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

Chapter 533 Is it enough if I just agree to let you be with Xiaoyan?

On the other end of the phone, Krystal Jung seemed to realize that what she had just said might have been a bit off.

Just as she was about to explain, Chen Yan, who was driving, turned his head and glanced at her, his eyes looking somewhat inscrutable.

They seemed to also feel that her words were somewhat ambiguous.

Seeing this, Krystal blinked and suddenly didn't want to explain anymore.

Not hearing the girl's voice, Chen Yan couldn't help but turn his head to look at her again.

Krystal raised an eyebrow at him, her teasing expression undisguised.

Chen Yan was dumbfounded.

What do you mean? Aren't you going to explain?

Seeing the man's dumbfounded expression, and having satisfied her mischievous urges, the girl calmly explained to the person on the other end of the phone:
"Unnie, you saw the trending topic, right? Just now at IU's concert, Chen Yan accidentally scratched his hand while playing the guitar, so I told him to be careful with his hand."

She just had a sudden idea to play a little trick on Chen Yan; she didn't intend to go down the path of courting death.

She'll be home soon, and she needs to have a good talk with Jessica. She can't upset Jessica at this crucial moment.

On the other end of the phone, Jessica Jung, whose thoughts had already wandered to the question of "how much have Xiaoyan and Xiujing done," immediately snapped back to reality upon hearing this.

"Oh, that's how it is."

She breathed a sigh of relief and asked with concern, "Is Xiaoyan's hand badly injured?"

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then Chen Yan's gentle voice rang out.

"Nuna, I'm fine. My index and middle fingers were just scratched. It's not even an injury."

"okay."

"Okay, I'll take Soojung home right away, noona, don't worry."

"Of course I'm not worried. You brought Soojung back, what else do I have to worry about?"

Jessica Jung felt inexplicably guilty.

After all, she had just imagined Chen Yan and Xiujing doing it in the car.

There was another small static noise, and then the voice on the other end of the phone changed back to Krystal Jung's.

"I'll be home in a little while, I'll hang up now."

"okay."

After hanging up the phone, Jessica Jung put it down.

Sitting on the sofa with her eyes slightly lowered, she thought about the phone call she had just had, and a strange feeling suddenly came over her.

The way these two people took turns answering the phone so skillfully and naturally gave me a strange feeling of an older sister calling her younger sister who was dating to check up on her.

This isn't right.

In the white BMW sports car, Krystal Jung put down her phone, turned to look at Chen Yan's profile, and smiled.

"Jessica must have seen the trending topic on Naver and found out about me and you at IU's concert, so she called."

Chen Yan nodded.

The two of them had naturally come back from Busan.

It's been almost three hours since Lee Ji-eun's concert ended.

After singing this song on stage, the concert officially came to an end.

Lee Ji-eun has a schedule in Seoul tomorrow morning and will return to Seoul in the evening, but she still has some things to take care of after her concert.

So Chen Yan and Jung Soo-jung returned to Seoul first.

His performance at Lee Ji-eun's concert was naturally posted online by concert attendees, and after more than two hours, it has sparked heated discussions online.

Many fans lamented online that they had missed it.

Those who had just attended Lee Ji-eun's concert yesterday were particularly resentful, so angry they were pounding their chests and stamping their feet, never expecting that tonight's show would have a special stage.

Krystal blinked as she glanced at Chen Yan's phone, which was placed on the center console.

"Your phone rang several times just now."

Chen Yan looked ahead and smiled: "It must be Taeyeon and Yoona who sent me a meme of a cleaver dripping blood because of my singing at IU's concert."

Krystal raised an eyebrow: "You're quite experienced. Won't you have to appease Taeyeon and the others when you get back?"

"It's okay, they're all easy to coax, and they're actually quite cute when they're jealous."

"Heh, looks like you're actually enjoying it."

The girl's tone was tinged with sarcasm: "Tsk tsk, that's true. If a scumbag like you can't even handle this, what kind of scumbag is he?"

Chen Yan turned to look at her and said irritably, "Thank you for the compliment, but I'll take that as a compliment."

"You're welcome."

