Chapter 18: Boundaries [Subscription Request]
When he left the next morning, Ah Jiu gave Grandma 200,000 won, he searched the Internet for the average price of homestay fees, an average of about 30,000 won a day, and he gave 20,000 won more, because he felt that Grandma was so old that she still had to cook for herself, and he felt a little unhappy.
Grandma insisted on only charging 100,000 won, but Ah Jiu had no choice but to say that the other 100,000 won was the money for booking puppies, and when the female dog gave birth, he would come over and get it. Grandma heard him say this, so she reluctantly accepted the money, and sent them to the door all the way to talk about the fact that the mongrel dog was not worth so much.
When I returned to Seoul, as soon as I entered the house, IU threw herself into bed and went to sleep. Ah Jiu then knew that IU hadn't slept well for the past two nights, and he couldn't help but blame himself. My brother was still incompetent, and he didn't even notice it.
Ah Jiu helped her put all the things in IU and returned to his home, which surprised him a little that Wu He was not at home. There was a note posted on the refrigerator, he actually moved to Park Canrong's camp, saying that he was going to work and study, Ah Jiu laughed, he could imagine how Park Canrong fooled him, but it's okay, it's better to exercise than to be a dead house at home, and he believes that Park Canrong won't really cheat them, and the salary that should be paid will still be given.
After taking a shower, Ah Jiu wore the pair of flower pants he was going to make a swimsuit for IU, and took a tape measure to measure it in the room, he planned to buy a wardrobe. Originally, he didn't need this kind of thing, and in the past, the most expensive of his clothes was only 20,000 won, and he could throw them anywhere, but now it's different, Krystal helped him pick out so many clothes, and he kept throwing them on the ground.
Just as he was measuring, the mobile phone on the bed rang, Ah Jiu saw the Bluetooth headset in the suitcase, picked it up and tried it, but the phone was still ringing. He had to pick up his phone to answer the phone, and the delay lasted more than ten seconds.
The person on the other end of the phone was already impatient and shouted, "Why are you answering so slowly?"
Ah Jiu could hear that it was Sunny's voice, and if she didn't use honorifics, he wouldn't use it. To tell the truth, "I'm measuring the width of the bedroom to see how big a wardrobe is suitable." ”
"Don't you have a wardrobe?"
"Well, don't you want to buy it? ”
"I knew there was a place where I could make my own handmade and the price was cheaper than in the mall......," Sunny said halfway through his sentence, stopping abruptly. Ah Jiu thought it was a bad signal, and said, "Hey, can you hear me?"
"What am I talking to you, you are such a ...... I'm going to be! I'm talking to you about the wardrobe? I'm here to settle accounts with you!"
"Settle accounts?" Ah Jiu clipped his mobile phone under his neck and continued to measure the height with his free hand: "I owe you money?"
"Don't play stupid! You know what I'm talking about!" Sunny said angrily, "Didn't you say you'd go to dinner with Taeyeon when you went back to Seoul?" We're not uncommon!"
Ah Jiu was a little confused, took the mobile phone in his hand, threw the tape measure back into the suitcase, and said, "How do you know that I am back in Seoul?"
"Aren't you measuring the width of your bedroom? In Seoul, of course. I'm in a hurry, I'm in a hurry, I'm holding grievances for Taeyeon, if you don't like her, just say it. Why give her hope, who do you think you are? Do you still want to step on two boats?"
"I've already talked to Taeyeon, so you don't have to worry about it. Ah Jiu put his mobile phone on the windowsill, took off his flower pants and changed into clothes ready to go out: "We are friends now, good friends, can your thoughts be simpler?"
"Heh, have you ever seen an adult man and an adult woman have no ambiguity at all, just a simple good friend relationship?
Ah Jiu pondered for a moment and said, "Even if there is ambiguity, it's good." But if you can give her strength when she's down, I don't think it's okay. It's important to be clear about the boundaries, and I'm pretty clear right now. ”
Sunny didn't say anything for a while, then suddenly sighed, "Don't hurt her, she's a glass child." It hurts easily. ”
Ah Jiu didn't answer this question, and said, "Do you want to go together?" ”
"I want to too!" Sunny puffed up, "but I'm going to work...... I'm leaving too, I'll call Taeyeon for you?"
"Just let her wait, I'll be there soon." ”
Hanging up, Sunny looked at Taeyeon, who was feeding the dog, pouted, and told Ah Jiu that he was coming to pick her up.
"Really, he's back?" Taeyeon was overjoyed, threw away the bag of dog food, and ran back to the bedroom to change clothes. Kanazawa and Fukumi tore the bag of dog food, and the dog food was scattered all over the ground.
"Kim Taeyeon! look!" Sunny stomped her feet in anger, but she couldn't help it, Taeyeon couldn't hear it anymore, and she still had to crouch down to clean up.
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Taeyeon's choice of a date location was quite challenging, and the restaurant's address was in Myeongdong. At this time, the streets of Myeongdong were full of people, and if you want to be unrecognized, you must definitely arm your teeth.
Ah Jiu smiled bitterly, there are so many restaurants in Seoul, where to choose is not good to come to Myeongdong. But he also saw that what Taeyeon wanted to do was what she couldn't do under normal conditions, like getting drunk and arguing to go to the hotel to open a room that day. She has lived under the guise for too long, suppressed for too long, maybe what she wants to do is not what she really wants to do, she just wants to release herself.
The same pressure, everyone feels the same pressure, maybe really like Sunny said, Taeyeon is a glass child, she is hard, very resistant to pressure, but not malleable. Once the pressure exceeds the upper limit of the glass, the glass will shatter, instead of changing its shape at will, as is the case with gold, silver, copper and iron.
"Well, that shouldn't be recognizable. Taeyeon put on her mask and looked into Ah Jiu's eyes, "How is it?"
Ah Jiu reached out and took off Taeyeon's mask and baseball cap: "Is it so tight and not hot in summer?
"But ......"
"No, no. Ah Jiu got out of the car and went around to help Taeyeon pull the car door, pulling her wrist: "Let's just walk over." ”
Taeyeon looked at Ah Jiu in a daze, suddenly a little excited. Isn't this exactly what you want to do but can't do? Although reason keeps shouting no, but the brain is so excited, a bigger and more evil voice pouts, do it, do it once!
"Hmm!" Taeyeon nodded heavily, grabbed Ah Jiu's hand, and clasped his fingers tightly. Ah Jiu subconsciously felt that something was wrong and wanted to pull his hand out, but when he saw Taeyeon's eyes, he hesitated and didn't do so.
Neither of them noticed that at this moment, a pair of eyes were staring at them. (To be continued......)