Peninsula: 72 Hours of Blind Dates

Wu Haiyuan was still preoccupied with the phone wallpaper issue and was wondering what to say when the other members asked.

On his way back to the dormitory, Wu Haiyuan's plan was nothing more than burying his head in the sand.

She didn't tell the other members that she and Han Hee-joon had started dating secretly.

In fact, Wu Haiyuan couldn't deny it even if he wanted to. They went on a date, hugged, and kissed. Deceiving himself wouldn't work. Han Xijun was already certain that the two of them were boyfriend and girlfriend.

What's more, they already have nicknames for each other.

On the other end of the phone, Wu Zhiyuan kept pressing for answers, and Wu Haiyuan himself didn't even know what he had said.

A gasp brought Wu Haiyuan back to reality.

Wu Zhiyuan's trembling voice came through the phone, asking, "You're dating Team Leader Han? Is it true? You're not lying to me? So, Team Leader Han Xijun is now my brother-in-law?"

Wu Haiyuan stammered, "What brother-in-law?"

"Are you dating or not? Wu Haiyuan, answer me."

"I guess so."

Wu Zhiyuan seemed even more excited than he was. No, even more excited than when he got into Ewha Womans University and was successfully hired by SK Hynix just before graduation.

He kept repeating, "It's actually true! My sister is dating Han Xijun! OMG, this is unbelievable!"

Wu Haiyuan quickly reminded her, "Unnie, this must be kept a secret. No one can know, and you can't tell Mom and Dad either. Unnie, promise me first."

"what?"

"Unnie, promise me."

Why?

"I am an idol"

"Hmm, so what?"

"I can't be in a relationship"

"Hey, Wu Haiyuan, you're dating Han Xijun now. Forget about idols. If I were you, I'd try my best to marry Han Xijun and be a full-time housewife, wouldn't that be better?"

Wu Haiyuan retorted directly: "If it were unnie, would unnie be willing?"

"Yes, I'm willing." "No, I'm not. I won't give up my dream, unless you keep it a secret..."

Wu Zhiyuan interrupted, "What is my dearest sister saying? As long as you're happy, I'll do anything you ask. Keep it a secret? Do you think I'm a blabbermouth?"

"what?"

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, not even Mom and Dad. You won't get any information from me about your relationship with Team Leader Han Xijun. But Hae-won, my dearest sister."

It's really rare.

The main reason is that Wu Zhiyuan has never asked Wu Haiyuan for anything since he was a child.

Even when Wu Zhiyuan "ordered" Wu Haiyuan to run errands to buy things when they were little, or "served" her at home, she never used gentle persuasion to say that Wu Haiyuan was her most beloved sister or dear sister.

as predicted.

Wu Zhiyuan then said to Wu Haiyuan, "Yesterday, Team Leader Han Xijun told me he was going to confess to you, and I was really worried that you would make the wrong decision. But I was worrying for nothing. I'm coming to Seoul on a business trip tomorrow, so let's have dinner together tomorrow night."

Wu Haiyuan knew that Wu Zhiyuan's idea of ​​having dinner together was definitely not to make up for not celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony yesterday, nor could it be that they were having dinner alone.

Without a doubt, Wu Haiyuan was going to refuse.

Wu Zhiyuan seemed to have anticipated Wu Haiyuan's refusal, and never even considered having Wu Haiyuan organize the dinner. He simply told Wu Haiyuan that he would pick her up from the company the following evening. Is it a case of birds of a feather flocking together?

Intelligent people have something in common, such as being good at guessing people's thoughts, which is what Han Xijun calls the superpower of mind reading.

The call ended abruptly.

I glanced at my phone and saw there was still one unread message.

The message was from Han Xijun, reminding Wu Haiyuan to change the name he saved in his phone from Han Xijun to the nickname "Genius," and adding that he would check it next time they met.

Wu Haiyuan muttered, "What are they checking? Is he a school teacher?"

Her fingers were deleting the three words "Han Xijun" from the original contact list, replacing them with the nickname "genius," and then saving it again.

The movements were very smooth.

After saving, Wu Haiyuan looked at the "nickname" and laughed speechlessly.

These past two days have felt like a dream.

Suddenly, I was no longer in the womb and was single.

Suddenly I had a boyfriend that everyone I knew envied. Suddenly we had our first secret date.

Looking back on today, from being picked up by Han Xijun at the company entrance to being taken back to the dormitory.

Over several hours, they visited Han River Park, an open-air cinema, a seafood noodle restaurant on Tehran Road, and the office where Han Hee-joon works at the Kakao Group.

They went to quite a few places, and no "unexpected situations" occurred while traveling with Han Xijun.

In fact, secret relationships don't necessarily attract attention.

As a newcomer, I am not yet able to attract the attention of paparazzi reporters from entertainment news agencies.

He's not a big shot.

There's no need to go to great lengths to balance work and life.

She doesn't have any work schedule, so it won't affect her date with Han Xijun. On the contrary, it's Han Xijun who needs to make time for her because he's so busy.

Dong dong dong

There was a knock on the door.

Wu Haiyuan was still leaning against the door. The dormitory room door was just an ordinary room door.

Although we live in a concrete high-rise apartment building, the soundproofing is really poor.

I was talking to Wu Zhiyuan in this position the whole time. If the other members had been outside the room quietly and listening carefully, they would have definitely heard what I was saying.

Trying to bury your head in the sand is pointless.

Turn around and open the door.

I assumed all the members were there.

All Jang Kyu-jin did was stand at the door and say, "Unnie, aren't you going to wash up?"

"Wash up?"

"After you wash up, get some rest. Aren't we having a meeting with Na Young-seok's production team tomorrow to record the group variety show? The other unnies have all washed up and gone back to their rooms to rest."

Wu Haiyuan hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

Not right.

Why don't the other members ask me what my relationship with Han Hee-joon is now? They all know I slept at Han Hee-joon's house last night.

That's right.

They clearly already knew.

But that doesn't make sense either. They knew he was staying at Han Hee-joon's house because he was drunk and fell asleep. It wasn't like he said he was officially dating Han Hee-joon. The other members should have asked him a few questions, more or less.

Are they burying their heads in the sand?

Zhang Guizhen calmly walked past Wu Haiyuan, lay down on the bed, covered herself with a blanket, and went to sleep.

Wu Haiyuan walked out of the room and gently closed the door.

They're probably just playing along with my act.

It's so awkward.

It would be better to just...

That night.

After washing up, Wu Haiyuan lay in bed and confronted Zhang Guizhen, who was sleeping. At first, Zhang Guizhen didn't respond, as if Wu Haiyuan was talking to himself.

It was the light from the phone that exposed Zhang Guizhen.

She was sending every word Wu Haiyuan said in real time to a newly created Kakao chat room, a Kakao chat room without Wu Haiyuan.

Then Wu Haiyuan also joined that chat room.

The other members didn't notice and were all "expressing their own opinions" in the chat room. Wu Haiyuan saw it all, but it was Jin Zhiyou who realized there was an extra person and then the chat room was immediately disbanded by its creator, Bae Jinsol.