Chapter 90 Come quickly, my dear.
Before Anju Feng and Quan Zhilong officially got together, the two would often talk alone in a corner.
They've only just started dating, but in the eyes of Taeyang and the staff he frequently interacts with, they've been boyfriend and girlfriend for a long time.
The young couple whispering to each other in the corner was something they were used to.
So no one noticed the abnormal redness on An Rufeng's face, which relieved her.
After training, it was already late at night when they got home. In the parking lot, the two had to part ways and go home separately.
Kwon Ji-yong held An Ru-feng like a boneless person, burying his face in the crook of her shoulder, and occasionally kissing her earlobe.
Shall I take you home?
His girlfriend, whom he had just started dating, had been busy with training and they hadn't spent much time together. Kwon Ji-yong didn't want to break up with her and wanted to spend more time with her.
An Yeo-pung rented a house near Wai-gee in Mapo-gu, while Kwon Ji-yong currently lives in Hannam-dong, so they can walk together for a while.
An Rufeng felt ticklish on her neck from his touch and couldn't help but reach out and stroke his face, gently stroking it to signal him not to move: "You're in your active period right now, and who knows how many people are watching you. Believe me or not, by tomorrow, the gossip headlines will be about GD meeting a mysterious woman at night."
She was Kwon Ji-yong back then, and she witnessed the power of stalker paparazzi.
Kwon Ji-yong lifted his head from the crook of her neck and kissed An Joo-feng lightly, from her forehead to the corner of her eye, from her eyes to her cheeks, from her chin to her lips, struggling as he said, "You're my manager, it's okay if you get photographed, it's normal to ride together."
“What kind of celebrity drives their manager home?” An Rufeng punctured his wishful thinking.
In fact, fans often consider it a beautiful story when celebrities drive their managers and staff home, and they readily accept it.
But Anru Feng is a new staff member, and she recently caused dissatisfaction among fans due to her "unprofessionalism," so that's a different story.
If fans find out that Kwon Ji-yong took her home, it will only reinforce their impression that she is unprofessional, and she might get criticized again.
Kwon Ji-yong, of course, understood this principle. He sighed, hugged An Joo-bong, kissed her, and reluctantly parted from her.
When An Rufeng returned home, the kitchen light was still on.
From childhood to adulthood, An Rufeng had never experienced such intense exercise. She would always be hungry when training until the evening, so her father would make her a midnight snack every day.
Because every meeting would be one less in the future, An Rufeng couldn't leave South Korea. Her parents moved to South Korea to live with her some time ago.
Hearing the noise, Dad put away the spatula and wiped his hands.
"You're back?" Mr. An came out of the kitchen. "Are you hungry? I cooked you a bowl of noodles."
An Rufeng had been training all night, her hair was a little messy, but her eyes lit up. There was a bowl of steaming plain noodles on the table.
The scallions are bright green, and a few specks of oil float on the surface of the soup, instantly whetting the appetite.
This is Dad's specialty, Yangchun noodles, and also his favorite. While learning how to make Yangchun noodles delicious, he even wrote several articles about them.
“I stay up very late every day, so you don’t need to cook me midnight snacks every day. I can eat out.” An Rufeng said, but couldn’t help sitting down.
Mr. An brought her a glass of warm water and said with a smile, "I didn't go to bed early either. Your mother just ate a bowl of food and hasn't gone to sleep yet in the studio."
An Rufeng and her family of three are all creative individuals. A characteristic of creative individuals is that inspiration can strike at any time, especially at night, and their lives are not very regular.
An Rufeng took a bite of noodles: "Mmm! Dad's midnight snack is a hundred times better than anything you can get outside."
“Of course.” Mr. An winked smugly. “After studying cooking for so many years, you must have achieved something.”
An Rufeng nodded: "You're already the culinary master of our family."
Mr. An was very pleased and laughed out loud.
After watching her finish eating slowly, An's father asked, "How's your dance and singing practice going?"
"It's alright. The first concert is in a few days. If I go up there, I'm confident I can satisfy the fans. But it would be better if I didn't go up there."
Kwon Ji-yong is putting in his best effort to prepare the stage for his fans, and An Ru-feng hopes that his hard work won't go to waste.
She also hopes that the person who actually goes on stage is the one the fans are looking forward to, not her, even though the fans will never know if it is really her on stage.
"That's good. You should also get some rest," Mr. An said with a smile.
An Rufeng nodded, and then said, "After the first concert, I'll take a few days off, and then we'll go out and have some fun together."
An Rufeng knew that because she would not be able to travel through time in the future, her parents wanted to spend more time with her.
