Peninsula: I'm the Top Streamer

Chapter 542 I Don't Want to Be Your Strategist

"Here it comes~"

Sana Minatozaki watched him walk in, a smile on her face, and the corners of her mouth turned up.

"When did you arrive? Did I keep you waiting?"

Kwon Hyun-hyuk took off his mask and looked at the exquisitely dressed Minatozaki Sana. He seemed to be moved by her infectious smile and also smiled back.

He draped his coat over the chair, pulled it out, and sat down. The round table was neither too big nor too small; if he leaned over and reached out, he could touch the person opposite him.

So the distance wasn't far enough for him to see every detail of Minatozaki Sana and the faint fragrance emanating from her.

"I arrived five minutes earlier than you."

"Although it's very impolite to make a girl wait, I thought you might be busy with your schedule today, so I'll be magnanimous and not hold it against you."

Sana Minatozaki's smile remained bright and captivating, her gaze seemingly alluring as she looked at him, her words playful and witty.

"Thanks for understanding."

"I just finished a meeting. Although I haven't been filming these past two days, I've actually been quite busy."

The waiter started to come in and serve the dishes, starting with appetizers. The exquisitely plated dishes were placed in front of the two of them, and the aroma of the food wafted to their noses.

Want some drinks?

Kwon Hyun-hyuk didn't touch the food. Instead, he looked at the wine glass on the table and casually asked her a question.

"Okay, it's not a big deal to drink a little less."

Sana Minatozaki smiled and agreed, pursing her lips, seemingly quite looking forward to drinking.

Kwon Hyun-hyuk called over a waiter, glanced at the menu, and casually ordered a bottle of red wine. He didn't pay attention to the price, but it was around 350,000 won.

However, nearly two thousand yuan a bottle is not expensive for them.

For him now, drinking water every day is like drinking water; he'll never go broke even if he drinks it all until he dies.

But from another perspective, two thousand yuan for wine is a considerable expense for ordinary people. They would spend several thousand yuan just to have a meal together today.

For ordinary people, it is indeed quite a burden.

Red wine was slowly poured into a transparent, light-reflecting stemmed glass, and the rich red liquid gradually released its aroma, filling the air around the two people.

"cheers."

Sana Minatozaki lightly raised her wine glass, sniffed the aroma of the red wine at the rim, and then held the glass high in the air, her eyes sparkling.

Quan Xuanhe smiled and raised his wine glass.

A crisp sound rang out, and the red wine trembled slightly in the glass.

Sana Minatozaki pursed her lips, took a small sip, stuck out her tongue slightly, savored the aroma in her mouth, and gradually swallowed. Her eyes lit up immediately, and she began to praise it.

"It's delicious, with a very rich grape aroma!"

"tasty?"

Seeing this, Quan Xuanhe raised his glass and took a sip, but didn't really savor it. He had drunk quite a bit at yesterday's dinner party, which made him feel a little unwell today and he didn't have much of an interest in drinking.

"If you like it, then drink more. I drank quite a lot yesterday, so I can't drink any more today."

Sana Minatozaki's eyes widened. "Huh?"

"This whole bottle?"

"There's too much; we can't finish it all."

She shook her head, feeling a bit uneasy.

"No rush, drink slowly."

Quan Xuanhe said with a smile.

"But you drank yesterday because..."

"Yesterday was the first meeting for the new project, and we went out to dinner together that evening. The atmosphere was great, so we drank quite a bit."

"Let me guess...it is..."

Kim Yoo-jung!

Sana Minatozaki was clearly watching him too; she rolled her eyes and then guessed what he meant.

"Yes."

Sana Minatozaki has some questions to ask.

Although she had dinner alone with Kwon Seon-hyuk today, to be honest, she also needed to resolve many of her own doubts, after all, she could be said to be...

The person who knows Kwon Hyun-hyuk best.

"Let's talk about you and Miyeon first. Do you know how surprised I was when I heard Miyeon say those things?"

I thought she would say something more about Zhao Meiyan, but in her next sentence she changed the subject and turned the topic to herself.

What exactly happened to you back then?

Minatosaki Saya stared intently at him, seemingly eagerly anticipating his words.

Didn't I tell you?

"Of course you didn't tell me. Who would know about this? Nobody knows. If you don't tell me, no one else will know."

Sana Minatozaki expressed her dissatisfaction with his words, her mouth moving like a machine gun, her words carrying a hint of complaint.

"Actually, when the accident happened, it wasn't accidental; it was done intentionally."

"who is it?"

Sana Minatozaki stared at him expectantly, waiting for him to continue.

"Not 'who,' but 'who'."

