According to common sense, at the beginning of each year, it should be a relaxed and happy period for the trainees who have just experienced the nightmare "year-end exam" - but after the year-end assessment at the end of last year, which almost made all the trainees shed a layer of skin, the company's female trainees once again devoted themselves to 24-hour uninterrupted crazy practice.

Many people never go back to their dorms even after learning the news, and they can't wait to break up every minute and second of every day and crumple it into several parts, just to get a chance that they would never dream of—a precious opportunity to "connect" with the senior who gained great popularity and unparalleled attention last year with his huge success in TV series and music.

Everyone knows that as long as they can get such an opportunity, their fate may change because of this - the envy and object of many trainees Bae Joo-hyun is a living and immediate example: just because the senior who was close to her "friendship" starred in her public Teaser, Bae Joo-hyun suddenly became a topic of conversation on the Internet at the end of 2013, so that no one dares to see her as an ordinary and unknown trainee now.

When an opportunity that seems to be able to make people "ascend to the sky in one step" is in front of them, and when an opportunity that can become a second Bae Joo-hyun is in front of them, how can anyone not feel excited?

When the person in charge of the trainee department gathered all the female trainees in the "Open Trainee Program" and announced to them, "There will be one of you who is very lucky enough to become the heroine of the solo song that EXO's member NAN will release in early February", and almost every young girl has a burning fire in their hearts.

Even Jin Shizheng and Dong Shihui, who had just entered this small group called the "Open Trainee Program" and were inextricably linked to the seniors themselves, were unable to devote themselves to the heat wave of crazy practice and striving to show themselves in front of the relevant responsible personnel - in the days after this explosive news was announced, the lights in the training room belonging to the female trainees on the second floor of the old building of the company have not been extinguished.

However, in this world, there are always some people who are different from others.

When the other female trainees began to prepare to risk their lives to fight for your life, Bae Joo-hyun, who was particularly calm and indifferent to this, was one of the two special characters - everyone knew that the senior wrote songs for her, and even starred in her public teaser as the object of feat, she has received so much, so much preferential treatment and favor that others can't imagine, at least this time, she should give some opportunities and resources to others, right?

Combining such thoughts with Bae Joo-hyun's gentle personality and quiet image, her occasional mistakes caused by distraction during practice, and all kinds of strange performances of huddled on the sofa and looking at the ceiling in a daze after the end of practice have all become "indifferent" in the eyes of others - which makes almost all other female trainees grateful to her, after all, such a "high wind and bright festival" is not easy to do.

As for the other of the two special characters, Jiang Shiqi, why she seems completely unmoved in the face of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it is particularly surprising - even though she is now an official member of the "Open Trainee Program" and one of the first batch of trainees in the company to disclose information, is she really not interested in going further?

Besides, it's no secret that she has a very good relationship with that senior - seeing that the trainees around her are all in a frenzy, Jiang Shiqi, who looks listless all day long, and even sneaks away alone several times when everyone else is practicing late at night, is indeed very special.

It's just that in this kind of critical "life and death moment" where there is not much time left to squander, everyone has little interest in digging out what kind of secret is hidden behind Jiang Shiqi's behavior - shouldn't it be a good thing to be happy without a powerful enemy?

However, in this world, there are always some people who are different from others.

Ernie ...... Shikioni seems to be gone again. ”

“……”

Because he was afraid of being heard by others, Sun Chenghuan suppressed his voice very softly, so light that it didn't seem to reach the ears of the Ernie who was in front of her, who was sitting on the sofa with his hands and knees around and didn't know what he was thinking - seeing that the other party was still looking straight at the ceiling, Sun Chenghuan had to amplify his voice a little, and once again repeated what he had just said.

This time she got a response.

"Huh, Chenghuan, what did you say?"

