Chapter 98: Krystal's

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At night, the rain had stopped, leaving only a gentle breeze blowing.

Inside the Villa, the silence was permeated with a hint of lingering nocturnal dampness.

Krystal stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at her own reflection in the glass.

Her white shirt hung loosely, the slightly open collar revealing her collarbones just right, exuding both sexiness and cold elegance.

Below, she wore a sharply tailored black A-line skirt that grazed the mid-thigh, paired with semi-sheer black stockings that outlined the long, alluring lines of her legs.

Her entire being radiated an irresistible, mature charm; every gesture was effortlessly sexy. Yet, this person who made it impossible to look away had waited for someone for an entire night, only to never see them return.

Her gaze gradually turned as cold as ice. "Lin Xiuyuan, you had better not come back tonight."

Before her words had even faded, the sound of a door opening suddenly came from behind her.

The woman who had been speaking coldly a second ago instantly broke her icy demeanor, turning around with a bright smile, intending to tease someone.

But she saw Lin Dajun standing before the door, looking at her in shock.

"Huh? Unnie?"

Before she could react, the person she had been waiting for all night finally appeared behind the other.

When Lin Xiuyuan saw Krystal's outfit, the "tacit understanding" from that morning flashed through his mind, and he instantly gasped, his heart skipping a beat: It's over.

Hearing the noise behind him, Lin Yun'er smiled slightly. "Hi, Xiujing, what a coincidence."

"It is a bit of a coincidence. You two are—"

Looking at the situation before her, Krystal quickly understood. "Unnie, he took you over there?"

"Mm, it's truly magical. No wonder you're so familiar with Xiuyuan; why did you keep it from me?" Lin Yun'er thought about the event tonight, chuckled with a sigh, and then looked at Krystal to tease her.

Facing this tease, Krystal's reply was airtight. "Unnie, I didn't even tell Jessica, what do you think?"

"That's true, things like this really should be kept under wraps."

Lin Yun'er nodded, though her gaze deliberately swept over Krystal. "Then you came over so late, is—" She then heard a somewhat unexpected reply: "Unnie, I just got off work."

Krystal's words left Lin Yun'er puzzled. "You don't go back to rest after work?"

Then, the next second: "Isn't this me coming back? I didn't expect you two to come back so late either."

As she spoke, Krystal seemed to suddenly remember something. "Oh, right, it's your birthday today, Unnie."

"Birthday Card, you're 35 now."

The smile that had just risen on Lin Yun'er's face instantly stiffened, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly, but she still maintained her composure and smiled. "Thanks."

She then turned her gaze toward Lin Xiuyuan, asking half-teasingly and half-inquisitively, "So, are you two now—"

"Living together?"

Although Krystal was fired up, she wasn't irrational, so when answering this question, she didn't embellish it.

"That's not quite it, just staying over occasionally. There are plenty of rooms here; Zhiyan, Xueli, and Xiuyan Unnie all come over from time to time."

"So this is a Jiudian?"

Understanding the implication, Lin Yun'er looked back at Lin Xiuyuan, her smile intriguing. "It seems I could book a room here too, then, Xiuyuan."

"You aren't short of a room like mine," Lin Xiuyuan sighed softly.

As the landlady of Seoul, Lin Yun'er was already known to everyone.

But Lin Yun'er laughed and said, "Those are all different; your place here is quite magical."

To this, Lin Xiuyuan, already riddled with holes from Krystal's icy gaze, hurriedly said, "Yun'er, stop messing around. Those who can go home should go home; people coming over to hang out need a place to stay, after all."

"Hahaha, alright. Then I'll head back first. I really received too much information tonight; my head is buzzing a bit. I'll look for you two tomorrow."

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However, just as she finished speaking, Krystal's voice appeared again. "Unnie, isn't your birthday livestream tomorrow?"

"Xiujing, how did you know?"

"It's already spread on TikTok, Unnie."

Although Krystal didn't like scrolling through short videos much before, recently, as she chatted more with Lin Xiuyuan using the app, she naturally started scrolling through it.

Hearing this, Lin Yun'er laughed. "Oh, alright, I forgot."

She then looked back at Lin Xiuyuan. "Then I'll head back to rest first. Xiuyuan, Xiujing, you two should rest early too; you must both be quite tired today."

These last two sentences were said with deep meaning, and before leaving, she specifically looked back at Krystal.

Finally, with a playful, provocative smile, she waved goodbye, turned, and left the Villa.

Inside the Villa.

The Gate closed, and the house returned to silence.

Following Lin Yun'er's departure, Krystal's gaze locked firmly onto Lin Xiuyuan; the oppressive look made his scalp tingle.

Finally, she spoke, her voice faint. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"An accident, purely an accident. It was a last-minute decision, and I just forgot to tell you."

Then Lin Xiuyuan gave two dry laughs. "Sorry, I kept you waiting."

Krystal looked at his face, which looked more handsome the more she looked at it, sighed, and her tone softened. "I'm not talking about you keeping me waiting, but about Yun'er Unnie."

Lin Xiuyuan scratched his head. "That was also a last-minute decision; I was a bit impulsive at the time."

As he spoke, he sat down on the sofa and explained his "rebellious" state of mind during lunch to Krystal.

Meanwhile, Lin Yun'er, who had already left the Villa, stopped in front of the Parking Space not far away.

She saw Krystal's familiar car, and for some reason, she suddenly turned back a few steps and reached out to gently touch the hood.

