The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 194: Caught by a Rabbit (Two in One)

Gangnam District, Seoul City

The white car shuttled through the prosperous Jiangnan District.

Bae Yong-jun and Lim Na-yeon's white Genesis were hanging from a distance across half the street.

After driving down the expressway by the Han River, Lin Nayeon's car turned around and drove back, making a big circle through the small road, and actually drove back to Cheongdam-dong.

"Team leader nim, we're almost back." Jin Zhicheng looked at the surrounding buildings and saw the Samsung Mercer Apartments in Cheongdam-dong where Twice's dormitory was located again from afar.

"It's almost there." Pei Yongjun nodded, "After going around in circles, it's time to go to where they really want to go."

The sky gradually darkened and the cars on the road turned on their lights one after another.

"Don't be in a hurry, turn on the headlights and stay a little further away."

The two continued to follow Lim Nayeon's car, passing through the bustling center of Cheongdam-dong and heading south.

The high-rise buildings on both sides gradually became lower, and the surrounding environment changed from a commercial area to a continuous residential area. The dark water surface reappeared in front.

This is Cheonggyecheon, an artificial tributary of the Han River, and there are fewer people nearby.

The shore is dotted with tall trees and a few artificial hills, on which are wooden viewing platforms. The street lights above emit a faint white light in the dark night.

Lim Nayeon's car began to slow down.

"Are we there? Where is this?" Jin Zhicheng also slowed down and drove even slower, staring at the red light at the rear of the Genesis in the distance ahead, his tone full of confusion.

There is no village in front and no shop behind. Where can we have a date?
"It's here." Pei Yongjun's voice came from the side.

He pointed to a blue sign not far ahead on the navigation map. "It's a man-made underground parking lot. I think Lim Nayeon is going here."

"Meet here?" Jin Zhicheng understood all of a sudden.

Meeting in a remote parking lot, then changing to another car and continuing the date is a common tactic used by celebrities to avoid paparazzi.

"Well, right here, give me the camera." Pei Yongjun reached out to take the camera, pointed it at the left side of the car, and then turned to the right.

Human eyes and cameras scanned both sides of the car.

"Sometimes, dates will wait here in advance, or even just wander around. If you look around and take pictures, you might find something."

"If you want to catch the news, don't miss any clues."

Pei Yongjun looked at the right side of the car and said in a deep voice.

A white car drove by, and there were almost no people on both sides of the road, with only one or two people occasionally walking around.

As we were talking, we turned a corner and saw an artificial hill at the end of the road. At the foot of the hill was the entrance to the underground parking lot, and there was a viewing platform on the top of the hill.

However, this place, which is rarely visited by tourists, has now become an ideal place for dating and meeting.

Lin Nayeon's car began to slow down and then drove into the underground parking lot.

"Slow down and turn off the lights." Pei Yongjun said.

Jin Zhicheng obediently turned off the car lights.

The path was deserted on both sides except for a black car parked on the side of the road. The car drove forward like a ghost and slid into the dark underground parking lot.

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The lights in the parking lot were dim. Bae Yong-jun and his friend's car slowly drove in along the entrance. A circle of bright headlights could be vaguely seen on the right side. It should be Lim Nayeon's car.

Jin Zhicheng drove the car forward bit by bit, and finally saw the white Genesis again from the gaps between a few scattered cars.

Lin Nayeon was still driving forward in the garage, seemingly looking for a suitable place.

"Stop." Pei Yongjun pointed to the parking space next to him, where a dusty black car was parked.

"Okay." Jin Zhicheng responded, sweat oozing out of the tip of his nose, for fear of alarming Lin Nayeon and causing the whole plan to fail.

Lin Nayeon parked at the innermost part of the garage, turned off the engine, turned off the lights, and became quiet.

Pei Yongjun waved his hand and unbuckled his seat belt.

Jin Zhicheng stopped the car and turned off the engine. He quickly unbuckled his seat belt, reached out and picked up another camera from the side, opened the lens, and the long lens made a slight crackling sound. The center of the cross in the viewfinder was facing the white Genesis.

One second, two seconds, ten seconds, half a minute.

Suddenly, the car door opened and a woman in sportswear and a hat got out.

Jin Zhicheng immediately pressed the shutter, and the shutter of the Sony camera captured the woman's every move in the photo at a high speed of 6 times per second.

After getting out of the car, the woman looked around, then walked towards a small iron gate beside the car, opened it, slipped away, and disappeared inside.

