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

Chapter 376 Should I call that scumbag on my birthday? (3000-word chapter, requesting monthly votes at the beginning of the month!)

Chen Yan's smile froze.

Oh no, I forgot about that.

Bae Suzy twitched her upturned nose a few more times, making sure she couldn't smell the Hermes perfume she had given her, and looked at Chen Yan with a puzzled expression.

"Oppa, do you not like the scent of that perfume?"

"No."

Chen Yan maintained his smile and instinctively shook his head.

He hadn't even smelled the perfume before Kim Tae-yeon and Im Yoon-ah took it away. How could he possibly like it or not?

My brain was working frantically at the same time, trying to come up with reasons.

"I forgot to spray it when I left home this morning. I don't usually wear perfume, so I always forget about it."

This statement is partly true and partly false; the truth is that he genuinely doesn't have the habit of wearing perfume.

Not to mention Bae Suzy, even the Bulgari perfume that Park In-jae gave him, he hasn't even opened the box since he got it.

"Oh, that's how it is."

Bae Suzy nodded, recalling that when she met Chen Yan before, she hadn't smelled any perfume on this oppa.

It seems she really doesn't have the habit of wearing perfume.

She smiled and said, "It's okay, oppa. If you're not used to wearing perfume, you don't have to. I gave you the perfume because I thought it suited you. It's not something you have to use. I'll give you another suitable gift next time."

When a girl gives a gift, part of her reasoning is indeed that she wants the perfume she gave him to leave a lasting scent on him.

But she didn't necessarily want Chen Yan to develop the habit of wearing perfume.

Nobody likes being forced to develop a habit they didn't have before.

If I lose points with this oppa because of this, then it's not worth it.

Chen Yan blinked.

That's so thoughtful! I was still thinking of a reason, but you can just say that I don't need to criticize you anymore.

What a good girl.

Since the other party offered him a way out, he naturally accepted it.

"Okay, I understand. But I still want to thank you for the gift, Suzy. As for other gifts, you don't need them. I'll give you the gift next time it's your birthday."

Upon hearing this, Bae Suzy smiled and narrowed her eyes: "Okay, then I'll thank you in advance, oppa."

Of course she's happy that her oppa is giving her a birthday present.

The girl tilted her head playfully and said, "Oppa, my birthday is October 10th, double ten, it's easy to remember."

Seeing this, Chen Yan couldn't help but laugh: "Okay, I'll remember that. I'll definitely give you a birthday present later."

Giving a birthday gift is not a problem, but even if it's just a matter of reciprocity, you should still give a return gift.

As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and casually said, "Your birthday and Soojung's birthday are quite close together, both in October. Yours is the 10th and hers is the 24th."

Krystal Jung: This bastard actually remembered my birthday?!

Bae Suzy was slightly taken aback: "Oppa even knows Krystal's birthday?"

Chen Yan smiled and nodded: "Yeah, I'm pretty familiar with that little iceberg."

"Oh."

Bae Suzy nodded, looking thoughtful.

It seems that oppa and Krystal are closer than I expected; they even thought about Krystal's birthday while chatting.

Meanwhile, after Chen Yan finished talking about Krystal Jung, another beautiful, cold face popped into his mind.

Oh, Jessica Jung's older sister's birthday is coming up soon.

那个姐姐的生日在4月18号，今天是4月15号，也就是还有3天了啊。

Should I prepare a gift for her?

Although their lip-to-lip friendship has ended, putting that friendship aside, his relationship with that older sister was actually quite good.

And if there's going to be a birthday party, I don't know if this older sister will invite me.

"Oppa."

Bae Suzy's voice pulled Chen Yan back to reality from his reverie: "Hmm? What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted you to keep taking pictures. We haven't taken any pictures yet, oppa, what are you thinking about?"

Bae Suzy looked at Chen Yan with some confusion; this oppa was clearly thinking about something just now.

