"Girls, as long as it's something from someone you like, no matter what it is, you'll think it's good, for example, you use a tissue to fold a heart shape and try it?"

"Senior, I don't know if she has a favorite person, or if she has a more reliable opinion?"

"Well, then send expensive things, the more expensive the better. ”

“…… Did the Apink seniors make a lot of money last year?"

"Isn't it a birthday present? Why do you suddenly ask this?"

"We haven't officially debuted yet, where can we afford to buy expensive things?"

"That'...... Who you're going to give a gift to, what do you usually like?"

"She's already bought a mountain of those things herself, do she still need to give them away?"

Wang Nanqian stared at the white paper bag on the sofa in the practice room, recalling the meaningless conversation that day between Dongdaemun and Park Chulong. In the end, the girl didn't give any advice worthy of reference, and only helped out with some ideas when she was finally chosen: by the way, she also asked Wang Nanqian to give her a birthday gift half-forced, half-begging. If it weren't for the fact that the girl's voice was so sweet to his heart, he would definitely grit his teeth and pretend not to understand the hint in the girl's words.

Although the girl still felt that she was a little introverted when she first came into contact, but after getting a little familiar with her, Wang Nanqian found that she was not shy at all, and Park Chulong was completely a woman with an off-line personality and a big brain.

Looking up at the clock hanging on the wall, the hour hand on it was already pointing to a point, Wang Nanqian sighed and rubbed the joint of his right knee: Although he has also done a lot of dance practice today, and even practiced more after the others have returned to the dormitory, the old injury on his knee is very face-saving and has not occurred.

Thankfully, the woman didn't have a convulsion outside like he did last year when he just finished the audition, and he was able to make the most of the time he was waiting: EXO's debut mini-album's title song, MAMA, has a lot of difficult choreography and requires a lot of practice to digest in order to get out of the sense of coordination and beauty. Although Wang Nanqian is now a very skilled dancer in the team, his movements are still a little stiff compared to the two dance lines of Zhang Yixing and Kim Jong-in.

Pressing the triangular button on the screen of the mobile phone connected to the speaker, the string prelude suddenly sounded in the practice room: if there was someone else in the room at this time, he would definitely count the beats and do the dance practice himself. However, at this time, he was the only one left in the entire practice room, so he no longer had to worry about getting in the way of others. Dancing in front of the large floor-to-ceiling mirror that occupied the entire wall, observing the movements of the person in the mirror, he suddenly noticed that the door to the practice room behind him in the mirror was pushed open, and a petite figure crept in.

"Senior Taeyeon, are you here?" Wang Nam-qian was originally dancing the first chorus, and there happened to be a quick turn in it, and he suddenly twisted his body and greeted the woman who had made an appointment with him.

"Don't stop, just jump and talk. Kim Taeyeon heard the music outside the door of the practice room, and she sneaked in quietly, not wanting to disturb the other party's practice. Although she was finally discovered, she still waved her hand and motioned for the other party to continue dancing and finishing.

The music ended the first chorus after Kim Taeyeon finished speaking, and Wang Nam-kyun quickly found the beat, ignoring Kim Taeyeon, and continued to dance the next part seriously. When the two of them were still trainees, the practice room in the early morning was almost occupied by the two of them, and practicing in front of each other would not be embarrassing at all.

The rubber soles of the canvas shoes rubbed against the dark wooden floor of the practice room and made a squeaky sound, after the end of an action, his singing part sounded in the music, and he subconsciously sang along with his voice: "No vitality, no feelings, no basis every day, the longer it is, the more lonely it is, only I am injured and sad...... The last end note seems to be a little panting, and I can't fully express it, is it because I have been gnawing on vegetable leaves recently, and my body can't keep up with it a little?

Kim Taeyeon sat on the only couch in the practice room, holding the white paper bag in her arms. Even though the man had his back to her, she could see his frowning brow in the reflection of the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and this strange and familiar feeling made her a little trance: it was like going back to four or five years ago, when she was not a girl, he was not EXO, they were just two children who practiced frantically because they had no confidence in themselves.

How did they share the underground practice room at that time? Kim Tae-yeon tilted her head and fell into the memory: it was as if one person was on the left side of the room and one person was on the right side of the room, and the two of them were playing the songs they were practicing on their mobile phones, and they were practicing without interfering with each other. If memory serves, it seems that they still quarrel from time to time over whose phone is turned up, and of course she has always been the one who wins: at that time, this man's Korean was really bad, and she was often so angry that he stared at him and couldn't speak.

It's been four or five years, and I still remember the events of that year very clearly in my mind. Time has passed, now she is a girl, and he has become EXO, obviously the dreams of two crazy children have come true, but there seems to be something between them-since the Girls' Generation fire, the sensitive Kim Taeyeon has noticed that there is a problem between the two of them, what is this faintly unpleasant love? She has been looking for answers, but she has never found them.

