Chapter 99: Passwords' and 'Incoming Calls' (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

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Early morning, inside Incheon Airport. Having finally finished their work in LA, Park Jiyeon and the members had finally returned to Seoul.

As soon as she got off the plane, Park Jiyeon couldn't wait to go to a certain place. However, that was just a thought.

In reality, she still had to return to the company with Xian Enjing and the others first, then go back to the dormitory to pack her luggage.

But before that, Park Hyomin, dressed in a sexy little camisole, came to her side, "Jiyeon, are you really going to talk to the company about business investments?"

Over the past few days in LA, they had been listening to Park Jiyeon muttering about these things every day; even when she called Li Juli, she was persuaded otherwise, but it was of no use.

"I'm going, but I'll wait two days first, until I'm done with some things."

Walking behind, Xian Enjing, who had been talking in a low voice with Lee Areum, paused slightly upon hearing this.

She raised her head, her gaze fixed on the walking Park Jiyeon ahead, and the figure of a certain man in her heart surfaced involuntarily.

However, she didn't say anything for now, just keeping this matter in her mind.

Afterwards, she returned to the company with the members, and then back to the dormitory.

It wasn't until noon, when Park Jiyeon had finished showering and changed her clothes, that she prepared to head out.

Only then did Xian Enjing call out to her, "Jiyeon-ah, are you going to find that Boss Lin?"

Park Hyomin, who was beside them having just taken off her clothes and wearing her undergarments in preparation to wash up, also stopped her movements and looked at them with great interest, "Ah? Jiyeon, are you going to find Xiuyuan-i now?"

Park Jiyeon, who had stopped her steps, hesitated for a moment before looking back at Xian Enjing, suddenly saying without any warning, "Unnie, I hope that one day, I can get dead drunk with you."

"What is that, what kind of talk is that?"

The words were somewhat familiar, but Xian Enjing couldn't recall them.

Park Jiyeon didn't offer an explanation either, just smiling, "It's nothing, you'll know what it's about when the time comes. But I really am going to find oppa now; when it comes to investment business, I still have to rely on him to give me some references."

"Doesn't Xiuyuan-i run a Tavern? What kind of reference can he provide?"

Park Hyomin, who had already reached behind her back to unhook her bra, asked curiously.

As a result, she was attacked by Park Jiyeon, "Unnie, you don't understand. Alright, I'm heading out now, bye-bye~"

Following that, Xian Enjing and Park Hyomin watched Park Jiyeon leave, and the moment the door opened, Park Hyomin even shouted, "Hey, Park Jiyeon, I haven't gone in yet!"

Xian Enjing stood where she was, her brows furrowed. Every word Park Jiyeon had just said was filled with strangeness, yet she couldn't understand a single one.

Just like the relationship between that man and Park Jiyeon, Zheng Xiuyan, and Sulli.

She couldn't see through it.

Half an hour later, Park Jiyeon, having left the dormitory, found Sulli and greeted her with a big hug.

"Ah, Sulli, why didn't you guys wait for me last night? I still wanted to see YoonA unnie."

Sulli, who was being hugged, smiled and patted her arm, "Don't tell me that, I was suddenly called over too. Oppa said it was a spur-of-the-moment idea for him as well, so it was all quite sudden for everyone."

"By the way, didn't you say YoonA unnie was going over later? Let's go over together."

After pouting in a somewhat depressed manner, Park Jiyeon suddenly remembered the news Sulli had mentioned in the group chat; although it wasn't explicitly stated where, she had understood.

As it turned out, Sulli gave a wry smile, "Jiyeon-ah, which YoonA unnie are you talking about?"

Park Jiyeon was stunned, then laughed, "The YoonA unnie from our side, isn't she going over? As for the older YoonA unnie, she should be going to the Villa today too."

"Hard to say, last night YoonA unnie said she had a live broadcast schedule for a birthday party over there, and she had plans to eat with other unnies in the evening, so she probably won't have time to come over."

"Which YoonA unnie?"

This time it was Park Jiyeon's turn to ask.

After asking, the two looked at each other and burst into laughter, quickly huddling together to standardize the titles for these two Lin Yun'ers.

Sulli told Park Jiyeon about the situation from last night, "The young YoonA unnie is called Xiaolu, and the one from 2025..."

"... can be directly called YoonA unnie."

"Hmm, Xiaolu unnie, hahaha, it's a bit hard to get used to for a moment."

