The Uncrowned King of the Peninsula

Chapter 73 Shirley Truth
Choi Sulli muttered to herself.

"Choi Sulli is perfect and everyone likes her, but Choi Jinri has many flaws."

She smiled, but tears of sadness welled up in her eyes. Her snow-white skin glowed with a cool color in the moonlight, like delicate yet fragile porcelain.

"...It's really annoying, so that's why everyone doesn't like it."

Cui Xueli lowered her head, staring at the withered grass under her feet, and recalled the various text messages she received during the live broadcast that day.

Insults, suspicions, criticisms.

She wants to show her true self, but is misunderstood and distorted by public opinion. Surrounded by bad reviews, she longs for others' love but is afraid. What she gets is not love, but attacks.

Especially when she was about to return to the stage after a long absence, she was looking forward to it, but more afraid and anxious.

"no."

"Choi Jin-ri is very good, everyone likes you."

"No?" Choi Sulli suddenly raised her head.

"The public is simply misled by public opinion. Perhaps they like the perfect idol Choi Sulli, and they dislike Choi Jinri, whose flaws have been exaggerated."

"It's not you." Pei Yongjun shook his head slowly.

"Choi Jin-ri is not as perfect as Choi Sulli, but Choi Jin-ri is brave, straightforward, kind, and real, and that's enough."

"Really?" Choi Sulli murmured to herself.

"real."

"I think," Pei Yongjun raised his hand and gently stroked her soft hair, "if the sea knew Choi Jinri, it would definitely like you too."

"Editor-in-chief nim..." Choi Sulli felt his warm palm caressing her hair, looked into his eyes, her heart pounding.

The cold winter wind blew, but she was completely unaware.

Pei Yongjun leaned down slightly, and slowly moved his palm upwards from the ends of his hair.

Choi Sulli's soft hair was entangled in his palm, and the scent of cosmetics was picked up by the cold wind and brushed past his nose.

Her skin was incredibly white and smooth, as if emitting endless temptation.

He couldn't help but move closer, and their faces were very close.

"Editor-in-Chief..."

"You..." Pei Yongjun's hot breath caressed her cheek. Cui Xueli's body stiffened and softened. Her brain was in a mess and she didn't know what she was thinking.

"What's wrong?" Pei Yongjun's low voice sounded.

"Can you, can you, bully me again?" Choi Sulli's words were incoherent, passionate and confusing. "I'm a little scared."

Pei Yongjun leaned over.

The skin on my cheeks was cool, smooth, and soft.

He sipped gently, like sucking the sweet juice of a peach. Cui Xueli shuddered all over, as if her soul was trembling.

It was unknown how long it took for Pei Yongjun to stand up. In his arms was Cui Xueli, who was staring at him in a daze.

Editor-in-Chief Nim...

that……

Would you like it, Choi Jin-ri?
A person with many flaws, but very brave...

Choi Jinri.

She didn't ask.

Choi Sulli feels that she is not brave enough.

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The next day, at the Hangang Sports Newspaper in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul City
"Team Leader!" There were hurried footsteps outside the office door. Pei Yongjun looked up and saw Liu Chengzhu hurriedly walking in from outside. "There's news!"

"What do you mean?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"I just met with the makeup artist at the beauty salon that Zico often goes to. She got some information from him. He and Jung Joon-young use the same beauty salon and they often meet there."

Liu Chengzhu was barely catching his breath when he reported, "Besides, Zico is very particular about his phone. She once took his phone and tried to take a picture of him, but Zico got really angry and refused to let her style him anymore."

"Then, Jung Joon-young suddenly stopped her from styling him. This made her very angry, so she remembers it very clearly."

"There's definitely something wrong with Zico."

Liu Chengzhu's tone became more and more certain, "There is definitely something shameful going on between him and Zheng Junying. The criminal alliance you mentioned is probably true!"

Pei Yongjun stood up and walked to the whiteboard.

He picked up a pen and added a line between Zico and Jung Joon-young's names.

[No one is allowed to touch your phone except your own people]

He thought for a moment and added another line.

【We will go to nightclubs together】

Then, he continued, "In the morning, Eun-Kwang found one of Jung Joon-young's former assistants. He said that Jung Joon-young and Zico had a good relationship and often went to nightclubs together."

"Jung Yoomixi recalled that she was taken to a nightclub by Jung Joon-young, but she was groggy at the time and didn't know where exactly she was."

"You mean, these two are the same place?" asked Liu Chengzhu.

"We have a criminal gang now. We have members," Bae Yong-jun nodded slowly, pointing at the names of Jung Joon-young and Zico with a pen, "and we also have the tools to commit crimes."

He tapped the golden phone.

"Then all that's missing is a base for committing the crime."

Pei Yongjun circled the word "nightclub" and said, "There must be a nightclub. It's a very special place for these people."

"That's right!" Liu Chengzhu nodded in sudden realization. "That's right, you can't just do this kind of bad thing anywhere, right?"

"But where? There are a lot of nightclubs in Seoul." He frowned.

"We'll find out," Bae Yongjun's eyes narrowed slightly, "Zico will lead us to it."

While the two were talking, Kwon Eun-bi knocked lightly on the door and walked in. "Team leader nim, ah, Sung Soo senior."

She didn't notice that Yoo Sung-soo was there too.

"What's wrong?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"Nothing," Quan Enfei said softly, with an apologetic look on her face. "I'm sorry to have disturbed you last night. I'm sorry."

"Ah, it's okay," Pei Yongjun recalled the [Request to Leave Work] she sent last night. "Next time when it's time to leave, if you don't have anything special to do, just leave."

"Seungsu-sung is still busy, so I feel embarrassed. Sorry." She bowed to Liu Chengzhu again.

"Oh, team leader, you don't know, Eunbi's teacher is very fierce." Liu Chengzhu said next to him.

"Teacher?" Pei Yongjun looked at Quan Enfei.

"Yes, she insisted on waiting for your reply before leaving. Then her teacher called and complained about her being late and not working hard. She almost cried." Liu Chengzhu was amazed. "Teachers like this are really rare nowadays."

"Really?" Pei Yongjun asked.

"...Yes, it's okay." Quan Enfei waved her hands repeatedly, her expression becoming nervous, "It's really okay."

Pei Yongjun glanced her up and down and said nothing more.

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