Peninsula Cicada Song Diary

Even after eating a hot meal in the cafeteria, Huang Lizhi still felt dizzy.

"I didn't expect Xiyan to agree so easily." Shen Liuzhen said while stuffing broccoli into his mouth.

"That's probably the charm of watermelon," Choi Ji-soo said, poking at the kimchi on her plate with her chopsticks.

"Could it be Yeji unnie's charm?" Shin Yuna's big eyes darted around. "Maybe Xiyan likes apples, but changed her mind on the spot after seeing Yeji unnie's answer."

The more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed. She clapped her hands and exclaimed, "Otherwise, why would he look so serious? He must be thinking about it!"

"It's not impossible," Lee Chaeryeong coaxed the imaginative maknae.

"Right, what does Yeji unnie think?" Shin Yoo-na looked at the person in question.

"What?!" Huang Lizhi's expression turned serious, pulling the building back from its tangent. "Don't think about all this nonsense, just eat."

"I need to go back and continue practicing later."

"Unnie is so boring." Shin Yoo-na pouted, but still obediently buried her head in her food.

Seeing the most unruly maknae (youngest member) calm down, Hwang Yeji breathed a sigh of relief. She looked down at her plate, which contained a balanced mix of grains and vegetables, but her foxy eyes flashed with the scene from the practice room just now.

Xi Yan should be a very easy person to get along with, she thought.

......

[This looks very healthy. Where did you eat here?]

[JYP Company cafeteria, 100% organic, certified by Chairman Park.]

[How could you bear to go out? And you even went to JYP?]

[I accepted an invitation from a school teacher to check out JYP's upcoming new girl group.] Pei Xiyan split her long message into two sentences and sent them over: [I've finally decided to write a song for them.]

[Whatever makes you happy. Going out more is much better than staying home all the time. I still have rehearsals to continue, that's about it...]

They were calculating the time over there, "[It'll be evening, we'll be back by evening.]"

[Doesn't Nuna need to go back to her dorm today?]

[What day of the week is it today?]

Today... Pei Xiyan had no sense of time, and only realized it after switching to another window and glancing at it.

[Saturday.]

Every weekend, except for early morning schedules, Nuna almost always stays at home for two days without fail.

[Do you want me to bring back any snacks?]

[I can buy it on my way back; it'll be fine once Nuna gets back.]

"Who are you chatting so happily with, junior? Is it your girlfriend?"

Pei Xiyan put down her phone, and in front of her was a gorilla-like face displaying an intense thirst for gossip.

"It's Nuna."

Park Jin-young did know that he had a noona, and one of the rumors was that he was a complete sister-complex.

"Your junior's noona must be very pretty too." Park Jin-young became interested. "Since your junior doesn't want to be an idol, I wonder if your noona would be interested?"

"She is very old."

"Age is not a problem; I can be an actor instead of an idol."

She is not tall.

"Height can be compensated for by wearing shoes."

"Her head is also big."

"You can't tell by covering it up with clothes."

"She even has those two deep nasolabial folds when she smiles," Pei Xiyan gestured to her own face, "It might affect other people's perception of her."

"Is this still your beloved Noona?" Park Jin-young said, both amused and exasperated. "Your junior said that about her."

"She is not."

"What?" Park Jin-young was taken aback.

"She's not my biological Nuna," Pei Xiyan tilted her head, "but she raised me."

Park Jin-young seemed to see the way he looked at his wife in his eyes. "I can see that you have deep feelings for her, junior."

"Deeper than the Mariana Trench." Pei Xiyan was a little lost in thought. "No... we might have to dig tens of thousands of kilometers deeper."

"Tens of thousands of kilometers?" Park Jin-young joked, "Then you'd dig a hole through the Earth."

Pei Xiyan smiled, her tone leaving no room for argument.

"Then let's dig a hole through the Earth."

......

Backed by Namsan Mountain and facing the Han River, Un Village is a well-known affluent area in Seoul. It is conveniently located with complete facilities. Shops selling luxury goods and jewelry are as numerous and common as the bowl cut hairstyle favored by men on the peninsula. The residents here are either top-tier tycoons with substantial wealth or top stars who have swept the Korean wave.

Pei Xiyan initially chose to live here mainly because of the snack shops here.

With fast sourcing and multiple logistics sources, you can find snacks from various countries and regions here. You'll be spoiled for choice when you browse around. There are nearly thirty varieties of lollipops, which he likes.

I bought two large bags of snacks and returned home. The sun was still high in the sky, and we were still about halfway to the other side of the mountain.

After tidying up the snacks, Pei Xiyan, with a strawberry lollipop in her mouth, opened the French windows that led directly from the living room to the courtyard. The lawn in the courtyard was regularly maintained by a professional, and even in October, it remained lush and green.

Pei Xiyan sat down on a deck chair on the grass and began to stare blankly at the Han River in the distance.

He quite enjoys sunbathing.

In the distance, the Han River shimmered with golden light. Minatozaki Sana, Minatozaki Sana, Minatozaki Sana... Pei Xiyan rubbed her eyes, wondering why it felt like the river was filled with this name.

"Am I possessed?" Pei Xiyan shook her head, then simply took out her Bluetooth earphones to plug her ears, found some music, and quickly closed her eyes.

Is everything alright now?

"You're here?"

Hearing a familiar voice calling in her drowsy state, Pei Xiyan opened her eyes and then realized that she had fallen asleep.

He immediately recognized it as a dream, not only because he saw the girl from his dream again, but also because the girl was now standing under a cherry blossom tree in full bloom...

Where did the cherry blossoms come from in October?!

The out-of-season cherry blossom trees brought with them a gentle breeze, causing cherry blossoms to fall continuously from the branches. The falling petals landed on the girl's hair and pleated skirt, and the ground around them was covered with pink petals, making it look like some kind of romantic wedding scene.

Pei Xiyan was quite a distance away from her, and he was still wondering whether he should run over when he saw the girl wave to him. Immediately afterwards, the cherry blossoms around her automatically extended into a long carpet, which stretched all the way to his feet.

Pei Xiyan stepped forward and was immediately taken to the girl's side.

"Did you come to see me?" The girl's face was still blurry, but Pei Xiyan could tell that she was smiling.

"Yes." Pei Xiyan nodded with absolute certainty.

"Have you found me?"

"...Found it."

"Please tell me my name." The girl took his hand, which was tied with a red string.

"Minatosaki...?" Pei Xiyan tentatively uttered two words, and the girl in front of him immediately cleared her eyes.

His pupils trembled, and he was about to utter the last two words when he felt something being pulled from his mouth, causing a sudden blockage. The next second, he saw the girl in front of him transform into...

"Nuna?!" Pei Xiyan opened her eyes in a daze.

"I told you not to sleep with a lollipop in your mouth."

It was already dark when a girl in a blue hoodie with lettering stood in front of him, holding a lollipop stick. Her delicate face, framed by round black-rimmed glasses, was frighteningly serious.

What if you accidentally swallow a paper stick?!