raknovel Chapter 76 It was borrowed, it really was borrowed.
Chapter 76 It was borrowed, it really was borrowed.
Jiang Yan gave Lin Xiaolu a forced smile and thought to himself, "Yeah, Lin Yoona is my girlfriend. I should really get along with her. Maybe I can even get close to her. You can be there to help me out and give me some advice."
Lin Xiaolu's laughter stopped abruptly, and her rolling motion froze.
As Jiang Yan walked past her, even pulling her towards the stairs, Lin Xiaolu remained motionless, showing no reaction whatsoever.
When they reached the corner on the fourth floor, Kim Minjung suddenly stopped, turned around and said in a cute but fierce tone, "Oppa, don't worry, I'll be more sensible from now on, so you're not allowed to fool me with other people. I may be young, but I'm not stupid. There aren't that many unnies."
Jiang Yan was both amused and exasperated by her words. "Oh, who's lying to you? I'm telling the truth, and it really is just Nuna."
Kim Minjung clearly didn't believe his story, and continued walking upstairs with his arms crossed, stopping again when he reached the fifth floor.
"Then when I make money in the future, I'll buy you a car. After that, can you find an excuse to call me 'Nu Na'?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Yan shouted, "Hey! Kim Minjun, are you asking for it?!"
Kim Minjung didn't care about anything else. After saying that, he ran up the stairs to the sixth floor, took the key he had prepared, opened the door, and hid inside.
Jiang Yan followed closely into apartment 601, tossed his car keys into a small tray on the shoe cabinet, glanced at the closed master bedroom door, shook his head, took out his phone, and headed to the balcony.
Jiang Yan leaned against the balcony railing and dialed Lin Yun'er's number.
The phone rang twice before being answered. Yoona's cheerful voice came through the other end, mixed with the usual background noise of a film set: "Yo-ho, Kang Yeon-ssi, did you receive the package?"
"Received it. Why did Noona give me a car out of the blue? And what's with the girlfriend thing? Didn't Noona explain anything?"
Upon hearing this, a soft chuckle came from the other end of the phone, tinged with a mischievous playfulness. "I explained. I told that grandma I was a senior colleague at your company, but she misunderstood. I didn't admit it. However, when grandma praised you for your good taste, I didn't deny it either."
Jiang Yan rubbed his forehead, "Noona..."
"Jiang Yan-xi." Im Yoona interrupted him before he could finish, and continued, "It's just a car, don't be so fussy. I have several more in my garage, it's nothing to me."
"Moreover, having a car makes it convenient to pick up and drop off Min-jung on weekends, and it's also convenient to go wherever you want to buy groceries. This is called balancing work and life. You can think of it as an investment from your partner. When you make money in the future, if you want to pay me back, you can buy me an even better car."
Jiang Yan was speechless.
This woman was meticulous in her actions, even preparing several reasons for him, leaving him speechless and unable to utter a single rebuttal.
"...Then why didn't you tell me beforehand?"
"Tell you in advance? You'll definitely refuse, and I don't want to argue with you on the phone for half an hour."
Yoona said matter-of-factly, "Besides, you wrote reports, adjusted data, and confronted Chief Kim head-on to stand up for Sulli. You didn't even consider your own future for Sulli. Since you've gone to such lengths for her, what's a car to you?"
Hearing this, Jiang Yan felt that something was not quite right.
Just as he was about to say something, a voice suddenly came from the other end of the phone, sounding like a staff member urging Lim Yoona to go take photos.
Sure enough, the next second, I heard Lim Yoona say, "I'm going to take pictures first. You can get familiar with it tonight. I'm hanging up now."
Jiang Yan stared at the call ending notification on his phone screen for a moment, then turned and went back to the living room.
Kim Minjung was sitting on the sofa with a book on his lap. Hearing footsteps coming in, he immediately sat up straight.
Jiang Yan sat down next to her and explained, "He's a senior colleague at the company. He knew I've been busy lately, and said he had a used car that was just sitting idle, so he asked me to borrow it."
"Oh, borrowed? Do you know Jinri unnie?" Kim Minjung looked down and flipped through the book.
"I got to know her because of her."
Kim Minjung turned to look at Kang Yeon, then suddenly smiled with her eyes crinkling. "Alright then, since it's borrowed, I'll reluctantly not ask. Oppa, I'm hungry."
Seeing her change of heart so quickly, Jiang Yan groaned inwardly, stood up, and walked towards the kitchen. "Fine, let's just eat something simple today. You still have to practice later, so how about kimchi fried rice?"
"Huh? That's it?" Kim Minjung jumped off the sofa and leaned against the kitchen doorway. "No meat?"
"Yes, there's still some pork belly in the fridge. I'll stir-fry it with kimchi later."
"That's alright." Kim Minjung nodded in satisfaction, then turned around, picked up his books, and headed to his room. "I'm going to tidy up now. Call me when you're done, Oppa."
Jiang Yan paused abruptly as she tied her apron, looking at Jin Minzheng's bouncy back and then at the car keys in the entryway.
If this girl finds out she's not home two nights a week, she might just tear the roof off.
"It's good that you know." Lin Xiaolu's voice rang softly in his ear.
Jiang Yan glared at her, wanting to retort again, but then thought better of it; he probably had already nearly angered her.
So he lowered his head and started cooking. The kimchi fried rice was made quickly. He sliced the pork belly thinly, cut the kimchi into sections, stir-fried it in hot oil until fragrant, then poured in the leftover cold rice and stir-fried it evenly. Finally, he added two poached eggs and sprinkled chopped green onions on top.
Afterwards, the two sat at the dining table, and Kim Minjung held a spoon and stuffed large mouthfuls into his mouth, mumbling about trivial matters at school.
After dinner, Kim Minjung volunteered to wash the dishes, but Kang Yeon stopped him.
"Go take a shower and change your clothes. I'll take you to your company after dinner."
"Okay." Kim Minjung obediently replied, grabbed his clothes, and went into the bathroom.
At 7:40, Jiang Yan led Jin Minzheng downstairs and they got into the white Hyundai together.
Kim Minjung sat in the passenger seat, touching the brand-new seat, and muttered to himself, "Having a car is really convenient."
Jiang Yan pretended not to hear, otherwise he would definitely be nagged again if he spoke up.
He drove Kim Minjung to the entrance of the SM building, watched her jog into the glass door, then Kang Yeon got back into the driver's seat, preparing to turn around and go home, when his phone suddenly vibrated.
Yoona sent me a message with an address displayed on it.
Somewhere in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu.
Jiang Yan turned around and looked at Lin Xiaolu with a dark expression. Lin Xiaolu blinked her eyes, her face full of confusion.
"Why are you staring at me? I've already tried to keep a low profile all day, okay?"
"It's nothing, it's just that this car gets really hot to the touch while driving." Jiang Yan sighed helplessly, then turned on the navigation and followed the voice prompts to drive towards Sanchengdong.