With a smile, Krystal Jung turned her head to look out the car window, her eyes flickering for a moment, before adding lightly:

"You don't need to coax Jessica here, leave it to me. Consider it a thank you for bringing me back."

"cough cough"

The girl's lips curled up slightly: "Judging from how nervous you were just now, you're not usually afraid of Jessica, are you?"

"Don't you know what kind of personality Nuna has? She looks cold, but she's actually very gentle. What's there to be afraid of? Of course, the premise is not to provoke her."

Chen Yan's expression was somewhat unnatural when he said this.

He felt a little strange talking to Krystal about Jessica Jung's older sister.

Krystal Jung smiled and said, "That's true. Jessica really is just a show-off."

A dozen minutes later, the car drove into the underground parking garage of the residential area, made two skillful turns, and slowly stopped next to an elevator entrance.

After glancing at the elevator entrance, Krystal Jung turned to Chen Yan and said meaningfully, "Now I know that your familiarity with the route isn't just because of your good memory."

Chen Yan's expression immediately became somewhat unnatural.

"Humph"

With a slight wrinkle of her upturned nose and a soft hum, Krystal unbuckled her seatbelt. Then, as if remembering something, she looked up at Chen Yan and blinked.

"Why don't you come up and sit for a while?"

"Um, no need, it's a bit late today, maybe next time."

Krystal Jung nodded as if suddenly realizing something: "I understand. I'll come when I'm not home."

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"It's a bit late today, let's do it next time. It's like someone who's never been to the house before is going to make a formal visit. Who are you? I think you know the house better than I do."

Chen Yan grinned.

This little iceberg is a bit too aggressive.

Well, I admit I was in the wrong, so it's no big deal to let her say a few words.

Seeing that Chen Yan did not reply, Jung Soo-jung let out another soft hum.

You bastard, I'll beat you to death!

"Really not going up?"

"Okay, you should go back now."

After glancing at him, Jung Soo-jung turned and opened the car door. The next second, however, she suddenly turned back to look at Chen Yan, her eyes filled with seriousness and scrutiny.

"You and Jessica, you didn't do anything in my room, did you?"

The girl's sudden outburst left Chen Yan stunned. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

"Humph"

Getting the answer from his expression, Krystal Jung snorted, said "Drive carefully on the road," and then got out of the car.

In the car, Chen Yan came to his senses and looked at the girl's tall figure walking towards the elevator, feeling both amused and exasperated.

He only turned his car around and drove away after the figure walked into the elevator and disappeared from sight.

At the elevator entrance, Krystal Jung stood quietly by the entrance, listening to the car gradually disappear into the distance until she could no longer hear it before stepping into the elevator.

She reached out and pressed the button, watching the numbers constantly changing on the screen, and pursed her lips.

Now we need to deal with Jessica's problem.

At home, Jessica Jung sat cross-legged on the sofa, looking down at her phone, her eyebrows slightly furrowed.

On the phone screen was a video uploaded online of Chen Yan and Krystal Jung appearing on the big screen at Lee Ji-eun's concert.

In the video, the two are all smiles, the man is handsome and the woman is beautiful, and at first glance, they really do seem like a good match.

Below the video, several comments said the two were a good match.

Jessica Jung was momentarily lost in thought as she stared at the screen.

"Didi"

Suddenly, the sound of a password being entered came from the doorway. She snapped back to reality, quickly turned off her phone, and then got up and hurried to the entrance.

Seeing the figure leaning against the wall changing her shoes, Jessica Jung subconsciously touched her pants and said somewhat awkwardly, "You're back."

For some reason, after seeing Krystal Jung, she suddenly felt a little lost, an emotion she had never experienced before.

"Ah."

After changing her shoes, Krystal Jung looked at her calmly and nodded, pursing her lips slightly, then seemed to think of something.

"Chen Yan went back first, saying it was too late today and he wouldn't come up."

After saying that, she suddenly clenched her fist, cursing inwardly:
"Damn it, what am I saying? Why are you just copying that guy's words verbatim?!"

Jessica Jung nodded blankly upon hearing this, "Oh, okay."

After a somewhat awkward conversation, the room fell silent.

