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

Chapter 37 Winning over Lim Yoona in 1 second

Li Zheng stood up, dusted himself off, and pointed to the parking lot.

"You go this way, I'll go that way, we'll ask around, and eventually someone will be willing to give us a ride."

He turned around, took a few steps, and then stopped.

"Oh, by the way, have you ever taken a ride before?"

Lee Woo-bin remained silent.

"Okay, so you haven't had a ride before. No problem, it's simple. Just smile and greet them, and say that you were dropped off at a service area by the driver. Be pitiful, lower your stance, and say a few nice things. Saying nice things doesn't cost anything."

Lee Woo-bin still didn't move.

Li Zheng looked at his face, which had a suspicious blush, and realized the root of the problem.

"Oh, you're too shy."

"...I didn't." His voice clearly lacked confidence.

"When you were standing on the plane shouting 'Kneel down or jump!', how come you weren't shameless? When you were pursuing Bae Joo-hyun, and she rejected you 999 times, how come you still had the nerve to ask her out for the thousandth time? Now you're telling me you're shameless just because I asked you to stop a taxi?"

"...That's two different things."

"What's the difference? Aren't you both talking to people? What's the difference between chasing a woman and stopping a car? Wait, you do have something to say about this. You used money to chase women, and now you're broke."

Lee Woo-bin wanted to argue, but his body language betrayed him by not moving.

You can let him brag and chat with a bunch of rich kids at a party, and he can talk about it fluently.

If you ask him to pursue a female celebrity who is indifferent to him, he can relentlessly pursue her.

But in this situation...

He couldn't bring himself to stand under the blazing sun and bend over with a forced smile at a stranger's car window.

Li Zhengyi shook his head.

"As expected, you're good for nothing except spending money."

Lee Woo-bin's face turned red.

He wanted to say, "Shut up."

I wanted to say, "What do you know?"

I want to say, "I have my own difficulties too."

But he didn't say anything.

Because this statement has been proven too many times today.

He didn't use his money on the plane.

His money was useless in the rice paddies.

Even when faced with a village girl and a group of idiots, his money was of no use whatsoever.

Everything he had been proud of for over twenty years was stripped bare in those twenty-four hours.

Just then, another car drove into the parking area entrance.

The car is a silver-gray Hyundai SUV, a regular family model. There's a thin layer of gray on the body, so it looks like it's been driven on long distances.

The car came to a stop, and the driver's side door opened.

First came a pair of white sneakers, then jeans, then a baseball cap, and then a pair of large sunglasses that covered half of his face.

Her hair was casually tied in a ponytail, she was without makeup, and she was very thin.

He was dressed very simply, but he stood very straight, and his demeanor made people think at first glance, "This person must have been on TV."

Lee Woo-bin's eyes changed.

"Lim Yoon-a".

Li Zheng glanced at him, then at the woman.

"You can recognize her? Her sunglasses cover two-thirds of her face. I think she has a typical plastic surgery face."

"Of course, Yoona is the number one plastic surgery template right now."

"But why do you look so familiar?"

"Because I pursued her."

How many people have you pursued?

"Don't worry about that for now."

Lee Woo-bin's eyes were still on the woman who was refueling her car.

"When I was pursuing her, I looked at her photos every day, from all angles, in all kinds of lighting, with all kinds of hairstyles. I could recognize her even if her face was covered; her figure was enough."

Li Zhengyi looked at him with a complicated expression.

This second brother does indeed have talent in certain areas.

Then he thought for a moment and suddenly smiled.

"So what? She has a boyfriend, Lee Seung-gi, whom she revealed this year. Don't tell me she's your ex-girlfriend, or you'll be ridiculed to the core."

Lee Woo-bin straightened his mud-covered suit with its torn sleeves and tried to tuck the exposed shirt cuffs back in.

"It's only because I failed to win her over that I feel comfortable bringing it up. If I had actually won her over, she would be my ex-girlfriend, and it would be incredibly awkward to see her again. I would never go back to an ex."

Li Zheng raised an eyebrow.

"Going back to an old flame? You talk like you actually got to enjoy it last time."

Lee Woo-bin took a deep breath and ignored the criticism.

Do you know why she was willing to go public with her relationship with Lee Seung-gi?

Why?

"Because I'm pursuing her."

Lee Woo-bin sounded almost proud when he said that.

It seems that "forcing female idols to go public with their relationships" is a badge of honor on his resume.

"She couldn't take it anymore, so she pulled out a scapegoat. Lee Seung-gi is a decent guy, and he also happens to have feelings for Yoona, so after discussing it, they went along with it. Everyone in the industry knows about this."

Li Zhengyi remained silent for two seconds.

"So, when Lim Yoona and Lee Seung-gi went public with their relationship, were you still playing matchmaker?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Watch me do it."

Lee Woo-bin took a deep breath and walked towards the Hyundai SUV.

He walked with confidence, and even straightened his shoulders.

He walked up to Yoona, who was busy unscrewing the fuel tank cap and didn't notice him.

He cleared his throat.

Yoona turned her head and looked at him through her sunglasses.

Lee Woo-bin spoke up.

Li Zhengyi leaned against a pillar at the gas station, watching the spectacle unfold.

He saw Lee Woo-bin say a few words, waving his hands, with that familiar narcissistic smile on his face.

Then he saw that Yoona's expression changed.

From confusion to recognition.

From recognizing to frowning.

From a frown to an expression somewhere between disdain and helplessness.

Then Lim Yoona said a few words.

Then Lee Woo-bin's smile froze.

Then his shoulders slumped.

Then he turned around and walked back.

The whole process took less than a minute.

"Hey, isn't this an old friend? How come you can't even get a ride?"

Li Zhengyi chuckled as he made a sarcastic remark.

Li Yubin cursed and walked to the trash can, kicking it.

The trash can was fixed to the ground and he couldn't kick it; instead, he grimaced in pain.

"That shameless woman! She doesn't know what's good for her! I'll make her pay when I get back..."

"Alright, alright, alright."

Li Zheng waved his hand, "Take off that disgusting chaebol air of yours, you're being too extravagant."

Lee Woo-bin's harsh words were left unsaid.

He noticed that Li Zhengyi was fixing his hair.

Looking at the reflection in the convenience store's glass door, she ran her fingers through her hair a couple of times, brushing her messy bangs aside.

"Let me teach you how to strike up a conversation with a woman."

After saying this, Li Zhengyi raised his chin in front of the glass reflection.

Lee Woo-bin snorted dismissively.

"You? You hit on a village girl who drives a tricycle this morning and actually think you're some kind of Casanova? Don't forget you're just a convenience store clerk now. Your father has set rules for you: you're not allowed to use any family resources, including your status."

Li Zheng turned to look at him with pity.

"Tch. I told you you're good for nothing but spending money. You don't need to put on airs for something this simple. Just watch how I win over Yoona in a second."

"One second?"

Lee Woo-bin laughed in exasperation.

"Okay. If you can win over Yoona in a second, you don't have to call me 'brother' anymore, I'll call you 'brother' instead."

"You said it."