thefictionvixens Chapter 40 Reaching a Consensus
Chapter 40 Reaching a Consensus
Listening to Lim Yoona's sleep-talking, Lee Jung-il thought to himself that even big stars have a lot of psychological pressure.
"Hey, don't try to take advantage of her. She has a boyfriend, or you'll get beaten up."
Lee Woo-bin spoke up from the front with a sour tone.
Li Zheng smiled.
"Does an official announcement mean it's true? I already said, what if it's just to avoid you?"
Lee Woo-bin was taken aback.
"What do you mean?"
"Literal meaning. Or you could just call yourself the Matchmaker of the entertainment industry from now on, since whichever female celebrity you pursue will scramble to find someone to date."
Lee Woo-bin's expression changed.
"Damn it..."
Before he could finish speaking, the car suddenly lurched.
"Well……"
Im Yoona was shaken awake.
She opened her eyes groggily and found herself lying on Li Zhengyi's lap, and she froze instantly.
Three seconds later.
"ah!!!"
She sat up abruptly, her face flushed red.
"What are you doing?!"
Li Zheng raised his hand, looking completely innocent.
"You slept here by yourself, what's wrong with you? What do you mean?"
"I...I...Why didn't you move away?!"
"How can I dodge? Push you to the ground?"
"You should at least have woken me up!"
"You almost drove the car under a truck. You finally fell asleep, why would I wake you up? To keep driving?"
Yoona's lips moved slightly.
She wanted to make some harsh remarks, but the objective facts were extremely unfavorable to her.
She slept by herself, lay down by herself, and the other person didn't touch her even once the whole time.
But she was both ashamed and annoyed, and didn't know what to say.
"I...I didn't say anything strange, did I?"
Li Zhengyi thought about it.
"Oh, nothing, pretty normal. Just things like 'Unnie, don't go,' 'I'm so tired,' 'Don't leave me.' Oh right, there was also a pretty touching line, 'No matter how well I do, it's useless.' The nasal tone was heavy, but the emotion was strong, nine points. I'm deducting one point because you drooled. Just kidding, I didn't."
Yoona's face went from pink to red, and then from red to translucent.
Those eyes, which had been calm just moments before, were now flashing wildly.
Then she pounced on him.
The physical actions were entirely driven by a combination of shame and anger, without the approval of the brain.
"Shut up! Don't say a word! Don't remember anything!"
Im Yoona was about to cover Lee Jung-il's mouth.
Li Zheng tried to hide in the back, but the space in the back row was limited; where could he hide?
The two of them wrestled together.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
Lee Woo-bin, who was in the front row, saw this scene in the rearview mirror, shouted, and subconsciously turned around.
As a result, the steering wheel veered off course, and the car veered sharply into the adjacent lane.
Holy crap!
Li Zheng had a sharp eye and spotted a large truck ahead.
"Watch out! Watch out! There's a truck ahead!"
Li Yubin quickly turned around and jerked the steering wheel.
The car made a sharp turn and narrowly missed the truck.
"Beep~~~!!!"
The truck's horn was deafening.
Li Yubin was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly steered the car steadily.
In the back row, due to inertia, Lin Yoona fell completely onto Li Zhengyi.
The two hugged each other tightly.
After the car stabilized, Lim Yoona calmed down and found herself lying on top of Lee Jung-il, whose hands were raised high, as if to say, "I didn't touch you."
She quickly got up, sat back in her seat, fastened her seatbelt, put her sunglasses back on, crossed her arms, looked out the window, and remained silent.
Li Zheng sat up straight and sniffed his clothes.
"Hmm, it smells nice. What perfume is it?"
Yoona squeezed out a sentence through gritted teeth.
"Shut up."
"oh."
The car fell silent.
There was only the sound of the engine and the wind.
Lee Woo-bin glanced at the two of them in the rearview mirror but didn't say anything more.
Half an hour later, the car entered downtown Seoul.
