deep breath, her body became more relaxed, she turned around and walked back slowly, her steps a little slow.

"How about it?"

Seeing Chou Tzu-yu coming back, Kim Da-hyun looked at Chou Tzu-yu with empty hands, who had successfully delivered the things, with a concerned expression.

"He took it."

Zhou Ziyu fastened her seat belt and sat there neatly, her eyes a little vacant, but the next second she came back to focus and looked at Kim Dahyun.

"What's the reaction?"

Only the first step is successful. Whether the second step is successful or not depends on how he reacts.

Is it happiness? Surprise? Pleasure?
Or is it just bland? Is the reaction unremarkable?

"Well... you should still be happy, right?"

Zhou Ziyu looked thoughtful, recalled Quan Xuanhe's reaction, nodded slightly, but her tone of voice was a little uncertain.

This seemed to be her daily reaction.

"should?"

"I'm just happy."

But her thoughts were not accurate. He didn't seem that happy, but he also seemed quite happy, which made her a little unsure about Quan Xuanhe's reaction.

"Em... That's good. It will be easier to continue later."

Seeing that she was so ambiguous and uncertain about this, Kim Da-hyun hesitated for a moment, then stopped hesitating and nodded and continued speaking.

Continue later?

Continue with what?
Zhou Ziyu was a little confused, but she felt that if she said this, Kim Dahyun would be speechless again, so she held it back and didn't say it out loud.

He lowered his head slightly and tugged at the corner of his clothes, but his mind was still thinking about the scene just now.

But, she's going to do something else, right? Is this the end?

So what to do next?
Those two words seemed to be about to come out and appeared in Zhou Ziyu's mind.

complex.

...

Quan Xuanhe drove all the way back home, took out his handbag, and prepared to see what gift Zhou Ziyu had prepared.

em ...

He opened the package and took a look. On the top was a handwritten greeting card from Chou Tzu-yu, below that was a wallet, and in the box below that was a belt.

Quan Xuanhe didn't pay attention to the gift she gave him. In his opinion, the price or not was not very important. At this level, luxury or not was just that. Unless one was obsessed with it, there was nothing new about it.

Quan Xuanhe picked up the greeting card and looked at her beautiful handwriting under the light.

"Thank you for putting aside the past and thank you for helping me."

"I wish you success in your career and good health."

"I hope you will get better and better in the future!"

The signature below is Chou Tzu-yu.

Uh…

The language is particularly plain and simple, and what she says is very much in her style, without any flowery words, only the most simple heartbeat.

Quan Xuanhe looked at the words on the greeting card several times, rubbed his fingers on the words slightly, and put them down after a while. He first took a photo, reorganized the packaging box, and then put it away in the cabinet.

Let’s store it first.

"I got it. I'm very touched. I will accept your blessing."

Quan Xuanhe typed and sent it over.

The message was replied very quickly, almost within seconds.

"(Shy)(Happy)(Peek)"

"(Heart)"

Quan Xuanhe replied with an emoji and then stopped replying, but Zhou Ziyu then started the topic again.

"Do you like it? I looked at it and picked it out myself. I don't know if you like it or not."

"I like it very much. It's very practical. Compared to other things, these are really good."

Quan Xuanhe said some nice words, but in fact, these things had been given to him by countless girls in his previous relationships. He felt a little numb to them and could not feel anything new. Among these things, the one that shook him the most was probably the greeting card.

But on the other hand, this might be something that inexperienced people would do, simple and ignorant.

Even Zhou Ziyu, who had been dating him for half a year, remained the same, maintaining her rare charm.

"That's great!"

This time Quan Xuanhe really didn't reply. He simply sent an emoticon and then hurriedly washed up and went to bed, preparing to leave for France tomorrow.

Only Zhou Ziyu on the other end of the phone was secretly happy.

Kim Da-hyun saw the smiling face that suddenly appeared on her face as she was looking at her phone, and after glancing at it for a few seconds, he looked away.

It seems like Tzuyu is really rekindling her old feelings for Kwon Hyun Hyuk...

...

Zhao Meiyan looked at the news reported on her mobile phone. Quan Xuanhe left Incheon Airport and headed straight for Paris. The departure photo at the airport was simple and grand. He was wearing sunglasses and walking forward with a calm expression.

At this time, she bit her lips slightly, looking at Quan Xuanhe in Huai'an, but she felt a little discouraged and dissatisfied in her heart.

She felt that Quan Xuanhe had forgotten her and an important moment, an important moment for both of them, a day that must not be forgotten.

Today is the 100th anniversary. How could he just forget about it and fly away from Korea without saying a word to her or even asking her about it?

Zhao Meiyan felt a little emotional.

This was especially true after seeing Quan Xuanhe's sudden and unimaginable popularity explode after Squid Game, and many complicated emotions arose in my heart.

Quan Xuanhe is becoming more and more popular, and his popularity is completely different from hers, like they are from two completely different worlds.

Such a huge gap made her feel a little uncomfortable. Going back in time, at the beginning of the year, they were also full of momentum and seemed to be in an explosive growth period. However, now they have really fallen off a cliff, and it is not known when they will bottom out and rebound.

Zhao Meiyan is very confident. She is confident in everything about herself, but in the face of these cruel realities, it is difficult for her to maintain her usual confidence.

However, Quan Xuanhe ignored her at this critical moment, making her feel disappointed and indifferent.

She only needs a little warmth to burst out with huge energy, especially now she especially needs Quan Xuanhe's warmth.

Quan Xuanhe, who was so popular that he was almost purple, suddenly made her lose some sense of security. At this time, as long as he gave her a little warmth, she could feel rejuvenated again.

But he didn't!
Zhao Meiyan was a little angry and wanted to send him a message, but when she saw the dull expression on his face on the screen and the faint sign of fatigue on Quan Xuanhe's face, she felt a little reluctant.

But she really needs Quan Xuanhe to care about her and coax her... just for a while.

Zhao Meiyan puffed out her lips, feeling a little uneasy.

(End of this chapter)