Chapter 281: Before the Tae-Sica-Yoon gathering

The next day at noon, Shanghai.

Sunlight spilled through the huge windows of the Platinum Bay apartment onto the messy big bed.

Lin Xiuyuan, who had slept until dawn, was now completely buried in the soft down quilt, sleeping soundly.

However, the bed beside him was already empty; Jessica had clearly gotten up and gone out, throwing herself into her work schedule for the day to earn money to support the family.

At the same time, Kim Taeyeon, who was far away in Seoul and had just finished a long recording session last night, crawled out of bed with a body full of fatigue and a sense of emptiness after finishing work.

And then, suddenly having nothing to do, she very naturally thought of a figure who could bring her "fun."

Thus, an overseas call was dialed to Lin Xiuyuan's phone.

"Ding-a-ling... ding-a-ling..."

The phone ringtone rang stubbornly once, with no one answering.

Until the second ring was about to end, a large hand finally stretched out from under the quilt, groping randomly on the bedside table, and grabbed the noisy phone.

Afterward, Lin Xiuyuan's voice, carrying heavy sleepiness and unclear, came from the receiver.

"Hello~"

"Xiuyuan, are you still in Shanghai?"

On the other end of the receiver, Kim Taeyeon's voice came over.

She was present for the previous discussion in the group, so naturally, she knew Lin Xiuyuan was in Shanghai at this time.

Especially after Jessica entered the group later, seeing these acquaintances in the group, it was another good scene, and she even complained in the group that she had been "isolated" thoroughly enough before.

Thinking of this, Kim Taeyeon also laughed secretly.

"Hmm, still here..."

Lin Xiuyuan, listening to this laughter, answered subconsciously, then his brain cleared up a bit, and he corrected, "No, it should be said that I just arrived not long ago, I landed yesterday. Even if I want to fly to Seoul, I have to wait until this afternoon or evening to have a flight."

He was still lying on the bed because his physical strength had been consumed too much last night, and at this moment his eyelids were so heavy he didn't want to open them at all.

Hearing this answer, Kim Taeyeon muttered in a low voice on the other end of the phone, then her tone carried a bit of coquettishness and complaint, "Then what should I do..."

"What do you mean what should you do? What are you doing?" Lin Xiuyuan tried to concentrate and asked.

"I want to go over to your side to find the watch I bought before."

After saying this, Kim Taeyeon's words were actually like a sentence carrying a secret code, so Lin Xiuyuan understood instantly.

What watch or not, it was nothing more than her going back to the 2013 side to find Kim Taeyeon to make a call.

So when Lin Xiuyuan understood this layer of meaning, he immediately replied, "Then your choice of time is really not very coincidental; not only am I in Shanghai, the key is that your 'watch' is not in the watch box in Seoul now."

Having just learned from Zheng Xiuyan last night that their entire Girls' Generation team was going to fly overseas to participate in activities, Lin Xiuyuan immediately replied to Kim Taeyeon with a secret code.

Because the Kim Taeyeon on the 2013 side wasn't in Seoul at all, even if he opened the door to go over, he wouldn't find anyone.

His was just a Time Anywhere Door, not a Doraemon Anywhere Door.

Kim Taeyeon was also surprised, "Ah? Where did it go?"

She clearly hadn't expected this situation either.

"If it's not there, it's not there; I'll help you find it in a few days when it comes back."

The reason and situation, Lin Xiuyuan certainly couldn't say clearly on the phone, so he could only respond vaguely, implying to wait until the overseas schedule was over and they came back.

Then Kim Taeyeon also immediately realized that this problem couldn't be explained clearly on the phone, so she very naturally changed the topic, her tone carrying a bit of boredom and expectation.

"Shall we have a video call? I'm so bored alone at home, come over and accompany me, accompany me for a meal, how about it."

Just don't know if this so-called "meal" would have other meanings.

Regarding this invitation, Lin Xiuyuan's answer was very simple and direct, "Why don't you come over?"

Kim Taeyeon on the other end of the phone was silent for a while, seemingly thinking about the feasibility of this proposal, and after a moment, she agreed decisively, "Okay."

Thus, communication was reached.

Lin Xiuyuan in Shanghai, just after hanging up the phone, lifted the quilt and got out of bed in the next second.

He was even too lazy to change clothes, walked straight toward the bathroom in the bedroom, pushed the door open and stepped out, and returned from the Shanghai apartment to the 2013 apartment.

Afterward, he still didn't stop for a moment, opened the door again, his figure flashed, and he appeared directly in the 2025 Kim Taeyeon apartment.

And at this time, on the sofa in the living room, Kim Taeyeon had just put down the phone that had finished the call, and hadn't had time to sit up from the lying position.

Looking up, she saw Lin Xiuyuan walking in from the bathroom door.

That guy was wearing only a loose pair of boxer sports shorts, revealing his strong upper body and straight legs, his hair was messy from sleep, and his face still carried the sleepy drowsiness that hadn't fully cleared.

Kim Taeyeon was first surprised by the speed at which he came, then her gaze swept over his almost half-naked body, and a smile carrying desire and ambiguity instantly rose on her face.

