Chapter 18: Make her take the pocket money she snatched from me to buy you a car

"Do you want to go see her?"

The voice in her ear was like a spell, silently wrapping around Krystal's heart, stirring up all her attachments and hesitations.

She could also truly feel that allure and temptation.

But in the end, having been silent for a long time, she resisted that impulse and shook her head. "Not for now. I need to prepare myself mentally first."

Having said that, she moved her gaze away from the poster and looked at Lin Xiuyuan beside her. "Honestly, it took me years to finally soothe my emotions, and now you've suddenly brought me back here. I don't know whether to be happy or sad."

The drizzle was like smoke, and the night grew deeper.

Lin Xiuyuan, standing shoulder to shoulder with her, heard these words and certainly couldn't empathize; he was still so young and had never experienced the parting of life and death.

However, besides having excellent initiative, he had another merit: he didn't force others.

If she didn't want to go, then so be it.

"Yeah, it's fine, I was just suggesting it."

Faced with the slightly awkward Lin Xiuyuan, Krystal gave him a rare, gentle look and chuckled. "Anyway, you're here, aren't you? I hope you won't refuse to open the door for me once I'm mentally prepared."

"I won't, but it's a paid service anyway," Lin Xiuyuan replied.

Speaking of which, Krystal looked down at her soaked pant legs and shoes and suddenly had an idea. "How about I buy you a car? I can't keep taking taxis with you every time I come over; it's very easy to get discovered."

"Huh?"

Lin Xiuyuan had never formally received any gifts in his life; for his birthdays, he just had a slightly better meal.

He didn't expect that suddenly, someone would want to buy him a car, which was somewhat shocking.

However, he had already prepared himself mentally from the moment he decided to find Zheng Xiuyan. So, after a brief moment of surprise, he nodded very readily. "Yeah, I think that's fine, I don't mind at all."

Krystal was in a bit of a dilemma. "But there's a problem now: how do I give you the money?"

Lin Xiuyuan indicated, "Uh, I hadn't thought about that either. I was just thinking about asking your sister on this side and asking you on that side. So, how about I just ask your sister?"

The two, having resumed their conversation, continued to walk forward, but when passing the poster, Krystal couldn't help but look up, and Lin Xiuyuan cooperated by raising the umbrella higher.

Looking at the poster, Krystal's smile became much more relaxed. Thinking of Lin Yi's suggestion just now, she laughed, "That works. You just tell Unnie to take the pocket money she snatched from me all these years and give it to you to buy a car. That can count as my gift."

"Huh?"

Lin Xiuyuan, who didn't follow celebrity news much, didn't quite understand the reference.

Krystal happily explained the situation of her pocket money being snatched when she was a child, which made Lin Xiuyuan laugh after hearing it. "I thought this kind of thing only happened in ordinary families; I didn't expect it to happen in wealthy families like yours too."

"What wealthy family? We're a normal family. If we were wealthy, how could my sister and I have dived into this circle?"

Faced with Krystal's explanation, Lin Xiuyuan asked, "Wasn't it because of passion?"

"I..."

Krystal, who had wanted to tease him a few more times, was suddenly speechless.

The dream she could casually complain about in 2025 seemed to have an extra filter after returning to the 2013 timeline.

After a moment of silence, Krystal, not knowing how to answer, chose to avoid the topic. "Forget it, let's not talk about this. I'm hungry, let's find somewhere else to eat."

"Huh? Hungry?"

Lin Xiuyuan stopped abruptly and looked back at the alley entrance less than a few hundred meters away. They had just come out of that restaurant.

Now you're telling me you're hungry?

Krystal, knowing that what she said was indeed a bit outrageous, continued anyway. "You saw it just now, I didn't eat at all, you were the one eating the whole time, so isn't it normal for me to be hungry?"

"Then... should we go back and eat some more?"

Lin Xiuyuan pointed behind him.

However, Krystal refused. "No, let's go somewhere else. I suddenly want to go to the next place to reminisce."

"Ah, reminisce again? Is it demolished too?"

"Yeah, it's really demolished this time, it'll be gone in two years. That barbecue place is very fresh, so let's go eat there."

"Then let's go."

"Unnie, let's go eat some barbecue."

In the dim dormitory, Park Ji-yeon, who had slept all day, walked out of her room and suggested it to the figure sitting on the sofa.

Only her red, swollen eyes indicated that she hadn't actually slept peacefully.

The figure hearing the voice slowly raised her head, and the neon lights under the rain curtain spilled in through the curtains, shining on her neat short hair.

Xian Enjing, sitting on the sofa, had a distant gaze, clearly having just pulled herself out of the depths of her thoughts. "Ah, let's go, let's eat. But it's raining heavily outside, where should we go to eat?"

Park Ji-yeon suggested, "Let's go to that barbecue restaurant that Sunkyu Unnie took us to before."

Xian Enjing nodded, then thought for a moment. "Okay, should we call Xiaomin and Ya Lin?"

"Xiaomin Unnie seems to have an event, Ya Lin... let's give her a call."

Thinking of this new maknae who was preparing to form a sub-unit with them, Park Ji-yeon couldn't help but think of the events of last year, and her small head, which had been raised, dropped again.

It had been more than half a year, and she still found it hard to walk out of that gloom.

On the other side, Krystal said she wanted to eat, but it was unclear if it was because she felt relaxed after seeing Sulli's poster or if she had completely let go of that repression.

She led Lin Xiuyuan for a long walk in the rain.

A very long walk.

This road seemed endless, from the busy pedestrian street to the quiet alleys, from the shopping mall to the intersection, and finally to a small platform by the Han River.

Along the way, she was basically the one initiating the topics, and Lin Xiuyuan would only occasionally make a sound to prove he was still there.

For example, the rain-drenched stage at the beginning of "LA chA TA".

He asked, "Do you still remember the date?"

She replied, "The night of October 18, 2009, how could I forget?"

For example, the rain-drenched stage at the music festival.

He asked, "Do you still remember what song you sang?"

She replied, "'Electric Shock', I can still dance to it now."

For example, the final rain-drenched stage of "4 Walls".

But this time Lin Xiuyuan didn't ask, and she didn't need to answer, because the two had already arrived at the destination for their next late-night snack.

And summarizing the chat along the way, it seemed that her group had been destined to be associated with rain from the very beginning.

It was a road of growth through heavy rain, starting with the debut song of the "five" and ending with the debut song of the "four".

It was just that this road of life, which originally could only move forward and could not reverse, was undergoing earth-shaking changes after meeting Lin Xiuyuan.

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