sbdcsierra Chapter 1349 Because of this
Chapter 1349 Because of this
Chapter 1349 Because of this
"I remember... I remember some things, but... but I've forgotten some..."
Sana Minatozaki sniffed her reddened nose, her voice still choked with sobs, her eyes unfocused, as if trying to retrieve fragments of memories buried deep within.
Of course she knew what Chi Jingyuan was talking about. During that period, due to the sudden scandal, Chi Jingyuan and Mina's relationship had obviously encountered some problems. At that time, she and Chi Jingyuan were still very close. They happened to meet at the gym, and Chi Jingyuan talked to her twice, both times about his relationship with Mina, wanting to hear her opinion...
Sana Minatozaki remembers this incident, but she can't quite recall exactly what she said... after so much time has passed.
She only remembered that, having discerned Chi Jingyuan's feelings, aside from saying a few words to him, her attitude seemed to lean towards advising the two of them to break up...
What does this have to do with anything?
"I think I said something like..."
She tried hard to recall the scene and conversation, desperately trying to find the problem she had at the time, but before she could think of anything, Chi Jingyuan spoke again:
"I've forgotten... It's true, so much time has passed, I've actually forgotten what you said back then."
"I've forgotten the specifics of what they said, it was all vague and ambiguous... I just remember that they were probably trying to persuade me..."
At this point, Chi Jingyuan, who had remained relatively calm, stopped speaking. He suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze sharp as a gleaming knife, fixed directly on Minatozaki Sana's face, his voice deepening.
“Sana, you…”
"You like me, right?"
These few simple words struck Minatozaki Sana like a thunderbolt. She trembled, as if she had heard something unimaginable. Her previous anger and grievances, as well as her sobs and choking, suddenly stopped and were replaced by an incredulous look in her eyes.
She stared blankly at Chi Jingyuan, her lips slightly parted but unable to utter a sound, her body trembling uncontrollably, her mind blank, as if her ability to think had been taken away, and even a very obvious look of terror appeared in her eyes.
It felt as if the deepest secret buried in my heart had been exposed.
Her body trembled slightly, as if she had lost the ability to think.
It's perfectly normal to like a boy. There are so many couples in the industry who hit it off at events and end up together... especially someone as outstanding as Chi Jingyuan. What is there for her to be ashamed of?
But if either she or Ji Kyung-won, both members of Twice, knew this, they would be very surprised.
Because of... Mina's existence.
Mina and Ji Kyung-won are officially in a romantic relationship, while she... is Mina's very good friend, her teammate with whom she spends every day and talks about everything, and a friend she can rely on in a foreign country.
Once this somewhat complicated relationship emerges, this originally natural affection instantly becomes tainted with certain obscure and despicable elements, becoming associated with words like immorality, betrayal, and character flaws.
"You, you, I..."
Even when she was emotionally out of control and angrily interrogating him, Minatozaki Sana was still able to speak clearly. But now, she seemed to have lost the ability to speak. She looked at Chi Jingyuan with a slightly frightened expression, her lips trembling for a long time, but she couldn't say what she wanted to say.
She wanted to deny it, to explain, but in the end all her thoughts converged into another sentence:
How did you know?
"You know, the more experience you have, the more sensitive you become to these kinds of things... I don't know when it started, but sometimes you seem a little too enthusiastic."
Seeing her expression and reaction, Chi Jingyuan knew his intuition was correct. After a brief silence, he chuckled as if relieved, his previous sharpness and seriousness gradually fading. He shrugged lightly, looked at Minatozaki Sana with a slight nod, and asked in a relaxed tone:
"So, when you put these words together—'unrequited love,' 'best friend's boyfriend,' 'fellow group member,' and 'advising you to break up'—what thoughts come to mind?"
With a "boom," it was as if a bolt of lightning had struck Sana Minatozaki's mind, causing her to tremble violently and her fingertips to turn icy cold.
Chi Jingyuan looked at her suddenly pale face and let out a soft breath.
This is why he has avoided contact with Sana Minatozaki for so long, and even deliberately avoided her.
It wasn't what Sana Minato thought; it was simply because she had deliberately kept her distance from Mina after breaking up with her.
Although this matter seems somewhat similar to the conflict between Ji Kyung-won and Son Seung-wan back then... When he and Bae Joo-hyun broke up, their relationship was directly broken because Son Seung-wan decisively sided with Bae Joo-hyun. For more than a year, they barely spoke to each other and were like strangers.
Although they are somewhat similar, for Ji Jingyuan, the two situations involving Minatozaki Sana and Son Seungwan are actually different.
The rift between Son Seungwan and Ji Kyungwon was indeed due to her siding with Bae Joo-hyun when they broke up... But from Ji Kyungwon's perspective, he helped Son Seungwan, who wasn't doing well during her trainee days. She was one of the first friends Son Seungwan made after joining SM Entertainment, a close friend from the same year, and he had always taken care of her, or rather, protected her. She was a member of his circle of friends.
As for Bae Joo-hyun and the like, Son Seung-wan only got to know them and became familiar with them later.
Therefore, from Ji Jingyuan's perspective, there are degrees of closeness and distance between people. Son Seungwan and he should be on the same side, and you should rightfully be on my side, but you've sided with someone else... For Ji Jingyuan, who always sides with his own people regardless of right or wrong, this is a betrayal.
That's why he reacted so strongly and was so angry about it.
But it's different for Minatozaki Sana. She and Mina have always been very close friends. In fact, Ji Jingyuan himself became familiar and close to Minatozaki Sana because of Mina. He hasn't taken care of her much. They are just ordinary friends who are a little close to each other.
After the two broke up, it was only natural that Mina Mina should stand on Mina's side and keep some distance from him... For Ji Kyung-won, all of this was normal. He had no objection to it at all, but rather thought it was only natural. He was not as angry as he was with Son Seung-wan that time.
Because their natures are different.
The real reason why his attitude towards Sana Minatozaki suddenly changed, to the point that he didn't contact her for so long and even deliberately targeted her, was, as he said, because he realized that this girl seemed to like him.
Too many women like him, but Chi Jingyuan doesn't really care about that kind of thing.
But just as Sana Minato was unwilling to say it, both of them knew that it was different... because of Mina Mina.
The fact that she likes her best friend's boyfriend is already a bit suspicious, but then, when he's confused and earnestly seeking advice, she, as Mina's best friend, subtly advises them to break up...
Although it wasn't explicitly stated... Chi Jingyuan felt he could tell from the conversation.
This made Chi Jingyuan really uneasy, and even his opinion of Minatozaki Sana changed drastically, associating her with words like 'vanity' and 'jealousy,' like seeing a scheming 'villainous second female lead' in a TV drama.
In addition, because of the breakup at the time, she still felt guilty towards Mina, and thinking about it this way, her impression of Minatozaki Sana suddenly worsened.
However, Chi Jingyuan didn't say anything and never told anyone else. He just took the initiative to reduce his contact with Minatozaki Sana.
I never expected that today, in front of the person in question, the past would be brought up again.
Sana Minatozaki stood frozen in place, her throat feeling constricted, even breathing painful. It took her a long time to find her voice, hoarse like sandpaper scraping wood, trembling with disbelief:
"You...you think this way about me?"
"if not?"