Celebrity Neighbor: My girlfriend is a big star?
Chapter 52. Ecstatic Bae Juhyun

Chapter 52: 52. Ecstatic Bae Juhyun

Big trouble.

That thought flashed through Liu Xin’an’s mind.

He wasn’t some celebrity enshrouded in scandals, too scared to face his own feelings.

As a video blogger with a carefree life, he didn’t find love to be a burden.

In other words...

The flushed face of Liu Xin’an in the mirror said a lot.

———Faced with such a beautiful girl making such intimate gestures, if he wasn’t moved, he’d probably start questioning his own sexual orientation.

But now there was no need to worry about sexual orientation; he indeed still liked women.

Yet, the issue was... had he developed feelings for this defenseless woman named Bae Juhyun?

She trusted him so much that she even dared to get drunk at his place, and he had the nerve to be moved by such a trusting woman?

Liu Xin’an wanted to curse the red-faced man in the mirror.

After cooling down his heated heart with some cold water, Liu Xin’an frowned.

Truth be told, he was somewhat at a loss as to how to face Bae Juhyun, who was now outside.

After a long contemplation without coming up with a good solution, Liu Xin’an couldn’t continue to stay in the bathroom.

If the woman outside thought he had constipation, that would be truly embarrassing.

However, the moment he stepped out of the bathroom, Bae Juhyun on the couch also looked towards him.

Her glancing eyes were enough to freeze him in place.

And his odd reaction made Bae Juhyun tilt her head in confusion.

"Stomachache?"

Bae Juhyun, wearing slippers, walked curiously towards Liu Xin’an.

Liu Xin’an started in surprise, instinctively stepping back, but forgot the bathroom door was right behind him.

With a "bang," he had an intimate encounter with the door using the back of his head.

"Uh..."

The pain made Liu Xin’an instinctively cry out, while Bae Juhyun, who was already walking towards him, hurried her steps.

Her not-so-long legs moved swiftly, and in a few steps, she quickly reached Liu Xin’an’s side.

"Where did you bump it?"

Bae Juhyun pulled Liu Xin’an’s arm, tilting her head up as much as she could to see the back of his head.

He had hit himself quite hard this time; the sound really gave her a scare.

Looking at Bae Juhyun’s pretty face, so close and with an unmistakable look of concern, Liu Xin’an felt the pain at the back of his head diminish.

The suppressed flutter in his heart once again surfaced uncontrollably, and Liu Xin’an’s ears began to turn red again.

And this time...

Bae Juhyun saw it.

Her beautiful eyes trembled, blinking in disbelief before she put the surprising scene behind her.

There were more important things at hand now.

Did the guy knock some sense out of himself?

"Bend down a little so I can take a look."

Bae Juhyun’s serious tone made Liu Xin’an instinctively comply. He bent down slightly in front of her.

Then she gently touched the back of Liu Xin’an’s head with her hand, clearly feeling a swollen bump.

"Ouch, does this hurt?"

"Sss..."

It really did hurt.

"It’s swollen... Ah, seriously, are you really 28 years old?"

Liu Xin’an pursed his lips and said nothing.

"Where’s the first aid kit?"

"Uh... It’s unnecessary, it’s just a small bump."

"This is the back of the head we’re talking about. You hit it so hard, you could have gotten a concussion!"

Bae Juhyun playfully scared Liu Xin’an, and he really fell for it.

The reason he fell for a senior two years his senior during his freshman year was because he couldn’t resist mature women.

And now... Bae Juhyun, who he usually took care of, rarely showed a "big sister" attitude, which made Liu Xin’an’s already flushed ears turn entirely red.

His ears having turned crimson, Liu Xin’an guessed his face would be the next battlefield.

"Go sit on the sofa over there."

"Okay..."

Liu Xin’an obediently nodded and then dutifully walked to the sofa holding the back of his head and sat down.

Bae Juhyun, meanwhile, once again strode forward with her short steps, quickly heading for the refrigerator.

After taking out an ice-cold bottle of water, she swiftly returned to the living room sofa and sat next to Liu Xin’an.

"Lower your head; I’ll apply this for you."

As an artist, she knew all too well how to reduce swelling.

Injuries were inevitable after long dance practices.

Going to the hospital would waste a lot of time, so the members of her group almost all knew how to reduce swelling quickly and how to minimize pain to the greatest extent.

Not knowing what was in Liu Xin’an’s house, icing was the simplest and most effective method.

However, there was one thing that made Liu Xin’an hesitate.

Considering their height difference, how should he position himself so Bae Juhyun could apply the ice pack?

... Wait, no, why had he just assumed that he was okay with this?

"Really, it’s fine; it doesn’t hurt anymore."

Liu Xin’an tried to convince Bae Juhyun to give up this method.