We stopped in front of a subway station in the far east of the city.
Step into the ten-mile station.
Lim Yoona opened the car door, her face cold.
"You can go back now. Goodbye."
He paused, then added another sentence.
"No, never again."
After saying that, he got into the car, slammed the door shut, and sped away.
Lee Jung-il and Lee Woo-bin stood at the subway station entrance, looking at each other in bewilderment.
A night breeze blew by, swirling up a few fallen leaves.
"..."
Lee Woo-bin lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.
"What are you going to do next?"
Li Zheng glanced at him.
Did I say what I was going to do?
Lee Woo-bin exhaled a smoke ring.
"I'm not really stupid, you're definitely trying to get back at Big Brother."
Li Zheng walked over, put his arm around his shoulder, and gave him a mischievous grin.
"Do you want to see your older brother make a fool of himself?"
Lee Woo-bin's eyes lit up.
"You want to embarrass your older brother?"
"I'm not sure, but I can give it a try."
Lee Woo-bin thought for a moment, then threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stomped it out.
"OK."
On the matter of embarrassing their elder brother, the two brothers, who had previously been at odds, instantly reached a consensus.
The wind at Shili Station is a bit cold.
Lee Woo-bin tightened his coat, looked at the subway station, and then turned to look at Lee Jung-il next to him.
"So, what are you planning to do?"
Li Zhengyi didn't answer immediately. Instead, he took out the crumpled pack of cigarettes from his pocket, flicked one out, and lit it.
He took a deep breath and exhaled a smoke ring.
"Second brother, do you know what our biggest advantage is right now?"
"Advantages?"
Lee Woo-bin was stunned for a moment.
"What advantages do we have? I'm being forced to hide by my older brother, and you were kicked out of your home for two years. Wait a minute."
His eyes suddenly lit up.
"My brother doesn't know you're still alive."
"Yes, and not entirely. He's unsure."
Li Zheng flicked his cigarette ash.
"All he knew was that we jumped from the plane, two people, one parachute. So in his mind, I might be dead, I might be alive, I might be half-dead. But most importantly, he wasn't sure."
"Uncertainty leads to panic."
Li Zheng smiled.
"Do you know what people do when they panic?"
Lee Woo-bin shook his head.
"We'll make mistakes. And now we have an even bigger advantage."
"What?"
"you."
Li Zhengyi looked at Li Yubin.
"If you want to succeed, you have to listen to me completely now, otherwise you'll definitely mess things up."
Lee Woo-bin: "..."
Don't make that face.
Li Zhengyi patted him on the shoulder.
"I know you're upset, but it's true. You have nowhere to go, no resources to use, and you don't even dare contact your cronies because they're a bunch of useless people."
"So you can only rely on me."
"And I rely on this."
Li Zhengyi pointed to his head.
Lee Woo-bin frowned.
"Even if I reluctantly admit that you have a bit of cleverness, your older brother isn't stupid either."
Li Zhengyi said, "But cleverness alone is not enough. We need an opportunity, an opportunity to make our eldest brother lose face in front of everyone."
"But that's too difficult."
Lee Woo-bin frowned.
"Big Brother isn't stupid. He's the vice president of CJ Entertainment, wielding real power. A bunch of people in the group have already secretly sided with him. Because everyone knows the old man's health is failing and he could kick the bucket at any moment."
"You think you can pull some tricks on this kind of person?"
Li Zhengyi shook his head.
"It's not playing tricks, it's fishing."
"fishing?"
"right."
Li Zhengyi felt cold in his feet; being barefoot in the night was still a bit unbearable.
He started walking towards the subway station.
Lee Woo-bin caught up and asked, "Fishing requires bait. Do you have any bait that can get Big Brother to bite?"
"you."
"I?"
"Yes, you. You are the bait."
"I am the bait."
Lee Woo-bin still looked completely bewildered.
"What do you mean?"