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

Chapter 565 The plan is successful!

Let's rewind to a little over an hour ago, when Running Man had just started airing.

At Jessica Jung's home in Seongnam-gu, Jessica Jung and Krystal Jung were sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Neither of them has any plans tonight.

The television in front of them was also playing Running Man.

After glancing at the program that hadn't officially started yet, Jessica Jung glanced at Krystal Jung, who had little expression on her face.

After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Soojung, how did it feel to record the show?"

She had actually wanted to ask Krystal Jung this question for a long time, since Chen Yan was also one of the guests on this episode.

But she was also afraid that Krystal Jung would misunderstand.

She misunderstood that she cared too much about her relationship with Chen Yan and wanted to ask about everything, which is why she had been holding back from asking.

She only asked the question now that the show has started airing.

She didn't really care much about Xiujing and Xiaoyan's relationship; it's just that she hadn't fully accepted it in her heart yet.

To be honest, she really wants to know how far Xiujing and Xiaoyan's relationship has progressed. Knowing this will allow her to be more mentally prepared.

But she couldn't ask directly.

That's really weird.

So she thought she could use the topic of recording the show to subtly probe the issue.

Upon hearing this, Krystal Jung's eyes flickered, and she pursed her lips slightly: "It's fine."

She started laying the groundwork.

The plan is underway.

Right now, she's thinking about how far she should go in her performance to ensure the plan is executed perfectly and achieves the best results.

"Oh"

Jessica Jung responded and didn't ask any more questions.

It's best not to ask any further. Let's see if there's a suitable opportunity later, and then we can continue asking.

The show began with six groups of people performing dances.

It has to be said that the opening was really interesting; Jessica Jung quickly got hooked and kept laughing.

Especially when I saw Lee Kwang-soo's bizarre dance and Kim Jong-kook's sexy dance, I burst out laughing and collapsed on the sofa.

Jung Soo-jung, standing next to her, was struggling to suppress her laughter, her lips tightly pursed.

If you laugh too hard at this point, how can you continue acting?

After all, the recording of the show had been several days ago, and according to her plan and explanation, she had already discovered that Chen Yan was deliberately keeping his distance from her.

How could she possibly be happy in this situation? It clearly doesn't fit her character.

The opening segment ended quickly. Jessica Jung paused for a moment, then glanced at Krystal Jung next to her, who still had no expression, and paused in surprise.

"Isn't it funny, Soojung?"

"That's funny, I already laughed."

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When you say this, could you please lighten your voice a little and show some variation in your expression? That would at least make it a little more believable.

Jessica frowned: "What's wrong? Did something happen during the recording? Or did something unpleasant happen today?"

Krystal Jung's expression froze.

At that moment, Chen Yan appeared on television.

It's now!

She glanced at Chen Yan on TV, quickly composed herself, and then turned to look at Jessica Jung.

“Jessica, Chen Yan knows that I like him. He has started to deliberately keep his distance from me and avoid me.”

Seeing the girl's slightly reddened eyes, Jessica Jung felt a pang of anxiety, leaned closer to her, and quickly spoke.

"Why would Xiaoyan avoid you? Didn't you two have dinner together before?"

Krystal Jung pursed her lips: "It seems like I was a little too hasty. It was quite obvious when we ate together last time, and it was also quite obvious when we were recording the show this time. During the second half of the recording that day, I could clearly feel that Chen Yan was keeping his distance from me."

"The next day I wanted to ask him out for a meal so we could talk in person, but he refused with some excuse. In the following days I messaged him, and his replies were noticeably different from before. I could feel the distance between us."

Having already prepared her words, Krystal lowered her eyes slightly and clenched her hands on her lap, showing a sad and distressed expression.

"Actually, I had already guessed that this would happen. Because of Unnie, Chen Yan will definitely keep his distance from me after he finds out that I like him."

Beside her, Jessica Jung opened her mouth: "But I..."

She wanted to say, "But haven't I already tacitly approved of you two being together?"

But when the words were about to come out, they suddenly stopped.

She really couldn't bring herself to say such a clear statement.

And she also realized something.

