Chapter 310

While Jessica was having a fit of impotent rage, in a backstage area in Seoul in 2013, a woman with a 100% similarity to her was also being interrogated by a woman similar to Kim Taeyeon.

Sitting in front of the vanity mirror in the lounge, Zheng Xiuyan, who was looking down at her phone, was just waiting for the next round of filming.

As a result, at this moment, Jin Ruanruan quietly snuck over from the studio side, sat in a chair nearby, looked at her repeatedly, and then hesitated for a moment.

Finally, she asked softly, "Xiuyan-ah, can I ask what you really think of Xiuyuan?"

Zheng Xiuyan, who had been sliding her finger across the screen, didn't even raise her head upon hearing this question, as if she had long expected this question to be asked.

So she directly pierced through the other person's thoughts, "What do you mean 'what do I think'? Taeyeon, you're beating around the bush because you want to worry about whether I have those kinds of feelings for Xiuyuan, right?"

Jin Ruanruan, who discovered that her little thoughts had been seen through at a glance, didn't deny this answer either.

And after looking left and right to confirm that no staff members were paying attention to this side, she nodded very decisively and admitted.

"Yeah, I'm just a little curious. Look, even if it's normal dating or some kind of online ambiguous relationship, it's been about half a year, right? Why does it feel like you're never in a hurry, and there hasn't been any big movement?"

Although Jin Ruanruan had thought that Zheng Xiuyan might have her own rhythm and thoughts.

But the impact Goo Hara brought her yesterday, plus the situation regarding her own father in the future, made her deeply feel the ruthlessness of time, even though she was in the 2013 timeline.

And the weight of the word "cherish."

That was why, on the next day, she couldn't help but find Zheng Xiuyan to explore the true inner thoughts of this sister of hers.

And Zheng Xiuyan, looking at Kim Taeyeon's sincere, even "motherly" worried appearance, first smiled slightly.

Then she slowly closed her phone, turned around, and faced Kim Taeyeon directly, "Taeyeon-ah, actually, I also want to ask you a question in return."

"What?" Jin Ruanruan blinked.

Zheng Xiuyan had a faint smile on her face, her tone filled with uncertain curiosity, "You should have guessed Taeyeon's situation, right? Then I want to ask you, how do you view Xiuyuan now?"

Now, it was Jin Ruanruan's turn to be stumped.

She knew that Zheng Xiuyan wasn't referring to herself, but to the "other self" in another space-time who had a more complex relationship with Lin Xiuyuan.

"Sleep together?"

"So straightforward, but definitely yes."

After confirming the focus of the question, Jin Ruanruan was silent for a moment, as if seriously sorting out her feelings, and then replied.

"She is her, and I am me. Anyway, as far as I'm concerned, I don't dislike Xiuyuan; in fact, I'm quite grateful to him. But to say whether it's reached the point where it has to be him, or that I'm madly in love, it doesn't seem like it yet."

Saying this, she suddenly laughed out loud, her tone carrying the clarity of an adult and a bit of casual frankness.

"However, if Xiuyuan really opened his mouth one day and said he needed me, and wanted something to happen, then I probably wouldn't refuse."

With things said to this point, the subtext was also very clear: the favorability hasn't been maxed out, but there's no psychological barrier to rolling in the sheets.

After all, this isn't a feudal society where one needs to set up a chastity arch.

What's more, rolling with Lin Xiuyuan has too many visible benefits; it's not a loss.

Listening to Jin Ruanruan's frank and realistic answer, Zheng Xiuyan nodded gently, and the smile on her face deepened.

"So, Taeyeon, look, even you would have such thoughts and considerations. Could it be that you think I, Zheng Xiuyan, would hate Xiuyuan, or be completely indifferent to him?"

"I understand you don't hate him." Jin Ruanruan explained hurriedly, "But you've always acted so calm, which makes me feel like I should come and remind you. Xiuyan, some things still need to be seized in the present."

Zheng Xiuyan had actually already clearly felt the weight and the reminder in those words.

Because the shocking scene from Goo Hara yesterday actually evoked her memory of Sulli in the pouring rain.

The two images repeatedly intertwined in her mind, reminding her back and forth of the preciousness of "impermanence" and "the present."

That was why Zheng Xiuyan, after returning to the villa in 2025, brought Krystal over and accelerated things a little bit.

