Section 1269 Eve of the engagement
Before I knew it, a week had passed since the day Lee Kyung-won returned to South Korea. And there is only one week left until January 22, Chinese New Year's Eve, 2012.
At the end of the solar calendar, major TV stations have to hold a number of evening parties to summarize the various situations in the past year, so at the end of the solar calendar every year, the artists will be very busy.
Relatively speaking, at the end of the lunar calendar, it is much easier. At this time, many artists often choose to take a short break, first, to relieve the various fatigues accumulated in the previous year, secondly, to prepare and recharge for the next year's work, and thirdly, to take some time to accompany their families.
Like other artists, the girls of Girls' Generation have also had a rare relaxing time in recent times. Although I still have to run a trip every three or five times, compared to the previous situation, the frequency at this time is much looser.
There is a lot of extra time, and of course the girls will not waste it. In addition to taking some time to rest, they devote all their extra energy to 'design' work.
Lee Kyung-won has promised that the exterior painting and interior decoration of the aircraft will be determined by Girls' Generation. It is the first time for the girls to get such important power, even if it is to live up to Li Jingyuan's trust, they will not be careless. What's more, for these girls, this is a very appetizing thing, and driven by interest, they naturally work harder.
Of course. Not everyone is putting their energy into this matter. Among the girls, there is one special one, and that is Jessica.
Jessica has been nervous about the 'engagement' since Lee Kyung-won came back the day she came back.
When it comes to engagement. It's not just about Li Jingyuan and Jessica, when deciding on this matter, it also involves the elders of the two families. According to custom, there must be the approval of the elders before the so-called 'engagement' can be considered official.
From Li Jingyuan's point of view, when he faced Jessica's parents this time, it was different from the previous situation. Although it was because of the relationship with Jessica before. Li Jingyuan would always visit Zheng's father and Zheng's mother during the New Year's holidays, but because the concept of 'marriage' was not involved at that time, Zheng's father and Zheng's mother would have all kinds of certifications for Li Jingyuan in their hearts. But on the surface, it still doesn't show it directly.
And this time, after coming to the door, I wanted to ask Zheng's father and Zheng's mother to 'teach me your daughter', and if you opened the words, then Zheng's father and Zheng's mother naturally didn't need to hide it anymore. Just think about it. All kinds of speculations and evaluations that have been made in their minds in the past. I'm sure I'll say it all when we meet this time.
Although Li Jingyuan is quite confident in himself, who knows what Zheng's father and Zheng's mother will say? Jessica is their daughter, so no matter how status, ability and value Li Jingyuan has, his status in the eyes of Zheng's father and Zheng's mother is definitely not as valuable as Jessica. To put it bluntly, it is very likely that those two will do something that picks bones in the egg, and the reason is because they are simply reluctant to Jessica.
How to deal with the various situations that may occur, Li Jingyuan has been thinking about this issue for the past week. Whether it's before the time travel, or after being reborn. Li Jingyuan encountered this situation for the first time, so this kind of nervousness before the 'hairy foot son-in-law came to the door'. It made him seem much more anxious than usual.
From the perspective of other girls, Li Jingyuan in such a state is rare. Although Xiao Sun and the others are very close to Li Jingyuan and Jessica, they are still outsiders in this matter, so if it is not their business, they can also make fun of Li Jingyuan's flustered behavior and expressions.
However, for Jessica, who is also an insider, it is a different feeling.
Li Jingyuan has always been an 'omnipotent' figure around Jessica, to use an analogy, he is a big umbrella on top of Jessica's head, or a huge banyan tree, which can provide Jessica with all kinds of support and shelter.
And Jessica is the kind of gentle person who is occasionally very strong in a specific little thing, but most of the time she has to get by and go with the flow, so over time, she is used to relying on Li Jingyuan.
Now, Li Jingyuan himself is beginning to panic, for Jessica, it is equivalent to the big umbrella covering her head has fallen down. This vague feeling alone was already quite uncomfortable for Jessica.
Moreover, compared to Li Jingyuan's nervousness about meeting Zheng's father and Zheng's mother officially, the situation on Jessica's side is actually more serious.
As we all know, the so-called 'mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship' is the most difficult family relationship. If it weren't for the fact that there are so many things to say, there wouldn't be so many plots related to the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the TV series.
Just thinking of the identity of Li Jingyuan's mother's 'mother-in-law' in front of her, Jessica already felt very worried.
