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Chapter 7 Chen Ran is dead?!
A coffee shop in Cheongdam-dong in 2025.
In a private room by the window on the second floor, Jessica was looking at the high-tech skyscrapers outside and comparing them with the images of 2012 in her mind.
At that moment, the door to the private room opened, and a tall figure wearing a black mask walked in.
"Sorry, Jessica unnie, there was a bit of traffic on the way."
The person apologized, then took off their mask, revealing a still stunningly beautiful face.
Lim Yoon-a, the visual center of Girls' Generation, has maintained her stunning beauty from the second generation to the fifth.
Jessica smiled at her and said, "It's okay, I just arrived too."
Yoona sat down opposite her, picked up her iced Americano, took a sip, and then looked up at Jessica.
But she noticed that this unnie seemed to be staring at her in a daze.
Yoona blinked: "What's wrong, unnie? Why are you staring at me?"
Jessica snapped out of her daze and shook her head.
She simply subconsciously compared the Yoona in front of her with the Yoona from 2012 who stood next to Jessica Jung last night.
"It's nothing. I just suddenly realized that Yoona, you don't seem to have changed much compared to before."
"Unnie, you're the same as always," Yoona replied, her doe eyes crinkling.
That hairline is definitely a bit worrying.
Jessica smiled back, picked up her coffee, took a sip, and changed the subject.
"How are things? Busy lately?"
"It's alright, I haven't been filming lately, just doing some brand events and stuff."
"Is the post-production of your movie 'The Devil Moved In' almost finished?"
Yoona nodded: "Yes, the distributor has tentatively scheduled it for release in August."
Jessica suddenly smiled: "So, how about it? Are you confident you can win an award for this movie, like the Blue Dragon Award for Best Actress or something?"
Yoona paused in her coffee-drinking motion and couldn't help but roll her eyes slightly: "Unnie, why are you teasing me too?"
The matter of the Azure Dragon Award-winning actress is not going to be forgotten, is it?
"Hahahaha, I'll book the whole theater to support you."
"Thank you, unnie~"
After chatting about their recent situations for a while, Jessica began to probe.
"Yoona, do you know someone named Chen Ran?"
"Chen Ran?"
Yoona paused, then asked, "Are you talking about the person Taeyeon unnie used to like?"
Jessica took a sip of her coffee and nodded: "Yes, it's him."
"Yes, I know him, but I've only met him twice because of Taeyeon unnie. We're not that close. Why did you suddenly bring him up, unnie?"
Upon hearing this, Jessica was basically certain that Yoona's memory had not been updated.
That means that only the person inside that house could have their memories updated in sync with the changes in the past.
She pinched the straw between her fingers, gently stirring the ice in her coffee cup, and casually uttered the excuse she had already prepared:
"Oh, Soojung is planning to take on a role recently, and I want to help her out, but I don't have many connections in this area. Then I suddenly thought of this person. Sunkyu mentioned to me before that he seems to be a screenwriter, so I was thinking of asking you to help introduce me."
"Oh, I see."
Lin Yoona nodded: "Chen Ran is indeed a screenwriter, and a fairly famous one at that, but if you want to get to know him, it's impossible now."
"Um?"
Jessica blinked in confusion. What did "impossible" mean?
Yoona looked at her, her tone suddenly becoming a little somber: "Because he has passed away."
The clinking of ice cubes in the coffee cup abruptly stopped.
Jessica stared blankly at Yoona with her mouth slightly agape.
It took him a while to react, then his voice instantly rose: "Dead?! How did he die?!"
The future Chen Ran is actually dead? How is that possible!
Im Yoona thought for a moment and said, "Just last month, it seems there was a car accident while crossing the road at night. The driver was drunk."
Jessica's pupils trembled a few times, and she even forgot to breathe for a moment.
It took her a while to process the news. She quickly asked, "What night was the car accident? Where exactly? What was the exact time?"
Her speech was somewhat rapid, and her rapid-fire questions left Yoona momentarily bewildered.
"Well... it seems to have been the night of April 20th. I'm not really sure about the specifics, since Chen Ran and I aren't even friends. I'm afraid only Taeyeon unnie knows the details."
As she spoke, Lim Yoona gave her Jessica unnie a strange look.
Jessica's reaction was a bit strange.
Why was she so agitated upon hearing the news of Chen Ran's death? It was as if someone very important had passed away.
If he and Chen Ran had only met twice and weren't even friends, then Jessica Oni hadn't even met him at all.
This reaction is really strange.
Jessica was unaware of Yoona's inner doubts; at this moment, her delicate eyebrows were already furrowed.
Chen Ran is actually dead.
Her mind went blank, and her heart sank.
Oh, right, the cell phone!
Jessica quickly picked up her phone, opened her browser, and typed in the name "Chen Ran".
These past few days she's been processing the time-space connection issue, and then she's focused her energy on Quan Ningyi's matter, so she hasn't actually looked up any information about Chen Ran in 2025 online.
Clicking the search bar quickly brought up information about Chen Ran.
On the webpage, a smiling photo of Chen Ran came into view, but the photo was gray.
Jessica's heart sank again as she looked at Chen Ran's information.
Chen Ran was born on May 30, 1990, in Seoul, South Korea. She is a screenwriter and writer, and graduated from the Department of Literature at Seoul National University.
In 2014, he wrote the romance drama "Healer," which marked his debut and earned him numerous accolades...
Several more works are listed afterward, but the last sentence of the personal information is:
He died unexpectedly in a car accident on April 20, 2025.
Jessica pursed her lips.
On April 20th, I didn't know Chen Ran yet. During that time, I was mainly active in China and didn't pay much attention to news from the Korean Peninsula.
In 2025, Chen Ran had actually passed away.
Jessica's lips parted slightly, and she seemed completely lost in thought.
In other words, Chen Ran only has 13 years left to live.
If Chen Ran from 12 knew this news...
wrong!
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her.
There is still a chance; the Chen Ran from the past is still alive, and I can still contact him.
If the past can be changed, then perhaps the future can be changed as well.
If I find out the exact cause and time of Chen Ran's death in 2025 and tell Chen Ran in 2012 in advance, I might be able to change the outcome of his death.
The more Jessica thought about it, the more feasible the idea seemed, and her eyes lit up.
Across from her, Yoona's expression shifted from serious to bewildered, then thoughtful, and finally even a hint of a smile appeared.
In less than two minutes, the complex changes in her expressions made even this actress feel somewhat ashamed of herself.
but...
This unnie is really acting strange.
She wouldn't be thinking about Chen Ran, would she?
Could it be that Jessica Unnie and Chen Ran met without her knowledge and then got along very well?
But that's not right either.
If the two were truly close, how could Jessica not know about Chen Ran's death?
And Jessica even had a smile on her face at the end.
But what kind of logic is that?
She felt happy when her best friend passed away?
No normal person would do that.
Yoona gradually frowned, feeling that her intelligence was being challenged for the first time.