"Are you asleep, Jinhee?"

The message was marked as read in less than a few seconds. Of course, Bae Jinhee doesn't use WeChat, so here Liu Xin'an and Bae Jinhee are using Kakaotalk, a very popular messaging app around here.

"Not yet, what's up, Xin'an oppa."

Just as Liu Xin'an predicted, Bae Jinhee was sitting with a cup of coffee, her hair tied with a headband, and sitting cross-legged on her small bed reading a book.

"Need your help with something, it's about your sister."

"Oh, what help?"

Bae Jinhee wasn't upset at all. Although Liu Xin'an doesn't like socializing, he's very considerate towards the people around him, not to mention that Bae Jinhee is going to be his future sister-in-law.

He often chats with Bae Jinhee and occasionally checks on her life situation, naturally on behalf of Bae Juhyun.

Even though Bae Juhyun doesn't have many friends, she really understands the way of the world.

Many times it's her who proactively suggests that Liu Xin'an should contact Bae Jinhee to bond a little.

Since they're going to be family sooner or later, it's helpful for Liu Xin'an to win over Jinhee... for their future marriage talks too~

"Is it convenient to take a call?"

"Sure"

Typing is still too much trouble, especially since Bae Jinhee is reading, and she doesn't want to keep pressing her phone.

The moment she sent her affirming response, the phone started ringing.

"Jinhee, I hope I'm not disturbing your rest?"

"It's not time for me to sleep yet, what's up?"

Liu Xin'an considered his relationship with this sister-in-law quite good, so he skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"Your sister went to Europe, right? She's quite upset that I didn't go with her, so I thought I'd give her a surprise in a few days. But you know, no matter how much I hide it, the flight time of more than a dozen hours isn't easy to conceal..."

"So, Xin'an oppa wants me to cover for you and fool my sister?"

"Uh, not fool, just a half-truth fudge."

"...Isn't that still fooling?"

"Alright, you're right."

Bae Jinhee put down her book, her face lit with excitement.

This matter... just hearing about it sounds really interesting.

"What do I need to do?"

"You agreed to help? I'm collaborating with you to trick your sister, if she finds out, she might give you a hard time."

"No problem, if she gets upset, it'll be at least a fortnight later, isn't she staying in Europe for more than half a month?"

At this moment, Bae Jinhee vividly demonstrated the meaning of... leaving future troubles to future self.

Enjoy the moment!

"Alright, in a couple of days, I'll drive to Daegu, we'll take a few photos together, and when I fly to Europe, I'll tell her I went to visit uncle and aunt, and you too. If your sister asks, I'll send her the photos."

"Huh? But with my sister's personality... if this really happens, she'd definitely make a video call, right?"

Bae Juhyun is known for her devotion to family; it doesn't seem possible for her to miss a chance to chat with family.

Moreover, even in Europe, Bae Juhyun insists on calling home daily without fail.

If she can't hear her mom's voice, her heart seems unable to settle.

Under such circumstances, it's not very realistic to keep this from Bae Juhyun...

"So I should choose a day when they have a performance, take a night flight, fly over during the 12 hours of night."

Liu Xin'an's response made Bae Jinhee truly admire him.

She never worried about her sister and Liu Xin'an's relationship before.

But now it seems... if in the future her sister marries him, wouldn't Juhyun, who's not all that smart, be fooled by Liu Xin'an all the time?

But for now, such a scenario seems unlikely, Liu Xin'an is quite trustworthy for the Bae family.

His manners and kindness don't seem to be just for show.

"Xin'an oppa, have you been planning this for a long time?"

"Not really, I was just having a meeting this afternoon with the PDs from your sister's company's variety show department, and that's when I thought to ask for your help."

"Huh? Variety show?"

Bae Jinhee's eyes widened, she seemed to have caught onto another interesting piece of news.

"Are you joining a variety show with my sister? Like the last 'Knowing Bros' episode?"

"It's for a variety show, but it's an original one."

"Oh my... what theme? When will it be filmed?"

Bae Jinhee showed great enthusiasm, which exceeded Liu Xin'an's expectations.

"You really want to watch?"

"Of course!"

Personally, Liu Xin'an feels a bit embarrassed for his family to see him on a show.

But for the audience, they don't care about such things, they only want entertainment.

Yes, Bae Jinhee is just such a spectator.

Awkwardness and embarrassment are only matters for Liu Xin'an and Bae Juhyun to worry about, she just wants to watch the fun.

Watching Bae Juhyun and Liu Xin'an's sweet moments had made her teeth ache before, but now the whole nation can finally feel what she's been feeling!

Thinking about this always lifted the corners of Bae Jinhee's lips uncontrollably.

"Don't tell your sister about this yet, it's just a seedling of an idea."

"Ah~ I understand, Xin'an oppa really likes preparing surprises for my sister~"

"Phew, well, overall, I'll visit in a few days, tomorrow I'll call uncle and aunt, and then we'll meet in Daegu."

"Alright, let me know before you come, are you driving over?"

"Yup..."

"But Xin'an oppa, you're coming to fool my sister while you're on the plane, right?"

"Yes."

"But the day you actually come to our house, if my sister asks where you went, how will you answer?"

"..."

The self-assumed well-prepared Liu Xin'an was left speechless by his sister-in-law's question.

He was stunned for quite some time, then finally responded in a frustrated tone: "...I'll think about it more."

"Hahaha."

Seeing Liu Xin'an stumped was really rare.