Chapter Sixty-Eight: In Those Days of Chance Encounters
At the end of the ten rounds, Kim Jong Ming lost magnificently! The onlookers behind were already excited, and the dignity of their jamjam game hall was preserved.
"You're actually playing well, but your hands are very raw, so you shouldn't have played for a long time, otherwise the outcome is unpredictable. The short girl shook her head and commented, uh, very expert.
Jin Zhongming nodded, then tilted his head to stare at the little girl, and said seriously: "Well, what you said is indeed very reasonable. However, your level is higher, and I throw in the towel. ”
"I am willing to lose the bet, your box of game coins belongs to me, haha, enough for me to play for a week." The little girl stood up and wanted to bring the game currency between the two, and Jin Zhongming handed it over gentlemanly, but seeing that the other party was not half the size of his own palm, he couldn't help laughing.
After the game currency was handed over, the crowd behind him also dispersed, but Jin Zhongming did not leave in a hurry, but asked seemingly unintentionally: "Shun Gui, you played the game so well, does your father know?"
"Hey~, why are you talking about such a bad thing? Play a game and play it happily, who cares"
Lee Soon-gyu's words came to an abrupt end, and she looked at the tall man beside her in a daze.
Jin Zhongming was silent, but looked at the other party's expression, which was also slightly joyful, with a slightly joyful look.
"Do you know my dad?" Lee Soon-gyu was a little confused.
"I don't recognize your father!" Jin Zhongming felt a little anxious to complain in his heart, shouldn't you ask me if I recognize you at this time? I only said your name.
"That?"
"I know your uncle!" Kim Jong-ming said the truth.
"My uncle, are you an artist?" Lee Soon-gyu looked at the big man's sunglasses and baseball cap in front of him and came to a true conclusion.
"That's right. Jin Zhongming didn't think of any rebuttals.
"Take off your glasses and let me take a look, what kind of artist will let my uncle tell him about me?" Lee Soon-gyu felt that he had cleared his mind and immediately regained his previous domineering image.
Jin Zhongming took off his glasses and paused before putting them back on.
This time Lee Soon-gyu is blindfolded again!
"I know you, you are Kim Jong-ming, I have watched your variety shows and movies. But aren't you YG?"
"Two of my younger sisters are S.m. trainees, one is about your age, and both of them were sent to your uncle's company by me. I was only 12 years old at the time, but as soon as we met, I became friends with your uncle. Jin Zhongming's first few sentences were normal, but then they became full of nonsense. Also forget the New Year's handover!
"He's just going to tell you about me?" Li Shungui looked puzzled, and his tone was also full of suspicion, obviously very suspicious of the three words "New Year's Friend".
"No, once he drank with Liu Zaishi's seniors, but he drank too much and said your information in a drunken conversation. Jin Zhongming felt that since he couldn't control this mouth anymore, he might as well tear it up.
"He was drinking with Liu Zaishi's seniors?"
"That's right, it seems that he asked Liu Zaishi's predecessor to take care of the artists of his company. ”
"That makes sense, you don't know my uncle well, right? I know you have a good relationship with Liu Zaishi's senior, so you heard my uncle's drunken talk because of Liu Zaishi's senior's relationship, right?"
"Hahahaha, I didn't expect it to be exposed by you. That's right, your uncle took out your picture of you on his phone and showed it around. Kim Jong-ming secretly praised Lee Soon-gyu's ability to help him lie.
"Senior Kim Jong-myeong, I heard that the newspaper said that you will have two starring movies and a movie with a male number three next year, right?" Lee Soon-gyu suddenly changed his orbit, which caught Kim Jong-ming off guard.
"In the game machine hall, what is it called, we are only one year apart in age, just call it!" Jin Zhongming suddenly found that he was like the other party, and his orbit seemed to be very disordered.
"Okay, then I'll call you Zhong Ming oppa, it's embarrassing. Lee Soon-gyu said that she was embarrassed, but Kim Jong-ming felt that she was very generous.
Maybe it's natural compatibility, or maybe it's simply mutual flattery, and the more the two talk, the more speculative they become. By the way, it may be that Lee Soon-gyu is very prestigious in this game machine hall, and the two of them have been sitting here for so long without playing games, and no one has come to chase people away.
"Zhong Ming oppa, we had a great time chatting today, but I have to go back. "When five o'clock in the afternoon arrived, an alarm suddenly rang around Lee Soon-gyu's waist.
"I heard that you leave at five o'clock every time, is there any reason?" Jin Zhongming asked curiously, he took out his mobile phone and prepared to exchange numbers.
"Nothing special, just that this place is far from home and it's not good to go back too late. Lee Soon-gyu exchanged numbers with Kim Jong-ming first, and then replied unhurriedly.
"Where is your home?" Kim Jongming was even more curious.
"New water hole. Lee Soon-gyu replied as she began to sort out the game currency, which was her trophy.
