Peninsula's first chance encounter during my stay in Dali

Looking at the mess in the room, Zhou Haoming lay wearily on the sofa. He knew that he could not win Liu Zhimin back this time, and he was the one who was responsible for all of this.

Zhou Haoming pounded his head in regret when his phone rang. It was Liu Zhimin calling. Had something happened?

Zhou Haoming immediately answered the phone: "Hello, is this Zhimin?"

"Zhou Haoming, consider the car a gift from me. Don't even think about giving it back. I'm calling you this last time to tell you that we'll never have anything to do with each other again." She then hung up. She buried her face in Jin Dongtian's shoulder and burst into tears.

"What? You just gave him the car that your unnie spent so much money on? You really got a bargain for him!" Kim Dong-won looked unhappy, feeling that Zhou Haoming had taken a huge advantage of his unnie.

"It's all my fault, waaaaah!" Ningning was still crying beside her. This had completely baffled Gisele. Liu Zhimin cried because of the breakup, but what was she crying about?

Zhou Haoming put down the phone, went to the liquor cabinet, took out a bottle of baijiu (Chinese liquor), poured himself a glass, and drank it down one glass after another. No matter how strong the liquor was, it couldn't stop the grief in his heart.

I don't know how much I drank, but I drifted off to sleep in a daze.

The next day, 12:25

Zhou Haoming suddenly opened his eyes, immediately feeling a sharp pain in his head. "Phew, this wine is really something. I can fall asleep right after drinking it!" he exclaimed as he struggled to his feet.

Looking at the cold food on the table and the mess in the house, Zhou Haoming was instantly transported back to last night, a feeling of heart-wrenching pain washing over him. He staggered as he began to clean, and by the time he had tidied everything up, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon.

Zhou Haoming was wondering why no one had contacted him today, feeling as if he had been cut off from the whole world. He picked up his phone and saw that it had already run out of battery and was turned off.

Zhou Haoming picked up the charger to charge his phone. As soon as the phone was turned on, a bunch of messages kept popping up.

Zhou Haoming prioritized replying to important matters, first finishing with Secretary Liu's work-related messages. Then he saw that Lin Yoona had sent him a selfie with the caption, "Haoming, noona's done for the day!"

"Sorry, Nuna, I drank too much yesterday and only just saw your message," Zhou Haoming replied.

"Oh, are you that happy to receive Noona's housewarming gift? You were going to drink and celebrate until now before you got up," Im Yoona replied immediately.

"Let's celebrate with drinks, it's also a way of celebrating my return to single life," Zhou Haoming said self-deprecatingly. Looking at the shattered photo frame in the distance, Zhou Haoming didn't know how to answer Lin Yun'er, so he could only change the subject.

"How did you talk to the chef of your tyrant, the director and the producer?"

"They had already decided to invite me to be the female lead, so everything fell into place naturally! We hit it off immediately," Yoona said proudly.

"That's fantastic! Nuna, believe me, this show is guaranteed to be a huge hit and will take your acting career to new heights!" Zhou Haoming replied confidently.

  

After all, in her previous life, Yoona starred in "Tyrant Chef," which won the annual viewership ratings champion. Unfortunately, she lost to Park Bo-young's "Unknown Seoul" in the subsequent Best Actress award, but such an achievement was enough to elevate her status as an actress.

"Now that the deal has been reached, I will represent Kakao Corporation to discuss cooperation with them."

"Noona has to go filming now, so I won't talk to you anymore. You can handle the rest, Haoming. Bye!" Yoona replied quickly when she heard the director urging her.

Since it was the weekend, Zhou Haoming didn't have to go to work. Looking at everything in the house, he couldn't help but think of all the little things he had shared with Liu Zhimin. He then decided to go out for a stroll.

Arriving downstairs and seeing the Audi, Zhou Haoming had no desire to drive it. He turned and walked to the roadside to hail a taxi. "Hello, to Starship Company."

Zhou Haoming planned to conduct an on-site inspection of Starship Entertainment's artist and actor departments. After all, with Kakao as its backer, Starship's actor department was quite impressive, boasting a series of talented actors such as Song Seung-heon, Lee Dong-wook, Lee Kwang-soo, and Kim Bum. It would be great to meet Lee Kwang-soo, since he particularly loved Running Man with him in his previous life, but hadn't watched it much since he left.

Upon arriving at Starship Company, Zhou Haoming was about to enter when a fully armed man with his head down suddenly rushed out from behind him. "Ouch!" An Youzhen looked up and realized she had bumped into someone. "Myanmar, sir, I was walking too fast."

"Hey, Ahn Yoo-jin, did you do that on purpose?" Zhou Haoming asked, rubbing his back.

"Minister Min, I'm so sorry! It was really an accident! Minee!"

"Alright, alright, don't call me Minister Min in private. I'm older than you, just call me Oppa." Zhou Haoming rubbed his back.

"Hey, Oppa, what brings you to the company? Isn't today your day off?"

"I was bored at home, so I came to Starship for a field trip."

"Wow, Oppa, you really are a workaholic. You even come to do on-site inspections on your day off."

"To put it nicely, it's called on-site investigation; to put it bluntly, it's called offline fangirling. I'm hoping to run into Kwang-soo hyung, since he's my favorite character from Running Man."

"Oh, I see!" Ahn Yoo-jin exclaimed in sudden realization.

"Alright, you're here too, show me the way and tell me how to get to your company's acting department." Zhou Haoming randomly grabbed a director.

The two took the elevator to the actors' department, but unfortunately it was the weekend and the actors were not at work. After all, actors' working hours are not fixed; they only come when it's time to write a script.

"By the way, what brings you to the company today?" Zhou Haoming asked An Youzhen.

"I'm here to contact the company! I don't feel like I'm very proficient at dancing yet, so I'd like to come and practice."

"Wow, is this what idols are all about? This is the first time I've ever seen this."

"Hey Oppa, stop teasing me. By the way, Oppa, do you know you look really, really bad today? You look so listless."

"Uh, it's probably because I had a hangover from drinking some alcohol yesterday."

"Let's go, Oppa will treat you to coffee as a thank you for being the director," Ahn Yu-jin said. "Thank you, Oppa," Zhou Haoming replied.

After leaving Starship, Zhou Haoming wandered aimlessly by himself. Ironically, he came to Seoul partly for the shares and partly because he was with Liu Zhimin. Now he had the shares, but lost his girlfriend.

Walking alone on this street, not knowing where to go, Zhou Haoming inexplicably felt like a lonely old man.

Seeing an internet cafe in the distance, and realizing it had been a long time since he'd played Go, Zhou Haoming couldn't resist the urge to play. He headed towards the internet cafe, ready to begin his Go senior's happy life.