Peninsula: It’s just a dream, are you serious?

Chapter 531 The Woman Who Occupies Half of SM Entertainment
"Thank you everyone for coming to my concert. See you next time."

At the Busan Sajik Gymnasium, Lee Ji-eun's nearly two-hour concert came to an end.

After bowing to the audience one last time, the platform slowly descended.

Back in the dressing room, Lee Ji-eun sat down at the vanity, and the makeup artist began removing her makeup. She asked Bae Joong-han for his phone, intending to ask where her oppa was.

She turned on her phone, and a message pop-up appeared on the screen that was somewhat unexpected.

Krystal Jung: IU unnie, are there any tickets left for your concert tomorrow night? I want to go.

Lee Ji-eun slightly raised her two arched eyebrows.

Why did this girl suddenly say she wanted to come to my concert?

After a few seconds of confusion, she seemed to understand and her eyes narrowed slightly.

Did you know that oppa is with me now, so you wanted to come and keep an eye on us?

Thinking back to their brief encounter backstage at Inkigayo, Lee Ji-eun's eyes flickered.

She looked at Bae Jung-han not far behind her through the mirror and asked, "Jung-han oppa, do we have any extra tickets for tomorrow night's concert?"

Pei Zhonghan paused for a moment, then nodded and said, "Besides the ticket reserved for Director Chen, there are two more. I thought Director Chen might bring some friends, so I reserved two more. All three tickets are for consecutive seats. What's wrong? Are some friends coming?"

"Yes, Krystal asked me if there were any tickets left for the concert, because she wants to come."

"Krystal?"

Pei Zhonghan was somewhat surprised.

How come he didn't know when his own artist and that cold-hearted guy became so close?

"Yes, that's her."

While replying to messages on her phone, Lee Ji-eun muttered a sentence.

The message was read a few seconds after it was sent, and Krystal Jung's reply came quickly.

Krystal Jung: Okay, thank you unnie. I'll go there early tomorrow and visit you backstage.

Lee Ji-eun: You're welcome. Contact me when the time comes, and I'll have someone pick you up.

Krystal Jung: Okay.

After a brief chat, Lee Ji-eun smiled and put away her phone.

Since you want to come, then come on over. Whatever you want to do here, I'll take you.

After all, my relationship with oppa is no longer the same as it was backstage at Inkigayo.

Let alone just grabbing your wrist, I wouldn't mind giving you a deep French kiss right in front of you.

hum!

She hummed a couple of times, then suddenly remembered something, and Lee Ji-eun's eyes lit up.

"Junghan oppa, don't tell oppa that Soojung will be coming tomorrow. I want to give him a little surprise tomorrow."

"Oh."

A few minutes later, the door to the lounge opened, and Chen Yan walked in from outside.

"oppa!"

Upon seeing her oppa, Lee Ji-eun immediately smiled and happily called out.

Chen Yan walked up behind her and said with a smile, "You've worked hard. The performance was wonderful. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it from the audience."

"Hehe~ That's good."

After removing their stage makeup and changing into comfortable clothes, Lee Ji-eun and Chen Yan got into their van and returned to the hotel about half an hour later.

They took the elevator directly to the 11th floor of the hotel, and the two walked hand in hand to the room door.

Lee Ji-eun took out her room key, opened the door, and the two went inside.

Just as Chen Yan was about to continue walking forward, the girl reached out and hugged him, looking at him with bright almond-shaped eyes and pouting.

"Oppa, charge up~"

He looks nothing like he did last night when he unconsciously grabbed his pants.

Chen Yan couldn't help but smile, then cupped her fair face in his hands and lowered his head to kiss her.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

"Snapped"

Retracting his hand from that small, pert bottom, Chen Yan looked at the girl with slightly dazed eyes and smiled:
"Go take a shower, you've had a long day."

"Oh."

With a soft, sweet voice, Lee Ji-eun obediently turned around to get her underwear, which she held in her arms without any attempt to conceal them, and walked into the bathroom in front of Chen Yan.

There's no point in trying to hide it; in the end, her own oppa will take it off anyway.

Seeing this, Chen Yan didn't say anything. He walked to the short sofa, sat down, and took out his phone to send messages to Kim Tae-yeon and the others.

