"Is it really okay? Is my face really okay now?" As he sat in the most familiar position in the beauty room, feeling the powder in the makeup artist's hand touching his face - I can't tell why, Wang Nanqian always had a feeling that his face would become crooked with the movement of the powder.

"Don't worry, you're pretty now, just put on your makeup, everything is the same as before. "Two hours ago, sitting at the beauty shop that specializes in makeup and styling for the members of the EXO group, and specially designated by S.M., the female clerk who has applied makeup to many members of SuperJunior and SHINee, and carefully applied to Wang Nam-qian's face, told him this is what he said.

Leaning on the back of the back seat of the nanny car, seeing that the Gyeongnam Culture and Art Center not far away was already reflected in the car window, Wang Nanqian, who came out of the dormitory for the first time in nearly a month, couldn't help but once again take out the small mirror that had been stored in it from the backpack next to him and check his face.

Since taking off the compression mask, he has been working very hard every day to recover according to his doctor's instructions - applying ice cubes through a towel with ice cubes that have been placed outside for a few minutes, rinsing his mouth with disinfectant every six hours, and making appropriate expressions to restore the naturalness and elasticity of his facial muscles...... He did almost everything he could, but every time he looked in the mirror at the contours of his face, which had become smoother than before as the swelling had faded, he could not find it as pleasant and satisfying as anyone else.

"Because you're really only moving a small part, it takes less time to recover: normally, it would take almost two people for a girl to take care of, but you look really good right now...... Don't do a facial massage in the next month, don't do too hard expressions, and then we'll have a final review. ”

A few days ago, when Wang Nanqian wore a mask and went to the re-examination accompanied by Lin Xuanjun, the doctor repeatedly promised him that there would be no sequelae in the 'adjustment' they made to him, and everything was carried out perfectly - but this kind of assurance from professionals still failed to improve Wang Nanqian's mood: whenever he thought that he would always have to face the camera again in the future and reappear in the public eye, he seemed to see everyone pointing at his face and talking about it.

'Did he have plastic surgery?'

'His face is fake, isn't it?'

Thinking that such words would likely surround his life and would accompany him for the rest of his life, Wang Nanqian's heart instead produced an inexplicable fear: Who would want to live in the malicious fingers of others all the time?

How did those seniors deal with it? Didn't they feel uneasy at all? How did they justifiably say things like 'I've never moved, I'm natural' in front of the camera? How much courage and how thick a skin did it take to do that?

"We're almost there, NAN, and you should prepare a little bit. All the way from Seoul to Jinju in Gyeongsangnam-do, the boy didn't even say a word, and as an agent, Lim Hyun-kyun naturally knew very well what the captain of EXO-M was worried about: his face had just been completely swollen for two days, and he was about to come out to participate in such an important event - anyone would probably be panicked, right?

"Brother Xuan Jun, is my face really okay now?"

"NAN, YOUR FACE IS REALLY AMAZING RIGHT NOW. Besides, I don't need you to do anything to perform today, just sit down and don't make yourself so nervous. If you don't win the award, at most you will only be given a close-up in the nomination process, and there is nothing to worry about. ”

If it weren't for the fact that he was going to attend such an important award ceremony as the "Korean Drama Awards", and if it weren't for the fact that the TV series "Please Answer 1997" had achieved so good results, in Kim Young-min's schedule for Wang Nam-qian, the captain of EXO-M should have stayed in the dormitory at this time, concentrating on the songs to be used in EXO's official album - but an unexpected invitation made Wang Nam-kyun have to appear in the public eye in advance at this embarrassing moment.

The winning nominations for the 'Best Male Newcomer Award' and the 'Best Screen Couple Award' - when Kim Young-min did his best and used almost all the resources and means available to create the idol drama "To the Beautiful You", the ratings of the idol drama "To the Beautiful You" have been maintained miserably at around 5%, Wang Nanqian, who was like picking up garbage and took the audition invitation to Cui Xueli to hit the luck, but when everyone was not optimistic, he not only won the love of the audience, but even the recognition of professionals.

For a rookie boy group member who has only debuted for half a year, being able to be nominated for an award by relying on a cable TV series that has just been broadcast for half a month, even if there is no big chance of winning the award, it is a supreme affirmation and honor: at this time, even if his leg is broken, he has to sit in a wheelchair to attend, not to mention that the puffiness on Wang Nanqian's face has basically subsided - Kim Young-min almost didn't even think about it, and signed the document sent by the planning department.

So Wang Nanqian followed Lin Hyunjun out of the dormitory, put on makeup in the beauty shop, and got into the nanny car to Jinju: although according to Kim Youngmin's plan, the boy should have been rested for at least two more weeks.

"My face, is it really okay now?"

In just a few minutes, he will have to face countless cameras and cameras, and countless Korean viewers waiting in front of the TV, Wang Nanqian only feels that his head is about to explode: even though everyone around him keeps telling him that his face now looks sleeker and more photogenic than before, his heart is still full of uneasiness.

"Even if you ask 10,000 more times, I still have to say, it's really good. Also, instead of worrying about this kind of thing, you should think more about how you should put on your face when you go on the red carpet. Driving the nanny car around the last corner, Lin Xuanjun stepped on the brakes when he saw another nanny car parked not far in front of him and a man who was standing on the side of the road waiting for him.

The street scene outside the car window on his side has not changed much, and Wang Nanqian, who knew that there was still some distance from the place where he was really going to get out of the car and walk the red carpet, raised his head and looked ahead with some curiosity, and then he understood why Lin Xuanjun parked the car in this somewhat 'special' place: a girl in a red dress jumped out of the nanny car parked in front of her, and jumped towards this side.

As the door of the nanny car was opened, Wang Nanqian heard the familiar voice he hadn't heard for a long time, which was the Busan dialect he had learned all night long.

"Ahh********h

Then, he saw that familiar face, and that familiar bright smile: Zheng Eundi, who had also won two nominations with him, jumped into the nanny car without any scruples.

"Oppa, long time no see. ”

There was no half of gloom in the cheerful voice, as if the embarrassing situations that had happened between the two of them were things from another world, and Zheng Eundi did it so generously.

This made Wang Nanqian not know how to respond to the other party.

"Oppa, what are you doing with your face strained, and when you take me by the hand and walk the red carpet together, you must remember to put on a smile, we are the nominees for the best couple." ”

“…… Grace, you ......"

Wang Nanqian, who was panicked by Zheng Endi's excessive enthusiasm as if he was performing, and hesitated whether he should take the initiative to say something, just opened his mouth, but froze in his seat because of the next words of the Busan girl.

"Oppa, did you get too many highlights today?"

"Huh?!"

"Is it because I haven't seen Oppa in a long time? Why do I always feel ...... Something seems strange?"

"Well, that's because I've lost weight, and now my legs are thinner than yours. ”

Unable to care about the embarrassing things that had happened, after hearing Zheng Endi's self-muttering question, Wang Nanqian quickly opened the topic loudly: At this moment, he seemed to finally understand why Kim Jong-hyun could be so cheeky to say to the camera, 'I have never moved, it is natural'.

"Oh, Oppa, what are you talking about? Don't you know it's rude to say that to a girl?"

The depressed and lost Zheng Endi in the waiting room of the singing stage seemed to have never existed in this world, and now Zheng Endi, who was in front of him and was noisy with him as if he was on the set, suddenly gave Wang Nanqian such a wonderful feeling. (To be continued.) )