Anru Feng could easily sense their thoughts.
Unlike previous parallel worlds where An Rufeng rarely saw her parents, now An Rufeng can see them at home whenever she returns.
Actually, they are both people who like to go out.
But because she always had things to do, they never expressed their feelings to each other.
When An Rufeng suggested doing an activity together, An's father didn't say anything, but his expression brightened.
On April 25th and 26th, 2015, BigBang's 2015 World Tour (MADE) officially kicked off in Seoul.
As An Rufeng had hoped, they did not switch bodies during those two days; it was Kwon Ji-yong himself who went on stage.
The first concert went very smoothly.
After the first concert, the intense training can finally come to an end for Anru Feng.
Previously, due to time constraints, she had been spending a lot of time in the practice room in order to present a good performance at the first concert.
The next concert will be about a month later, so there won't be such intense training anymore, and I can take a break.
So after the first concert, Anru Feng didn't go to Waiji for the next few days.
Anyway, she's not a proper manager. She usually spends most of her time in the practice room and doesn't follow the schedule much, except for overseas trips or rehearsals, where she needs to familiarize herself with the process.
Cheongdam-dong was bustling with people. An Yeo-pung, her parents, Tang Yu, and Tang Yu's mother were shopping together.
Tang Yu's mother and An Rufeng's mother grew up together, attending the same elementary, middle, high school, and university schools. They have been best friends for decades.
Because they would never see each other again, Tang Yu's mother has been in South Korea recently, often spending time with An's mother.
There were many Chinese tourists in Cheongdam-dong, and Anjou's ears were filled with Chinese.
If it weren't for the fact that all the shops around her were in Korean and the shop assistants were saying "Alipay is accepted" in Chinese with a foreign accent, she would have thought she was shopping in China.
In recent years, Alipay has become widespread, and most Chinese people have become accustomed to electronic payments in the country.
When traveling and making purchases abroad, people often feel a bit out of place and can't help but ask if Alipay is accepted. As more and more people ask, some shops abroad have started accepting Alipay.
“Now that Alipay is accepted in foreign countries, Chinese people may use cash less and less in the future,” Mr. An remarked.
An Rufeng thought to herself, "That's right. It's not just that they'll use less cash; in the future, most Chinese people won't have a single penny of cash on them, and many families won't even have a single banknote except for the Lunar New Year."
"If this becomes more widespread, I won't need to carry cash anymore," Tang Yu said expectantly.
As someone who frequently accompanies his mother and Anru Feng on shopping trips, he is responsible for paying for their things and carrying their bags.
He doesn't like it when he encounters stores that don't accept credit cards and he has to pay in cash, which results in a lot of change of different sizes.
If Alipay becomes more widespread, he can use it for both large and small transactions, saving him a lot of trouble and eliminating the need to deal with a mess of loose change.
Anru and her companions wandered around aimlessly, chatting as they went, without any specific destination in mind. They would look at anything that seemed novel or interesting.
The group entered a trendy clothing store called Rare Market, which was full of customers, mostly young girls.
The store is decorated in a trendy and fashionable style, and offers both men's and women's clothing.
An Rufeng glanced at it briefly. The design of the clothes and jewelry was avant-garde, bold, and unique, not her own style, but rather Kwon Ji-yong's.
Although it wasn't her style, Anru Feng didn't go out. Instead, she slowly strolled around, hoping to find something suitable for Kwon Ji-yong.
The clothing style in the store is not the style that An's parents would wear.
However, both Mrs. An and Mrs. Tang are artists who enjoy exploring various cultures, and Mr. An studies cross-cultural issues and is very tolerant of all kinds of cultures, so it didn't stop them from enthusiastically shopping together.
As Anru strolled around, she always felt like someone was watching her.
She used to not care about other people's gaze, but because she sometimes swaps bodies with Kwon Ji-yong, she is now more sensitive to other people's gaze.
The first thing she thinks about now is who the other person is—a fan, a reporter, or a sasaeng fan—because she will respond differently depending on their identity.
An Rufeng subconsciously glanced at the source of the gaze without making a sound. Only when she looked over did she realize that she was herself. So she just glanced at it casually and saw that it was a few girls. She assumed that they were looking at her clothes and jewelry and felt that she was being too sensitive, so she stopped paying attention.
In fact, they were indeed watching Anru Feng.
Anru Feng was unaware that Rare Market was a trendy brand store opened by Kwon Ji-yong. Many fans came to Rare Market to shop and take photos, hoping to run into Kwon Ji-yong or support their idol.
Today, Kwon Ji-yong's fans were naturally among the people who came to the store.