Kim Tae-yeon and her group's concert started half an hour later than Lee Ji-eun's. Including the time spent cleaning up afterward, they are currently on their way back.

So the message was replied to quickly, and they chatted for more than ten minutes until they went back to the hotel to wash up.

After putting down his phone, Chen Yan was lost in thought for a moment.

He suddenly realized that he and Jessica Jung seemed to be chatting less frequently than before.

Although their conversations were quite normal, it seems that he's the one who initiates the conversations with the woman now.

And that was before he realized he liked Krystal Jung.

After realizing he liked Krystal Jung, he seemed to intentionally or unintentionally reduce the number of times he chatted with that woman.

Perhaps it was because of a subconscious sense of embarrassment and guilt?

Although he knew he couldn't do anything to Krystal Jung, a change in his mindset was inevitable.

He is a human being, not a robot; how could he possibly be completely rational?

After a moment, Chen Yan came to his senses and sighed softly as he leaned back on the sofa.

Perhaps we should think of a way to solve this problem, but how should we solve it?
Sometimes, matters of the heart cannot be resolved through reason alone.

After thinking for a while, Chen Yan paused his thoughts and stopped pondering.

There's no solution to this problem in the short term. Let him think about it carefully when he's alone after he gets back.

At that moment, the sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and two minutes later, Lee Ji-eun, wearing a bathrobe, came out of the bathroom.

She met Chen Yan's gaze as he sat on the sofa, smiled sweetly, and quickly walked over, taking a step to sit on her oppa's lap.

"Oppa, what are you thinking about?"

"I wasn't thinking about anything. I just finished chatting with Taeyeon and Noona. Their concert is over, and I just got to the hotel."

"Oh."

Li Zhien nodded.

Suddenly, a warm sensation came from my leg.

She looked down and saw that a pair of large hands had already slipped under the hem of her bathrobe.

Looking up at the owner of the large hand, the owner returned a big smile.

But the next second, Chen Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and he stared blankly at the girl in front of him.

Lee Ji-eun's eyes darted away, and blushes rose on her fair cheeks as she spoke softly:
"I just feel that there's no need to wear it, and I might even accidentally get it dirty."

"Oh."

Chen Yan nodded blankly, and without saying anything more, he directly showed his inner turmoil through his actions.

He lowered his head and captured the girl's pink lips, kissing them passionately.

After kissing for a while, he lifted Lee Ji-eun's small, upturned buttocks and got up.

"Oppa, take a shower first."

"Oh."

"No, no, oppa, put me down first."

"What did you say? I can't hear you."

"Ah~" The next morning.

Chen Yan remained seated on the short sofa, watching Lee Ji-eun standing in front of the full-length mirror not far away, fixing her hair and clothes.

When his gaze fell on the girl's shapely figure encased in white denim shorts, his expression suddenly became somewhat enigmatic.

A few seconds later, he raised his right hand and looked at it.

Who would have thought that beneath those white denim shorts was a blush that hadn't completely faded since last night?

Lee Ji-eun seems to be the one who should have joined SM Entertainment the most.

After all, she directly took up half.

In front of the full-length mirror, Lee Ji-eun, having finished fixing her bangs, turned to look at her oppa, about to say that she was done and could leave.

But I saw him looking at his raised right hand.

The girl was stunned for a moment, then realized what she meant, and her face quickly turned bright red.

"oppa~"

She shouted, her voice filled with embarrassment and annoyance.

"what?"

Chen Yan snapped out of his daze and saw Li Zhi'en staring at him with her puffed-up cheeks, so he quickly smiled.

"Alright, let's go then."

He got up and walked to Lee Ji-eun's side. The girl pouted and gave a soft hum, then took his hand and walked out of the room.

As she walked towards the elevator, Lee Ji-eun kept glancing at Chen Yan beside her, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back.

Chen Yan looked straight ahead, but a smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "I really like this kind of attribute."

Lee Ji-eun knew what he meant, and blinked her eyes: "Really?"

He turned to look at her and smiled, but Chen Yan didn't say anything.

"Snapped"

The sound echoed in the empty corridor.

A simple action is the best answer.

Lee Ji-eun glanced at her oppa with a hint of reproach, then turned to look straight ahead, a smile quickly spreading across her slightly flushed face.

As long as her oppa doesn't find her strange, that's fine.

