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

Chapter 346 She Likes Me? (4000-word chapter)
Watching Chen Yan's departing figure, Jung Soo-jung couldn't help but pout.

In just a short while, the two of them kissed.

And judging by the amount of lipstick, the kiss must have been quite intense.

You like it that much?

"Bah! Scumbag!"

After muttering something softly, Krystal Jung turned and walked into the master bedroom where Jessica Jung and Soon-kyu were sleeping.

Seeing that both of them were sleeping soundly and there was nothing unusual, she left the master bedroom and went into the second bedroom where Choi Sulli was.

Looking at her teammate, she immediately muttered, somewhat annoyed:

"You were drunk and still wanted to kiss, all you know is kissing, right? You almost revealed all my secrets, suddenly saying you wanted Chen Yan to come keep me company. Don't you know that could easily lead to trouble? You're not a reliable guy either. I definitely won't let you drink next time."

After muttering to himself for a while, seeing that Sulli didn't seem to be acting strangely, Krystal turned around and left the room.

The door closed, and the person on the bed slowly opened their eyes.

Peach glanced at the doorway and slowly shook her head.

She only gave a small assist, yet Krystal is so scared.

Why be so cowardly? If you keep being so cowardly, how far behind will you fall?

The girl wasn't faking being drunk; she really was. However, after slumping on the table for a while, she started to feel better.

After all, she doesn't have a very low alcohol tolerance; she only had two drinks earlier.

She was almost asleep when Krystal Jung walked in and started muttering.

She's not deaf; she'll wake up eventually, whether she wants to or not.

but
Peach looked away and pursed her lips.

My oppa's lips really do smell like another woman's lipstick.

As for who this person is.
You can figure it out with just a little thought.

Oppa just brought that unnie over by herself.

As she thought about it, a mischievous smile appeared on the girl's lips.

She felt that her oppa must be the passive one.

Because oppa isn't the kind of person who would take advantage of someone when they're drunk.

In other words, oppa was the one who was forcibly kissed.

Hehe~ Things are getting more and more interesting.

I wonder if that unnie will remember this when she wakes up tomorrow.

If you haven't forgotten, that would be fun.

"Ha~"

The next second, Peach suddenly yawned.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I should just go to sleep. She's really tired.

Although he regained consciousness, he was still not fully sober.

The girl slowly closed her eyes and gradually drifted off to sleep.

About an hour later, the door to Kim Tae-yeon's house opened again, and Chen Yan walked in carrying a blanket.

On the sofa in the living room, Krystal Jung sat alone, looking dazed, her pupils unfocused, lost in thought, as if she were pondering something.

Hearing the noise, she snapped out of her daze and turned to look.

"Why did you bring the blanket over here?"

“I plan to spend the night on the sofa here. That way, it will be easier to take care of Nuna and the others. If anything happens, it will be difficult for you to handle it alone.”

Chen Yan placed the blanket on the other side of the sofa, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Jung Soo-jung.

"If you mind, you can stay at my house. I can look after things here."

Krystal pursed her lips slightly: "Why would I mind? You're not a bad person."

Well, she's just a little fickle, not a bad person.

Moreover, she really didn't mind living under the same roof as Chen Yan at all; it wasn't like they were sleeping in the same room.

She slept in the same room as Shirley that night; if this man dared to come in...
Come then.

Who is afraid of whom!
Chen Yan, of course, had no idea what the girl was thinking, and said with a smile, "Then thank you for your trust in me."

After saying that, he turned and walked towards the kitchen.

Behind him, Krystal Jung glanced at his back and followed after him, putting on her slippers.

Entering the kitchen, Chen Yan skillfully opened the refrigerator door and took out a jar of honey.

He usually replenishes the contents of Kim Tae-yeon's refrigerator, and he knows exactly what's in it.

Seeing him preparing to boil water, Jung Soo-jung, who had just entered the kitchen, asked curiously, "What are you making?"

"Boil some honey water, so they can drink it if they get thirsty in the middle of the night, and it can also help them sober up."

The man busied himself skillfully in the kitchen, while the girl watched his movements, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

This guy is really thoughtful and knows how to take care of people.

From the afternoon until now, he has been the one running around, taking good care of everyone.

