HPDBC Chapter 1365 was what you said.
Chapter 1365 was what you said.
Chapter 1365 was what you said.
Jung Eun-ji didn't offer any words of advice or comfort, only saying, "Who told you to be Ji Kyung-won?"
Because Chi Jingyuan was just complaining. He had his own choices and decisions. If he really harbored resentment, he wouldn't have said so much.
So there's really no need to say anything, just this one sentence is enough. Jung Eun-ji really understands him.
After venting her frustrations, she felt much better and seemed to be enjoying her drinks even more. This "Cheers!" was like a starting gun, initiating a new round of toasts. Jung Eun-ji didn't go back to her original seat; instead, she and Ji Kyung-won sat on the floor on one side of the table, sharing the same side.
They ate and drank for almost another hour. The smoke from the barbecue filled the private room, and both of their faces were covered in oil, sweat, and smoke, their complexions were rosy, and their eyes were unfocused.
Jung Eunji was actually alright. She has a high alcohol tolerance and doesn't get emotional like Ji Kyung-won, so she kept her composure. Although she was clearly a little tipsy by the end, she was still relatively sober.
But Chi Kyung-won was clearly already somewhat drunk.
By this time, they had almost finished eating and drinking. The table in the private room was a mess, with water and oil stains splattered everywhere. Empty wine bottles were scattered around, while Ji Kyung-won and Jung Eun-ji sat there loosely.
"Phew, it's already one o'clock."
Jung Eun-ji took out her phone and checked the time. This drinking session had really gone on for a while: "Hey, are you going to drink or not?"
Although she asked Chi Jingyuan a question, she didn't actually pay attention to his answer. After glancing at Chi Jingyuan, she looked back at the mess on the table and prepared to pay the bill.
"Drink up, why aren't you drinking? You're not drunk, are you? Haha, I bet you'll still have the nerve to brag about your high alcohol tolerance next time..."
However, Chi Jingyuan directly tried to stop him, but his voice was unreliable and he sounded very untrustworthy.
Jung Eun-ji rolled her eyes at her, picked up her phone, and was about to get up to pay the bill when she heard Ji Kyung-won suddenly speak up next to her: "Tell me... what should we do if we wrongly accuse someone?"
Hearing the noise, Jung Eun-ji turned around and saw Ji Kyung-won sitting against the wall, looking up at the ceiling light. His pupils reflected the dim yellow light, and his previously hazy eyes had become much clearer.
Hearing his somewhat puzzling words, Jung Eun-ji abandoned her intention to pay the bill and instead sat back down, moving closer, and asked curiously, "What do you mean?"
"You said... what should you do if you wrongly accuse someone?" Ji Jingyuan repeated softly, seemingly not understanding Jung Eunji's words.
"Whom did you wrongly accuse?" Jung Eun-ji asked proactively.
"Minato, Minatozaki, Minato..."
Ji Jingyuan first mumbled a few Japanese pronunciations, but then seemed to forget how to pronounce them. He opened his mouth, tilted his head forward, nodded forcefully, then raised it again. Finally, after pursing his eyes, he switched to Korean pronunciation: "Come on... Sana."
"Sana? Sana xi from Twice?"
Hearing this name surprised Jung Eun-ji. She knew a lot about Ji Kyung-won and knew that he was close to Twice, but in her memory, he had a special relationship with Mina and Tzuyu of Twice.
Why are you suddenly mentioning Sana Minatozaki's name?
"How could you have wronged her?" Jung Eunji leaned closer.
“Just before…”
At this moment, Chi Jingyuan seemed to have no intention of hiding anything, and recounted his experiences with Minatozaki Sana before and after, without embellishing his words and thoughts, and just told them very objectively.
However, it seems that for some special reason, he did not mention the intimate moment he had with Sana Minatozaki at the gym that day.
"You mean, you sensed that she seemed to like you, so you felt that her words were meant to sow discord between you and Mina xi..."
Ji Kyung-won's haunted speech was fragmented and sometimes incoherent, but Jung Eun-ji listened attentively and pieced together the events, asking:
"And then you thought she was a vain, materialistic, scheming, and treacherous woman who betrayed her best friend? So you took the initiative to distance yourself from her, and that day when she asked you about it, you even said some very hurtful things to her?"
"More or less..."
Chi Jingyuan let out a soft breath, but paused for a moment, instinctively trying to smooth things over: "It's not really hurtful... just telling the truth."
"Is this so..."
