People on the Peninsula: I Became a Lucky Koi

"...Are you injured?"

Yoon Sung-hyun swiftly moved from the office to the trainee department, displaying the combat skills he had acquired from the First Air Force.

Hearing his anxious voice, Jin Can waved his hand helplessly and said, "Ani, it wasn't me."

"It's her..."

Yoon Sung-hyun's gaze followed the direction he indicated and fell on Lim Na-yeon, who was sitting on the stairwell staring at each other.

The little girl's eyes were brimming with tears, and she grinned with her rabbit teeth, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"Go get the car, bro."

"Wait for me at the back door..." Jin Can said casually.

Yoon Sung-hyun breathed a sigh of relief and immediately did as he was told.

In his view, as long as Jin Can wasn't injured or sick, the rest wouldn't be a big problem.

Kim Chan squatted down in front of Lim Nayeon and asked earnestly, "Can you walk?"

"have no idea…"

Perhaps it was Kim Chan's sudden concern that made Lim Nayeon feel a little lost.

"Want to take a few steps?" Jin Can raised an eyebrow.

Yoo Jeongyeon quickly helped Lim Nayeon to her feet.

But as soon as the latter straightened up and took a step, he rubbed his groin, tears streaming down his face, and said stupidly, "It hurts~"

"Then... shall we come up?"

"I'll carry you on my back." Jin Can raised his hand and patted his shoulder.

Upon hearing this, Lim Nayeon froze for a moment, then sniffled and wiped away her tears.

"Isn't this inappropriate? Kim Chan-ssi..."

But her feet had already moved two steps up the stairs against her will, and she was about to lean over and lie on his broad back.

"hurry up."

Jin Can was too lazy to argue with her. After spending these past few days with her, he knew exactly what kind of person she was.

Looking at his serious expression, Lim Nayeon thought he was getting impatient.

I felt a little wronged again... I'm already so miserable!

"Kamsangmida~" Lin Nayeon choked out, hooking her arms around his neck and pressing her whole body against his back.

Jin Can raised his hand and supported her legs.

He then turned to Jeongyeon and said, "Jeongyeon-ssi, could you please say hello to PDnim?"

"I'll go too." Yu Dingyan looked anxiously at her friend's pained expression.

Jin Can shook his head. "Stop talking nonsense."

"Isn't there an end-of-month assessment today? It's crucial for the SIXTEEN selection, so stay strong!"

After saying that, he strode towards the elevator door with Lin Nayeon on his back.

As they passed the practice room, several heads peeked out from the doorway, staring with surprise at Kim Chan, who was carrying Lim Nayeon on his back.

I just got into the elevator.

Lim Nayeon suddenly started crying even harder, "Waaah~"

"Wow!"

"Nayeon sunbaenim, I'm not going to be kidnapped by you." Kim Chan stood in the elevator, glancing sideways at Lim Nayeon, who was sobbing on his shoulder, with great incomprehension. "Why are you crying?"

"Am I some kind of really bad person?"

Nayeon raised the back of her hand to wipe away her tears, "Ani!"

"We have an assessment today, and maybe because of this muscle strain, I'll miss out on a spot in the selection process... I feel like the whole world is against me."

"OKOKOK!" Jin Can clicked his tongue and carried her out of the elevator.

Although he was the one who plunged Lim Na-yeon into a deep mess, he also rescued her from it!

Yoon Sung-hyun drove up and stopped in front of the two of them.

Jin Can put Lin Nayeon in the back seat, and after they got out of the elevator, she stopped whining.

But her big, round, black eyes were bloodshot and the whites of her eyes were red; it was quite sad.

"Are you really royalty?" Lim Nayeon poked Kim Chan's arm, her attention diverted by the current situation.

Jin Can asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"...Such a nice car. And you haven't even debuted yet, but you already have a manager?" Lim Nayeon looked at the interior of the Bentley and then pointed at Yoon Sung-hyun, who was driving.

I deeply feel that comparing yourself to others is just plain frustrating.

Jin Can laughed speechlessly, "You drive a Maserati, and Cheng Xian isn't your manager."

"He's my very dear older brother..."

Yoon Sung-hyun drove with a smile, remaining silent.

