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Chapter 186: The Sword's Self-Isolation and Humanity's Public Enemy Rain
Lee Ji-eun made forced changes to the content of the second half of the script.

Originally, Jin Qixuan wrote that the Husky was taken home by its mother who felt guilty, but was bullied by its brothers and sisters, who teamed up to drive it out.

When the Huskies, who had nowhere to go, returned to their former home, they found that the Border Collie had been dead for a long time.

"Since this is a fairy tale, the ending must be perfect! Let them live happily together!"

"alright."

Therefore, Jin Qixuan had to change the realistic plot with innuendos into the Grimm fairy tale that Li Zhien wanted...

After the plot is over, the two return to the origin of the problem and name the characters.

Li Zhien thought hard and finally said:
"How about we call the Husky Xuanxuan? What do you think?"

"I don't think so."

Jin Qixuan shook his head and refused, then said:
"Since it's a fairy tale play, the names should be simple. The Husky is called Benben and the Border Collie is called Congcong."

"emm..."

Li Zhien pondered for a moment and finally nodded in agreement.

After the name issue was resolved, Jin Qixuan discussed with Li Zhien issues such as stage construction, costumes and props, group actors, theater rehearsals, reading narration, and sign language dubbing actors.

While the two were discussing, Jin Qixuan's cell phone kept ringing.

Jin Qixuan took the time to look at it, and it was a message of condolence from Park Bo Gum...

"busy?"

"Well, my original schedule for today was to have Park Bo Gum play football, have a meal, and go to the sauna. Now he is asking me when I will arrive at the stadium, and he has already warmed up..."

"Are you going then?"

Li Zhien glanced at the time in the lower right corner of the computer, turned her head and stared at Jin Qixuan and asked.

"Emm... You can always play football. But this stage play is of great significance, so let's finalize the relevant matters first."

Compared to a football field full of big men, Jin Qixuan obviously prefers to stay with the sweet and soft Li Zhien, even if they do nothing.

Otherwise, it would be Lee Ji-eun who was stood up today.

"Hmm~"

Although she knew there was no comparison, Lee Ji-eun inexplicably felt like she had won.

Jin Qixuan muted his phone, put it on the table, and then discussed the details of the stage play with Li Zhien.

Unlike actors who only need to perform, Jin Qixuan, as the screenwriter and director of a stage play, has to take every aspect into consideration, especially performing for people with disabilities.

Even though it's a fairy tale drama, it's not easy.

It was not until eight o'clock in the evening that all matters were finalized.

Lee Ji-eun yawned and stretched, and Kim Ki-hyeon was infected by her and yawned too.

"When will you come home?"

Li Zhien turned her head to look at the starry sky outside the window, then looked at the messy papers on the table, and pouted: "It will be later."

"Don't work too hard, take care of yourself."

Jin Qixuan raised his wrist to check the time and said:

"I'm leaving."

"I send you."

"No, it's cold outside."

"Then I'll walk you to the elevator."

"it is good."

The distance from the recording studio to the elevator is not far, only about two hundred meters.

However, the two of them moved very slowly, so slowly that the snail thought it had encountered a giant mutant.

Although they were silent along the way, both of them seemed to enjoy the feeling.

Compared to the time when I came, which took me nearly three minutes to look around, when I left, it took me nearly five minutes to finally reach the elevator door.

"Ding dong."

The elevator opened its doors on the fourth floor.

"Then I'm leaving. You can go back."

"OK Bye Bye."

Until the elevator door closed and Kim Ki-hyeon's face disappeared, Lee Ji-eun suddenly turned around and ran, returning to the recording studio in less than 20 seconds.

Then, IU came to the window and while adjusting her breathing, her eyes were fixed on a certain place.

Soon, Jin Qixuan's figure appeared within her sight.

As if sensing something, Jin Qixuan paused, turned around and looked up.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Then, they waved at each other.

Lee Ji-eun stood at the window and watched the car disappear from her sight before she turned around, sat on the chair, picked up a pen, and continued writing on the paper with the lyrics.

"You have gradually gone away and disappeared"

"But I miss you even more"

"Although I can't write it in my diary"

"Speaking from the bottom of my heart"

"I love you"

……

……

While waiting for the traffic light on the road, Kim Ki-hyun called Park Bo-gum back.

"Ah, Jin Qixuan, you stood me up."

Jin Qixuan chuckled and said:
"Excuse me, do you want to have dinner together?"

"You don't want to send me off with just a meal, do you? Am I that easy to please? Where?"

"Ha, what do you want to eat? Japanese food? Chinese food? Western food? Barbecue or hot pot?"

"Let's go for Japanese food. The smell of fireworks isn't that strong and the clothes won't be stained by the smell."

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll look for it."

As he spoke, Jin Qixuan opened the store review app on his phone and searched for Japanese restaurants with high ratings.

"No need to look for it. I saw a restaurant blogger recommend a very good Japanese restaurant in Myeongdong."

"Myeongdong? Sure, I'm not far from there, I can get there in about 20 minutes, how about you?"

"About forty minutes. See you later."

"OK."

Forty minutes later.

