Peninsula: From a supporting actor to the best actor in Chungmuro

Chapter 78: The New Neighbor Crisis in Shengshui Cave (4K) (Leader Adds 610)

"Thank you for listening to 'Jae-hoon's Moonlight Drive'. See you next Wednesday at the same time."

Jiang Zaixun's voice slowly ended with the soft piano ending, and his eyes turned to Lin Yuna beside him.

Lin Yuner leaned slightly closer to the microphone, her voice a little softer than at the beginning, with a hint of reluctance:

"I'm really happy to chat with Zaixunxi tonight. I hope our voices can bring you a little warmth late at night."

"If you are walking home alone, or lying in bed tossing and turning, you can't sleep——"

"Remember to look up at the moon. Maybe we are looking at the same night sky."

"Good night, sweet dreams."

——The red light goes out and the live broadcast ends.

Cheers instantly erupted in the director's room.

"9.8%! The premiere ratings were 9.8%!!"

The PD waved the real-time data report excitedly, his voice trembling.

The staff present were instantly excited——

You should know that in the late-night slot of Korean FM radio, a regular listening rate of over 5% is considered good, and 7% is already the level of a popular program.

The premiere of "Jae-hoon's Moonlight Drive" directly reached 9.8%, almost crushing all competitors in the same time slot.

Inside the studio.

Jiang Zaixun took off his headphones, took a long breath, and turned to look at Lin Yuner:

"Thank you for your hard work, Yoona."

Lin Yuner rubbed her ears gently, smiled and shook her head:

“It was a very interesting experience~”

As soon as she finished speaking, the door of the director's room was pushed open, and the PD and the production team rushed in.

"Great! Jaehoon! Yoona! We did it!!"

The PD excitedly held Kang Jae-hoon's hand and shook it up and down:
"The station director just called to personally praise us! He said this program must be given priority development!"

The writer sister came over:
"Yun'er! Your post about 'small goals' has blown up the message board!"

Lin Yuner bowed slightly and smiled modestly:
"It's thanks to Xunxi's guidance~"

"No, no, no, it's because Yunerxi is so good at picking up the conversation!"

Jiang Jae-hoon waved his hands quickly.

The PD looked around at the two of them and suddenly made a decision:

"Let's go! Celebration party! It's my treat!"

Everyone cheered and discussed which store to go to.

Jiang Jae-hoon secretly glanced at Lin Yuna——

As if noticing his gaze, Lin Yuner suddenly turned around and smiled at the PD:

"Sorry, I have a schedule to catch up to later, so I'm afraid I can't go today."

Her tone was filled with just the right amount of regret, and she even bowed slightly to the PD to apologize.

PD waved his hands quickly:

"It's okay, it's okay! I'm already very grateful that Yoonaxi came to record the premiere!"

Lin Yuna smiled and said goodbye to the staff one by one, and glanced at Jiang Zaixun casually before leaving.

That look was fleeting, but he understood it instantly——

(See you later.)
Jiang Zaixun nodded subconsciously, and only realized it after she left -

(Wait…where are we meeting?)
(She didn’t tell me the address?!)
"Jaehoon, stop daydreaming! Let's go!"

Jin Dayuan put his arm around his shoulders.

Jiang Zaixun came back to his senses and laughed dryly:
"Um...Brother, I might have to go back first."

"Huh? Why?"

"I have a scene in 'The Heirs' tomorrow, and I haven't memorized my lines yet..."

Jiang Jae-hoon didn't lie.

Currently, the crew of "The Heirs" will release the scripts for the next two episodes after the latest two episodes are aired.

"Alright, alright."

Jin Dayuan waved his hand without thinking much:
"Then go back and rest early. We'll help you eat more at the celebration banquet!"

"Thank you bro!"

ten minutes later.

Kang Jae-hoon was standing at the door of the SBS building. He took out his cell phone and was about to send a message to Yoona when a black nanny car slowly stopped in front of him.

The car window rolled down, revealing a familiar smiling face——

"Get in the car~"

Jiang Jae-hoon was stunned: "Why are you..."

