Peninsula: Starting with a silly childhood friend!

Looking at the increasingly familiar buildings and street scenes around him, Liu Baiyuan's confusion deepened.

Why does this drive feel more and more like home?

I initially thought this was just his wild and unfounded speculation, until...

"Oppa, just turn into that intersection ahead."

Upon hearing this, Liu Baiyuan abruptly turned to look at Hirai Momo beside him, for no other reason than that his home was also at that intersection...

The latter, of course, noticed Liu Baiyuan's shocked expression, but she didn't know what had happened and asked in confusion:

"What's wrong, Oppa?"

Liu Baiyuan pursed his lips, quickly turned his head back, and said while looking at the road:

"N-nothing..."

Before long, Liu Baiyuan led Hirai Momo into the intersection.

The houses on the peninsula are mostly built along the street, so as soon as Liu Baiyuan turned the car into the intersection, Hirai Momo in the passenger seat immediately spoke up:

"Here it is, Oppa."

Looking at the building that Hirai Momo was pointing to, Liu Baiyuan was completely dumbfounded. After a few seconds of silence, he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Now he understood. The noisy commotion he'd heard in the hallway a while back was from them...

"Oppa, what are you laughing at?"

Hirai Momo looked at Liu Baiyuan's inexplicable smile with a puzzled expression, not understanding what was wrong with this oppa.

Liu Baiyuan didn't hide anything, and directly parked the car in his own parking space, asking Hirai Momo:

"Do you even know who lives on the first floor of your building?"

Upon hearing Liu Baiyuan's question, Hirai Momo shook her head blankly. Recalling the actions of Minatozaki Sana and Chou Tzuyu when they delivered coffee, she truthfully replied:

"I don't know, but it seems like he helped us a couple of days ago. Sana and Tzuyu even brought him a cup of coffee, but we haven't seen him since..."

As soon as she finished speaking, Hirai Momo seemed to realize something was wrong and turned to look at Liu Baiyuan.

He couldn't help but chuckle and said:

"Hey, I'm the one who lives on the first floor."

boom!

This news was like a stone thrown into a calm lake, creating a huge uproar.

She couldn't believe that Liu Baiyuan lived downstairs from her dormitory.

So, does that mean they've actually been separated by only a wall all this time?

Hirai Momo was stunned, and Liu Baiyuan, seeing her expression, chuckled twice, then asked her as if to prove something:

"Did you guys order takeout around 8 or 9 pm a while ago?"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Hirai Momo was momentarily stunned. She was one of the "masterminds" behind this incident, and of course she wouldn't forget it. Moreover, the coffee delivery incident she had just mentioned actually stemmed from this matter.

But they did this rather discreetly, unless...

"Yes, I was the one who provided cover for you guys on the first floor back then."

Liu Baiyuan stopped being mysterious and readily admitted it.

Upon hearing this, Hirai Momo's mouth involuntarily opened slightly, her expression of surprise undisguised.

"Oppa, you...you've been living downstairs from us all this time?!"

Liu Baiyuan glanced at the first-floor window behind him and said, as if recalling something:

"It's not exactly always. I only rented it at the beginning of this year, and then I went back to school to take care of graduation matters. I just moved here recently."

Although it's a bit wasteful to rent a place and not live in it, he doesn't care about the money.

After listening to Liu Baiyuan's explanation, Hirai Momo nodded in understanding. No wonder they had lived here for almost a year and had never seen Liu Baiyuan.

It turns out he hadn't lived here before.

However, Hirai Momo's expression was quickly overwhelmed with surprise again. If Liu Baiyuan lived downstairs from her, wouldn't that mean she and Liu Baiyuan would be living next door, separated only by a wall?!

and...

A knowing smile appeared on Hirai Momo's face. Even though the door was locked, who knows...

"Alright, now that you're here, you should hurry back to your dorm, or you'll get questioned again later."

Liu Baiyuan smiled and turned off the car. Just as he was about to get out, his arm was grabbed by Hirai Momo beside him.

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Liu Baiyuan asked, puzzled, while Hirai Momo quickly pulled out her phone and said to him:

"It was fine before, but now that we've finally met, Oppa, aren't you going to give me a way to contact you? Is that even fair?!"

She didn't want to play the "no contact after more than ten years" game with Liu Baiyuan again. Back then, it wasn't the information age, and people from the same country living in different cities couldn't keep in touch often, let alone across borders.

In today's information age, as long as a person has a mobile phone, they can contact each other anytime, whether by making a phone call, sending a text message, or video calling to see the other person's face.

This is also a benefit brought about by technological development.

Upon hearing Hirai Momo's words, Liu Baiyuan immediately realized that he had forgotten she didn't have his contact information...

Thinking of this, Liu Baiyuan immediately took out his phone, added her on KakaoTalk, and gave her his phone number.

This is similar to VX in China, and its main functions are also similar to VX.

After they finished adding fuel, they opened the car door and got out. However, as soon as she stepped out of the car, she saw Liu Baiyuan's BMW and immediately realized what was going on.

Isn't this the car I saw here yesterday...?

Sigh, I really am quite stupid...

As she entered the apartment building, Hirai Momo saw Liu Baiyuan waving at her door and smiled and waved back before going up to the second floor.

However, she did not open the door immediately, but instead adjusted her attire in the blind spot of the surveillance camera at the door.

Although she wasn't actually in any serious condition, she still looked somewhat "disheveled" because she had been crying.

In no time, she arrived at the door, took out her keys, and opened the door.

"I'm back!!!"

Shortly after she opened her door, ten people from two rooms opened their doors and came out.

The two managers glanced at Hirai Momo and, seeing nothing unusual about her, ignored her and went back to their rooms.

The eight members of TWICE all came to Hirai Momo's side and began to look her up and down.

Seeing the way they were staring at her, Hirai Momo felt a little uneasy.

"What's wrong with you guys?"

"Nothing, we just wanted to see if you were doing anything bad with that man behind our backs."

"ah??!"