The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 2 Listening to Your Heart
"Ah! Who! Who are you!" The quarrel stopped immediately. Choi Sulli turned around and saw Kim Ji-sung taking pictures. Her eyes suddenly widened.

She walked over quickly and reached out to grab the camera from Jin Zhicheng's hand, "This is a TV station! Who allowed you to take pictures like that?"

"I, I..." Jin Zhicheng encountered such a thing for the first time and was a little at a loss.

"Team leader!" He raised his camera, took two steps back in panic, and shrank behind Pei Yongjun.

"Ah! Don't block me!" Choi Sulli looked furious, her snow-white cheeks flushed red, and she raised her hand to push him away.

Naturally, she couldn't push the handsome Pei Yongjun.

"Who are you!"

"We are reporters and have permission to interview." Bae Yong-jun looked at Choi Sulli in front of him with a calm expression. He raised his hand and used his sleeve to push her arm away. "Ms. Choi Sulli."

Choi Sulli was once a member of SM's popular girl group f(x). Although she was extremely popular, she experienced a series of news such as discord within the team and mother-daughter estrangement. In the end, she withdrew from the group and remained silent for a long time.

"Reporters?" Choi Sulli was stunned for a moment before reacting. She looked at the badge on his chest and said, "You are paparazzi?! You..."

"Shirley!" Another woman hurriedly followed.

She held Choi Sulli with her left hand and pulled at her collar with her right hand, trying to cover her face with her arms, but it only made her already large forehead look even bigger, making her look both pitiful and cute. "Hello."

"Hello, Ms. Goo Hara."

As an entertainment reporter, Bae Young-jun naturally recognized her immediately. Goo Hara, a popular member of the girl group KARA, and Choi Sulli are close friends.

Goo Hara was calmer. She pulled up her collar and looked closely at the handsome man in front of her. When her eyes swept over the badge on his chest, her pupils suddenly shrank, and a hint of fear flashed across her eyes.

The notorious Hanjiang Sports is in big trouble now as he is the editor-in-chief.

Once it is released, Choi Sulli, who is already surrounded by negative news, will find it even more difficult to clear herself from the rumors.

Thinking of the opportunity to release a solo song that Choi Sulli had fought so hard for, Goo Hara frowned unconsciously and felt very anxious.

"One photo is 1000 million." Pei Yongjun looked at her hesitant lips and got straight to the point, quoting the price skillfully. "No receipt required. If you pay in cash, I'll give you a 95% discount. I guarantee you'll destroy it."

"You can sign a confidentiality agreement and add 15%. If you want the negatives, add another 10%."

If I don’t see the money tomorrow morning, I’ll put it in the newspaper.”

"Ah, you!" Choi Sulli kept struggling, but was held tightly by Goo Hara.

"Thank you, thank you, I..." Goo Hara was wearing a cool short skirt and seemed to have no wallet on her.

"This is my business card." Bae Yongjun took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Goo Hara, "It has my contact information on it."

She released her left hand from Choi Sulli and reached out to take the business card.

"Okay, I'll transfer the money to you as soon as possible, please be sure to..."

Snapped!
Bae Yong-jun raised his left hand in front of his face to block Choi Sulli's slap.

"Ah! Sulli!" Goo Hara finally reacted and was shocked. "What are you doing?"

"Assaulting a reporter?" Bae Yong-jun looked at Choi Sulli and narrowed his eyes. "Choi Sulli, how long do you think this will stay on the trending search?"

"Scum! Vampire! Selling out other people's privacy!" Choi Sulli pulled back her right hand, tears gleaming in her bright eyes as she looked at him angrily.

The cold-blooded and ruthless Pei Yongjun in front of her aroused the painful memories hidden deep in her heart.

Family, love, team.

Whenever she was in pain, the paparazzi would pounce on her like hyenas, with greedy eyes, and tear her apart with lies and slander.

"You paparazzi are just making money like that!" Hot tears fell from her eyes. "Have you ever thought about how much pain others are suffering? Do you still have an ounce of humanity?!"

"Choi Sulli, why are you so angry? 1000 million isn't much for you." "Not much?" Thinking of Goo Hara's pitiful situation, Choi Sulli really wanted Bae Yongjun to die. "Do you know what happened to you, sister?!"

"do you know……"

"Sulli!" Goo Hara stopped Choi Sulli, her beautiful eyebrows tightly knitted together, and a look of pain appeared in her bright eyes, "Stop talking."

"I, I..." Choi Sulli's eyes trembled.

She looked at Goo Hara, then at Bae Young-joon. She was filled with resentment, but she could say nothing and do nothing, so she could only give in.

"Okay! You want money, right? Fine!" She gritted her teeth and looked at Pei Yongjun in front of her, her eyes wanting to tear him apart. "No problem! I'll give you the money!"

Pei Yongjun stood there without saying a word, staring at Cui Xueli in front of him, motionless.

"Take the money and go to hell!"

She snatched the business card from Goo Hara's hand, glared at him angrily, turned around and strode away.

"Editor-in-Chief Pei," Goo Hara turned her head to look at Choi Sulli who was walking away, then turned back to Bae Yongjun and bowed, "I'm sorry, I'll contact you again when I have the money ready. Please forgive her."

"Please, please, have mercy on her."

She bowed again, turned around and walked away quickly, disappearing around the corner at the end of the corridor along with Choi Sulli's back.

Pei Yongjun was still standing there.

"Team leader, team leader?" Jin Zhicheng came out from behind him and looked at him nervously, "I..."

Listening to Choi Sulli's accusations, he felt very complicated and didn't dare to walk out from behind Pei Yongjun.

"Team leader?" He was about to apologize, but found that Bae Yongjun was still motionless, staring at the place where Choi Sulli and the other person disappeared.

A hand stretched out in front of his eyes and waved. Pei Yongjun turned his head suddenly, but the sharp gaze scared him and made him shrink his head.

"Team Leader? Are you okay?"

"...It's okay, let's go back."

Pei Yongjun walked back to the studio, listening to the robotic voice echoing in his mind as he walked.

[Obtain 1 truth fragment, and increase the number of times you listen to the voice of your heart by 1.]

【use or not? 】

【use or not? 】

[Do you want to…]

"No, not using it." Pei Yongjun muttered to himself.

The voice in my head stopped.

It turns out that this was not an illusion.

He recalled the voice that sounded in his mind again, and Choi Sulli's bright and resolute tearful eyes appeared before his eyes.

This time, he must find out what is going on.

"Jicheng, I'll take you to meet the people from KBS next time. After I finish with Music Bank, I'll go back to the newspaper office first."

Bae Yong-jun left the confused Kim Ji-sung at the KBS building and hurried back to the newspaper office.

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