"Euni, you're so despicable! You secretly skipped class! Ningning and I had to explain for ages to the teacher..."
Kim Min-jeong pouted and leaned against Liu Zhimin.
Liu Zhimin gently stroked Kim Min-jeong's hair and looked at Ning Yizhuo, who was playing on her phone across from them.
"Ning, when is your Euni coming?"
"Soon, soon! I told him to buy desserts, so he should be here any minute now."
Ning Yizhuo looked up and saw a figure entering the coffee shop.
"Ge! Over here, over here!"
Yu Qianjue, holding the desserts, saw Ning Yizhuo sitting at the table and quickly walked over.
"Sorry for the wait..."
Then he saw a familiar figure.
No way, no way, there can't be such a coincidence...
Liu Zhimin looked up at Yu Qianjue, her pretty little face blinking at him.
"It seems we have quite a good connection."
"Uh... yeah... haha."
It's over, my image has been completely ruined in front of Ningning's friends...
"Mo? Euni, do you know my Ge?"
Liu Zhimin remembered how Yu Qianjue had crashed into the door after trying to act cool, and couldn't help but laugh out loud again.
"Oh, just now..."
Yu Qianjue clapped his hands together, looking at Liu Zhimin's eyes with a pleading gaze.
"Jie, I beg you, Jie, don't tell them, otherwise I feel like I'll be laughed at for life."
He pleaded with Liu Zhimin in a voice only they could hear.
Liu Zhimin laughed even harder, cleared her throat, and whispered, "It depends on your performance ~"
After speaking, she said to Ning Yizhuo, "Just now, your Euni helped me with something in the store, so accurately speaking, yes, we know each other."
Liu Zhimin explained what had just happened to Kim Min-jeong and Ning Yizhuo.
"Not bad, Ge, you can actually understand Japanese English."
"Your Ge at least has Japanese friends, so he's quite familiar with it."
Sitting next to Ning Yizhuo and looking at the two people across from him, Yu Qianjue became serious.
"Nice to meet you. I am Ning Yizhuo's older cousin, Yu Qianjue. Thank you for taking care of Ningning usually."
Yu Qianjue bowed slightly to thank them.
Liu Zhimin and Kim Min-jeong also became serious. After introducing themselves, they said that Ning Yizhuo was also their beloved younger sister, and taking care of her was only right.
"These are the desserts Ningning asked me to buy just now. Please accept them."
Placing the desserts on the table, Yu Qianjue gestured for them to open and look.
"Wow?! It's a limited edition item from that store! They say it's super hard to get!"
Kim Min-jeong opened the dessert and found that it was the often sold-out limited edition dessert from that store.
"So that's why you were in such a hurry just now, to grab this," Liu Zhimin looked at Yu Qianjue.
If that was the case, then his rush just now was understandable.
"Well, actually, I almost didn't get it at first, but I just used a little 'money power'."
Yu Qianjue indicated that he had actually bought it back from other customers at an increased price.
"Ah! Then you spent a lot!"
Kim Min-jeong said that although she really wanted to eat the dessert, buying it at an increased price was a bit too much.
"No, it's nothing. As long as you like to eat it, money is not an issue."
"Ge, how much did you win in the competition these past few days?"
"Around sixty thousand US dollars."
Kim Min-jeong secretly took out her phone to check the exchange rate. Seeing a string of zeros on her phone, Kim Min-jeong's eyes widened immensely.
"More than 60 million Korean Won!"
Actually, it wasn't a huge amount; many Peninsula wage earners earn several million Korean Won each month. But for Kim Min-jeong, who only had pocket money each month, more than 60 million Korean Won was a huge sum.
Enough to eat korean beef for a whole month!
"Amazing! So impressive!"
"Qianjue-xi, what kind of work do you do?"
Liu Zhimin was also surprised. He was about the same age as them, but he could earn so much at once. Indeed, you can't judge a book by its cover.
"Actually, they're all side jobs," Yu Qianjue said, scratching his head.
"I'm a professional Street Fighter 5 player, and also a semi-professional coser."
"If I hadn't won two championships in this competition, I wouldn't have earned so much money."
Recalling the brutal tournament format this time, and the fierce suppressive power of Boss Mei and Tokido on the stage, Yu Qianjue also felt a bit of a headache.
"In any case, I still won, but it really wore me out."
After explaining the grueling schedule of the past two days, Yu Qianjue also stated that winning the championship this time was not easy.
"But that's too much hard work... flying from Seoul to America, and then from America to Sakura..."
Liu Zhimin felt a headache just hearing about flying back and forth. Earning money was so difficult, so she decided not to let him spend too much later.
"It's fine, it's fine. Earning money is for the pleasure of spending it comfortably, right?"
"So, when we eat korean beef later, order as much as you want. Today's entire bill is on Young Master Yu!"
Ning Yizhuo said with full confidence, and Yu Qianjue also cooperated with his younger sister, making a gesture that it was all just a small matter.
Kim Min-jeong picked up a donut, put it in her mouth, chewed it, and asked the question she had been wanting to ask.
"Qianjue-xi, I've been wanting to say this, but when I first saw you, I really couldn't tell if you... were male or female."
Liu Zhimin also nodded. When Yu Qianjue first helped her, because of his neutral voice, combined with his somewhat subcultural attire and a jellyfish haircut that reached his shoulders, and most importantly, his magnificent face that looked great whether he was a man or a woman, she couldn't distinguish his gender either.
"Relax a bit, our ages should be similar. I was born in December 2000, so you don't need to use honorifics. Just call me A Yu."
"As for the question you asked, I guess you could say I did it on purpose."
He gently picked up a strand of hair from his shoulder, his fingers lightly twirling the hair until it formed a curl.
"Because ever since I was little, my parents and friends around me have always thought I looked like a girl."
"But I also think it's an advantage, because I can wear both boys' clothes and girls' clothes."
"Although it might sound a bit boastful, my looks are absolutely perfect for cosplay, like a fish in water."
"I can portray handsome male characters, and portraying female characters wouldn't feel out of place. All in all, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks."
Liu Zhimin and Kim Min-jeong nodded thoughtfully. According to Yu Qianjue's statement, there were indeed more benefits.
"And even though I look like a girl, psychologically I'm a normal male, ha. If I just cut my hair short and wear normal men's clothes, I'm just more delicate-looking."
Yu Qianjue had a gentle smile on his face, but the look in his eyes behind his black-rimmed glasses was a bit sharp, as if saying: Don't think there's anything wrong with my sexual orientation.
"However, even though Ge is a boy, sometimes he really does act like a girl."
Liu Zhimin and Kim Min-jeong looked at Ning Yizhuo with puzzled expressions, somewhat at a loss.
"Because sometimes he can understand girls' feelings, and he's very meticulous in daily life, very good at taking care of people around him. In these aspects, he really doesn't seem like a boy."
After finishing her last sip of coffee, Ning Yizhuo also expressed her opinion.