After understanding the situation, Park Jiyeon tried calling out the name, and after she finished, she laughed herself.

Sulli followed up, "It's fine, usually when we're face-to-face, we can still directly call her YoonA unnie,"

"It's just for us to distinguish between them."

"Mm-hmm~"

"Then let's go, let's go find Xiaolu unnie. Oppa hasn't replied to the message yet, he's probably not awake."

"Mm, let's go."

2025.

Villa.

Sunlight slanted through the floor-to-ceiling windows, spilling onto the white bedsheets and the intertwined figures.

Lin Xiuyuan, who had just been mentioned by Sulli and Park Jiyeon, was slowly opening his eyes.

The first thing that came into view was Krystal's lowered hair and the delicate lines of her collarbone, which rose and fell gently with her breathing, carrying a lazy sexiness.

She was lying on top of him, one leg draped indiscreetly over his waist, her snow-white skin glowing faintly in the morning light.

As he moved slightly after waking up, Krystal rubbed against him, muttering in protest, "Don't move, I haven't slept enough yet."

"Looking at the sunlight, it seems a bit late, I have to get up. I promised YoonA today that I'd go pick her up."

Lin Xiuyuan, having cleared his head, thought of something and glanced at the bright weather outside the large floor-to-ceiling window.

His palm slid down her smooth spine, soothing her gently.

Krystal raised her head, her eyes still heavy with sleep and slightly dazed, "Doesn't she have a live broadcast today? Why are you going to pick her up?"

"The one from 2013." Lin Xiuyuan chuckled softly, his gaze lingering between her face and her exposed shoulders.

Hearing this, Krystal bit her lip and lazily moved closer to him; the soft sensation of her skin against his made the atmosphere extremely ambiguous for a moment.

The sunlight outlined a golden edge on her slightly upturned profile, and she muttered along with her voice, "Then let that unnie over there wait a while longer, let me sleep in a bit more."

At the same time, she was more concerned about another question, "You guy, it's only been a few days, what's going on? You didn't take any medicine, did you?"

Lin Xiuyuan blinked, but his hand did not move from her body, "The earlier part was because I was afflicted by the Weakness Buff; you didn't think that was my full strength, did you?"

"Once or twice isn't enough to make me believe what you're saying, so let's put this topic aside for now and talk about it later.

"

Krystal chuckled and lay back down, clinging to his chest like a cat, motionless.

Warm, ambiguous, and carrying a hint of indescribable sweetness.

After dozing like that for about another half hour, Krystal finally, under Lin Xiuyuan's somewhat impulsive paws,

climbed up with a smile, "Alright, stop groping around. Don't you still have to go back to pick people up? Go on, if you drag this out any longer, it'll be the afternoon."

"The way you say that, it sounds like it's my problem."

Rubbing the hand that had been swatted away, Lin Xiuyuan looked at the beautiful figure getting up to put on her clothes and quipped.

Krystal, who had casually slipped on a loose T-shirt, turned back and gave him a charming, flirtatious roll of her eyes, "Go wash up. I won't go over with you; I'll order some takeout here and wait for you all to come over and eat together."

"Alright."

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan knew there was no chance left, so he had no choice but to get up and follow her into the bathroom.

Then, the two of them looked at the messy bathroom, met each other's eyes, and couldn't help but laugh at the same time.

At about 11:30 in the morning, Lin Xiuyuan lazily opened the door to return to the 2013 side. As soon as he entered, his gaze fell upon his vibrating 4S phone, so he quickly stepped forward to answer it.

"Hello."

"Oppa~ you're finally awake. If you were any later, we wouldn't have waited for you to eat."

Xueli's laughter came through the phone, making Lin Xiuyuan's already relaxed mood even more pleasant. The corners of his mouth curled up, "Eat? Where are you all now?"

"At the Tavern. It's almost noon now, shouldn't we eat before heading over?"

"Oppa, hurry and come out, we're all waiting for you."

Just as Xueli finished speaking, Park Jiyeon's voice came from the side as well, which made Lin Xiuyuan chuckle a few times.

Immediately, he told them about the arrangements on Krystal's side, "Krystal has already ordered takeout over there—it's that stir-fry from last time. Why don't we all go over there to eat? It's not good to be photographed eating out."

Inside the Tavern in 2013.

The phone, which had long since been put on speaker, was placed on the bar counter by Xueli. Lin Xiaolu, listening to Lin Xiuyuan's reply, looked at the two younger sisters beside her with a confused expression.

