Chapter 94

After lunch, Lin Dajun, who was preparing to pay the bill and leave, suddenly heard a voice coming from her ear. "YoonA-i,"

"Are you sure you want to join the sect— pfft, YoonA-i, are you sure you want to join the membership?"

"What?"

This made her turn her head abruptly to look at Lin Xiuyuan, who was speaking, full of confusion.

But Lin Xiuyuan just smiled slightly. "It's the tavern membership. Didn't you want to see that girl? You have to be a member to see her. That's why I asked you, are you sure you want to join the tavern membership?"

Facing this statement, Lin Dajun's first reaction was hesitation. "There's this rule? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"It's not too late to say it now." Lin Xiuyuan smiled again.

"Then how much is the membership fee?"

Thinking of the membership fee Lin Xiuyuan mentioned when chatting last time, she continued to ask.

"No rush for this, you can look at it and give it then."

His understated attitude made Lin Yun'er a bit surprised, and she couldn't help but smile. "Aren't you worried I'll default on the debt?"

To this, Lin Xiuyuan glanced at her, his eyes calm and meaningful. "Don't worry, you can't default."

After chatting to this point, Lin Yun'er smiled and nodded, confirming her decision to join the membership.

Then Lin Xiuyuan didn't nag anymore and gave a time. "Then it's settled, gather at the tavern at 8 PM, no problem, right?"

"No problem."

Later, Lin Xiuyuan, who was preparing to leave the restaurant, thought of something and suddenly gave Lin Yun'er a suggestion. "By the way, you should dress better tonight, it will be good for you."

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The year 2025, 8:00 PM.

The drizzle outside the car window was still drifting, light and thin, but it looked exceptionally dreamy under the reflection of the streetlights.

Lin Chong'er, who came to this tavern again, didn't get out of the car immediately.

Her mind was echoing with that conversation at noon, and finally, she fixed her gaze on the plaque at the door.

【Jieyou】

"If you can really relieve people's worries, your shop is truly magical, Xiuyuan."

After whispering this sentence, Lin Yun'er pushed the door and got out of the car, knocking on the tavern door that was glowing with light.

Lin Xiuyuan, who had been waiting inside, quickly opened the door for her and smiled. "So punctual, right on time, YoonA."

"I just came over after finishing things. If you had said earlier, I probably wouldn't have been on time."

Lin Yun'er, who entered inside, looked around, and there was no one else's figure, just the two of them. "—"

"Xiuyuan, didn't you say you would introduce someone to me?"

"Not here, on the other side."

Lin Xiuyuan said, and looked at her again.

He originally wanted to let the other party wear an eye mask before taking her over, but now that only the two of them were alone, it was obviously not very realistic.

So he said very simply, "Alright, let's go, I'll take you over there."

"Not here?"

Hearing that she had to leave the first scene, Lin Yun'er's vigilance as a woman living alone suddenly rose.

And at this time, Lin Xiuyuan didn't have the stubbornness and rebellion from lunch, and was much calmer. "It's just next door, if you don't feel at ease, it doesn't matter, just pretend our conversation at noon never happened."

Hmm?

The same change in tone, the same being captured by another person, but this time it wasn't Lin Xiuyuan, but Lin Yun'er.

After hearing Lin Xiuyuan's statement without hesitation, she was silent for a moment and looked up at the boy standing at the door.

Her lips were lightly pursed, and a scale seemed to appear in her heart, one side was rationality, the other side was the unknown.

And the next second, Krystal's figure suddenly appeared at the unknown end.

The scale began to tilt.

Rationality was unbalanced, and was suddenly pulled toward the unknown direction by that invisible attraction.

So she in reality spoke lightly. "It's okay, let's go, I'll go with you."

This sudden change made Lin Xiuyuan slightly surprised, he turned his head to look at her and smiled lightly. "Ah, aren't you afraid I'm the rainy night butcher?"

"I didn't say that."

Lin Yun'er, who was indeed a bit worried just now, looked to the other side with a guilty conscience.

Lin Xiuyuan didn't say much more, just took an umbrella from the rack by the door. "Let's go, there's only one umbrella, either we share it, or you follow me in the rain."

This made Lin Yun'er stunned. "Why aren't you more gentlemanly and give the umbrella to me?"

"Because your words just now hurt my heart."

After saying that, he pushed the door and walked into the rain, looked back at her, and smiled again. "Honestly, I really feel that noon was a bit ill-considered, why don't you go home and rest, we'll talk about joining the membership later?"

"Why?" Lin Yun'er, who followed to the door, asked.

"Just feel like I'm being too good to you."

This inexplicable answer made Lin Yun'er frown slightly, really unable to understand. "What are you saying."

But before she could ask in detail, Lin Xiuyuan had already walked into the rain curtain on his own.

Lin Yun'er was startled, hurriedly shouted, and chased after him quickly. "Hey, wait for me."

And so, the two shared an umbrella and walked side by side in the misty rain toward the villa in the alley.

Lin Yun'er, who thought she had to keep walking inside, had a faint impulse to retreat in her eyes, but saw Lin Xiuyuan stop in front of the villa door.

She asked subconsciously. "Why stop? Aren't we still walking?"

"We're here."

As Lin Xiuyuan skillfully opened the door lock, Lin Yun'er stood to the side, her face full of shock. "This is..."

