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

Chapter 545 You went out to dinner with my man and even drove my car! (Seeking double monthly votes!)

Let's go back to two hours earlier.

Goodbye unnie, goodbye oppa.

In the underground parking garage of a residential complex in Seongnam District, Krystal Jung said goodbye to her manager and driver and got out of the van.

After the car turned the corner, I immediately turned around and walked quickly toward the elevator.

As I walked, I took out my phone and glanced at it.

The girl frowned and quickened her pace a little.

As I approached the elevator, I instinctively pressed the elevator button three times in a row, then picked up my phone again to check the time.

"It's past 5:30, and there are still about two and a half hours until 8 o'clock. I should be able to make it. Sigh, it's all Kang Min-hyuk's fault. He had to do three takes for the last scene. Otherwise, I could have left work earlier."

"Ding"

The elevator doors slowly opened, and Krystal Jung walked to her front door, quickly entered the password to open the door, changed into slippers, and ran to her room.

As I jogged to the entrance, a voice rang in my ears: "You're back."

Krystal's pupils contracted, her steps abruptly halted, and she slowly turned around to see Jessica sitting lazily on the living room sofa, holding a fashion magazine in her hand.

Oh no! I forgot to check Jessica's whereabouts beforehand!

Jessica Jung looked at her with some curiosity: "Why do you look so anxious? Is something wrong?"

"Forehead"

After hesitating for a moment, and remembering Lee Soon-kyu's previous teachings, Jung Soo-jung decided to tell the truth.

"I made plans to have dinner with Chen Yan tonight."

Anyway, she has mentioned Chen Yan quite a few times in her conversations with Jessica recently, and Jessica's reaction hasn't been very strong, so to be honest, it shouldn't be a problem.

If she didn't tell the truth, Jessica might feel even worse if she found out about it from someone else later.

Upon hearing her words, Jessica Jung was visibly taken aback, and it took her a while to react. She opened her mouth, but for a moment, she didn't know what to say.

Seeing this, Krystal Jung spoke first, "I'm going to change my clothes first, unnie, otherwise we'll be late."

Jessica Jung pursed her lips and nodded gently.

Turning around, she quickly walked back to her room, closed the door, and took a deep breath.

Thinking of her unnie's reaction just now, she couldn't help but chuckle.

It seems that the strategy of "boiling the frog in lukewarm water" has been quite effective recently.

After putting down her bag, the girl quickly got to work.

She glanced at the time.

Jessica's delay just now has caused several more minutes to pass.

Subtracting the driving time, that leaves only two hours. I need to choose clothes and do my makeup, so time is a bit tight.

Krystal Jung opened the wardrobe, looked at the clothes inside, and pondered for a moment.

Chen Yan invited her to a Western restaurant, so casual clothes were definitely not an option; she needed to dress a little more elegantly.

I don't know why that guy suddenly asked me to dinner, especially at a Western restaurant.

When she received Chen Yan's message last night, she was so shocked that she sat up straight in bed.

When asked why, Chen Yan said that he had just thought of this matter and wanted to ask if she was free.

Although Krystal Jung originally had other plans for the dinner at the Western restaurant, intending to meet with Chen Yan at a suitable time to fulfill her promise of the meal.

But now that Chen Yan has taken the initiative to invite her to dinner, she certainly won't refuse.

Moreover, she had a vague intuition that Chen Yan's invitation to dinner must have been related to the time she asked him to take responsibility for her in the car.

I guess this guy already understands what he's thinking.

Thinking of this, the girl's lips curled up slightly.

Coming to her senses, she quickly shook her head and focused on the task at hand.

Now is not the time to think about these things. Quickly pick out clothes and then do your makeup.

She has to really wow that bastard tonight.

In the living room, Jessica Jung seemed a little distracted after the door closed.

Her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and her eyes kept glancing towards the direction of Jung Soo-jung's room.

Xiaoyan and Xiujing made plans to have dinner together that night. Why did they suddenly make plans to have dinner together?

Although she understood after her last conversation with Kim Tae-yeon and Lee Soon-kyu that she couldn't stop their relationship.

During this time, she has also been mentally preparing herself.

When she heard Xiaoyan's name from Xiujing's mouth, she wasn't as agitated as before.

But now, hearing out of the blue that the two of them are going to have dinner together tonight, I still feel a bit unsettled.