Jin Qixuan was browsing on his phone when he heard the sound of the wind chimes hanging on the door, the waiter's Japanese greeting, and Park Bo Gum's Korean response.

Jin Qixuan put down his phone and waved to Park Bo Gum:
"here."

Park Bo Gum looked in the direction of the voice, smiled and waved to Kim Ki-hyeon.

Then, he took off his mask and walked over to Jin Qixuan and sat down.

Jin Qixuan poured him a cup of hot barley tea and asked him to drink it to warm his body.

Park Bo Gum took a sip, put down the cup and asked:

"What did you do during the day? Didn't we agree to be a one-stop service?"

Jin Qixuan drank a sip of barley tea without changing his expression and said:
"I was asked to perform a stage play on New Year's Eve. I was discussing the script, but I was so focused that I forgot to reply to your message."

Park Bo Gum believed this without a doubt and said:

"I guess so. You probably got a temporary job."

Jin Qixuan didn't dwell on this topic any more and quickly changed the subject:
"By the way, I was just checking my phone and the results of the 2016 Gallup survey are out. Congratulations on getting first place in the TV department."

The Gallup survey is a face-to-face sampling survey that began in 2010, which is divided into movie actors, TV actors, singers and variety shows. 4500 people nationwide (excluding Jeju Island) were randomly selected to independently select their favorite artists of the year.

"Oh? Let me take a look."

As he spoke, Park Bo Gum took out his cell phone and looked at it.

"Ah... congratulations to you too."

"That doesn't seem like anything to congratulate."

Kim Ki-hyun ranked fifth on this list, and the value of this fifth place is actually quite good because above him are Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo and Kim Yoo-jung.

"No, I'm talking about another one, 'Naver's annual search list person department'."

"Oh?" Jin Qixuan asked curiously, "Am I number one?"

Park Bo Gum smiled with his white teeth and said:

"No, I'm the first one~You're the second~"

"..."

"Then I guess you should be on the Forbes celebrity list by then, right?"

Jin Qixuan said sourly.

"I'm not sure, but I plan to take a break from acting for a while and prepare for the postgraduate entrance exam."

"Ah? Are you crazy!?"

Hearing this, Jin Qixuan was stunned.

"You chose to quit acting and take the postgraduate entrance exam when your career was about to peak. You didn't serve in the military, did you? All together, you disappeared from the public eye for at least three years. Are you banning yourself?"

"Actually, I think those are all fake, only the things here are real." Park Bo Gum raised his hand and tapped his temple, then continued:

"Besides, I'm just not acting for the time being, it doesn't mean I won't attend events."

Jin Qixuan said "Ah" and asked:

"What did the boss say?"

"Taehyun hyung expressed his support for my decision."

Jin Qixuan smiled and said:
"That's good, keep going! When you come back, you'll find that the film industry has become famous~"

"Oh my god, I hope Mr. Golden will give me more support when the time comes~"

"Hahaha, no problem~"

After a while, the waiters brought the dishes one by one.

The two continued to eat and chat.

At this moment, push messages rang on both of their phones at the same time.

The conversation stopped and they looked at their phones.

The news comes from Naver's real-time hot search push "Rain's latest SNS, showing a handwritten confession letter to Kim Tae-hee"

"Ah... dog food again."

Jin Qixuan complained, put down his phone and continued eating.

"The two of them... Is it because Ji-hoon is marrying above his station? What do you think?"

Park Bo Gum also put down his phone and asked Kim Ki-hyun.

"Do you mean appearance, or family background?"

"As for appearance, although I think Jihoon hyung is pretty handsome too."

Jin Qixuan looked around and said:
"There are no cameras here, so you can speak with confidence."

"Hahaha, if they get married, Ji-hoon will become public enemy, right? The kind that hates people for stealing his wife?"

Jin Qixuan nodded, then shook his head:

"Think about the one in Jeju Island. Wasn't she also criticized badly at the time? But she didn't care at all. She is living a very happy life now. Besides, netizens are beginning to think that Lee Hyori is marrying for love."

"really."

The two of them ate and chatted until half past ten.

After Jin Qixuan drove him home, he went to his grandmother's house to pick up the mangoes that his relatives brought back from their trip.

Just as he was about to leave with a box of mangoes, Jin Qixuan saw an invitation on the coffee table.

"Who's getting married?"

Jin Qixuan picked up the invitation curiously, opened it and took a look.

It was printed with "Jung Ji-hoon & Kim Tae-hee's wedding, you are cordially invited!"

Jin Qixuan: “!!!”

"uncle!!!"

"Keep your voice down! You might wake the old man up if you startle him."

Hearing the sound, Kim Jong Kook walked out of the house and scolded.

"Feel sorry……"

It’s no wonder that Kim Ki-hyeon was excited. After all, he was just talking about them when he was having dinner with Park Bo-gum.

The next thing you know, they're getting married. Who wouldn't be excited?

Jin Qixuan pointed at the invitation and said in a low voice:
"This invitation? Do you know Kim Tae-hee?"

"The invitation was sent by Jung Ji-hoon."

