The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 105: A Bit of an Eye
The beef sizzled softly on the charcoal stove.

Bae Yong-jun was turning the beef with tongs while listening to Choi Sulli's voice.

She recounted her experience of escaping from Zhao Youbin's custody that day, "...I had nowhere else to go. There were guards on both sides, and my agent was blocking the way. I thought I was going to be caught, but..."

Choi Sulli glanced at Bae Yongjun beside her, and recalled the scene when Bae Yongjun saved her, and her heart was sweet, "Finally, the editor-in-chief nim is here."

"And then?" Jin Min-yeon was so excited by the exciting escape that he couldn't help asking.

Liu Zhimin next to him also widened his eyes slightly, wanting to hear what was going on.

She and Kim Min-won went to see Bae Yong-jun at that time and did not witness the scene with her own eyes. But even if she was there, what she relayed to Liu Zhimin made her feel unbelievable.

Senior Sulli, who had not been seen for a long time, and an unknown man were surrounded. There seemed to be a conflict between the two sides. The trainees who were watching at the time thought that this was a scene of a young couple breaking through the feudal family's obstacles and eloping.

As more and more guards came, a company director rushed into the crowd. Just when everyone thought the two were doomed, they saw the new director. Choi Sulli's agent beat him up and then let Bae Yong-jun and Choi Sulli leave.

Everyone was stunned.

what happened?

How can this be?

When Liu Zhimin heard this, he thought it was just a fairy tale. However, after asking several people, they all said the same thing, and each one was even more exaggerated than the last.

Such an interesting thing, she really wanted to know.

Looking at Pei Yongjun in front of him, Liu Zhimin became more and more interested.

Could it really be a small entertainment reporter who could make the company swallow its anger?

She waited for Choi Sulli to continue.

"Then..." Choi Sulli glanced at Bae Yongjun beside her.

What happened next was related to Director Li Dongxun, but she didn't say it out loud.

"Then," Bae Yongjun smiled and continued, "I explained the situation to your company, and maybe they were reasonable, so they let Sulli leave with me."

"Huh?" The obviously perfunctory answer made Jin Min-woon utter a dissatisfied sound, "How is that possible?"

"Minwo, this is a secret~" Choi Sulli pursed her eyebrows and curved her eyes, picked up the juice and took a sip, looking at the coquettish Kim Minwo with a smile, but didn't say anything more.

"Yongjun Oppa!" Kim Min-woon looked at Bae Yongjun again.

Liu Zhimin, who was waiting next to him, blinked.

She turned her eyes slightly and looked at Pei Yongjun, who was talking to Jin Minyue. There was a smile on his handsome features, making him look much softer.

secret?

Liu Zhimin frowned slightly, feeling a little uncomfortable because her expectations were interrupted.

As she was watching, he seemed to notice something, his eyes turned, and his dark pupils looked at her.

Pei Yongjun looked at Liu Zhimin who was looking at him silently, "Zhimin, what's wrong?"

"It's okay." Liu Zhimin smiled, shook his head, lowered his eyes, held the cup in front of him with both hands, and seemed to be lost in thought.

Are you okay?
Pei Yongjun's eyes moved slightly.

Unlike the simple-minded Kim Min-woong, her good friend Liu Zhimin does not seem to be simple, at least she is definitely not the gentle and dignified lady in Kim Yong-min's impression.

As soon as he arrived today, Pei Yongjun noticed that she seemed to be paying attention to him all the time, staring at him from time to time, as if observing something.

Are you curious?

"Editor-in-chief, nim?" Choi Sulli came over and interrupted his thoughts. "What's wrong?" He withdrew his gaze from Liu Zhimin and looked at Choi Sulli.

“Ji Min has been watching you.” She leaned close to Bae Yong Jun’s ear and whispered, her moist breath tickling his ear slightly, “Are you okay?”

"Why, is it not possible?" Pei Yongjun laughed softly.

"Oh, wasn't I thinking of that person?" Although Liu Zhimin's eyes were hidden, they could not escape Choi Sulli, whose heart was on Bae Yongjun.

Before editor-in-chief nim came, Zhimin was fine. Why did he become like this after he came?

Choi Sulli inexplicably thought of Joo Hyun-young who was also looking at Bae Young-jun at the party at Goo Hara's house that day.

At that time, she thought that Zhu Xianying had some special feelings for Pei Yongjun, but she didn't expect it to be hostility, which eventually caused a lot of trouble.

But, Jimin...

Probably not?
Pei Yongjun looked at her, understood what she meant, and slowly shook his head, "No, it's okay."

"She probably didn't see what happened between us and she just wanted to know."

"Really? Oh, yes, she went to the parking lot." Choi Sulli remembered.

Turning her head to look at Jin Min-woong who was showing off his beef again, and Liu Zhimin who was keeping her eyes down and silent, she felt a little embarrassed and lowered her voice, "What should I do? Is it okay?"

She leaned closer, her right arm vaguely touching her body. The sweet and soft scent of high-end perfume and cosmetics went straight into Pei Yongjun's nose.

A confused mind.

"It's okay." Pei Yongjun looked at the small mole at the corner of Liu Zhimin's mouth, distracting his attention.

"Really?" Choi Sulli giggled in his ear, her voice very pleasant, "Then I don't care."

"Really." Pei Yongjun nodded, and suddenly felt that Kim Min-woon and Liu Zhimin opposite him seemed to have been sitting here for too long.

Is it really okay for trainees to eat so much?
Is it time to go home?
Pei Yongjun thought a little rudely.

"Editor-in-chief, let's go for a drive next time, okay?" Choi Sulli asked.

"Okay." Pei Yongjun looked at her smiling face and agreed.

At this moment, the cell phone in his pocket buzzed.

Pei Yongjun calmed down and took out his cell phone to take a look.

It's Jung Tae-ho.

"Sulli, I'm going out to answer a phone call." Pei Yongjun instructed and stood up.

"Oh, okay." Choi Sulli nodded and looked at the coat rack in the corner where Bae Yongjun's coat was hanging.

Pei Yongjun walked out the door and was about to answer the phone at the end of the corridor, but Choi Sulli's voice came from behind him again.

"Editor-in-chief, it's cold outside, put on some clothes." She hurried out with her coat.

"Okay, thank you." Pei Yongjun raised his hand and wanted to take the coat, but suddenly he touched something soft and smooth under the coat. "You go back first..."

It's Choi Sulli's hand.

His warm palm touched her slightly cool fingers. Her smooth skin and delicate small knuckles slid gently along the lines of his palm.

Choi Sulli in front of him looked at him intently, and there was no one else in the corridor.

　There will be a chapter later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)