Chapter 39 Chapter 39 The Last Night in Kagoshima

"The room here will always be reserved for you. If you are tired, come back and rest." Park Jin-ri and Xing Ai clinked their glasses and said.

The four of them were barbecuing, drinking and chatting in the yard. The night was deep and the starry sky was particularly beautiful tonight.

"Park Jin-ri, tell me when you return to China, and we'll have dinner together again," said Kwon Ji-yong.

This month, he stayed in the paradise of Kagoshima with an old friend who had traveled with the second generation. He cherished it very much and started to miss it before he even left.

"Brother, next time you come, we will decorate your room carefully for you." He La also clinked glasses with Quan Zhilong.

"If our party selfies got out, everyone would be shocked, 'Wow, these people can actually get together!' and then start gossiping." Quan Xingai took her phone and took photos everywhere. She even asked her unnie to take selfies with her. In the end, the four of them took a bunch of abstract selfies together, making funny faces.

"I will probably go back to China soon. I plan to terminate my contract with the company and I don't plan to sign with another company in the next step. I've come to terms with it. At worst, I can just open a B&B here." Park Jin-ri said with a smile. She finally let go of all the unhappiness of the past and began to look forward to a new life.

"Ah, I have another inspiration. I need to take out my guitar..." Jeon Seong-ae, who came up with ideas as soon as they came up, held the guitar and played the party tune in her head. The cheerful and happy melody was light and simple, and then Park Jin-ri and He-ra joined in with a cappella singing.

Quan Zhilong's eyes lit up and he recorded this music with a video. Everyone's face was red from the alcohol. After getting drunk, singing along with the melody was not enough. The three girls hugged each other's shoulders and danced wildly on the beach.

"Oppa, stop taking pictures and come here!" Park Jin-ri came over and pulled Kwon Ji-yong along.

The four of them sang and danced, and finally played a game of racing on the beach. Park Jin-ri grabbed He-ra, who was still trying to chase the two people in front, and pulled her back.

"Let them be together. It's been a month, and there's no progress at all! Today is the last night." Park Jinri smiled.

"Are you trying to bring them together? They already have a crush on each other, right?" The two returned to the villa and continued barbecuing and chatting.

"Yeah, everyone in the world can see that they've always cared about each other, but it's just that the flirtation isn't deep enough..."

"Park Jinri, don't worry about this. Do you really need to worry about Zhilong's love skills?"

"Tsk tsk, you don't understand, I'm just worried about Brother Zhilong. I'm not worried about Xingai's charm. Who wouldn't like her? But Xingai seems to treat Brother Zhilong differently. There's no ambiguity in her eyes. She's just purely concerned about his emotions and mood."

On the other side, although Quan Xingai was lazy, he had well-developed athletic cells. He faced Quan Zhilong, who had just been discharged from the army. For a while, the two were evenly matched in running. They ran along the deserted path along the coast all the way to the dock. The deep-water port was empty. Due to the epidemic, there was no ship docked. Only the moonlight sprinkled white silver fragments.

"Oppa, I've always wanted to say sorry to you." Quan Xingai looked at the sea with her back to Quan Zhilong.

"Sorry? Sorry for what?" Kwon Ji-yong was puzzled. Instead, he wanted to say sorry to Xing Ai, and feel sorry for the unexpected disaster that started with the scandal in 2017.

"I'm sorry for drinking too much on New Year's Eve and making a simple issue complicated. We haven't had a good talk about this in more than two months. I'm sorry." If Quan Xingai knew that the consequence of drinking too much and impulsively going to bed would make it even more difficult for Quan Zhilong to get over his sadness, she would definitely run away instead of jokingly teasing and provoking him.

"Why are we talking about this today? Will Aquaman ever feel guilty?" Kwon Ji-yong had a bad feeling. He felt that Jeon Seong-ae wanted to cut off ties with him. He didn't know why, after he told her about his past relationship with Sarah and expressed his longing for her, the ambiguous atmosphere between them seemed to be gradually fading.

Admittedly, although Quan Zhilong himself has not yet figured out whether his feelings for Quan Xing'ai are for her personally or due to the inertia of familiarity, he only knows that he does not want to sever the atmosphere between them. He does have a good impression of this girl. No matter where this good impression comes from and where it will go, at least now, he does not want to give up easily.

"Because I'm going back to Seoul, we probably won't meet often. If I don't mention it now, there may never be another chance..."

"Really? I don't have a job right now. Although your small apartment is cramped and the environment is old, it is surprisingly safe and no paparazzi will pay attention to it. Maybe it's because it is very different from the living area of ​​celebrities, so it is very convenient to find you every night." Kwon Ji-yong smiled, remembering that he can now find the route from Hannam-dong to Seongjung-gu with his eyes closed.

Quan Xingai turned around and looked at the man who was smiling but didn't respond to her. She frowned and said, "It was an accident before. An accident means that he is not regular, normal, or controllable..."

