Chapter Seventy-Nine: Reining in at the Cliff

  After dinner, Jang Sung-won drove the car to send Yoon Eun-hye home first, and then without saying a word, he took Lee Jin back to his own apartment.

  Entering the apartment, Li Zhendao said: "Chengyuan, I still have something at home tonight, but I don't have time to accompany you to make trouble?"

  "Zhang Chengyuan said: 'Zhēn ér jiě, the time is still early, no need to rush back, I have something important to tell you.'"

  "Alright then, I'm listening. Once I've heard it all, I'll be off."

  "No rush, I want to go wash up first, today's recording took more than five hours, and I feel uncomfortable all over. How about you accompany me to wash together?" Zhang Chengyuan said with a smile.

  "Get out! Your face is thicker than a wall." Li Zhen waved her hand and hit him.

  Zhang Chengyuan dodged quickly and slipped into his bedroom in an instant. Suddenly, he poked his head out and said, "Zhen'er sister, reconsider!" Immediately, a sofa cushion came flying at him.

  Since Zhang Chengyuan was no longer coming out to cause trouble, Li Zhen leaned on the sofa and watched TV for a while. Suddenly, she also had the idea of taking a bath, so she got up and entered the bathroom in their shared room, locked the door, and started washing up.

  Zhang Chengyuan washed up quickly and came out in less than five minutes. He looked around but didn't see Li Zhen, so he was worried that she had left. But when he heard the sound of running water coming from his sisters' room, he knew Li Zhen hadn't left yet and felt at ease.

  Lying on my sisters' bed, I saw the phone on the headboard and thought about what I was going to tell Li Zhen tonight. Suddenly, I had an urge to talk to Lee Hyori, so I dialed her number.

  "Sister, it's me!"

  "Cheng Yuan, I'm on my way to finish recording the next episode's location, what's up?"

  "Missing you, want to hear your voice." The tone was especially gentle, as if seeking something from someone.

  "Just say what you want to say directly, don't try to confuse me." Unfortunately, Lee Hyori didn't fall for it.

  "Uh, today I'm recording a show with Zhen Er Jie, and she's right here with me now. I want to tell her about our current relationship, what do you think?" Zhang Chengyuan asked.

  Lee Hyori hesitated for a moment, then said: "You decide for yourself, I just hope that your actions won't ruin the relationship between us sisters. Whatever, bye!"

  Lee Hyori, who hung up the phone, seemed to be in a bad mood. She was stunned for a while and suddenly said to her manager, who was driving: "Oppa, can we postpone tomorrow's schedule? I'm not in the mood right now."

  "I'm afraid it's not possible. This program is very important and we can't afford to offend the production team, so we can't change the time. Hyori, cheer up! Fighting!"

  "Alright, I'll persist!" Lee Hyori said helplessly.

  On the other hand, Zhang Chengyuan seemed to have sensed Lee Hyori's emotions as well and was slightly regretful about calling her now, thinking that it would be better to tell her in person at a more appropriate time. However, tonight's task still had to be done; otherwise, his relationship with the four sisters could not continue to develop further, and only having Lee Hyori alone would absolutely not satisfy his greed.

  Li Zhen wrapped in a bath towel walked out of the bathroom, found Zhang Chengyuan leaning on the bed, staring at her with a straight gaze, and immediately said in a bad tone: "What are you doing coming in? I'm going to change my clothes, go out!"

  "Out? Why go out? If we go out, we can't see sister's beautiful body."

  Li Zhen glared at him fiercely, saying: "The bigger you get, the more unruly you become. I don't even know why I acknowledged you as my younger brother in the first place. I'll settle accounts with you later!" After taking a set of clean clothes from the closet, she went into the bathroom again.

  As soon as Zhang Chengyuan saw her enter, he immediately jumped up and hid at the bathroom door. After a while, when Li Zhen walked out with her clothes on, Zhang Chengyuan immediately hugged her tightly.