Thinking of this, the smile on Zheng Xiuyan's face became even brighter and more smug.

"Don't worry, Taeyeon. I'm not a good girl who hasn't done anything. If nothing goes wrong, those things you all secretly complained about me behind my back will eventually come true for you yourselves."

"What things? I haven't complained about you behind your back at all!"

Jin Ruanruan, who was called out, immediately retorted with a guilty conscience.

But in her mind, the image of her and Lin Xiaolu privately complaining about Zheng Xiuyan being "cut in line" flashed involuntarily, and her cheeks heated up slightly.

Fortunately, Zheng Xiuyan didn't seem to intend to expose her on the spot; she just smiled and waved her hand, signaling for the matter to be dropped.

Only when she waved her hand, her movement suddenly paused slightly.

She suddenly realized that she didn't seem to have this little habit of waving her hand casually before...

It seemed like after meeting Lin Xiuyuan, she had unknowingly learned this slightly casual and somewhat roguish movement from that guy.

Thinking of this, Zheng Xiuyan pursed her lips slightly and hummed to herself in her heart: You jerk.

At the same time, in the private courtyard of that hot spring inn in Tokyo.

With a light "click," the bathroom door was pulled open from the inside.

Sulli and Goo Hara, who had gone in to shower together, finally walked out.

Compared to the one-piece swimsuits chosen by Ham Eunjung and Park Hyomin earlier, these two girls boldly chose two-piece styles.

The upper body was a small camisole design with thin straps, the slender straps outlining beautiful shoulder and neck lines.

The lower body adopted a pure-desire style with an irregular skirt formed by a piece of fabric, cleverly tied to one side of the hip, swaying gently with their steps, appearing and disappearing, inviting infinite imagination.

However, this was not the most eye-catching part.

The most eye-catching thing was that these two swimsuits were not only the same style, but also a classic black and white combination!!

Sulli, with her cold white skin, unexpectedly chose deep black.

The extreme black formed a strong and stunning visual contrast with her ice-like cold white skin, like a snow lotus blooming in the dark night, mysterious and alluring.

And Goo Hara, whose skin tone was one shade darker than Sulli's, presenting a healthy honey color, chose pure white.

The bright white seemed to come with its own reflector effect, maximizing the brightening of her skin tone, making her look radiant, fresh, and sexy.

So when these two walked out, like two landscapes with different styles but equally stunning, they instantly captured everyone's attention.

Lin Xiuyuan's gaze fell on them at the first moment, circling back and forth, his eyes filled with surprise at their choice of such hot swimsuits and clever color matching.

But more of it was pure appreciation and recognition of the good figures and unique temperaments of these two great beauties.

However, after enjoying this double impact of black and white.

His gaze still drifted involuntarily toward Park Hyomin on the side, with a hint of "professional comparison."

There was no help for it; although the beauties present each had their own merits, when it came to "innate talent" in terms of figure, Xiao Ming's unique capital was a bit of a foul; it was a dimensionality reduction strike on pure hardware.

And at this time, Park Hyomin, who keenly noticed Lin Xiuyuan's gaze focusing on her again, couldn't help but feel a trace of smugness in her heart.

I don't know what she was thinking, but instead, she very cooperatively puffed out her chest slightly with a hint of showing off.

But after the weight of Lin Xiuyuan's gaze increased, she quickly picked up a towel from the side and "slapped" it onto the water surface in front of her.

The position was neither biased nor slanted, just right to block someone's overly direct appreciative gaze.

Park Hyomin had never been stingy about showing off her good figure, and was even quite confident.

But Lin Xiuyuan's calm and ignoring "look once and withdraw" earlier had more or less stung her self-esteem.

So after a small demonstration, she immediately restrained herself and hid that proud capital away again.

Then, being straightforward, she couldn't help but blurt out the muttering in her heart.

The voice wasn't loud, but enough for everyone in the pool to hear, "Hmph, didn't you say you didn't like looking? If you have the ability, don't look."

I want to look, but I won't let you look!!

Not expecting Park Hyomin to retort so directly, Lin Xiuyuan laughed twice, then rubbed his nose and coughed.

He justified himself with a straight face.

"Cough, cough, I never said I didn't like it. I have always clearly labeled myself as a... pure enthusiast who is keen on appreciating all the beautiful scenery in the world."