Aside from being a bit of a womanizer, it seems like there's really no fault with him.

Perhaps that's why Taeyeon and Sulli agreed to this absurd thing.

Her thoughts were wandering when Jung Soo-jung looked at Chen Yan's back and suddenly spoke, "Chen Yan."

Chen Yan turned his head: "Hmm?"

"Taeyeon unnie and Sulli, which one do you like more?"

Chen Yan was taken aback, seemingly not expecting her to ask such a question.

However, he seemed to have already answered this question, and immediately replied with a smile: "If you like something, you like it. There's no such thing as liking it more."

Krystal frowned, seemingly not satisfied with the answer: "But people are bound to have preferences, how could there not be someone they like even more?"

Chen Yan didn't answer her question, but instead smiled and asked in return, "Then how do you think one should measure how much they like someone?"

"I"

Krystal opened her mouth, but couldn't answer the question for a moment.

Yes, how should we measure how much we like something?

The girl frowned, as if she was thinking about the problem.

Seeing this, Chen Yan's lips curled into a sly smile.

This little brat, she asked me a death trap question right off the bat. If I can't even fool you, then what's the point of being a scumbag?

Besides, there are no standard answers when it comes to matters of the heart. Trying to find a standard answer to relationship problems is itself a major problem.

He turned around, walked over, raised his hand, and flicked his finger.

"Snapped"

"Ouch! Chen Yan, you flicked my forehead again."

Krystal Jung covered her forehead, glaring angrily at the smiling man in front of her.

This is the third time today.

Chen Yan remained unfazed by the girl's angry glare.

"Don't think about these things anymore. Peach has never asked such a question. When it comes to matters of the heart, only the person involved knows the truth."

Krystal pouted: "Then just talk, why did you flick my forehead?"

Chen Yan bluntly stated, "Because I find it interesting."

As he spoke, he glanced at the girl's smooth forehead, and then moved his fingers again, as if he wanted to test the feel of her skin.

Startled, Krystal took two steps back and raised her hand to protect her forehead. "You...you're not allowed to flick my forehead again, or...or I'll really get angry."

Seeing the girl's feigned confidence, Chen Yan smiled inwardly and stopped teasing her.

"I'm not playing anymore. Did you eat enough for dinner? Do you want me to make you some late-night snacks?"

Krystal Jung pouted: "I'm not hungry that fast. I ate a lot tonight, okay? Do you think I'm a pig?"

That evening, she was the only one who didn't drink alcohol, and she ate the most, spending almost the entire time eating vegetables.

Chen Yan, that bastard, really does make delicious food.

"Okay, then you go and rest. It's getting late. I'll go to sleep after I make the honey water."

"Humph!"

Jung Soo-jung wrinkled her nose, gave a soft snort, turned and walked out of the kitchen, but instead of going back to her room to rest, she returned to the sofa in the living room and sat down.

She glanced at the quilt next to her, pouted, and then suddenly fell silent, her eyes gradually losing focus, as if she had thought of something.

She was thinking about what Chen Yan had just said.

When it comes to feelings, only the person experiencing them truly knows.

Thinking about it carefully, that's definitely true.

Take herself as an example, only she knows best how she feels about Chen Yan.

From an initial chance encounter, to developing feelings of affection, and then to falling in love.

But then she discovered that Chen Yan was already with Taeyeon unnie.

Even under those circumstances, she did not give up her feelings for him, but chose to wait quietly for an opportunity.

Then, when she learned about Taeyeon and Sulli's situation recently, it dealt her a heavy blow, but she still couldn't bear to completely sever her ties with Chen Yan.

Although she decided to be friends with Chen Yan and stop liking him after their encounter at the coffee shop, she knew perfectly well that her feelings for him had never stopped.

She didn't know why she liked this man to such an extent.

All she knew was that every now and then, this man would suddenly appear, putting her on the balance between continuing to like him and giving up.

Keep adding more and more to the side you still like.

Chen Yan's gentleness and thoughtfulness, even after a period of separation, always managed to stir her emotions with just a few words, making her feel that although she was angry on the surface, she was actually quite fond of him.

