Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star?

"Done talking?"

"Yeah, came to collude with you, don't let anything slip."

"Colluding... you lied?" Liu Xin'an asked.

"No shit, if I told the truth my parents would be even more worried. I said we would pick up uncle and auntie around eight, then head to the restaurant together. My dad wants to treat us to a meal."

Liu Xin'an nodded, although it was a lie, this solution was quite good.

He reached out, took Bae Juhyun's hand, slightly tugged it towards him, and then wrapped his arms around her from behind.

"You've worked hard."

"It's nothing, what are you doing?"

The plane tickets had already been bought, and this time Liu Xin'an hadn't paid; whether it was the plane tickets or the hotel they were going to tomorrow, everything had been prepared by Bae Juhyun.

"I'm transferring the video we just took to the computer. I'll edit it over the next couple of days as a teaser, and it can be released in a few days."

"Did any fans notice us in Daegu?"

"Of course, the fuss wasn't too big, but I saw some people discussing it in the water friends group today."

Actually, Liu Xin'an didn't even need to check it himself. As soon as the matter hit the hot search in China, Li Chenglu was the first to send him screenshots...

That being said, he still hadn't told Li Chenglu about this trip to Jeju Island. Even though Li Chenglu wasn't blood-related to his family, his parents had long treated her like their own daughter.

At such times... should he let Li Chenglu know?

Undecided, Liu Xin'an decided to throw the question to his girlfriend.

"Speaking of which, should I tell Chenglu about this? She's also part of our family."

"Um... I guess you should, otherwise Chenglu might be upset."

Having known each other for so long, Bae Juhyun also understood the peculiar relationship between Liu Xin'an's family and Li Chenglu.

She thought for a moment and finally gave that answer.

"What if she insists on coming over too?"

"That won't happen. We chatted the day before yesterday, and she said she's really busy lately, otherwise she would have already come to find us."

"Oh, okay then, I'll let her know."

"...You don't want Chenglu to come over?" Bae Juhyun wore a face full of curiosity; even after knowing her for so long, she still couldn't understand why her boyfriend and Li Chenglu always seemed to dislike each other.

"My sixth sense tells me, if she comes over, she's definitely going to cause trouble."

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

"Mhm." Liu Xin'an nodded, put his phone to his ear, and soon Li Chenglu's listless voice came through the speaker.

"What's up?"

"Juhyun's dad invited our whole family to Jeju Island for a trip, you coming?"

"!!! Fuck, when?"

Lucky Liu Xin'an had the foresight to move the phone away a bit in advance, otherwise he definitely would have been deafened by her shout.

"Tomorrow."

"Huh? Tomorrow? That's so sudden?"

"Yes, because it was decided just today, so are you free?"

"Wuwuwu, I can't get out of work, could it be a little later? I would be almost done in three days."

Li Chenglu used a pitiful voice, switching to Korean.

It's undeniable, Li Chenglu was incredibly sensitive at times, to a point that seemed unbelievable.

She keenly sensed that at this moment, Bae Juhyun was also likely present. Rather than continuing to chat with Liu Xin'an in Chinese and then being rejected by this guy, she'd rather directly approach Bae Juhyun.

As expected, when she finished saying this, Bae Juhyun, who was eavesdropping nearby, raised an eyebrow, "Does Chenglu also want to come over?"

"Yeah!"

"Then you can come over after you're done with your work, we're going to stay in Jeju Island for a few days."

"Great! I'll get things sorted out quickly on my end, and we can meet directly on Jeju Island then!"

"Good~"

After finishing, the call ended, and Bae Juhyun turned to look at Liu Xin'an, whose face was filled with speechlessness, and laughed lightly.

"You wanted Chenglu to come as well, didn't you?"

Liu Xin'an pursed his lips; how could he possibly admit to something like that.

———

The next morning, Liu Xin'an, as usual, got up early from bed and began his morning run.

Bae's father, enjoying a rare rest, also slept in, so the early-rising Liu Xin'an only saw Bae's mother busy in the kitchen.

Seeing the woman carrying a stack of paper boxes, Liu Xin'an didn't care about his sweaty head and quickly stepped forward to take the things from her hands.

"I can handle that."

"That's a big help, Xin'an."

"What's all this?"

Liu Xin'an was a bit curious, mainly because the items he was holding felt quite heavy.

"Before we leave, we have to stop by the store. These are the things the store will need these days. Since no one will be home, we had to prepare everything in advance."

"I see... Should I just put them by the door?"

"Yes, we can just load them into the car when we leave."

Bae's mother nodded her head and pointed toward the bathroom with a smile, "Go take a shower, look at all that sweat on you."

"Alright, I'll go wash up then."

Liu Xin'an replied and hurried into the bathroom for a comfortably warm shower.

The flight was at eleven, so by the time Liu Xin'an had finished washing up, Bae Juhyun and her sister Bae Jinhee had already been woken up by Bae's mother.

After a long absence from home, Bae Juhyun had slept very contentedly.

Bare-faced, Bae Juhyun looked younger than she usually did with makeup on. She smiled gently and greeted her boyfriend in a cutesy voice.

"Morning~"

"Mhm, did you sleep well?" Liu Xin'an came to sit next to Bae Juhyun and tenderly helped to arrange her slightly messy hair.

"It's okay; it's just that I'm not used to not being next to you," Bae Juhyun whispered to Liu Xin'an in a low voice, softly complaining.

"Well, you'll have to get used to it over the next few days."

It was Bae Juhyun who had booked the hotel, and she reserved four rooms.

One for her parents, one for her and Jinhee, one for Liu Xin'an's parents, and... one for Liu Xin'an himself.

Of course, she couldn't possibly share a bed with Liu Xin'an in front of her own parents!

However...

Bae Juhyun pursed her lips, and while her mother and Jinhee were not looking in her direction, she sneakily leaned over to Liu Xin'an's ear and whispered in a soft, coquettish tone.

"I'll come to find you at night~"