Peninsula: The idol by the bedside refreshes randomly.

Unlike in 2012, when the rumors of Jin Ruanruan and Chen Ran's relationship stirred things up here, the fish in the pond have started to move.

In 2025, in an upscale coffee shop in Gangnam District.

Soothing classical music flowed gently through the private room. Park Jiyeon sat by the window, her fingers unconsciously stirring her coffee cup with the straw in her hand, her eyes gazing blankly at the skyscrapers outside.

She had seen the buildings Chen Ran had built in 2012.

Looking at it this way, the difference in the sense of age is indeed obvious.

Suddenly, there was a noise at the door of the private room.

Park Jiyeon snapped out of her daze and turned to look.

Two figures wearing black face masks walked in.

Park Jiyeon stood up to greet them: "Taeyeon sunbaenim, Jessica sunbaenim."

"No need to be so polite, Jiyeon-ssi, please have a seat." Kim Tae-yeon took off her mask and returned a smile.

Jessica, who was next to her, smiled too.

The three sat down facing each other and carefully examined one another. Park Jiyeon looked at the faces of her two seniors, feeling somewhat surprised.

These two seniors must have been nourished by something; their skin looked even better than hers, who was four years younger.

Meanwhile, Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica, looking at Park Ji-yeon, were both somewhat dazed.

Their impression of Park Jiyeon is actually still based on her appearance during her T-ara days.

There are virtually no substitutes for that kind of strikingly beautiful face in the entertainment industry.

With a single stroke of eyeliner, she transforms into a cold and aloof beauty who doesn't care about anyone.

If you wipe off your eyeliner, you'll look like a simple, innocent girl.

Although there have been a few news stories about each other in recent years, they haven't paid much attention to them.

When I see them again now, I find that they have a more mature air about them.

Or, to put it more accurately, it's about charm and appeal.

Although she wore eyeliner, she lost the aloofness of her younger days, and instead gained a unique and glamorous beauty.

Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica's eyes flickered slightly, then they turned to look at each other. "I wonder if Chen Ran/Xiao Ran would like this type?" they both thought to themselves.

Kim Tae-yeon glanced at Park Ji-yeon, then suppressed her emotions and spoke first, "I never expected to meet Ji-yeon-ssi because of such a special coincidence."

Park Jiyeon smiled and nodded: "That's right, I was quite startled when I opened my eyes yesterday morning."

"Hahahaha, that's normal. Jiyeon didn't actually hit him back then, did she?" Kim Tae-yeon's eyes narrowed slightly.

She suddenly remembered that the man in front of her was a black belt in Taekwondo.

When I woke up yesterday morning, did I kick my husband hard?

I don't know if Xiao Ran was injured.

Park Jiyeon's smile froze slightly as her right calf, which had already subsided, seemed to begin to ache again.

"No, Chen Ran explained it to me in time."

"That's good. I prepared a lot of self-defense items for Xiaoran in case of any accidents. Fortunately, you didn't have any misunderstandings."

Park Jiyeon's eye twitched.

"Oh, so that baseball bat was what you prepared." She wondered why there was a baseball bat next to Chen Ran's bedside table; what kind of nice person would keep that in their bedroom?

She picked up her coffee and took a sip: "Oh, I see. Luckily I didn't do it then, haha."

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them started to find other topics to talk about.

Although the three were not close, they were members of a girl group that had been active together in the past, so they had a lot in common.

As they reminisced about some of the fun things that happened back then, laughter filled the private room, and they would occasionally drift into nostalgia for the past.

After chatting for a while and getting to know each other a bit better, the three of them tacitly steered the conversation back to the house.

"So, you need to go back inside the house before you can re-establish communication with Chen Ran."

Jessica nodded: "Yes, Jiyeon, when is a convenient day for you to go back with Taeyeon?"

"Sure, we can do it today. You unnies can come back with me in a bit."

Park Jiyeon agreed without much thought.

Her purpose in meeting Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica today was to get closer to them and make it easier for them to get along in the future.

She has no conflicts with either of them now, so she's naturally happy to help with this small matter. In Park Jiyeon's eyes, she's now just an ordinary tenant who ended up sharing an apartment with Chen Ran due to an accident, while Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica are the real mistresses of the house.

Thinking of this, she even glanced at the two of them with a touch of gossip, and subconsciously lowered her voice to ask:

"Um...can I ask, what's your relationship with Chen Ran...?"

Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica exchanged a glance.

"Understood."

Park Jiyeon smiled and nodded, without any particular reaction.

If it were her here 12 years ago, she would definitely widen her eyes and jump up.

But now she has seen through many things. When she was speculating about the relationship between these two and Chen Ran, she had already guessed what they were thinking.

This is just a matter of verifying something.

"Oh, right..."

Park Jiyeon suddenly remembered being forcibly dragged back last night. Please remember the only official website address for this novel: www.deqixs.org. The website owner has only this one website; other websites may be discontinued at any time.

"Taeyeon unnie, Jessica unnie, last night..."

Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica were both somewhat surprised after hearing this.

"Jiyeon, were you forcibly pulled back?"

"Yes, it startled me at the time."

Jessica frowned: "Something doesn't seem right. Although neither Taeyeon nor I have moved out, there have been times when we hadn't returned home by midnight, and they didn't force us to go back then."

Kim Tae-yeon nodded in acknowledgment, "Yes, I also went back to Jeonju one day last month, and I didn't get home until almost 1 a.m.

"Furthermore, Xiaoran also stayed in a hotel one night last month instead of going home, and the situation you described did not occur then."

Park Jiyeon was taken aback: "Then why do I feel this way?"

"I don't know."

