Hancheng: There is a door between me and the future

Chapter 205 Strange? Goodbye, Experience Experiential Learning~ (Please subscribe and vote!)
While Lin Xiuyuan was in his 25-year-old villa, playing a game with Krystal where 'you cook for her and I'll have sex with you'...

In the dimly lit bar on a summer noon in 2013, Shirley, who had arrived early, was lounging on the sofa, swinging her legs leisurely, waiting for that familiar figure.

As the doorbell rang softly, Shirley immediately smiled and got up to greet her. When she opened the door, it was indeed her.

"You're here, Krystal~"

"Yeah, there was a bit of traffic on the way." Krystal Jung said, shaking the bag in her hand as she closed the door. "Then I bought some snacks on the way."

Upon entering the tavern, her gaze instinctively swept around the room. Her eyes, which usually carried a hint of distance, now revealed a subtle tension.

Only after confirming that the house was empty did he quietly breathe a sigh of relief, and his shoulders relaxed slightly.

Standing to the side, Sulli noticed her fleeting reaction and couldn't help but tease, "What's wrong? Don't you like seeing oppa?"

Krystal paused slightly and replied, "It's not that I don't want to see you, it's just a bit strange."

After placing the bag on the coffee table in the sofa area, she went straight to the bar and said, "Shirley, can I get a drink?"

"Sure, if you drove here, I'll make you a cup of honey black tea. It's simple, but it's very delicious."

Shirley nodded and then went behind the bar.

While adjusting the drinks, he asked Krystal Jung why she had that thought just now.

Krystal Jung didn't answer immediately. Instead, she sat on a bar stool, resting her chin on her hands, her brows slightly furrowed, with an indescribable expression.

"...I can't explain it either."

After a moment, she slowly spoke, her voice lower, "I just feel that the way Lin Xiuyuan looks at me... is a little strange."

"Strange?" Shirley paused slightly, raising an eyebrow subtly.

"Well, not in a lecherous or offensive way."

Krystal Jung, resting her hand on the bar, shook her head, frowning as she tried to find the right words, "When he looked at me... it was like he was looking at someone he knew very well."

Inside the bar, Shirley was adjusting the drinks, stirring them continuously, but her eyes flickered and she didn't say anything.

"I don't know what he found familiar about me, anyway, I didn't have any impression of him before."

Krystal Jung continued to explain, "But his gaze seemed to penetrate me directly, seeing through all my thoughts, personality, subconscious little actions, and even some details that I wasn't even aware of. It was as if he already knew them all along."

"A little..." This time she paused for a moment and pursed her lips.

"It felt a bit like standing naked in front of someone. I knew he wasn't that kind of person, and even his eyes didn't seem like that kind of staring gaze. But even just that occasional glance from him gave me the creeps."

Upon hearing this, Shirley finally couldn't help but chuckle softly, her expression suggesting she understood something, with a hint of "I knew it."

"What are you laughing at?" Krystal Jung glanced at her, somewhat annoyed.

"It's nothing, it's nothing..." Shirley waved her hands repeatedly, but she couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

At this point, she had a general idea of ​​where the feeling of "being seen through" that Soojung was talking about came from.

Krystal Jung clearly sensed something was wrong, staring at her and asking, "You know, don't you? Don't try to fool me."

"Ah, I don't know."

Krystal looked at her with a hint of disbelief, "Don't keep me in suspense, you must know something."

Shirley didn't reply. Instead, she wiped the cup clean, handed over the cup of honey black tea with fine foam, and said with a smile.

"Why don't you think about it from a different perspective, Krystal? Maybe you're being too sensitive? I feel like oppa's eyes look the same to everyone."

"I'm not sure about that."

Krystal Jung took the drink and muttered to herself, "But I really feel something's not right, it feels really weird... I can't quite put my finger on it."

Then, taking a sip of black tea, the steam brushing past her nose, she said with a slightly annoyed tone, "So, when you asked me to come here, I was actually a little hesitant and didn't really want to come, and that's why."

Shirley nodded after listening, without refuting, but gave her a meaningful look, having already figured everything out in her mind.

Ultimately, it's because Lin Xiuyuan and Krystal got too intimate in 2025.

The endless, tender moments naturally brought back the familiar feeling of an "old married couple" to 2013.

In addition, Krystal herself liked to ramble on in front of Lin Xiuyuan, talking about little things from the past. Over time, even the sharp and stubborn Krystal Jung from 13 became someone Lin Xiuyuan "couldn't be more familiar with".

Finally, in the eyes of Lin Xiuyuan, Krystal's bedmate, all of Zheng Xiujing's little actions and thoughts were things that Krystal had already done before, so he must have a sense of "seeing through" her.

