Sitting in the backstage waiting room, although it was about to be time for him and Zheng Endi to go to the rehearsal, Wang Nanqian's brain was still blank, and it wasn't until the girl who had been sitting next to him couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder that he realized where he was now.

"Oppa...... What's wrong with you? I've been in a daze since I came in just now, didn't you rest last night?" Zheng Endi had been observing this Oppa for a long time: he just sat on a chair in the lounge with straight eyes, not speaking or moving. If he hadn't taken the initiative to talk to him, I don't know how long he would have been in this state.

"Huh? oh oh...... I'm fine, where's the bathroom? I'll be back after a little bit. ”

"Oppa?Oppa?" completely ignored Jung's exclamation of surprise: he bounced out of his chair in a daze, pushed open the door to the lounge, and walked out.

When Kim Taeyeon said to him, "The lyrics of this song are written for you," he felt as if he had fallen into a huge Shura field when the vague uneasiness in his heart finally turned into reality.

Who would have thought that after seven or eight years of two people getting along like relatives and friends, this bond that has almost become family affection will be sublimated into love?

When the two of them have grown from teenagers to mature adults, they begin to feel each other's charm? Isn't this too ridiculous? Although I have long realized that Kim Taeyeon has truly become an excellent opposite sex, and has grown from the little girl who relies on her for everything to become a strong person, she never thought that her image in each other's hearts has also changed:

Since when did she go from an older brother who has been taking care of her and protecting her to a person who can "date"?

At the beginning of the year, he was abused by the SONES because of the scandal is still vivid, and he asked himself if he didn't have the courage to get together with this woman who was already standing as a Korean female idol: What's more, now there is a girl named Park Chulong by his side?

The relationship between Park Chulong and him now is almost a secret that can't be told to anyone: as a newcomer who has only debuted in the Korean entertainment industry for less than half a year, and as a member of a male idol group of S.M. Company, how can he let outsiders know that he has a girlfriend?

Kim Junmian hurriedly broke up with his girlfriend who had been secretly dating for three years before his debut. Now when everyone says it as a joke in EXO's dormitory, the members are still "praising him" for his wit and decisiveness: when he can't tell anyone about the fact that he has a girlfriend, what kind of reasons and excuses can he use to reject Kim Taeyeon's heart, so that this extremely sensitive guy doesn't think about nonsense?

Even the members of EXO don't know about this. He can't say things like "I'm sorry, I already have a girlfriend, so I can't respond to your thoughts," right?

After grinding and chirping for a long time, the woman on the other side of the phone finally couldn't bear it anymore: find a time to make it clear in person at the company At the end of that phone call, when Kim Taeyeon said something like this. The only thing he can think of in his mind is: he will never go to the company for this period of time, and he will not see Kim Taeyeon if he can.

But just dragging it out so awkwardly, after all, nothing can be solved, right?

Wang Nanqian walked along the wall of the corridor and sighed in the direction of the backstage bathroom.

It's not that he hasn't been told in vain, but in just two days, this kind of "story" that makes people don't know how to deal with it between two consecutive people of the opposite sex who he doesn't know how to refuse, makes him feel like he is living in a dream, but this is really what happened, it is not a dream, after hanging up the phone, running into the bathroom and rubbing his face with cold water a few times, he finally found out.

Almost sleepless all night, he was in a trance in the bathroom backstage in a daze, as if his whole soul was not in the body. After a dizzy walk down the hallway, he found himself back in front of the standby room before he knew it.

"Oppa? Are you really okay?" If it weren't for the fact that she was actually in the backstage waiting room now, Jung would have almost thought she was back on the set of "Please Answer 1997" at the end of August: the Oppa was doing his best for a company OST, living a sleepless life, and now his eyes were blank and the man sitting on the chair on the set at that time was almost indistinguishable.

"I'm fine, but my head still hurts a little. Don't worry, I'm fine. ”

"It's our turn for the next group, Oppa, are you sure you're really okay?" Just as Wang Nanqian walked out of the waiting room, the stage manager sent to remind them that the staff who were ready to rehearse had already come to the waiting room: seeing that the Oppa was in such a state of despair, Zheng couldn't help but take two steps forward, just like on the set of "Please Answer 1997", and reached out and grabbed the other party's arm.

