The sound of beef 'ziz' in the barbecue plate fills the air. The beef is garnished with some bean sprouts next to it, making it look like a plate of stir-fry.

Ah Jiu opened the instant cold noodles, poked the soup bag with chopsticks, picked it out and threw it into the trash, stirred it evenly and handed it to Krystal, she didn't take it, and put it in front of her.

Ah Jiu continued to make his own, glanced at Krystal, and said, "Don't be angry, as for it, I didn't lie to you." ”

"If you don't take the initiative, it's a lie!" Krystal glared as if waiting for this sentence, and said like a cannon, "How long have we known each other before you were willing to live with me? Two years! How long have we known each other before you let me stay with you? A year and a half! How long have you and IU known each other? Three days, two days? Ah, what has become of me?"

"You can't think like that...... Ah Jiu sandwiched a piece of meat for Krystal, but Krystal didn't eat it, staring at him and waiting for him to follow: "Then what should I think?"

"If I don't have selfishness, I will live here. Because nothing will happen, I taught her to drive, she gave me a place to live, it was just a deal, and when I taught her, I found another place and I would move away. What else would you tell me to do? Your sister drove me away, and I went to sleep in the park?" Ah Jiu put a piece of meat in his mouth and said as if he were 'explaining the facts'.

"Really?" Krystal's expression softened a lot, but he still tried to maintain an angry expression, "But I'm still not happy, you live with her every day now, what if your heart moves?"

"Is it possible? She's also a very busy person, and she doesn't live here very often. Ah Jiu looked at Krystal and continued to say with an expression like 'explaining the facts': "Don't you have confidence in yourself?"

The implication is that even if you are tempted, your order is also in front.

After getting such a 'promise', Krystal was satisfied, looked at Ah Jiu, picked up the chopsticks, and ate it very fragrantly.

At present, their relationship is very strange, they don't admit that they are each other's lovers, but in their hearts, they are demanding themselves as 70% of each other's lovers, but they have never really asked each other. Maybe it's because it's hard to say, Ah Jiu knows his own problems, Krystal also has other difficulties, and both of them understand that in the current situation, if they pierce that layer of window paper, they are likely to not get the feelings they want, but they will lose each other. Because of this layer of worry, each other is very careful not to touch the layer of window paper, which is also a compromise.

After eating, Krystal's cell phone rang, and it was the agent calling. Ah Jiu simply packed up and sent Krystal to Yeouido.

At this time, the lights of the entire Yeouido Island were turned on one after another, and Ah Jiu sat in the car and watched Krystal walk into KBS, feeling a little stunned for some reason.

Seeing Krystal fully enter the building, Ah Jiu started the car, turned its head, and disappeared into the neon of the city.

……

Back at IU's studio, it was already completely dark. Seeing that the lights were on, Ah Jiu knew that IU was back.

"Brother, you're back. ”

As soon as I opened the door, I heard IU's voice, and unlike yesterday, she seemed much more energetic today.

Ah Jiu smiled, turned around and closed the door: "This 'brother' is still quite smooth, do you have this habit?"

IU walked over and tiptoed in front of Ah Jiu, who was already very close, and continued to approach, Ah Jiu had to lean back slightly, so as not to touch him.

"Do you want to say?"

"Say what?"

"The reason I called you brother. ”

"Say yes. Ah Jiu staggered past IU: "I just want to know." ”

IU rolled her eyes and said, "Lest you have other thoughts about me, call you brother, and you won't be embarrassed to beat me again, that's too beastly." ”

"What?" Ah Jiu looked back at IU, startled by her thoughts.

"yes, that's what I thought. I don't want to be in a relationship right now, but I want someone who cares about me and loves me, and I just met you, congratulations on being chosen!"

Ah Jiu wrung his eyebrows and looked at IU, his heart turned upside down, and he suddenly felt that his head was a little insufficient. Are you getting old? Why can't you keep up, what kind of thinking is this, do normal people have such thoughts?

"So......" Ah Jiu pointed to himself: "Am I a substitute?"

"I don't have a boyfriend, how could you be a replacement. IU squinted and laughed: "Don't think too much, I call you brother, you are my brother." ”

"Why does it seem like I will be abandoned at any time?" Ah Jiu shook his head: "I can't promise you, I'm not interested in this kind of ambiguous game." ”

"What an ambiguous game, it's not an ambiguous game. IU stopped in front of Ah Jiu and looked at him very seriously, with a look of pleading in his eyes: "Can't you really treat me like a sister?" I won't let you have any losses, if it involves spending money, I'll pay for it, right?"

Ah Jiu looked at her and suddenly smiled: "If you say that, you are no longer a brother and sister." ”

IU's expression froze, and the sparkle in her eyes began to fade. Ah Jiu smiled, didn't say anything, and walked to the bathroom.

In fact, in the moment just now, he was tempted by this proposal. As an orphan, his longing for affection is difficult to express in words, but that doesn't mean he will accede to such an inexplicable request. If it's true, he can't afford such a sister as IU right now, and if it's fake, like he just said, he has no interest in playing this ambiguous game.

IU sat on the small box, her expression became more and more gloomy, Ah Jiu's words made her thoughts waver, everything she had thought of seemed to have no premise, and the part that made her feel the gap in her heart the most was that she didn't expect Ah Jiu to refuse.

IU came to the bathroom door and knocked on the door.

"Wait a minute, I'll be out right away. ”

"No......" IU leaned against the door panel and bit her lip: "Can you tell me why? Why did you reject me, am I not cute?

"It's not a question of passing or not, I also want to ask you, why do you have such an idea?"

"I ...... I don't know. IU's gaze became a little blurred, and it seemed to contain a lot of things: "I happened to think of a plot from a certain movie, and I wanted to try to do it." I don't know why this happened when I heard you say that I was looking for a house, but it was like a voice kept saying to me, I'm going to be happy if I do this......"

The sound of flushing water sounded in the bathroom: "Then try it, this time." ”

"Huh?" IU was immersed in a state of confusion when she suddenly heard this, a little stunned.

Ah Jiu came out of the bathroom and raised his hand to pat IU's head: "I suddenly want to try the life of having a younger sister too, so during the time I live here, let's try it." ”

IU looked at Ah Jiu blankly, suddenly smiled, and took his hand.

"Brother. ”