"So you're not alone? Annie, why didn't you say that back then?"

Sana Minatozaki was somewhat shocked and surprised. She was clearly shocked when she spoke, and she never expected Kwon Hyun-hyuk to give such a reply.

Then came more curiosity, and my focus on this matter grew stronger. I couldn't understand why Quan Xuanhe hadn't told me back then, and I was completely unaware of the intricacies behind it all.

How should I put it?

"What I say to you doesn't really serve any purpose other than venting my negative emotions, and I'm not used to venting these negative emotions on others."

Quan Xuanhe shook his head slightly at this moment, and his words left Minatozaki Sana speechless for a moment, but then she thought about it and opened her mouth to refute.

"No, this is not right."

"Friends should understand and support each other, and what does it mean to vent to others?"

"When negative emotions are shared between two people instead of one, they are reduced by half."

"When a happy emotion is passed from one person to another, the happiness is doubled."

Sana Minato shook her head. At this moment, her tone was much more considerate and gentle, and the reasoning she spoke was quite touching.

It no longer felt like I was eloquently debating with him; instead, it felt more like I was giving him guidance and comfort.

This feeling still made him quite gratified. In his eyes, Sana Minatozaki's cheerfulness and liveliness only existed when they first met, and later, this feeling faded more and more.

At least Sana Minatozaki still reserved some of her gentleness and kindness for him.

"That makes a lot of sense, there's no problem with it."

Quan Xuanhe gave a thumbs up, then asked in return with a smile.

"Then tell me who they are."

"There are several, take a guess."

"I'm guessing... Jung Hae-in?"

Sana Minatozaki pondered for a moment.

Because she had been paying special attention to him, she kept a close eye on any news about him online, especially news she had heard directly or indirectly, so she was able to guess it right away.

"Guessed it right."

"And Ahn Hyo-seop...?"

Following her own thoughts, she then guessed.

"You guessed right again. You're very smart; your mind works very quickly."

Quan Xuanhe gave him a thumbs up and praised him with a smile.

"Tch, do you really think I know nothing?"

Sana Minatozaki gently raised her chin, the corners of her mouth turned up, she looked cheerful and self-satisfied, and then asked him smugly.

"any left?"

"There's more, but you don't know them, so please don't ask anymore."

“Okay.” Minatozaki Sana nodded, and following his words, she didn’t ask any more questions. Instead, she asked a question that was somewhat fatal to him, and even left him speechless.

"Now it's my turn to ask you. What are you planning to do about Mei Yan?"

Quan Xuanhe opened his mouth, casually raised his wine glass, and took a sip of red wine.

In her view, Quan Xuanhe seemed to be thinking about how to answer, or perhaps he was savoring his red wine. In any case, his eyes were thoughtful, and his gaze was slightly lowered.

"you…"

"What are you thinking?"

Seeing his reaction, Sana Minatosaki sensed something was wrong and felt uneasy, so she couldn't help but ask him another question.

"I'm wondering, do I really want to get back together with him now?"

Kwon Hyun-hyuk casually uttered a sentence that might have earned him a scolding.

Sana Minatozaki's reaction was also unexpected. She was stunned for a moment, staring blankly at him, not knowing how to react. Finally, she tentatively asked him this question.

"Do you still like her?"

Quan Xuanhe nodded in affirmation.

"I won't date Miyeon if I don't like her."

"Then why..."

"Maybe it's because I'm not a good man, my thoughts are always wavering, and I'm not a very... honest person."

During his cooling-off period, he did a lot of things that crossed the line. He had long since come to believe that he was not a good person and had already confirmed that he was a scumbag.

He himself was no good.

"Then let's break up!"

To everyone's surprise, Sana Minatozaki said such a thing directly, without even giving him a chance to think it over carefully.

Quan Xuanhe looked at Minatozaki Sana with a surprised expression, slightly moved.

Instead of the expected scolding and rebuke, her words surprised him.

How come you seem like a completely different person after not seeing me for a while?
Has he really become his cunning advisor?

"Anyway... you're practically in a breakup situation now."

If a man has other ideas, they will eventually come true.

"A short pain is worse than a long one. If you break up, you won't have this burden."

"Isn't it a cooling-off period? It's her cooling-off period, and it's also your cooling-off period."

Sana Minatozaki's expression was natural, but what she said sounded completely off to him.

This is so unlike Sana Minatozaki's style.

She should have spoken to Zhao Meiyan; she should have received her reprimand and warning.

"That's what I said."

This, however, made Kwon Hyun-hyuk start to reconsider.

What he was considering was not anything else, but why Sana Minatozaki's reaction was so different from what he had imagined.

