The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 119 Be Your Friend
The black Hyundai car drove straight along the road, heading west, from Daechi-dong, which has a strong business atmosphere, to the bustling center of Gangnam District.

Pei Yongjun looked at the navigation, turned on the right turn signal, and glanced at Quan Enfei in the passenger seat.

She lowered her head, her hair hanging down, her slightly red cheeks vaguely visible, her small hands tangled together, her white teeth lightly biting her lower lip, no one knew what she was thinking.

The women's shirt was washed very clean, with the buttons on the chest tightened tightly. Her long, dark and smooth hair draped over her towering chest seemed to sway gently like jelly as the car engine moved.

Complete trust, no defenses at all, like ripe fruit on a chopping board, fragrant and soft.

After he said that, Quan Enfei didn't say a word and followed him into the car obediently, without asking what they were going to do or where they were going, as if she was leaving everything to Pei Yongjun.

Do what you want, she won't resist or tell anyone.

This feeling was really wonderful, and it silently filled the car with an ambiguous atmosphere, as if someone was pushing Pei Yongjun from behind, wanting him to go further.

"Enfei, why aren't you speaking?" Pei Yongjun asked, breaking the silence.

He had to say something.

"No, there's nothing I want to say." Kwon Eun-bi lowered her head even more, her tone weak, like a soft and smooth feather scratching Pei Yongjun's ears.

"Have you never been to a nightclub?" Pei Yongjun continued to ask.

"No." She shook her head.

"Why haven't you been there? No one asked you to go? Concubine En should be quite popular, right?" he guessed.

Nightclubs are very popular among young people on the peninsula, not to mention college students like Kwon Eun-bi. Although she is a bit rustic, she is very beautiful and has a good figure. She doesn't look like someone who has never been to a nightclub.

"...Yes." Quan Enfei hesitated before answering, "But I didn't go."

"why?"

"feel a little scared."

"Fear?"

"Well, I don't dare to go with them alone. It feels quite scary." Quan Enfei pouted.

Of course, someone asked her out to a nightclub before, but she could feel the gazes they gave her, and she hated the desire behind such gazes, so she never agreed.

She raised her head slightly and secretly glanced at the profile of Pei Yongjun who was driving.

But, I don’t know why, my team leader Nim sometimes looks at me like that, so why don’t I hate him?

I want him to...

Watch it for a while longer.

why?
Concubine Quan was panicking.

The red light at the intersection came on and the car stopped.

"You're so scared, but will you be okay tonight? It might be a little scary." Pei Yongjun said, "If you don't want to go, you don't have to go."

"No, no, no, I, I actually want to go." The delusional Quan Enfei quickly denied it.

"Want to go again?"

"I think it's okay to go with the team leader."

"Well, actually, if you want to go, you can go with friends."

Concubine Quan Eun-fei did not speak.

Pei Yongjun glanced at her and asked, "What's wrong?"

"...I don't have any friends." Quan Enfei said in a low voice.

As soon as the words came out, the atmosphere in the car changed.

Pei Yongjun turned his head and looked at her.

Quan Enfei quickly glanced at Pei Yongjun, her eyes showing panic and anxiety. "Actually, I'm just very busy. Friends and socializing are so troublesome."

"Anyway, anyway..."

She stammered and explained in a pale voice, trying to downplay what she had just said, but the more she spoke, the more she felt that she was making things worse.

Without even a friend, Kwon Eun-bi feels like a failure and doesn't want Bae Yong-jun to see her life like this.

Pei Yongjun turned his head away and didn't look at her again. "Actually, having friends is really troublesome."

“It’s fine not to have friends.”

"...Really?" The weak voice of Concubine Quan Eun-bi came from beside him.

"Really." Pei Yongjun nodded, his tone normal, "Don't you believe me?" "... Doesn't team leader have a lot of friends?" Quan Enfei seemed a little unconvinced, and she plucked up the courage to continue asking.

"Yes, there are a lot." Pei Yongjun nodded.

"Then..." The coffee cup with lipstick on it and the lingering smell of high-end perfume flashed through Quan Enfei's mind, and she couldn't help but pout.

Mingming, Mingming everyone looked at me like that.

"What? Can't I have many friends?" Pei Yongjun glanced at her. "Does it take no friends at all to comfort you?"

"No, I'm sorry." With a look, Concubine Kwon became obedient again.

The car fell into silence.

Kwon Eun-bi huddled in the car seat like a lonely kitten that had been scolded, and occasionally stole a glance at Bae Yong-jun.

"Are you angry?" Pei Yongjun asked as they passed another intersection.

"No."

Pei Yongjun paused and continued, "If you don't have any friends, you don't have to use honorifics with me tonight."

Not using honorifics means we're just friends.

"Team leader, is that true?" Kwon Eun-bi straightened up suddenly, her eyes lighting up.

Pei Yongjun glanced at her.

"Oh, team leader!" Quan Enfei immediately dropped the honorific.

"It's not the team leader, it's Oppa."

"Mo? Oppa? Why?" She was stunned.

"Are you going to call me team leader in a nightclub too?" Pei Yongjun was amused by her. "Let's continue pretending to be a couple, just like last time we went to the agency."

"Do you know what we are going to do this time?"

"I don't know." Concubine Quan shook her head.

"Then listen to this." Pei Yongjun took out his cell phone from his pocket, fiddled with it a few times and put it next to the dashboard.

There was silence on the phone for a while, and then a girl's voice came from it.

"Reporter Pei, this is Julia."

"I'm sorry to have kept you and Reporter Liu waiting all afternoon. I'm actually fine. I'm just across the street from that cafe."

"But I have never dared to go in."

The voice began to tremble.

"Because I was scared. I'm sorry."

"Actually, I mustered up the courage today, but even if I tell the story, what's the point?"

"I was assaulted in Burning Sun, and I still remember who it was."

"I called the police, but it was no use. They never came. I don't know why, and I don't know what to do."

"I went to the hospital for a diagnosis, but as soon as I left the hospital, I met a group of people who threatened me and tore up the results I had just received."

"I can print another copy, but who should I give it to? Who can protect me?"

The sound turned into crying, and it sounded very sad.

The green light came on, Pei Yongjun stepped on the accelerator, and the car slowly moved forward.

Concubine Quan listened quietly.

After passing another intersection, the crying gradually became quieter.

"I saw your news. I admire you very much. I really want to help other victims, but I don't dare."

"They will find me again. They are very rich and powerful."

"I still have my parents, and I still have to work. I'm scared..."

"Please forgive my selfishness."

"I'm sorry for wasting your afternoon. Thank you."

"I'm so, so sorry."

(End of this chapter)