Chapter 25: The Second Encounter with Zhiyan

  That's right, this girl is Park Ji-yeon, who was knocked down by Chen Shao on the day he returned to China.

  "Ji-hyun, what are you doing here? What happened?" Chen Shao quickly walked up to Park Ji-hyun's side and asked.

  Park Ji-yeon saw the person coming and felt like she had seen him somewhere before, so she tilted her head to look at Chen Shao and thought for a while, then excitedly shouted "A Ze Xi, are you A Ze Xi who treated me to dinner and sent me home at the airport last time?"

  "Ah, yes, we did meet at the airport and I treated you to a meal, but please don't call me Ah Ze Xi, I'm only three years older than you." Chen Shao replied with a sweat-drenched face.

  "No, I'll just call you Ah Ze Xi, it's more intimate" Park Ji-yeon doesn't care about that, I like to call however I want.

  "Alright then, suit yourself; what are you doing here?" Chen Shao looked around at the people staring at them and asked Park Ji-hyun with his head lowered.

  "Uh... I accidentally broke a ceramic vase of this street vendor uncle just now, and he asked me to compensate him. But I don't have any money on me, so he won't let me leave and says he's going to call the police." Park Ji-yeon said quietly to Chen Shao.

  After listening to her, Chen Shao didn't blame her either. After all, everyone has their careless moments; making mistakes and knowing how to admit them is what makes a good kid. Then he turned around and chatted with the street vendor uncle about something.

  "What should I call you, uncle? My friend just accidentally broke your bottle and she didn't have any money to compensate you. I apologize for her carelessness earlier. Can you tell me how much the bottle costs so I can compensate you?" Chen Shao stood in for Park Ji-yeon to discuss compensation with the street vendor uncle.

  "No big deal, young man. My name is Ailu Guan. I think your friend didn't mean to do it on purpose, but she just happened to break my stuff earlier. If I don't ask her for compensation, then I'll have to swallow this loss myself. We're all struggling to make a living, so we can't help but ask for compensation."

  "It's okay, I understand too, Uncle, just tell me how much it is and I'll compensate you for it"

  "Look at her, it's not intentional, just 500,000 yuan." Ai Luoguan said after thinking for a moment, but in his heart he was thinking "You look quite rich too, this shouldn't be a big deal; however, I still lost out. That little girl is a bit small, but she has a good figure; alas... what a pity."

  "Alright, here's 500,000 for you, sorry to bother you, uncle." Chen Shao paid the money and pulled Park Ji-yeon, who was staring at him in a daze beside him, and left.

  Park Ji-yeon had been gazing at him while Chen Shao was talking to that Mr. Ai Luoguan just now; they met twice, both times because of her own reasons Chen Shao helped her out; meanwhile, a strange feeling rose in her heart towards this boy she had only seen twice.

  "Where are you going now? Are you going home?" Chen Shao said to Zhiyan who was in a daze.

  "No way, I just escaped from home, I don't want to go back" Hearing Chen Shao's words, Zhiyan who was in a daze suddenly became agitated.

  Looking at Park Ji-yeon who was excited because of her own sentence, Chen Shao rarely didn't understand; only after using mind-reading technique did he come to realize that she had actually run away from home.

  Park Ji-yeon ran away from home this time because her family was unwilling to let her become a trainee and she got angry and left; Park Ji-yeon herself also liked the feeling of standing on stage and being cheered by others; So, in the case where her family did not agree, she resolutely ran away from home; That's why there was that scene just now.

  "So where are you going now, just wandering the streets like this? It's so late and not returning home, your family will definitely be worried." Chen Shao knew the situation, but it was also hard to say anything, every family has its own unspeakable troubles.

  "I don't know, anyway I'm not going home; Ah Ze Xi can you help me? I really don't want to go home now, where can I spend the night?" Park Ji-yeon looked at Chen Shao with a pitiful gaze.

  Seeing her like this, Chen Shao's heart softened instantly. He still had a good impression of this little girl; "Okay, I do have a place, and you can temporarily stay there too. You can stay at my place until you resolve the issues with your family. Haven't you eaten dinner yet? I'll take you to a Chinese restaurant."

  "Really, Ah Ze Xi you said it. Park Ji-yeon thought Chen Shao would refuse, but didn't expect him to agree so quickly, and even let her stay until the relationship with her family members eased."

  "Really, what's worth deceiving you about? Either the figure or the face?" Chen Shao originally wanted to tease her a bit and lift her mood.

  "Ah, Ah-ji; have your eyes gone to the back of your head? I'm this invincible beauty and you're saying I don't have a figure, I don't have a face: A-ji!" Chen Shao's words instantly drove Park Ji-yeon crazy.

  Mom? You actually said "Ya and Esi"? Are you going to rebel or defy the heavens or something? Chen Shao looked at Park Ji-yeon with a speechless expression as she went crazy.

  "Who made you say that about me?" Azizi realized he had said the wrong thing, but Park Ji-yeon still insisted;

  "Isn't it just a joke? You've become as rough as a little dinosaur!" Looking at Park Ji-yeon's stubborn expression, Chen Shao couldn't help but tease her, "From now on, I'll just call you Little Dinosaur. After all, you also call me Ah Ze Xi."

