Chapter 162

The next day.

Today, Lin Xiuyuan slept until he woke up naturally, and then yawned and walked out of the room slowly.

In the living room outside the door, Sulli, who had no schedule or rehearsal today, was sitting on the sofa chatting and laughing with a figure. When the two saw Lin Xiuyuan come out, they immediately looked at him.

"Morning, Oppa~"

"If you sleep a little longer, it will be noon, Lin Xiuyuan."

Looking at Lin Xiaolu sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Lin Xiuyuan stretched lazily, "It's not 11 o'clock yet, how is it noon."

And Sulli asked with concern, "Oppa, do you want to eat something? Shall I heat up a few buns for you?"

"No, I'll just make a cup of oatmeal in a while. Lin Xiaolu, when did you come over? Don't you have work today?"

After politely declining Sulli, Lin Xiuyuan looked at Lin Xiaolu and asked.

When chatting with Kim Taeyeon last night, he knew how busy Girls' Generation's schedule was at this time, it was impossible to be so free.

"Haha, this is all thanks to the drama 'The Heirs'. After the company found out that I really won the female lead of this drama, they seemed to understand that as long as there are no problems, there will definitely be a wave of traffic, so they specially squeezed out a lot of time for me to study the script."

When saying this, Lin Xiaolu was truly happy. After all, being able to have time to rest well while clearly knowing that her future path would not be bumpy, and even very clear, would make anyone excited.

At the same time, Lin Xiuyuan was also a bit shocked, "That vampire company SM is actually willing to do this? Did they get their brains caught in the door? You are a cash cow now."

"I guess they think that after this drama airs, this cash cow of mine can earn more." Lin Xiaolu replied with a smile.

Facing her statement, Lin Xiuyuan's increasingly flexible brain almost subconsciously came up with an idea, "Contract? Did they talk to you about the contract?"

And Lin Xiaolu was stunned after hearing it, looking at Lin Xiuyuan, "How did you guess it."

Lin Xiuyuan didn't respond, just shrugged.

Then Lin Xiaolu pouted and replied, "Hmm, we chatted yesterday, it was roughly saying that the company worked hard to help me arrange the next schedule, and also hoped that I would 'not live up to the company's cultivation' and so on. Although they didn't say it clearly, the meaning... you know."

"One drama, it shouldn't make your company like this, are there other problems?"

Lin Xiuyuan frowned and just finished this sentence, Sulli, who had been listening on the side, raised her small hand, "Oppa, I thought of a possibility."

"What?" *2

Lin Xiuyuan and Lin Xiaolu turned their attention to her instantly and spoke one after another.

"Is it possible that the company wants to push YoonA Unnie toward the development path like Pei Xiuzhi?" Sulli analyzed seriously, "You know, an actor with idol popularity is really more valuable to an agency than a pure singer or a pure actor."

As Sulli said this, Lin Xiuyuan also thought of the TV station reform he chatted with Park Jiyeon last time, and couldn't help but purse his lips and nod, telling his thoughts to Lin Xiaolu and the other.

Then he clicked his tongue and sighed, "Although I don't know if the guess is right, the train of thought is quite clear. But we are standing from the perspective of the future to see these, while those people rely on speculation, I have to say they have something."

"Otherwise, how do they manage such a big company." Lin Xiaolu smiled.

"But we are even more powerful now." Sulli raised her small head.

Looking at the two, Lin Xiuyuan smiled and walked toward the Time Gate, "Let's go, go over and sit, I'll go over and see if there is any information to deal with."

Lin Xiaolu and Sulli heard this, also stood up, stepped on their steps and crossed the door leading to the future together, and came to the villa in 2025.

Just after landing, the two walked familiarly to the newly installed shelf on the side, each took down a spare mobile phone, then curled up on the sofa, lowered their heads and swiped videos.

These mobile phones were specially purchased by Lin Xiuyuan some time ago.

After listening to everyone's suggestions, he simply bought four or five at once and put them in the spare area of the villa.

Although they couldn't make calls or send text messages, as long as they were connected to Wi-Fi, they could play Kakao, TikTok and other Apps, and chatting and sending video messages were no problem at all.

So when Sulli got the mobile phone that belonged to her, she immediately sent a message to Krystal from the friend background of Tik Tok.

Krystal over there also replied to her very quickly, and the two chatted happily like this, but Krystal never called Sulli's name in the information, and never had a video or voice call.

The same situation also happened to Lin Xiaolu and Lin YoonA.

It's just that this time Lin Xiaolu didn't receive Lin YoonA's reply in time, because the other party was currently promoting her new drama.

After getting this news from Lin Xiuyuan's mouth, Lin Xiaolu immediately became interested, "Xiuyuan, let's watch Lin YoonA's new drama."

Lin Xiuyuan, who heard this, immediately understood her idea and smiled, "You want to overwhelm the other party, right."

