Silent.

It's so embarrassing that it's uncomfortable silence.

The girl who claimed to be her "girlfriend" sat across from her, two cups of coffee and a delicate chocolate brownie on the small round table: although she had been sitting in the corner of the second floor of the coffee shop for a long time, Wang Nanqian had not spoken to the girl in front of her - the two of them had not even taken off their masks.

Although he wanted to lighten the mood and say something to the person in front of him first, what could he say now?

"Why are you late? Your dormitory is on the other side of Cheongdam-dong, right? It shouldn't be very far from here. Just when he was still hesitating, Park Chulong finally made a voice: from that calm tone, Wang Nanqian couldn't tell her current mood at all.

"Sometimes I wonder if those illegitimate meals are lived in front of our dormitory, and you know how difficult it is to get rid of those children," shook his head helplessly, since the other party hadn't mentioned the incident that happened yesterday for the time being, he was also happy to bring the topic to other unrelated places, "I have already set off a long time in advance, and I dared to get on the subway in a big circle, so I am late, I'm really sorry, I hope you can understand." ”

He didn't know whether to call the other party "senior" or just call the other party by name, so after some consideration, he decided to refer to the other party only with "you", a word that could not be wrong.

"Well, this reason is understandable and valid. ”

The girl in front of her listened to his explanation, shaking her head slightly—her long curls scattered on the sides of her neck swayed slightly with this movement—and after listening to Wang Nanqian's apology, she delicately took off her mask, held the straw, and took a sip of the cold Americano in the cup.

It's finally time to start the conversation in earnest, right?

Sighing secretly in her heart, Wang Nanqian also took off the mask on her face.

"Looks like I've lost some weight...... How the hell do you manage your body? Is there any secret you haven't told me?"

Although the girl was muttering dissatisfied, his originally somewhat apprehensive mood was relieved a lot.

She doesn't seem to have any intention of asking for sin, does she?

Now such a conversation seems to ...... Very ordinary, huh?

didn't know what Park Chulong was thinking in his heart, so he could only continue to follow the other party's words: "I have already told you all my body management methods." What's the secret?"

"The coffee at this shop is delicious, so why don't you try it? It seems to have the largest variety of coffee beans among the coffee shops in Seoul, and many people come here every afternoon. ”

Is it such a famous shop? No wonder the price is the same...... Amazing.

When he was paying the bill just now, his heart was about to drip blood, if he didn't dare to refuse Park Chulong, who didn't say a word. He almost wanted to change places: he put his mouth to the straw and tried this iced latte, which cost almost twice as much as other coffee shops, but he didn't notice much of a difference.

Probably not suitable for this kind of "petty bourgeoisie" life himself, right?

"How's it going?"

Faced with Park Chulong's questioning, Wang Nanqian could only smile helplessly: "I...... I don't know. ”

"This is a place I deliberately picked, when faced with questions like this from girls. Shouldn't you say it's delicious?"

The girl's face was already a little rounded, and after puffing up her bun face in anger, that look made Wang Nanqian really not know what to say next - he had to selectively ignore the girl's protest and bury his head in dealing with the cup of iced latte in his hand.

There was another awkward silence.

“Oppa。 ”

I don't know how long it had been, but he had slowly drunk half of the iced latte before he heard the voice of the girl sitting across from him again.

This was the first time the word Oppa was shouted after that phone call in which Park Chulong lost his temper.

“…… Well. ”

"You're ...... Isn't there anything you want to say to me?"

What should come will always come, you can't escape if you want to, and you can't hide if you want to.

The most important thing now is not whether he really confessed to this girl after being drunk, but whether he should bear the inexplicable "responsibility" that comes with this incident.

"I ...... In fact, I don't know how to do it to please girls, and ...... I'm not very good at taking care of people......" he put the cup back on the table. Wang Nanqian hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to speak: he knew too well that he was now in a situation where he had no energy and no ability to talk about feelings, if he could make this girl realize this, would she understand her situation?

"I'm not making excuses, I seem to have made a lot of progress since the morning. ”

Unable to hear the meaning contained in the tone of this sentence, and did not dare to directly observe the expression on the girl's face now, he could only bury his head a little deeper: is this a compliment......? Complain?