"Do you have someone you like?" Quan Zhilong interrupted the other person and asked calmly.

"No...how does this have anything to do with the person I like?"

"I thought Xingai had someone she liked and should keep her distance from all the opposite sex."

"This isn't just a normal distance... it's a negative distance..." The girl, who didn't know what shame was, complained speechlessly.

"Oh, little friend, your head is full of messed up thoughts. Is that the only thing I think about when I see you? Let me ask you first, are we happy together?"

Jeon Seong-ae felt weird, but still answered honestly, "Yeah, I'm happy."

"Wouldn't it be appropriate for us to make music together?"

"That's... well, it's appropriate." Quan Xingai nodded again.

"Are we honest with each other about unhappy things and encourage each other?"

“…” Quan Xingai nodded silently.

"Aren't we friends then? Is there a problem with me coming to you as a friend?"

"Ah... As friends, of course there's no problem. We are friends—" Quan Xingai was speechless. Following the other party's line of thought, she could only agree. Then she changed the subject and said, "Then Oppa, our relationship is defined as friends, right?"

Quan Zhilong, who was blocked by the general's logic, gritted his teeth and laughed, "Xing Ai, Xing Ai, you are using all your tricks on me? As if I would do anything to you. In the beginning, you were the one who took the initiative to me. You stood in front of me and said you were Sarah, and you smoked like that and spoke in that manner. After I ignited my interest in you, you ran away. You are really the worst woman in the world."

"I didn't mean it... I didn't know you'd be so upset. If you knew I..." Quan Xingai felt a little guilty and whispered to herself. Seeing that he was looking at her seriously, and that his eyes seemed to be full of unspoken words after drinking, she said in a voice that he could hear, "Yes, I am a bad woman. I like to be ambiguous, not in love. I just like to hook others. You'd better stay away from me."

"But you've already successfully hooked me. I can't sort out my feelings and can't escape the emotional pull, but I agree that we really need to handle our relationship properly. Little friend, there's no need to arm yourself with fangs and claws, nor do you need to be so defensive. Let's start by being friends."

Kwon Ji-yong has a pair of passionate eyes. When he looks at you, it is as if you are the most important person in the world. He also likes to push and pull, and likes to see others fall in love with him, but now he himself can't figure out his own emotions. He doesn't want to let go of this woman who has a similar temperament to Sarah, but he feels that such emotional compensation should not develop into love, so he is also full of contradictions.

Quan Xingai breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, let's be friends."

"Let's go back to Seoul. Let me sober up after we get back to Seoul." Hearing the girl's straightforward agreement, Kwon Ji-yong couldn't help but step forward and stroke the girl's cheek.

"You..." Jeon Seong-ae squeezed her hands. The other person's eyes were the same as before. It seemed that 10 years had passed, but Kwon Ji-ryong was still the same boy under the moonlight. She could not bear to reject the boy's sincere love. "Then go back to Seoul and sober up. But I am Jeon Seong-ae now. Sarah is the past. She has left."

She grabbed the other person's collar, their noses touching, and spoke slowly, enunciating each word.

Quan Zhilong felt the alcohol rising up, and his nose was filled with a circle of roses. He wanted to hug the other person tightly. He could not hear anything else in his ears, and did not even notice Quan Xingai's strange words. The girl was half a head shorter than him. He held her face and rubbed her nose and cheeks with his nose like a puppy.

"I know it's Xing'ai, my hateful and mean-spirited little friend." He said with a smile.

"Yeah, you always can't refuse bad women, just like ten years ago..." Quan Xingai sighed, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or the other person, and didn't care whether the other person heard or understood. He just grabbed his collar and pulled him closer, and the next second his lips moved forward.

When the girl's red lips, with the coolness and aroma of wine, came up, Quan Zhilong had already hugged her waist and rubbed her into his arms. He closed his eyes and kissed the long-lost red lips fiercely, "You wasted so much time this past month even though you live next door, you bad girl, did you do this on purpose?"

Quan Xingai opened her eyes wide and wanted to refute, but was stopped by Quan Zhilong again. The two hugged each other tightly in the moonlight and kissed passionately. This messy relationship became more and more chaotic.

After a passionate kiss at the dock, they gasped for breath, calming their restless bodies and minds. It took a while before they slowly walked back along the beach. They held hands, their fingers intertwined, their gestures intimate, but their words were harsh and unforgiving. "Oppa, please stop liking my posts when we get home. I used to be able to ride on your popularity, but now I feel like there's something fishy going on."

"Tsk tsk, is it because you fall in love with Oppa? Is it because my kiss is so great?" Kwon Ji-yong pulled the girl and walked slowly in the moonlight, unable to help but brag.

"Oppa, your kissing skills...tsk tsk..." Quan Xingai shook her head and pouted with a calm face.