Whether it's Bae Joo-hyun or Kang Shi-ki, these two Ernnie, who have always been very close to her, seem to have changed in the recent period of time - what happened to them? It can't be that these two juniors who are not used to seeing them as official "open trainees" who have been disclosed by the company on the Internet have put some vicious spells and magic behind their backs and disturbed their minds, right?

Although Sun Chenghuan didn't believe that there were any ghosts in this world, she couldn't figure out what else could make those two Ernnies change so much in a short period of time.

"Ernie, I said, Shikioni seems to be missing again......"

"Ah?...... Wait, let me give her a call......"

The guy's phone is off.

Sighing softly, she took the phone in her hand and lifted it up and put it down, put it down and lifted it up, I don't know how many times she repeated this action, she finally gritted her teeth, supported the sofa in the practice room with both hands, and stood up.

His phone became more and more difficult to reach, and his figure became more and more difficult to see—remembering that at any time, wherever she wanted, she would find him, and if she wanted to, he would come.

Now, however, it is clear that their relationship has become "closer", and even his agent has promised her that as long as he finishes all activities related to the new album that the group solo song and EXO plan to release in the middle of this year, the company will no longer do anything to stop them - but it is becoming more and more difficult for her to find him, and the company's new building may only be separated by tens of meters, or tens of meters.

She is no longer the little girl she was back then, she has long understood that if she wants to get what she wants in the end, she must know how to give - she has endured it for so many years, and in the end, in less than half a year, even if it is for the sake of the other party, she should wait patiently and quietly.

That's what she thought, and that's what she did, until that happened the other day.

Seeing that the person who had been by her side all along had obtained what she had been longing for, the insistence that allowed her to keep her promise was loosened by this huge impact - everyone else's things had evolved to such a situation, if she just went to see him in the company and said a few words, it was not too much, right?

Even if his phone was turned off, she knew where he was at this moment, and she knew what he was doing at this moment.

She just had a phone call with Lin Hyun-jun, the agent of EXO-M, who had been very anxious recently, just a few days later this morning, and it let her know about his itinerary, and also let her know a lot of news that should have been a secret now.

The one surnamed Wu is gone, he must be very painful now that he has always regarded the people around him as very important and has always treated the people around him so gently, right?

In moments like these, she should be by his side.

Just like back then, whenever she was in pain, he was by her side.

When the memories and the past came to mind because of these thoughts, she chuckled softly, and then casually put on the white slippers that she often wore in the company—ignoring the inquiries from the other members behind her, and walked out of the practice room that belonged to Girls' Generation.

It was already early in the morning.

Along the way, no one or anything responded to her presence except for the voice-activated lights in the hallways that lit up with the sound of her footsteps—it didn't take even three or four minutes for her to find the studio that belonged to the composition department: the two of them were only so far apart, but how many people and things were between them?

I don't know why, when she rushed out of the practice room, she was still full of determination, but when she really stood at the door of this studio, she hesitated inexplicably when she thought of the person who was probably inside at the moment.

When he opened the door, what was she supposed to say?

Should she mention something related to that guy surnamed Wu? Will she be self-defeating?

She knew that she had never been very good at talking, let alone comforting others.

Lifted and lowered, lowered and lifted, and she did not know how many times she repeated this action, but she could not let her fingers tap on the door, until the faint sound of a piano came from within the door......

She seemed to hear him, too.

Kim Tae-yeon, who had been standing in front of this door for an unknown amount of time, gently stepped forward and gently stuck to the door.

"That's a lot of nostalgia............ The many regrets that caught hold of me............

………… Will I be able to meet someone who can replace you in the future?

It's time to forget about you, I'm trying to forget it all now............"

Staccato singing.

It was his voice, but it didn't sound like his voice at all.

She only felt an inexplicable pain in her heart, and then before she could react, the door in front of her had been pushed away from its original position.

The sound of the piano and the singing came to an abrupt end.

She saw him.

When he opened the door, what was she supposed to say?

She didn't say anything, and just went straight to the front.