"Hyun-joo, have you been waiting for a long time?" Kim Hyun-joo was already standing there when Lee Jae-chul arrived at the school gate in casual clothes at eight o'clock in the morning.

"No, I've just arrived for ten minutes. Kim Hyun-joo said with a smile and raised her head to look at Lee Jae-cheol, "I haven't seen you for a year, but I've grown taller and become more handsome." ”

"You, too, are more beautiful than before. Lee Jae-chul touched her head, "It's a pity that you haven't grown taller, I guess you can only come to my chin." ”

In fact, Kim Hyun-joo is not low, at the age of 20 this year, she is 167 cm tall, which is relatively tall among Korean girls.

"Hmph. Kim Hyun-joo wrinkled her nose and said dissatisfiedly: "I'm so tall, what's the matter! Anyway, you didn't go back to China to see me this year, so I thought you had forgotten my friend." ”

Lee Jae-chul pinched her nose and said: "No way, I was very busy in the United States one year, I made two movies, and I am only a screenwriter for one of them, so I don't have to follow the crew all the time, otherwise I will be even busier." ”

"Forget it, forgive you for the sake of what you prepared to ask me yesterday. Kim Hyun-joo waved his hand and said magnanimously.

"Then I'll thank Xianzhu Nuna. Although the two are classmates, Kim Hyun-joo is three years older than him and is indeed his sister's.

"Well, Nuna will take you to play. Kim Hyun-joo smiled and grabbed Lee Jae-chol's arm and left the school.

The two strolled down the street, Mr. Lee wearing sunglasses, and no one recognized him after he had only appeared twice in the media.

went to a roadside store to buy fried rice cakes, and Lee Jae-chul originally asked for two servings, but Kim Hyun-joo said that she couldn't eat it, so she had to eat one for two people. Kim Hyun-joo swallowed the rice cake and looked at Lee Jae-chul's face slightly in a trance.

"What?"

Kim Hyun-joo reacted and lowered her head.

"I saw the newspaper yesterday. After a moment of silence, she spoke, "That LOVE Entertainment is your company, right?"

"Hmm. ”

"That...... Is Kim Tae-hee also an artist in your company?"

"Yes, I suddenly came to me and said that I wanted to be an artist, and then I signed her. "Lee Jae-chul is a little strange, why did he suddenly mention this?

Kim Hyun-joo paused, took a deep breath, and said in a trembling voice, "Kim Tae-hee...... Is that your girlfriend?"

Lee Jae-chul was slightly stunned, then shook his head and smiled: "What do you want?" Stretched out his hand and patted the top of Kim Hyun-joo's head full of green silk, "My relationship with her is the same as the relationship between me and you, they are all friends." ”

Hearing this, Kim Hyun-joo breathed a sigh of relief, and after struggling with his hands for a long time, he asked, "If I am also quite an artist, can you sign me?"

"I remember that your previous dream was to go to a tourist attraction, why did you suddenly want to be an artist?" A few years ago, Kim Hyun-joo's father disagreed with his daughter's admission to Kyung-hee, and Lee Jae-chul persuaded him.

Kim Hyun-joo stiffened for a moment, suddenly raised her head, grabbed Lee Jae-cheol's hand on the table, and stared at the eyes of the man opposite firmly and passionately with her crystal-like eyes, and said word by word: "Because in my heart, there are some things that are more important than that." ”

She has always understood her intentions, when Lee Jae-chul came to school, because of his handsome appearance and good grades, he was liked by almost all the girls in the class, including Kim Hyun-joo who sat next to him. High school girls are more subtle in expressing their emotions, and the general countermeasures for the people they like are: make friends with each other first, and then confess after the feelings are deep.

As soon as he came up, he directly confessed that he was either an old driver or extremely confident.

It's a pity that the routines of the girls in Lee's class are too uniform.

"Lee Jae-cheol, this is a greeting card for you, can we be friends?"

"Zai Zhe, give you chocolate, let's make friends, okay?"