But after being glanced at by her, he pursed his lips and obediently bent down, lowering his head in front of Bae Juhyun.

It actually hurt quite a bit, a kind of scorching pain.

However, when the cool water bottle touched the swollen bump, the slightly stinging sensation made Liu Xin’an gasp for air.

Knowing she might have hurt Liu Xin’an, Bae Juhyun’s actions became even gentler.

Cooling it with ice was indeed effective, and within just a few minutes, most of the piercing pain at the back of his head had dissipated.

But of course, reducing the swelling wasn’t going to be so immediate.

Bent over, Liu Xin’an felt tired, this position was somewhat challenging even for him who worked out regularly.

"Is it okay now? It doesn’t hurt anymore."

Bae Juhyun took the water bottle aside, touched the spot where Liu Xin’an had hit his head again to make sure the swelling had gone down a bit, and then she nodded in relief.

"Do you feel nauseous?"

"Not nauseous, but I feel a bit dizzy from keeping my head down all the time."

Liu Xin’an honestly shared how he was feeling.

Bae Juhyun laughed softly and placed the water bottle to the side.

"Be more careful in the future, getting hurt when you live alone can be really troublesome."

"... I know."

Bae Juhyun was taken aback, usually Liu Xin’an would reply with teasing or a different kind of response, why was he being so compliant now?

Then, she suddenly remembered Liu Xin’an’s reddened ears before she started checking his wound.

Thinking of this, Bae Juhyun hurriedly looked at Liu Xin’an’s ears.

And his completely flushed ears made Bae Juhyun freeze.

———

Considering that Liu Xin’an had hit his head, Bae Juhyun didn’t stay at Liu Xin’an’s place for long, mostly letting him rest properly.

After returning to her own house, the first thing Bae Juhyun did was to pinch her own arm.

After confirming she could feel the pain, a drunken smile spread across her cheeks.

The answer that Kang Seulgi didn’t get that day, she seemed to have found it through today’s accident.

Had she known this would happen, she should have let Liu Xin’an hit his head earlier!

Cough cough cough, that thought was a bit too much, huh...

But no matter what, there was one thing that Bae Juhyun was very certain about now.

That was, Liu Xin’an didn’t have the lack of feelings towards her, as Kang Seulgi had said.

She understood the feeling of having a crush on someone.

And knew what it would look like after becoming aware of one’s own feelings.

At this moment, completely filled with joy, Bae Juhyun excitedly ran into the bedroom, lay down on the bed skillfully, and dialed Kang Seulgi’s number on her phone.

She couldn’t wait to share this with Kang Seulgi, who was in on it.

Kang Seulgi was indeed not asleep at this time.

She was sitting at the dorm desk, nibbling on snacks.

Bae Juhyun’s call startled her; first, she sneakily glanced at the other members’ closed room doors, then cautiously answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Seulgi! I know everything now!"

Kang Seulgi’s legs went soft. She was just too hungry, and couldn’t help having a midnight snack... How on earth had Bae Juhyun found out?

"I... I won’t eat anymore, Juhyun."

This nonsensical response made Bae Juhyun pause, but soon she frowned.

"Are you eating a midnight snack again?"

"I didn’t eat dinner tonight, I’m starving, just pretend you didn’t notice, okay?"

Despite Kang Seulgi’s diligent body management in front of the fans, only those close to her knew the struggle of gaining weight with just a little extra food, and the efforts she had made in private to maintain her figure.

It wasn’t really that Kang Seulgi was gluttonous, mainly her irregular eating resulted in too much energy being absorbed by her body.

If she could have regular meals, Kang Seulgi wouldn’t have to work so hard.

But the life of a celebrity made it nearly impossible to have a regular diet...

"Eat less, and don’t drink too much water, okay?"

"Okay~"

"Anyway, I didn’t call to talk about this."

"Eh?" Kang Seulgi froze. So, she was giving herself away?

The girl slapped her forehead, she should have known that Bae Juhyun, not at the dorm, couldn’t possibly know about it.

"I found out if Liu Xin’an really likes me or not!"

"Huh? How did you find out?"

"Hehe, today I tried the method I saw online to hold his hand with the ’bigger than a palm’ trick!"

"...Wow, what was his reaction?"

"No special reaction, but afterwards he accidentally bumped his head, and I helped him with the ice water, then I saw his ears turned red!"

Bae Juhyun wished she could paint the scene for Kang Seulgi.

But her ability to retell was indeed limited, so much so that...

"Uh... what does that prove?"

The atmosphere, micro-expressions, and even the stiff movements are beyond the reach of language.

Just hearing Bae Juhyun’s explanation, Kang Seulgi was blunt to say, wasn’t this sister too eager for Liu Xin’an to have a crush on her, and she ended up fooling herself?

Teacher Kang suddenly seemed unreliable.