When they saw An Rufeng come in, and knew that An Rufeng was Quan Zhilong's manager, they were pleasantly surprised and full of anticipation.
Since An Rufeng is Kwon Ji-yong's manager, does the manager's presence at the store mean that Kwon Ji-yong is also here?
So they looked at An Rufeng and her group several times, searching for Quan Zhilong.
In the jewelry section, Anru Feng saw a uniquely designed and gorgeous ring that suited Kwon Ji-yong's taste, so she picked it up.
There was another ring with a similar design next to it. Tang Yu looked at it and thought it was quite nice, so she picked it up and put it on her hand.
“I want this one too.” An Rufeng noticed it, glanced at the ring, and couldn’t help but say.
"Don't you already have one similar one? Why buy two similar ones?" Tang Yu asked, puzzled.
"Quan and I..." Realizing they were outside and others might hear, An Rufeng changed her words, "My boyfriend and I each have one."
The two rings are similar in style, but one is more ornate and the other is more understated, which suits them perfectly.
Tang Yu: ...
With a blank expression, he snatched the ring from his hand and, with a forced smile, shoved it into An Rufeng's hand.
Quan's sister had just finished work at the shop's studio and was heading home when she saw An Rufeng in the shop and recognized her as her brother's new manager.
Since they had never met before and didn't know each other, unlike Kwon Ji-yong's long-time work partners whom she was already very familiar with, she didn't go out of her way to greet him. She only told the staff to treat him well before leaving the store and going home.
Wai-ji Kwon Ji-yong's production studio.
Kwon Ji-yong, focused on his work, stretched and got up as usual, intending to leave the production studio and go to the practice room to see An Joo-feng.
Just as she stood up, she remembered that An Rufeng hadn't been in the practice room for the past few days, so she sat down again.
Ah, when will Ru Feng come back?
Kwon Ji-yong leaned back in his chair, looking utterly bored.
I used to see Rufeng every day, but after not seeing her for several days, I feel completely out of sorts.
Kwon Ji-yong picked up his phone, which had been lying aside for a long time, unlocked it, and opened KKT.
Seeing that he hadn't received a reply to the message he sent to An Ru Feng before creating the work, Kwon Ji Yong couldn't help but feel frustrated.
Oh, this woman!
Why have you ignored him for so long? Don't you miss him?
He was about to make a video call to An Rufeng when Sister Quan's call came in first.
Kwon Ji-yong answered the phone, smiling as he said, "Noona."
Kwon's sister's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Ji-yong."
"Um, what's up with Nuna calling me?"
"Hey kid, can't I call you just because I'm not busy?"
Kwon Ji-yong immediately begged for mercy.
Sister Quan let him go, and then asked, "Are you going home to live? If you are, I won't send you any more food."
Kwon Ji-yong lives outside, and his mother and sister would occasionally bring him homemade food.
She had just seen his agent shopping with her family at the store, and since the agent was resting, her younger brother was probably resting too, and might be going home, so she decided not to see him off and would just eat at home instead.
"I've been very busy lately and haven't had much free time, so I probably won't be going home."
Sister Quan asked curiously, "Very busy? Wasn't your manager on break? Didn't you take a break?"
"My manager is on break? Soonho and I are busy together." An Rufeng is his girlfriend, and Kwon Jiyong never imagined that the manager his sister was talking about was An Rufeng.
"Ah, she was resting alone." Sister Quan suddenly realized.
Then, smiling, she explained, "I saw your new manager, An Rufeng, shopping and taking a vacation with her fiancé and his family. I thought they were resting after your first concert. Since you're busy, I'll deliver it to you."
"Fiancé?! She doesn't have a fiancé." He's right here; how could his girlfriend possibly have a fiancé!
"Didn't she? I saw her shopping with a young man and their respective parents. I thought the two families were just getting to know each other," Sister Quan said casually.
She often follows news about Kwon Ji-yong. She knew about the rumors about him and his new manager a while ago, but the rumors died down after she heard that he had a fiancé.
She has a younger brother who is an entertainer, so she doesn't easily believe news reports.
However, when Tang Yu saw An Rufeng in the store today, it was obvious that they were shopping with their respective parents. A young couple shopping with their parents, and An Rufeng was wearing a ring on her ring finger, made it seem like the two families were exchanging feelings, so I subconsciously paired them up.
Kwon Ji-yong wouldn't stand for it and immediately clarified, telling her not to make random pairings: "Noona, Ru Feng is my girlfriend!"
"Mo?" Sister Quan was taken aback. "Your girlfriend?"
“Yes! Rufeng is the person I’m going to marry, Nuna, don’t try to pair her up with anyone else.”