"Oh, it's nothing. It's just that speaking of Krystal, I suddenly remembered that Jessica's birthday is coming up soon, and I haven't prepared a gift yet."

"Oh, that's how it is."

Bae Suzy nodded, her rabbit-like eyes narrowing slightly: "So, oppa, what gift are you planning to give Jessica sunbaenim?"

The girl hadn't forgotten the night before when all parties were posting updates and promoting their agendas, and the several potential threats she had discovered.

Im Yoon-ah, Jessica Jung, and IU (Lee Ji-eun) are all examples.

Just the night before last, she had a little competition with Lee Ji-eun, that unnie.

Although she ultimately lost by a small margin, Bae Suzy felt that it was only because Lee Ji-eun and Chen Yan had known each other for a longer time, giving her a slight advantage in terms of time.

I can definitely catch up with this advantage.

Now that she's heard this oppa mention another potential enemy, she naturally has to find out more.

"I haven't decided yet. I'll think about it when I get back."

"okay."

Seeing that Chen Yan spoke somewhat casually, Pei Xiuzhi responded with a sound of agreement, her brows furrowing subconsciously.

This oppa doesn't seem to care much about Jessica's birthday.

Could it be that my feelings are wrong, and the two of them aren't actually close? Is Jessica a threat to us?

However, the girl didn't dwell on it and quickly pulled Chen Yan back to continue taking pictures.

"Let's keep taking pictures, oppa."

"it is good."

The two stood with their backs to the recording console and took a few pictures, then each sat down in a chair and took a few more.

“Oppa, sit here and pretend to be focused on your work. I’ll take a few pictures of you alone.”

"Wasn't what we just filmed enough?"

"Oh, I'm planning to post a nine-grid photo collage, so of course I need to take lots of different photos. I'll also be going into the recording studio later, so oppa, could you take a few photos for me too?"

"This way, we'll have both photos of us together and individual photos of us. It'll look great when we post it, oppa, please cooperate!"

Bae Suzy, of course, wouldn't say that she couldn't stop thinking about how focused Chen Yan was on his work and was determined to capture it on camera. "Oh, okay."

After nearly half an hour of work, the girl looked at the post she had just made on social media and finally smiled with satisfaction.

However, what pleased her even more were the few photos she had taken earlier, when she had subtly linked arms with Chen Yan while sitting in front of the recording booth.

Looking at those photos, the girl pouted and hummed softly twice.

Hmph, what's so great about that? You're not the only one who can hold oppa's arm; I can too.

Just as she was about to put her phone away, Bae Suzy's beautiful eyes darted around as if she had thought of something.

Open Kakao, click on someone's profile picture, select the photos you just looked at of them holding Chen Yan's hand, and send them.

The photo was quickly sent successfully.

She deliberately waited a few seconds before leisurely tapping the screen with her fingers, slowly typing a line of text, and then clicking send again.

【Oh my! I'm so sorry, IU unnie, I accidentally clicked on the wrong profile picture. These photos were meant for oppa. Sorry!】

After sending the message, I immediately added a bowing apology emoji and sent it over.

The message is unread, so this unnie is probably still busy.

After glancing at the message she had sent, Bae Suzy smiled slightly and put her phone away with satisfaction.

"Let's go, it's time to get off work."

Chen Yan, who was standing to the side, finished packing his things and greeted Bae Suzy.

"Good~"

Bae Suzy agreed, happily slung her small bag over her shoulder, and followed Chen Yan out of the recording studio.

After closing the door, the two walked side by side toward the elevator.

At this moment, Bae Soo-ji suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Chen Yan.

"Oppa, you're recording a song for Lee Seung-gi tomorrow night, right?"

"Ah."

Chen Yan nodded.

Lee Seung-gi is also the singer of one of the OSTs for the drama "Gu Family Book".

He debuted as a singer and was a student of Lee Sun-hee, a national treasure-level singer from the Korean Peninsula. He came from a prestigious school, but only in recent years has he transitioned into acting and focused his main energy on the film and television industry.

