Peninsula: The young master is poor and doesn't want to date.

Chapter 62: He was mistaken for a scumbag.

Choi Ye-na put her hands on her hips, her expression switching to one of disdain.

I must say, this face is quite expressive.

"Can't say anything now, huh! Anyone can brag! I've seen plenty of men like you. You say you know some idols or trainees, but you just claim to know them because you've seen them on TV, or you claim to have seen them in person just because you've searched for their photos online. That whole thing you were just bluffing. Deep down, you just think I'm good-looking, but I saw through you and you're too embarrassed to admit it."

She added a sentence after she finished speaking.

"It's okay. It's normal for you to think I'm good-looking. I won't date you because of that. But you can continue to appreciate my beauty."

Li Zheng stared at her for three seconds, thinking to himself.

How did Uncle Cui put up with his talkative daughter for so many years?

If he has a daughter like that in the future, he must tape her mouth shut.

"Okay, you're beautiful."

He admitted defeat.

It wasn't genuine.

But he didn't want to argue with the store manager's daughter in front of the convenience store checkout counter.

Choi Ye-na was satisfied. She slung her bag over her shoulder and prepared to leave.

Then Li Zhengyi spoke again.

"So what are your plans next? Are you going to stay a trainee?"

Choi Ye-na stopped.

This time she didn't immediately retaliate.

She was silent for two seconds.

"Of course I'll do it. I've practiced for five years, how can I just give it up like that?"

Her voice was a little lower than before.

"I just haven't found a new company yet."

She didn't look at him when she said this, and her tone wasn't as sharp as before.

Li Zhengyi thought to himself.

The fact that Uncle Cui was able to get his daughter to help out at the convenience store shows that he really had nowhere else to go after the contract was terminated.

That's how trainees are; once they sign with a company, they become trainees; once they terminate their contract, they become ordinary people.

If nobody wants you, you're just an ordinary person.

You won't get a higher salary just because you invest a lot in your appearance.

He suddenly thought of something.

He still owes Uncle Cui a favor.

When he was kicked out of his home and had no money, it was Uncle Cui who gave him this job at the convenience store.

Two million won a month isn't much, but it was enough for him to settle down.

He always remembered this favor, but never knew how to repay it.

Uncle Cui is the kind of person who will wave his hand and say "Oh, you're too kind, kid" when you give him a gift, but he will secretly pay the bill when you treat him to a meal.

Let's give his daughter a chance.

"Feed".

Li Zhengyi leaned against the cashier counter and changed his standing posture.

"You really want to be an idol?"

"What are you doing? Are you trying to introduce me to a company?"

Choi Ye-na's alert mode instantly reactivated; she squinted at him, becoming wary once again.

"right."

Choi Ye-na was taken aback.

She clearly hadn't expected him to be so decisive.

"Wh...what company?"

Supernova Entertainment.

Choi Ye-na's expression began to change.

She tilted her head, frowned, and searched her mind for a long time.

Then her brows relaxed.

It wasn't because I remembered, but because I didn't remember at all.

"Never heard of it."

"The new company has enormous growth potential."

"A new company?"

Choi Ye-na repeated the three words, then let out a short laugh.

"I won't go to a small company I've never even heard of."

"A new company doesn't mean it's bad. I guarantee that this company is well-funded and has great potential."

Li Zhengyi can certainly guarantee that.

This is an entertainment brokerage company he invested in on the Peninsula through a Singaporean entertainment investment company.

With his foresight of future hit works, there shouldn't be any major problems with its development; the only question is how big it can grow.

In any case, he plans to do everything that CJ Group does.

Therefore, he would absolutely not let go of the entertainment industry.

Within ten years, we will surpass CJ Group in every aspect.

For no other reason than this one sentence.

When the Daoist mind arises with a single thought, all eons can be pacified; when the Daoist mind collapses with a single thought, all laws become empty.

However, Choi Ye-na was unaware of all this.

In her eyes, she had never even heard of these entertainment companies, so how could she know whether they were legitimate or not?

Especially the recommendation from a suspicious man.

"I know a new company doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. But why should I go for it?"

"I've been practicing for five years, and the company I worked for before was at least a certain size. Even if I were to start over, I'd have to go for at least a mid-sized second-tier entertainment company, if not one of the Big Three."

"You want me to go to a new company I've never even heard of? Am I out of my mind?"

Before Lee Jung-il could speak, Choi Ye-na suddenly took a step back and looked at him with a completely new gaze.

"Wait a minute, how do you, a convenience store night shift clerk, know about some entertainment company? And you even recommended me to work there? Did you just make this company up?"

"I didn't..."

"And why did you recommend me? We've only met twice today, and you don't even know if I'm good at singing or dancing. A man who's nice to a woman for no reason is 100% suspicious."

The more she talked, the more convinced she became of her reasoning. She crossed her arms over her chest and became even more wary.

"I saw you bringing different women home before. There's definitely something wrong with you. Maybe that Supernova Entertainment is the place you used to trick girls. I've heard that some shell companies in Seoul use the guise of entertainment companies to trick trainees into signing unfair contracts with penalties so high they can't pay them back in a lifetime."

Lee Jung-il leaned against the cashier's counter, watching Choi Ye-na's duck-like mouth open and close.

Do you know what a duck is?

He said.

Choi Ye-na's accusation was interrupted by this completely irrelevant question.

"What?"

"A duck. The kind with a flat beak. The way you talk now looks a lot like one."

"you……"

"Okay, just pretend I didn't say anything. Be careful on your way home, and don't be late for your day shift tomorrow."

Choi Ye-na glanced at him, then thought for a moment and realized that if she stayed any longer, she might want to hit him.

So he tightened the bag strap on his shoulder, raised his head, and walked past him with an attitude of "I won't stoop to your level."

When passing by him, I deliberately made a small arc to ensure that I maintained a safe distance from him.

Before pushing the door open and leaving, she turned back and threw out a sentence.

"You be careful too, don't chat up female customers at night. I'll keep an eye on you for Sister Lan."

Ah, what business does Xiaolan have here?

Could it be that this girl thinks Xiaolan is his girlfriend too?

The automatic door closed, and then the convenience store fell silent.

The humming sound of the heater.

The humming sound of the refrigerator.

The sound of oden bubbling away.

He picked up a rag and began wiping the cash register.

Then he remembered something.

She just said, "I saw you bringing different women home before."

He thought back for a moment.

Bae Joo-hyun came to see him twice: once at 2:30 a.m. to confess her feelings, and once he carried her back from his home.

Kim Jisoo had come to see him countless times, and the most recent time she cried for a long time at his door.

If Choi Ye-na happened to be in the convenience store, she would likely have seen all of these things.

So in her eyes, Bae Joo-hyun is his girlfriend, and Kim Ji-soo is also his girlfriend.

He's a scumbag who dates two women at the same time and even brings them home.

Now this scumbag is hitting on her again, saying he wants to introduce her to an entertainment company.

Thinking about it this way, her vigilance doesn't seem entirely unfounded.

Of course, there is another possibility.

She was simply unconvinced.

A man who said she wasn't pretty angered her.

When Li Zheng thought about that duck-beak shape, it was indeed quite distinctive.