Hancheng: There is a door between me and the future

Chapter 60 Attending 'Your' Funeral
"What a coincidence, Jiyeon." *2
Upon seeing Park Jiyeon enter, Sulli's first thought was to look towards Lin Xiuyuan.

When their eyes met, all they received was a smile from him, and they didn't notice anything amiss.

At the same time, Park Jiyeon had already walked over to the sofa and sat down. "Sulli, aren't you guys busy with your comeback? How come you have time to sit here?"

When asked, Shirley repeated the reasons she had just given Lin Xiuyuan, and then asked back, "And what about you, Jiyeon? Why are you so free?"

Park Ji-yeon's response left the two of them speechless.

“You all know our group’s situation. I’m currently very free. I basically spend all my time here playing games with oppa.”

Everyone knows about Tara's situation.

This made Shirley, who hadn't intentionally reopened her wounds, somewhat regret asking the question she had asked earlier.

Fortunately, Park Jiyeon didn't pay much attention. After speaking, she turned around and pulled out a chessboard from under a cabinet next to the sofa. "It's perfect that you guys are here today. Play some Ludo with me. Oppa always complains that I'm childish when we play together."

"I'm not criticizing your childishness, I'm criticizing your shamelessness."

At this moment, Lin Xiuyuan, who was carrying a glass of juice, smiled helplessly, "Who cheats when they lose a game and makes the winner take several steps back to give you a few more chances to play?"

"Ah~ oppa~"

Park Jiyeon, caught off guard, turned around and let out a coquettish laugh.

This also made Sulli and Krystal, who understood the situation, laugh out loud and started teasing Park Jiyeon.

The atmosphere immediately became much more relaxed.

After this little incident, the three girls on the sofa actually started playing Ludo, chatting about some interesting things that had happened recently, and occasionally pulling Lin Xiuyuan along to complain about some comments online.

After playing about three rounds of the game, Park Jiyeon took another sip of juice and glanced at the empty plate next to her. "Oppa, is there any more food?"

"We have nuts and fruits, but some other things will have to wait."

Lin Xiuyuan, playing on his phone on a high stool, raised an eyebrow and answered.

"Is there anything I want to eat? I want rice cakes and fried chicken, oppa~"

"No."

Upon hearing this answer, Park Jiyeon immediately grabbed Jung Soojung's arm, "Soojung, let's go. Let's go out and buy some fried chicken, it's right next door."

"Ah, I'm not hungry." Krystal Jung was slightly taken aback.

"But I'm hungry."

After saying this in a coquettish tone, Park Jiyeon pulled Jung Soojung up and left, leaving a bewildered Sulli alone there.

It wasn't until she saw Lin Xiuyuan's smile as he looked towards the gate that she belatedly asked, "Mr. Lin, is there something you need from me?"

Her question surprised Lin Xiuyuan. "Hmm? Why do you ask that?"

"I have a feeling that you called Jiyeon here to get rid of Soojung."

Hearing Lin Xiuyuan's question, Shirley knew she had guessed correctly, but she was even more puzzled. "But if there's anything you need, why don't you just tell me directly? Aren't we already friends?"

Seeing that his idea had been exposed, Lin Xiuyuan stopped hiding it and laughed, "So clever."

She then added, "I mainly thought that since you're already here, it would be better to talk to you face to face. Also, I was a little worried that Krystal might feel uncomfortable if she heard it, so I sent her away for a bit."

Besides that, there are some things about 'secrets' that Lin Xiuyuan still doesn't dare to leave comments on the internet.

Face-to-face communication is the best way to maintain confidentiality.

"what?"

This made Shirley even more curious.

Lin Xiuyuan smiled and pointed to the small bar. "We've been in trial operation for a few days, and I'm thinking of holding a grand opening party here in a couple of days, but only inviting the bar's members. So if Xiujing were here, I wouldn't be able to tell you." Shirley nodded, clearly understanding Lin Xiuyuan's concerns, but she was even more curious about the party. "What kind of party is it?"

Because she had recently attended several parties at Kim Hyoyeon's 'invitation', she assumed that Lin Xiuyuan wanted to do the same thing this time.

The other person straightened up slightly and replied, "A funeral party."

bang~
Upon hearing Lin Xiuyuan's words, Shirley's cerebellum seemed to shrink, and she exclaimed in shock, "What? A funeral?"

"Yes, a funeral."

As Lin Xiuyuan said this, he thought of the advice that Zheng Xiuyan had given him a few days ago.

……

"any solution?"

“Isn’t it Yoona’s birthday at the end of the month? You can say you’re having a birthday party at a bar, then call Sulli over. When you get there, just say the birthday party is at another place and have her come with you.”

"Oh, it's Yoona's birthday? Would she be willing to help cover for us?"

"She will."

Are you sure you didn't force her?

……

Jessica Jung's idea was actually quite good, but it wasn't what Lin Xiuyuan wanted. He felt that since he was going to apply medicine to the girl in front of him, he might as well use a strong one.

Mimi patted her, and the sluggish style wasn't what he wanted.

So after thinking about it for a few days, I came up with the idea of ​​inviting her over as a 'party'.

Sherry was stunned for a moment by the word 'funeral', and tried to sort out her thoughts, but she couldn't immediately react. "Are you sure you're not mistaken? It really is a 'funeral' party?"

"Yes, so your attire for that day needs to be as formal as possible."

Seeing Lin Xiuyuan's serious expression, Shirley, though puzzled and confused, nodded slightly to indicate that she understood.

A while later, Park Jiyeon and Jung Soojung, who had gone out to buy food, returned to the bar.

Krystal Jung, who had felt something was off after leaving the house, asked Sulli as soon as she came in if anything had happened.

Sulli shook her head in denial, and then Jung Soo-jung felt relieved, but her eyes still glanced at Lin Xiu-yuan with some suspicion.

I always feel like something is wrong.

The three of them then sat and played many more games until the streetlights came on and night fell, at which point they got up to say goodbye.

Park Jiyeon readily suggested having dinner with Lin Xiuyuan, while Sulli and Jung Soojung needed to rush back to the company for rehearsals and busy with their comeback work.

Before saying goodbye, Sulli couldn't contain her curiosity and, under Krystal's gaze, walked up to Lin Xiuyuan and asked softly, "Oppa, can I ask whose 'funeral' that party is for?"

When there's nothing to do, they call him "Mr. Lin"; when there's something to do, they call him "oppa." These girls are always so interesting.

Lin Xiuyuan chuckled softly, then thought for a moment before whispering something in her ear.

"Actually, there's nothing to hide from you, it's just that I'm taking you to 'your' funeral."

Upon hearing this, Shirley froze, walked out of the bar in a daze, and didn't come to her senses until she returned to the company.

Seeing that she had been staring blankly the whole way, Krystal Jung couldn't help but ask, "What were you two talking about just now?"

Shirley hesitated for a moment, then chuckled softly, "It's nothing, I just need to go shopping for clothes tomorrow."

　I've been stockpiling chapters lately and forgot to set the timing, sorry everyone. Please wait a couple more days, I'll update a lot more after it's released.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)