Peninsula: The Great Producer

Mangwon-dong is very close to Hongdae, a nightlife destination for young people. This is Ki Yo-gu's second time here. The last time was the day before yesterday when writer Lee Eun-young invited him to eat Sukiyaki.

It is just an ordinary residential area, and the surrounding supporting facilities are very complete and down-to-earth, such as the Mangwon Market that many people who come to Seoul will experience.

The Sukiyaki restaurant is a relatively small shop with only five tables in the entire shop. It is one of the few Sukiyaki specialty restaurants in Seoul with a good reputation.

Qi Yaojiu arrived early and was lucky enough to get a seat at the last available table before the reservation call came.

It is good to eat Sukiyaki, Tom Yum Goong soup, kimchi soup, spicy fish soup occasionally. Of course, if you want to enjoy the food, it is best not to look at the price. In addition to the basic side dishes of tofu, enoki mushrooms, and baby cabbage, you must order more Wagyu beef.

Before six o'clock in the evening, Lee Ji-eun arrived.

At the store door, he was talking on the phone with Qi Yaojiu while pulling his mask and looking around.

Qi Yaojiu waved at the glass door. After seeing this, Li Zhien tiptoed, opened the glass door, and trotted in.

She went straight to the innermost table where Ki Yo-gu was sitting, wrapped in a black down jacket that could be seen everywhere on the street. After sitting down, Lee Ji-eun looked at Ki Yo-gu who had taken off his jacket and asked, "Oppa, aren't you cold?"

Seoul is certainly cold in December, with the average daytime temperature being around 12 degrees Celsius and dropping to below zero at night.

However, there was heating in the store, so Qi Yaojiu took off his down jacket.

Li Zhien rubbed her hands and felt the warmth, and said with a chuckle, "There is heating."

Afterwards, Li Zhien also took off her coat, and then looked at Qi Yaojiu and said, "But why is Oppa wearing a mask too?"

Qi Yaojiu smoothed his hair and said deliberately: "Star"

Lee Ji-eun was stunned. It was the first time she heard Ji Yaojiu bragging. He was bragging, right? Although it was true that Ji Yaojiu was more recognizable and popular than many debuted artists, Ji Yaojiu had never had any idol star baggage before.

This is normal. Everyone feels differently at different stages and behaves differently.

Li Zhien nodded slightly in agreement: "Yeah, there are too many people who know Oppa. If I don't dress up, my meal will be constantly interrupted."

Qi Yaojiu pointed at Li Zhien.

Li Zhien's eyes widened and she pointed at herself, confused: "Me? Oppa, are you talking about me?"

The waiter just came with the food.

It was Lee Ji-eun’s first time eating Sukiyaki. She had only seen related introductions on TV food programs before.

The side dishes are very rich, and the dipping sauce is made with sterilized eggs. First, the beef is fried and then the green onions and other ingredients are stir-fried. Finally, the sauce is added and stewed together with the side dishes.

If China has hot pot, Sukiyaki can be considered as the hot pot of the island country.

The waiter prepared the food and reminded the two of the order in which to eat.

Only Ki Yo-jiu and Lee Ji-eun were left. The moment Ki Yo-jiu took off his mask, he looked at Lee Ji-eun and laughed out loud.

"What's wrong Oppa?"

"Who taught you to put on makeup like this?"

Li Zhien suddenly reacted and subconsciously raised her hand to cover her mouth and said, "How could I forget this?"

She explained, "I wanted to take my makeup off after finishing a schedule this morning. I also didn't need to wear makeup for the DPS practice this afternoon. Didn't Oppa say we'd have dinner together tonight? Then, when I was having lunch with Hara-unnie and the others at noon, I put on some lipstick and forgot to take it off."

Right now, Lee Ji-eun is still wearing full makeup above her nose, as if she put on makeup specifically for wearing a mask. The contrast is obvious after she took off the mask, so Ki Yo-jiu couldn't help laughing out loud.

Ki Yo-gu asked, "Why didn't Hara and the others come with us?"