"Oppa, I know what you're afraid of. Maybe you were drunk yesterday and said something impulsively, maybe you didn't think about the problems that would arise in the future, so when you wake up, you may suddenly feel intimidated. I can understand all of this. We're all newcomers and haven't made any money yet. You still need to work hard for popularity. We still have so many things to spend energy and time to do, and how hard it is to survive in the entertainment industry, I also know very well, so ...... I just wanted to sue you. I don't want much. ”

The nagging potential of this girl hidden under her quiet and elegant exterior Wang Nanqian had seen it before: so when Park Chulong slowly narrated this tirade with her unique sweet voice, he was not too surprised.

When the girl sitting opposite him crossed her hands in front of her and began to pour out softly, Wang Nanqian almost thought that this girl had seen it and figured it out, this time the drunken oolong seemed to be about to be solved so happily: but after a short pause, when the last sentence, which was completely unexpected, came out of Pu Chulong's mouth, he couldn't help but raise his head in surprise.

Because he didn't know how to face each other, this was the first time he had carefully observed the girl sitting across from him today: her white short-sleeved dress had very cute translucent lace on the cuffs and neckline. Against the backdrop of this princess outfit, her slightly furrowed brows and slightly flattened corners of her mouth looked so pitiful--her eyes also seemed to reveal a little water-if in the morning, the Park Chulong who scolded him on the phone in a cold tone had already made him feel difficult to deal with, and now this girl's aggrieved expression with a flat mouth completely hit his soft underbelly.

Questioning does make people feel guilty. However, it is the situation like the one that is really irresistible.

"I'm not such a pretentious girl, I don't need Oppa for you to be by my side every day, just let me know that you have me in your heart, and I will be content...... As long as you can talk and send messages every day. I'm not going to be clingy, you don't really have to worry about those things at all. ”

Park Chulong's words continued.

This girl's voice was originally very sweet, and when she used such a voice to carry out such a "confession", Wang Nanqian only felt that her already firm state of mind was constantly being shaken: the last barrier in his heart was almost broken.

The phone couple who don't see each other?, although I always feel a little strange, but it seems to have become a reluctantly acceptable thing?--I was called out to meet her today. is to negotiate a solution to this matter: now that the other party has put forward a seemingly reasonable plan, his seemingly unbreakable excuses such as 'fear of scandal affecting his future, lack of energy and time to manage his feelings' and so on also seem a little pale in front of this plan.

This kind of girl who has almost been reduced to some kind of nominal and some form of boyfriend and girlfriend relationship, which can be satisfied with just a phone call and a message...... It seems that there is no longer any reason to refuse.

"I was confessed by Oppa, but why am I talking all the time now? Why do I feel like I'm confessing?"

There was a flush on this girl's fair cheeks, and when she heard such words, Wang Nanqian could no longer remain silent: "Ah, no...... I...... I don't really know what to say......"

"A big man, how can you be so grinding, I'm a girl who has already talked to this point, what are you still hesitating about? It's Oppa, you confessed to me! My first kiss has already been given to Oppa...... I know that you are definitely not an irresponsible person. Isn't it?"

First he shattered the defenses outside his heart with soft words, and then this last pouting sweet and greasy monster finally made him give up his resistance: did he like this girl or not? At least he knew that he should have a vague affection for Park Chulong, what did he say to this girl when he was drunk? This matter may never be known to him - and now, it doesn't matter anymore.

“…… It's true...... Is it okay to just talk on the phone and send a message......?"

Her eyes widened, and after a few seconds of stunned Pak Chulong realized what she had heard: she couldn't suppress the upturn of the corners of her mouth, narrowed her eyes, and reached out to grab the left hand of the man sitting across from her on the table.

"Oppa, what do you think this is?"

Following the girl's words, I looked at her free hand and lifted the long curls of hair around her left ear, which was adorned with a heart-shaped stud earring that reflected the dim light of the café.

This is not the last time I "bumped into" her at Dongdaemun. When you buy Kim Taeyeon a birthday gift at the end, do you also buy her a "gift" under her soft grinding and hard soaking?

Feeling the heat coming from the white, warm little hand on his left hand, he sighed and smiled bitterly. (To be continued.) )