  "Call if you must, detestable Azecy, humph!" Park Ji-yeon said with a wrinkled nose at Chen Shao.

  Looking at the lovely and cute Park Ji-yeon, Chen Shao was delighted. "Alright, let's go! We're going to eat, by the way, do you know there's a restaurant nearby called 'Huang Huang Restaurant'?"

  "Of course I know, just turn left at the front. Azexi, where are we going to eat? I've been there once and it's delicious; but it's a bit expensive."

  "Alright then, eat as much as you want tonight, just as long as your stomach can handle it."

  "What are we waiting for? Let's hurry up and go! We didn't even have dinner when we rushed out earlier!"

  "What's the hurry? Isn't it just ahead?"

  "If you don't hurry up, there won't be seats left later"

  "Don't worry, it's definitely available"

  "How did you know, Azizi?"

  "Because... " Looking at Park Ji-yeon's expectant face, Chen Shao smiled and said while running away, "I won't tell you, haha."

  "Ah! You detestable Azizi, don't run!"

  "You don't chase me, I won't run"

  "You don't run and I won't chase"

  "Then you'd better chase me"

  "Chase after"

  "Even if you chase me, I won't accept you. I have a girlfriend now." Hearing Park Ji-yeon's words, Chen Shao stopped and seriously said to her, then quickly ran away because she knew that this dinosaur sister would definitely go crazy again; if she wasn't caught, she would be tortured.

  "Ah…… stop right there, you tell me clearly what you mean by 'I won't accept it even if you chase me', is that what I meant, Aisi?! Ah, Azexi, I told you to stop! Didn't you hear?!" As expected, it really exploded, and was even more terrifying than a dinosaur;

  "I'm not stupid, stop and get caught by you?"

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  "Is this really our family's restaurant? The decorations are quite nice!" Chen Shao exclaimed, looking at the restaurant his father had opened.

  "Is this your family's store?" asked Ji-hyun, who was standing next to Chen Shao.

  "Yes, it's my dad's. I've grown up so big and this is the first time I've come here." Chen Shao smiled and replied; after finishing speaking, he walked in by himself, not caring where Zhiyan was spacing out.

  "Older sister, I've arrived. Why didn't you come out to welcome me? I had to search all around before I found it. How is our family's store hidden so secretly?" Chen Shao said as soon as he entered the door, seeing his older sister Chen Ning looking at something in front of the counter, and then walked up to her to complain;

  "Do you still remember that your family has a restaurant?" Chen Ning said without looking up, ignoring her brother's complaints.

  "Hey, aren't you busy? Besides, it's useless for me to come over anyway?" Seeing his sister like this, Chen Shao explained his laziness.

  "So you're still coming over now?" he continued

  "This isn't the first time you've grown up, have you never come before? So I took advantage of today's free time and came over to take a look since I was in the area" Chen Shao said with a smile; "Sister, you should lift your head when talking to me, it's very impolite to talk to people with your head down like that"

  "Oh, emotions are boring, and it's only convenient for you to come over here, right? You might as well not come at all. You're disturbing me now!" Chen Ning raised her head and sarcastically said to Chen Shao; these two sisters were like this, always bickering no matter where they were, but their feelings for each other were also very good.

  "Not... it's not like that, okay?" Chen Shao muttered.

  "What's going on? You'd better tell me!" Chen Ning continued to press on.

  "Alright, I know I was wrong, I'll come often in the future." Helplessly, she could only admit her mistake; after all, it was her fault. "By the way, sis, where's dad? Why isn't he around?"

  "Dad is in the kitchen, he'll be out soon, I'm busy too; why don't you take a look around yourself? If all else fails, go to the piano in the middle of the dining hall and play some music to relax the customers. Today's pianist didn't show up, I remember your piano skills are professional level, right? It's been a long time since my sister heard you play, how about going up there and showing off?" Chen Ning said to Chen Shao. Before Chen Shao left Korea, she had always learned piano from Xiaoxian's mother, and had passed the professional level exam shortly before leaving. In recent years, she rarely played, only playing during her time at New York University, and then stopped altogether.

  "Ah, okay! I haven't played the piano in a long time either. Since I'm here at my dad's place today and feeling happy, I'll go up and show off a bit. But let me warn you first, it's been a long time since I last played, so if it doesn't sound good and scares away all the guests, don't blame me!" Chen Shao was also moved;

  "Got it, professional level, five years without playing, even if worse, can't be much worse. Hurry up and go, if you don't feel like playing the piano, playing guitar is fine too, there's one next to the piano?"

  "Alright, can you take care of my friend for me? I'll go play for a bit." Chen Shao suddenly remembered that Park Jiyeon was there and said to his sister; "T-Rex little sister, stay here with my sister for now, I'll go play the piano and come back later."

  "Alright, Azusa; you're so nagging." Zhiyan said impatiently; she also wanted to hear Chen Shao play the piano.

  "Ah Ze Xi? Little brother, is she talking about you?" Chen Ning suspected that he had misheard, looking at Chen Shao with a shocked expression;

  "Alright, I'll go first, you guys chat." Chen Shao could say nothing more and left.

  "Hehe" "Hehe, first time seeing little brother like this; what's your name? My name is Chen Ning, I'm Chen Shao's older sister" "Sister, my name is Park Jiyeon"