That is, her tacitly agreed attitude seems to have been known only to herself, and to Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Soon-kyu, who came to her house to talk that day.

Even Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Soon-kyu might not be entirely sure what her final decision was.

She nodded that day, but never made any further explicit statements afterward.

This attitude of neither explicitly opposing nor explicitly agreeing is actually a way for her to leave herself room for maneuver and a form of self-comfort.

I never said I agreed; if I didn't say that, then it doesn't count as true agreement.

As for Soojung, she didn't say a single word about the conversation that day.

Although I don't know if Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Soon-kyu have told Krystal, it doesn't really matter if they have.

There are some things she can't say to Soojung herself, so she has to tell Soojung through other people.

As for Xiaoyan, she would definitely not tell her.

If she said that, it would be equivalent to her telling Xiaoyan, "Xiaoyan, go after Xiujing and be with her. I won't object."

How could she say that?

Therefore, what Xiujing is saying now, that Xiaoyan is keeping her distance, is actually reasonable, unless Xiaoyan doesn't care about her feelings at all.

Knowing that Krystal likes him, and without her own feelings being expressed, if he doesn't keep his distance from Krystal, then Jessica Jung has misjudged Chen Yan.

The two fell silent for a moment, with only the sound of the television echoing in the living room.

A moment later, a distinct sobbing sound rang out.

Jessica Jung snapped back to reality and saw Krystal Jung's visibly trembling body beside her, and her heart ached.

Just as she was about to speak, Krystal Jung spoke first.

"Why is it so hard for me to like someone?"

After uttering a sentence filled with grievance and sadness, she raised her hand to wipe away the tears on her face, then got up and went back to her room.

Behind her, Jessica Jung instinctively wanted to get up and chase after him, but then slowly sat back down.

A door slammed shut with a soft "bang".

I leaned against the door of the room for a while and made sure that Jessica Jung hadn't followed me.

Krystal Jung walked to the bedside and sat down, wiping away the remaining tears from the corners of her eyes. Her face was no longer the sad and upset look she had just had in the living room.

The girl unconsciously sniffed a few times, and mumbled softly:
"He acted pretty well; Jessica must have already believed him."

Moreover, to some extent, she wasn't entirely acting, because her sadness and grief genuinely stemmed from Chen Yan's emotions.

Thanks to Chen Yan, Krystal Jung feels that she can now handle crying scenes with ease.

Whenever she felt the urge to cry, she would think of the painful memories she shared with Chen Yan, and her emotions would quickly rise, bringing tears to her eyes naturally.

"I think this is just the right amount of time. Jessica will just imagine how sad and upset I am, all by myself."

She no longer needs to break down and cry like before; sometimes, excessive emotions can have the opposite effect.

Jessica had already leaned towards acquiescence, and now she was simply trying to soften Jessica further, break through her faltering psychological defenses, and get her to accept it more easily.

She's probably sitting alone in the living room right now.

After what I just said, they should be able to see some of their own and Chen Yan's performance in this episode, and then further believe what they said.

In the living room, Jessica Jung's eyes were somewhat vacant.

At that moment, the TV showed a clip of Chen Yan and Lee Kwang-soo playing the Ideal World Cup game in the car.

Lee Kwang-soo asked, "Sulli, Krystal."

Upon hearing Krystal Jung's name, Jessica Jung immediately snapped out of her reverie and looked at the television screen.

On television, Chen Yan then gave his answer: "Shirley."

Jessica Jung stared intently at Krystal Jung, observing her expression.

Krystal Jung bit her lip lightly, her eyes clearly showing some displeasure.

After Chen Yan offered an explanation, she replied, seemingly unconvinced, "I'll call you oppa too, okay?"

Chen Yan looked at her and smiled: "Is that so? Maybe it's because your name isn't as sweet as Shirley's."

Krystal Jung gave a soft snort, turned her head to look out the car window, and said nothing more.

Jessica Jung continued watching TV, looking thoughtful.

Later, during the pool battle segment, after Chen Yan successfully passed through, Jung Soo-jung and Jung Eun-ji were sitting on either side of him.

The camera panned at him several times, but he seemed to be chatting with Jung Eun-ji the whole time, completely ignoring Jung Soo-jung on the other side.

