Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

So, under everyone's watchful eyes, Hirai Momo and Liu Baiyuan walked out.

Even when he passed by Sana Minatozaki, he only glanced at her briefly before leaving the conference room.

He initially had a good impression of this girl from Osaka. After watching some TWICE videos, he could sense the friendship between Sana Minatozaki and Momo Hirai.

However, every time she met him, it was with a perverted approach, which made him have an extremely bad impression of her.

However, because of his relationship with Hirai Momo, he wouldn't say anything about how he treats Minatozaki Sana; at most, they're just strangers he knows.

As for the little bit of favorability shown by Sana Minatozaki in the progress bar, he had no idea where it came from. Logically speaking, how could someone who started by treating him as a "pervert" have a little bit of favorability towards him?

Is this thing in my head broken?

While Liu Baiyuan was absentmindedly pondering something, Hirai Momo, who was beside him, was intently watching the man next to her.

He's much fairer and more handsome than he was when he was a child, and he's wearing glasses now. His mannerisms and speech also seem quite different from when he was a child.

She had imagined many scenarios of meeting Liu Baiyuan again, and even after so many years on the peninsula, she had fantasized about scenes from Korean dramas.

But she found that when that day actually arrived, she realized that the moment she saw it, she wouldn't think about it so much anymore...

Ding~!

As the two entered the elevator and the doors closed, Liu Baiyuan's gaze finally fell on Hirai Momo beside him. He looked her up and down, a slight smile playing on his lips, and said to her:

"She's much prettier than when she was a child."

That seemingly innocuous remark instantly shattered the psychological defenses that Hirai Momo had painstakingly built up.

She wanted to be reserved and maintain a 'perfect' image during their first meeting after many years.

But Liu Baiyuan's words instantly turned her nearly ten minutes of effort into nothing.

"Brother Bai Yuan..."

Hirai Momo bit her lower lip tightly, her eyes already glistening with tears, as if they might burst forth at any moment.

Liu Baiyuan then replied in Japanese:

"It's here."

Although Hirai Momo was wearing a mask, she still subconsciously covered her mouth with her little hand. This "ladylike" scene made him chuckle. When she was little, Hirai Momo wasn't this "ladylike".

Whether laughing or crying, you can see right through their throats.

"Alright, alright, we finally get to see each other, are you going to come crying to me?"

Seeing that Hirai Momo's tears were already sliding down her cheeks, Liu Baiyuan panicked a little. He reached out and gently wiped away her tears while also pulling her into his arms.

Fortunately, the elevator did not stop in the middle and went directly to the underground parking lot.

Ding!

The moment the elevator doors opened, Liu Baiyuan and Hirai Momo had already let go and stepped out of the elevator one after the other.

However, if you look closely, you'll notice that Hirai Momo's eyes are still a little red and swollen, indicating that she had just been crying.

JYP's underground parking lot is not large; in fact, it could be described as rather small.

Therefore, Liu Baiyuan quickly found his car, but he first opened the passenger door and said to Hirai Momo:

"Come on up."

Hirai Momo stared blankly at the car. She felt a sense of familiarity with it, but she just couldn't remember where she had seen it before.

Seeing that Hirai Momo didn't react, Liu Baiyuan called her name again out of curiosity.

"peach?"

Hirai Momo then realized what was happening. Seeing the door Liu Baiyuan had opened for her, she immediately went over and sat in the passenger seat.

After watching Hirai Momo get into the car, Liu Baiyuan closed the car door for her and then went to the driver's seat.

Just as Liu Baiyuan got into the car and fastened his seatbelt, he turned his head and saw Hirai Momo curiously looking around. He chuckled and asked:

"What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Hirai Momo shook her head and said:

"Nothing much, I just looked at this car and it seemed kind of familiar..."

As mentioned before, Liu Baiyuan's Japanese had weakened somewhat due to not speaking it for a long time. Therefore, upon hearing Hirai Momo's Japanese, a slightly embarrassed expression appeared on his face; clearly, he hadn't understood. So he said to Hirai Momo:

"How about we speak Peninsular languages ​​instead?"

Although Liu Baiyuan only came to the peninsula and learned the peninsula language because of school, his peninsula language has improved rapidly in the past two years, making him much better than his Japanese, which he hasn't spoken for over a decade...

Moreover, his Japanese wasn't very good back then, and speaking of which... Hirai Momo, who was by his side, could be considered his half-teacher.

"Huh? Why?"

Hirai Momo didn't understand why, and Liu Baiyuan, seeing that this silly Momo still didn't get it, had no choice but to explain it to her in plain language:

"I haven't spoken Japanese for over ten years. I didn't understand what you just said, so let's use the Korean language instead. It just so happens that you can speak it, and I can speak it too."

After saying that, Liu Baiyuan started the vehicle, and thus a "strange" scene was created.

A German-made car was carrying a Chinese man and a Japanese man, but the two were chatting in a Korean language...

Liu Baiyuan was driving with Hirai Momo on the road when she finally asked the question that had been troubling her for over a decade.

"Oppa, why haven't you come back to see me all these years..."

Upon hearing Hirai Momo's words, Liu Baiyuan fell silent for a long while before slowly speaking:

"Actually... I did go to see you."

Hearing Liu Baiyuan's words, Hirai Momo was also stunned for a moment, her eyes full of doubt. She clearly remembered that she had never seen Liu Baiyuan in all these years.

Before she could think it through, Liu Baiyuan gave a helpless, bitter smile and said:

"Back in 2012, during my high school break, I went to Japan. I visited the place where we lived as children, but your family had already moved away a long time ago. Later, I went to Osaka and found the place where you and your sister used to practice dancing when we were kids, but you were long gone too, so..."

Upon hearing Liu Baiyuan's words, Hirai Momo immediately understood. It wasn't that he hadn't tried to find her; it was just that they had moved, and Liu Baiyuan couldn't locate her...

And in 2012... that's exactly the year she joined JYP, which makes everything fit together...

Thinking of this, Hirai Momo felt as if her inner knot had been untied, and she breathed a sigh of relief. She finally smiled and said to Liu Baiyuan:

"In that case, I'll forgive you for disappearing for so many years, Oppa!"

Hearing Hirai Momo's words, Liu Baiyuan couldn't help but smile. However, when he saw the red string on Hirai Momo's wrist, he exclaimed in surprise:

"Is this the lucky rope I gave you back then? I didn't expect you to still be wearing it."

"Yes, it's strange, I suddenly really wanted to wear it before I came here, and then I ran into you today!"

Hirai Momo's tone was filled with undisguised surprise, and Liu Baiyuan, looking at the slightly faded red string on her wrist and then at her bright, sparkling eyes, already had an excellent gift in mind. So he smiled and said to Hirai Momo:

"Come on, Oppa will take you shopping!"