Hancheng: There is a door between me and the future

Chapter 138 The Four Front and Three Back Safe Zones (Please Subscribe and Vote)

"Oh, you seem to be the fourth one."

"like?"

In the passenger seat, Ham Eun-jung turned to look at Lin Xiuyuan with a wry smile, "Why don't you think about it again? The way you're talking makes it sound like there are going to be another 10 or 20 people popping up and pushing my 'seemingly' position all the way down."

Lin Xiuyuan had already driven the car about a hundred meters away when he heard what she said, and then he thought about it seriously.

Then suddenly she exclaimed, "Oh right, I forgot there's one more. So you're the fifth one now."

Upon hearing this, Ham Eun-jung burst into laughter. "Wow, you were fourth just now, and now you're fifth? Xiu Yuan, don't you want to think about this again?"

"No need to think anymore, it's the fifth one, there's no doubt about it."

Lin Xiuyuan had just forgotten about Liu Zhimin, who was so love-struck. But you can't blame him, he had just attended Tara's swimsuit party a few days ago, where there were Lee Juri and Sunny, so many lovey-dovey girls that he forgot all about her.

Ham Eun-jung stroked the leather upholstery next to the seat and teased with a smile, "That's not much, is it for a new car?"

"Yes, I guess so."

Lin Xiuyuan had no idea whether the car was new or not; it was just like the villa, so he took it and used it.

Then the two started talking about cars, from new energy vehicles to sports cars, and then to RVs. The conversation drifted along as the car steadily drove toward its destination.

As they talked, the car continued at a steady speed toward their destination and soon arrived at a nearby street.

As they were talking, a bakery flashed past the car window, prompting Ham Eun-jung to suddenly speak up, "Xiuyuan, stop for a minute. I'm going to get out and buy some bread for a late-night snack or breakfast. Do you want some?"

"Ah I……"

Lin Xiuyuan was about to say no, but then he thought of something and changed the subject, "Then bring me two. I'm a little worried that Zhiyan will drag me to eat some Thai food again later."

Ham Eun-jung was about to push open the door when she heard this and turned around with a smile, "Tom Yum soup is quite delicious."

"No, next time I'll take you back to our place to drink something even better."

She chuckled softly upon hearing this, opened the car door, got out, and went into the bakery, leaving Lin Xiuyuan alone in the car scrolling through his phone.

Then he realized that Daeyong had sent him a text message to pick up Ham Eunjung, but he hadn't noticed it while driving.

After replying "on the way" to the other person, I glanced at the other people's messages.

A few minutes later, Ham Eun-jung quickly finished shopping and returned to her car. Seeing him replying to a message, she casually asked, "Who is it?"

"Ji-yeon, ask us where we are."

Lin Xiuyuan looked up and saw the large bag of bread in her hand, and was instantly stunned. "Ah, Eun-jung, are you eating bread as a meal? You bought a lot, didn't you? It has an expiration date."

"It's not much. We'll take it to the practice room to eat together tomorrow. Jiyeon and the others want some too."

"So you don't go out to eat during rehearsals, you just eat bread all the time?"

"And there's ramen and instant noodles too."

Lin Xiuyuan, who restarted the car, was somewhat surprised. "No wonder you guys can't gain weight eating like this. You're too harsh on yourselves."

"I can't go on stage looking fat, and I don't eat like this every day, it's just occasionally."

At that moment, she suddenly turned to look at him and said, "By the way, I heard from Jiyeon that you're going back to China soon?"

"Yeah, I have something to take care of, I need to go back." Lin Xiuyuan replied, and gently stepped on the brakes at the same time, "We're here."

Ham Eun-jung looked out the window; the car was parked downstairs at a hotel.

Tonight's dinner venue is the rooftop restaurant with a view that Da Longzai booked.

The two took the elevator to the top floor together. As soon as the elevator doors opened, Da Longzai and Li Juli were already sitting in the window seats.

Upon seeing Lin Xiuyuan and his companion, they raised their hands and called out softly.

"Eun-jung, over here."

"Xiuyuan, here."

Hearing the call, Lin Xiuyuan led Xian Enjing over and sat down next to the big dragon cub without hesitation.

This action caught the attention of Lee Qri and Ham Eunjung. The two exchanged a glance, silently pursed their lips, and then casually looked away.

However, when he saw the giant dragon cub tonight, Lin Xiuyuan couldn't help but be momentarily amazed.

