Peninsula: 72 Hours of Blind Dates

Chapter 33 If you ask, it's possible.

It was indeed Wu Haiyuan's voice coming from the other end of the phone.

Han Xijun paused for a moment, then his first words were: "Curry rice?"

Most people really wouldn't understand what Han Xijun meant.

This was a "promise" made between Wu Haiyuan and Han Xijun after the camera lens was turned off on the third day of filming.

Wu Haiyuan frankly told Han Xijun that the members would definitely ask about the recording of this program after they returned to Seoul.

She knows the gossip members too well.

There's a possibility that she might call Han Hee-joon because she can't withstand the members' onslaught.

Of course, Wu Haiyuan will try his best to prevent such things from happening.

But there's always a chance of something going wrong.

So Wu Haiyuan came up with a "secret code" that only she and Han Xijun knew, which was "curry rice" that Han Xijun had just mentioned.

Wu Haiyuan was simply shocked by the use of this code.

Everyone assumes that islanders eat mostly ramen or sushi.

These two dishes are indeed part of the daily diet of islanders.

Wu Haiyuan and Han Xijun both thought so.

However, the restaurant owner told Wu Haiyuan that curry rice is the most commonly eaten food by people in Japan every year.

For Wu Haiyuan and Han Xijun, curry rice became a way for Han Xijun to confirm with Wu Haiyuan whether all the members were there or if Wu Haiyuan was alone.

If Wu Haiyuan calls Han Xijun alone, Wu Haiyuan must respond with the corresponding "code".

Wu Haiyuan's voice came through the receiver, saying "a meal for one".

The cipher connection was successful.

"Dining alone" means that Wu Haiyuan was talking on the phone with Han Xijun alone.

Han Xijun swallowed back the words "Is something wrong?" that were on the tip of his tongue.

Cough

Clearing his throat, Han Xijun said, "I thought it was the group members ganging up on you."

Wu Haiyuan's voice was very soft; even with the phone pressed against his ear, Han Xijun could barely hear him. He said, "Could you speak louder?"

"Han Xijun, can you hear me clearly now?"

"Yes, I heard you clearly."

"The members are ganging up on me, but I'm not calling you because of their gossip. I really managed to hold back. It's because Writer Lee from the '72 Hours of Blind Date' production team wants me to ask you to go to their studio to record the narration and interviews for the show."

Han Xijun replied calmly, "About that?"

Wu Haiyuan knew that the production team had already contacted Han Xijun but had been rejected.

She didn't want to "force" Han Xijun, explaining, "I just didn't want to refuse Writer Lee's request, so I called to ask Han Xijun. I'll tell Writer Lee that Han Xijun declined."

Dong dong dong

knocking

Wu Haiyuan stood in front of the sink, fiddling with his bangs with his left hand and holding up his phone with his right.

At this time, company employees would have already left work.

She locked the bathroom door because she thought no one would come.

He asked, "Who is it?"

There was indeed a response from outside the door: "Is the restroom available?"

The voices don't sound like the members.

Wu Haiyuan belatedly realized, slapped his forehead and muttered, "I forgot there are other trainees in the company."

I really forgot.

He quickly said, "Please wait a moment."

In his haste, Wu Haiyuan said into the phone microphone, "Wait, I'll go open the door."

Personal office at the AI ​​R&D center.

Han Xijun, leaning back in his office chair, couldn't suppress the corners of his mouth.

Only Wu Haiyuan would do something like this.

Whether on TV or in private, Wu Haiyuan gave Han Xijun the impression of being adorably reckless.

There was no disguise whatsoever.

I won't package myself into someone others like just because I'm recording a show.

The ladylike reserve never appeared.

The girl's liveliness, restlessness, and impulsiveness are ever-present.

Although he didn't know what had happened, Han Xijun had heard the knocking and conversation, and guessed that Wu Haiyuan had called him from the bathroom.

Thinking that no one would come to the bathroom at this time, they even locked the bathroom door from the inside.

She's still at the company.

Such conversations only happen in companies.

