Hancheng: There is a door between me and the future

Chapter 29 Du Kang and "Free Meals"

2025, Yeouido crew.

Sitting on a folding chair, Krystal was stunned at first when she heard Lin Xiuyuan's words, then quickly asked the same question as Jessica Jung, "How much?"

"Prices are skyrocketing here. Eight thousand probably isn't enough. Try one hundred million first."

Krystal understood immediately, "You've already asked unnie for 80 million?"

"Well, I'm planning to open a small bar near my home. When you guys are free, you can come over and sit down, and I can find something to do."

Faced with Lin Xiuyuan's statement, Krystal was about to ask something when she suddenly realized it.

This is not looking for trouble, this is to find a contact point for people on both sides. Only when there is a connection can there be a legitimate reason for the action.

So after thinking it through, Krystal and Jessica asked, "Is 100 million enough?"

Compared to Lin Xiuyuan, she knew too well the soaring prices over the past decade.

Her answer successfully made Lin Xiuyuan laugh out loud.

"If it's not enough, I'll ask you again. Call me first. I'll go out for a walk this afternoon and check out the location."

Krystal nodded slightly, "Okay, I'll transfer you later. By the way, I'll come over to have dinner with you after work later."

However, Lin Xiuyuan, who always agreed, refused this time. "Ah, I have a date tonight. How about tomorrow?"

Have an appointment? ?
This news made Krystal a little confused.

Because in her understanding, it seems that Lin Xiuyuan only knows herself in 2025.

If we have to count Jessica, then we can barely count them as two.

Apart from her two sisters, she seemed to remember that Lin Xiuyuan had never met anyone else, so this sudden "appointment" made Krystal subconsciously feel a sense of crisis.

He even lost his sense of boundaries and asked, "Who do you have a date with?"

Lin Xiuyuan was a little stunned for a moment, not expecting Krystal to ask. However, he still answered her curiosity, "With Liu Zhimin from aespa."

It would have been fine if she hadn't mentioned it, but once she did, Krystal was even more dumbfounded. "What? Liu Zhimin?"

This name surprised Krystal again and again, and she was stunned again and again. Her mind unconsciously recalled the encounter at the afternoon tea restaurant the day before yesterday.

"No, when did you two meet?"

"It was the day before yesterday."

Lin Xiuyuan, who had already started editing the account information and sending it to Krystal, replied casually that he didn't realize what the problem was.

On the other hand, although she had guessed it, Krystal was still a little bit incredulous when she heard Lin Xiuyuan actually say it. "No, you hooked up with someone else as soon as I left? You succubus."

"I don't know. Maybe it's true. We just met inexplicably."

After mumbling something, Lin Xiuyuan continued, "Okay, I've sent you the account information. Remember to transfer the money over. I'm going out to look at houses."

The answer in her ear made Krystal silent for a long time before she responded, "Got it, go away."

But after hanging up the phone, he sat on the folding chair with an unhappy expression.

Her slightly furrowed brows showed that she was in a bad mood at the moment.

At this moment, her assistant, who had returned from vacation, bought her lunch and said, "Ouni, this is what you want to eat."

Krystal looked down at the lunch box in front of her, then looked up at the assistant. She felt inexplicably annoyed and had the urge to give her a long vacation.

Fortunately, he still had his rationality and did not do anything irrational. He just nodded indifferently and continued to be in a daze.

Her reaction also made the young assistant look confused. It seemed that he had done nothing wrong, so why did this happen suddenly?

But I heard from the crew members that a boy from their class was chatting happily with their older sister before, so why is he so indifferent when it comes to me?

It wasn’t like this before.

Aren't they all assistants? I'm still an old man.

On the other side, after finishing two phone calls, Lin Xiuyuan returned to his computer and opened ChatGPT to continue refining the plan he had made last night.

Especially since he only planned to do it alone, many issues needed to be confirmed.

However, before he could play for long, the cell phone next to him rang.

When he picked up the phone, he saw that it was the transfer record from Krystal to him, but the amount was a bit too much.

"Tens, hundreds, thousands, millions... hundreds of millions, a small goal of 1.5. Tsk tsk, a small treasury that has been saved for more than ten years is really impressive."

After muttering something with a smile, Lin Xiuyuan sent the other party an emoticon package thanking the boss on Kakao, and then continued to organize the plan.

Krystal, who was on the other side of the crew, received the message and smiled at first, but then she thought of this guy's date in the evening, and the smile that had just appeared disappeared.

Then, facing the assistant's look of having seen a ghost, he snorted coldly and covered the phone.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was night. Lin Xiuyuan, who had gone out to buy a printer, was now looking at the sheets of copy paper that came out of it. These were the bar plans he had been working on over and over again in chatgpt all day.

He even decided on the name of the bar. Since it was inspired by "The Convenience Store of Sorrow", no other name would be more suitable than the one he came up with.

The only way to relieve worries is to drink Du Kang.

So, this tavern is called "Dukang".

"..."

As the last piece of paper was printed, the phone on the table began to ring. The caller ID on the screen was not Liu Zhimin, who had a dinner appointment, but the unexpected Krystal.

So when he saw her call, he raised his eyebrows slightly and answered after a moment, "Hello."

"Open the door."

ha?
Lin Xiuyuan was a little confused. He took the tablet hanging on the side and opened the smart housekeeper, and then saw Krystal standing outside the door.

A few minutes later.

He looked at Krystal who appeared in front of him, and asked with some amusement and some surprise, "Why are you here?"

"No one brought me food, and I was worried you'd get cheated, so I came over to eat with you. Is that okay with you?"

In response to Krystal's words, Lin Xiuyuan smiled slightly and admired her outfit at the moment.

He wore a short white T-shirt under his black leather jacket, showing off his famous abdominal muscles without caring that the weather had not yet warmed up.

The tight waistline appears and disappears with every step, and the low-waisted old jeans make the long-dormant vest line extremely sharp.

The metal rivet boots on his feet and the leather jacket buttons resonated with a cold aura. When he raised his eyes and tossed his hair, his breath was as sharp as a knife.

After admiring it, Lin Xiuyuan curled his lips and said, "You don't look like the freeloader you used to be. Instead, you look like a little gangster who's out to chop people, Krystal."

After saying that, he didn't forget to ask a question of concern, "Isn't your stomach cold? You'll catch a cold if the wind gets in."

"It's none of your business. When do we leave?"

Just as Krystal was chatting with Lin Xiuyuan.

On the other side, the young assistant who had returned to the company and was on standby was sitting in front of the desk with a dazed look on his face.

Looking at the takeaway box on the table in front of her, thinking about what she had just delivered, Krystal stared at it in a daze for a few minutes, then got up and left without saying a word.

When she asked Krystal where she was going.

Krystal replied, "Let's go eat."

She was completely dumbfounded. No, you were going to eat? Then what about the takeaway food she had worked so hard to buy?
Meanwhile, in another corner of Seoul, Liu Zhimin also went out, bringing a small pendant with him.

The next chapter will probably be late. I drank a little too much last night and my head is still dizzy. I wish everyone a happy May Day again~

(PS: Take a look at the first sentence of the first chapter when you have time)

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