"I didn't, don't talk nonsense."

Lin Xiaolu looked away and replied with a smile, not daring to say such words, for fear that this guy would turn around and tease herself to Lin YoonA.

Although she wasn't afraid of Lin YoonA, she still had to learn some experience skills from the other party.

Then Lin Xiuyuan expressed, "It's just the promotion period, it hasn't started yet, if you want to watch it, you can only watch the previous ones."

"Then forget it." Lin Xiaolu, who wrinkled her nose, shook her head directly.

Several people sat in the corners of the sofa like this, each immersed in the world of short videos.

When they swiped to good-looking and funny content, they would also share it with each other, and laughter would drift out of the living room from time to time.

And Lin Xiuyuan helped Lin Xiaolu find a lot of clips of "Infinite Transcendence Class", let her watch more and learn more, there is really real material inside.

Lin Xiaolu looked at him secretly, as if Lin Xiuyuan was more helpful to her than these videos.

Time slipped away quietly, until around twelve noon, Sulli rubbed her neck and put down her phone and asked, "Oppa, are we eating here in a while, or going back to eat?"

"Do you want to cook?" Lin Xiuyuan looked at the other party.

"Let's do it for dinner, if we do it now, I don't know how long we have to wait."

Sulli replied after hesitating for a moment.

So Lin Xiuyuan opened the takeout app, "Then let's order takeout, see what you like to eat."

As soon as he finished speaking, a call reminder suddenly popped up on the mobile phone interface.

That familiar selfie flashed by, immediately attracting the attention of Lin Xiaolu and Sulli.

"Juli Unnie?"

"Tara's Li Juli."

And Lin Xiuyuan pressed the air falsely facing their curious eyes, signaling them to be quiet, then answered, "Hello, Juli, good morning."

"It's not early, it's noon, did you just get up, Xiuyuan?"

Li Juli on the other end of the phone was sitting in the beauty salon, looking at herself with full makeup and a hairstyle, and smiled slightly.

"Uh, yes."

Lin Xiuyuan raised his eyes slightly to look at Lin Xiaolu, whose smile had faded, and couldn't help but grin at her to get a good favor, and then sure enough, he made her little unhappiness just now laugh.

"Then let's have a meal together at noon, I recently found a very good bibimbap restaurant, the taste is a bit biased toward your side."

"Ah."

Just when Lin Xiuyuan wanted to decline, another voice intervened, "Yes, Xiuyuan, come over quickly, Juli Unnie has been mumbling about you all morning. If it weren't for fear of disturbing your rest, she would have called you in the morning."

Xian Enjing's familiar voice rang out, which also made Lin Xiuyuan, who was still brewing the wording of the decline, suddenly stop talking.

And Lin Xiaolu and Sulli on the side saw this, and also understood that he couldn't push this meal, so Lin Xiaolu waved her hand first, signaling him to go to the social engagement with peace of mind, don't worry about them.

Lin Xiuyuan saw this and also frowned and asked about the time, and after hearing that the two were still busy for a while, he made an appointment to meet at 1 o'clock.

After hanging up the phone, he immediately said, "What do you want to eat, I'll go out and pack it back, after eating with you, I'll go over."

This thoughtful little abacus made Lin Xiaolu and Sulli laugh.

"Oppa, don't mess around, can you eat two meals?" Sulli teased with a smile.

Lin Xiaolu also connected, "We are not unreasonable people, you just go and be busy, anyway, I have to go to writer Jin Enshu's side in the afternoon, Sulli go with me."

But Lin Xiuyuan insisted, and the two were finally pulled by him to flip through the nearby food App, and finally settled on a noodle restaurant with a good reputation.

Immediately after, under Lin Xiuyuan's foot on the accelerator, he quickly rushed to the store to pack three servings of noodles, and then carried the two back to the villa, chatting while eating, solving this meal at noon easily and happily.

After the meal, he sent Lin Xiaolu and Sulli back to the time and space of 2013.

Before going out, he looked at his pajamas again.

Then went upstairs to change into a refreshing casual outfit, and finally put on his watch, and then got into the car again, galloping toward the restaurant where he had an appointment with Li Juli and Xian Enjing.

And at this time, also rushing to the restaurant were Li Juli and Xian Enjing.

Xian Enjing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help laughing while looking at the navigation, "Unnie, you said you wanted to make an appointment with Xiuyuan, why don't you just find him alone, why pull me, must let me be this light bulb."

As soon as the words fell, her tone changed, she lowered her voice, and glanced at Li Juli with some ambiguity.

"And, does Zhiyan know you are like this, I don't want to see you guys arguing for a little boy, that picture is quite funny just thinking about it."

Li Juli just smiled when she heard this, her lips pursed into a subtle arc, "Enjing, you don't understand."