Logically speaking, people should advise reconciliation rather than separation. How can someone come up and, after listening to your story, immediately and decisively advise you to break up?

"But something feels off."

Upon hearing this, Sana Minatozaki raised her wine glass and took a sip of red wine, savoring the rich, slightly bitter taste as it flowed between her lips and teeth.

She swallowed the sip of red wine, her expression natural and composed.

"What's wrong?"

"Shouldn't you have advised me to think it over? Why did you so abruptly tell me to break up with you?"

Kwon Hyun-hyuk crossed his arms and stared at Minatozaki Sana with a scrutinizing and observing expression.

"No, if I were to say those things, wouldn't you be tired of hearing them by now?"

Quan Xuanhe didn't react much after hearing this, but asked a question that he didn't really want to do.

"Did Tzuyu say something to you?"

He thought it was more likely that Chou Tzu-yu had whispered something in Minatozaki Sana's ear, since she was wavering between the two and might be swayed by one of them, saying things that were more favorable to the other.

Hearing him say that, Sana Minatozaki felt relieved and laughed, her body relaxed a little, and she even showed a bit more of a smile.

"how?"

"Do you think I should persuade you to break up with Miyeon and then get back together with Tzuyu?"

Sana Minato smiled and winked, showing no sign of anything amiss in Kwon Hyun-hyuk's eyes; she appeared completely natural from beginning to end.

"That's somewhat true."

Kwon Hyun-hyuk did not deny it.

This is probably the most likely reason. As for other possibilities…

"Then don't worry about it. That's just my opinion. It's up to you to decide what to do."

Sana Minato smiled and gave him a vague answer instead of a direct one.

Kwon Hyun-hyuk, sitting opposite her, observed her carefully for a few more moments, and finally nodded slightly, "That makes sense."

"That's right. When it comes to your own relationship, you should follow your heart."

"I don't want to say too much, lest you start making wild guesses about me again."

Sana Minatosaki acted quite nonchalantly at this moment, blinking her eyes and playfully scolding him. Finally, she gave him a light glare, looked away, and took another sip of her wine.

"Okay, let's not discuss this anymore, so as not to make things difficult for you."

Kwon Hyun-hyuk released his arm, raised his wine glass and took a sip, then smiled and picked up his knife and fork.

"Continue eating."

A dazzling array of delicious delicacies were laid out before them, and their conversation, which had been going on for a while, hadn't slowed down much. When this meaningful exchange came to an end, they switched to lighter topics, which made things much more relaxed.

They chatted and ate, and even laughed when they talked about some interesting topics.

Sana Minatozaki's smile is the most beautiful. Her bright eyes look at you like that of a girl full of joy, shining only for you.

After meal.

The two stood up. Kwon Hyun-hyuk picked up his coat, bent down and put on his mask. Sana Minatozaki, who was standing next to him, did the same thing.

Sana Minatozaki lowered her head to hang the mask on her ears, then looked up and met his gaze. She immediately broke into a smile, her eyebrows curving.

This is her habitual way of showing her cheerful and optimistic smile to those around her.

"I've remembered what you said today, and I'll think about it carefully when I get back."

The two walked out of the restaurant, and Kwon Hyun-hyuk lowered his head slightly and spoke to Minatozaki Sana beside him.

These words made Sana Minatozaki immediately raise her head. "Don't say I advised you to break up, or I'll become the bad guy."

Her gaze was fixed on Quan Xuanhe, and her tone was reproachful and charming.

"Don't worry, how could I possibly betray my strategist?"

"Hey, who's your strategist? I don't want to be your strategist."

His words were fine, but the word "strategist" displeased Minatozaki Sana, who raised her arm as if to slap him.

"If you don't want to be a strategist, what do you want to be?"

"My best friend?"

Quan Xuanhe said with a half-smile, and the charming and lovely Minatozaki Sana immediately started shaking her head, shaking it like a rattle drum, and her curly hair also fluttered.

“Hey, An Dui, that won’t do either.”

"Having a male best friend is awkward, and it can ruin your reputation."

Sana Minatozaki remained strongly opposed, and then muttered something to herself, expressing her disapproval of the word as well.

"Don't tell anyone I'm your best friend."

"What else could it be?"

Quan Xuanhe smacked his lips. She wasn't satisfied with either of these identities, so what would satisfy her?
"em..."

"Just don't call me those names, we'll talk about the rest later."

Sana Minatozaki stopped and looked up at him, saying this.

Then she left Quan Xuanhe with only a beautiful back view, gradually disappearing from his sight until she vanished completely.

(End of this chapter)