What's more, Jessica has been to Jeju Island several times before, and has stayed in the Li family several times, and she is not unaware of the situation in Li Jingyuan's family - not only is it an old clan with a long inheritance, but also a wealthy family with huge assets and extremely high social status.
Compared with Li Jingyuan's family situation, the gap between his own family situation is undoubtedly a world of difference. At that moment, Jessica involuntarily substituted herself into the various TV series she had watched before, replacing the heroines from poor backgrounds in the play.
Correspondingly, Jessica unconsciously imagined Li Jingyuan's mother as the image of those 'vicious mothers-in-law' in the TV series.
Maybe someone wants to say, hasn't Jessica seen the elders of Li Jingyuan's family before? Don't you know anything about them?
I have indeed seen it. And not more than once. Although Lee Kyung-won's parents don't come to Seoul to visit him often, they do occasionally come once or twice. As long as they come, they will always invite the girls of the girls' generation to go together for a get-together. In addition, every year during the Spring Festival, the girls will always go to Jeju Island once, and they will also meet Li Jingyuan's parents. After a long time, the girls of Girls' Generation have met with Li Jingyuan's parents more than ten times.
Every time they met, Li Jingyuan's parents treated these girls very warmly and kindly. However, these memories were not enough to reassure Jessica. After all, there are precedents in many TV series, when the heroine has not yet become a lover with the male protagonist. The hero's mother always seems very kind when dealing with the heroine, but when the relationship between the two changes, the hero's mother changes from the 'elder' to the position of 'mother-in-law'. They will always make a 180-degree turn, and make all kinds of unreasonable pickiness about all the heroine's behavior.
To put it bluntly, it's 'okay to be a friend, but it's not okay to be my daughter-in-law.' And in Jessica's heart. That's exactly what worries me the most.
The closer you get to the agreed time. Jessica's nervousness came to a head the day before the engagement.
It stands to reason that Jessica should have gone home as soon as she was done today. After all, it's the eve of the engagement, even if they usually live together, the woman at this time should go home first, and wait for the man to bring the elders to the door the next day.
However, it was because I was too nervous. Jessica didn't rush home as soon as she finished the trip, but asked Xiao Crystal to go home first to cover for herself. Then he quietly called Li Jingyuan.
"OPPA~, are your uncles and aunts here?" As soon as the phone rang, after Li Jingyuan answered, Jessica quickly changed to a cautious expression, and quickly asked again in a very small volume.
"No, they'll be here tomorrow morning." As soon as he heard this question, Li Jingyuan couldn't help frowning, and sighed before answering.
It has been discussed before, and the time for the parents of both sides to meet is in the afternoon, and then they will have dinner together by the way. It stands to reason that in order not to have an accident, Lee Kyung-won's parents should have rushed to Seoul a day in advance. However, because Li Jingyuan's unreliable grandfather made a temporary decision to attend his grandson's engagement ceremony, Li Jingyuan's parents had to temporarily change their itinerary, and in line with the old man's living habits, they stayed in the old house on Jeju Island for one night, waited until the next morning, and then took a special plane to Seoul together.
"Not there yet?" After listening to Li Jingyuan's answer, Jessica's tone seemed to be a little relaxed, and after a little hesitation, the girl said something that made Li Jingyuan cry and laugh: "OPPA, or ~~, don't do it this time, right?" ”
"Don't get it?" As soon as he heard this, Li Jingyuan didn't react, and after two seconds, he understood what Jessica meant. The corners of his mouth pulled out a bitter smile that was entangled, and Li Jingyuan couldn't help but complain to Jessica: "Hey, I said Xiuyan, what kind of attitude do you have?" ”
"I~~, I, I'm nervous~." Although I am not worried that Li Jingyuan will misunderstand that he 'does not want to get engaged', since he has said it, he must give an explanation. Zhilu said that her reasons were too joking, and she was a little embarrassed, but because of the nervousness in her heart, she still prevailed, so after struggling for a while, Jessica still told the truth.
"Are you nervous? I'm nervous too~. In normal times, Li Jingyuan would definitely think of ways to comfort Jessica, but this time it was different, after listening to Jessica's words, he immediately felt the same way.
"What to do? What to do? Originally, she was expecting support from Li Jingyuan, but this time, Jessica couldn't help but be even more nervous. This kind of tension is much more serious than when she debuted, so this girl couldn't help talking to herself.
"Where are you now? Why don't we meet first and have a good chat? "I'm nervous though. However, at this time, Li Jingyuan still had a certain ability to think, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was either himself or Jessica. It is necessary to calm down, and the best way to calm down is undoubtedly to meet first. So, he immediately changed the subject and asked Jessica.