……

and so on, all of which were directly rejected by Lee Jae-cheol.

But Kim Hyun-joo is different, she is more subtle than the girls above, she has always done a little favor without saying a word, at most saying hello and smiling, never with a clear purpose, but Lee Jae-chul took the initiative to make friends with her.

Kim Hyun-joo was excited for a long time after becoming a friend, and Lee Jae-chul looked cold, but he cared about his friends very much, and Kim Hyun-joo was even happier after realizing this. But due to shyness, Kim Hyun-joo never confessed, and originally explained his mind to Lee Jae-chul when he was going to college, but he didn't expect Lee Jae-chul to go to the United States.

The two have only seen each other a handful of times in three years, plus Lee Jae-chul became famous in the United States, Kim Hyun-joo feels that the gap with him is too big, and thinks that as long as Lee Jae-chul alienates her after a while, he will be able to forget him.

But yesterday I happened to see Lee Jae-chul in the newspaper and Kim Tae-hee sitting next to him, Kim Hyun-joo's heart was instantly erupted, driven by sourness and longing and the grievance that he did not contact him when he returned to China, Kim Hyun-joo dialed Lee Jae-chol's phone, and as a result, Lee Jae-chol's voice was not estranged, as in the past. The moment she hung up the phone, Kim Hyun-joo felt that she had entered a cage from which she could never escape, but she was willing.

Kim Hyun-joo knows that Kim Tae-hee, who is a year older than her, likes Lee Jae-cheol, and she feels that she can't let Lee Jae-cheol and Kim Tae-hee get along for a long time, otherwise she may lose the most important person in her life. So Kim Hyun-joo proposed that she also want to become an artist and enter LOVE Entertainment.

In the eyes of some people, ideals are above all else, and they can even give up their family, lovers, and friends to chase their ideals. But in Kim Hyun-joo's view, working in a scenic spot is not important at all compared to living a life with someone she likes. So she also wants to become an artist and stay by Lee Jae-cheol's side. From another point of view, in fact, being with Lee Jae-chul is Kim Hyun-joo's biggest ideal.

Looking at the eagerness that seemed to overflow in the girl's eyes, Lee Jae-cheol held her soft and boneless whiteness, "Okay, when I finish the business in the United States this year, I will let you enter the company." ”

Kim Hyun-joo was touched by the warmth that came from Lee Jae-chol's hands, and when she heard him agree to her request, a smile spread across her face, "Well, I'll do my best!"

"Alright, let's go for a walk. Lee Jae-chul proposed.

Kim Hyun-joo didn't speak, but silently grabbed his arm again. Lee Jae-chul smiled, and the two left the rice cake shop.

………………………………………………

LOVE Entertainment Company Building

"Hello Miss, who are you looking for?" asked the woman who hurriedly entered the door wearing a mask and sunglasses.

"Ah, I'm looking for Lee Jae-cheol. ”

"Have you agreed with Mr. Li in advance?"

"Nope. There was anger in the woman's voice, "Just tell him that he made an important promise to me." ”

"Okay. Although it was strange, the reception still dialed Lee Jae-cheol's phone.

After some inquiry, the receptionist looked up and said, "Miss, Mr. Li said that he will come down immediately, please wait a moment." ”

Two minutes later, the elevator door opened, and Lee Jae-chul walked up to the woman, "I knew you would come, let's go." ”

After entering the office, the woman took off the cover on her face and said dissatisfiedly to Li Zaizhe: "Oh, I thought that Master Li had forgotten about me as a little star." ”

"No, you're a special person to me, and I owe you an answer, how dare I forget. Looking at the cute expression on the woman's face, Lee Jae-chul smiled.

"Since I haven't forgotten, why did I sign so many artists, but I missed it? Am I Jun Ji-hyun inferior to them?" This woman is Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jae-cheol asked the director of SHQ company to represent his equity to sign her, and let her participate in two TV series in 98 and 99, and won the best female newcomer in the film department of the Baeksang Arts Awards for her role as Yeon Min in the movie "White.Valentine's Day".