She had clearly dressed up specially; a black spaghetti strap dress fully revealed her fair shoulders and neck, and her delicate collarbones seemed to be lightly outlined by moonlight under the soft light, exuding a charming glow.

Her hair, which had previously been neat and tidy, had been transformed into a full, soft, long, wavy style, draped over her shoulders and chest, creating a languid and sexy atmosphere.

Add to that a touch of vibrant yet elegant bright red lipstick and a subtly visible tattoo, and she's like a rose blooming in the night, so beautiful she almost glows, utterly alluring.

At that moment, she was looking down at the menu, her eyelashes thick and long, her nose straight and high, her lips slightly pursed, her expression focused and quiet.

Noticing that Lin Xiuyuan had sat down, she turned her head and smiled gently at him, handing him the menu, "Take a look and see what you'd like to eat."

Lin Xiuyuan smiled slightly and took the menu. "In restaurants like this, the main dishes are usually steak or pasta. You know I'm a typical carnivore."

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed the little dragon cub beside him quietly approaching. The faint warmth gradually drew closer, and the familiar scent of perfume wafted into his nose.

That was the taste deep in his memory, the taste he had cherished all night long.

Tonight, the scent, combined with her outfit, makes her even more alluring.

Unconsciously, he stole a glance at the barely visible curves of her chest, but quickly looked away, afraid that if he looked for even a second longer, Lee Juri or Ham Eunjung would discover his "improper conduct".

However, the little dragon noticed his little action, smiled quietly, reached out from under the table, and gently pinched his thigh.

Lin Xiuyuan was now at a loss for words and could only pretend to flip through the menu to ease the awkwardness, but his heart was pounding wildly.

Meanwhile, the two "seniors" opposite had already subtly caught this subtle flirtation. They exchanged a glance, both reading a mixture of amusement and helplessness in each other's eyes.

As dinner officially began, Lin Xiuyuan, sitting among the flowers, could only deal with the food while enduring "mental torture."

Especially Li Juli, after learning about the relationship between Lin Xiuyuan and Da Longzai, spoke to him much more intimately, frequently bringing up the topic of him, and even teasing him together with Da Longzai.

Even though Lin Xiuyuan has grown a lot, he is still finding it hard to cope with this "double attack".

Fortunately, Da Longzai stopped Lee Juri's teasing in time. Then Ham Eunjung also mentioned that she needed to cut her hair short for her new drama, which made Lin Xiuyuan look at her in surprise. "Ah, is Sweet Eunjung going to turn back into Ham Eunjung?"

"Haha, I know that nickname. It was given to me by my Chinese fans, and it's quite fitting."

Ham Eun-jung said with a smile, reaching out to brush her long hair aside, "But there's no way around it, it's necessary for filming, so I still have to cut my hair. To be honest, if short hair can take me back to the 'Ham Eun-jung' era that fans talk about, I'd actually be quite willing."

"Why?" Lin Xiuyuan asked.

Ham Eun-jung didn't answer immediately. She just turned her head slightly, glanced at the big dragon sitting next to her out of the corner of her eye, a complex emotion flashed in her eyes, and then she sighed quietly.

Lin Xiuyuan noticed her concerns, raised an eyebrow slightly, but wisely refrained from pressing the matter further.

He then smoothly steered the conversation towards Lee Qri, asking, "Qri, if you had the chance to choose, would you want to cut your hair and go back to the past?"

Lee Juri smiled faintly as she ate her salad, "Going back to the past wouldn't necessarily do me anything. If it were for making money, wouldn't that be like restarting the whole process? As for changing my fate, I don't have that ability. So, things are fine as they are now."

Lin Xiuyuan nodded and turned his gaze to the big dragon cub.

The other party's response was even more direct: they took a room key from their bag and slipped it under the table into Lin Xiuyuan's pocket.

Then, with a slight smile, she leaned close to his ear and whispered, "This is my answer. If you could live your life again, you might not have me as your idol."

Lin Xiuyuan felt the card in his pocket, and his whole body seemed to be frozen in place. He couldn't care less about asking any more questions and could only bury his head in his food.

The big dragon cub next to him added with a smile, "Eat more, eat your fill."

Lee Qri and Ham Eunjung, sitting opposite each other, couldn't help but laugh. They exchanged a quick glance, shook their heads, and then made an excuse to leave the restaurant early, leaving the space to the couple, friends and acquaintances, whose atmosphere had become extremely ambiguous.