"Oh, Xiuyuan~ why did you run over dressed like this, are you intending to seduce me on purpose."

Lin Xiuyuan, who rubbed his eyes, let out a big yawn, waved at Kim Taeyeon, his tone carrying obvious sleepiness, "I haven't even woken up yet, I was woken up by your phone call. Alright, stop talking nonsense, come over quickly, I still want to go back and make up for sleep."

Looking at his lazy yet impatient appearance, Kim Taeyeon couldn't help but laugh out loud, nodding obediently, "Nae~ got it~"

However, before following him, she remembered one thing and said quickly, "Wait a moment, give me Xiuyan's new phone number on that side first, I have to set up call forwarding."

Kim Taeyeon was, of course, referring to Jessica's phone secondary account in Shanghai.

After all, the network technology of 2025 is not at the same level as 2013, and Seoul and Shanghai are two different things.

So for safety and convenience, several core members had discussed before that when needing to cross regions in 2025, it was best to forward commonly used phone numbers to the local region's number, so as not to miss important incoming calls.

As for other APP information, it was nothing more than logging in again, not a big problem.

Lin Xiuyuan knew this too, so he reported Jessica's secondary account phone number placed in the apartment to Kim Taeyeon without hesitation, without considering at all if Jessica, who was working hard outside, knew her private secondary account was shared like this, what she would think.

But thinking about it, it shouldn't be a big problem, mainly everyone is on the same boat... no, grasshoppers on the same rope now, information sharing is also a necessary sacrifice.

After all, men are shared.

Afterward, Kim Taeyeon skillfully performed a series of operations on her phone, finished the call forwarding settings, threw the phone on the sofa, and walked toward Lin Xiuyuan happily and with light steps.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan naturally reached out his hand, and Kim Taeyeon also smiled and put her small hand into his palm.

The next moment, Lin Xiuyuan opened the Time Gate again, holding Kim Taeyeon, stepped back to the 2025 villa, didn't stay in the villa, and in the blink of an eye, the two returned to the bedroom in the Shanghai apartment filled with afternoon sunlight.

From answering the phone to successfully smuggling Kim Taeyeon over, the whole process seemed to take less than five minutes.

It can only be said that Lin Xiuyuan's human Anywhere Door efficiency is really outrageously high.

And when Kim Taeyeon followed Lin Xiuyuan into the bedroom of this Shanghai apartment, her gaze was first attracted by the unparalleled river view and Lujiazui skyline outside the window.

Subconsciously let out a "wow," exclaiming, "This location, this view, it seems Xiuyuan really spent a lot of money this time, is it bought or rented?"

"Rented."

Lin Xiuyuan's voice came from behind with thick sleepiness.

While answering, he threw himself into that soft big bed without any politeness, buried his face in the pillow, and added vaguely, "No need to buy, not living a lifetime..."

Kim Taeyeon nodded, just wanted to walk to the window to carefully appreciate this expensive scenery, but suddenly felt a strange touch under her feet.

Looking down.

Only to see on the carpet, a pair of extremely sexy, black lace panties with very little fabric, lying there in an extremely unrestrained posture.

Looking at the style and state, it was clearly the product of being discarded casually after some fierce battle last night.

This situation made Kim Taeyeon's eyes light up instantly, as if excited by discovering a new continent.

At the same time, her little head started looking around like a detective.

Sure enough, under the soft light of the bedroom, she soon discovered more evidence chains.

A pair of torn black silk stockings draped casually on the bedside table, a wrinkled men's T-shirt hanging on the back of the chair, the air seemed to still faintly linger with a trace of ambiguous atmosphere...

Finally, Kim Taeyeon's gaze fell on Lin Xiuyuan, who was lying on the bed wearing only boxer shorts, showing his strong buttocks line, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but hook into a meaningful smile.

"I'm going out to visit, you sleep first." She said to the culprit on the bed.

Lin Xiuyuan just gave a muffled "hmm," and afterward seemed to return to the Duke of Zhou's home instantly.

And Kim Taeyeon walked lightly, opened the bedroom door, and walked into the living room.

Then she found the scene in the living room even more shocking.

Several cushions on the sofa fell messily on the ground, half of the blanket was hanging down, a certain area of the carpet even had subtle wrinkles, and there was the glass window printed with two small ceramic bowls.

All this was silently telling the equally fierce battle that might have happened here last night.

Seeing this, Kim Taeyeon finally couldn't help laughing out loud, shook her head, and sighed in a low voice, "Played really flower-y..."

Then she seemed to think of a brilliant idea, her eyes lit up, and she slipped back into the bedroom.

Picked up Lin Xiuyuan's phone placed on the bedside table, unlocked it with his fingerprint, and opened the camera function.

Afterward, like a professional on-site evidence collector, she started taking pictures of those messy traces after the event, "click, click."

Wrinkled sofa, torn silk stockings, blanket fallen on the ground, the conspicuous black panties on the bedroom carpet, and even the towel discarded casually at the bathroom door...

After taking the pictures, Kim Taeyeon originally wanted to send these "criminal evidence" directly to their core small group, letting everyone criticize and appreciate it together.

