Chapter 63

Always feeling that this girl named Jiny Tae-yeon seems to be somewhat resistant and guarded towards him. Whether it's her nature or just towards him, Moon Jung-woo isn't quite sure. However, one thing is certain: Jiny Tae-yeon has clearly rejected his request. And for a girl who seems rather introverted and clearly isn't interested in him, Moon Jung-woo is at a loss for what to do.

Moreover, even if there were a way, he doesn't intend to think too much about it. After all, there's another possibility: her guard towards him might stem from yesterday's incident.

After carefully recalling, Moon Jung-woo feels that the reason Jiny Tae-yeon was scolded and mocked by the senior student is more due to himself. Although it was Li Ya-yuan who recommended her, if he hadn't enthusiastically requested her to sign up, Jiny Tae-yeon wouldn't have been notified to return from Seoul.

He casually filtered out the misunderstanding about disrespecting the senior student that Li Ya-yuan had caused. It's normal for others to act that way, but he himself shouldn't have made such a superfluous mistake, which indeed doesn't match his intelligence and growing emotional quotient.

Touching his nose, Moon Jung-woo walked towards the back mountain, still bypassing greetings from classmates and choosing secluded paths.

First, he needs to retrieve the diary. If that doesn't work, he won't cheat in the lottery. The program is just for fun; if necessary, he can let them play the accompaniment. After all, it's just for entertainment; the most important thing is to have a good time. Other things like the debut stage probably only matter to him.

Perhaps... he could include her? Thinking of the girl, Jiny Tae-yeon, who just rejected him, Moon Jung-woo doesn't know her background. But if she's really learning to sing and following a teacher, it can't just be a hobby, right?

Stepping on branches, Moon Jung-woo slowly walked towards the abandoned teaching building on the back mountain. From a distance, he saw the diary lying there quietly. Moon Jung-woo picked it up with a smile and was about to leave when he suddenly paused.

Turning his head, Moon Jung-woo looked at the pattern on the wall, rubbed his eyes, and approached to examine it closely: "Oh? Is it really haunted?"

Looking around the environment, it was still quiet and unchanged from when he left, but he clearly remembered that the mottled wall had no signs of human interference. Touching the pattern, it looked like a face but was messy.

Moon Jung-woo subconsciously patted the diary and suddenly noticed a page folded over. Sitting on the steps, he opened the diary, and his expression became strange. There was a paragraph of text, but it was definitely not written by him.

"Hello... You must be a student at this school, right? I don't know which grade you're in, but as long as you're not in the third year, I think I can speak to you normally. I didn't expect... that someone else would find this place. I thought only I dared to come here." Moon Jung-woo couldn't help but smile; the tone and handwriting clearly belonged to a girl.

Moon Jung-woo continued reading: "However, since this is a public place, and we haven't met, I wonder if I can... ask for a favor. I found this place with great effort, so if you could, could you please let me have it? Of course, I know this request is unreasonable, so I won't leave my name. If not... just pretend I didn't say anything."

Moon Jung-woo shook his head with a smile, put the notebook in his backpack, and sat back down. The diary was new and used for writing, but he hadn't had any inspiration recently, so he hadn't written much. It wasn't valuable, but since it wasn't far, he decided to pick it up on his way. He didn't expect such an incident to happen. Smiling, Moon Jung-woo took out a pen and wrote a few lines, closed the diary, and put it back in its place before leaving.

"Ya-yuan, it's not what you think." Jiny Tae-yeon held onto Li Ya-yuan, who was about to go eat alone at noon, and explained with her lips pursed.

Indeed, they usually ate together, but today Li Ya-yuan suddenly proposed wanting to be alone and think about some things. Such a lame excuse could only come from her.

If you, Li Ya-yuan, were willing to think more about things, would I have to go through yesterday's misunderstanding? Li Ya-yuan isn't a very complicated person.

After a moment of silence, she turned around, frowned at Jiny Tae-yeon, and looked very serious: "Soft-soft, how long have we known each other?"