There's also the song "Baby Don't Cry," and more recently, "First Wisdom Tooth," which is about first love.
All of these factors add weight to the "continue to like" side, while the "give up" side only has one factor.

That is, Chen Yan is a womanizing scumbag who has Taeyeon and Sulli by his side.

And this weight isn't excessively heavy, because Chen Yan isn't the kind of scumbag who's completely innocent.

As Choi Sulli's roommate, she could naturally sense the girl's obvious changes during this period.

That genuine cheerfulness and happiness emanating from within sometimes made her unconsciously envious.

This results in a slight imbalance in the weight of the weights on both sides.

The scumbag wasn't pure enough; his affections kept growing.

This causes the scales to frequently tip towards "continue to like".

Perhaps, just like the question Chen Yan asked earlier, there's no standard to measure how much you like someone; you just like them.

After a long while, she regained her composure, her pupils refocused, and she looked up at the clock on the wall.

The time displayed is 23:33.

In less than half an hour, Chen Yan's birthday on April 1st will be over.

She still remembered her plan before coming here: to gradually cut off her feelings for Chen Yan and keep her distance after today.

But as the second hand on the clock ticked away, the girl began to hesitate again.

Deep down, the scales were swaying constantly, and as time passed, they gradually tilted to one side.

"What are you thinking about, Soojung?"

Chen Yan's voice suddenly rang in my ears.

Jung Soo-jung came to her senses again and found that Chen Yan had walked up to her side at some point.

Seeing her staring blankly at the clock, Chen Yan smiled and said, "Stop looking at it, it's almost 12 o'clock, go to sleep."

Sitting down next to Krystal Jung, he suddenly thought of something and teased, "Or is it that you can't bear to see me sleep on the sofa after a hard night's work, and you want to switch places with me so I can sleep with Peach?"

Krystal Jung rolled her eyes immediately: "You wish."

Under her very nose, would she still give these two the chance to share a bed?
Do you really think you won't get jealous?

Besides, given that these two can kiss even when they're drunk, she absolutely cannot let them sleep together.

Otherwise, who knows if she'll hear some embarrassing noises later?

"You should just sleep on the sofa."

Krystal Jung glanced at Chen Yan sideways, then stood up and checked the time again.

Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. I'll go to sleep first.

After taking a few steps, she suddenly stopped and turned around, saying, "Chen Yan."

"Ok?"

Chen Yan, who was about to spread out the quilt, turned his head.

The girl smiled and said, "Happy birthday."

Chen Yan paused for a moment, then returned a smile: "Thank you."

"besides."

"What else?"

Krystal pursed her lips slightly, swallowing back the words that were about to come out: "Get some rest, goodnight."

Actually, she had an impulse just now to say "I like you".

They even came up with a reason: to say it was an April Fool's joke.

After all, April 1st is not only Chen Yan's birthday, but also April Fool's Day.

But when the words were about to come out, he changed his mind.

She didn't want to easily confess the feelings she had accumulated over so long, only to deny them immediately afterward.

Krystal Jung has her own pride.

Her affection is something she can proudly express and acknowledge, and shouldn't be hastily treated as an April Fool's joke.

"Okay, good night. You should get some rest too. Call me if you need anything, I'll be right outside."

"it is good."

Krystal nodded and turned to walk into the room.

The scales in my heart have completely tipped to one side.

Watching the girl walk into the room, Chen Yan turned around, spread the blanket on the sofa, and then went over to turn off the lights in the living room and dining room.

The switch was pressed, and the room was immediately plunged into darkness, along with the sound.

Lying down on the sofa, Chen Yan felt no sleepiness whatsoever.

Now that things have finally calmed down, he can finally focus on thinking about that problem.

Staring blankly at the ceiling, he couldn't help but purse his lips again, recalling the kiss Jessica Jung had given him in the bedroom earlier.

In my mind, some scenes of spending time with Jessica Jung during this period slowly surfaced.

From the sudden meeting with me to ask about my composition and arrangement, to the questioning tone after seeing my photo with three female students, and my sophisticated outfit that day that looked like I was going on a date.
Finally, there's what the other person just said: "I finally got my chance, Xiaoyan."

Gradually, one of the three great illusions of life became ingrained in his mind.

Does she like me?

(End of this chapter)