Chapter 58 Shaving the Head (First Update)
Lee Joo-hyuk tossed a piece of ice into his glass, and dense bubbles rose up. He took a sip, and warm, bright singing filled his ears.
"You asked me out just to watch your live stream with you?" Lee Joo-hyuk leaned over to look at Han Yoon-sung on the screen, rubbing his temples. "My vacation is precious."
"Did someone else ask you out?" Kwon Ji-yong glanced at the person next to him.
His blunt words struck Lee Joo-hyuk coldly in the face.
Lee Joo-hyuk felt like he'd been shot in the heart: "Your priority is obviously in the front row."
Seeing Kwon Ji-yong's perfunctory nod, he said that no one should hurt anyone else: "Yoon-sung didn't ask you out?"
Lee Joo-hyuk stretched his neck and snorted, "Tsk, he even created a alternate account."
Han Yoon-sung said goodnight in the live stream, and Kwon Ji-yong casually sent his farewell message.
【AUGENSTERN: Good night, sweet dreams~】
After the live stream ended, Kwon Ji-yong placed his phone face down on the table and met Lee Joo-hyuk's teasing gaze: "Valentine's Day will no longer belong to me."
His voice, tinged with alcohol, was magnetic and low-pitched, and the light cast shadows on his face through his lowered eyelashes.
Hearing his friend's words, Lee Joo-hyuk raised an eyebrow: "Yeah, but please don't ask me out next time. If you don't go, I will."
However, it would be strange if this guy, with his love-struck mind at its peak, didn't pester Han Yunxing to come find him on this special day.
Lee Joo-hyuk tapped the table lightly: "Why didn't you go see that person today?"
Kwon Ji-yong tilted his head back and downed a glass of wine, then propped his head up and said, "Yoon-sung's schedule is very busy." He added that his presence would only distract her.
Looking at the listless person, Lee Joo-hyuk picked up the wine and refilled the glass.
"I'm enlisting at the end of the month."
Lee Joo-hyuk's hand trembled, and the wine spilled down the side of the glass, leaving a puddle on the wooden table.
"Then shall I share some of my experience with you?"
Kwon Ji-yong looked up at Lee Joo-hyuk's buzz cut, then at his eyes. The two stared at each other, falling into an eerie silence.
Lee Joo-hyuk cleared his throat and muttered, "I'm considered a senior too," even though he was a conscript.
"I haven't told Yoon-sung when I'm going to enlist yet." Kwon Ji-yong swirled his glass, and a string of bubbles rose from the ice.
"She's been very busy lately."
"We agreed to go to the vet together, how can we go without Mom?!"
iye: ? ? I just went to get dewormed.
"Also, I've been busy with rehearsals for the past few days..."
He felt frustrated when he thought of the comments under the farewell stage video. How could they be a good match? The two MCs were just colleagues.
Lee Joo-hyuk listened with great interest to Kwon Ji-yong's incessant chatter.
"Aren't you," Lee Joo-hyuk pondered, searching for the right adjective, "too clingy?"
"Isn't this kind of schedule normal for celebrities?"
Kwon Ji-yong didn't answer, but downed the wine in his glass in one gulp, his Adam's apple bobbing.
After a while, he said, "I'm going home."
Lee Joo-hyuk waved his hand and said, "Fine, I'm prepared to be a tool."
The agent drove into the residential area, looking at the swaying Kwon Ji-yong with some concern: "Shall I take you upstairs?"
Kwon Ji-yong waved his hand, and went up alone.
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Han Yunxing leaned against the sofa, dozing off. In her hazy state, someone squeezed her hand tightly through her fingers. She struggled to open her eyes and said, "Oppa, you're back."
Kwon Ji-yong didn't speak, but played with Han Yoon-sung's slender fingers. After a while, he asked in a low, husky voice, "Don't you like the ring I gave you?"
Just as Han Yunxing was about to pull her hand back, her hand was gripped tightly again.
Kwon Ji-yong pressed closer: "It's okay if you don't like them, let's pick another pair together?"
Han Yunxing was held so tightly she couldn't move. She reached out to push him away, but the embrace tightened, and the misty steam hit her shoulders.
"I love you, baby, I love you, let's not be apart."
His sticky voice lingered in Han Yunxing's heart like silk threads, and she relaxed and fell into Quan Zhilong's arms.
But soon Han Yunxing struggled to get up.
With his arms empty, Kwon Ji-yong looked at the person in front of him with unease.
Han Yunxing reached out and hooked the silver thread at the collar, revealing the ring hidden inside.