After glancing at her unnie, Krystal Jung stepped into the house and headed towards the living room.

Behind her, Jessica Jung pursed her lips, took a deep breath to suppress the inexplicable unease in her heart, and followed.

The two sat down on either side of the sofa, and neither spoke for a moment.

Jessica Jung glanced at her younger sister beside her and secretly rubbed her hands together a few times on her lap.

"Um, Soojung, have you eaten? If not, would you like some?"

"I've already eaten, unnie. It's almost 11 o'clock now. If I eat anything more, I'll get fat."

"Oh, too."

Jessica Jung rubbed her hands together again, and didn't say anything for a moment.

The room fell silent again, and an awkward atmosphere began to spread between the two of them.

Looking at her unnie who was clearly at a loss beside her, Krystal Jung sighed inwardly, knowing why.

After thinking for a moment, she said, "Unnie."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Jessica Jung quickly looked up at her, only to see her calm yet incredibly determined gaze.

"I like Chen Yan, and I don't plan to give up."

Upon hearing these words, which she had anticipated many times before, Jessica Jung opened her mouth. Although she had prepared herself mentally, she still couldn't help feeling a little sad.

She lowered her eyes slightly and did not reply immediately.

Seeing this, Krystal Jung remained silent and waited for her to speak.

A moment later, Jessica Jung looked up at her again, a smile playing on her lips, her eyes sparkling.

"Soojung, I've thought about it carefully, and I'm going to break up with Xiaoyan. I feel that this kind of life is really a bit out of line, so I want to cut my losses in time."

She still couldn't make that decision, so she wanted to try the method she had originally thought of.

Even though I know the chances of success are slim, what if? What if it works?
If breaking up with Chen Yan could solve this problem, then she could grit her teeth and give it a try.

Upon hearing this, Krystal Jung looked somewhat dazed, her lips slightly parted, as if she hadn't expected such a response.

"Ha~"

Two seconds later, she suddenly smiled, her eyes fixed on Jessica Jung.

“Okay, you should break up with Chen Yan. That would be best, so I can be with him without any pressure.”

Her tone was light and casual, but her words were full of undisguised sarcasm and anger.

She truly didn't expect that what she would hear was Jessica Jung saying that she was planning to break up with Chen Yan.

Because Jessica Jung knows her personality best, it's easy to imagine that she wouldn't agree to such a thing.

But she still said it, which, in some ways, made her feel even worse than if Jessica Jung had directly argued with her and scolded her.

Anger surged within her, and Krystal clenched her fists: "Do you think I'll feel good about what you've done?"

Jessica Jung's eyes welled up with tears: "Krystal, listen to me."

"I do not want to hear!"

Krystal Jung interrupted her, a cold smile playing on her lips.

“Jessica, do you know what you look like to me? It’s like someone who has already tasted the grapes telling me, who is still trying to get them, that the grapes aren’t good and I shouldn’t eat them. It’s blatant showing off!”

Although her words were somewhat extreme, that was truly what she thought at that moment, filled with anger.

You've been dating Chen Yan for a while now, and you've mentioned before that you've been very happy during this time.

But now, in order to stop me, you say you want to break up with Chen Yan and that this kind of life is a bit outrageous. What kind of logic is that?
You've already enjoyed it, but I'm still trying to find a way to be with the person I like and enjoy the feeling of dating him.

Now you say you don't want to play anymore and you want to stop me? What right do you have to do that?
What do you take me for? What do you take Chen Yan, whom I've been trying so hard to be with, for?

“In your eyes, you are making a painful sacrifice for me, but I feel that you want me to live in self-blame and pain for the rest of my life.”

Jessica Jung quickly shook her head: "No, no, I didn't think that way."

"Then put away your previous idea. I won't allow you to break up."

Looking directly at her, Krystal Jung spoke in a very calm voice.

Jessica Jung opened her mouth, but couldn't say a word.

The two fell silent at the same time, and the living room fell silent once again.

After a long silence, Jessica Jung's slightly hoarse voice rang out:

"Is it enough if I just agree to you being with Xiaoyan?"

(End of this chapter)