But he kept glancing at Kim Chan and Lim Nayeon's expressions in the rearview mirror.

Upon hearing Yoon Sung-hyun's name, Lim Na-yeon suppressed her grief and politely greeted him, "Annyeonghaseyo~ Sung-hyun oppa."

"Annyeonghaseyo~" Yoon Sung-hyun nodded.

Jin Can glanced at Lim Nayeon's half-dead, lifeless appearance and asked, "Are you worried about the assessment?"

"…Inside."

Nayeon's thoughts were easily guessed, and tears welled up again. Her eyes turned red at a visible speed, and she responded with a heavy nasal tone.

Jin Can felt a headache coming on when he saw her like this, and predicted, "Don't cry!"

The tone wasn't harsh; it was even somewhat helpless.

But hearing this, Lin Nayeon, who had been experiencing a string of misfortunes, felt extremely uncomfortable. She turned her head and glared at him: "Someone cares... and this is it?!"

"I'm so upset, okay, Kim Chan-ssi!"

"If you left me on the street right now, I definitely wouldn't cry!"

After saying that, she immediately lowered her head, bit her lower lip tightly, and trembled all over like a rabbit that had fallen into the water.

"parking."

Jin Can raised his eyelids and said something to Yin Chengxian.

"Sizzle—"

The sudden braking sound broke the oppressive atmosphere inside the carriage.

Even Lim Na-yeon, who was immersed in her own world of sorrow, was so frightened that she shuddered.

She turned around, bewildered, her cheeks flushed and her voice trembling: "You really want me to get off the bus?!"

"Otherwise what?"

Kim Chan shrugged. "We've arrived at Seoul National University Hospital. What are we waiting for if we don't get out of the car?"

"Huh?" Lim Nayeon's brain froze for a moment, tilting her head and looking blankly out the car window.

The gray and white buildings of Seoul National University Hospital exude a sense of calm and oppression, with an overall architectural style that is orderly and solemn.

"...So, we've arrived?"

Lim Na-yeon scratched her head awkwardly and embarrassedly.

Yoon Sung-hyun glanced furtively at the awkward yet amusing atmosphere between the two in the back seat through the rearview mirror and said, "Chan!"

"Since you're trying to help others, don't play pranks on them..."

"Ani~" Jin Chan smiled, opened the car door and got out, "I wasn't teasing you."

Lin Nalian, shivering, moved closer to the car door, her tears gone, her face flushed. "Will you still carry me?"

...

...

We arrived at the Department of Sports Medicine, which Yoon Sung-hyun had arranged in advance.

The doctor first examined Lin Nalian by hand and pressed on her groin, and determined that it was a mild muscle strain.

Jin Can was still worried, so he took Lin Nayeon to get an ultrasound.

"Minor strain, you should apply cold compresses..." the doctor said in the office, delivering the diagnosis.

Jin Can breathed a sigh of relief. "Kamsammida."

"Can I still exercise now? I have a very important assessment today," Lim Nayeon suddenly asked, still wanting to go back to the company and give it her all.

Actually, she was already able to walk when she got off the bus at the hospital entrance.

The doctor asked, "Are you a trainee?"

"Yes, yes!" Lim Na-yeon nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

Doctor: "Rest for at least three to five days. If it becomes a second-degree strain, it will be more difficult to cure and the condition will repeatedly worsen."

...

Leave the doctor's office.

Perhaps made somewhat timid by Kim Chan's inconsistent attitude, Lim Nayeon looked sad and frustrated, but she dared not shed another tear. Her slender hands were just digging into her palms.

"Don't worry about the assessment," Jin Can said softly, trying to comfort her.

Lim Nayeon felt he was talking without any sense of empathy, so she raised her head, pouted, and asked, "Can I cry?"

"Don't yell at me..."

"When did I ever yell at you?" Jin Can asked.

Nayeon accurately caught his pouting expression, "The way you're making that face at me is like you're yelling at me."

"I've been having such bad luck lately..."

"Nothing is going right... Jin Can-xi."

She stood with her feet on the edge of the chair, her head buried in her knees, and poured out her heart in a muffled voice.

