......

Inside the standby room.

With the help of his assistant, Bae Xiuzhi looked at the silver mirror and gently removed the ornament from the earlobe.

Her gaze swept over somewhere in the mirror, and she paused slightly, turning her face in confusion.

"Zhi'en? Ji-eun Lee? Li IU?"

Pei Xiuzhi called three times, and Li Zhien looked at her with some blankness, "Huh? What's wrong?"

"No, it's just to see you sitting there in a daze, calling you," Pei Xiuzhi smiled at her, "It shouldn't be that I'm fainting from hunger, right?"

"I'm not a piggy." Li Zhien puffed out his mouth and retorted angrily.

Bae Xiuzhi frowned.

Li Zhien only replied simply, and did not continue to quarrel with her as usual.

This is a bit unusual......

Moreover, it seems that since before the recording of today's show began, Li Zhien has been a little strange, as if he is hiding something.

But this is not an occasion to talk and explore, and Pei Xiuzhi temporarily pressed the doubts in his heart.

She chuckled, "Whether it's a little pig or not, you'll find out when you eat later."

After simply removing the stage makeup and changing into light and casual clothes, Bae so-ji "coerced" Lee Ji-eun out of the KBS TV building.

The barbecue restaurant that the two of them negotiated in advance is not far from Yeouido, and it is only a 10-minute drive if you count the traffic lights.

But as it approached the evening and hit the evening rush hour in Seoul, the traffic on the road stretched to the end of the sunset.

In the back seat, Li Zhien was stunned for a long time, and suddenly a spirit sat up.

Taking out her phone, she clicked on the memo and began to type text, her little face full of seriousness and concentration.

Her movements attracted the attention of Pei Xiuzhi beside her.

Looking at Li Zhien's attentive appearance, she subconsciously asked, "Zhien, are you ...... Write the lyrics for a new song?"

"Lyrics?" Li Zhien quickly put the phone away and sneered, "Yes, I just had a little inspiration."

"Uh-huh?" Bae Xiuzhi's eyes lit up and he came to Lee Ji-eun's face, "Does this new song have anything to do with me? Last time you wrote a song for the truth, isn't it my turn this time?"

The song "Peach" in Li Zhien's last album was a fierce girlfriend love.

Hearing this, Li Zhien was dumbfounded for a while, and suddenly regretted it.

She lowered her head and silently pondered how to find a reasonable reason to give the song to the pigeon......

"What's that look on your face?" Bae Xiuzhi narrowed his eyes.

"Ahem, no, I'm trying to figure out how to write better." Lee Ji-eun has a sincere face, and he strives to use the acting skills he has specially practiced recently in order to enter the group.

"That's pretty much it~" Pei Xiuzhi smiled with satisfaction.

While frolicking, the nanny car slowly moved along the road step by step, and finally arrived at the door of the barbecue restaurant booked by the two of them half an hour later.

After simply putting on a hat and mask, the two of them were guided by the waiter to a separate private room.

After ordering the dishes, the waiter leaves the room and quickly serves the dishes. ….

The pot was hot and the oil was brushed, and Pei Xiuzhi skillfully sandwiched a few slices of pork belly onto the board.

While waiting for the pork belly to be bubbling with oil, Bae Xiuzhi held his chin and looked at Li Zhien at the opposite table, but found that Li Zhien was also staring at him in a daze.

"What are you looking at me like that?" Pei Xiuzhi suddenly became vigilant, "Do you plan to let me stay and pay for it while I'm not paying attention?"

Li Zhien rolled his eyes, "I'm twenty years old, but I'm not as naïve as you."

Bae Xiuzhi reached out and grabbed one side of Li Zhien's face, and said with a bright smile, "Why don't you take a photo of the two of us and ask on the street, who is more like a junior high school student?"

"Ah, let me tell you Pei Rabbit, there are many people who have chosen me as the ideal type now!"

"Isn't it only the host of "Strong Heart" that Lee Dong Wook chose you?"

