Peninsula: Please, I only want to talk about ordinary people.

Chapter 56 You Are Mine/The Lying Loser

Mina looked at her face in the makeup mirror, her eyes filled with tears, her complexion rosy.

Her lips were even more moist, so swollen that she couldn't bear to look at them for long.

She slammed the mirror shut, turned and glared at Jiang Yongtai, who looked completely innocent, with a sinister gentleness veiled around her.

"Yongtai-san~ You don't want me to go home tonight, do you?"

Jiang Yongtai's eyes lit up, but he remained reserved in his words.

"Is it okay? Maybe it's too fast—I'm not ready yet!"

Mina listened to his words, a cold smile curling at the corner of her lips, and reached out to twist his ear.

"Is this what I meant!? What preparations do you need to make?!"

She pointed to her lips, "How am I supposed to go home like this!"

"Didn't Nan-chan say that we're 'kissing friends'? And it was clearly Nan-chan who initiated it in the end—"

Jiang Yongtai tilted his head, his facial features contorted in pain.

Nan-chan is really ruthless!

"I----"

Mina was momentarily speechless, realizing she was in the wrong, but now, she didn't need to reason with this person anymore.

She took a deep breath and immediately launched the third battalion of the Ding Camp.

"I don't care! It's all your fault! Baka! Hentai! Urusai!"

"Ah, ah, ah~ It's all my fault, Nan-chan, please don't scold me."

Jiang Yongtai wisely surrendered and tried to please her by agreeing with her words.

Is this how you admit your mistake?!

Mina yelled at him, but the phone suddenly rang.

She was startled and guessed who had called. Forgetting about how Jiang Yongtai should treat her now, she quickly released his ear, which was already bright red, and pinched his mouth shut.

"Shh! Don't make a sound! It should be me, Ogasan."

Jiang Yongtai nodded obediently, his lips pressed into Choi Ye-na's shape.

Mina took out her phone, and as expected, it was Sachiko Mina. She cleared her throat and returned to her obedient girl tone.

"Ogasan~"

"Didn't you say you were going out to 'buy something'? What time is it now? The shops should all be closed by now."

Mina then glanced at the time on the screen. More than three hours had passed since she left home at nine o'clock. Feeling guilty, she shrugged her shoulders.

"I'm so sorry, Uncle, I... I'm going home right now!"

"It's good that you came back. I've already smoothed things over with your father."

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There was a pause on the other end of the phone, then the tone changed, "Is that Mr. Yongtai there? Aren't you going to say hello?"

"Well----"

Mina didn't expect her mother to be so direct. She glanced at Kang Young-tae and tried to argue.

"What do you mean, Yongtai-san? I was just strolling around outside—"

Jiang Yongtai pulled his hand away from hers, and before she could react, he brought the phone close and spoke respectfully.

"Hello, Oga Sama, this is Jiang Yongtai."

Mina's eyes widened, and she tried to pull her phone back, but he grabbed her wrist.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Sachiko Nai's cheerful laughter.

"Oh my, you really are. Your Japanese is very good, Nagata-san."

Jiang Yongtai opened his mouth as if to say something more, but Mina quickly covered the receiver, glared at him, and silently mouthed, "What do you want to do?"

Jiang Yongtai looked at her tenderly, shook his head gently, and mouthed, "Don't worry, I won't say anything out of line."

He pulled her hand away from the receiver and took the phone.

Mina pouted, offering no resistance to his actions, and her face flushed again.

This is progressing way too fast!

"Thank you, Grandpa. It's all thanks to Nan-chan's excellent teaching."

"—I didn't teach you that much; Sana was involved too."

Mina turned her head away and muttered something.

Jiang Yongtai glanced at her, ignored her, and continued talking on the phone.

"I'm sorry to have made Nan-chan come out to pick me up so late. She'll be home soon."

He paused, his voice suddenly turning serious, so much so that even Mina couldn't help but glance back at him.

"Oga-sama, I'm seriously pursuing Minami-chan. But she hasn't completely agreed to be with me yet—once she does, I'll formally visit you and Oto-sama."

""

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, then Sachiko Nai's laughter came through.

"Okay, I've never seen Nan care so much about any boy before. Yongtai-san, you have a great chance~ Keep up the good work, I also want to meet you."

"Ogasan!"

Mina suddenly turned around, shouted angrily into her phone, and was met with her mother's laughter.

"Nan is shy, Yongtai-san, give her the phone."

"Okay." Jiang Yongtai smiled and handed the phone back.