Eating together as a couple is, in a way, a date.

If you go on a date, isn't that the beginning of a relationship?

Jessica Jung pursed her lips and unconsciously clenched her fists, a complex emotion churning within her.

Conflict, helplessness, relief, fear, and so on.

She put the magazine that was on her lap aside, leaned against the back of the sofa, tilted her head slightly and looked up at the ceiling, her eyes sparkling.

After a long while, he finally let out a long sigh.

Well then, just like Taeyeon and Sunny said, Krystal would never be satisfied without experiencing it firsthand.

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of the door opening echoed in the somewhat quiet room.

After a series of footsteps, Krystal Jung appeared at the entrance.

Upon hearing the noise, Jessica Jung turned her head and her eyes widened in surprise. She sprang to her feet from the sofa.

Not far away, Krystal Jung was looking down and organizing the things in her bag, but she was wearing a black off-the-shoulder dress with a slit on the right side that went up to her knee.

As the girl's right leg bent slightly, her fair and smooth right leg was faintly visible under the hem of her skirt, making her outfit both elegant and sexy.

After tidying up her bag, Krystal Jung glanced at the time on her phone.

It's already past 7:30, we need to hurry and leave.

In a sense, this was her first official date with Chen Yan, so she couldn't be late.

She turned to Jessica Jung and said, "I'm leaving now, Jessica."

When Jessica Jung saw the exquisite makeup on her face, she was stunned for a moment.

Seeing her turn to leave, he quickly called out, "Wait a minute!"

"what happened?"

Jessica Jung quickly walked up to her and looked her over carefully.

Why are you dressed like that?

"Didn't I tell you? Let's eat."

"Eating? Do you need to dress like this to eat? Anyone who didn't know better would think you were going to walk the red carpet."

Krystal looked down at her dress and said, "Isn't it normal to dress like this when going to a Western restaurant?"

"A Western restaurant?! You and Xiaoyan are going to a Western restaurant to eat together?!" Jessica Jung raised her voice several decibels.

She had assumed the two were going to a regular restaurant, but it turned out to be a Western restaurant.

That's just a date!
Jessica Jung frowned: "Did Xiaoyan take the initiative to invite you to a Western restaurant for dinner?"

"No, I told him before that I asked him to invite me to a Western restaurant for dinner sometime."

After briefly explaining the previous rumors about her and Chen Yan, Jung Soo-jung secretly observed her unnie's expression.

As she had expected, her expression softened.

Krystal Jung had already prepared this explanation.

She certainly couldn't say that Chen Yan had invited her to the Western restaurant on his own initiative.

The fact that Chen Yan took the initiative to invite Jessica Jung to a Western restaurant is completely different from the fact that she had her own reasons for doing so.

If it's the former, then Jessica Jung would most likely think that Chen Yan had been eyeing her for a long time.

Right now, Jessica Jung has only just begun to mentally prepare herself and hasn't fully accepted it yet, this could lead to a major incident.

But if it's the latter, then it's different; it's a two-way street, and Krystal Jung herself is clearly more proactive.

If that's the case, then Jessica Jung can accept it.

She pursed her lips and looked at Krystal Jung, saying, "You can't dress like this. Look at this skirt, how far is the slit?"

She reached out and tugged at her skirt: "No, you...you go change, change into a dress that doesn't show too much skin."

"Oh dear, Jessica, where did this leak go?"

Krystal Jung straightened her skirt and said irritably, "You grew up in America, how come you're so old-fashioned?"

"Hey, who are you calling old-fashioned?"

"I'm not talking to you anymore, I'm running out of time, I have to go."

Krystal Jung chose to run away directly. After changing her shoes, she picked up the car keys from the shoe cabinet, turned around and smiled at Jessica Jung.
"Can I borrow your car for a bit, unnie?"

She took her driving test at the beginning of the year. Although she doesn't drive much, her driving skills are pretty good.

Watching her quickly open the door and leave, Jessica Jung opened her mouth.

I...you...you went out to dinner with my man and even drove my car!
She took a few deep breaths, turned around, walked back to the sofa, sat down, frowned, thought for a moment, and picked up her phone.

No! I need to send a message to Xiaoyan and ask him to bring Xiujing back to me safe and sound later.

Although she couldn't stop the two from seeing each other, she had to intervene tonight.