Jin Can asked, "What's wrong? Why are you having bad luck?"

"First, 6Mix was completely canceled, then I got a fever, fell, strained my muscles, and yesterday I even stepped in dog poop..." Lim Na-yeon's nose tingled and her eyes were red.

"And then there's the lost wallet. If it weren't for Kim Chan-ssi, I'd have to replace all my documents..."

Jin Can opened his mouth slightly, perhaps wanting to offer some words of comfort.

But words of comfort are not very effective.

"Hand out..."

Kim Chan poked Lim Nayeon's shoulder and laughed.

Lim Nayeon looked up, her eyes filled with confusion and bewilderment. "What?"

"I can't be in a relationship right now, so please don't..."

She couldn't help but get extravagant again.

"...Hey, what are you thinking about?" Jin Can stared wide-eyed in surprise.

How can anyone be so narcissistic?

Lim Nayeon felt even more embarrassed, but she still stretched out her hand and placed it in mid-air.

"I have a gift for you." Jin Can put his right hand into his coat pocket.

In Lim Na-yeon's eyes, it looked like he was rummaging through his pockets for something.

"Close your eyes."

He added.

Lim Nayeon stared into Kim Chan's warm, smiling eyes, and then, in an instant, her vision went dark.

The grief in my heart seemed to subside somewhat with his smile…

Immediately afterwards, she felt a warmth in her palm, but it seemed like there was nothing there.

Lim Nayeon peeked through a crack in her eyelids and glanced at Kim Chan's tall figure squatting in front of her.

The two locked eyes.

"Hey, how could you peek?" Jin Can said.

Lim Na-yeon stubbornly insisted, "I didn't!"

Kim Chan's right hand, loosely clenched, seemed to grab a wisp of air from his body and shove it into Lim Nayeon's palm. "Hold on!"

"Yes." Lim Nayeon obediently clenched her right hand.

The slender knuckles even made a "crack".

Jin Can stood up with a smile. "All done."

Lim Nayeon looked down at her clenched fist, then at Kim Chan who was smiling, her expression utterly confused, as if she was about to develop a brain.

"Jin Can-xi, what you gave me is..."

"Air?!"

She tilted her head and stared wide-eyed.

"Ani~"

Kim Chan smiled, picked up the scarf, and put it on: "Since Nayeon-ssi is so unlucky, I'll share my good luck with you."

"Half of my luck."

He held up his index finger, making a "1" shape.

After hearing about Lim Nayeon's recent misfortunes, Kim Chan, as the mastermind behind it all, felt quite ashamed.

"luck?"

"Good luck!" Lim Na-yeon stood there, stunned.

"Yes!" Jin Can said confidently, "I've always been very lucky."

Nayeon snapped out of her daze, a touch of emotion in her eyes. "This is too precious!"

"...If I get all the good luck, what will you do then?"

As soon as he finished speaking...

Standing to the side with his bag, Yoon Sung-hyun was dumbfounded... Are young girls these days really that easy to fool?

The first thing they did wasn't question the mystical concept of luck, but rather show concern for the other person...

"Kenchana~"

Jin Can shrugged and smiled, "Take it."

Lim Nayeon looked down at the air in her right palm, then reached out her left hand and slowly brought her two palms together.

"How should I accept it?"

"Will good luck automatically slip into my body?" Lim Nayeon was skeptical, partly because she had been having a terrible time lately and was completely plagued by bad luck!

But then I felt I should trust science; was Jin Can really treating me like a fool?

But... he was just trying to comfort and reassure himself.

"Swallow it."

Jin Can replied with a grin.

Lim Na-yeon did as she was told, holding the so-called "luck" in her hands and bringing her face close to it.

With its bared rabbit teeth and wide-open mouth, it then crunched and swallowed the invisible and intangible mass of air.

"...You'll be lucky, Nayeon-ssi."

Jin Can couldn't help but smile; this trainee was quite cute.

Nayeon patted her belly, feeling less depressed. "I guess so, you lent me something so precious."

Just then.

Lin Na-yeon's cell phone rang in her pocket.

When she saw it was Park Jin-young calling, she quickly answered with a pained expression.

"PDnim..."