Mina snatched it away and glared at him fiercely.

What was Yongtai-san just saying? What? He said he'd give me a formal visit next time? Did I agree to that?!

It was right not to give him his home address, otherwise he'd just show up at his doorstep without even notifying him next time!

"South?"

Sachiko Nai's voice pulled her back to reality.

"Ogasan—don't believe what he says. I, we—"

She tried to make amends, but out of the corner of her eye she caught Jiang Yongtai's deliberately pitiful expression, and the rest of the words in her throat just wouldn't come out.

She sighed and said into the phone, "Ogasan, I'll take him to the hotel and then go home."

"Alright, but since they've come all this way, we should treat them well and not be impolite. But not now! Is Yongtai-san going back tomorrow?"

Minami gestured towards Jiang Yongtai with her lip, indicating that she should answer herself.

Jiang Yongtai pursed his lips and thought for a moment, then leaned closer to his phone with an apologetic expression.

"I'm sorry, Oh Ga Sama, I have to go back to Seoul for work tomorrow, so I took the day off today."

"That's a pity. I'll show you around properly next time you come to Hyogo."

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"Okay, thank you, Oga Sama."

""

"Nan, I'm hanging up now."

"Understood, Ogasan."

As the phone call ended, the carriage fell silent again.

Mina felt her whole body burning up and kept fanning her face with her hands.

Jiang Yongtai looked at her shy profile and liked her more and more.

After a long while, she turned to glare at Jiang Yongtai, but her eyes revealed a hint of sweetness that she couldn't hide.

"Baka! Who told you to introduce yourself?! And say those things—"

Jiang Yongtai looked at her innocently, his eyes filled with a smile.

"Well, there's no other way. Since this route is blocked, I'll have to try another way."

When he heard Sachiko Nai call out "Nagata-san" on the phone, he immediately thought of this roundabout strategy.

I'm serious about Nan-chan, and I can't let her drag things out indefinitely.

If others knew, they would think that he was just playing around with Mina, or that Mina was playing him.

After all—they have no official status with each other.

Mina knew exactly what he was up to, her eyes softened, and she puffed out her cheeks and acted coquettishly.

"Yongtai-san, give me some time~"

Before she could finish speaking, she frowned and stared at him fiercely.

"But that doesn't mean you can flirt with other girls, you know! You're mine!"

"I'm yours, then~"

Jiang Yongtai chuckled softly and made a move to lean closer again.

Mina immediately covered her mouth, blushing and shrinking back.

"No more kissing!"

"Didn't Nan-chan herself say that we're 'kissing friends'?"

Jiang Yongtai tilted his head, looking at her mischievously, reached out and removed her hand that was blocking her mouth with almost no resistance, leaned over and gave it a light peck, then pulled away immediately.

He sat back in the passenger seat, pulled on his seatbelt, fastened it, leaned back in his seat, stretched, and his tone suddenly became somewhat tired.

"Okay, take me to a hotel. I'm so tired after traveling all day."

Mina stuck out her tongue and gently licked the small patch of lips he had just touched, a slight upturn at the corner of her mouth. She turned her face away and muttered something under her breath.

"I didn't ask Yongtai-san to come over~"

Jiang Yongtai raised an eyebrow and turned his head to look at her with amusement.

Mina met his "then let's continue" look, snorted, pursed her lips tightly, and didn't provoke him anymore.

She fastened her seatbelt, started the car, turned the steering wheel, and drove towards the city.

The hotel receptionist handed me the room key with a smile.

Mina buried her face further into the mask, while Kang Young-tae accepted it without changing his expression and said thank you.

The room was on the seventeenth floor. The elevator doors opened, and Mina followed behind him, staring at the two of them holding hands since they got out of the car.

Jiang Yongtai swiped open the door, and as soon as the lights came on, an excessively large bed came into view.

He turned around, and she stood in the doorway, right on the line of the door frame, without taking a step inside.

"Would you like to come in and have a seat?"

He leaned against the door frame, his voice serious, but his eyes betrayed him.

Minami spat at him, her voice soft but revealing the bottom line she was determined to defend tonight.

"Hentai~ Not now, I'm going home."

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Jiang Yongtai nodded without forcing her, but he still held onto her hand tightly, his thumb rubbing her knuckles.

"Okay, then drive slowly on your way back."

Mina lowered her eyes, and the fingers that had been scratching his palm stopped, her voice falling softly.

"Then why aren't you letting go yet—what time is Yongtai-san going back tomorrow?"

