Peninsula: The Best Actor Begins with a Breakup

Chapter 674 Shh, don't make a sound.

"Thank you for the 'nice guy' card."

Mingyan drove back to Seoul with ease.

"What 'friend card'?" Hirai Momo didn't understand the joke in the man's words.

Mingyan was about to explain, but then thought better of it and said, "I just want to thank you for praising me."

“Oppa, that’s not a compliment.” Hirai Momo stroked the puppy in her arms: “Men who like small animals are already a plus, let alone the fact that you donated money.”

"Let's just consider it as accumulating good karma so that Minjung can debut smoothly."

Mingyan made up a random excuse.

"Boo is so well-behaved, he doesn't bark even in the car." Hirai Momo couldn't stop loving the puppy in her arms.

This is her first dog in the true sense.

"This means you are its destined owner."

"I'm going to buy Boo lots and lots of things when I get back." Hirai Momo was already dreaming: "Snacks, toys, teething toys, and all sorts of pretty clothes."

Girls can turn anything in this world into a dress-up game.

However, given Hirai Momo's income, Boo is likely to soon be living the life of a prince.

"Momo, shall I take you straight back to your dorm?" I almost got lost on the way here, but it will be much easier on the way back. I estimate it will take me at most forty minutes to get back to Seoul.

The two of them can still make it back for lunch, without any delays.

Instead of answering the question, Hirai Momo looked up and asked in return, "Oppa, why don't you like me?"

"what?"

"You said it on the way here: even if I pursue you, you might not agree."

"Why are you still dwelling on this?" Mingyan raised his hand and scratched his head. Why was this kid still so stubborn? Half a day had passed and he was still thinking about this.

Am I really that bad?

Hirai Momo wouldn't back down; she wasn't just after the steamed bun, she was also fighting for her pride.

"That's not what I meant." Mingyan had to bite the bullet and explain, "You're great, it's just that it would be strange for us to talk about this."

The girl's expression was very serious: "Oppa, if you want to be my boyfriend but don't like me, wouldn't it be easy to give yourself away?"

"Don't worry, I'm a professional actor."

"Are you sure you don't like me?"

"Momo, what I actually said was, 'If you pursue me, I might not agree to be with you.'"

"Why won't you agree? Am I worse than Nayeon unnie?"

Children with simple thought processes tend to be more stubborn. At least Mingyan was a bit stumped by the question. He remembered that the whole thing started when the two of them were joking.

"Momo, this isn't about whether it's good or bad; being together is about feelings." The man had to break things down and analyze them step by step.

Hirai Momo looked puzzled: "Even scumbags have feelings?"

"How novel! Even scumbags are human, and humans have feelings too."

"That's why I need to cultivate feelings for you first before pursuing you."

"Yes, we should pursue it first, and then I'll think about it."

The girl nodded as if she understood but not quite.

Mingyan said that he almost ran a red light because he was chatting with Hirai Momo.

Although the topic was brought back to square one, at least Hirai Momo wouldn't pester him to ask what was wrong with her.

“Oppa, and…” Hirai Momo still seemed to feel that something was wrong.

However, just as she was about to speak, Mingyan's phone rang.

The caller was Yu Dingyan.

The man quickly put his finger to his lips, signaling Hirai Momo to be quiet: "Shh, Momo, please don't make a sound."

The girl nodded repeatedly.

She was also a little afraid of her second sister. Most importantly, this sister wouldn't let her hang out with scumbags, so it was better to stay hidden to avoid being taught a lesson.

"Ah Ning, it's Jisoo~" Mingyan calmed her breathing before answering the call from Yoo Jeongyeon.

"What are you doing? Why did it take you so long to answer the phone?" The girl's tone unconsciously carried a hint of reproach, the opposite of which often represents intimacy.

"I'm driving, I'm going out to run some errands." Mingyan replied quite naturally: "Jeongyeon, I seem to remember today is supposed to be your rehabilitation training day."

“I have to do rehabilitation training every day.”

Yu Dingyan found this guy's reaction a bit strange.

"is it?"

"Yeah, you're with other women, aren't you?" The second sister naturally came to a certain conclusion, perhaps this guy was dating behind her back.

Lim Na-yeon: Why did he carry you on his back?
Hirai Momo's eyes widened in shock. How could her older sister have guessed that? Oh no!

Mingyan wiped the sweat from his forehead: "No, I was the only one in the car."

Yu Dingyan puts a lot of pressure on people.

"Really?"

"Wang."

Boo called out, seemingly in response to the girl's question.

Hirai Momo hurriedly covered her dog's mouth; she had forgotten about this and didn't have much experience raising a dog for the first time.

"What's that sound?" Second Sister's ears were quite sharp, and she immediately caught the key information.

"Oh, the light was red just now." Mingyan turned to signal Hirai Momo to keep Boo under control: "The car next to us had a dog, and it barked at me."

Without some life experience, you can't even lie properly.

Yu Dingyan thought for a moment and decided there was no problem, then asked, "You didn't tell anyone about what happened that day, did you?"

"No, don't worry." Mingyan knew the girl was referring to the fact that she had specially cooked a meal to thank him; it was nothing more than her being overly concerned with saving face.

"That's good." Yu Dingyan was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll hang up now."

"Yes, I'm driving. I'll call you back when I have time."

Mingyan actually had a lot to say to her second sister, but she couldn't resist the fact that Hirai Momo was sitting in the back row.

The girl sat in the front passenger seat when she arrived, but moved to the back to take care of Boo on the way back.

The man hung up the phone and looked up to see Hirai Momo's curious gaze in the rearview mirror.

"Oppa, what happened that day that Jeongyeon mentioned?" Sure enough, Hirai Momo spoke up the next second. This phone call sounded like it had a story to tell.

Mingyan could only offer a half-truthful explanation: "I accompanied Jeongyeon to see a psychologist because she didn't want Nayeon to know."

Upon closer examination, the relationship between Mingyan, Yu Dingyan, and Hirai Momo is also quite complex.

Mingyan's belief that Yoo Jeongyeon is a lesbian was fabricated by Hirai Momo in a panic, and Mingyan also kept the fact that Hirai Momo and she were going to pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend a secret from Yoo Jeongyeon.

He wants to straighten out his second sister, but this can't be said yet.

Hirai Momo didn't dare let Mingyan know that Yu Dingyan wasn't actually gay.

Yoo Jeongyeon didn't want the other members to know that she had fallen for Mingyan, and Hirai Momo didn't want to be scolded by Yoo Jeongyeon for the fake couple plan.

The three elements formed a strange balance, with lies mixed with truth.

"Does Teiyeon's anxiety disorder require seeing a psychologist?" Hirai Momo didn't have much doubt.

Mingyan sighed: "Emotions need to be channeled, and Jeongyeon is under a lot of psychological pressure."

"Right."

Hirai Momo lost interest in the sudden phone call.

Her clever mind had already begun to ponder Mingyan's earlier words; she needed to pursue him to develop feelings.

Why doesn't this oppa like me? I clearly have some feelings for him.

Since the two of them were going to pretend to be a couple anyway, Hirai Momo wanted to see how a scumbag could still maintain his composure.

Hmph, anyway, Nayeon unnie knows, so I'm not lying.

"Momo, shall I take you back to your dorm now?" Mingyan had no idea what the girl behind him was thinking; all his experience was useless in front of Hirai Momo.

"No, I rarely have time, I need to go buy something for Boo first."

(End of this chapter)