Peninsula: It’s just a dream, are you serious?

Chapter 197 What if there's a third or fourth one after that?
"Chen Yan, over here."

As Chen Yan entered a soup restaurant, he saw Park In-jae sitting in a seat and waving at him.

I sat down opposite him and ordered two bowls of beef soup rice from the overtaking staff.

Park In-jae smiled warmly at him: "Long time no see, busy man."

Sensing the sarcasm in his words, Chen Yan retorted irritably, "Get lost, aren't you busy too?"

"Oh well, there's nothing I can do about it. Now that I've officially started working, things have gotten much busier."

Park In-jae remarked with emotion.

When Chen Yan joined JYP, he also officially joined the production team of SBS's "Inkigayo".

Although "Inkigayo" is only recorded and broadcast on Fridays each week, there is a lot of work to be done before the broadcast.

The production team not only had to communicate and coordinate the schedules with the management companies of the various artists who came to the show, but also had to arrange the order in which the artists went on stage.

There are many tricks involved here.

In addition to these, there were many other miscellaneous things to deal with in the production team.

Anyway, after Park In-jae officially joined the company, he spent every day either on his way to meetings or on his way to familiarize himself with the various affairs of the production team.

Chen Yan knew a little about his friend's recent situation: "You should be feeling better these past few days, right?"

"It's alright. I'm pretty familiar with the basics. I'll just continue to learn as I go."

Park In-jae smiled and began to inquire about his friend's recent situation: "You've finished recording a song for Girls' Generation. What have you been doing at JYP lately?"

As he spoke, he raised an eyebrow at Chen Yan: "Have you been flirting with any girls? Like Bae Suzy or Lee Sunmi or something?"

Chen Yan rolled her eyes at him: "Do you think I'm like you, going to work every day just for that little thing? I've been writing songs for the company's group lately."

He had met Bae Suzy twice, and they even had a meal together in the cafeteria by chance, but they weren't close and hadn't even exchanged contact information.

He's not as close to the trainees as Sana Minatozaki is.

As for Lee Sunmi, he had never met her.

"Hey? That's not right. I'm busy with important things at work, and seeing my sister is just something I did on the side."

At this moment, the waiter brought over the beef soup rice that the two had ordered.

After the staff left, Park In-jae picked up a soup spoon and stirred the soup a few times while looking at Chen Yan and saying:

"And don't talk about me, you're the same kind of person as me now."

Chen Yan paused in stirring the soup and rice, realizing he was referring to Kim Tae-yeon and Choi Sulli.

Ever since he found out about this, Park In-jae has often teased him about it.

Saying things like, "Actually, I've known for a long time that you and I are the same kind of people, but I'm open about it, while you're hiding it and only now are you revealing your true nature."

Chen Yan, however, did not agree with his statement.

He's completely different from Park In-jae. Park In-jae only cares about physical attraction, but he cares about both physical attraction and emotional connection.

There is an essential difference between the two.

Park In-jae scooped up a spoonful of soup and rice, blew on it a few times, and put it in his mouth: "How have things been going with those two lately?"

When men meet, besides talking about work, they mostly talk about the women around them.

"pretty good."

Chen Yan replied while chewing his food.

His relationship with Kim Tae-yeon and Choi Sulli is indeed quite stable, so stable that his initial anxiety about being a jerk has gradually turned into a feeling of complete calm.

Park In-jae raised an eyebrow at Chen Yan again: "How was it? The tricks I taught you were pretty useful, weren't they?"

A while ago, my good friend came to him for advice on what to watch out for when being a scumbag and what techniques to use. He shared all his knowledge with him.

"Yeah, it's pretty useful." Chen Yan replied somewhat perfunctorily.

It wasn't that he thought Park In-jae's methods were useless, but rather that he hadn't used any of them.

Park In-jae told him that one of the core principles of being a heart-wrenching and lustful scumbag like him is to be extremely warm, which means providing emotional value to the greatest extent.

Between men and women, setting aside money and social status, what's left is simply providing emotional value.

If you can provide stable emotional value and make a girl feel comfortable being with you, then you can guarantee the longevity of a relationship.

The second one is shamelessness, which is what Park In-jae said the most.

However, this mainly discusses how to shamelessly fawn over someone and appease them when things go wrong in your own backyard.

Chen Yan was referring to this aspect, but it's useless.

Because he never had a chance to use it, his backyard was... very harmonious.

Park In-jae didn't notice the perfunctory tone in Chen Yan's voice and smiled smugly: "That's right, that's experience I learned from gunfire. I'm being kind by not making you pay tuition."

Chen Yan ate his soup and rice without even looking up: "You were supposed to treat us to dinner tonight."

Park In-jae was slightly taken aback, then laughed and scolded, "Get lost, did I say I wasn't inviting you?"

He paused for a moment, lowered his head and ate a few mouthfuls of soup and rice, then suddenly thought of something and looked up at Chen Yan again.

"But you should be careful not to unconsciously develop the habit of using the 'nice guy' act on everyone, or you might attract unwanted attention."

With his good looks, and if he adds the "warm guy" vibe, it's hard to guarantee he won't attract some members of the opposite sex.

Chen Yan paused slightly in his movements.

He suddenly remembered the dream he had the night before last, and he thought of Lim Yoon-ah.

But upon closer reflection, he secretly dismissed his doubts.

Because he never used those tactics on Lim Yoona. The two of them rarely chatted, and when they met privately a few times, he never did anything that would cause misunderstandings.

The only action that could barely be considered intimate was when they shared an umbrella that rainy night and the other person put their arm around his.

But that was because the situation was special at the time, and it seems that Yoona herself didn't take it seriously.

Well, so that dream was indeed nonsensical and had no basis whatsoever.

In comparison, Chen Yan felt that when he was with Lee Ji-eun before, he did seem to have that feeling.

But that seems like normal behavior. You can't just watch someone get cold and then deliberately not cover them with a blanket when there's one nearby.

Besides, he and Lee Ji-eun are indeed quite close, so it's normal for them to get along naturally.

He shook his head slightly, trying to dispel all the jumbled thoughts in his mind.

Chen Yan looked at Park In-jae and replied, "Understood."

Park In-jae nodded.

He felt that his reminder was still very necessary.

There are two of them now, and they're in a special situation where they both know about each other and can accept each other, so it seems like nothing's wrong.

But what if Chen Yan isn't paying attention and attracts a third or fourth person?
That would break the current balance and trigger a massive free-for-all.

He felt that Chen Yan's current skill level was insufficient to handle such a situation.

Human nature is complex; when there are many people, the desire to compete and vie for things will inevitably arise.

For some reason, Park In-jae suddenly thought of Krystal Jung and IU, whom he had met before.

If those two joined in too, the scene would be...
hiss.

Park In-jae subconsciously gasped.

Im Yoon-a: Why am I not included?!
(End of this chapter)