"Well, I'll see. I'm here in Yeouido Park now, well~. It is near the stop sign of the XX bus. When I looked up, I saw the bus stop on the side of the road not far away, and then I glanced at the numbers on the bus. Jessica has a specific answer.
"No one else around? Are you alone? Oh. It's too cold outside, you find a café first, and I'll be there right away. Knowing where Jessica was, Li Jingyuan didn't ask anything more. After a word of command. He quickly hung up the phone and set off from home.
It is not too far to get from Li Jingyuan's villa in Jiang/Nan/District to Yeouido, about a quarter of an hour to 20 minutes by car. However, because it was still snowing heavily, the road conditions on the road were not very good, and by the time Li Jingyuan arrived at the café, half an hour had passed.
In comparison, the atmosphere in the café is good, but it is a public place. The secrecy is still not as good as in Li Jingyuan's car. So, when the two met. After just a few words, Li Jingyuan put forward a suggestion to change places.
"OPPA, where are we going?" Although Li Jingyuan just said 'go back to the car' before, after getting in the car, Jessica still habitually asked.
The glass in front of the car is transparent, and if you just park the car on the side of the road, there is a high chance that the two people sitting in the car will be spotted. Thinking of this, Li Jingyuan felt that he should still start the car, and just so happened that Jessica also asked, so he thought about it and made a proposal: "Or, go to Nanshan." ”
On snowy days, there are not many pedestrians who come out to do activities, and there should be fewer pedestrians in sightseeing spots like Nanshan. Li Jingyuan also wanted to talk with Jessica while walking on the mountain road, so he put forward the suggestion of 'going to Nanshan'.
"Okay~, this Nanshan should be very beautiful." Imagining the snow scene in Namsan Mountain, Jessica thought that it might be a little cold, but she really wanted to see it. nodded, and while fastening the seat belt, he agreed to Li Jingyuan's suggestion.
Following the slightly sparse traffic, the two drove towards Nanshan. Because he was chatting while driving, and the content of the chat was still very important, he had to pay more attention to it, so Li Jingyuan drove the car even slower, a little slower than when he arrived from his home to Yeouido.
In other words, if the car is driven so slowly, the drivers who follow behind may sound their horns to urge Li Jingyuan out of impatience. However, because there is a lot of snow on the road today, people who drive are thinking about safety, so Li Jingyuan is not the only one who is slow, so he will naturally not be urged.
It stands to reason that the speed of the cars in front and behind is not fast, so even if there is some snow on the road, there should be no traffic accidents.
However, there is an exception to everything, there are always some people who think differently than ordinary people.
When Lee Kyung-won was about to drive close to Namsan and had already come to an intersection in Itaewon-dong, an unexpected situation occurred.
On the side of the main road, there is a smaller intersection on the left and right, and along these two intersections, there is a small street of various small restaurants. It's about nine o'clock at night, and it's the busiest time for these two small streets, not only are there many pedestrians passing on the side streets, but also some cars that want to take shortcuts pass through these two small streets.
Because it is not a recognized intersection, there are no traffic lights at the intersection of side streets and main roads. Drivers of small cars passing through the small street usually reduce their speed to the lowest speed for safety reasons when they reach the main intersection.
And today, there is such a car that does not consciously abide by the conventional rules. As soon as it exited the intersection of the side street, the car directly increased its speed and wanted to take advantage of the trend to turn into the main road.
If the driving action of this car is standardized enough, it will not affect Li Jingyuan, who is driving to this position at the same time. After all, the width of the road was enough for Li Jingyuan's car and the car that rushed out to pass side by side.
However, don't forget that there is still snow on the road. Under the premise of different road conditions, even if the driver maneuvers the car in the same way as usual, there will still be some changes in the driving route of the car.
What's more, the state of the driver on the small car that rushed out was also wrong. If it was normal, how could he slow down the car first without following the rules? Obviously, this guy just drank at a restaurant in Itaewon, and now his mind is not clear, which is why he made such a reckless move.
The car rushed out of the intersection on the left, and there was no car in the wrong lane on the left, so it rushed towards the right lane without being hindered. This is a violation of traffic rules, and Li Jingyuan did not expect anyone to do this. However, Li Jingyuan's attention was divided more than half of his attention on talking to Jessica, and he didn't look very concentrated, so when the car rushed nearby, he reacted. (To be continued......)