"Hmph, men." Park Hyomin hummed again and gave him a look.

At this time, Lin Xiuyuan also realized that it was probably his overly calm reaction earlier that had accidentally offended this hot-bodied and sensitive beauty.

So he couldn't help but show some embarrassment on his face.

He turned his head and made a helpless little expression to Ham Eunjung, Park Jiyeon, and others who were watching the show with great interest, then quickly changed the subject and waved at Sulli and Goo Hara who were still standing by the pool.

"Alright, you two, don't just stand there, come down and soak; it's comfortable in the water."

Sulli, who was 170cm tall, looked at the grand occasion of four people already sitting in the pool and asked subconsciously, "Oppa, will it be a bit crowded if we add two more?"

At this time in the pool, Lin Xiuyuan, Ham Eunjung, Park Jiyeon, and Park Hyomin were sitting inside; from the water surface, there seemed to be room to spare.

But if you looked at the bottom of the pool, the feet of several people would already touch each other from time to time.

Adding two more people wouldn't make it impossible to soak, but it would definitely require body-to-body contact, making it even more intimate.

Sulli didn't mind being close to her sisters and Lin Xiuyuan, but simply felt that it might be a bit cramped and not enjoyable to soak.

Anyway, there was a spacious Japanese-style large bath barrel empty nearby, so after saying that, she added, "How about I go soak in that bath barrel next to us with Hara Unnie?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xiuyuan directly replied, "No, you guys come down and squeeze in; it'll be warmer and more comfortable. I'll just go up to the bath barrel myself; let me enjoy it alone."

After saying that, without waiting for others to react, he directly supported the edge of the pool with both hands and stood up nimbly from the hot spring.

As the warm pool water instantly lost its support, it flowed down along Lin Xiuyuan's body with a splash.

Several streams of water slid across his well-defined, blocky abdominal muscles.

The lean and powerful lines shaped an inverted triangle figure; there were no overly exaggerated bulging muscles, but every inch contained smooth explosive power.

As the water flow decreased, the water droplets still rolled on Lin Xiuyuan's tight skin, refracting a healthy luster in the light of the courtyard.

This body full of male hormones formed a wonderful contrast and fusion with the surrounding misty water vapor and the scenery of the women around him.

At the same time, this sudden "welfare broadcast" also stunned Goo Hara and Park Hyomin, who were seeing Lin Xiuyuan's figure so clearly and completely for the first time.

Goo Hara had her small mouth slightly open, her gaze as if stuck by a magnet, forgetting to move it away for a while.

And Park Hyomin even forgot the little awkwardness just now, her eyes widening involuntarily, and a thought subconsciously popped into her mind.

Wait, this guy's figure is actually this good?

After sighing this sentence in her heart, perhaps out of some instinctual curiosity of the body, or perhaps some unyielding mentality, Park Hyomin's eyes unconsciously followed the direction of the water flow and glanced down quietly...

As a result, in the next second, a dry white towel was like a replica of her previous action.

"Swish," it unfolded precisely in front of her line of sight, tightly blocking all possible scenery that could be glimpsed.

This action, which carried obvious imitation and teasing, made Park Hyomin's gaze subconsciously move up along the hand holding the towel.

Finally, it crashed straight into Lin Xiuyuan's smiling eyes.

She saw the other person tilting his head slightly, with a roguish smile on his face after a prank succeeded, looking at her eyes that were slightly widened in surprise with great interest.

His tone was full of teasing and the pleasure of revenge, "Hmm? Want to look?"

Lin Xiuyuan, who deliberately dragged out his tone, had an even deeper smile in his eyes, and then with a bit of childish smugness.

"I just won't let you look~ Hehe, piss you off."

"Yah, Lin Xiuyuan!!!"

Apparently, Park Hyomin was indeed pissed off; she immediately grabbed the towel in front of her chest and threw it over, but fortunately, Lin Xiuyuan ran fast.

After taking his revenge, he immediately stepped onto the shore and, amidst the laughter of Sulli and Goo Hara, jumped into the bath barrel on the side.

Only when it was really at this moment did Park Hyomin's towel land late on the stone slab.

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Stop scolding, stop scolding!! I was wrong, but I'm still asking for monthly tickets!!!

(End of chapter)