Jung Ji-hoon...yes.

In the early days, Jung Ji-hoon, Lee Hyo-ri, and Kim Jong-kook were all solo singers competing against the popular boy bands at the time, and they formed a friendship at that time.

"I want to go too, can you take me with you?"

"Go ahead, who do you want to meet?"

Jin Qixuan shook his head and said:
"No one, I just want to witness the most beautiful woman in her wedding dress."

"Okay, but don't make it public. They are getting married in a low-key manner and won't announce it to the public."

Jin Qixuan made a zipper gesture in front of his mouth and then made an OK gesture.

The next day.

Early in the morning, Kim Jong Kook drove to pick up Kim Ki-hyun.

"Hey, why are you wearing so plain clothes today?"

When Kim Jong Kook said "wearing plainly", he was referring to the color of Kim Ki Hyun's clothes.

Different from Jin Qixuan's usual preference for dopamine-colored suits, today his outfit is composed of the classic black, white and gray colors of the gray series.

"After all, I can't steal the show. But, uncle, you are so tacky. Why don't you wear the clothes I bought for you?"

Kim Jong Kook's private clothes matching is something that Kim Ki-Hsuan is really too lazy to complain about.

A black leather coat given by a friend more than ten years ago, with a black turbo-era hooded sweatshirt underneath, black pants, and black leather shoes given by someone else, oh yeah, and a pair of black leather gloves.

"Rusty? I think it's pretty good."

Hearing the voice, Kim Jong Kook looked down at his clothes.

"Why don't you go upstairs and change into one of my clothes? Don't you want to meet other members of the opposite sex? Are you going to cut off your marriage prospects?"

"Forget it, it's too much trouble. Fasten your seat belts and let's go."

Kim Jong Kook's first criterion for choosing a partner is not to date people who are related to his friends.

A private wedding like that of Jung Ji-hoon and Kim Tae-hee was attended by only their relatives and friends.

Kim Jong Kook will definitely pass the relatives of the newlyweds, but he basically knows all the female artists and would have done so long ago if he could.

Therefore, Kim Jong Kook's love story will not appear in this wedding.

Maybe he also understands this, so he dresses so casually.

"Uncle, our destination is... the church!?"

Seeing the car parked in the parking lot near the church, Jin Qixuan asked in surprise.

"Yes, they both believe in religion, so they held it here. But Jung Ji-hoon didn't believe in it at first, but later he became a believer in order to pursue Kim Tae-hee."

"And what about this gossip? Uncle, if you were also a believer, would Kim Tae Hee be my aunt? You are much better than Jung Ji Hoon, whether it's muscles or eyes... Well, if it's a church, then you don't have to give a dowry, right? After all, it's such a sacred place, how vulgar it is to talk about money?"

Kim Jong Kook glared at Kim Ki Hyun:
"If someone gives, give as well."

"Oh, how much is appropriate, 100 million?"

"can."

After the communication, the two unbuckled their seat belts and got out of the car.

As the two men approached the church, reporters at the scene began to make a commotion.

The camera kept clicking at the uncle and nephew Jin.

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan sighed in his heart, these reporters are really amazing.

They can also find this kind of extremely private wedding.

But all they could do was wander around outside and take pictures of the guests who came to attend the wedding.

Because the church is so small, it only takes two security guards to block the entrance, and you can’t get in without an invitation.

After entering the church, the two protagonists did not appear, but the guests were chatting with each other.

The entrance of Jin Shi's uncle and nephew attracted the attention of the people who were chatting.

Then, the former National Fairy came forward with Zhaojiri Flower Boy to greet Kim Jong Kook.

Unlike normal waving or shaking hands to greet each other, Lee Hyori gave Kim Jong Kook a friendly hug.

After Kim Jong Kook and Lee Sang Soon hugged each other, Lee Hyo Ri looked at Kim Ki Heon with a smile and said:
"Quick, introduce this pretty boy!"

Kim Jong Kook asked in confusion: "You don't have internet access there? Don't you know him?"

"Different."

Lee Hyori meant that the relationship she had with her friends and juniors on TV was different.

"Ah..." Kim Jong Kook understood and introduced:

"My nephew, actor Kim Ki-hyun, works at Taehyun's company."

"Hello Aunt Hyori, my name is Kim Ki-Hyun."

Seeing this, Jin Qixuan bowed obediently.

"aunt……"

Lee Hyo-ri's smile froze, she turned to look at Lee Sang-soon and said sadly:
"Oppa, I'm already in my 20s and I can call you aunt..."

"This is the truth." Li Shangshun showed his murderous smile and continued:
"But in my eyes, you will always be a young and beautiful 18 years old."

Hearing this, Lee Hyori smiled with her eyes bent, and confessed to Lee Sang-soon:

"Oppa, sarangheyo~"

Lee Sang-soon's smile widened and he blew Lee Hyo-ri a kiss in return.

Kim Jong Kook: “…”

Jin Qixuan: “…”

Is it really okay to show off your love in such a way at someone else's wedding without caring about who's around?

Don’t you care about the feelings of the two single guys next to you at all?

(End of this chapter)