In summary, Krystal Jung has basically no secrets from Lin Xiuyuan. But this is not something Lin Xiuyuan did intentionally; on the contrary, it was just too natural, and he didn't even realize that he was 'seeing through' Krystal Jung.

“But don’t overthink it,” Shirley chuckled softly, her tone softening. “Oppa isn’t the kind of person who would scrutinize others.”

“I know.” Krystal Jung raised her eyes slightly and sighed softly. “That’s why I find it even stranger. You said he didn’t do anything, but I just feel… something’s not right.”

After saying that, she lowered her head and took another sip of black tea, but the warmth on her lips did not dispel the slight chill in her heart.

"Alright, let's not think about this anymore. Let's go get something to eat first."

Seeing that Krystal seemed a little distracted, Sulli smiled and pulled her back to sit on the sofa, changing the subject, "By the way, when you called me just now, didn't you say you wanted to ask me about the script? What did you want to ask?"

After that, the two sat on the sofa, eating snacks and quietly discussing some of the character designs of the female lead in "Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo".

Krystal Jung also took out a biographical sketch she had written from her handbag and looked at it with Sulli.

He flipped through the pages while asking questions, his tone full of seriousness and confusion.

Shirley had already read the original novel and even spent some time analyzing the script, so she answered fluently and resolved all of Shirley's doubts in one go.

When Krystal finally put the character biography back in the bag with satisfaction, she fell silent for a moment, then looked up at Sulli with some hesitation.

“Sherry, I’m actually a little worried that I won’t be able to play this role well. It doesn’t feel like my style.”

"Well... the arrow is already on the string and has to be released. Soojung, you'll have to overcome this yourself. Besides, I think personal style is just a label that outsiders put on you. If you can play every role well, then there's no such thing as style. You'll be a chameleon actress, which is what you've always liked, isn't it?"

"A woman with a thousand faces..." Krystal Jung repeated softly to Sulli's words, then gave a wry smile, "But I don't have that confidence."

Then, as if remembering something, she muttered, "I don't know how Yoona unnie did it. Recently, it's like she suddenly had a breakthrough, her acting skills have exploded. A lot of people in the company are talking about it, saying that she's matured enough, but when I compare her to others, I feel like..."

"I know about Yoona unnie's situation, Soojung," Sulli interrupted her.

Krystal Jung was taken aback and immediately looked at her, "You know?"

"Ah."

Shirley nodded, but her tone was somewhat ambiguous, "It's just... the method she used has some side effects. I'm not sure if you can accept it."

"Sulli, stop teasing me like this," Jung Soo-jung said impatiently as Sulli kept only half-finishing things. "Just tell me straight, so I can at least have a sense of whether it's okay or not."

Sulli gave Jung Soo-jung a deep look and then whispered, "Yoona unnie's success is because she took the 'method acting' approach, which is why her acting skills have improved so much."

"Experience-oriented?"

Krystal frowned slightly. She knew this acting method, but she still pressed on, "Does that mean Yoona unnie has now become the female lead in that script and fallen in love with a 'male lead'?"

"That's about it." Shirley nodded, her tone ambiguous, but she didn't deny it.

"...How am I supposed to experience this role? By training in weightlifting?" Krystal Jung blurted out, not quite understanding what was going on.

This made Sulli laugh out loud. "Soojung, are you stupid? Although this drama looks like a sports drama, it's actually a youth romance idol drama at its core, okay? You need to find a 'male lead' to experience that kind of bickering couple romance."

"in love?"

Upon hearing the word, Krystal Jung immediately shook her head, looking resistant. "I have absolutely no thoughts of dating right now. I just want to focus on my work. The stage is great, why would I need to be in a relationship?"

The moment the words left her mouth, she didn't notice that Sherry's expression paused slightly.

Because Sulli envisioned a future 25 years in the future, where her 'rebellion' and Jessica's 'departure' led to the group and Krystal losing their work and stage, which resulted in the later 'relationship announcement'.

Thinking of this, Shirley felt a pang of inexplicable heartache. Looking at the still passionate and stubborn maknae in front of her, she said softly.

"It's not about actually dating, but about finding someone to experience the atmosphere and emotions of being in love together, like rehearsing, to bring out that emotional state. This is the method many 'method actors use when they don't have the talent. Those who are talented can act it out directly without going through this roundabout way."

Krystal Jung sensed something was up and stared at her, "So, Yoona unnie, who did you 'experience' with back then?"

"I don't know," Shirley smiled. "It depends on you, who you want to act opposite. But I'll warn you beforehand that the risk of method acting is that once you get too involved, you can easily get stuck and not be able to get out."

Sulli suddenly realized that with Luhan as an example, it would be much easier to guide Jung Soo-jung on acting issues by learning from her experience.

However, if Lin Xiuyuan and Lin Yun'er knew about these methods of "copying experience," they would probably laugh themselves silly.

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