"At noon, fly from Osaka to Incheon."

"I'm going for a follow-up appointment on my knee tomorrow."

After she finished speaking, she hurriedly added a sentence, as if explaining why she couldn't come to see him off.

"Together with Otosan!"

Jiang Yongtai smiled and squeezed her hand a little tighter.

"Okay, I'll wait for you in Seoul."

Mina then looked up at him. Her mask covered most of her face, but the smile at the corners of her eyes was impossible to hide.

"Okay, let me know when you arrive!"

"it is good."

'

"You're not allowed to support other girl group members anymore!"

She glanced at the light stick that was still partially sticking out of his coat pocket and puffed out her cheeks.

Jiang Yongtai was taken aback, looked down and followed her gaze to his pocket, and showed a rare hint of embarrassment.

"It was a gift from someone else."

"Even if it's given away as a gift, it won't do!"

Mina raised an eyebrow, a hint of competitive spirit in her expression.

She lowered her head, reached out with her other hand to straighten his slightly disheveled collar, and noticed the lipstick stain she had smeared on it. She didn't wipe it off, and the corners of her mouth turned up slightly.

"Yongtai-san, thank you for coming today. I'm very happy."

Jiang Yongtai ruffled her hair.

"Me too, Nan-chan, now—I'm not an idiot anymore, right?"

"Still a bastard!"

She raised her hand, took his hand off her head, broke free from their clasped hands, and turned to walk towards the elevator.

He took two steps and then stopped, turning his head slightly to the side.

"Goodnight, don't text me later, I need to rest, time to prepare for my boyfriend~"

The elevator doors opened, she stepped inside, and that golden glimpse disappeared behind the closing doors.

Jiang Yongtai leaned against the door of the room, glanced at the elevator entrance for a few seconds, and only closed the door after making sure she wouldn't come back.

He leaned against the door, looked up at the ceiling, and chuckled softly.

By the time Minami got home, it was past 1:30 a.m.

She quietly pushed open the door. The living room was quiet, with only a motion-sensor light on in the entryway.

She breathed a sigh of relief, put the car keys back on the cabinet, changed into slippers, and tiptoed upstairs.

The wooden stairs creaked under her feet, and she froze, listening intently for a while. Only after confirming that she didn't hear her father's footsteps did she swallow her heart again and dash into her room.

The door closed, and the light was turned on.

Her tense expression relaxed, and she pounced forward, throwing herself onto the bed. She hugged the blanket and rolled around several times, her feet pounding the mattress.

Ahhh! Yongtai-san really confessed! I'm really with Yongtai-san now!

Her cheeks burned again, whether from being suffocated by the blanket or something else, until she couldn't breathe and suddenly poked her head out to gasp for air.

His smile stretched to its widest point as he stared at the incandescent light on the ceiling, and the events that had just transpired at the port and in the car flashed before his eyes frame by frame.

Suddenly, she let out a soft moan and buried her face in the blanket again.

You kissed so many times on the very first day? That's too fast, way too fast!

but----

She quietly licked her lips, as if the taste of Jiang Yongtai still lingered on her tongue. The corners of her mouth turned up, but her brows slowly furrowed.

Yongtai-san's kissing skills are amazing—it's so different after practicing with Sana!

It's unbearable to repair!

If I had been the one dating Yongtai-san first, it would have been her!

But—if I were to break up with him first, would I end up like Sana, ultimately breaking up with him?

Her eyes dimmed for a moment as she recalled how Sana Minatozaki had cried on her shoulder until dawn after their breakup.

Mina shook her head vigorously, trying to banish the image from her mind.

No, she and Yongtai-san wouldn't do that!

No matter what, it's impossible for me to separate from him!

Just like Link and Zelda!

If we just keep it from Sana for a while longer, revealing it little by little so that she can gradually prepare herself, there shouldn't be any problem, right?

Although Yongtai-san will have to make do for the time being, he should just listen to himself!

Mina pursed her lips and nodded firmly at the light on the ceiling.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered that Minatozaki Sana had "disappeared" last night, and quickly picked up her phone to open the chat box with Son Chaeyoung.

Upon closer inspection, I discovered that Sun Caiying had sent her over a dozen messages. The first few were asking why she wasn't answering the phone, but later she seemed to have resigned herself to it and switched to text messaging.

Minami opened the call log and, sure enough, there were two missed calls from Son Chae-young.

He glanced at the time and realized it was right around the time when he and Yongtai were at their most "inextricably linked".

Her face flushed again. She clicked back into the chat box and read through the messages one by one.