Park Jin-young's voice came through the receiver: "Nayeon, how are you hurt?"

"..."

Lim Na-yeon reported the facts truthfully.

Park Jin-young seemed quite concerned, and in the end, he brought up the end-of-month assessment that had made Lim Na-yeon anxious.

Hagiwara meant that she would undergo a separate assessment once she recovered from her injuries.

"Qinjia?" Lim Nayeon's expression suddenly became quite interesting.

The phone hangs up.

Lim Nayeon hurriedly looked up and stared wide-eyed at Kim Chan, who was leaning against the corridor wall with his arms crossed: "Ling!"

"What?" Jin Can asked back.

"What great luck!" Lim Nayeon raised her eyebrows excitedly. "It's a miracle!"

She quickly recalled how her unlucky streak seemed to turn around after meeting Jin Can...

This guy really seems to be my lucky star.

"Is it possible that PDnim isn't as demanding as you think?" Kim Chan smiled helplessly. In his opinion, there was such a promising talent as Lim Nayeon.

Unless there are any major problems, she will definitely debut.

Perhaps the company really had the intention of selecting talent for the "SIXTEEN" audition program, but Kim Chan was certain that the company must have internally recommended candidates, such as Lim Nayeon in front of him.

The show was just a gimmick.

Lim Nayeon ignored him and instead turned to look at Yoon Sung-hyun, who was smiling broadly, and said, "Sung-hyun oppa."

"I think I really ate it just now, it was something amazing..."

"Are you full?" Jin Can asked.

Lim Nayeon turned her head, showing her bunny teeth, and nodded cutely: "I'm full!"

"But I'm so hungry, Nayeon-ssi!" Kim Chan glanced at the time on his watch. "Lunchtime!"

I spent the whole morning with Lim Nayeon at the hospital; it must have been exhausting.

Nayeon's attention wasn't on that. "Don't use honorifics with me, Kim Chan."

"You've lent me all your good luck..."

"You have to pay it back~" Jin Can chuckled. It's better not to use honorifics~

Lim Na-yeon tilted her head. "When are you going to pay me back?"

"When you become famous~" Jin Can made up a date, anyway, he'd just get through this month.

That idiot, he should be alright soon.

...

...

Meanwhile, in the company cafeteria during lunchtime.

GOT7 members carried their trays, chose a seat, and just sat down.

Meanwhile, some gossip about the trainees around him reached Bambam's ears.

"Tsk tsk, did you guys hear? That royal family member was caught cheating on Nayeon at the company today, I wonder where he went?"

"Poor Bambam-senpai."

"Speaking of which, is Lim Nayeon really dating that member of the royal family?"

"..."

Jackson Wang frowned as he listened to the harsh and fabricated words.

Bambam, who was sitting next to him, slammed down his chopsticks, stood up straight, and walked to the person who was gossiping with his back to him not far away.

When the male trainee saw Bambam, he shuddered and exclaimed, "Bambam hyung!"

Jackson Wang and the others followed.

Bambam frowned. "How dare you call me 'brother'?"

"Yay!"

He pointed at the trainees' faces without any mercy and said angrily, "If I hear you guys talking badly about Chan and Nayeon again, hehe."

Bambam waved his fist, making a threatening gesture, implying that the trainees should experience the unique culture of Korea.

"Keep your mouth shut."

Jackson Wang also chimed in with a criticism.

They knew about Lim Na-yeon's injury that morning, but somehow it became a different version in the trainees' mouths.

That's why it makes people angry.

Bambam warned again, "The 'royal' you bunch of bastards are talking about, Kim Chan! He's my brother, Shiba!"

After a series of intimidation and threats.

Bambam then sat back down, glancing at the bewildered expressions of the gossiping trainees around him.

He suddenly felt an aura of dominance emanating from him.

Immediately after, Bambam ate two bites of kimchi, took out his phone, and sent a message to Kim Chan on Kakao:

"Chan~"

"Thanks to you again this time, you got Nayeon noona to the hospital in time. You're really a good friend."

"Kamsammida~"

"..." Jackson Wang accidentally glanced at the chat content, pretended not to see it, and lowered his head to pick at his rice.

Truly a tyrant...