Jung Eunji nodded slightly upon hearing this, and pondered for a few seconds as if recalling something: "As for Sana-ssi, I've met her, and in my memory, she doesn't have the kind of personality you're describing."
Although Ji Kyung-won was drunk, Jung Eun-ji was analyzing the situation objectively, perhaps sensing his emotions.
"Oh dear, you've only met them a few times?"
But Chi Jingyuan scoffed and waved his hand after hearing this: "Female idols are the best at acting."
"hehe."
Hearing his words, Jung Eunji rolled her eyes at him with some displeasure and sneered, but she didn't let her emotions get the better of her. Instead, she asked rationally, "I haven't had much contact with her, but you must have had a lot more contact with her than I have, right? I've heard you mention her before."
"Having met her so many times, based on your judgment and experience, did you think she was just acting the whole time?"
"Uh……"
Chi Jingyuan was speechless, recalling the past, but unable to speak.
"I won't say whether your feelings are true or not, but vanity and snobbery aren't necessarily negative terms in our circle, are they? Who isn't like that?"
Jung Eun-ji then shrugged and said, "At least I wouldn't dare say I'm not vain or snobbish. What do you think?"
"I...I'm sure..."
"Besides, you think she's subtly stirring things up... But I remember you talked to me before you broke up with Mina because of that recording. I remember your situation at the time. Anyone who's even slightly sensitive would have said that, given your emotions... I remember I also advised you to break up with her back then, so am I too?"
“You and she are different.”
"So, the only thing she did wrong was liking you?"
"..."
Ji Jingyuan opened his mouth, but Jung Eunji's rapid-fire remarks left him speechless. Finally, he frowned, wanting to say something but then stammered, "Uh, why do I feel like you're always taking her side?"
"I'm not speaking up for her, do you remember what your first words were?"
Jung Eunji gestured towards him with her lips.
“I said, if I’m wrong…” Chi Jingyuan recalled for a moment, but stopped after only getting to the beginning.
"See, you yourself think so, otherwise you wouldn't have asked me that. I was just going along with what you said."
Jung Eun-ji shrugged, looking completely matter-of-fact, then paused for a few seconds before seriously analyzing the situation:
“I think you might have misunderstood her. From what I know of you, you feel a lot of guilt towards Mina-xi, but of course you won’t blame yourself, so you’ve taken it out on… Sana-xi.”
Hearing her words, Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything. He just sat there, looking up at the ceiling, clicking his tongue, seemingly lost in thought.
After a moment of silence, Jung Eun-ji poured herself another glass of wine and handed it to him: "So, what are you going to do?"
"Well... I guess I was wrong."
Chi Jingyuan took the wine glass, shook his head, and said, "Anyway, he's not someone very important."
"Haha~"
Hearing his words, Jung Eun-ji couldn't help but laugh. She tilted her head and stared at Ji Kyung-won for a while, then shook her head and said with certainty, "If she were really some insignificant person, given your personality, you wouldn't have mentioned this to me at all. You might even have forgotten her name."
She knows Chi Kyung-won too well.
Just as Ji Jingyuan was about to down his drink, he heard Jung Eunji's words and paused, the glass stopping at his lips. He took a sip and asked, "What would you do if you were in my shoes?"
"It's nothing~" Jung Eunji said naturally, "It's just an apology."
"Haha~"
Upon hearing this, Chi Jingyuan seemed to have heard a ridiculous joke, letting out a disdainful laugh and tilting his head back to drink the rest of the wine in one gulp.
But for some reason, the wine that I had been enjoying one glass after another, now felt a bit bloated.
He put down his glass, wiped the water from his lips with the back of his hand, and looked up at Jung Eun-ji: "Apologize? Impossible, I'm the one who..."
Before he could finish speaking, he collapsed against the wall and fell asleep within seconds, snoring.
"Oh, this, hehe~"
One second he was talking big, the next he was lying there drunk. Jung Eun-ji rolled her eyes speechlessly when she saw Ji Kyung-won lying there like a dead pig.
"You? You're the one who's ...
Jung Eun-ji stared at Ji Kyung-won and maliciously pressed him for more questions about what he hadn't finished saying, but then she felt a little bored looking at the completely drunk Ji Kyung-won who didn't respond at all.
She had originally wanted to take a picture of him so drunk and unconscious to keep as a souvenir and tease him later, but after thinking about it, she gave up. Soon, Jung Eun-ji picked up her phone and wallet and went out to pay the bill.