  Li Zhen smiled and said, "Cut it out! We're fed up with this routine." Although she said they were fed up, her face was full of smiles, seemingly enjoying the feeling of being held in Zhang Chengyuan's arms.

  Zhang Chengyuan said, "Then let's play something fresh today." He walked three or two steps to the bedside, gently put Li Zhen down, and then pressed his upper body on hers, lowering his head to kiss her red lips.

  Li Zhen was startled by Zhang Chengyuan's sudden attack, struggled for a while, and seeing no effect, let Zhang Chengyuan do as he pleased. However, Zhang Chengyuan only stopped at the critical point, because he still had important things to say to Li Zhen.

  "Sister Zhen, I have something to tell you." His expression became unusually serious.

  "What's wrong?" Li Zhen looked at Zhang Chengyuan with a surprised and uncertain expression, this expression of Zhang Chengyuan made her feel a little strange and uneasy.

  "I did...that kind of thing with Hyori unnie." Jang Sung-won was afraid of stimulating Lee Jin, so he was a bit vague.

  "What's going on?" Li Zhen was puzzled.

  "It's what happens between men and women when their feelings for each other become strong... that kind of thing."

  "Oh, that's all there is to it! I already knew about this with Joo-hyun and Yoo-ri." Lee said with a sigh of relief, nonchalantly.

  "Do you all know? How did you find out? Did Xiaoli tell you?" Zhang Chengyuan was very puzzled.

  "No, we saw it with our own eyes." This sentence made Zhang Chengyuan even more confused.

  "What I saw with my own eyes, how is that possible? That day at Xiaoli's house, there were only the two of us, Xiaoli and me!"

  "Is it Hyori's house? Hyori's house! You did that kind of thing with Hyori! When did it happen?" Li Zhen only then realized that Zhang Chengyuan was talking about something that seemed to be different from what she had thought.

  "It was just the other day."

  "That's not what happened a few years ago!" Li Zhen was even more certain.

  "How many years ago? What thing?" Zhang Chengyuan was also confused now.

  Lee Jin let out a sigh and said, "We had already guessed that in the end, Hyeori would definitely be with you. Since you two are together now, we don't have to hide it from you anymore." At this point, she revealed what happened at a gathering in '99 when Lee Hyori got drunk and ended up having an affair with Jang Sung Won beyond friendship.

  Zhang Chengyuan was shocked and regretful, saying with some displeasure: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" If he had known about this earlier, he might have taken down Li Xiaoli already.

  Li Zhen patted his head and scolded, "Who are you venting your anger on! At that time, you were only 17 years old, what did you know? You couldn't even take care of yourself, let alone Xiaoli. Besides, at that time, we had just debuted for a year, and we were also very young, we didn't know what to do either."

  Zhang Chengyuan smiled wryly and said in a low voice, "Sister, sister, you should have told me earlier!" In front of his four sisters, Zhang Chengyuan's temper was usually unable to harden, and it was only in their presence that he would be like this.

  Li Zhen suddenly let out another sigh, leaned into Zhang Chengyuan's arms and said: "Chengyuan, now that you're with Xiaoli, you must cherish her well, love her dearly, and not make her unhappy." Zhang Chengyuan replied: "Of course!"

  Lee Jin continued: "I and Joo Hyun's sister, Yoo Ri will automatically withdraw and sincerely wish you happiness."

  Zhang Chengyuan said displeased: "True sister, what kind of foolish words are you talking about? I've said that the five of us will be together for a lifetime, you can't make me lose faith!"

  Li Zhen said angrily: "You're the one talking nonsense! Look at today's civilized society, who can marry four wives at the same time?"

  "Hmph, although no one can marry four wives, having dozens or even hundreds of lovers is quite common. Why don't we just not get married and be lifelong lovers instead?"

  Li Zhen said: "Cheng Yuan, as a person, you must accept reality and not have unrealistic fantasies. You also know that this is impossible, we are all artists."

  "Just because others can't do it doesn't mean I can't either. You just wait and see, sister."