"I guess you don't know where the store is."

Lin Yuna tilted her head and smiled, with a cunning look in her eyes:
"Or... do you want to stand me up?"

"of course not!"

Jiang Jae-hoon quickly opened the car door and got in.

The car was filled with a faint fragrance.

Lin Yuner handed over a bottle of mineral water:

"Thanks for your hard work. The premiere was a success."

Jiang Jae-hoon took it and his fingertips accidentally touched her fingers, which felt cool and very comfortable.

"Thank you...but what was the itinerary you mentioned?"

Lin Yuner fastened her seat belt and winked at him:
"Isn't it now?"

"..."

Jiang Jae-hoon lowered his head to unscrew the bottle cap and couldn't help laughing.

(As expected of Im Yoona.)
(Even the escape was so flawless.)
The nanny car drove into the night and sped towards the "super delicious army hotpot" restaurant.

……

Inside a hidden army hotpot restaurant in Cheongdam-dong.

Kang Jae-hoon followed Lim Yoona through the narrow corridor and came to the private room at the innermost side.

The moment the wooden sliding door closed, the noise from the outside was immediately blocked out.

Lin Yuner took off her mask and hat, casually brushed her messy hair, and picked up the menu skillfully:
"Signature Army Hot Pot, add cheese and double the rice cake."

She looked up at Jiang Zaixun, her eyes asking him if he wanted to add anything else.

Jiang Zaixun stared at the menu she ordered and couldn't help but be surprised:
"Is it okay to eat carbs at this time?"

"It's okay to indulge once in a while. There's no filming tomorrow anyway~"

As she spoke, she ordered another serving of fish cakes and ramen, then returned the menu to the waiter with satisfaction.

The waiter bowed and left the box, and the door closed gently.

Jiang Zaixun lowered his head and took a sip of barley tea. Amidst the steam, he suddenly remembered something:
"By the way, how's that calico cat doing?"

Lin Yuner's eyes lit up, and she immediately took out her phone from her bag and stood up naturally——

Instead of handing it to him, she sat down next to him.

"look."

She opened the photo album and moved closer to Jiang Jae-hoon.

On the screen, the calico cat was wearing a circlet of shame and staring at the camera with a resentful look on its face.

Because the collar was too hard, it couldn't lie down flat to sleep and could only half-squat, with a look in its eyes that said, "Two-legged beast, you owe me an explanation."

Jiang Zaixun couldn't help laughing:
"Why does it look like that?"

"I just got neutered and I'm still angry."

Lin Yuner slid the screen to show him more photos——

The calico cat nestled in the custom-made cat bed, scratched at her slippers, and even squatted arrogantly on her freshly ironed clothes.

Judging from the photos, its fur is shiny and smooth, and it is obviously well taken care of.

“By the way, I even gave it a name.”

"what name?"

"Jiang Xiaoxun."

"……what?"

Jiang Jae-hoon was stunned.

Lin Yuner explained with a smile:

"Because it looks just like you, silly and very likable."

"..."

(Is this a compliment to me or to the cat?)

Jiang Jae-hoon didn't dare to ask.

I drank a cup of barley tea strategically.

There was a gentle knock on the box door——

"Excuse me, your order for the army stew."

The waiter came in with a steaming hot army pot, saving him from his embarrassment just in time.

"Thank you!"

The waiter neatly set the tableware and side dishes, bowed and left.

Jiang Zaixun was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but he found out——

Lin Yuner didn't sit back down. She still sat next to Jiang Zaixun, even picking up the bowl in front of him and naturally helped him fill a spoonful of soup.

"Try it, the soup base of this restaurant is a secret recipe."

She pushed the bowl back toward him, her eyes expectant.

Jiang Zaixun lowered his head and took a sip. The hot and spicy soup instantly awakened his taste buds. He couldn't help but nod:

“It tastes great!”

Lin Yuna smiled and served herself a bowl. The two sat side by side, eating and chatting.

