Chapter 12: Flowers and Bees

"Do you have a boyfriend?" asked Liu Haizhen suddenly.

"I didn't ...... No, what's wrong?Why do you suddenly ask this?" Ji-yeon was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Hehe, it's just curiosity. Liu Haizhen smiled, and then pretended to be mysterious and didn't say more.

"What? I won't say anything about it in the middle of the conversation!" Ji-yeon was overwhelmed by Liu Haizhen's trickery, so she put down the work in her hand and glared at him with her hands on her hips and asked. "Just say what you have, the most annoying thing is this kind of hiding and tucking!"

"I just think it's a little funny that you don't have a boyfriend yourself, and being a matchmaker or something. Liu Haizhen pursed his lips and said. "Before you want to meddle in other people's feelings, please solve your single problem first!"

"You!" Ji-yeon glared at Liu Hae-jin, speechless. It is impossible for her to say that she is an artist, and it is not easy to find a boyfriend. In this case, aren't all the lies I said before?

"Hmph!" In the end, Ji-yeon didn't think of any rebuttals, so she only snorted and continued to do what she was doing as if she was angry.

"Hey......" Liu Haizhen called out to Zhiyan, but Zhiyan pretended not to hear and ignored it.

"Hey!" However, Liu Haizhen did not give up, raised his voice and shouted again.

"What's the matter, even if you apologize now, I don't want to bother with you!" Ji-yeon couldn't help but snickered in her heart, and the corners of her mouth curled slightly.

"If you don't dodge, the bee will stab you!" Liu Haizhen sneered and pointed to Ji-yeon's neck.

"Huh, there are bees?" Ji-yeon was startled, her pretty little face suddenly changed color, and she looked at Bang Hae-jin in a panic and begged with her. "Quick—help me get rid of it!"

"Why should I help you?" Liu Haizhen said with his hands clasped to his chest, posing like watching a good show. "You just said that even if I apologize, you don't want to deal with me. ”

"I was wrong, I was wrong! I apologize, hurry up and help me!" Ji-yeon was already panicking, her body trembling like a sieve, and she looked at Liu Haizhen pitifully and pleaded.

"Well, for your sake, I'll help you once. Liu Haizhen strained his face, in fact, he had already laughed in his heart. He reached out and waved Ji-yeon's neck, and the bee that had given the assist flew away.

"Whew-" Feeling the burden on her body disappear, Ji-yeon breathed a sigh of relief, as if it was not a bee but a mountain on her neck just now.

"Is it such an exaggeration?" Liu Haizhen couldn't understand very well, that kind of bee was not poisonous, it was stung and applied, and it disappeared in two days.

"What do you know? People are already afraid of insects, and if they are stung, they will definitely be counted down by the makeup artist! If they are found by the president, they will be asked where they went, and they will be in trouble anyway!" Ji Yeon complained angrily.

"When idols are so troublesome, why do you still want to be?" Liu Haizhen actually didn't understand, after all, idols are also very hard when they are in this business, and sometimes the income is not high, of course, it looks quite beautiful on the surface.

"If you're on a stage with more than 10,000 people, you can understand that. Ji-yeon said what Shirley had said, which made Liu Haizhen feel a little dazed.

"Don't talk about this, the dishes are washed, let's go over. The smile on Ji-yeon's face has not changed like that, but at this time, it has become more beautiful in the eyes of Liu Haizhen.

"I said—if you're tired, you can come to me. I'm not very good at anything else, but I'll still know a little bit about comforting women. ”

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"Don't worry, if she finds out and makes trouble for you, I'll take responsibility. Yoo Hae-jin fills Ji-yeon's empty heart because of her betrayal of her best friend with honey-like words.

"Your words are like poisonous honey, I know it's poisonous, but I can't help but lick it......" Ji-yeon whispered as she pressed her head against Bang Hae-jin's chest.

"Isn't it good to indulge in sweet dreams? The reality is so ugly that life would be too hard if there was no place to escape. Yoo Hae-jin continues to indoctrinate Ji-yeon with bad ideas, encouraging her to see herself as a safe haven.

"It's true that I can't help you out of trouble, but when you're with me, I won't make you feel tired, I won't make you miserable, I'll just make you happy, in a variety of ways. He picked up Ji-yeon's chin with his fingertips, touched the tip of her nose, and said softly.

"But...... Escaping won't solve the problem......" Ji-yeon was shaken inside, but she was still struggling.

"Of course I know that running away won't solve the problem. But escaping can give you a breather. Think about it! Do you want to go back to your dorm room and face those faces that are also full of despair? Do you want to go home and see the worried eyes of your family, or do you want to see the ridicule of other artists?"

Liu Haizhen's voice was soft, as if he was saying the love words of the mountain alliance and the sea oath, but it was like arms stretched out from the abyss, grabbing Ji-yeon and trying to pull her into the abyss.

"I ...... I ......" Thinking of Hyomin's lifeless face when she left the dormitory, how worried her parents should be now when they didn't support her as an artist, and thinking of IU, who has not dared to contact her so far, Ji-yeon feels a mess in her mind.

"I can give you happiness, I can make you not have to face all this, although it can't solve the problem, but I can give you a rest. Liu Haizhen gently bit Ji-yeon's earlobe and whispered.

"Please...... Give me joy!"

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"I'm sorry, I'm late. IU cautiously glanced inside the shop, the café was empty, except for a person sitting against the wall, she quickly walked over and put down her bag.

"It's okay, what do you want to drink?" Liu Haizhen smiled and shook his head, in fact, he was already very impatient in his heart. He's not an impatient person, but no matter how patient he is, he'll be angry if he sits in a café for two hours.

"Americano will do the trick. IU took off her sunglasses for camouflage and glanced in the direction of the window, where few pedestrians on the street looked into the store, giving her a slight sigh of relief. "I suddenly had an itinerary today, and I wanted to call to tell you, but the phone was taken by the assistant to prepare clothes, I'm really sorry!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I didn't have to wait long. Liu Haizhen put on a harmless smile, but he had already calculated how to get this account back. "If you really don't want to go, just invite me to dinner later. ”

"Okay, okay, what do you want to eat?" asked IU with a smile on her face.

"You decide, I can do it. Yoo Hae-jin smiled hypocritically as he casually dealt with IU.