Li Zhien replied: "I didn't tell them, and Oppa didn't let me tell them either."

I picked up a piece of Wagyu beef and let Lee Ji-eun try it.

The first bite is full of flavor, it has the salty and sweet taste that H people like, and it is lighter than Zhajiangmian.

Li Zhien gave a thumbs up and praised repeatedly. When people eat delicious food, they usually say "hmm" or something like that. They say very little, are in a very good mood, and use a lot of body movements.

All of these are reflected in Li Zhien.

He also said that when he watched TV dramas in the past, the male protagonist would treat the female protagonist to delicious food, which was almost always Japanese food. Now he understands why it was Japanese food.

Qi Yaojiu also had some impression. In previous TV series such as "My Girl", the male protagonist also invited the greedy female protagonist to eat Japanese food. It seemed that eating Japanese food was also a symbol of status.

It’s expensive, but not that exaggerated.

Lee Ji-eun ate with relish and Ki Yo-jiu was in a good mood too.

More and more customers came later and a long line formed at the door. Ji Yaojiu and Li Zhien ate for about an hour and a half and then left.

Neither of them drank, and Lee Ji-eun was still asking Ki Yo-jiu why he didn't drink today.

On the street, instead of taking a taxi right away, the two of them walked slowly towards Hongdae. Qi Yaojiu replied, "Do I look like a drunkard?"

However, Lee Ji-eun said that when the weather is cold, many people like to drink a glass of wine to warm themselves up, and today they are eating Sukiyaki, so she doesn’t know whether Sukiyaki goes better with sake or shochu.

There was a subway station in front of him, and Qi Yaojiu stopped.

Li Zhien looked around in confusion and asked, "Why don't you leave?"

Qi Yaojiu said, "Are you going back by subway?"

Li Zhien asked: "Oppa, will you take the subway back?"

Qi Yaojiu hissed and said, "Then why are we going this way? We should have taken a taxi at the door."

Li Zhien swallowed the words that came to her lips, paused and said: "Just take it as a walk after eating."

Looking back, after walking quite a distance, Qi Yaojiu said to Li Zhien: "You have time to rest more recently, let's take a taxi."

Li Zhien nodded obediently.

She had almost forgotten.

In fact, the reason I sent messages to Ki Yoojiu today was not to make an appointment to have dinner together. Originally, Lee Ji-eun wanted to go shopping with Ki Yoojiu. The award ceremonies were about to begin, and Ki Yoojiu would win an award. She wanted to take Ki Yoojiu to buy a shirt, and this time she had to buy a very good shirt.

Just now, Lee Ji-eun wanted to tell Ki Yo-gu to continue walking towards Hongdae to look at clothes, but she didn't say it.

The main reason is that there are too many people in Hongdae at night. If the two of them were recognized and found shopping together, and IU bought a shirt for Ki Yo-gu, it would not take long for all kinds of speculations and comments to fly all over the Internet.

It's better to keep a low profile. Rumors like this at the end of the year aren't good for anyone. It won't attract attention or create publicity, and it might even affect...

hailed a taxi.

On the way to Samseong-dong, in the back seat, Qi Yaojiu chatted with Li Zhien: "I watched the program video you submitted."

Li Zhien asked Qi Yaojiu expectantly: "How is it?"

Qi Yaojiu didn't answer but asked first, "Who suggested this stage?"

Li Zhien said everything in detail: "It was teacher Pei Yunjing who suggested that the four of us are not suitable for sexy performances at least for now. Cute, youthful, energetic, and pure are what we should be like."

This is indeed the case.

Li Zhien continued to ask: "So what do you think, Oppa?"

Qi Yaojiu nodded and said, "Very good, the song 'Girls' Generation' is very suitable for you. I am now looking forward to seeing your live performance."

Li Zhien muttered: "I am also looking forward to it, especially the lyrics of this song I think are very suitable for me."

Li Zhien's ears echoed with her favorite lyrics from Girls' Generation: "Please don't laugh at me, a little girl, because I was too shy to speak." (End of this chapter)