"Unnie! Sana unnie is back! She's being judged in the living room right now!"

"If you don't answer the phone, I'll type it out and do a live stream for you. Nayeon unnie will start now."

Sana, where have you been? You weren't answering your phone! Do you know Momo almost called the police?!

Sana unnie was huddled on the sofa with her head down, looking so pitiful—no, I mean, she deserved it!

"Sana unnie said she went for a walk along the Han River, and her phone died while she was walking."

Momo unnie was unusually clever this time, directly questioning the situation!

How come your shoes are spotless after a three-hour walk, without a speck of mud?!

The entire room fell silent. Everyone stared at Momo in astonishment, finding it hard to believe that she could say such a thing.

Sana glanced somewhat awkwardly at the canvas shoes she had just taken off in the entryway, and they did indeed match what Momo had said.

Then she tucked her feet under the carpet, and the expression on her face was priceless!

"But Sana immediately changed her story, saying that she was actually just sitting on the bench enjoying the breeze and didn't walk much."

Jeongyeon unnie crossed her arms and asked her, "You've been sitting for so long, you must remember what's around you. Describe it to me."

I can't believe Sana unnie actually said it all! She even said she saw a girl who looked like a trainee shouting at the river, "I can do it!"

Everyone else believed it, but I feel like I've heard that phrase somewhere before.

"Now Jihyo unnie takes over, asking, 'Why did you go to the Han River alone? Were you in a bad mood?'"

Sana suddenly started acting pitiful, saying that she was under a lot of pressure lately and wanted to be alone to get some fresh air. As she spoke, her eyes reddened.

I don't know if it was acting, but Momo unnie has already betrayed her and gone up to hug her. Nayeon unnie is rolling her eyes next to her.

.

Nayeon unnie was still stubbornly insisting that they couldn't let it go like this, but Jeongyeon unnie stopped her.

Nayeon unnie had no choice but to turn around and call out names, asking the three of us younger ones to come up on stage. Dahyun, you say a few words!

Dahyun simply tilted her head, smiled, and said she had nothing to ask.

Sana unnie had just given her a grateful look when Dahyun casually added, "Sana unnie is just one person isolating the eight of us."

Sana unnie immediately exploded: "Hey! Tofu, you have no conscience!" Jeongyeon unnie quickly pushed her back down, hahaha.

"It was Tzuyu's turn. Tzuyu really didn't have anything to ask. She quietly walked over, sat down on the other side of Sana unnie, and gently hugged her."

Sana's eyes welled up with tears again. She pushed Momo away and threw herself into Tzuyu's arms, saying, "Tzuyu, you're still the best!"

Momo unnie froze, her hand still in the same position as when she was hugging Sana unnie. What a clown!

"I didn't ask because I was typing this to you, so I just put on a stern face and said, 'Sana unnie, don't do that again!'"

How about it, unnie? Aren't I very imposing?

"In the end, Sana unnie promised to treat us all to barbecue tomorrow as an apology, and the trial is over."

But I have a feeling that there was a lot of falsehood in what she just said, but unfortunately I have no proof.

"Unnie, what are you doing?! You missed such a great show!"

Mina looked at the last complaint on the screen, and the smile on her lips disappeared.

She typed a few words back, saying she was taking a shower and missed the call, then added, "It's good that Sana is back."

Then I put my phone on the bedside table, turned over, and let out a soft breath.

Even Chaeyoung could see it, so how could she not guess that Sana had indeed lied?

But why did she lie? That's what she really wanted to know.

It couldn't be that he found someone new to flirt with and went on a date, but—if he really did, that would be great—

Mina pursed her lips, her gaze lingering on the half-moon in the night sky through the gap in the curtains, and she murmured a sentence to herself.

Princess Kaguya, if possible, please let Sana find someone who loves her again.

Seoul, TWICE's dorm, the room of Lim Nayeon and Minatozaki Sana.

Sana Minato opened her eyes again in the darkness, kicking the blankets angrily with her feet.

Fortunately, Lim Nayeon was sleeping soundly next to her. If she were awake at this moment and saw Sana like this, she would probably think that her roommate was experiencing sleep paralysis.

Ugh! This is so annoying! This is so embarrassing! How did I get caught?!

It's all your fault, Jiang Yongtai! You bastard!

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How could you give the key to Huiyuan!

She shook her head vigorously, trying to shake off the extremely embarrassing scene from a few hours ago, but she shook her head so hard that something hard underneath her poked her.

