Chapter 19: Which one of you calls the other Unnie?

"Knock, knock~ knock, knock, knock~"

"Coming."

Hearing the knocking at the door, Lin Xiuyuan finished organizing the trash from the mattress he had just unpacked and threw it aside. He walked to the door and opened the apartment door, seeing Zheng Xiuyan standing outside.

Her first words upon seeing him were, "Hey, what are you and Xiujing doing, hugging on the street in the middle of the night? Are you crazy? No, this is only your second time meeting, isn't the progress bar a bit too fast?"

Looking at Zheng Xiuyan, who had rushed over to find him, Lin Xiuyuan smiled. "So you rushed over to ask where I was just to settle scores with me?"

"Shouldn't I? And why didn't you tell me when Xiujing came over?" Zheng Xiuyan frowned.

"Then how are you so sure that the people you saw last night were us?" Lin Xiuyuan asked back.

Zheng Xiuyan was stunned for a moment, seemingly not expecting him to answer like that. "Wasn't it you two?"

"It was us, yes."

"..."

Zheng Xiuyan, realizing she had been played, took an annoyed deep breath and glared at the guy in front of her. She really wanted to scold him a few times.

Just then, she noticed some trash at the doorway, and her gaze was drawn to it unconsciously. "Why is there suddenly so much trash? What are you doing?"

Lin Xiuyuan, who looked back at the room, indicated, "I bought a mattress and a desk and am preparing to fix up the room here. Although I might rarely live here, I at least have to make it look like someone does, so the police don't come for a spot check and find out there isn't even a mattress."

"You're worried about that?" Zheng Xiuyan curiously leaned toward the doorway to look inside.

There wasn't much inside, just a bed, a desk, a newly bought laptop, and some old sundries; there weren't even many clothes.

Lin Xiuyuan bent down to roll up the trash and throw it into a large bag. "I'm not from the Peninsula; as an overseas worker, it's normal to be spot-checked occasionally. Anyway, I've been checked before, and although it was just a routine inquiry, I don't want any 'what-ifs' to happen."

"Speaking of which, what will you do about your visa after you quit?"

Seeing Lin Xiuyuan mention this, Zheng Xiuyan also asked him with concern.

Lin Xiuyuan also had a headache about this question. "I don't know, we'll see. If it really doesn't work out, I'll just switch to a tourist visa."

"Do you want to think about the suggestion I gave you last time?"

"What suggestion?"

Lin Xiuyuan had just answered when he suddenly realized. "Ah, the one about opening a shop."

"Yeah, opening a shop counts as an investment. Once you get an investment visa, you won't have to worry about the visa issue anymore."

If you asked who Zheng Xiuyan had been most concerned about in the last few days, there was no doubt it was the man in front of her.

There was no help for it; who told this guy to hold onto that Time Gate she couldn't stop thinking about?

Thinking of this, Zheng Xiuyan subconsciously glanced at that magical door. She couldn't imagine that such an ordinary door could actually travel to the future more than ten years later.

Lin Xiuyuan, noticing this, smiled. "According to your meaning, I might as well find an agent to ask about a Hong Kong passport. Once I get it, I can basically be visa-free in most countries around the world, and I won't need to invest at all."

"That method is also quite good. Can you find someone? I'll help you pay for it."

Zheng Xiuyan had previously felt that Lin Xiuyuan finding her for money was a bit vulgar, but after thinking about it later, faced with this guy, it seemed the only thing she could help with was paying.

However, it would have been better if she hadn't said it; as soon as she did, Lin Xiuyuan thought of last night's situation.

So he looked at her and smiled. "Oh, speaking of which, Krystal said to let you give me the pocket money you snatched from her when you were young, so I can go buy a car, and that can count as her gift to me."

As soon as this was said, Zheng Xiuyan's eyes widened instantly, and the look of 'shock' made Lin Xiuyuan find it very funny.

Then she shouted, "Hey, is she crazy? I only snatched it from her once, and that was only 10,000 won! 10,000! Even counting some I forgot, at most it was only 100,000 won. You're letting her buy you a car with 100,000 won?"

"I don't know, anyway that's what she said."

Faced with the slightly bristling Zheng Xiuyan, Lin Xiuyuan was truly amused, and then he thought of something.

He returned to the room, took out two books, and handed them to her. "Oh, also, these are two novels I bought on the way to send Krystal back last night. You can read them if you're bored, but remember to destroy them after reading; it'll be troublesome if they get out."

"What kind of books are so serious?"

Zheng Xiuyan, not thinking too much, took them and looked down at the cover of the book, with a big "SHINE" in English printed on it.

These were still considered normal, but she was stunned when she discovered the two lines of English at the bottom.

——From international K-pop star

——JESSICA JUNG

"I... I wrote this?"

"This one, I heard Jessica wrote quite a bit about the dark side of your entertainment circle here, and also told some bitter stories. And this one is even more fun; it's about some stories after joining the group and debuting, and then the story of being kicked out of the group after founding a personal brand."

Lin Xiuyuan first pointed to the cover she was looking at and smiled softly, then pointed to the one below.

Causing Zheng Xiuyan to hurriedly take it to the top, looking at the "Bright" cover of the second book, and fall into silence.

Looking at Zheng Xiuyan's dull eyes, Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but think of Krystal's evaluation of these two books when he got off the car to buy them on the way to send Krystal back to the set last night.

"Why did you buy these?"

"For your sister to read."

"Hahaha, you'll scare her."

"It's fine, but how much of the stories in here can be believed?"

"Thirty percent, or twenty percent?"

"So low?"

"Do you think, with my Unnie's appearance, she looks like someone who can write a novel? It's ghostwritten. This is a story, understand? To use the words from your side, it's just harvesting leeks."

"Then should I still give them to her?"

"Give them to her, it's no big deal."

And Lin Xiuyuan relayed the same words to Zheng Xiuyan here, word for word.

When Zheng Xiuyan heard these descriptions from Krystal, she couldn't help but laugh. "It really sounds like Xiujing's tone, but her personality has changed a bit; how can she hug a guy she just met?"

It seems she was still brooding over that scene last night.

Lin Xiuyuan explained, "Who would have thought you two would suddenly come over for a late-night snack? We were originally planning to go eat, but your appearance gave us a big fright, and later we sent her back without eating anything."

"Serves you right, not thinking about the situation and running around everywhere. By the way, I got Xiujing's ID and passport; I forgot to bring them for you today, next time."

"Yeah, I also asked her to help you intercept Jessica's documents last night, so you two can just use each other's."

Zheng Xiuyan nodded gently, holding the two books. Although she still found it hard to believe, she couldn't help but want to get to the bottom of it quickly and see what was written in the books.

Even if the credibility wasn't high, she could still see some clues.

However, before that, there was one more thing she had to do.

So she looked at Lin Xiuyuan and asked, "Have you finished cleaning up the room?"

"Why?"

"If you're done cleaning, let's go out and buy a car. Didn't Xiujing ask me to buy you one?"

Lin Xiuyuan burst into laughter upon hearing this. "You're wrong, she's giving it to me, it's bought with her pocket money."

Faced with Lin Xiuyuan's playful smile, Zheng Xiuyan bared her teeth. "Hey, Zheng Xiujing, I must teach her a good lesson when we meet."

Then Lin Xiuyuan was a bit curious. "Oh, right, who calls who Unnie when you two meet?"

"Of course she calls me, what are you talking about?"

"But she's older than you."

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