Pei Xiuzhi first ruthlessly debunked, and then muttered, "That one is really handsome, of course, it's not as good as ......."

Although Bae Xiuzhi's last few words were in a low voice, similar to whispering, Li Zhien, who was only a small table away from her, could still hear it clearly.

The mood is delicate for a while.

"Gu Heng oppa, is he busy these days? I forgot about the one who should have called him over." Bae Xiuzhi patted his head.

"oppa, it should be okay......" Li Zhien pulled the corners of his mouth, and he dismantled someone in his heart.

"Then I'll ask him for dinner next week when I'm free~"

"Next week," Li Zhien pursed his lips, and his words were full of words, "He may have to accompany others."

"Did you make an appointment in advance......

Pei Xiuzhi sighed, but didn't think much about it, and sandwiched a slice of the pork belly that had already wafted out the aroma on the board to Li Zhien, "Eat first...... Huh?"

Looking at Li Zhien's somewhat tangled expression, she blinked.

"Zhi'en, you just said to accompany others...... What does that mean?" Bae Xiuzhi continued to put the barbecue meat into Li Zhien's bowl and smiled, "Could it be that you have a daughter?"

"Uh-huh......

Pei Xiuzhi's withdrawn hand hovered in the air for a second, and the smile on his face was a little lighter.

"I just found out, too." Lee Ji-eun sandwiched a piece of barbecue meat for Bae Su-ji.

Looking down at the small bowl filled with sauce, Bae Xiuzhi quieted down.

Li Zhien couldn't read her expression clearly.

When he raised his head again, Pei Xiuzhi had already returned to his usual appearance, blinking his eyes and leaning forward,

"Who's the other party? An outsider?"

Her tone was like a full gossip girl.

But Li Zhien knew that she probably wasn't.

After hesitating for two seconds, Li Zhien shook his head.

"Insiders......" Pei Xiuzhi's tone was a little strange.

"What's wrong with the insiders?" Li Zhien asked subconsciously.

"It's nothing," Pei Xiuzhi suddenly asked, "By the way, you won't call her sister-in-law, right?"

"What......" Li Zhien pursed his mouth and whispered, "I won't scream."

Bae Xiuzhi nodded approvingly.

Looking at her expression, Li Zhien was a little distressed.

Why doesn't it seem to have any effect?

Before she could come up with a new countermeasure, Pei Xiuzhi was already urging her, "Eat quickly, eat quickly, if you don't eat again, it will be scorched soon!"

"Uh-huh, okay~"

Li Zhien sighed lightly in his heart, and suddenly felt a little nostalgic, nostalgic for Li Zhien who dared to call Gu Heng oppa more than ten years ago. ….

How do you say that, oh, the years have smoothed my edges......

......

Night falls.

The lanterns set up on New Year's Day have not been completely removed, and are still flickering in the deep winter night.

The agent glanced at Bae Suzy in the rearview mirror and asked with concern, "What's wrong Suzy?" Got something on your mind?"

Since the sudden explosion of popularity of Pei Xiuzhi, the veteran of the team this year, the internal atmosphere of the ssA group has gradually changed, and it is quite subtle.

A few days ago, the company's upper echelons specially told him to pay more attention to Pei Xiuzhi's state.

Pei Xiuzhi withdrew his gaze from the car window, shook his head and smiled softly, "It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered the taekwondo exam when I was a child......

"Ah...... I remember Suzy, you were a black belt." The agent snorted.

"After all, I learn taekwondo for free~" The corners of Pei Xiuzhi's eyes curved.

"What

Suddenly remembered this?" The agent asked curiously.

"It's just that when I used to take the black belt exam, I failed many times, and my father would always touch my head and say to me......

"Say what?"

"Be patient, be patient......

Bae Xiuzhi whispered to himself.

The colorful lights outside the window are reflected in her eyes, flickering with colorful light and shadow.

Ah, the sea