"Eek~"

She pouted, looking aggrieved, and rubbed the back of her head.

Even you're bullying me!

She glanced at Lin Nalian, who was lying motionless on the bed next to her, and only after confirming that it was safe did she slightly raise her upper body, reach under the pillow, and take out her only prize for the night.

The dim light of the nightlight fell on the photo, and she stretched out her index finger, poking Jiang Yongtai's face in the photo again and again.

"If it weren't for you, would I have done this?!"

As she looked at the photo, those unbearable images from before flooded back—

Jiang Huiyuan held tightly to Quan Enfei's arm and didn't let go since they got out of the car.

They're already downstairs at the apartment building. If Eunbi unnie runs away, tonight's plans will be ruined!

Kwon Eunbi glanced at her younger sister, who was so excited her tail was practically wagging, with a sullen look on her face, and sighed helplessly.

"Hye-won, are you sure your oppa isn't home?"

"No, no! Unnie, would I lie to you? Oppa—"

Jiang Huiyuan paused, her mind racing.

To completely block Kwon Eun-bi from asking "What did he go to Osaka for?", she simply made up a destination for Kang Young-tae.

"Oppa went back to Liangshan. His parents had an emergency and asked him to go back. Don't worry, unnie~"

It just goes to show that they are siblings; they didn't even communicate with each other, yet they managed to come up with the same story.

Behind them, Choi Ye-na and Kim Chae-won were huffing and puffing as they carried three bulging plastic bags filled with snacks, beer, and soju.

Kim Chae-won felt like her arm was about to detach from her body, and turned her head to look at Choi Ye-na, who also looked utterly hopeless.

"Unnie! Do something about Hye-won unnie! Why doesn't she get anything?!"

Choi Ye-na's beak was so pouted it could practically hook onto the handle of the plastic bag in her hand. She replied impatiently, "0."

"Hye-won said this is her home, she provided the venue, and Eun-bi unnie covered the expenses, so the two of us can only do the hard labor—"

"This is clearly her oppa's house, how did it become her house! I don't accept this!"

Kim Chae-won put the bag in his hand on the ground and announced a strike.

"Unnie, you come too!"

Incited by her, Choi Ye-na also put down the bag in her hand, exhaled heavily through her nose, and tilted her chin up.

"You're right! I'm quitting too!"

Hearing the commotion behind them, Jiang Huiyuan and Quan Enfei turned around and looked at the two people standing there, united in their hatred of the enemy.

"Hey! You two!"

"We're here to drink, not to do hard labor! Eunbi unnie is paying, so why are you not taking anything?"

""

Choi Ye-na, relying on her status as a peer and friend, was the first to fire a shot.

"Exactly! Unnie, what you're doing is wrong!"

Kim Chae-won, the instigator, only chimed in from the sidelines.

Kwon Eunbi smiled as she looked at her two sulking younger sisters, adopting the demeanor of a team leader and eldest sister.

"Okay, stop arguing, just give it to me."

"No, unnie bought these things."

Jiang Huiyuan reached out and stopped Quan Enbi, her gaze sweeping over Jin Caiyuan and Cui Yena's faces. She sneered inwardly, "Trying to mess with me?"

She released Kwon Eun-bi's arm, walked over slowly, stopped in front of the two of them, and crossed her arms.

"Okay, whoever takes their things upstairs first can visit my oppa's room later~"

"What's so interesting about visiting Yongtae Oppa's room?"

Choi Ye-na had already pulled her duck beak back, but she was still trying to keep it open, her eyes uncontrollably glancing at the plastic bag on the ground.

"Exactly! What's so interesting about it!"

Kim Chae-won didn't understand why Kang Hye-won suddenly said this.

"Yena, you really don't want to? There's something inside—"

Before Jiang Huiyuan could finish speaking, Cui Yena had already grabbed one of the bags on the ground, her movements so fast that she almost threw the beer cans inside out.

"Stop talking, let's go! It'll be troublesome if we get recognized!"

Kim Chae-won stared blankly at Choi Ye-na, who was already rushing into the apartment building.

She never expected that Jiang Huiyuan's two casual words would turn the ally she had painstakingly won over against her.

Besides, what's so interesting about Hye-won unnie's oppa's room?!

"Yena unnie!"

She called out again, but the only answer was a series of footsteps that grew ever more distant.

Suddenly, a gentle voice of concern drifted over from beside me, carrying a chilling undertone.

"Caiyuan, is it heavy? Do you need my help?"

Jiang Huiyuan looked at her with concern.

