After coaxing the two illegitimate meals away at the door of the dormitory, Wang Nanqian only buried his head in the small alley that looked deserted, and after making a few random circles, Wang Nanqian found that he had completely failed to distinguish where he was running now.

There was no longer any light coming out of the windows in the row of low-slung private houses next to him: most of the people who live in Seoul must have fallen asleep, right? After checking twice that there were no pedestrians on the road he was on, Wang Nam-qian stopped, stood under a dim street lamp, and reached for his mobile phone.

It stands to reason that he has also spent seven or eight years in Seoul, and if he were other international students studying here, he would probably be very familiar with the city, right? However, as a trainee with the goal of becoming an artist on his debut, Wang Nanqian has been living an extremely boring life all these years: standing in this residential area that looks no different from other places, if it weren't for the map app installed on his phone, he even doubted that he would have been able to walk the same way for five minutes to return to EXO's dormitory.

Constantly touching the screen of the mobile phone, he sent a message to Kim Taeyeon, who didn't know where he was driving a sports car, in a way that sent a message to Kim Tae-yeon: it was just such a simple action, but Wang Nanqian felt as if she had exhausted the strength of her whole body.

What should she say when she sees each other later? What will she say?

Although he said a big thing to this Park Chulong in the last phone call before going out, but when he was really about to meet Kim Taeyeon, Wang Nanqian found that he was nervous as if he was taking the monthly exam for trainees for the first time when he first entered the company: because of this anxious mood, even the constant music sound from the headphones that had been hanging in his ears made him feel a little harsh- Sighing and tearing off his headphones, he vaguely saw the light of the headlights of a car not far in front of the alley as the sound of the piano etude that had been poured into his phone disappeared.

It came so fast.

There wasn't even a little more space and time to prepare and gather the mood - like her sudden phone call.

It's so fast that people don't have time to take any precautions, so fast that people don't see any signs, and it's really happened.

The sound of engines shattered the quiet atmosphere in the alley, and the two blinding lights grew closer and closer, before raising their hands to cover their eyes. Wang Nanqian recognized the figure of the sports car.

"I just drove to the neighborhood, so I was lucky not to have to go around again. When the sports car, which broke the silence of the alley, stopped in front of him, the voice he heard was surprisingly calm and natural: just like when the two of them were "friends and family" in the past, he didn't hear anything unusual in Kim Tae-yeon's tone.

Isn't she embarrassed at all?

After a phone call like that. After she said those words and wrote those lyrics, why did she act like nothing had happened?

Why is it that people who should be nervous don't seem nervous at all, but they are already having trouble breathing?

Pulling open the door on the co-pilot's side, Wang Nanqian felt that his movements had become stiff: instead of responding to the other party's words of greeting or simply expressing emotion, he sat down in the seat next to Kim Taeyeon, who was wearing big sunglasses.

"Nanqian Oppa. I'm sorry to call you out at night," Kim Taeyeon smiled and took off her sunglasses and stepped on the accelerator again after seeing the man who hadn't said a word from beginning to end close the car door, "You didn't have any trouble coming out of the dorm, did you?" ”

The people around him sat there stiffly like a stone, and they didn't even change their expressions and the movements of clasping their hands around their chests, but Kim Taeyeon continued her "self-talk" without care: "Let me think about it, it seems like a good choice to go to the hiking trail of Namsan to see the night view of Seoul." It seems that it is not bad to take a casual walk along the Han River. ”

There really hasn't been any change, Kim Taeyeon's tone of voice is so smooth, which makes Wang Namqian even more at a loss: he can't guess what the other party is thinking in his heart, which makes him completely unsure of how to respond to the other party's words.

"Otherwise, let's just drive on the highway and take it for a ride. The sports car slowly drove through the alleys of Seoul's residential areas late at night, and in the silence, Kim Tae-yeon's soft voice could be heard clearly.

“…… Taeyeon seniors. ”

"Now it's just the two of us, the seniors and everything, let's throw it away. Seoul is so big, but every time I try to find a place to go around, I can't always think of a good place. ”

“……”

It was already gritting his teeth to squeeze out a trace of sound from his mouth, but after the woman who was driving a sports car casually next to him smiled and spoke again, because she didn't know how to continue, this topic unfolded a little inexplicably. Wang Nanqian fell silent again.

"Okay, let's go wherever we go. ”

After passing a narrow corner, the car finally turns into a relatively spacious street: as the engine gradually becomes heavier, the Seoul streetscape that flashes backwards on its side moves much faster.

The last time I sat in Kim Taeyeon's car like this. It seems like it happened last winter, right? At that time, he could still have a pleasant casual conversation with the person next to him, but now he could not even glance at the other person with the rest of his eyes—there is no pure friendship between a man and a woman: he used to scoff at this statement, but now Wang Nanqian's heart is only bitter.

"I have always felt that Nanqian Oppa is like my family, when I am sad and sad, when I am lonely and helpless, you will always stand by my side. Give me the courage and strength to keep going. ”

Tilting his head and unconsciously watching the changing scenery in front of him, he didn't know how much time had passed or where Kim Taeyeon had driven the car - he heard Kim Tae-yeon's voice that had been silent for a long time when the sports car that had been running on the streets of Seoul was finally forced to stop temporarily because of an unavoidable traffic light.

It's still a plain tone, but there is some not plain love in her voice.

"Maybe you've been through too much and spent too much time together, so you've become too used to it, right? I never thought that maybe one day you would leave my side. ”

Although he had been staring in the opposite direction to the other party, Wang Namqian felt that Kim Taeyeon must be looking at him at this time: as if he felt the other party's gaze, the hands he had been holding around his chest couldn't help but become harder.

For so many years, he has always treated each other as a sister: even if this woman's appearance, identity and status have changed drastically, but in his heart, the image of Kim Taeyeon has always been that sensitive and fragile, who wants to be strong but always needs encouragement and comfort from others - is it because he is used to such a Kim Taeyeon, so he subconsciously ignores her changes? That's why you deliberately let yourself ignore the fact that the relationship between two people has been constantly changing subtly?

"Will you leave my side?

The body shook slightly, and the slightly piercing cool breeze of the early autumn night blew on Wang Nanqian's face again as the sports car moved forward: just as he narrowed his eyes slightly, a soft inquiry crashed directly into his ears through the sound of the wind and the sound of the sports car's engine. (To be continued.) )