Park Jiyeon hurriedly explained to her, "Unnie, Oppa is talking about takeout from a Chinese restaurant; the taste is actually quite good."

"Then let's go eat there; it's the same wherever we eat anyway."

Yes, compared to things like eating, this little Bambi now wanted to witness the magic of time travel with her own eyes, because that thought had been haunting her mind all last night, even affecting her sleep.

After hearing Lin Xiaolu's reply, Xueli smiled at the phone, "Okay, Oppa, we're going back to the Apartment to find you now, don't run off anywhere."

"Mm, I won't run off, come over."

Lin Xiuyuan's laughter came from the other end of the line.

After hanging up, the three of them left the Tavern together and walked toward the Apartment building behind it.

In fact, Lin Xiaolu's mental journey while walking this path was much easier than that of Zheng Xiuyan or Park Jiyeon, let alone Xueli, who had walked over wearing a blindfold.

After all, she had already confirmed the existence of the "Time Gate," rather than walking over filled with confusion, suspicion, or even fear and worry.

So when Lin Xiaolu watched Xueli skillfully enter the password to open the door and enter the Apartment, her first instinct was to look around, trying to find the strange "light gate" she had imagined, just like in the movies.

As it turned out, there was nothing inside this apartment; it was just a perfectly ordinary apartment.

Lin Xiuyuan, sitting on the sofa, saw her curious, searching look and immediately understood what she was thinking.

He said with a smile, "What are you looking at? You didn't think there was really some time tunnel, did you?"

"How do you go over?" Lin Xiaolu, still unwilling to give up, kept looking.

It wasn't until Lin Xiuyuan pointed to a door in the corner that her gaze finally focused on that ordinary room door with a brass handle.

"This is the Time Gate?"

"Mm, that's it."

Having gone through this process many times, Lin Xiuyuan always found it increasingly interesting to see the reactions of different people.

Xueli and Park Jiyeon were the same, both watching Lin Xiaolu's reaction with smiles.

Then, watching Lin Xiaolu excitedly open the door, only to see that it was just a storage room filled with cardboard boxes, the three of them finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Hearing the laughter, Lin Xiaolu looked back, "What is it? Are you guys playing a joke on me?"

"That's because you didn't open the door the right way. Why don't you try saying a command?"

Lin Xiuyuan, in a playful mood, said with a smile.

But he was met with a roll of the eyes from Lin Xiaolu, "I'm not that stupid. Let's go, didn't you say Krystal

ordered food? If we're any later, the food will be cold."

Although she hadn't met the 30-year-old Krystal yet, that didn't stop her from using her as an excuse.

So when Lin Xiuyuan heard this, he didn't dawdle either; he stood up and looked at the group, "Then let's go."

He then walked straight up to Lin Xiaolu and smiled slightly, "Watch closely, I'll demonstrate for you. The gate is right here; it really is just that you didn't open it the right way."

After speaking, Lin Xiuyuan closed the door first, and then, under Lin Xiaolu's curious and slightly nervous gaze, he began to chant the Taoist "Golden Light Divine Incantation."

"Heaven and Earth Profound Sect, root of ten thousand origins. Cultivated through billions of kalpas, verify my divine power—"

It must be said that the Taoist incantation sounded truly mysterious and awe-inspiring.

Although Lin Xiaolu couldn't understand a single word, she was completely taken aback by the solemn aura.

Until finally, Lin Xiuyuan added, "Reverse time and space, open!"

He pulled the door open abruptly.

Lin Xiaolu, standing beside him, also widened her eyes. She saw that the small room, which had been filled with clutter just a moment ago, had transformed in the blink of an eye into a portal leading to another space.

"It really—does need a command?"

Looking at the other time and space behind the door, Lin Xiaolu turned her head to look at Lin Xiuyuan, "What was that you just chanted?"

2

"Want to learn? I'll teach you."

"Hahaha, alright, oppa, stop teasing unnie."

At this moment, Xueli really couldn't watch anymore; she walked up with a smile and grabbed Lin Xiaolu's arm.

"Unnie, let's go, let's go in. This The Gate doesn't rely on any incantations at all; it purely recognizes its master, and only oppa

can open it."

Lin Xiaolu was stunned, her brain finally reacting as she turned her head abruptly to look at Lin Xiuyuan.

Under Xueli's gentle guidance, she stepped into The Gate and crossed through time and space.

Arriving in the year 2025.