"My home, please come in."

Two minutes later.

Standing in the living room that was gorgeously worrying, Lin Yun'er looked up at the crystal chandelier refracting light on the ceiling, her gaze slowly sweeping across the highly technological smart furniture around, and finally landed on Lin Xiuyuan, who was shaking his umbrella at the door.

"Xiuyuan, this is your home?"

"Is it strange?"

Lin Xiuyuan, who put the umbrella away, smiled. "Otherwise, what kind of place do you think I should live in, a rooftop room?"

"It's not that, it's just that this is a bit too exaggerated, right? This place in Gangnam District is close to the business district, and this location, it has bustle when it needs to be bustling, and it has a community when it needs to be quiet— Daebak—"

"Luck."

Lin Xiuyuan listened to her exclamation and just dropped a vague explanation.

Luck? What does this place have to do with luck?

Until she saw with her own eyes Lin Xiuyuan open the door with a brass lock, and then the other party signaled her to go in. "Let's go, take you to join the membership. Let's say it first, you have to pay a membership fee."

Lin Yun'er, who was still confused, still responded with a smile. "I'll give it to you."

Then, she stepped across time and space, returning from 2025 to 2013.

And as Lin Xiuyuan followed in and gently closed the door, the sound of the rain outside originally in her ears instantly returned to silence, replaced by an ordinary apartment room, and it was a high-rise one at that.

Looking at the high-rise scenery outside the window not far away, Lin Yun'er turned back to look at the door she had just walked through,

murmuring, "Xiuyuan, weren't we just in the villa? How did we suddenly come to a high-rise?"

"You go over and take a look." Lin Xiuyuan, who was standing behind her, said.

Lin Yun'er, who gradually realized something was wrong, walked slowly to the window and looked down at the street scene again.

This place was completely different from the 2025 she was familiar with; looking up, the sky was high and the moon was bright, it was actually a clear sky.

So her breathing began to become rapid, her pupils trembled slightly, her small hands clenched into fists, and she turned around abruptly, passing Lin Xiuyuan and rushing to the door to open it, wanting to return to the villa, but in reality, when she opened the door, what caught her eyes was just a storage room piled with messy cardboard boxes; where was there any shadow of a villa.

When she turned her head to look at Lin Xiuyuan again, she only saw the other party holding a 4S phone, a product from more than ten years ago, in his hand, and he was fiddling with the screen.

Don't know if it was because the information was overloaded earlier, but the brain was actually a bit numb at this time.

It made Lin Yun'er not surprised when she saw that crappy phone of his at this moment, only curiosity remained. "What is it, why are you using this phone, aren't you using a 16pro?"

"This is the phone here."

Lin Xiuyuan shook the phone and answered casually. "Alright, I helped you make an appointment with that girl who looks like Jessica, she'll be here later, let's go down and wait for her first."

After he finished speaking, he turned to walk to the door to open it, but was grabbed by the arm by Lin Yun'er behind him. "Wait a minute, Xiuyuan, tell me, what exactly is going on."

She had vaguely realized something, but didn't quite dare to believe it.

Why wasn't it a villa after the door opened just now.

Why did she appear in a high-rise apartment after coming from the first floor of the villa.

Why is it already 2025, and why is someone still using a backward product from more than ten years ago.

All of this was too weird, making her body start to tremble slightly uncontrollably.

It wasn't just confusion, it was more fear.

Lin Xiuyuan looked back at her, his tone calm but slightly helpless. "I just feel that the explanation is too pale,"

"You'll understand in a while."

When he first explained this to Zheng Xiuyan, it took him more than half an hour, and he had to explain while playing the news, before she barely accepted reality.

So much so that he didn't use language to explain to the few people who joined the sect later, but let them see for themselves and let them accept it themselves.

It was the same at this time.

And after glancing at the "exit" that had become a storage room again, Lin Yun'er understood that she had no way back.

So even if her voice trembled slightly, she could only nod and say, "I'll go out with you, but can you wait for me for a moment, I want to go to the bathroom."

When a person is extremely nervous and afraid, the urge to urinate is the most obvious physical reaction.

Ten minutes later.

When Lin Yun'er followed Lin Xiuyuan into that retro tavern, looking at the familiar yet strange decoration style,

her heart finally relaxed, and her nerves were no longer so tense.

And Lin Xiuyuan had already walked into the bar counter familiarly. "Want to drink something?"

"Xiuyuan, can't you tell me now?"

Lin Yun'er looked at him, her tone no longer probing, but serious.

Lin Xiuyuan just smiled. "I suggest you have a drink, it will make it easier for you to accept it later."

"What exactly is going on, Xiuyuan, can you stop playing guessing games? I'm a bit scared, seriously, I'm not joking with you."

"In that case, how about a glass of whiskey."

The two looked at each other, their tones were each saying their own things, completely not on the same channel.

Until ding-a-ling— the tavern doorbell rang.

Lin Xiuyuan glanced to the side, then looked at the door, and suddenly raised a meaningful smile. "Alright, YoonA, your student is here."

Lin Yun'er's body shook, and she looked at the door subconsciously.

Watching Lin Xiuyuan walk over to open the door, watching Lin Yun'er walk in from outside the door.

Then again, you look at me, I look at you.

At this moment, both Lin Yun'ers froze at the same time.