What are you grinning about?!

"Stop! Are you trying to ruin that bag of Shin Ramyun, you demon!" Bae Joo-hyun would never say something so chuunibyou.

She just stared at the man in front of her with a look of utter shock and incomprehension, an incredibly strange gaze.

Xu Junyan realized the elevator had arrived and someone was watching. He immediately looked up and met Bae Joo-hyun's pretty face again, which he found beautiful no matter how he looked at it.

Xu Junyan gave an apologetic expression, moved aside, and gestured for Bae Joo-hyun to exit first before he entered.

Bae Joo-hyun understood. She walked out of the elevator, passing Xu Junyan. She couldn't help herself and turned back to ask, "Um, what are you doing?"

Remembering that Xu Junyan didn't understand Korean, she felt for her phone, but couldn't find it. She had forgotten to bring her phone!

Bae Joo-hyun immediately felt a bit annoyed at her own carelessness.

"Eating instant noodles dry. Want some?"

Xu Junyan actually understood this time, thanks to Teacher Min-ah's tutoring. The five hours of Korean study today had all come together, and it was incredibly useful!

Now, not only could he understand some short and simple Korean sentences, but he could also barely communicate with people in Korean, though his pronunciation was a bit off, making it sound a little strange.

Bae Joo-hyun said in surprise, "You know Korean?"

"Just learned."

Xu Junyan pointed towards Kim Min-ah's home.

Bae Joo-hyun glanced back with a strange look, then looked at Xu Junyan again. She clearly didn't believe it; learning a language in one afternoon was simply unbelievable.

Xu Junyan smiled slightly, not explaining further. He just raised the bag of Shin Ramyun, which had already been shaken into pieces, and gently shook it, asking again, "Want some?"

Bae Joo-hyun became a little flustered.

Refuse?

He had already asked, and she was indeed very curious about what kind of state Xu Junyan had gotten the Shin Ramyun into.

She wanted to try it!

But how should she respond?

Given how Xu Junyan had shaken it, the bag of Shin Ramyun must have been reduced to crumbs by now. She...

Xu Junyan saw Bae Joo-hyun's predicament. He spread his right palm, opened the bag's opening, and poured some out upwards. Then, he tilted his head back and put it directly into his mouth.

He chewed! Mmm~! You know, it actually tasted pretty good. It felt like eating instant noodles dry when he was a kid! And because he didn't add the spicy seasoning packet, this dry Shin Ramyun was not spicy at all.

Bae Joo-hyun watched this scene speechlessly, especially Xu Junyan's look of enjoyment after putting it in his mouth. Was it really that delicious?

Shin Ramyun was meant to be eaten after soaking it. Crushing the noodles completely like this, and even not adding the spicy seasoning packet, was too unorthodox!

But, despite her resistance, a strange sense of forbidden pleasure, a desire to try it, inexplicably arose deep in her heart!

"Want some?" After finishing the first bite with enjoyment, Xu Junyan asked Bae Joo-hyun, who was still staring at him speechlessly, again.

As if possessed, Bae Joo-hyun extended both her small hands, palms open and fingers closed.

Xu Junyan's eyes widened.

Extending both hands, cupping them? Is she that greedy?

Bae Joo-hyun immediately understood, a blush appearing on her pretty face. Embarrassed and flustered, she was about to withdraw one of her hands.

Xu Junyan had already poured the crushed instant noodles into her palms. Although she used both hands, Bae Joo-hyun's hands were very fair and small, so they couldn't hold much.

"Try it."

After pouring for Bae Joo-hyun, Xu Junyan poured a little more for himself and put it into his mouth, chewing with enjoyment.

Delicious!

Bae Joo-hyun imitated his action, about to tilt her head back and pour it into her mouth, but suddenly realized she couldn't!

She had cupped her hands to receive it. How could she pour it into her mouth like this? It would spill, and besides, there was so much, she couldn't eat it all in one go.

Xu Junyan chuckled and gestured with his hand, "You can also try biting it down like this, or licking it is fine too."

As soon as he said that, Xu Junyan felt that the context was a bit off. Fortunately, Bae Joo-hyun didn't think of anything inappropriate, or perhaps she didn't understand at all. Mimicking his action, she boldly opened her small mouth and took a bite from the 'dry ramen' in her palm.

With that first bite, the feeling of the crushed noodle fragments entering her mouth was peculiar.

She couldn't quite describe the sensation. It was even a bit dry, but surprisingly delicious.

Bae Joo-hyun's eyes lit up. She gave Xu Junyan a surprised look, chewed, then lowered her head and took another bite. After the second bite, she followed Xu Junyan's example, tilted her head back, and boldly ate the rest.

"Delicious!"

Bae Joo-hyun instinctively reached out both her small hands again, wanting to ask for more, but saw that Xu Junyan had already entered the elevator and closed the doors.

"See you next time, bye-bye."

Before the elevator doors closed, Xu Junyan smiled and waved at her.

Bae Joo-hyun was furious. She stomped her foot and shouted, "Hey~! You! I only ate one bite of your Shin Ramyun, why are you running off! Stingy person!"

Despite her words, she didn't move or press the button to open the elevator. It seemed she was just venting her frustration.

When the elevator doors completely closed, Bae Joo-hyun turned and walked towards her home. As she walked, she suddenly burst out laughing.

"Wait! What are you laughing at?"

"Are you stupid?"

"You're Bae Joo-hyun, Bae Joo-hyun! The famous Red Velvet leader Irene, why are you grinning like an idiot? Shut up!"

Bae Joo-hyun quickly shook her head and covered her face. But as she walked, she finally arrived at her doorstep. The scene of the two of them standing together at the elevator entrance, sharing and eating dry Shin Ramyun, flashed through her mind, and she burst into laughter again.

SKT Club Base.

After Xu Junyan returned, he found the atmosphere in the training room to be extremely somber, sinking to an absolute freezing point.

Xu Junyan didn't need to think too much. A quick connection to the fact that SKT had a match today made everything clear.

With such a negative atmosphere, they must have lost today's match, and likely lost quite badly.

Looking at the extremely displeased faces of Untara, Pirean, and Blank, Xu Junyan guessed that the team they lost to today might have been an extremely low-ranked one.

Just as he thought, the facts were exactly as he imagined.

Today, SKT's second match of the spring season was against KDM. What kind of team was KDM? It could be said that from top laner to support, not a single player had a familiar ID!

But the problem was, these KDM players weren't appearing in the LCK for the first time... Thus, it was obvious how insignificant, how small-time, these five KDM players were in the LCK.

And when KDM officially announced their new season roster before the start of the spring season, most people had already predicted that KDM would definitely be last place in this spring season, their final position unshakeable.

Well, now SKT had shaken it!

Just moments ago, they had regrettably lost to KDM with a score of 1:2, giving themselves an opening two-game losing streak in the spring season!