"Of course not, Wuli Jihyun is great. Lee Jae-chul gave a thumbs up.

"Then how do you ......?"

Knowing what she was going to say, Lee Jae-chul interrupted: "Do you think, if there is news that you have changed jobs and tore up your contract, what will the people think of you? You also know that I have shares in many companies, and if the action is too big to make someone realize my purpose, it will be very detrimental to the development of LOVE, so I decided to transfer your contract to LOVE after a while." It won't affect my future plans. ”

"How do you transfer the contract?" Jun Ji-hyun wondered.

"Your contract has always been in the hands of my people, this is good to work a little, the key is how to take advantage of the opportunity to expand your influence. ”

"My people found something that SHQ has installed bugging devices in the communication items of its popular artists, and using this to turn you into a victim will make you more popular. Lee Jae-chul said lightly.

Jun Ji-hyun silently stared at the man in front of him, and sighed for a while: "I really don't know how to describe your ......"

Li Zaizhe's face darkened, and he forced a smile: "The scheming is too heavy, and the city is quite deep?"

Jun Ji-hyun shook his head and walked up to Lee Jae-cheol, "I think it should be a 'reliable man'" tilted his head sideways and stood on tiptoe, his soft lips touching Lee Jae-cheol's cheek.

"It's a reward for you. Jun Ji-hyun said softly, "Do you remember what you said to me on the Han River Bridge?"

"Yes. Lee Jae-cheol looked at the cute woman with slightly red cheeks in front of him, and smiled warmly, "I can't give you the answer yet." ”

Seeing Jun Ji-hyun's eyes dimmed, Lee Jae-cheol added: "In the more than one month since I returned to China, I have felt a lot of things, and I must think clearly before replying to you." ”

"A lot of things?" Jun Ji-hyun wondered.

Lee Jae-chul didn't answer, he remembered the people he had seen these days, Kim Tae-hee, Kim Hyun-joo, and Jun Ji-hyun, who was now standing in front of him, and his titular sister, Lee Yoon-xin.

For a moment, Lee Jae-chul hugged Jun Ji-hyun and whispered, "What I can tell you now is that I like you." From the time you forcibly kissed me on the bridge, I liked you even before that. At first, I just admired the girl who pursued her ideals, and later I would unconsciously care about you.

"Actually, I'm a contradictory person, because of the past, I'm afraid of being lonely, and I always want to be close to someone who can bring me warmth, and you are one of them. But at the same time, I am also very cold, I can ignore the life and death of strangers, I can calculate others, I can do whatever it takes to achieve the end.

"You say, is a person who desires warmth but is indifferent to others like a psychopath?"

Seeing that Jun Ji-hyun was silent, Lee Jae-cheol felt bitter in his heart. Just as he was about to let go of her, Jun Ji-hyun spoke.

"Not really. Jun Ji-hyun hugged Lee Jae-chul tightly with his backhand, "No, I don't know how you treat others, but you are very good to me, I know that you have been able to appear in TV and movies for the past few years because you have helped me behind my back, and I don't know when it will be until you are not for you, so you are like the sun to me." You just said that I can bring you warmth, but in fact you also gave me a lot of warmth. I can't control what you do to others, and I don't want to care, as long as you treat me well, it's enough. ”

"Thank you. Lee Jae-cheol's eyes were a little hot, this was the first time he had spoken to someone about his inner contradictions, and Jun Ji-hyun's words made him understand how the people he cared about thought of him. Now, Lee Jae-chul feels very happy.

"You just said that I was one of the people who can bring you warmth, so who else?" Jun Ji-hyun asked.

"Mom, Nuna, sister, and you and your two friends. Lee Jae-cheol said, "Okay, it's not early, I'll invite you to dinner." ”

"Inside. ”

Letting go of Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jae-cheol led her out the door. Feeling the residual warmth that belonged to Jun Ji-hyun, and thinking of Kim Hyun-joo and Kim Tae-hee, he sighed in his heart: Can I still treat you as ordinary friends......