Quan Zhilong pulled the girl closer in disbelief, narrowing his eyes and speaking in a dangerous tone, "Huh? Go on, what happened to Oppa's kiss? Did your legs feel weak just now? You're really stubborn, kid."

"Ha, my legs are weak? My mouth is tough? It's not my mouth that's in, it's someone else's." Quan Xingai smiled and glanced down with raised eyebrows.

"..." Quan Zhilong was speechless again. Where did this woman come from? He held his forehead and smiled at the moon.

When Quan Xingai thought Quan Zhilong was broken, he looked at her with sparkling eyes again, "Do you like this kind of play? It's too cold, honey, we can't do it here, but we still have a long night to discuss my skills when we get back."

Quan Xingai blinked and looked at the other person in disbelief. "You are talking about this topic without changing your expression, Oppa, where is my shy Zhilong? Are you hiding?"

"You are so disrespectful, calling me by my name again. I will force you to call me daddy later." Quan Zhilong sneered, then picked up the girl and ran towards the villa.

All the stars will lie down wherever they fall, it's all a mess anyway, and we've already agreed to be friends again when we return to Seoul, so now... let's just leave it at that, it's the last night of the holiday anyway, let's be last lovers again on this last night.

She lay on the man's broad shoulders and looked up at the moon with great effort. What a gentle moonlight and smiling starry sky.

*

After returning to Osaka, Quan Xingai was horrified when she received a call from Wu Xianhao. The first thing he said was that she and Quan Zhilong must not take the same flight tomorrow, because Xingai's flight information was leaked. Wu Xianhao heard that domestic media had set up equipment at the airport tomorrow to broadcast her return live.

So there is a high probability that she will be surrounded by the media as soon as she gets off the plane tomorrow.

"There will be a live broadcast. Don't tell me you plan to return home dressed like this?" In the hotel suite, Quan Zhilong crossed his arms and looked dissatisfied.

"...Then do I have to buy some haute couture clothes to wear to the airport?" Quan Xingai sighed.

"I really can't do anything about you. Wait for me at the hotel." Quan Zhilong came over, turned the girl's face and kissed her, then went downstairs with a hat and a mask.

Quan Xingai was still a little dazed, her mind full of unhappiness about having to go back to China to go to school and work. By the way, she also took the time to think: Would Quan Zhilong really buy her clothes?

Two hours later, Quan Xingai fell asleep again in the room. Then she heard some noise in a daze. The door of the suite was opened. Quan Zhilong came back, and then her room door was knocked.

Quan Xingai rubbed his eyes and yawned as he opened the door. "You're not really going to buy clothes, are you?"

"I originally wanted to buy you Chanel ready-to-wear clothes, but considering that you are only a second-tier idol and your character is that of a poor academic master, I changed it to an ordinary trendy brand." Kwon Ji-yong is the kind of person who will give 120% of his heart to whoever he likes. Although he feels that his relationship with Jeon Seol-ae is still as sticky as a sticky one, his body and mind have already unconsciously leaned towards her and want to treat her better.

"Oppa, you are still so considerate and thoughtful. You look so good. Your outfit is totally Ji-yong style." Quan Xingai accepted Quan Ji-yong's kindness. Looking at the whole set of Rei Kawakubo, Nike and Converse items, she was really touched that the other party still remembered her endorsement.

"I will go back the day after tomorrow. You go first tomorrow and return to China... Phew, let's talk about it when we get back." Quan Zhilong smiled and touched the top of the girl's head, revealing a smile.

"Yes, thank you." Quan Xingai leaned over and hugged Quan Zhilong, but when she was leaving, the man pulled her back and hugged her again.

"So you really won't regret just being friends? You'll never find a boyfriend as perfect as this again."

"Again? You can't bear to leave me?"

"Ms. Witch, you're really narcissistic. Go talk to the other people in your fish pond. You're not going to go out on a date or have dinner with them when you get back anyway..."

"Stop, stop. This is a crew dinner and the start of school. You're talking nonsense." Quan Xingai pushed the man away.

"Well, tonight..."

"Good night, go to sleep, senior, please don't take advantage of the juniors, okay."

"Tsk tsk, you hugged me last night and said... um..." Before Quan Zhilong could finish his words, Quan Xingai covered his mouth and pushed him out the door resolutely.

"I was so touched that you bought me clothes specially, but now you should go to bed early. Good night." Quan Xingai said with gritted teeth but a smile, then closed the door firmly.

After being kicked out, Quan Zhilong successfully smiled as a prank, but the smile gradually disappeared. He looked at Osaka where it was raining outside the window and was not in a good mood. After a while, he made up his mind and called Yang Xianshuo.

"Brother, I'll come to the company the day after tomorrow and we can talk. Yes, it's about the contract. I've already thought about it. Yes, I'm sure. We'll talk about the details the day after tomorrow."