The music stops in almost the same string as the intro, and the last movement of the choreography is with his back to the stage, so at this time Kim Taeyeon can just see the man's side face, and she can clearly see the sweat sliding down his bangs. remembered the past when the two of them got along, and the corners of her mouth curved into a lovely arc: "I'm sorry, I don't have a towel for you." ”

Slightly out of breath because of the intense dance just now, Wang Nam-qian heard Kim Tae-yeon's words, and instantly recalled her past memories. He smiled back like when the two of them were still trainees, completely forgetting to use honorifics: "You are embarrassed to say, I was very grateful at first, but later I realized that you were using me at all." ”

"I'm a good one. At that time, the two of them would often have such conversations, and Kim Taeyeon didn't even need time to think, so she unceremoniously pushed back the man's words.

"Kind? you just bought a towel for me, but I washed the towel for you for half a year!" Kim Taeyeon didn't say that it was okay, this time Wang Nanqian recalled his miserable situation at that time, he spit out angrily, walked to the speaker and unplugged the phone.

There is no way to pretend to fight back with confidence, Kim Taeyeon fell on the sofa and laughed without an image, she did give this man a towel to wipe his sweat out of kindness, but it is also a fact that he coaxed him to wash the towel for himself for half a year. How she thought about this matter and how she felt proud, she was even happier to hear that this man was still haunted.

"Auntie, pay attention to your image! You are a national girl group, a national female idol, see how you smile?" The iconic Kim Taeyeon-style laughter echoed in the practice room, making Wang Nanqian particularly annoyed: he was not good at Korean before, and he couldn't make too strong a counterattack against her, and his Korean has almost reached the level of his native language over the years, but he still can't deal with this woman.

"Nanqian Oppa, you are also a person, you don't have any romantic cells at all. How can there be such a direct message to ask me if I have time?Aren't others going to rush out with a cake all of a sudden?" Kim Taeyeon finally managed to suppress her laughter, looking at the white paper bag in her arms, she couldn't help but complain. A few days ago, this man sent such a blunt and abrupt message, simple and rude, and it was really his ability to make such a beautiful thing as a birthday gift so moodless and unatmospheric.

"I'm just asking you if you have time, you have to ask me what the hell is going on! Do you blame me now?" This woman is so busy with her schedule and so much work, who knows when she will be free? He was worried that Kim Taeyeon's birthday had passed, and no one had seen it yet, and the gift had not been given yet, so he wanted to confirm the other party's time in advance. As a result, I didn't expect that as soon as Kim Taeyeon heard that she was going to meet her, she immediately asked what the hell was going on, and in the end, she had to blame herself, what is this called?

Kim Taeyeon wrinkled her nose in dissatisfaction and snorted, this person took the initiative to ask herself out for the first time in two years, can she not be curious about what the hell is going on?

"Cake, aren't you just showing up at this time because they have already given you a birthday? Didn't you eat enough just now?" was speechless to this woman, and she was tired and risked to go to a place like Dongdaemun to buy her a birthday present, although it was not a good thing, it was also a heart, how could she find fault or find fault?

Making a grimace at the man in front of her, Kim Taeyeon took care of herself and opened the white paper bag that she had been holding in her arms: "Such a big bag, only such a small box?

I don't know why, Wang Nanqian suddenly got up a little embarrassed, he turned his back and stopped looking at Kim Taeyeon: last year he just sent a message, and the year before last he forgot to give his blessing, as if there had not been such a scene for a long time.

Holding the small box from the paper bag in the palm of her right hand, Kim Taeyeon carefully opened the lid with her left hand, and a pair of earrings that reflected the light in the light of the practice room were lying quietly in the box. I remember that in the past, this man would only send some pain-relieving sprays, vitamins and other things, but this time, why did he suddenly open his mind? As long as it is a girl, he will not hate this kind of small jewelry, how did he suddenly learn to please girls?

Gently pinching one of the earrings and bringing them to his eyes, Kim Taeyeon realized that the pair of earrings were actually sun-shaped, although the workmanship was not very exquisite, but under the reflection of the light, it really looked like a small star emitting warm heat.

How much care and care has this man given to him over the years? How much motivation and energy has his smile given him in those most difficult moments? Kim Taeyeon stares at the stud earrings in a daze, is this man deliberate? Or is it an unintentional move? What is the meaning of these two little stars?

"I'm not like Taeyeon's predecessors are rich...... You also know that I am very poor and cannot afford anything very expensive. But it's always a heart, so you can just take it. The woman was stunned and silent, and Wang Nanqian didn't know what she was thinking in her heart: the harmonious atmosphere in the previous practice room disappeared under this crampedness, and he couldn't help but use honorifics when he spoke to Kim Taeyeon again.

This man really has a magical ability to spoil the good atmosphere. Kim Tae-yeon's gaze finally shifted from the stud earrings to the man standing in the middle of the practice room, and she pouted resentfully.