Chapter 34: JK's First Call and the

The phone was still ringing.

Lin Xiuyuan immediately turned his gaze to Jessica opposite him and smiled teasingly. "What do you say? Should I answer it or not?"

"Answer it."

"Do you want it on speaker?"

"..."

Jessica raised her eyes and swept a glance at him, meeting that half-smiling expression. She didn't say anything more, just silently shifted her gaze away, too lazy to deal with him.

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan stopped teasing her. With a faint smile, he answered the call and conveniently turned on the speaker. "Hello, Krystal."

Krystal, on the other end, was clearly surprised to hear Lin Xiuyuan's clear voice. "Eh, you're up so early today?"

Because according to past situations, every time she called, she either couldn't wake this guy up, or he would be groggy and unable to speak clearly.

Facing Krystal's confusion, Lin Xiuyuan looked at Jessica and laughed. "Up? I haven't even slept since last night. I've been up all night and was just about to lie down."

Jessica, opposite him, pursed her lips tightly. This was the first time she had heard the voice of her younger sister from over a decade later.

Even through the phone, that familiar tone and voice made her heart tighten involuntarily.

The small movement of her lips changed from pursing to biting, and her gaze, which had shifted away, was now tightly fixed on the phone in Lin Xiuyuan's hand.

"Playing games all night again?"

Krystal, who had seen Lin Xiuyuan like this more than once, thought he was the same this time.

But she didn't expect Lin Xiuyuan's next answer to make her heart skip a beat. "I really didn't play games last night. I spent the whole night watching videos and news with someone, my eyes are blurry from looking."

Someone?

Krystal, who knew Lin Xiuyuan's secret, guessed the person's identity in the blink of an eye. "Jessica is over there?"

Hearing this address, Jessica's previously stiff expression suddenly relaxed.

She stared wide-eyed at the phone, then quickly glanced sideways at Lin Xiuyuan. Just as she opened her mouth to speak, he spoke first. "Yeah, she's here. She's standing right next to me listening. Your behavior of calling her by her name just now seems to have angered her a bit."

"Ah~"

Krystal's tone faltered, not knowing what she was thinking. After a few seconds of silence, she said, "It's fine, I'm older than her, so she should be the one calling me Unnie."

As soon as the words fell, a small hand grabbed Lin Xiuyuan's arm, and Jessica followed up angrily. "Yah~ Zheng Xiujing, no matter how much older you are, you were born after me."

At the same time.

Krystal, who was waiting at Incheon Airport, heard Jessica's shout on the other end of the phone, and a sense of familiarity that had been absent for a long time surged into her heart again.

It wasn't that the Jessica here didn't call her anymore, but over the years, as they grew older, the interaction between the two had long lost that original flavor.

And at this moment, this familiar shout awakened that long-sealed emotion.

So she couldn't help but feel excited. Standing in a corner, leaning against the wall, she took a deep breath, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but rise.

Until Jessica on the other end shouted a few more times, "Hey, what are you doing? Zheng Xiujing, answer me."

Krystal finally came back to her senses, laughing like a child. "Haha, hahaha, Unnie, Unnie, Unnie, Unnie~ I'm here, I'm here, Unnie."

The more she called, the more Krystal's voice trembled, but the smile grew wider.

Her reaction and emotions left Jessica on the other end at a loss for a moment, and she quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just a bit excited."

Taking another deep breath, Krystal quickly adjusted her emotions, not daring to say too much.

Then, pursing her lips again, she put on the sunglasses hanging on her chest and asked in a low voice, "Unnie, when did you come over? Why didn't you tell me?"

"I came over in the early hours of last night. Do you want to have lunch together?"

Jessica was still a bit worried about Krystal's trembling voice just now, so she softened her tone.

Although this was the first call between the JK of two different space-times, that family affection, which had long been deep in their bones and blood, had never created a gap because of this displacement, even with their different identities.

Krystal looked through her sunglasses and the glass at the airport runway and planes outside. "I'm afraid that won't work. I have to go to Paris; there's a photoshoot and a show to attend there. I'm already at the airport."

"Mm, it's okay. We can meet when you get back."

Although it was a pity, Jessica didn't continue to put too much pressure on Krystal. "Take care on the road, be safe."

This warm exhortation made a gentle smile appear on Krystal's lips. "Mm, I'm already thirty years old, Unnie."

"No matter how old you are, you're still a child. Alright, you two go ahead and talk."

After saying this, Jessica finally couldn't hold back her emotions. She shoved the phone back into Lin Xiuyuan's hand, turned around, and walked quickly into the bedroom.

Lin Xiuyuan took the phone, glanced at the slightly ajar bedroom door, and said faintly into the phone, "Your sister is probably like you, she ran inside to cry."

"I didn't cry."

Facing her own sister, she could have an emotional breakdown for a moment, but facing this guy Lin Xiuyuan, Krystal still had to pretend to be calm.

Listening to Krystal's stubborn reply, Lin Xiuyuan simply replied, "Ah, yes, yes, yes."

And the profound and broad Chinese language was displayed at this moment; three affirmations equal a negation—just ask who can compete with that.

"You bastard, don't think I can't hear you being sarcastic."

"You've gotten smarter, Krystal."

Krystal, who was still feeling a bit sentimental, only wanted to curse after being teased by Lin Xiuyuan. "Get lost."

Lin Xiuyuan chuckled a few times and then returned to the main topic. "Alright, I won't mess around with you anymore. Tell me, why did you call me so early?"

Speaking of this, Krystal also withdrew her emotions, and her tone became serious. "Are you planning to add more people to your tavern members?"

"Hm?"

Lin Xiuyuan instantly understood this question, which sounded quite abrupt and confusing to others. "Who?"

"Jiyeon."

Before Krystal could finish the name, Lin Xiuyuan continued, "Park Ji-yeon? Are you very familiar with her?"

"We're friends, I suppose... And, she's very rich, and she's a married woman."

Lin Xiuyuan, who was originally wondering why, was suddenly amused by Krystal's words, especially the last part.

"Yah, do I look like someone who lacks money? If I don't have money, I can ask you, right? Don't tell me you're poorer than her. And what does that last sentence mean? That's too much, Krystal, do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"No, I'm just making a suggestion."

"There must be a reason."

Krystal, who was asked, hurriedly gave an explanation she had already thought of. "Amber talked about her when we were chatting last night. She said they met two days ago and talked about a lot of things... Some of the things I heard made people..."

A few minutes later.

After hanging up, Lin Xiuyuan raised his eyebrows thoughtfully, clicked his tongue, and wiped his face.

Then he walked to the guest room door, knocked, and stepped inside.

"Why did you come in?"

"I came to see if you were crying."

A pillow flew over. "Get lost~"

The next second, Lin Xiuyuan quickly fled the guest room, not forgetting to mutter, "The world is changing, I'm being smashed for showing concern."

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