Chapter 86

Li Chong hurriedly rushed back to the apartment at 9:40, holding a gift that someone had picked out for him. Without going to his own place first, he directly knocked on the door of the Girls' Generation dormitory.

"Knock, knock, knock!" Li Chong started knocking lightly, but the atmosphere inside was too lively, and no one heard him. It wasn't until he started pounding on the door, knocking three times, that someone finally heard the knocking.

"It must be Uncle Li Chong!!!" YoonA, with a flushed face from drinking, put down her wine glass and staggered to the door to open it.

"Uncle, why did you... come... so late!" YoonA, seeing Li Chong standing outside in a white suit, was momentarily speechless. Her eyes immediately sparkled, and she started acting like a love-struck fan.

Li Chong was blocked at the door by YoonA, unable to enter. He wanted to wake YoonA up, but seeing her bright, starry eyes and the hint of a smile on her lips, he felt that if he called out, he would be very depressed.

"YoonA, why aren't you letting Uncle Li Chong in?" Taeyeon noticed that YoonA had been standing at the door for a while, leaving the guest outside.

Taeyeon had also had two large glasses of red wine, and her face was flushed. She stood up and then saw Li Chong standing outside the door. "Ah!!!" Taeyeon screamed.

Li Chong was frustrated. I just changed my clothes, is it really that big of a deal?

"Alright, you've seen me before, why are you acting like you've seen an alien?" Li Chong said helplessly, seeing YoonA, who had been startled awake by Taeyeon's scream.

Hearing Taeyeon's scream, everyone in the room thought something had happened and crowded to the door. Each member of Girls' Generation let out a scream when they saw Li Chong, and each scream added to Li Chong's frustration.

Seeing their flushed faces, Li Chong felt that these crazy girls shouldn't be allowed to drink.

"Stop!" Li Chong had to shout again.

Everyone suddenly heard a loud shout and fell silent. "Can I come in now? Standing here isn't good, right?" Li Chong quickly said, seeing that everyone at the door had fallen silent.

Without waiting for a response from Girls' Generation, he squeezed his way in. As soon as he entered, he saw a few members of Super Junior and a few girls he didn't recognize, all staring at him with wide eyes.

"Ah, there are so many people here." Li Chong felt awkward seeing the room full of people.

At this moment, the Girls' Generation members finally reacted. They all swarmed around Li Chong, touching him here and there, as if he were an exhibit in a museum.

"Uncle, how can you look so handsome and young? If you keep this up, I won't feel right calling you Uncle anymore," Panni, a bit tipsy, said.

YoonA, Sulli, and Sooyoung nodded in agreement. Li Chong used to have a beard and wore suits, but they were business-like, exuding a mature and steady demeanor. Today, for the movie, Li Chong had changed his style, and the Girls' Generation members suddenly realized how handsome he was, not at all inferior to movie stars.

"Givenchy's casual line!" Lee Yeonhee whispered to Ko Ahra, seeing Li Chong's white suit.

Ko Ahra also felt a bit dizzy when she saw Li Chong. What a handsome and stylish man! How could such a handsome man be a director? She heard Lee Yeonhee whisper something in her ear. "What?" Ko Ahra asked.

Lee Yeonhee looked at Ko Ahra. "I said his white suit is from Givenchy, and it costs 10 million won."

"Ah, Givenchy!" Ko Ahra took a closer look and indeed saw that it was Givenchy, and it was a high-end ready-to-wear piece.

"It seems this director isn't simple at all," Lee Yeonhee's interest in Li Chong grew.

"Uncle, did you just come back from the set?" Kim Taeyeon finally stopped acting like a love-struck fan.

Li Chong put the gift aside, took off his suit, revealing a white shirt underneath, and loosened his peach-colored tie. "Yes, I just came back from the movie set. I didn't even go home. Can someone get me a glass of water?"

Sulli, who hadn't been drinking, was still sober and immediately got Li Chong a glass of water, which he drank in one gulp.

"Uncle, why are you dressed like this as a director?" Sunny asked, joining the conversation.

Li Chong, after drinking the water, relaxed a bit and looked around at the crowd. "Don't even mention it. Brother Zhang Xun, the director of my current movie, made me an actor." Li Chong said helplessly, then picked up a piece of cake and started eating. He hadn't eaten anything all evening, and Zhang Xun was a workaholic!

"Actor? Aren't you the assistant director? How did you become an actor?" YoonA asked, puzzled.

In a few bites, Li Chong finished the piece of cake and picked up another one. "It's because the budget ran short. I can act reasonably well, so they pulled me in. Now I have to be both the assistant director and an actor."

Everyone looked at each other, puzzled. A director who couldn't afford actors? If they couldn't afford A-list stars, there were B-list stars, TV actors, and a bunch of graduates from art schools. It wouldn't come to the director acting.

"Um... what role are you playing? A supporting role or an extra?" Ko Ahra suddenly chimed in.

"Who is this beauty?" Li Chong, seeing an unfamiliar girl asking, looked at Kim Taeyeon.

"Ah, this is Ko Ahra, and the one next to her is Lee Yeonhee. They are trainees who trained with us. They debuted as actors before us and have already appeared in several TV dramas," Kim Taeyeon introduced Ko Ahra and Lee Yeonhee. Ko Ahra and Lee Yeonhee nodded at Li Chong, acknowledging his presence.

Li Chong then looked at the girls next to Han Geng, one in her twenties and three who looked about the same age as Park Jiyeon. "Are these your company's trainees?"

At this moment, Jessica spoke. When Li Chong was at the door, she had been deeply attracted by his white figure. This figure was the one that often appeared in her dreams, wearing a white suit and a peach-colored tie. Shaving his beard made him even more handsome, and now this image was right in front of her. Among everyone, Li Chong's appearance had the greatest impact on her.

"That's my sister, Chae Soo-jung; the one next to her is Choi Sulli; next to Han Geng is Song Hye-kwon, who is Chinese; and the petite beauty is Goo Hara, a member of KARA."

"Wow!" Li Chong, upon hearing that Goo Hara was a member of KARA, couldn't help but look at her. The first time he saw Goo Hara, he felt like he was looking at the Japanese pop queen Namie Amuro, petite and sexy.

"Right, and this beauty," YoonA helped a girl who was already quite tipsy, "is Park Soo-yeon, a former member of Girls' Generation. She left the selection process due to some family issues."

After that, Li Chong also met Choi Minho and Lee Taemin, hearing that they were about to debut. Li Chong looked at Girls' Generation again, thinking that S&M Entertainment must have some problems. Otherwise, they wouldn't be launching a boy group at this time, when Girls' Generation was just starting to gain traction and hadn't yet reached the level of Wonder Girls. Starting to allocate resources to a new boy group now? And didn't they already have Super Junior? Super Junior hadn't yet reached the height of TVXQ, and they hadn't even reached the top. How could S&M Entertainment have so many resources?

"Right, Uncle Li Chong, what gift did you get for Sister Taeyeon? It's not a crystal piano, is it?" YoonA, seeing Li Chong deep in thought, asked about the gift.

"Ah, the gift? It's just this. Taeyeon, you can take a look and see if you like it!" Li Chong, awakened by YoonA's voice, handed the gift to Taeyeon.

"Open it, open it!" Everyone was eagerly waiting to see Li Chong's gift.