She had just tried to explain, but this person kept holding her and wouldn't let go.
She chuckled and touched the corner of Quan Zhilong's eye, feeling the dampness on her hand: "Oppa, are you drunk today?"
"No," he answered in a muffled voice.
Han Yunxing crossed her arms: "When did you say we were going to break up?"
Unable to bear the word "separation," Quan Zhilong's eyes turned red, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Seeing his tears falling in a panic, Han Yunxing hurriedly said, "Wei? I like him, I like him the most. I like Kwon Ji-yong the most."
Kwon Ji-yong tilted his head back and remained silent. After a long while, his hoarse voice came through.
"Yunxing... I enlisted on the 27th."
"Oh," Han Yunxing replied casually, playing with Kwon Ji-yong's fingers.
Noticing Kwon Ji-yong's cautious gaze, she chuckled: "I was wondering when you were going to tell me?"
"Oppa, you can see the news online."
She took Kwon Ji-yong's hand and tied a red string around it, saying, "Come back safely."
Kwon Ji-yong carefully touched the red string on his hand. Just as he was about to ask Han Yoon-sung a question, he heard her cool voice ring in his ear.
Do you think I want to break up with you?
He quickly pressed his lips to Han Yunxing's and murmured, "I'm afraid you'll regret it."
Because of regret, he had no desire to share, and he rarely paid attention to the subtle interactions under his alternate account, and even his closest friend Han Daoen was completely unaware of it.
Thinking back to when Kwon Da-mi asked me a while ago, "You want to get married? Yoon-sung hasn't been dating you for very long, has she?"
"She's still young."
It seemed like everyone thought this relationship was just a small part of Han Yunxing's life. He pouted and asked, "Babe, am I that old?"
Han Yunxing was still annoyed by her regretful words, but Kwon Ji-yong's aggrieved question extinguished her anger the next moment.
"What?" She couldn't help but burst into laughter, only to be embraced by the exasperated Kwon Ji-yong.
After joking around for a while, Han Yunxing, panting, wiped away the tears of laughter from her eyes: "Not old, not old."
She smiled, her eyes crinkling: "I don't regret it at all."
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VIPs feel that Kwon Ji-yong has been too active lately.
I saw his photo with iye in the middle of the night and started making cheerful comments.
A forum
[N kinds of evidence that kjy is having an affair recently.]
OP: Kids, I have mixed feelings right now. As fans, I don't really want him to date, but seeing how happy he is, his girlfriend must be a really good person. Now I'm starting to worry, will they break up after he enlists in the military?
—I'm here to see the evidence, kkk
—I really didn’t think he talked. Wasn’t it obvious that Long Yi talked?
—The original poster is here with evidence: First, Oppa doesn't have any particular food preferences, so isn't it strange that he suddenly says he likes vanilla-flavored snacks? Second, what are the snow scenes and fireworks that have been repeatedly posted on his social media referring to? Third, the ring that suddenly appeared—he's never taken it off in his recent Instagram posts. Does he really like it that much? ...Today's Instagram post ostensibly shows off his cat, but is he actually showing off his new bracelet? Is it a red string bracelet?
—Wow, so perceptive! I was just staring at IG and grinning like an idiot.
—Just passing by, and the original poster is actually worried about him breaking up?!
—My brother is so old, he's long since desensitized to the idea of him dating. He just hopes that his new girlfriend will be good to him.
—Although there have been many troubles in the past year, Oppa has been in good condition, so it is speculated that his sister-in-law appeared in this year.
If you can't accept it, can't you just quietly enlist and come back safely?
—Can the original poster find out who the sister-in-law is?
—What's the use of kkk? Even if it's exposed, they won't admit it.
...
Han Yunxing held the hair clippers, looking conflicted: "Oppa, why don't you just ask Cody to shave your head?"
Kwon Ji-yong just smiled, but Kwon Da-mi, who was standing next to him, couldn't stand it and unfolded her apron and wrapped it around Kwon Ji-yong's chest.
"It's alright, Yunxing, go ahead and do it."
Han Yunxing turned on the hair clipper, the buzzing sound making her heart jump into her throat.
"I...I'm starting now?"
At Han Yunxing's command, Han Daoen, carrying a watering can, unceremoniously wet Kwon Ji-yong's fluffy hair.
"Don't worry, I even consulted a hairdresser." Although it was just a buzz cut, Han Yunxing still consulted with Sister Cody. Sister Cody was quite curious and asked Han Yunxing to post her learning progress after the haircut.