Kim Chae-won, with her neck stiffened, still couldn't forget the long-standing rivalry between her and Kang Hye-won for the top spot in the group, even at this point.

"Then unnie, you can help me!"

"Okay~"

Jiang Huiyuan smiled and bent down, pulling two bottles of beer from the bag and waving them in front of her face.

"Okay, I'm done helping. Let's go."

Jin Caiyuan looked down at the two bottles of beer in her hand, then at the two bags left on the ground, and stood there stunned.

"Unnie!"

Jiang Huiyuan stuck out her tongue at her, made a face, turned around and walked back to Quan Enfei's side, wrapping her arm around her again.

"Unnie, let's go. If someone walks slowly, she can drink at the door."

After saying that, she dragged Kwon Eunbi, who was already helpless against them, toward the elevator.

Choi Ye-na was pressing the elevator open button, leaning halfway out to wave at them.

"Hurry! Hurry!"

Kwon Eunbi glanced back at Kim Chae-won, her eyes conveying, "I can't help you either."

Kim Chae-won glared at their retreating figures, grinned, and exhaled two heavy breaths in frustration. He then bent down, picked up the bag, and swayed as he chased after them.

"Unnie! Wait for me!"

"Hmm—who is it, making so much noise?"

The noise from the fight outside the door pulled Sana Minatozaki out of her not-so-good dream.

She dazedly propped herself up from the sofa, her hair smeared on the side of her face, and dried drool still clinging to the corner of her mouth.

Spirited Away had already finished airing, and the TV screen was showing the still images from the end of the on-demand viewing.

She raised her hand and rubbed her eyes, which were sore from crying.

There was another muffled thud outside the door, like something heavy hitting the door panel. She instinctively looked over.

"—Where's the key? Haven't you found it yet, Huiyuan?"

"Yena, don't rush me! I'm looking!"

Huiyuan? Which Huiyuan? That voice is—

Sana Minatozaki was startled and recognized the owner of the voice.

She sat up straight, her heart pounding.

Oh no! Why would Jiang Huiyuan come at this time?!

Wait a minute! How does she have the key? Did Jiang Yongtai give it to her? How could he give the key to Huiyuan!

Another voice drifted in from outside the door, laughing and urging the two to stop arguing, but Sana Minatozaki was no longer in the mood to figure out who it was.

Only one thought remained in her mind: Huiyuan must not see her here, absolutely not!

She knew all too well the relationship between herself and her former sister-in-law.

Jiang Huiyuan disliked her; she could sense it even when Jiang Huiyuan was still with Jiang Yongtai.

When Jiang Yongtai was present, the two of them could still maintain that "friendly sister-in-law" act in tacit understanding, but as soon as he turned around, all that was left between them was staring at each other.

Even now, she doesn't fully understand where Huiyuan's hostility towards her comes from!

Now that they've been broken up for so long, what if she finds out that he sneaked in while Jiang Yongtai wasn't home?

Just imagining that scene sent chills down her spine!

The conversation outside the door continued.

Jiang Huiyuan rummaged through her bag for a while before finally pulling out the key from a hidden compartment. She proudly held it up and waved it at the excited Cui Yena.

"Found it!"

"Unnie, wait for me! I can't take it anymore—"

Jin Caiyuan dragged two heavy bags as she walked towards them.

"Caiyuan, you're too slow!"

Jiang Huiyuan curled her lip, clearly disapproving of the laborer's work ability.

Kwon Eunbi smiled and spoke up for Kim Chae-won.

"Stop bullying Caiyuan. I'll go get it for her. Wait a moment."

Listening to their conversation, she knew that she didn't have much time left.

Sana Minato immediately jumped up from the sofa, grabbed the remote control to turn off the TV, picked up her phone which had run out of battery and shut down automatically, and tiptoed toward Kang Young-tae's bedroom.

The moment I pushed open the bedroom door, I could hear the front door of the entryway being opened behind me.

She slipped inside, holding the doorknob with one hand and slowly pushing the door back with the other, not daring to make a sound.

He didn't dare let go until the door was locked, and he pressed himself against the door, panting heavily.

In the darkness, the familiar scent from Jiang Yongtai's room enveloped her. She slid down against the door and buried her face in her knees.

Suddenly, Sana Minatozaki realized an even more serious problem: her canvas shoes were still lying in the entryway—

But it was too late. Outside the door, Kwon Eun-bi's voice paused, tinged with doubt.

"Hye-won, didn't you say your oppa wasn't home? These shoes are—"