Kim Tae-yeon shook her head, frowned and thought for a moment, then suggested a possibility.

"Could it be that you said or did something that made the house think you wanted to move out, rather than that you were just coming home late because of something?" "Make the house think I want to move out?"

Park Jiyeon frowned, then suddenly widened her eyes.

"Ah, yesterday morning when I was eating, I was discussing moving out with Chen Ranxi."

Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica's eyes flickered upon hearing this.

"That must be the reason."

"So, can this house understand us?"

Jessica shrugged: "That's not surprising. Look, AI can understand what we're saying now. When we chat, we might say we want to buy something, and when you open a shopping app, it will directly recommend that item to you."

"It's quite normal for something as fantastical as a house, which is clearly more advanced than AI, to have some kind of judgment mechanism that we don't know about."

Kim Tae-yeon and Park Ji-yeon both nodded thoughtfully.

That's definitely true.

After discussing this topic, the three continued to talk about some things that happened during their cohabitation.

When the topic of changing the past came up, Kim Tae-yeon looked at Park Ji-yeon and asked, "Ji-yeon, are you planning to change the events of 12 years ago, the 1980s incident?" Park Ji-yeon pursed her lips and nodded, saying, "Yes, I want to try. It hasn't happened yet, so there should still be time."

"You all know what happened back then, Unnie. It's not true that Liu Huaying's family has a congressman father, as the rumors say. It's just that the conflict happened at that time, and we couldn't produce any evidence."

Kim Tae-yeon and Jessica fell silent upon hearing this.

Indeed, as Park Ji-yeon said, the family of the two sisters, Liu Hwayoung and Liu Hyo-young, who were the instigators of the 1980s incident, did not have the powerful background that was rumored to exist.

They claim to be members of Congress, but there is absolutely no evidence to support this claim.

In reality, Liu Huaying and Liu Xiaoying's father was just a local entrepreneur in Gwangju.

It's true that she has a certain network and influence; otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for Liu Hwayoung to be directly parachuted into a top-tier girl group like T-ara.

However, it doesn't have the same level of influence as a member of Congress; it's just that everyone is saying it, so most people believe it.

That's how rumors work; once they're spread and reach a certain area, even if they're outrageous, people will still believe them.

As Park Ji-yeon said, the 1980s controversy in 2012 was so big simply because the conflict happened to erupt at a sensitive time, and it was fueled by people with ulterior motives, which ultimately led to that result.

Of course, this is also related to the poor decision-making of the company behind Tara.

During that period of 12, Girls' Generation did not have any comebacks throughout the year, only releasing sub-units to maintain the group's popularity, because SM Entertainment knew that its success would attract attention. JYP and YG also consciously reduced the comebacks of their groups.

However, CCM did the opposite, continuing to allow Tara to make frequent comebacks, which ultimately led to their downfall after internal conflicts erupted.

"If you need any help, just let us know," Kim Tae-yeon said with a smile.

Jessica, who was next to her, nodded as well.

Park Jiyeon smiled back and sincerely thanked her, "Okay, thank you unnie."

The three of them sat and chatted for a while longer before deciding to go back to Park Jiyeon's house together.

The three of them picked up their bags and stood up, but Park Jiyeon suddenly paused.

Coming to her senses, she looked at Kim Tae-yeon: "Tae-yeon unnie, you and Chen Ran are having a rumored relationship?"

"what?"

---

"Taeyeon, what was it like being rumored to be dating for the first time?"

In the TV station's waiting room, Kim Yeon-yeon extended her index finger and pushed Lee Soon-kyu's head away slightly as she leaned in. She said helplessly, "I've already said it's not like what's circulating online; it's just a misunderstanding."

After speaking, Kim Yuen-yuen subconsciously looked at Jessica Jung sitting on the opposite sofa.

She deliberately raised her voice a little, which was partly to prove her innocence.

Unfortunately, Jessica Jung didn't react at all. She leaned back on the sofa, staring straight ahead with unfocused eyes, clearly lost in thought or perhaps thinking about something else.

Seeing this, Kim Yeon-yeon pursed her lips, and at that moment Lee Soon-kyu leaned over again.

"I know it's fake. I was just asking you how it feels to have a rumored boyfriend. Tsk, our Taeyeon is going to have a rumored boyfriend now."

She spoke with a smile, but her eyes were secretly observing Jessica Jung's reaction across from her.

After realizing that the other person was spacing out, I was speechless.

Please, is now the time to let go?

The man you like is now rumored to be dating another woman, why aren't you reacting at all?

The way you are now, I'm starting to doubt whether you really like Chen Ran, and whether my worries are unnecessary.

"At least give me some reaction so I can think about what to do next to avoid conflict within the team." Lee Soon-kyu gritted her teeth in exasperation, then caught a glimpse of Yoona sitting in front of the makeup mirror, also looking thoughtfully at Jessica Jung.

Her eyes lit up instantly.

Could it be that Yoona has also noticed the problems between these two, and the potential for conflict within the team?

That's right. Yoona is so thoughtful and smart, she must have noticed this problem too.

That's great, I'm not alone on this path.

Lee Soon-kyu was delighted. Seeing Kim Yeon-yeon looking down at her phone and Jessica Jung still lost in thought, she got up from the sofa and tiptoed over to Yoona.

A series of actions triggered a spectacular, turbulent scene, truly deserving of the name "lying high."

"Yoona!" she whispered, leaning closer to Yoona.

"Um?"

Im Yoona snapped back to reality: "What's wrong, unnie?"

"What are you thinking about?"

Yoona blinked her doe-like eyes. I'm wondering what the words "house" and "connection" actually mean.