“…… You say the next group is us, so why don't we hurry up?" As an artist who has already debuted, he still has more work on his body that he can't shirk and must do his best: knowing that he can't let those personal problems affect the stage, Wang Nanqian tried his best to squeeze a smile on his face, and then completely ignored the other party's doubts. Cheering up, he walked out of the waiting room again.

It was only in order to cooperate with the broadcast of the last two episodes of the TV series that he and Zheng Endi would sing the OSTs in the two dramas on stage: I thought that it would be good to simply sing two songs on stage, and at most do a little bit of interaction for the audience to see, but when Wang Nanqian saw the benches and phone booth props that had been placed on the stage, he couldn't help but be stunned, which was even more gorgeous than their EXO's singing stage set. How much energy and money did Li Minghan PD put into this stage?

Just when he was still lamenting the "feat" of Li Minghan PD who was so willing to pay for it, the prelude to the song "AllForYou", which had once topped the major music charts, had already sounded: Seeing that Zheng Endi was already standing in the prop phone booth on the stage, he subconsciously clenched the microphone in his hand.

"It's been a few days, and you haven't had a single phone call......"

The soft singing voice sounded, and unlike the hardships experienced when recording at Cube Company, this Busan-born girl could feel the tenderness contained in her singing voice as soon as she opened her mouth on stage: Jung Eun-di seemed to be completely unaffected by any drunkenness, although she lay in bed for two days after the final celebration, but now she is in excellent condition, and I envy this girl in my heart for always being able to maintain a cheerful personality. I have always been able to live such a carefree life, why is my life always in a constant situation?

Just when he was slightly melancholy, he unknowingly missed half a beat of his own singing.

"NAN, WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?"

No matter how reluctant you are, no matter how much you want to do your best, you still can't help but feel that those personal worries affect your work status: bow your head and bend down to apologize to the stage manager standing under the stage, fortunately this is not EXO's singing stage, and it is not Lin Hyunjun who accompanies him, but Assistant Jin This is probably the only thing that can be celebrated, right?

Throwing her head hard to throw those irrelevant feelings out of her mind, Wang Nanqian struggled to keep herself in tune with the song's beat after the prelude to "AllForYou" sounded for the second time.

"It's been a few days, and you haven't had a phone call,

Do you know that it's my birthday in a few days?

You don't know how to see the situation, you always let time pass in vain,

Instead of complaining, I'm worried......"

beat the rhythm in his heart, and finally after Zheng Endi's singing section ended, on the correct measure, that beat, in the most correct way, he sang his own singing section.

"Oppa, are you really okay?" finally ended the rehearsal smoothly, Wang Nanqian, who had not been as nervous as this time for a long time, returned to the waiting room with a profuse sweat, and had just sat back on the not very comfortable chair in the waiting room, when he heard the same inquiry for the third time.

He shook his head with a wry smile as he grabbed the disposable paper cup filled with water that had been placed on the table: "Endi, I just didn't sleep well last night, and it's really fine." ”

There was nothing false about it: he had barely been able to close his eyes all night, and if he hadn't put on a thick stage makeup early in the beauty shop, his big bags and dark circles would have been unusually eye-catching.

"It's already finished, why is Oppa still so busy?Is there any new work in the company?" Although the rehearsal seems to have been completed smoothly after a small mistake, Zheng Endi, who has been with this Chinese Oppa for too long, knows in his heart that the other party has only exerted half of his usual skills at most in the singing just now: whether it is in terms of technique or emotional processing, he seems to be much more stiff today.

This deepened Zheng Endi's worries a little: she was going to complete the big thing that she didn't finish last time because of a business trip, and there won't be anything else going on today, right?

Busy pouring water from disposable paper cups down her throat and not answering the new question that Zheng Endi asked with a smile, Wang Nanqian just shrugged her shoulders and shook her head.

“Oppa…… That...... After today's stage, are you going to be busy going back to the office?"

Looking at this girl with a smile on her face and her eyes almost narrowed into two gaps, Wang Nanqian reluctantly put the disposable paper cup back on the table: "Shouldn't you be busy, right?"

“Oppa…… Can you stay with me a little after the stage is over?"

P.S. The old dream is back - this time it shouldn't be broken again, I'm so sorry (to be continued.) )