She actually knew what happened yesterday, and it scared Lin Xiuyuan a bit. If it weren't for the fear that continuing to be alone would make the other party more awkward, she would have invited him alone today, so why would she need to pull a wingman to distract her attention?

"I don't understand?"

This answer made Xian Enjing a bit funny, but no matter how she questioned Li Juli, the other party didn't answer her this question anymore.

Soon, the two arrived at the restaurant.

There were not many people in the lobby, mostly older diners, quiet, comfortable, and suitable for chatting.

After entering the restaurant, the two chose a booth on the second floor by the window and sat down, chatting while flipping through the menu.

After they arrived for a while, not long after, Lin Xiuyuan finally arrived at the restaurant.

He couldn't find a suitable parking space, so he simply parked the car in front of a closed real estate agency on the side of the road, turned off the engine and got out of the car, and walked into the store in two or three steps.

As soon as he stepped into the restaurant, Lin Xiuyuan's gaze crossed the first-floor lobby and went straight to the second floor.

Just after going up the stairs, from a distance, he saw Li Juli and Xian Enjing by the window at a glance.

And when he saw Li Juli, Lin Xiuyuan's originally hurried pace seemed to be pressed the pause button at that moment.

Because Li Juli today was clearly dressed up carefully compared to yesterday.

She was wearing a tight-fitting vest with colorful stripes on her upper body, the cut fit her figure, setting off her smooth shoulder and neck lines and exquisite collarbone exceptionally charmingly.

The hem was slightly tucked into a pair of light-colored high-waisted ripped denim shorts, and the leg lines were straight and slender, almost nowhere to hide.

On the outermost layer, she casually draped a white thin gauze cover-up, which swayed gently with the breeze of the air conditioner, adding a kind of visual teasing of being close and far away in the haze.

This was a dress with great summer style, but it added a bit of mature tonality because of her temperament, not just refreshing, but sexy just right, like a "vacation goddess" who walked directly from the poolside into the restaurant.

Lin Xiuyuan froze in place for a few seconds, then walked over slowly.

After greeting and sitting down, his gaze fell on Li Juli without concealment, the corners of his mouth hooked into a smile, teasing half-jokingly.

"Wow, Li Juli senior, are you planning to go to the pool to shoot some pictorial after eating with this dress?"

Li Juli gently brushed the hair by her ear, the gauze shirt slipped a little, revealing her slender white shoulders and a small silver earring.

She seemed not to hear Lin Xiuyuan's question, just chuckled, her eyes carrying a bit of meaning, "It's hot today, I'm afraid you'll be under too much pressure if I dress too formally, so I changed to something relaxed."

Xian Enjing, who was sitting on the side, heard this, and her expression was suddenly subtle and speechless.

This is called relaxed? Unnie, this is clearly... seduction plus teasing.

She actually didn't dress badly today, a refreshing shirt with a long skirt, plus short hair, had a youthful atmosphere back to her college days.

It's just that compared to the style and aura that Li Juli deliberately created, this youthful feeling seemed a bit plain.

With the arrival of Lin Xiuyuan, this late lunch finally officially kicked off.

After the food was served, Li Juli waited for Lin Xiuyuan to taste a bite of bibimbap, then asked, "How is it, Xiuyuan, the taste of this restaurant is not bad, right."

Lin Xiuyuan looked around at the vintage decoration while eating, and sighed with a smile, "To be honest, I really didn't expect you to like this kind of restaurant. In my impression, you should be the kind of person who loves to go to bright and tidy western restaurants, or internet-famous shops with style."

Hearing the surprise in his tone, Li Juli raised her eyebrows and smiled, "It's not that I don't like the taste here, it's mainly because the places you mentioned have better privacy. Like this one, there are few young people, so I won't be recognized."

"This is indeed no way, small restaurants generally don't have private rooms, privacy is difficult to guarantee." Lin Xiuyuan nodded to show understanding.

The three chatted while eating. Li Juli guided the topic nonchalantly, constantly asking what Lin Xiuyuan had been busy with recently.

Lin Xiuyuan spoke vaguely, roughly talking about the progress of the bistro renovation, and some troublesome things brought by the membership system.

And Xian Enjing sat on the side, looking at this scene as if watching a play.

Watching Li Juli induce step by step, forcing step by step, and Lin Xiuyuan's defense was rotten, almost without resistance.

Until a phone call came, unexpectedly relieving Lin Xiuyuan.

The eyes of the three fell on the mobile phone screen on the table at the same time, and Kim Taeyeon's avatar was jumping slowly.

Seeing this name, Li Juli's eyebrows tightened slightly, and a different color that was almost imperceptible flashed in her eyes.

Yesterday, Lin Xiuyuan ate with Kim Taeyeon, and she called.

Today, it was her turn to eat with Lin Xiuyuan, and the other party called again.

This is like some kind of invisible contest, calm, but makes people feel an inexplicable desire to win or lose in their hearts.

(End of chapter)