The production team had planned to release both of his and Bae Suzy's OSTs next month, so the director and writer decided to have Chen Yan record the OSTs together over two days. This would make it easier for the production team to schedule the filming later.

After all, one is the male lead and the other is the female lead; the absence of either one would affect the filming of the TV series.

Because it was the director and writer's suggestion, Bae Suzy was a little reluctant, but she couldn't refuse.

This led to the situation where Chen Yan had to help Lee Seung-gi record a song the next night.

"I'm sorry, oppa, I didn't expect it to turn out like this."

Bae Suzy said with some self-reproach.

Chen Yan laughed upon hearing this: "What's there to apologize for? It's not like your crew didn't pay us. Besides, it's just recording a song, it's not a big deal. I even made extra money."

There's really no real conflict between him and Lee Seung-gi; they just had a minor disagreement on set last time.

Moreover, Chen Yan is not afraid of the other party if they want to cause trouble.

From the perspective of singers and music producers, his status is higher than Lee Seung-gi's.

"That's true, it should be Lee Seung-gi who's afraid of you, oppa."

Bae Suzy seemed to have also thought about the issue of their identities, and her bright smile returned to her face.

"Ding"

The elevator arrived at the floor, and the two chatted as they entered.

“Oppa, could you be a little stricter with Lee Seung-gi tomorrow? I don’t mean to deliberately make things difficult for him, just be a little stricter and make him record it a couple more times, so I can get a little revenge.”

Turning his head and seeing the girl's angry little expression, Chen Yan remembered what Bae Suzy had told him when he went to the film set to find her last time, and then he smiled.

"He's still pursuing you; he hasn't given up yet."

Bae Suzy pouted: "I've toned it down a bit lately. After all, I've made my stance clear many times. Even the thickest skin has its pride."

Chen Yan smiled and nodded: "Okay, I understand. I'll take care of it tomorrow night."

He still remembered the time Lee Seung-gi inexplicably picked a fight with him last time. This time, since Lee Seung-gi was on his home turf, even if Bae Suzy didn't say anything, he was prepared to be stricter.

Hehe~ Thank you, oppa~

"You're welcome, that was my plan anyway."

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the cunning glint in each other's eyes, and couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Just as the two were chatting and walking out of the company, on the other side, in the practice room of Girls' Generation at SM Entertainment...

The nine members, who were rehearsing the songs for the final show of their neon tour in a few days, were sitting on the floor resting, all drenched in sweat.

Resting against her maknae's increasingly broad chest, Lee Soon-kyu looked up and saw Jessica Jung resting on Seohyun's other shoulder.

She seemed to have thought of something, her eyes darting around before she asked, "Jessica, your birthday is in a couple of days, what are your plans?"

This topic also drew the attention of the others.

Jessica Jung, the person involved in the topic, simply waved her hand dismissively.

"It'll be the same as every year. First, we'll have a birthday party with the fans, and then if everyone has time, we can celebrate privately in the dorm."

“Great idea! I think everyone finished their schedules pretty late that night, so we can celebrate together.”

"So what should we do then? Should we do it the same as in previous years?"

When the topic of celebration came up, the others immediately started discussing it as well, as Girls' Generation loves a lively atmosphere.

Lee Soon-kyu had a smile in his eyes the whole time. After everyone had been discussing for a while, he interjected at the right time, "We can call Xiaoyan over too."

While speaking, he secretly observed Jessica Jung's reaction.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Jessica Jung's languid expression immediately changed.

Should we call that scumbag?

If I call her over, won't it be awkward when we meet? After all, her relationship with Chen Yan is no longer clean.

But if we don't call out, won't the members who don't know the situation think it's strange?

Especially Taeyeon and Yoona, it would be bad if they had any doubts later.

After frowning slightly and pondering for a moment, Jessica Jung was about to speak.

Tiffany's loud voice rang out first:
"Xiao Yan and Bae Suzy are trending on Weibo!"

(End of this chapter)