Following closely behind, Park Jiyeon also walked in. The last one to step across was Lin Xiuyuan.

After The Gate closed, Lin Xiaolu finally had the chance to properly look at this strange yet real world.

The 2025 Villa had a luxurious yet modern decor style, with exquisite flowers and plants in the courtyard, exuding a fashionable and comfortable atmosphere everywhere.

This was her first impression.

Just as she was immersed in the shock of her first time traveling, a clear voice came from the direction of the dining room:

"You're here, sit for a while first. The takeout just arrived, we can eat as soon as we take it out."

Lin Xiaolu looked up and saw a beautiful figure standing by the dining room wearing an oversized T-shirt in a 'no-pants' style, looking at them with a smile, her tone carrying a subtle air of a hostess.

And that face, although much more mature, had features that were still incredibly familiar.

Lin Xiaolu called out softly: "Xiujing?"

"Nae, it's me, unnie."

Krystal smiled slightly, her expression calm yet tinged with a hint of gentleness.

At the same time, in another restaurant in 2025.

Park Jiyeon, the "Dalongzai" who had finished several days of intensive work, was having a small gathering with Li Juli and Xian Enjing, and the newlywed Park Hyomin had also joined the meal.

Just after sitting down, Park Hyomin asked excitedly, "Jiyeon, what's the progress between you and that little fan of yours now?"

"What do you mean progress? We're just chatting."

Park Jiyeon sipped her water and replied with some helplessness, "And we don't talk much, basically just work topics, golf, photography, and things like that, nothing else."

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"Yo, you're already talking about photography, and you say there's no development? Is the next meeting going to be an offline photoshoot date?"

When it comes to sarcasm, it has to be Li Juli.

Even Xian Enjing on the side was laughing while quietly giving her a thumbs up.

So even Dalongzai, as strong as a divorced young woman, was still broken by Li Juli's sarcasm.

She groaned, "Ah, unnie, I really didn't."

Li Juli waved her hand with a smile, "Fine, fine, fine, I believe you. But seriously, this boy Lin Xiuyuan is actually quite good; it wouldn't hurt to get to know him as a friend."

"Unnie, your reversal is a bit sudden."

This sudden 180-degree turn threw Park Hyomin, who was just about to get on board, off balance, and she looked at the other person sharply, "Oh right, unnie, you seem to have gone on several private dates with him later; could it be that you have your eye on him?"

"It's useless for me to have my eye on him, he's Jiyeon's 'true fan' after all."

Li Juli raised an eyebrow and teased, with a hint of playfulness.

"Unnie~" and Dalongzai was already feeling powerless.

Ever since meeting Lin Xiuyuan, her defenses within the small group had been getting worse by the day, and she was almost losing her basic ability to fight back.

Fortunately, at this moment, Xian Enjing said a fair word for her.

"Alright, stop teasing Jiyeon. Although that boy does look good, it probably won't be Jiyeon's turn."

?

"Hmm?"

Park Hyomin, not quite understanding, looked at her suspiciously.

As a result, Li Juli also nodded as if it were true, "Indeed, Jiyeon just occupies the halo of an Idol. By comparison, YoonA's initiative surprised me more."

"YoonA? Not Xiujing?"

Then Xian Enjing was also startled, "When it opened that day, Xiujing's behavior was very obvious."

Li Juli added slowly, "That time she took the initiative to ask to meet Lin Xiuyuan, the two of them chatted very enthusiastically, not at all like they had just met, and she even introduced him to Taeyeon; it really gave me a fright."

Listening to them getting more and more outrageous, Dalongzai just wanted to interject, but felt her elbow being gently nudged by the person next to her.

Hmm?

In the Villa.

"Alright, time to eat, time to eat, come over and sit."

Following Xueli's call, Lin Xiaolu, who was chatting intently with Krystal, slowly stood up, muttering softly to herself, "This place, it really makes me find it hard to believe."

"You'll get used to it after coming a few more times, unnie."

Krystal, having chatted with Lin Xiaolu for a while, suddenly felt that compared to the Lin Yun'er of 2025, she actually liked this young Lin Xiaolu more.

At least her eyes weren't that sharp; she felt like she had been seen through by the one from last night.

Hmm, she wasn't looking for that point.

That's right.

At this time, Lin Xiuyuan, who had just walked out of the Kitchen, suddenly heard his phone ring.

He took it out and looked, his gaze involuntarily turning toward Park Jiyeon in front.

"Jiyeon, you called me."