Logically speaking, Chen Yan should be more familiar with Jung Soo-jung and have more topics to talk about with her.

But what Jessica Jung sees now is this: Chen Yan and Jung Eunji are chatting enthusiastically, while Jung Soo-jung is standing next to them, looking somewhat sullen with her head down, quietly watching the water in the pool.

Actually, this was all an act by Krystal Jung on purpose.

She guessed that the production team would give Chen Yan more screen time, so when she was with Chen Yan, she told him not to chat with her and deliberately acted sullen.

Seeing this, Jessica pursed her lips, her thoughts immediately following what Krystal had just said.

Krystal just said that she was quite obvious when she had dinner with Xiaoyan last time, and she seemed to care again during the World Cup.

So Xiaoyan probably realized that Xiujing liked him, and then started to keep his distance from her.

During the subsequent five-second rapid-fire Q&A session, even though Krystal Jung stood next to Chen Yan many times, the two did not exchange a single word.

During the event, Krystal pursed her lips a few times, which might go unnoticed if you weren't looking closely.

But Jessica Jung was intently observing her expression, so she quickly noticed.

When the other teams performed dances again and went to Chen Yan to share food, f(x)'s team sent Jung Soo-jung.

But when Chen Yan saw her, he still had the same gentle smile he had when he was with Girl's Day and Apink, and he didn't talk to her much.

In Jessica Jung's opinion, this was clearly not right. In the past, Chen Yan would definitely have talked to her more.

After the episode ended, Jessica Jung picked up the remote and turned off the TV.

The room fell silent instantly.

Leaning back on the sofa, Jessica Jung looked up at the ceiling and sighed softly after a moment.

Although it might seem strange, she had to admit that seeing Xiaoyan and Xiujing keeping their distance actually made her happy, and even a little satisfied.

She wasn't happy and satisfied because Xiaoyan and Xiujing kept their distance and she saw hope that the two wouldn't be together.

It was because Chen Yan showed the attitude she had always wanted.

In fact, she always knew that the simplest way to resolve the three-person issue was for her to go to Xiaoyan and say that she agreed.

In this way, the awkward relationship between the three of them will be relieved instantly, and Soojung will no longer be sad and upset.

She also knew that Xiaoyan and Xiujing had known each other for so long, and he must have some feelings for Xiujing.

Moreover, no man could resist the temptation of someone like himself and Soo-jung.

Of course, this excludes those with abnormal sexual orientation.

But she never really got over that mental hurdle.

Even now, after so much time has passed, and despite being persuaded by Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Soon-kyu, she still hasn't made a complete decision.

And
Why?

Why should I be the one to express my opinion first?

Xiao Yan hasn't even made a statement yet.

Why should I be the first to speak out after going through pain and struggle?

If I express my opinion, then all the problems will essentially disappear.

But what about Xiaoyan's attitude?
Why is it that I suffered through so much pain, struggled and agonized before finally giving my opinion, while Xiaoyan was able to remain silent from beginning to end and simply reap the benefits?

People do not worry about scarcity, but about inequality.

One of the main reasons why Jessica Jung has not yet made a clear statement is that she is waiting for Chen Yan's attitude.

We'll see what Chen Yan does after he finds out that Zheng Xiujing likes him.

Therefore, she has been in this state of inner conflict for more than a month.

Just now, she finally saw Chen Yan's attitude, and the tension that had been building up inside her suddenly dissipated.

Most of the time, what women really want isn't your sweet words, nor does it require you to take any concrete actions.

All she wants is for you to show her a clear stance.

After staring blankly at the ceiling for a long time, Jessica Jung came back to her senses, turned her head and glanced at the wall, as if looking through the wall at the door of Krystal Jung's room.

She pursed her lips and sighed softly again.

Now that she has Xiaoyan's attitude, she really can't dwell on it any longer.

mainly.
She really felt sorry for Krystal; she cried again and must be heartbroken alone in her room right now.

Continuing to be conflicted is pointless; it will only cause unnecessary suffering for both you and Soojung.

But
How should I bring this up?

(End of this chapter)