"You came here for the subway, the subway won't be in such a hurry, right?" Jin Zhongming continued to ask speechlessly.
"No, I'm here on a bicycle!" Lee Soon-gyu showed off the big box of in-game coins to him, and then turned to leave, Kim Jong-myung completely petrified.
Kim Jong-myung knew very well that between Sogang University, his parents' alma mater, and Hongdae, which he frequented, Yeouido was across the Han River. But that's in the westernmost part of Seoul, this is Jamsil, it's the easternmost part of Seoul! Riding a bicycle! I feel weak when I think about it.
"Aren't you tired of riding a bicycle?"
"It's okay, I'm used to riding it, and the Han River is pretty beautiful, and I tell you secretly, my mother always thought I was out to ride and exercise. ”
"I'll give it to you!"
"How embarrassing it is"
"Don't think my modern is broken. ”
"Then you're welcome. ”
"I appreciate you more and more, you are so generous, much better than my sister. ”
"Are you laughing at me just getting into a strange man's car? What's this, you're a big star!"
Kim Jong-ming helped her fold her small bicycle into the back seat of the car, and then went all the way west along the Han River.
"I've seen your Hyundai on TV, and I've seen a lot of TV station PDs, writers, and VJs. Lee Soon-gyu curiously looked at the interior of the most common car in South Korea.
"Haha. Jin Zhongming laughed dryly. "Shun-kyu, when did you make your debut?"
"Next year! I've been practicing for eight years, and I'll be able to make my debut next year. Lee Soon-gyu was very excited about the topic.
"Then congratulations in advance. Jin Zhongming had calmed down at this time, he glanced at the excited little girl, but the emotion in his heart could no longer be suppressed.
The car walked past Apgujeong, walked across the Donghu Bridge, walked past Yeouido, and stopped in front of a red light in front of the Xijiang Bridge.
"Shun Kyu, it's so early, can you go to Hongdae to eat something? I like the pig's trotters there the most, and you won't get fat if you eat too much. Kim Jong Ming made a suggestion.
Li Shungui was very moved, she acted very angrily, so she said: "Hey, Zhong Ming oppa, you are sending me home and inviting me to eat pig's trotters, is there any delusion?"
"Delusional?you?" Jin Zhongming glanced at her maliciously, and the mockery at the corner of his mouth couldn't be stopped.
"What do you mean by that?" Li Shungui puffed out his chest angrily.
Uh, I have to say that she is only 16 years old, and she is really in good shape, but this little girl who is really 1.55 meters tall walks with him at 1.83 meters, and it is embarrassing to think about it.
The green light turned on, and Jin Zhongming finally got rid of this embarrassment and immediately drove on the Xijiang Bridge.
During the day, the autumn tiger has just dissipated, and there is still a hint of heat inside, but in the evening, walking on the street near Hongdae makes people feel extremely comfortable. A small wind blew, and Lee Soon-gyu's half-length hair floated up, and she stretched out her arms and shouted loudly, and no one blamed her, because the streets were full of young people like her.
Jin Zhongming also inhaled the fresh and slightly cool air, he spread out his coat and let the wind blow into his clothes, but he didn't care if the baseball cap was blown away by the wind. With the wind comes not only a good mood of relaxation, but also a hint of delicious food, which comes from the entrance of the night market that has just opened.
"Zhong Ming oppa, you are a big star, you should have a lot of money, right?" Li Shungui suddenly turned around and asked.
"I'm sure I'll be able to make you full!" Jin Zhongming smiled slightly, when people are in a better mood, everything looks beautiful, and it turns out to be very beautiful, and it is naturally more beautiful.
"Then I don't want to eat pig's trotters, I want to eat sweet and sour pork ribs! Eat ginseng chicken soup! Eat army pot! That's right, just eat army pot, it must be very refreshing to sit in the open-air seat at the door and eat army pot at this time!"
"Of course you can afford the army pot, but Shungui, don't you have to do physical management?"
"Don't do it, I'm going to indulge once!"
"Okay, the two of us are going to eat the army pot in the open air!"
The so-called army pot is a kind of hot pot in South Korea, which originated during the Korean War. At that time, the common people were short of supplies, but the American GIs were extravagant, and they often threw away leftovers, and the residents near the U.S. military base in the Ui government built these sausages and hams that the Americans threw away as garbage, and added spicy bitter pepper sauce (a spicy soup) as a base to relieve the pain of no meat. Over time, this thing gradually developed into a food that is now specialized.
Modern army pots often have ramen (the Korean name for instant noodles) as a base, and then they are stacked with ham sausages, luncheon meat, tofu, rice cakes, kimchi, and cheese. And most of the restaurants can be specially ordered like Chinese hot pot and then added to it to eat, and the military pot that Lee Soon-gyu said about asking Kim Jong-ming if he has money seems to refer to the kind of army pot with beef added.