Upon arriving at the underground parking garage, the two got into the van and set off again for the nearby venue.

After arriving at the venue, Lee Ji-eun, as usual, made some adjustments before heading to the stage for rehearsal.

The setlist for tonight's concert was basically the same as last night's, except for two different songs.

But tonight, in addition to the two songs that were originally scheduled being different, there is one more song.

She's going to sing "Nagging" with her oppa at the end of the concert.

Li Zhi'en handed him the silver-white guitar that Chen Yan had given her, and chuckled:

"Oppa, how about you play and sing tonight? With your skill level, it's a piece of cake, isn't it?"

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, then took the guitar and looked at her with a helpless yet indulgent gaze: "You're always causing me trouble."

Lee Ji-eun said coquettishly, "No, I'm just letting the fans who come to the concert see how handsome oppa is, and they'll definitely be pleasantly surprised."

"I'm handsome even if I don't play guitar."

"Yeah, I admit that. Oppa is the most handsome, but the oppa who plays the guitar is even more handsome."

"Cut~"

Helpless, Chen Yan could only practice in the lounge according to the sheet music, while Li Zhi'en went to the stage for rehearsal.

Now, even if Chen Yan isn't in the audience, she can rehearse freely on stage.

Because she already has someone to rely on, she no longer needs anyone to be within her sight.

Time quickly passed to a little after three in the afternoon.

On stage, Lee Ji-eun, who had just finished rehearsing "Nagging" with Chen Yan, smiled sweetly at him and gave him a thumbs up.

“Oppa, if you were an entertainer, you would definitely be more popular than me.”

Stop praising me.

"Hehe~"

The two walked off the stage together. Lee Ji-eun took the phone from Bae Jung-han and continued walking with Chen Yan to the lounge.

"Adu"

After walking a few steps, my phone suddenly beeped with a message notification.

The girl looked down and her eyes lit up instantly.

Looking up at Chen Yan's retreating figure, she blinked a few times, quickly walked to his side, and said with a grin:

"Oppa, can you do me a favor?"

"what?"

"A friend of mine is coming to my concert and is at the venue entrance right now. Could you go and pick her up for me?"

"She's also a fan of yours. I'd like you to pick her up and give her a surprise."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan, who was about to ask why other people weren't allowed to go, swallowed his words.

"Okay, which door is she in?"

Lee Ji-eun smiled and took the guitar from Chen Yan's hand: "At Gate 3 on the west side, hehe, thank you for your hard work, oppa."

Chen Yan raised his hand and lightly tapped the girl's head before turning and leaving.

Behind him, Lee Ji-eun glanced at his back, her eyes flickered for a moment, then she turned around and continued walking briskly towards the lounge.

After leaving the backstage area, Chen Yan headed towards Gate 3 on the west side.

When he was still dozens of meters away from Gate 3, he saw the tall figure standing at the entrance.

The figure was wearing a black hat and a black mask, dressed casually in a black T-shirt and black wide-leg pants, and was looking down at his phone.

As he drew closer, Chen Yan suddenly frowned.

For some reason, he had a strange sense of familiarity.

At this moment, the figure at the door raised her head, looked directly in front of her, and then turned to look in Chen Yan's direction.

The moment their eyes met, they both froze.

Chen Yan paused in his steps.

It's Krystal.

Krystal Jung, who was standing at the door, was the first to come to her senses and walked over.

Seeing this, Chen Yan quickly suppressed the trembling in his heart, smiled, and started walking towards the door again.

The door opened, and Krystal Jung walked in.

She tilted her head slightly to look at the person she most wanted to see on this trip, and after two seconds, her eyebrows curved into a smile.

"I didn't expect IU unnie to send you to pick me up."

Looking at the girl's smiling eyes, Chen Yan felt a sudden flutter in his heart, and replied with a smile:

"She didn't tell me it was you coming."

As he spoke, he looked away and continued walking inside, saying, "She said she was a fan of mine and asked me to come and greet her, to give her a surprise."

"fan?"

Following Chen Yan, Krystal blinked and said, "I guess so."

"That's an honor, even Krystal is a fan of mine."

Chen Yan looked ahead and smiled, but then he heard the girl's voice again.

"I was genuinely pleasantly surprised."

(End of this chapter)