  Li Zhen didn't want to argue with him anymore. She knew that if Zhang Chengyuan became stubborn, even if the four sisters tried to persuade him together, it would be useless.

  Zhang Chengyuan's feelings towards the four Fin.k.l girls are actually unclear even to himself, containing a mix of gratitude, familial love, friendship, and romance. Moreover, his feelings towards each sister seem to be different, with some having more familial and grateful elements, while others have more romantic and friendly elements; he doesn't bother to distinguish between them. Anyway, after several years of being together, he unknowingly developed a possessive heart towards the four sisters, and at the thought of separating from them, he feels reluctant, painful, and even heart-wrenching, completely unable to accept it. No matter how others see it, no matter what legal restrictions there are, he has made up his mind to be with the four sisters forever, until the end of his life.

  At the same time, he doesn't think this is a fantasy. Those rich and powerful people, one by one without talent or virtue, yet playing with many beautiful women, why can't he sincerely love the four sisters and have a good outcome? However, before that, he needs to break the four sisters' idea that "modern women cannot serve one husband". Hmm, in fact, it's not necessarily to treat him as a husband, even treating him as a younger brother is fine, as long as they spend this life together with him.

  Zhang Chengyuan suddenly wrapped Li Zhen's entire body in his arms, facing each other and looking at Li Zhen: "Zhen'er sister, I want you!" The eyes sparkled with lustful sparks, and the lower body's bulge was also unscrupulously pressed against Li Zhen's **.

  Li Zhen was shocked and stuttered, "Cheng Yuan, don't be foolish." She knew that Zhang Chengyuan wasn't out of control with lust wanting to take advantage of her, but rather he wanted to make a done deal, leaving her no choice but to accept the fact and be with him.

  Zhang Chengyuan kissed Li Zhen's earlobe while softly saying, "Zhen'er sister, I'm not being foolish, but I'm doing the most correct thing in my life. Today, no matter what you say, I must have you."

  Li Zhen said angrily: "What do you take me for? If you go on like this, I will never forgive you in my whole life."

  Zhang Chengyuan had already become somewhat deranged, saying: "I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you, atoning for my sin today." He then proceeded to caress Li Zhen's body without regard, deftly removing her clothes. Li Zhen was no match for him, and despite trying to cover herself, she soon found herself completely exposed and entwined with Zhang Chengyuan, who was equally naked.

  Just as Zhang Chengyuan was about to enter, Li Zhen, who was ashamed and angry, couldn't help but shed tears of sorrow. She had never expected that her most trusted younger brother, Zhang Chengyuan, would do such a thing to her.

  Zhang Chengyuan's movements suddenly stopped, and after a while, he kissed the tears still flowing on Li Zhen's face, saying softly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done this, please forgive me." The words were filled with endless regret, but he still held Li Zhen tightly in his arms, afraid that if he let go, she would escape and never look at him again.

  In Jang Sung-yoon's heart, Lee Hyo-ri is the sexiest and most charming, Sung Yu-ri is the prettiest and cutest, Yoo Jin is the best at taking care of people, and Lee Jin is the purest, most sincere, and kindest. This may be because she has a strong faith in her heart. If it weren't for today's unavoidable circumstances, he would never force Lee Jin. However, even at the most critical moment, when he saw Lee Jin's tears, he softened his heart without hesitation. In his heart, he really didn't want to hurt his four sisters.

  About five minutes later, Li Zhencai came to her senses and turned from anger to joy. She kissed Zhang Chengyuan's face and said: "Chengyuan, thank you for understanding me. It's not that I don't want to give myself to you, but I don't want to lose my first time in this situation. Don't worry, no matter what the final result is between us in the future, I won't have any other man."

  This sentence sounds like it's deceiving a child, but Zhang Chengyuan can only believe it now, because only in this way will his mood be better, and at least Li Zhen didn't say that she wanted to leave him for the sake of Li Xiaoli and him, nor did she scold him severely. This shows that Li Zhen still loves him deeply in her heart.

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