Chapter 74

The photographer looked at Yoon Hyun speechlessly, suppressing the urge to comment loudly as Yoon Hyun retold the story of Mulan.

"I feel like I'm just like that with Eun-jung. The key is, before T-ara, I wasn't even the closest to her, which makes it even more awkward. If we had been really close before, it wouldn't matter, and it would just be a story of friends eventually hooking up. But we're not at all in love at first sight, nor did we fall in love over time. This feeling is too heavy, so I don't even have time to care about whether she's very beautiful or not." Yoon Hyun, as if suddenly possessed by Yoo Jae-suk, ignored the photographer's silence, finished the story, and started a long, uninterrupted monologue.

The photographer was petrified.

Realizing that his voice had gotten louder, Yoon Hyun immediately stopped talking and quietly looked out into the room, saying, "But now that you mention it, Eun-jung really is a beautiful woman. Her appearance is also the type I like... but her personality..."

"Oh? You don't like Eun-jung's personality?" The VJ became excited like a shark smelling blood.

"Not that I don't like it!" Yoon Hyun realized he had said something wrong. Sigh, when you're tired, you tend to lose focus: "She's soft and cute, but the gap between her appearance and personality is too big, and I can't quite accept it... of course, she's also very cute..."

Yoon Hyun's words were unclear whether they were sincere or just an explanation, but he himself was already a bit incoherent.

To anyone, it sounded like a lie...

"Then, what is your ideal type, Mr. Yoon Hyun?" The VJ, naturally thinking the same, decided to give Yoon Hyun a way out.

"Kim Tae-hee. Tae-hee is the best." Yoon Hyun answered straightforwardly.

"..." The photographer was speechless at Yoon Hyun's straightforwardness. I've already given you a boost, do you still want to jump into the pit yourself?

"I know you want me to say it's Eun-jung, and then make up a bunch of reasons to convince myself and the audience that I really think so, and then be so hypocritical, and then have the narrator criticize me, right? Hmph, I won't let you have your way!" Yoon Hyun said fiercely.

Of course, he didn't escape the fate of being criticized by Park Mi-sun later... because he still left a loophole.

"Of course, Eun-jung is also a very good candidate for marriage. Whether it's personality, appearance, or figure, she perfectly meets my requirements. But my ideal type is still Tae-hee, and that won't change."

"Mr. Yoon Hyun, it's almost time." The photographer felt that he couldn't communicate with Yoon Hyun at all. It seemed that the two had completely different understandings of the consequences of criticizing Eun-jung, so he looked at his watch; it was almost 12 o'clock.

Yoon Hyun nodded and dialed the phone.

"Shi-yeon! Are you still awake? I? I've been cooking seaweed soup in the kitchen. Bring the gifts I prepared for Eun-jung to the room? Okay, I'll go out now!"

After hanging up, Yoon Hyun gave the camera an OK sign, turned off the stove where the seaweed soup was simmering, and walked out of the kitchen.

Sure enough, Yoon Hyun's worries were justified. Although Eun-jung had fallen asleep deeply after the afternoon's truth or dare and the subsequent snowball fight, she was immediately awakened when Yoon Hyun came out of the kitchen.

"Hmm... Oppa, have you decided what to eat for dinner?" Eun-jung opened her sleepy eyes, clearly not fully awake yet.

Yoon Hyun didn't respond but went directly to the door of the room, where Kim Shi-yeon, who had already placed the items outside, handed them to Yoon Hyun.

"Oppa?" Eun-jung, still not fully awake, naturally didn't notice Yoon Hyun's actions.

"Eun-jung, it's already past midnight." Yoon Hyun said, then ran into the kitchen with the items Kim Shi-yeon had given him.

"Ah!! Then we won't have dinner!" Eun-jung immediately woke up.

"Happy birthday!" Singing the birthday song, Yoon Hyun brought out the cake he had just taken out of the box.

"Ah..." Eun-jung was clearly still in a daze.

"Eun-jung, happy birthday!" Yoon Hyun finished singing, but Eun-jung still hadn't caught up with his train of thought.

"My birthday is tomorrow..."

"It's already past midnight, Princess!"

"Ah! So that's why you didn't wake me up!" Eun-jung immediately understood.

"Come, make a wish, and blow out the candles!" Yoon Hyun held the cake in front of Eun-jung.

Eun-jung obediently made a wish and blew out the candles.

"I'm hungry, let's eat the cake!" Yoon Hyun was actually hungrier than Eun-jung. In the past two hours, Eun-jung had at least been sleeping, but Yoon Hyun had been smelling the seaweed soup. Yoon Hyun put down the cake, took out a plastic bag from his waist, and retrieved a knife and plate to cut a piece of cake, which he handed to Eun-jung. Then he turned and went back into the kitchen.