Jiny Tae-yeon was at a loss: "Oh? Why are you calling me by my Chinese name?"

Li Ya-yuan ignored this, her eyes wide and serious, making the freckles on her face more noticeable, which made Jiny Tae-yeon want to laugh.

Li Ya-yuan impatiently grabbed her shoulders: "Be serious. Answer my question."

Jiny Tae-yeon, who is small, hates being grabbed by the shoulders. Li Ya-yuan knows this. Even if she feels that Li Ya-yuan really cares, she can't give up her principles. She frowned and shook off her hand: "One year and two months... What do you want to say?"

Li Ya-yuan looked at Jiny Tae-yeon: "If you also like Jung-woo, you have to tell me honestly, no lying."

Jiny Tae-yeon's eyes widened: "Oh!? I like him?! What kind of joke are you starting?!"

Li Ya-yuan crossed her arms and looked at her: "Tae-yeon, we are best friends. I won't give up on pursuing him because of you, but if you admit it, we can compete fairly and still be good friends. I don't want you to lie to me because I know you are smarter, prettier, and more excellent than me. If you lie to me, you are just like them, treating me as a silly girl rather than a friend."

Jiny Tae-yeon looked at Li Ya-yuan in a daze and became serious after a while: "I can swear, I absolutely don't like him. Not even a little bit."

Hearing Jiny Tae-yeon swear, Li Ya-yuan relaxed a bit. But then another doubt arose: "Then what... what did he want from you?"

"He wanted me to..." Jiny Tae-yeon was about to speak but paused, remembering the favor Moon Jung-woo asked of her.

Li Ya-yuan frowned again: "Something special? Can't you tell me?"

Jiny Tae-yeon bit her lip and looked up at Li Ya-yuan: "In short, it's not what you think. Just believe me."

Li Ya-yuan looked at Jiny Tae-yeon, just looking. After a moment, she pursed her lips, passed Jiny Tae-yeon, and took her lunch box to leave.

Jiny Tae-yeon was stunned and instinctively grabbed her: "You don't believe me?"

Li Ya-yuan pushed her hand away: "If there's really nothing, why don't you say it?"

Jiny Tae-yeon shook her head in difficulty: "This matter..."

Li Ya-yuan shook her head: "Tae-yeon, yesterday after school, I waited for you at the gate for a long time but didn't see you come out. Just as I was about to leave, Moon Jung-woo left the school first. Then... it was you."

Jiny Tae-yeon looked puzzled: "What does that have to do with anything?" Suddenly her eyes widened: "You don't think..."

Li Ya-yuan took a deep breath: "Tae-yeon, I may be silly, but I'm not stupid. Yesterday, when I apologized to you, you didn't seem to care. Actually... you didn't care, right? You also went to Seoul for practice and came back less and less. And Moon Jung-woo has been in Seoul, rarely coming back to class."

Jiny Tae-yeon was at a loss, waving her hand and turning to pack her lunch box: "I'm speechless. With such a rich imagination, why don't you become a screenwriter? I'll take you to where I went after school yesterday to show you..."

"Are you secretly dating him? Just like you did with that senior student before?"

Jiny Tae-yeon's words were interrupted, and her smile slowly froze.

Putting down her lunch box, Jiny Tae-yeon turned to look at Li Ya-yuan: "Do you... know what you're saying?"

Li Ya-yuan was stunned, bit her lip, and looked down. After a while, she looked at Jiny Tae-yeon: "I didn't mean it that way, I just don't want you to..."

"Are you two dating?" Jiny Tae-yeon smiled and asked softly.

Li Ya-yuan was stunned and instinctively looked up: "No... no."

Jiny Tae-yeon laughed softly: "Since that's the case, do you have the right to question me like this? For a boy you've only met a few times and spoken to a few times, to treat a friend you've known for over a year like this... do you think it's right?"

Jiny Tae-yeon put her lunch box in her backpack and left the classroom. This time... she needed to think, so she needed some peace and quiet.

(Thank you to . for the support. Thank you to . for the support. Much appreciated. o(n_n)o)

{Piao Tian Literature}