"Oh my god, getting married?!" Quan's older sister was shocked to learn that An Rufeng was her younger brother's girlfriend and that they were getting married. She couldn't help but ask, "When did you two start dating?"
Have they been dating for a long time? But how come she, as the older sister, hasn't heard a word about it?
Besides, it hasn't been that long, has it? How did it get to the point of marriage? She remembered that he and Mizuhara Xizi had only broken up three or four months ago.
A few days ago.
Sister Quan: ...
Sister Quan was speechless. They had only been dating for a few days, what kind of marriage was this?
When will her brother's unreliable love life become a little more stable?
Sister Quan knew that he was always immature in handling relationships, so she just thought he was infatuated and didn't take it seriously.
As if knowing his sister's thoughts, Kwon Ji-yong said, "This time I'm serious. Ru-feng is really the person I want to marry."
"You still want to marry..." Sister Quan stopped halfway through her sentence and changed the subject, "Well, Ru Fengxi seems very good. Since you want to get married, you should get along well. If there are any conflicts, you need to be more mature in handling them this time."
Although Kwon Ji-yong didn't finish what she was going to say, he knew what she was going to say and didn't mind: "Alaso, Noona, we'll get along well."
On the surface, Kwon Ji-yong's sister accepted his explanation, but in her heart, she felt that Kwon Ji-yong was unreliable again and didn't think much of him.
After all, getting married after only a few days of dating seems unreliable no matter how you look at it.
He's usually quite serious about relationships, but they don't last long, or they're often on and off. He's not very good at handling relationship issues, so there's no reason why he could suddenly be good at it this time.
Moreover, he and Mizuhara Nishiko have been on and off for several years. During these years of separation, he also said that he had serious relationships with other people, but after a short period of dating, he ended up with Mizuhara Nishiko again.
I wonder if this will be the same situation again.
Ru Fengxi is Zhilong's manager. Even though they broke up, they still have to work together.
How awkward! Wouldn't it make things difficult to get the work done?
She remembered that there was a brand fashion event in Cheongdam-dong in a couple of days, and Suwon Seoja had a collaboration with that brand, so she would probably be there too.
Zhilong will probably go to that fashion event too. Rufengxi is his manager, so she'll probably go with him as well.
We don't know what will happen then.
Sister Quan frowned, then relaxed her brow and stopped thinking about it.
She never interfered with Kwon Ji-yong's love life, and Kwon Ji-yong rarely mentioned it. At most, she would say a word or two when he brought it up.
After finishing his phone call with his sister, Kwon Ji-yong planned to video call An Yeo-feng, but knowing she was out shopping and it wasn't convenient, he gave up.
Kwon Ji-yong opened KKT and sent a message to An Yeo-poong.
Kwon Ji-yong, feeling wronged: "You haven't spoken to me all morning!"
Anru Feng had just finished shopping at Rare Market and was taking out her phone to take pictures of what she bought to show Quan Zhilong when she received a message from him.
She noticed that he had sent her several messages, but she hadn't replied to any of them.
Anjoufeng: [Mianye, I'm shopping, I haven't checked my phone.]
Kwon Ji-yong replied quickly:
Want to go shopping? But I'm stuck alone in the workshop.
Anru and the others planned to have a meal and then go home, so they replied:
Should I come to see you this afternoon?
When Kwon Ji-yong saw An Yeo-feng's message, a smile crept onto his lips and his eyes narrowed, but his hand was typing:
I'm very busy.
Anru stroked his hair and sent him pictures of the things she had bought for him:
[Image] I saw some jewelry that suits you while shopping. I was planning to bring it to you this afternoon, but since you're busy, I'll give it to you another day when we meet.
Ru Feng bought him something? Quan Zhilong was overjoyed upon receiving the news and immediately dropped his pretense:
Come quickly, darling~
In the late afternoon, Anru went to Waiji.
Upon entering Kwon Ji-yong's studio, he smiled at An Yeo-feng and greeted her.
“This…” An Rufeng was about to give him the jewelry when Quan Zhilong spoke first, “It’s been so long since we last met, shouldn’t you give me a good hug first?”
He then embraced An Rufeng tightly.
An Rufeng smiled and hugged Quan Zhilong back.
Feeling An Rufeng gently embracing him, Quan Zhilong whispered in An Rufeng's ear, "Why is your hug so light? It's been so long, don't you miss me?"
An Rufeng was both amused and exasperated, but as he wished, she hugged him tightly and even kissed him.
Kwon Ji-yong was satisfied.
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Author's Note: I don't know if anyone's still reading. There will be an update tomorrow.
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