"Oppa, come and eat too!" Eun-jung said, holding the cake.

"Right away!" Yoon Hyun came out with the cooked seaweed soup.

"Wow! There's seaweed soup too!" Eun-jung became very excited.

"Yeah, I didn't bring rice, so I couldn't cook a meal. But there's cake, so you'll have to make do." Yoon Hyun smiled, put down the pot, and served a bowl of seaweed soup to Eun-jung.

"General, you're being so nice to me, I'm not used to it." Eun-jung said, a bit embarrassed and with a hint of coquettishness.

Yoon Hyun's hair stood on end again, but he resisted the urge to comment. "You'll get used to it. We're married, and I'll be even nicer to you in the future."

Eun-jung responded softly and started drinking the seaweed soup.

The late-night snack was mostly eaten by the two, as they both needed to manage their figures. Although the cake was a low-calorie fruit cake, neither of them ate much. However, the seaweed soup that Yoon Hyun cooked was completely finished.

"Everyone in the crew has worked hard, staying with us for so long. Have some cake too, and let's celebrate Eun-jung's birthday together." Yoon Hyun handed the cake to the staff, who were already green with envy from watching the two eat. Although the staff had already had a simple dinner during the snowball fight, it was already 12 o'clock, and the food they had eaten earlier had long been digested. "Everyone, get some rest early. You don't need to wake us up in the morning."

Yoon Hyun's gesture of giving the cake had the meaning of sending the staff away.

The crew, not understanding Yoon Hyun's intentions, left the room after confirming that the unattended cameras were working properly.

"Oppa, are you sleepy?" Eun-jung asked.

"I? I'm fine. I've been thinking about the MV at home for the past two days, so I'm not tired. You should be more tired. After eating, go and wash up, then go to sleep."

"Um..." Eun-jung suddenly became a bit shy.

"Hey, there are cameras! I won't do anything to you!" Yoon Hyun thought Eun-jung was worried about this and tried to make a joke.

"It's not that, Oppa..."

"What's wrong?"

"Um... I prepared a small gift for you... but I forgot about it just now." Eun-jung pulled over the box she hadn't touched since getting in the car, opened it, and took out two packages.

"Is this... a couple's pajamas?" Yoon Hyun looked a bit speechless. "They're quite cute!" he said insincerely. Soft girls are soft girls; what's with these colorful and cute designs...

"Are they cute? Do you want to change into them, Oppa?"

"Go and wash up first, I'll do it later." Yoon Hyun insisted that Eun-jung go first.

Eun-jung thought Yoon Hyun was shy and unwilling to change into the couple's pajamas, so she went to the bathroom with her pajamas and toiletries, a bit unhappy.

As soon as Eun-jung entered the bathroom, Yoon Hyun immediately rushed back into the kitchen.

Originally, the surprise he had prepared for Eun-jung included not only the cake and seaweed soup but also some other decorations, like candles. In the previous situation, he definitely didn't have time to light the candles, but since he had already prepared them, he didn't want to waste them, so he decided to set them up while Eun-jung was in the shower.

However, Yoon Hyun miscalculated.

Based on his understanding of the two young women he knew best, Yoon Ji-hye and IU, it would take at least an hour to shower. So his setup was done as quietly as possible, without much emphasis on speed.

But unexpectedly, the bathroom door opened after just a few minutes.

Then Eun-jung and Yoon Hyun, who was lighting candles on the floor, stared at each other.

Immediately, Yoon Hyun's angry roar echoed: "Hey! How could you be so fast?"

The PD and photographer on night duty outside the door immediately started to imagine all sorts of scenarios...

"What are you doing, General?" Eun-jung, although she had already seen what Yoon Hyun was doing, still pretended not to know.

"Hey! Why did you come out without washing your face?" Yoon Hyun immediately noticed Eun-jung's eyeliner.

"I won't take off my makeup tonight."

"That's not good. Not taking off your makeup is bad for your skin. Go, take it all off."

"Does Oppa really want to see my bare face?"

"This is for your own good! Go, take it off."

"Oh..." Eun-jung, perhaps to give Yoon Hyun more time, obediently went back into the bathroom and closed the door.

Yoon Hyun looked around awkwardly and finally said to an unattended camera, "At least no one saw."

...

After a while, Yoon Hyun finished setting up, and Eun-jung in the bathroom had also finished taking off her makeup.

"Can I come out now?" Eun-jung asked from the bathroom.

"Have you finished taking off your makeup?"

"Yes, I'm done."

"Then come out!"

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