Jin Zhicheng was about to get out of the car and follow.

Pei Yongjun held him down and said, "Wait!"

"Team leader, she..."

"She got out from the passenger seat." Pei Yongjun spoke calmly and quickly, "There was someone else in the car."

Jin Zhicheng was shocked, "What should I do?"

"Wait." Pei Yongjun uttered a single word, "Something's wrong. That person just now didn't seem to be Lim Nayeon."

"No?" Jin Zhicheng was stunned for a moment, "Why?"

Pei Yongjun pointed at the camera in Jin Zhicheng's hand without looking away. "Look, is Lim Nayeon half the size of this woman?"

"Ah?" Jin Zhicheng took a quick glance.

The woman just captured by the camera has a curvy figure and extremely full breasts.

Sure enough, it’s not the petite and cute Lim Nayeon.

"How could this be? Isn't this Lim Nayeon's car?" He didn't react for a moment.

"Lin Nayeon is driving and bringing this woman here." Bae Yongjun's eyes flickered as he spoke his speculation, "She's the one in love, not Lim Nayeon."

"Then who is this person?"

"It's most likely Park Ji-hyo, could it be Son Chae-young? You can tell by her figure." Bae Yong-jun looked at Kim Ji-sung beside him, "Don't you like Twice? You can't even recognize this?"

"I, I, I like a lot of things, hehe..." Jin Zhicheng laughed, and the Genesis door moved again.

This time it's the driver's seat.

A woman in a gray jacket and black sportswear jumped out of the car, hurriedly followed the footsteps of the girl in the gray sportswear, and ran into the small iron gate.

"This is Lim Nayeon." Bae Yongjun said softly, "Go and follow them. I'll stay here and watch their car."

"Okay." Jin Zhicheng didn't bother to ask why. He pushed open the car door, slung his camera over his shoulder, and ran quickly towards the small iron gate.

Silence returned to the underground parking lot.

Pei Yongjun opened the car door, got out, and looked around.

There were very few cars parked here, and many of them looked like zombie cars, covered in dust. It was unknown how long they had been there. There were even fewer people in the parking lot. Apart from Lim Nayeon and them, there was no one else.

No wonder this place was chosen as a meeting place. It is rarely visited and is indeed suitable for a secret meeting.

He scanned the parking lot and constructed a map in his mind, just in case Nayeon and the other girl came back from somewhere.

Dusty cars, rows of load-bearing columns, white road signs, barriers at the entrances and exits, surveillance cameras hanging at the corners...

Pei Yongjun's eyes narrowed slightly.

Why is the camera at the entrance also facing the exit?

His eyes moved again. The camera at the corner was also pointed at the exit.

What is this doing?
Pei Yongjun suddenly remembered what Kim Donggun, who was angered by him today, blurted out when he was furious.

[If you dare to choose someone like Bae Yong-jun, then just wait and see, this grand prize will become a joke!]

Become a joke?

Pei Yongjun looked at the row of strange cameras and narrowed his eyes slightly.

He picked up the camera on the dashboard in front of him, flipped through the photos, and found the photos he took left and right when he was about to enter the underground parking lot.

He flipped through the pages one by one, and suddenly, he stopped.

A black car suddenly stopped by the roadside. In the ultra-clear photo, the man in the driver's seat was clearly visible. He tilted his head and stared at the car driven by Pei Yongjun and his partner.

Such careful preparation, but it was exposed.

……

Not far from the parking lot entrance, a man got out of the black car. He was wearing a sweater with photos of the nine members of Twice printed on it and holding a notebook in his hand, as if he was ready to ask someone for an autograph.

He walked along the path to the entrance of the parking lot, stopped beside it, and then hid behind the shadow of the pillar at the entrance. He waited quietly, muttering a string of numbers to himself.

[282-993]

It was exactly the license plate number of Pei Yongjun and his friend’s car!
……

Standing on the roof, Pei Yongjun stood on tiptoe, turned the last camera, and aimed it at the entrance.

"That's right, it's clear who came in."

He brushed the dust off his hands, bent down, supported himself with his right hand, and nimbly climbed down from the roof of the car. Then he got into the car and parked it back in its original place.

"How is it?" He picked up the phone on the passenger seat. Jin Zhicheng was talking to him.

"I'm out. This door is the emergency exit. If you climb up, it leads directly to the ground."