Seeing that only he and Da Longzai were left at the table, Lin Xiuyuan asked, "Ah, what's going on with them...?"

"Can't you tell?" the little dragon cub asked with a smile. "They're making room for us."

She moved closer, her voice soft and low, "Have you eaten enough, Xiuyuan?"

"Ok?"

"Well then, it's my turn to eat."

"ah?" ……

……

After 9 p.m., a low "bang" sound, accompanied by the sound of a door closing, echoed in the dim light of a hotel room in Seoul.

As soon as Da Longzai returned from the restaurant downstairs, he turned around and pinned Lin Xiuyuan against the wall behind him without hesitation.

Her movements were decisive and swift, but her eyes were intense and burning, carrying an emotion that had been suppressed for too long.

Were you staring at me the whole time?

Da Longzai's voice was low and soft, with a sticky tone, like the intoxication of someone who was drunk, even though she hadn't drunk anything tonight.

However, before Lin Xiuyuan could even reply, she hugged his head again and kissed him.

This was an aggressive kiss that came without warning.

Passionate and assertive, leaving the other party almost no room to breathe.

As their lips and teeth intertwined, Da Longzai braced one hand against the wall while the other hand climbed onto his shoulder, feeling through his shirt the muscles that tightened from the sudden intimacy.

Although it all happened very suddenly, Lin Xiuyuan reacted quickly, grabbed her waist with his other hand, and responded to her passion almost subconsciously.

Their movements became increasingly intense, as if they wanted to ignite all the restraint they had previously exercised with caution at this moment.

After their bodies intertwined against the wall for a moment, the two stumbled and moved to the bedside, barely separating along the way.

Lin Xiuyuan supported the dragon cub's back with one hand, while his other hand unconsciously slid towards her cunning shoulder, the skin beneath his palm burning hot.

The other person bit his lower lip, teasing him with a light laugh, and then pushed him down onto the edge of the bed, covering him with their whole body.

After a brief, unsteady pause on the edge of the bed, the two stood up almost simultaneously and embraced and kissed again, pressing themselves against the floor-to-ceiling window of the guest room.

Outside the window, the night was brightly lit, while inside the glass, they were an ambiguous silhouette enveloped by the darkness.

Inside the window, Da Longzai's fingertips gently traced Lin Xiuyuan's neck, then moved down to his collar. As he unbuttoned the first button, Lin Xiuyuan suddenly kissed her back and pulled her even closer.

Their foreheads touched, their breaths quickened, and their bodies pressed tightly together.

"Isn't this a bit too hasty, Ji-yeon?" Lin Xiuyuan swallowed hard, his voice hoarse, and asked breathlessly.

The little dragon chuckled softly, his voice as gentle as the night breeze, "If you weren't busy, I would have been looking for you yesterday. Tell me, aren't you in a hurry?"

As the night deepened, the neon lights outside the window were blurred into a hazy halo by the heat.

……

……

Inside the car, it was still that familiar car.

The only difference was the seating arrangement: Ham Eun-jung sat in the passenger seat, while Lee Qri gripped the steering wheel, driving slowly through the neon-lit nightscape of Seoul.

Outside the window, the city lights are vibrant and colorful, flowing silently through the city.

Suddenly, Ham Eun-jung turned to look at Lee Qri beside her and whispered, "Qri, do you think Jiyeon has been holding back for too long?"

Lee Juri raised an eyebrow slightly, turned to look at her, and laughed out loud, "How strange, it's rare for Eunjung to be curious about this. But maybe so, before she couldn't just find someone to release her emotions, so she could only vent her inner feelings through tattoos."

“According to what you’re saying, I suddenly feel that it might have been better if Xiuyuan had appeared sooner.” Ham Eun-jung sighed softly. “To be honest, I can understand Ji-yeon’s tattoos, but I feel a little heartbroken every time I see them.”

"It's hard to say. Some things and people are right to appear at the right time."

Looking at the colorful neon lights outside the car, Lee Juri pondered, "If Xiuyuan had appeared earlier, Jiyeon wouldn't have recovered even a little bit of her spirits, and she might not have wanted to pay any attention to him at all."

"That's right, it just took a while to recover." Ham Eun-jung nodded gently after hearing the answer.

After a moment of silence, Lee Juri suddenly laughed, "Forget about these heavy things. What are Xiuyuan and Zhiyan doing right now?"