Krystal is dressed so sexily, what if...
Thinking of that situation, Jessica Jung pursed her lips, clicked on Chen Yan's pinned profile picture, and prepared to send him a message.

But the next second, his finger stopped at the top of the screen.

Doesn't it seem a bit strange to send it directly like this?

Furthermore, she might also hint to Xiaoyan that she tacitly approves of his relationship with Xiujing.

No, this matter can be revealed by others, but it absolutely cannot be revealed by her own mouth.

Thinking this, Jessica Jung exited the chat interface with Chen Yan, clicked on another pinned profile picture, and typed and sent a message without hesitation.

"Adu"

In the underground parking garage, Krystal Jung, who had just gotten into Jessica Jung's BMW and fastened her seatbelt, heard a message notification sound and picked up her phone to take a look.

Jessica [Heart]: I must be home before 10 PM!!!
"Cut~"

With a snort, Krystal Jung put down her phone without replying to the message, immediately started the car, and slowly drove towards the exit.

"They insist I have to be home before 10 o'clock, like they're managing a primary school student. I'm an adult, okay? Besides, I'm not going to do anything with Chen Yan."

The girl muttered something with a slightly flushed face, then lightly pressed the accelerator, accelerating towards the agreed-upon Western restaurant.

A dozen minutes later, the car arrived at the Western restaurant. Jung Soo-jung told the waiter Chen Yan's reservation information and followed him to the door of the private room.

Pushing open the door to the private room, she stepped inside and met Chen Yan's gaze as he looked over.

As Krystal Jung took off her mask, she said, "I'm sorry, I think I'm late. I left home a little late."

Chen Yan glanced at the time on his watch, got up, walked to the opposite side, pulled out a chair for her, and smiled:
"I wasn't late, it was 7:59, very punctual. Besides, we're not strangers, why make it so formal?"

As he spoke, he glanced at the girl's clothes and thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

Before Krystal Jung arrived, he observed the environment of the private room and found that it seemed to be the same as the one in his dream where Krystal Jung was crying.

Seeing her now wearing that same off-the-shoulder dress as in my dream confirms that point once again.

That means that Krystal might cry while we're chatting.

"Tch~ So pulling out a chair for me now seems very formal and polite, doesn't it?"

Unaware of what Chen Yan was thinking, Krystal Jung retorted, but with a smile on her face, she sat down in the chair Chen Yan had pulled out for her, clearly in a good mood.

Chen Yan put aside his thoughts for a moment, glanced at the girl again, and praised, "You look especially beautiful today."

Her exquisite makeup, paired with an elegant yet sexy off-the-shoulder dress, stunned him the moment she entered.

It's clear that Krystal Jung put a lot of thought into tonight's dinner.

Hearing his praise, Krystal Jung's lips involuntarily curled up slightly.

She dressed up so carefully, just for that compliment.

Returning to his seat opposite her, Chen Yan looked at Jung Soo-jung and asked, "Shall I have them serve the food?"

"Good~"

This Western restaurant is privately owned and there is no set menu. Whatever the chef prepares that day is what the restaurant serves.

A dozen minutes later, the waiter brought out two Wellington steaks and two or three desserts.

The two chatted as they ate, and Chen Yan didn't rush to ask the question he wanted to know.

We should talk about things after we finish eating. No matter what the final outcome is, we should at least let people have a good meal first.

A moment later, seeing that Krystal Jung had almost finished eating, Chen Yan swallowed the vegetable salad in his mouth, pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and then said:

"Xiu-jung."

"Ok?"

"That thing you mentioned last time, the one you put me in charge of."

Upon hearing this, Krystal Jung immediately stopped chewing.

Chen Yan looked at her and continued, "After I went back that day, I thought about it carefully and wondered if I had misunderstood. So I thought I'd ask you in person if the responsibility you mentioned is what I mean by responsibility between a man and a woman."

After he finished speaking, the private room fell silent.

Krystal Jung didn't reply, but looked calmly at Chen Yan across from her before finally speaking.

"If I said yes, what would you think?"

Chen Yan was silent for a few seconds before replying, "Soojung, I have to consider Soo-yeon's feelings, so I need to find a way to resolve her issues first."

On the other side, Krystal Jung still didn't reply, and just quietly looked at him.

Just as the atmosphere in the private room began to freeze and Chen Yan was about to speak again, the girl spoke.

"Chen Yan, do you like me?"

(End of this chapter)