"By the way, that calico cat... you obviously like it very much, why don't you raise it yourself?"

Jiang Zaixun paused his chopsticks and answered honestly:

"Bible is afraid of cats, and she's a bit of a mysophobe."

"Oh……"

The cheese in the pot gradually melted, and the ramen absorbed the soup, bubbling.

Lin Yuner picked up a piece of luncheon meat, blew on the hot air, and asked casually:

"Come to think of it, you and Biblexi have known each other for a long time, right?"

Jiang Zaixun was biting a fish cake and replied vaguely:

"Yeah, we knew each other in college."

"University?"

"She was in the modeling department at Seoul Arts University, and I was in the acting department."

Jiang Zaixun drank some barley tea to reset his taste buds and continued:
"At that time, we were both working part-time while studying. She took a photo shoot and I worked at a convenience store, so we often met there."

“Work and study?”

Lin Yuner held her chin, her eyelashes trembling slightly in the heat:
"It's hard work, isn't it?"

"It's actually not bad."

Jiang Zaixun recalled and his eyes suddenly softened:

"One time, her wallet was stolen, and she was squatting in front of a convenience store, staring blankly. I happened to buy two gimbaps on sale, so I shared one with her. Later, we found out that we rented in the same building, she lived on the third floor and I lived on the fifth. Then the landlord raised the rent, so we started living together."

Lin Yuner stared at his profile, which was immersed in memories. The spoon drew a silent vortex at the bottom of the bowl, but a gentle emotion bloomed on her face:
"It's wonderful, this kind of revolutionary friendship."

Jiang Zaixun continued to confess without realizing it:

"Sometimes I feel like she's like a hedgehog. She clearly needs company, but she pretends to be indifferent."

"for example?"

"For example, she once had a high fever of 39 degrees Celsius but she was still holding on. In the end, I had to pick the door open and take her to the hospital."

Lin Yuna's hand holding the chopsticks suddenly tightened.

The heat haze blurred the darkness in her eyes, and when she looked up again, she was smiling again:

"So, you two are more like family."

Jiang Zaixun was stunned, and the soup dripped from the edge of the spoon:
"Family..."

Lin Yuner calmly took out a piece of paper and wiped the edge of the table for him:

"Is not it?"

"That's what I think in my heart."

He lowered his head and stirred the ramen. "After all, apart from each other, we don't have any relatives in Seoul."

(Unaccompanied interdependence.)
(A bond harder to break than love.)
(Five years of living together day and night.)
(Memories of shared poverty.)
(Trouble.)
Lin Yuner gently bit the soft flesh inside her mouth, but her face became more gentle:
"That's great! I'm so envious! If only I had a friend like this back then..."

"—maybe I wouldn't have taken painkillers to endure the filming of 'You Are My Destiny'."

The light ending tone fell into the sound of boiling soup pot.

Jiang Zaixun turned his head and asked: "Why are you taking painkillers?"

"It's a daily drama."

Lin Yuner was so calm and composed as if she was telling someone else's story:
"I sleep two hours a day, suffer from migraines and vomiting, and can only rely on medication to maintain my facial expressions."

Between the warm yellow chandelier and the steaming hot pot, her sense of fragility is just right.

Any more would seem pretentious, any less would seem insincere.

"Sorry to say this to spoil the fun."

Before Jiang Zaixun could say anything, she picked up a piece of fish cake covered in spicy sauce and stuffed it into his bowl:
"Try this!"

Jiang Jae-hoon picked it up and put it in his mouth, and his eyes turned red instantly because of the choking.

Lin Yuner propped up her chin and watched him frantically, then suddenly called out softly:
“Jaehoon.”

"Ok?"

"Next time you have time, take me to visit your alma mater?"

Lin Yuner's eyebrows and eyes curved into flawless crescents:

"I want to know how great a school is that can produce such an excellent actor like you."

Jiang Zaixun gasped because of the spiciness:

"It's just... what's so good about this crappy junior college."