Ham Eun-jung smiled, her tone slightly mischievous, "What else could I be doing? When you're well-fed and warm, you think about... well, you know~"

"Wow! You actually said something like that!" Lee Qri laughed loudly. "Daebak, Sweet Eunjung's title is in jeopardy tonight."

……

……

The night view outside the window is like a silent audience, with starlight and city neon lights intertwining to form a flowing backdrop, while the two figures in front of the glass almost set the entire room ablaze.

Da Longzai was pressed against the glass by Lin Xiuyuan. The coolness on his back seeped through the gauze dress and onto his skin, which only highlighted the intense heat between them, so hot it was suffocating.

She looked up at him, her lips still tinged with the redness of their deep kiss, her breath slightly ragged, and a hint of provocation in her voice, "Is a kiss enough, Xiu Yuan?"

Lin Xiuyuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly, and his eyes were as deep as an inky pool.

The next second, he leaned down and kissed her again, no longer as hasty or tentative as before, but deeper and more intense, as if he wanted to swallow her whole into his chest.

As their lips met, he held her tightly with one hand behind her back, while his other hand slid down the curve of her back, across her side, and then explored the edge of her skirt.

The little dragon trembled slightly, but instead of retreating, it wrapped its arms around his neck and hugged him even tighter.

The light from outside the window shone in, and her head was tilted slightly back, revealing her slender neck, delicate and fragile.

Lin Xiuyuan lowered his head and kissed that spot of skin, first gently touching it, then staring at that area, and suddenly increasing the pressure.

The little dragon cried out softly, its hands climbing up his back, its nails almost digging into his clothes.

The next moment, Lin Xiuyuan's laughter rang out behind the big dragon cub's ear, low and hoarse, "Louder, anyway, no one outside the window can hear it."

Da Longzai bit her lip and didn't say a word. She just stubbornly reached out and lifted her long hair, completely exposing her fair neck in front of him. "Then bite me."

Seeing this, Lin Xiuyuan could no longer restrain himself. His lips and teeth followed her neck line below her collarbone, down to her earlobe and shoulder, leaving a trail of kiss marks as their lips and teeth intertwined.

His hands didn't stop either, tracing along her side waist, his fingertips repeatedly brushing against the edge of her tank top, leaving tiny tremors on that soft skin.

The little dragon leaned against the glass, its head tilted back slightly, its hair disheveled, a thin layer of sweat on its forehead, reddened eyes, and lips so vibrant they seemed to be on fire.

"Xiuyuan..." she called his name softly, her voice as gentle as melting sugar, "I'm in my safe period today."

Lin Xiuyuan's eyes narrowed, his desire intensifying, and he whispered in her ear, "Are you sure? It's not too late to back out now."

She just bit his shoulder and smiled, "It's too late. I never even considered canceling. I've had this room for three days."

As these words were uttered from the dragon cub's lips, the knowledge points of the first four and the last three almost instantly melted Lin Xiuyuan's rationality.

So the two of them, embracing each other and pressed against the window, gradually accelerated and lost control of their movements, like two people who had lost their speed in the night and crashed into each other's world.

Regardless of the consequences or limits, all we care about is this moment.

Intense, real, inseparable.

……

……

three days later.

In 2013, in that old tavern, Lin Xiuyuan was taking a nap on the bar counter, his face still a little pale and his eyes unfocused.

These past few days, aside from occasionally checking information in 2013 during the day, he has spent almost all his nights "stuck" in his hotel room in 2025, having been completely drained by the limited-edition experience card.

Krystal and Yoona, due to their work commitments, hadn't had time to take care of him, which allowed Lin Xiuyuan to enjoy an unparalleled three-day trial.

But just as he was savoring the excitement of the past few days, the tavern door was unlocked and pushed open from the outside, and someone walked in.

A cheerful voice entered the bar before the people even arrived: "Oppa, we've got it! Are you ready?"

Upon entering, Shirley saw Lin Xiuyuan slumped over the table, blinked, and ran over with a smile, "Get up, oppa, we have to rush to the airport, or we'll be late."

Lin Xiuyuan was about to get up and stretch when he froze when he saw the familiar figure behind Shirley.

"Wait a minute, Lin Xiaolu, are you going too?"

Lin Xiaolu raised an eyebrow at him and smiled, "You didn't know?"

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