Through the phone, Han Xijun heard the sound of the door opening and a girl loudly greeting him, "Hello, senior," and Wu Haiyuan apologizing.

blah blah blah

A flurry of footsteps.

crunch.

bang.

Wu Haiyuan's voice came through the phone again: "There was a slight accident just now."

Without a second thought, Han Xijun joked, "Did you lock your colleagues out of the restroom?"

Wu Haiyuan exclaimed "Huh?" and asked, "How did Han Xijun know?"

Han Xijun only said three words: "You forgot?"

Wu Haiyuan exclaimed, "Ah, you can read minds? I haven't forgotten. Wait, doesn't mind reading require looking into my eyes to activate the superpower?"

I could clearly hear Han Xijun's laughter.

Wu Haiyuan "complained," "What? Are you kidding me?"

Han Xijun said, "I heard the conversation."

Wu Haiyuan explained, "I thought it was so late and all the company employees had gone home, so no one would be making a phone call in the bathroom and I wouldn't be caught. I forgot that there were other trainees in the company."

"Now there's no problem. I'm in the stairwell; there's definitely no one there."

The voice just fell.

Wu Haiyuan muttered "who".

Han Xijun didn't speak, quietly listening to another series of footsteps coming through the receiver.

It was the sound of footsteps climbing the stairs.

The footsteps stopped, and Wu Haiyuan's voice came through the receiver again: "It sounds like someone's there, but I don't see anyone."

Han Xijun said, "You didn't catch someone from the company secretly dating in the stairwell, did you?"

"Hiss~"

"It might actually be true. How did Han Xijun guess that?"

Han Xijun replied casually, "I've seen it happen."

Wu Haiyuan, instinctively transforming into a gossip warrior, pressed on with excitement, "Dafa, you bumped into her? At the Kakao Group? Was she an employee in your department? It wouldn't be like in the TV dramas, where the secretary and..."

Cough

He cleared his throat.

Wu Haiyuan's tone was noticeably lower as he said, "I've talked too much, I'm sorry."

Han Xijun immediately replied, "I'm used to it."

"what?"

"It's nothing. You just got back to Seoul today, aren't you going to rest?"

Wu Haiyuan said, "Our debut wasn't ideal, so we've been putting in extra practice time in the studio to improve ourselves recently."

Remembering the important matter, Wu Haiyuan spoke quickly, "I must have disturbed Han Xijun's work. I know how to tell Writer Li, so I won't bother Han Xijun anymore."

"time?"

Wu Haiyuan was taken aback for a moment, then asked, "What?"

Han Hee-joon said, "It's the time I spend at the studio recording narration and program interviews."

Wu Haiyuan's tone was full of surprise: "Han Xijun Xi agreed?"

Han Xijun said, "Yes, just tell me the time and address."

Wu Haiyuan muttered to himself, "Am I hallucinating? That can't be. The show's PD was rejected when he called, but he got accepted when he called himself?"

"Is it really true, as the members say, that Han Hee-joon doesn't give the production team face, but gives himself face?"

"Are you crazy? Who am I? How could Han Xijun give me special treatment?"

The phone was always held to my ear.

Han Xijun overheard every word Wu Haiyuan muttered to himself.

Han Xijun called out, "Wu Haiyuan Xi."

"Inside?"

"That's right"

"What do you mean, 'not wrong'?"

"I only agreed to this out of respect for you, so send me the time and the studio address, and I'll go."

This sentence kept echoing in Wu Haiyuan's mind.

She couldn't remember how she got back to the practice room.

Holding the phone tightly.

The members surrounded him, asking him all at once what they had said on the phone, and whether Han Hee-joon had agreed or refused.

The members didn't even remember how they answered.

It was the noise from the members that brought me back to the real world.

He looked at the inexplicably excited members with a puzzled expression.

Pei Shuzhen suddenly leaned closer, almost touching Wu Haiyuan's nose, their eyes meeting at extremely close range, and said, "This is pure pampering, unnie, it's the pampering of a domineering CEO!!!"