But after her finger hovered over the send button for a moment, she changed her mind.

Although the saying goes that sharing joy with others is better than joy alone, sometimes precision strikes might have better effects.

Thinking of this, Kim Taeyeon exited the group chat interface, found the private chat box with Jessica, and then sent those "wonderful" photos one after another.

And at this time, Jessica, who had just finished a brand social activity and was sitting in the lounge for a short rest, hadn't had the phone for long.

Before she had time to check the messages, she heard a series of notification sounds.

So she suspiciously clicked into the chat interface with Lin Xiuyuan, and the first thing that came into view was those incomparably familiar photos carrying a sense of crime scene.

It's just that Jessica's first reaction to looking at these photos was that it was a bit inexplicable.

Didn't we do it last night, you stuck to me, I hugged you...

Then what does this guy mean by taking these photos and sending them to me now? Aftertaste? Showing off? Or is his brain flooded?

Jessica, frowning, replied with a simple: 【?】 in the dialog box.

Almost the moment she sent it, a voice message was returned in seconds.

This speed of returning in seconds made Jessica feel a strange feeling in her heart.

After hesitating for a while, she finally clicked on that voice bar.

In the next second, a female voice carrying thick teasing and mockery, which she absolutely didn't expect to appear on Lin Xiuyuan's phone, clearly entered her ears, "Yo~ Xiuyan, you played quite high~ even wore fishnet stockings? Tsk tsk..."

This voice... is Kim Taeyeon?!!

This realization made Jessica, who had always been known for her calmness and expression management, shrink her pupils, and the composure on her face almost instantly collapsed and broke.

She could even feel her cheeks heating up uncontrollably.

The subconscious thought in her mind was: How could Kim Taeyeon use Lin Xiuyuan's phone? And be in the Shanghai apartment?! And see those...

Fortunately, this shock only lasted for a brief moment, and her strong psychological quality made Jessica instantly calm down, and she also guessed what kind of situation it was.

So after taking a deep breath, her fingertips tapped quickly on the screen, replying with text: 【I have long legs, everything I wear looks good, you're envious and it's useless.】

The tone was calm, even carrying a hint of counterattack.

Immediately after, she tagged that voice message and added one: 【Also, take it easy on this.】

In the apartment, Kim Taeyeon, who was lying on the back of the sofa, looked at Jessica's feigned calm reply and couldn't help but laugh even more happily.

At the same time, she didn't reply with voice anymore, and started typing to reply.

【Got it~ when do you get off work?】

Jessica looked at the busy venue outside the lounge and the waiting staff.

【Not that fast, reckon it will be evening.】

Kim Taeyeon: 【Then have a meal together later?】

Jessica thought about it and replied: 【Okay.】

At this time, Kim Taeyeon added another sentence mischievously.

【So... these wonderful photos, can I really not send them to the group for everyone to learn and appreciate together? Evil smile. jpg】

Jessica on this side of the phone looked at this sentence, as if she could imagine Kim Taeyeon's expression of fearing that the world wouldn't be chaotic, she helplessly held her forehead and replied with a series of ellipses.

【...】

Finally, under Kim Taeyeon's compassion or Jessica's silent threat, these photos didn't appear in the group.

The two chatted casually for a few more sentences, during which Kim Taeyeon also conveniently asked Jessica to help order lunch takeout for her and Lin Xiuyuan.

After the takeout was delivered and Kim Taeyeon opened the door to take it in from the floor at the entrance, Jessica on that side was also about to re-invest in work.

Kim Taeyeon, who finished the chat, carried the takeout bag to the dining table, and just as she was preparing to return to the bedroom to call the guy who was sleeping soundly to eat, the phone ringtone placed aside rang again.

This made Kim Taeyeon look down, and then found that the name flashing on the screen was none other than Lin Yun'er, who had been busy for a while.

Looking at this name, a brighter, slightly mischievous smile immediately blossomed on Kim Taeyeon's face.

Almost impatiently pressed the answer button, and opened her mouth in a very natural tone, "Hello~ Yun'er~"

And on the other end of the phone, Lin Yun'er, who was preparing to speak, was instantly stunned after clearly hearing the voice belonging to Kim Taeyeon that absolutely shouldn't appear on Lin Xiuyuan's phone.

Subconsciously took the phone away from her ear and looked carefully at the number displayed on the screen...

Frowning and muttering: That's right, it's Xiuyuan's number, he should be in Shanghai.

But how is the one answering the phone... Taeyeon unnie?

However, she also figured it out like Jessica before, and after a laugh, she wanted to say something, but for safety, she restrained herself.

Changed to another sentence, "Short-statured little nanny, call the owner of this phone over, I have something to find him for."

This sentence made Kim Taeyeon stunned on the spot, her brain seemed to have crashed for a few seconds, unable to react immediately to whether she was being teased back.

Ten minutes later.

Lin Xiuyuan, sitting at the dining table, looked at Lin Yun'er and Kim Taeyeon who were making a mess on the sofa, his eyes full of helplessness and amusement, and knocked on the dining table after a moment.

"Played enough, right, time to eat."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 282 =====