"Have you found someone?"

"I followed her! I followed Park Ji-hyo. She must be on a date and waiting for someone on the roadside! I'm right next to her!" Kim Ji-sung's voice was filled with excitement.

"Did you follow him?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"Ok!"

"What about Lim Nayeon?" Bae Yongjun asked again.

"She, she, I didn't see her after I came out. Did she go wandering around nearby or..." Jin Zhicheng was stunned, then continued.

"She's here." Pei Yongjun interrupted him and looked through the car window at the small iron door at the end of the garage.

The woman in the gray coat reappeared from the small iron gate.

Lim Nayeon is back.

"You stay close to Park Ji-hyo, I'll be in charge of this side, keep in touch anytime." Bae Yong-jun gave an order and stopped talking.

Lin Nayeon got into the car, started the car, and the white Genesis turned on its lights again and drove out.

Bae Yong-jun started the car and waited for Lim Nayeon's car to pass first.

The lights came from far away and got closer. The Genesis was about to pass over the front of Pei Yongjun's car from left to right. He could even see the vague figure of a person through the privacy film.

He slowly released the brake and was about to step on the accelerator when the white Genesis suddenly braked. The tires made a screeching sound on the ground and the car stopped right in front of Pei Yongjun, blocking his way.

Pei Yongjun raised his eyebrows.

The driver's door opened and Lim Nayeon jumped out.

She wore a mask on her pretty and lively face, and her big eyes, which were usually smiling, were now wide open and tense as she looked at the white car in front of her.

"Reporter Nim, could you please come out?" she said. "We can talk."

The car was motionless, as if no one was inside.

"Please come out! I know you are here."

"There aren't many people here usually. How could it be such a coincidence that you're here too? And you followed us all the way here."

"Let's talk. We can talk about anything you need."

The car still didn't move.

Lin Nayeon took a deep breath and used her trump card, "Please come out! I've called the police."

"I saw you stealing surveillance data just now. This is a public parking lot. If you destroy the surveillance, you don't want to be taken away by the police, right?"

Her lips were tightly pursed under the mask, and her cute little rabbit teeth were biting her lower lip. Looking at the quiet car, her heart was pounding with nervousness.

On the way with Park Ji-hyo, Lin Nayeon discovered something wrong at the last moment.

The viewing platform here is very remote and usually no one comes here, so Park Ji-hyo chose this place as the meeting place with Kang Daniel.

But on the last stretch of the journey, Lin Nayeon, who was already cautious, discovered something was wrong.

Have you seen the white car behind somewhere?
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Lin Nayeon felt that they looked more and more alike, but Park Ji-hyo didn't quite believe her and thought she was being suspicious.

After being scolded by Park Ji-hyo, Lin Nayeon began to doubt herself.

Park Ji-hyo went up. She had nothing to do, so she thought of taking a walk around the hill above. However, she couldn't see anything in the dark Cheonggyecheon River.

Quite disappointed, she turned back and was about to push open the door, but she happened to find a man standing on the roof of a car near the garage entrance, fiddling with the surveillance camera hanging from the ceiling.

Paparazzi!

This word immediately popped up in Lin Nayeon's mind.

How to do?
What did they capture?
She immediately called Park Ji-hyo, but no one answered. She wondered if she was obsessed with having a tryst with her lover.

Park Ji-hyo has kept her relationship a secret from the company so far, and as her "accomplice", Lin Nayeon is feeling panicked.

If I could get the photo back...

boom.

Lin Nayeon shuddered and came back to her senses.

The driver's door was opened, and a tall and handsome figure walked out of the car.

When their eyes met, Lin Nayeon opened her eyes wide.

"Hello, Nayeon," Bae Yongjun looked at Lin Nayeon with a warm smile on his face, as if he were a friend he hadn't seen for a long time. "What a coincidence, you're here too."

"Editor-in-Chief Pei?" Lin Nayeon murmured to herself. She didn't expect that the reporter following them was Pei Yongjun, whom she had just met.

"Well, it's me."

"That's great..." Lin Nayeon couldn't help but smile and reached out to touch the recorder in her arms.

"Great?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"Well, Editor-in-Chief Bae," Lin Nayeon suppressed her smile and looked at him sternly, saying word by word, "You don't want the judges of the News Awards to know that you secretly photographed others, do you?"

Pei Yongjun raised his eyebrows.

Oh no, I became a rabbit.

(End of this chapter)