Chapter 38: 37

【Do you want to understand the meaning of life? Do you want to... truly live?】

【...】

In the lobby, Park Ji-yeon looked at the note suddenly sent out by the waiter, raised her eyes, and looked at Ham Eun-jung opposite her.

The latter shook her head gently, indicating that she couldn't understand it either.

However, besides not understanding, Ham Eun-jung also curiously asked, "The waiter just said it was given by Jessica-sunbaenim?"

"Mm, that's what was said. But look at this crooked handwriting, it doesn't look like Jessica-unnie's handwriting at all. I think..."

Park Ji-yeon paused, her brows filled with a bit of suspicion.

Compared to Ham Eun-jung, who was not very familiar with Jessica, Park Ji-yeon had gathered with Girls' Generation a few times under Sunny's contact with Park Hyo-min, and had also seen Jessica's handwritten notes.

So...

"That boy."

Ham Eun-jung, who thought of something, exclaimed, and Park Ji-yeon also nodded. "Besides this, I can't think of anything else."

After roughly figuring out the situation, when the two looked at the note again, the unease in their hearts faded a bit, replaced by a trace of curiosity and interest.

Especially Ham Eun-jung, who tapped the paper with her fingertips with great interest and said, "Then why is he looking for you? This paragraph is also very interesting, it has the flavor of reading a storybook."

"Don't know, Unnie, what do you think?"

Park Ji-yeon, who had just come of age, had basically been smooth sailing for so many years, except for the big accident last year.

Suddenly encountering this kind of thing, she couldn't make up her mind for a while.

And Ham Eun-jung, who debuted as a child star, looked at the meaning of those words twice more, and clicked her tongue again. "The meaning above says he wants to be friends with you, but it doesn't look like it; saying he doesn't want to know you, the address and phone number have been sent up. Honestly, this is the first time I've encountered such a situation."

On the other side, in the private room.

"How can you fool people like this? Who can understand what you wrote?"

Thinking of the paper she had just sent out, Jessica was speechless when she looked at Lin Xiuyuan opposite her.

"Same as you." Lin Xiuyuan replied faintly while eating barbecue. "Can't tell her directly that I'm cheating, right?"

After speaking, he smiled again. "This is a question of trust and a gamble. You believed it, you came, so you won the bet. In the same situation, Krystal is the same. If you don't believe it, don't come, then it's fate. Fate is like this, let's see how she chooses."

"Ho, tsk tsk tsk~"

Facing Lin Xiuyuan's answer, Jessica's gaze at him became interesting. "Do you know what you look like when you said that just now?"

"Life mentor?" Lin Xiuyuan laughed.

"No, like a charlatan, the kind from a cult."

Living on the peninsula, how could Jessica not understand the local specialty industry? Lin Xiuyuan's tone and logic just now really had a bit of that flavor.

However, her answer made Lin Xiuyuan happy. "If I'm a charlatan from a cult, then you, who followed me in, and Krystal, are you also my cult followers?"

"..."

Jessica, who didn't expect Lin Xiuyuan to answer her like this, was choked by these words.

After a while, she figured it out and laughed out loud herself. "It seems that's really the case."

Now Lin Xiuyuan's eyes were even brighter, and he even put down his chopsticks and looked at Jessica happily. "Oh, then I remember that some doctrines clearly state that followers need to have a spirit of service, I don't know..."

Just before he finished speaking, he was kicked by Jessica from under the table. "Get lost."

Fortunately, Lin Xiuyuan dodged in time, so the other party only kicked the table leg, not his leg.

And Lin Xiuyuan hurriedly appeased the other party. "Hahaha, Jessica, don't get angry, just chatting, why get so angry?"

Jessica, who was appeased, glared at him a few times, lowered her head, and continued to barbecue for him, but this time she had a sense of revenge, grilling it until it was old before putting it in front of him, letting him exercise his teeth and jaw.

However, soon, she thought of something else.

She got up with the barbecue tongs and sat beside Lin Xiuyuan. Lin Xiuyuan almost dodged away during the process, but fortunately, she called him in time. "Don't run, let's talk about something."

"What?"

Lin Xiuyuan, hearing this, continued to eat the fried chicken nuggets.

"I remember Krystal asked you for help over there, so shouldn't you be looking for Ji-yeon over there?"

But for the question Jessica asked, Lin Xiuyuan looked at her like she was a fool, making Jessica feel creepy. "What, I didn't say anything wrong."

"What's there to think about? Same as you. The one over there is already ruined, so I can only find the one here. The past cannot be changed, the only thing that can be saved is the future that hasn't happened yet."

Lin Xiuyuan, who put a piece of beef into his mouth, frowned after two bites. Obviously, the beef was too old.

Jessica, who was next to him, hurriedly turned her eyes away, feeling a bit guilty and not daring to look at him.

But fortunately, it was a bit old, but it had a unique flavor, so Lin Xiuyuan, who chewed more and more vigorously, continued, "Besides, is the young Park Ji-yeon not Park Ji-yeon?"

"You say it like that, it seems right."

Jessica, who heard Lin Xiuyuan compare himself, rarely didn't refute, but sighed with a depressed expression. "Compared to me, Ji-yeon is really terrible over there, no wonder Krystal, who never cares about things, would speak up."

"Actually, not really. Originally, if Krystal hadn't asked me, I would have thought about finding T-ara."

Jessica, who heard Lin Xiuyuan say this for the first time, looked at him somewhat unexpectedly. "Why T-ara? I think YoonA and the others are fine too, and there are others."

Lin Xiuyuan's reply was also very straightforward: "Lin Yun'er? Is she down and out? My 'joining the sect' here has a threshold. I need a rich woman who is down and out, has money, and still has a breath of spirit suppressed in her heart. Such beautiful rich women are not common in Seoul. I think those few from Tara are quite good."

"Get lost, I was joking with you and you took it seriously."

Finding that Lin Xiuyuan still hung the word 'joining the cult' on his lips, Jessica gave him a slap on the shoulder, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

"It hurts, big sister."

"Yah, don't call me sister."

The next day at noon.

A studio somewhere in Seoul.

Park Ji-yeon, who hadn't worked with the whole group for a long time, shot new promotional posters with several members of the sub-unit today.

It's just that during the shooting, the note she received while eating last night kept lingering in her mind.

A woman's unique sixth sense told her that if she didn't go over, she would definitely regret it.

But the sense of security and crisis that a woman should have was frantically warning her. What will happen if a girl goes out alone to find a boy? No one can say, the risk is unpredictable.

And this hesitation lasted from the beginning of the shooting to the end.

Park Ji-yeon, who finally made up her mind, planned to make a phone call to ask about the situation, but it couldn't get through.

She called many times in a row, but it was still the same reply.

Until all the work was finished that day, and she returned to the dormitory under the starlight of the night, she dialed again with the mentality of "trying one more time."

This time, the call went through.

"Hello."

It was a male voice, young, magnetic, clear, and real.

Park Ji-yeon, who got the verification, looked back at the several members who were busy, walked to the window, and asked, "Hello, I am Park Ji-yeon."

"Oh, Park Ji-yeon, hahaha."

The other party laughed, his tone relaxed but mysterious. "How about it, do you want to join the cult?" ===== CHAPTER 39 =====