Han Yunxing held Kwon Ji-yong's head still with one hand, and as the clippers moved, his brown hair fell onto his white apron.
Han Daoen teased Kwon Ji-yong about his new hairstyle, only to be met with a sharp glare from Han Yunxing: "Don't bother me while I'm getting my hair cut!"
Sensing Han Yoon-sung's tension, Kwon Ji-yong comforted her, "It's okay, relax."
Han Yunxing waved the buzzing clippers in front of his eyes: Don't say anything!
Fortunately, Han Yunxing successfully mastered the hairdressing secrets taught by Sister Cody, and her lion's head turned into a perfect hard-boiled egg.
She put down the clippers, picked up a small towel, and carefully brushed away the stray hairs.
"Finish!"
Han Yoon-sung snapped out of the tense atmosphere, scrutinizing Kwon Ji-yong's new look, a smile blooming in her eyes.
“Oppa, you’re a kiyo-yaki hard-boiled egg~” She held up a mirror and handed it to Kwon Ji-yong.
Kwon Ji-yong looked at his reflection in the mirror and covered his face with a curious smile.
The mirror reflected Han Daoen's act of secretly taking pictures, and Kwon Ji-yong stood up: "Hey! Han Daoen!"
The two people who are cool and aloof outside are now playing a chase game at home. Kwon Da-mi rolled her eyes: "I wonder who took pictures of Dawn before?"
Thinking of Han Daoen with his buzz cut in the photo album, Han Yunxing decided not to pay any attention to Quan Zhilong, who was reaching out to her.
After Quan's parents came out of the kitchen, Han Daoen automatically stopped what she was doing.
Kwon Ji-yong looked at his good-boy image with disdain and went over to help his parents bring out the dishes.
"Thank you, Dawn and Yoon-sung, for coming to see Ji-ryong off." Kwon's father looked at Han Yoon-sung and his sister gently.
"We're friends," Han Daoen replied politely, glancing out of the corner of her eye at Kwon Ji-yong peeling shrimp, and then chuckled.
"He looks so energetic." Looking at her upright son, Quan's mother smiled, her eyes filled with pride and reluctance. "Time flies."
Time flies, and tomorrow is the day Kwon Ji-yong will enlist in the military.
After dinner, ignoring Han Daoen's sharp gaze, Kwon Ji-yong pulled Han Yoon-sung to sit down on a rattan chair on the terrace.
"Take care of yourself." He stroked Han Yunxing's soft hair.
“This is what I should say,” Han Yunxing said, pulling the hand above her head and intertwining their fingers tightly. “Oppa, take care of yourself~”
She suddenly thought of something: "I'll ask my unnies to call them if I encounter anyone I don't like."
"And my phone number, I'll answer if you call."
Han Yunxing heard that the bullying by seniors and juniors in the military is very serious, especially for idols, it's like hell mode. So, in order to have peace during their enlistment, many idols will ask female idols they are close to before enlisting. If they can get in touch with a female idol, the veterans will make their enlistment life easier.
Kwon Ji-yong's heart softened as he listened to Han Yoon-sung's instructions: "I'll listen to our babe~"
"Remember to write to me, and answer my calls too~" Kwon Ji-yong said, shaking her hand affectionately.
“Most importantly—” he looked at Han Yunxing earnestly: “Wait for me to come back.”
Han Yunxing had heard this sentence countless times in the past few days. Even Kwon Jiyong himself couldn't bear the anxiety before their separation. He worried that Han Yunxing would find him annoying, but he couldn't help but overthink it every time.
However, Han Yunxing's answer was always the same.
"Okay! I'll wait for you to come back."
Kwon's parents pulled Kwon Da-mi aside: "What's the situation between Ji-yong and Yoon-sung?"
They were too embarrassed to say it at the dinner table, but now that they saw the two of them alone on the terrace, Kwon's parents asked their daughter behind Han Daoen's back.
"So... we got together." Kwon Da-mi replied hesitantly as she prepared to slip away.
"Why didn't you tell us after you were discharged from the military?" Kwon's mother glanced at Kwon Da-mi with annoyance, feeling that young people these days were really uncontrollable.
When the six of them were taking a group photo, Han Yoon-sung was pushed by Kwon's mother to stand next to Kwon Ji-yong.
"This composition looks good."
Kwon Da-mi almost choked.
Kwon Ji-yong smiled and put his arm around Han Yoon-sung's shoulder.
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The author says: AUGENSTERN: derived from German, meaning "star in the eye," or "the only star."
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