32: Cowardly Jennie the Cat

Although she was adopted, she had a very carefree personality and lived a pure life; she was good to whoever was good to her.

Life is only a few decades long, and there might be some unexpected twists in between, so why think so much? Live one day at a time, happiness is the most important.

Kim Jennie, gnawing on roast duck by the side, shivered. They all knew their own business; who hadn't cried before? It seemed Xu Zhiyou had seen all their tears.

"Yah! Don't look at me! I admit I've cried, you don't need to tell me." Seeing her look her way, she almost threw the roast duck she was holding.

She clapped her hands, "Done! See, everyone has cried, why be so stubborn about saving face?"

"Of course you don't care, you bowed to us the moment we met, what face do you have left?"

Why did that sound so jarring? "Park Chaeyoung, the way you said that makes me really want to hit you, what should I do?"

She reached out, tore off a duck leg, and quickly ran away. Being tickled wasn't fun, so running away was the most practical option.

"Jennie-oni, next time you want to cry, just sit in the dorm and cry openly. Running to the washroom in the middle of the night, aren't you afraid a ghost with its feet not touching the ground will suddenly appear and grin at you?"

"Yah! That's enough!" She quickly hid beside Kim Ji-soo, clutching her arm and not letting go, feeling a bit creeped out.

Kim Ji-soo was happily eating her snacks, but Kim Jennie messed them all up on the floor. "Jennie, you're so old, and you're still afraid of that stuff!" She pushed her away, utterly disgusted.

"No, I'm just scared! I'm sleeping with you tonight."

"Whoever scared you, go find her."

"I'm afraid she'll tell bedtime stories tonight, I don't want to sleep with her."

Xu Zhiyou had actually done that. One day, on a whim, she told Kim Jennie a plot from 'The Mountain Village Corpse', making her afraid to sleep alone for several nights.

She had never seen anyone so timid; she just couldn't resist teasing her.

Kim Jennie was famously timid and most afraid of anything supernatural, otherwise, she wouldn't have developed such a clingy personality.

Kim Ji-soo had a more direct and responsible personality. If it weren't for their gender, they might have several children by now. Xu Zhiyou could understand people shipping them as a couple.

But shipping Park Chaeyoung and Lisa was a bit strange. At most, they were just close buddies; where did people see the 'couple' vibe?

"The online world is hard to understand!"

"If it's hard to understand, then don't play. Look how scared you made Jennie, you figure out how to comfort her."

"The Mountain Village Corpse has a sequel, want to hear it?"

"Yah! Are you done or not? She finally forgot about it these past few days, and you bring it up again."

Kim Ji-soo felt Kim Jennie clutching her even tighter. She was truly grateful; who could imagine waking up every day with an octopus clinging to her? It was all Xu Zhiyou's fault.

"Coward, and you still go to the washroom to cry every night. Why didn't you think about hair falling into the faucet back then?"

"I won't cry anymore, I won't go, you shut up."

"Hahaha~" Seeing Dumpling Ni cowering like a quail, she loved it.

Park Chaeyoung and Lisa also kept their distance. Her smile was too twisted, and she was a bit mean, always coming up with bizarre ways to torment them. They were scared too.

Only Xu Zhiyou could make Kim Jennie so timid. She had an endless supply of ghost stories, versions from every country.

She utterly broke Kim Jennie's spirit. Whenever Kim Jennie got scared, she'd cling to Kim Ji-soo, almost driving Kim Ji-soo crazy too.

"Zoe, I advise you to be kind!"

Kim Ji-soo thought of this octopus. She was an adult, but still liked to hug her, which was truly annoying. But seeing her timid look, she couldn't help but protect her.

It was really a sin; her first kiss was taken by Xu Zhiyou, and she had to sleep with Kim Jennie every night.

"I'm giving you a soft and cute wife, aren't I good to you?"

"Then you take her!"

"I don't want her!" Dumpling Ni didn't want to sleep with her at all, she just liked to tease her.

"See? Although a forced melon quenches thirst, it's not sweet, so forget it. I wish you an early birth of a noble son."

The four of them didn't care when they heard this. This wasn't the first time she had spouted such outrageous words, so it wasn't surprising to hear any shocking statements from her.

She grabbed her toiletries and headed to the washroom. Public ones were such a hassle.

Kim Ji-soo pointed at Xu Zhiyou's back and said, "See? I told you she made it up. If it were real, would she dare to go by herself?"

"I know it's fake, but I can't help being scared!"

"Uh! That makes a lot of sense. Can you let go now? I need to wash up too." She thought for a moment, then decided, it would be fine in a few days.

After hearing that, Dumpling Ni quickly went to get her own toiletries, and also dragged Park Chaeyoung and Lisa along.

She only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Lisa was standing behind her, and Kim Ji-soo and Park Chaeyoung were on either side.

The three of them were used to it. Wasn't that how they accompanied her to wash up during that period?

The mischief Xu Zhiyou caused had to be endured by the three of them. It was only because they couldn't beat her, otherwise, she wouldn't know how she died.

Days passed with studying acting and teasing the four of them, and in the blink of an eye, it was April 2016.

After nearly half a year of watching various film and television techniques, her acting skills, while not top-notch, were barely presentable. She now felt she could even be a director without any problems.

The acting teacher knew it wasn't that she couldn't do it, but that she fundamentally disliked acting. This was a subjective issue, and without resolving it, she would only get so far no matter how much she studied.

She was quite proud to have completed her learning journey. This uncarvable diamond-like raw jade had finally been carved into a rough shape by her.

"From now on, I, your grandma, am liberated, hahaha! Come, let me give you a kiss." She pulled Kim Jennie over and gave her a big kiss.

"Yah! Saliva, watch the saliva."

"Don't mind those details. By the way, Chaeyoung, how was it? I'm just asking you, how was it? First place in the same period's acting scores, and by a huge margin! Isn't that amazing? Don't you think I'm awesome?"

Park Chaeyoung pouted. Although she secretly admired her for going from last to first in just half a year, she just didn't want to say it when she saw her being so smug.

"Not amazing, just so-so!"

"You, Park Chaeyoung, if you have the guts, look at me when you say that! If you had any confidence, you wouldn't be dodging and weaving."

She had several pens' worth of finished notes, which looked terrifying. She had practically read through all the award-winning works, and all of them were deeply researched.

This achievement was worthy of her efforts, and she was satisfied. From now on, in the entertainment industry, she would be a truly versatile artist, with no weaknesses whatsoever.

"So, are you going to debut as an actress next? The company asked you to feature in songs, but you wouldn't go. Modeling, you wouldn't go. Music videos, you definitely wouldn't go."

Dumpling Ni didn't understand. They would seize any opportunity, no matter how small, just to get exposure. But Xu Zhiyou refusing everything left them a bit confused.

"Dumpling Ni! It's not that I don't want to go, it's that my Unnie won't let me. There are people in those groups that she has forbidden me from contacting."

"Couldn't you just film it without telling her?"

"Heh heh! You still don't understand her. If I dared to film it, it would air in the morning, I'd have my funeral lunch by noon, and be queuing up at Meng Po's in the evening for soup. Direct one-stop service."