Did he think he could get away with working for free just because he liked Red Velvet? What a joke!
As for his own demands...
The stance wasn’t that important. What he really wanted was the condition he mentioned later.
Compromise was not just a Chinese trait. With that initial condition, what he proposed later wasn’t even something Director Kim hesitated over.
His silence made Director Kim take a deep breath. Finally, Director Kim lightly tapped on the desk, as if making a decision. Content originally comes from novel※fire.net
"If it doesn’t involve sensitive public opinion issues, we can find a way to help."
Seeing Director Kim relent, Liu Xin’an nodded, a bright smile appearing on his face, "Please make sure this clause is in the contract."
"Mr. Liu Xin’an, you are very clear about what we want from you."
Liu Xin’an shrugged and didn’t spell it out, "Just meeting each other’s needs."
After a morning of practice, Kang Seulgi, collapsed on the ground, shouted out what they were all planning to do next, in a hopeful voice.
"Where’s Liu Xin’an? Didn’t he say he wanted to try our company’s nutrition meals?"
Son Seungwan had been waiting for lunchtime ever since Liu Xin’an arrived.
This damned guy had been so dismissive of their company’s daunting nutrition meals. She had to see what kind of expression Liu Xin’an would have after eating those.
"Oh, right, Juhyun unnie, where’s your boyfriend?"
Hearing her sister mention Liu Xin’an, Bae Juhyun pursed her lips, eyes drifting.
Alright, she felt sympathetic.
She knew all too well how tasteless the nutrition meals were.
Her boyfriend didn’t need to lose weight. He had such a great figure, no need for this torture.
"Hmm, if Director Kim finds out we made him eat that stuff, we’ll get chewed out."
"Come on, are you feeling soft?"
"No!" Bae Juhyun widened her beautiful eyes, trying to answer in an innocent tone.
"Sooyoung, come over and hold her, this woman has betrayed us."
"Hey, what do you mean I betrayed? I’m just thinking about everyone!"
"Then just tell Liu Xin’an it’s his own idea to eat it. As his girlfriend, it’s not too much to ask, right?"
The clever Son Seungwan made Park Sooyoung and Kim Yerin click their tongues in amazement. When it came to scheming against their own, these older sisters responded so quickly.
Yet earlier, in front of Kim Heechul, they seemed so... clueless.
Bae Juhyun struggled for a while, but her strength wasn’t enough against her younger sister Park Sooyoung.
"Sooyoung, unnie is usually so good to you, let me go, okay?"
"Sorry, Juhyun unnie, but on this, I’m with Seulgi unnie and the others."
"Yerin, bring over Juhyun unnie’s phone."
Kim Yerin, smiling like she was enjoying a good show, gleefully strolled to the table where their phones were kept and brought over a few.
Then, Seulgi took Bae Juhyun’s phone.
She aimed the phone screen at Bae Juhyun’s pretty face, while Juhyun tried to contort her face as much as possible.
As long as the screen failed to unlock, it’d be fine!
But Bae Juhyun underestimated modern technology.
Even with her pretty face scrunched up, the camera still recognized her face and successfully unlocked the phone.
The home screen, with a photo of Bae Juhyun, smoothly appeared before Seulgi.
She scrolled through the contacts, and triumphantly waved the phone in front of Bae Juhyun after finding "Liu Xin’an" in Chinese.
Bae Juhyun looked shocked, "How can you understand Chinese!"
Not wanting to be found out, Bae Juhyun hadn’t dared to change Liu Xin’an’s name to a nickname in the contacts. But just using the name seemed too plain... so she had pestered Liu Xin’an to write out his name in Chinese, and put it in the phone contacts.
She wanted "Liu Xin’an" to stand out.
Little did she expect that Seulgi would find it so easily.
"...You only have one Chinese name in your contacts. If I didn’t recognize it, I’d have an IQ problem."
Seulgi was speechless. Did falling in love make people stupid?
"Hey, don’t randomly call him, he might still be busy!"
The point of finding the contact was to reach Liu Xin’an anyway, and realizing this made Bae Juhyun shout anxiously.
"We’re not that dumb, let’s send a message first!"
Seulgi eagerly opened the messaging app, but before she could hit send, the sound of the door opening made them all freeze.
Walking in, Liu Xin’an saw his girlfriend being held by Park Sooyoung, Seulgi holding Bae Juhyun’s phone and waving it around. He was dumbfounded.
He blinked in confusion, "Wh-what’s going on?"
Could someone explain the situation to him?
"Quick, mmmph..." Bae Juhyun reacted quickly and was about to tell Liu Xin’an to run, but Kim Yerin, even faster, covered her mouth.
"Done talking with Director Kim?"
Son Seungwan stood between Liu Xin’an and the others, changing the subject.
Liu Xin’an raised an eyebrow, brushed past Seungwan, and looked at Seulgi and the others again.
Ultimately, Park Sooyoung and Kim Yerin weren’t as familiar with Liu Xin’an as Seulgi was. So when they sensed his confusion, they let go of Bae Juhyun awkwardly, giving her her freedom back.
And the first thing Juhyun did was go to Seulgi, take her phone back, and lightly thump her cheeky younger sister.
When Seulgi let out a pitiful sound, Juhyun finally came over to Liu Xin’an.
"It’s nothing, just a joke, don’t get the wrong idea."