"But--"

Lin Yuna took the empty cup from his hand and refilled it with barley tea.

"I want to see you eating kimbap in your school uniform."

Her last tone was like a feather, gently sweeping across the most itchy part of my heart.

Jiang Jae-hoon picked up the full teacup and took a big gulp.

As his Adam's apple rolled, tea dripped from the corners of his mouth.

(Why is her voice suddenly so hot?)
He hurriedly tried to wipe the water stain, but the chopsticks fell to the ground with a clatter.

When I bent down to pick it up, my forehead almost hit the corner of the table.

"Watch out for the corners."

Lin Yuner stretched out her hand to protect him: "Why are you so panicked?"

"No, nothing..."

She withdrew her hand, picked up a piece of radish and put it in her mouth as if nothing had happened. The way her cheeks puffed up slightly while chewing was particularly cute.

"Speaking of -"

Lin Yuner suddenly put down her chopsticks as if she remembered something:
"The house you share is in Shengshuidong, right?"

Jiang Zaixun was wiping the water stains on his chin with a tissue, and he paused when he heard this:
"Yeah, it's pretty close to the subway station."

(Why did she suddenly ask this?)

Lin Yuner said "hmm" softly, her eyes slightly blank, as if she was lost in some yearning:

"That's great~"

She paused, then her eyes lit up, as if she suddenly thought of something:
"By the way! How's the environment in your neighborhood?"

"Not bad, an 8-minute walk to the subway station, and three bus stops within 500 meters. The children's park built last year increased the area's green space by 15%, and there's a 24-hour convenience store downstairs..."

In the middle of his words, Jiang Zaixun realized that his occupational disease had come on, and he fell silent in embarrassment:
"Sorry, I said too much."

Lin Yuner held her chin with her eyes shining:
"Keep talking, I think it's very interesting~"

Jiang Zaixun scratched his head embarrassedly:
"Just some boring data..."

"No, when Jaehoon talked about this, his eyes were shining."

The emotional value provided by Lin Yuna made Jiang Zaixun continue to introduce it with great enthusiasm:

"The most important thing is the extension of Metro Line 8 planned for the next two years..."

As he was speaking, he finally realized:
"You want to move?"

"I had this thought. Although the apartment arranged by the company is convenient, I always feel that... it lacks a bit of homely atmosphere."

She raised her head, a faint smile on her lips, but a hint of loneliness in her eyes:

“Sometimes when I get home from work, there’s not even a neighbor to say hello to.”

Jiang Jae-hoon was stunned.

(So...she also feels lonely?)
(She's a top star, so she should always be surrounded by staff...)
"How about... I help you keep an eye out for houses in our community?"

He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking——

But Lin Yuner's eyes lit up: "Is it really possible?"

Her joy was so pure that Jiang Zaixun swallowed back the excuse that was about to come out of his mouth:
"Of course...that is..."

“What is it?”

"The sound insulation in our community is not very good..."

Jiang Zaixun thought quickly: "I often hear the couple next door quarreling!"

Lin Yuner burst out laughing:

"That's even better, so lively~"

She clasped her hands together, her eyes curved into crescents:

"It's a deal! Take me to see the house this weekend?"

Jiang Jae-hoon looked at Lin Yuna's smiling eyes——

The look was as gentle as the moonlight tonight, but it reminded him inexplicably of the insect traps he had seen in the countryside when he was a child.

(It’s really beautiful…)
(But I always feel...)
(What's wrong?)

(Helping her find a house... seems like a good idea?)
(At least we can carpool to the set together in the future...)
(You can also see Jiang Xiaoxun, oh no, the calico cat...)
(Wait, what was I thinking??)
Jiang Zaixun tactically lowered his head and drank tea.

The steam rising from the teacup just concealed his inexplicable thoughts.

(strangeness……)
(I was drinking barley tea, but why do I feel a little tipsy?)

Jiang Jae-hoon stared at the tea leaves shaking at the bottom of the cup, and never dared to look up to meet Lin Yuna's smiling gaze.

(End of this chapter)