After withdrawing her hand, she looked up at the Villa, her eyes filled with an unreadable playfulness.

The corners of her lips lifted slightly, her smile deep.

She then turned and left, walking toward the alley entrance with a light and elegant gait.

At the same time, Krystal inside the Villa had already walked slowly from the floor-to-ceiling window toward the sofa.

She stepped in thin-heeled high heels, each step emitting a crisp sound; that rhythm seemed to strike at the tip of Lin Xiuyuan's heart, carrying a certain irresistible temptation.

Before long, she stood before Lin Xiuyuan.

Leaning over slightly, the hem of her white shirt fell naturally with the movement, but the neckline slipped open a little because of this, revealing the snow-white skin and sexy collarbones faintly visible on her chest.

Her head of black hair was loosely pinned behind her head, with a few strands falling by her ears, making those eyes look even deeper, as if they could see through a person's heart.

"You, oh you,"

Krystal, who spoke slowly, had a tone filled with a touch of helplessness and teasing.

"Didn't I tell you not to be so easily provoked by others? YoonA Unnie just goaded you a few times, and you lost your head. What if one day Zhiyan or Enjing Unnie do the same? They are no less capable than YoonA Unnie."

Lin Xiuyuan sat on the sofa, looking up at her, swallowing a mouthful of saliva unconsciously, his expression appearing slightly nervous.

"I can't control myself either; the words were already out of my mouth, and I only realized it afterward."

Krystal did not speak; she first bent down in a leisurely manner, took the remote control from beside him, and dimmed the Living Room lights by a few degrees, the air instantly filling with an indescribable ambiguous atmosphere.

"What are you trying to do?"

This familiar lighting made Lin Xiuyuan instantly recall the night of the 'funeral'.

"I am thinking—"

Krystal leaned close to him, her tone lazy and containing a dangerous sweetness, "whether to forgive you."

Her voice was like a whisper, every word like a light cut across Lin Xiuyuan's heart, "Do you know how long I waited? Do you know that before you came back, I was thinking about how to punish you?"

Lin Xiuyuan coughed, attempting to hide his guilty conscience, but he did not manage to dodge Krystal's next move.

Yet Krystal suddenly lifted one leg, her knee pressing against the edge of the sofa. The other leg then crossed over, and she half-knelt onto his lap.

Her black miniskirt slid up slightly due to the movement, almost unable to cover the tops of her thighs, and the faintly visible leg curves under the semi-transparent black silk stockings made Lin Xiuyuan, a young and vigorous man, feel a wave of dizziness.

"I just explained, it wasn't on purpose, I forgot."

He tried to explain, but his voice was somewhat wavering.

"It's fine, if you satisfy me tonight, everything is negotiable."

Krystal leaned in closer, her breath like orchids, the corners of her lips hooked in a smile, but her eyes held a touch of unquestionable sharpness, "If you can't, then you don't need to go see YoonA Unnie tomorrow; it just so happens I'm off tomorrow."

Hearing this, Lin Xiuyuan immediately sat up straighter.

Yes, he really "sat up straight".

But Krystal's punishment was not that simple; she smiled slightly, reached out her index finger to tap on his little head that had sat up straight, stopping his movement.

"Shh~ don't be in a hurry, I haven't punished you yet."

"Wait, what punishment—" Lin Xiuyuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he reflexively wanted to raise his hand, but was pressed down by her.

Then she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "The punishment is, you are not allowed to move, and you are not allowed to touch me."

Lin Xiuyuan's whole body jolted, "Ah?"

Krystal sat more firmly on his lap, a mischievous smile playing on the corners of her mouth, while her hands only rested lightly on either side of his shoulders, her body almost pressed against his chest, but she never crossed the line.

Then she slowly swayed her waist, her skirt brushing against his thighs, as if nonchalantly teasing all of Lin Xiuyuan's reason.

"Didn't you make me wait all night?"

She said softly, "Now you just sit there and look at me; for as long as I waited for you, you must look at me for that long." Facing this statement from Krystal, Lin Xiuyuan sat on pins and needles, not daring to move, and could only stare fixedly at her face, which was beautiful enough to be startling.

It was a rose in full bloom in the night, thorny yet impossible to look away from.

Krystal suddenly reached out one hand and drew circles lightly on his chest, her fingertips sweeping over his clothing like a feather, "Are you regretting not coming back sooner right now?"

"Regret, super regret."

Lin Xiuyuan's voice was weak, and he nodded repeatedly.

This answer made the other party smile slightly, as if finally satisfied.

Then she slowly leaned over, her lips just lightly brushing his cheek, her voice softening, "What a pity, the punishment isn't over yet."

After saying this, she stood up, her movements so slow they were almost lethal.

She looked down at Lin Xiuyuan, who had been teased into a state of bewilderment, the smile at the corners of her mouth becoming even more obvious.

"I'm going to take a shower, wait for me."

Then, she walked toward the upstairs bedroom with elegant and unignorable steps, her black silk stockings gleaming with a charming luster under the lights, each step seeming to tread upon Lin Xiuyuan's heart.

Finally, at the corner of the stairs, she looked back at him and raised an eyebrow slightly; that smiling gaze clearly said one thing: Fool, you really are waiting right where you are.

The next second, Lin Xiuyuan stood up abruptly and bolted, chasing directly after her.

The night tonight was still long.