Returning a minute later, seeing Chi Jingyuan still motionless, she was pondering how to get him back when she suddenly heard a bell ring:
"Om~"
A quick glance revealed that it was Chi Kyung-won's phone that had been lying to the side that had rang. Jung Eun-ji walked over, picked it up, and saw that it was a video call invitation. However, the sender's contact name was written in several Chinese characters that she didn't recognize.
After thinking for a moment, and seeing the video call ringing incessantly, Jung Eun-ji finally clicked to answer.
Although I don't know who it is, contacting Chi Jingyuan so late at night and sending a video call must be someone I know very well. It would be bad if something was overlooked or if any misunderstandings were caused.
What are you doing? I just texted you and you didn't reply~
As soon as the video call connected, after a short loading period, before the image had fully appeared, a sentence in Chinese that Jung Eun-ji couldn't understand was already transmitted.
Although I couldn't understand it... the tone and voice were really quite pleasant, especially soft.
Once the image became clear, even though the lighting was dim, Jung Eun-ji immediately recognized the girl in it—big eyes, short face, and a pure, unadorned look.
Twice's Tzuyu.
"Are you, uh... Eunji unnie? Unnie ani happier~"
On the other side, Chou Tzu-yu immediately realized that the person in the video was not Ji Kyung-won, and was quite surprised and stunned for a moment. However, she quickly recognized Jung Eun-ji, and instantly switched to Korean to greet her.
Of course, Chou Tzu-yu wouldn't be unfamiliar with one of Mr. Chi's closest friends.
"Tzuyu, you are... Aigoo, qingjia yipuda~"
Jung Eun-ji smiled and greeted the video. She was about to ask, "Are you looking for Ji Kyung-won?" but when she looked at the face in the video, which was so close and visually striking, she couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
As she spoke, she couldn't help but glance at the drunken Chi Jingyuan, secretly wondering to herself if this guy still had this kind of enjoyment every night.
Thinking about the story of Sana Minatozaki that he just mentioned... why do I suddenly feel like kicking him?
"You're looking for Jingyuan, right?"
Before Chou Tzu-yu could thank her, Jung Eun-ji returned to her previous question, asking a question before pointing the camera at Ji Kyung-won next to her: "Well, he's here... but he's had too much to drink, so he probably can't talk to you."
"Oh, are you drunk?"
Chou Tzu-yu's face instantly zoomed in on the camera, and she breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Ji Kyung-won: "So he was just drinking with unnie?"
In the video, Chi Jingyuan sat limply against the wall, his head drooping listlessly, his face flushed, and he was snoring loudly.
Looking closely at Ji Kyung-won in the video, Chou Tzu-yu asked with some concern, "Did he drink a lot? Is he alright?"
Come to think of it, she doesn't think she's ever seen Chi Jingyuan like this before.
"It's nothing, I just drank too much."
Jung Eunji turned her attention back and smiled reassuringly, "I'll take it back to him later, don't worry."
"Then how will you guys get back, unnie?"
Chou Tzu-yu nodded slightly, but still couldn't put her mind at ease, and continued speaking quickly, "Should I go pick him up? I know where he lives... I'll come right now."
As she spoke, the video shook, and she seemed to be preparing to come out of the video to change clothes and take care of Chi Jingyuan.
"No, no, there's no need for that."
Seeing how decisive and efficient Zhou Ziyu, a girl with such a soft voice, could be, Jung Eunji was taken aback and quickly stopped her, saying, "I'll just call his manager. His manager is waiting nearby, it'll be quick."
Although the specific situation of Twice is unknown, it is definitely inconvenient for a female idol to leave the dormitory in the middle of the night. Moreover, if a popular female idol like Tzuyu were photographed with a drunk Ji Kyung-won late at night, it would be a huge offense if people found out.
Moreover, she guessed that Chou Tzu-yu didn't have a driver's license or a car.
"Is this so..."
Upon hearing this, Chou Tzu-yu stopped her hurried movements, and the video stopped shaking. However, she looked somewhat regretful. Even though it was just a video, she reflexively craned her head, as if she wanted to see Chi Kyung-won's face again.
Unfortunately, Jung Eun-ji was oblivious and didn't point the camera at them again, keeping her big face in the background.
Finally, Chou Tzuyu also turned her gaze away, instead looking at Jung Eunji on the screen, and said softly but earnestly:
"Then I'll have to trouble you to take care of him, thank you, unnie."
No update tomorrow, taking a day off.