Bae Joo-hyun has been in a really bad mood lately.

Red Velvet is really getting worse these days.

Because of the time of their debut, they have been on the cusp since their debut, and have been frantically attacked and smeared by countless fans of other senior groups of the company, and the entire Internet has been scolded. Because of the styling and makeup problems of the debut song, the four of them were collectively called the parrot group, quadruplets, and all kinds of titles full of ridicule and ridicule were crowned on Bae Joo-hyun's head like money, and there were not even a few people on the entire Internet who could help them speak.

But the loss of their debut did not knock them down, because the few people who had been fighting as trainees for so long would not be so easily discouraged, and the company did not give up on them, and soon arranged their first return.

For this return, the four of them can be said to have done their best, in order to dance neatly, they stay up late every day among the trainees, August and September are hot days, even if the air conditioning is turned on, they still can't resist the hot breath, just practice for a while like taking a bath and sweat profusely.

The chair dance is not so easy to dance, when you are not proficient, you will often bump into the pain, standing on it in high heels and not paying attention to it is easy to fall off the chair, whether it is Pei Zhuhyun or Jiang Shiqi Sun Shengwan has been injured, but no one complains, everyone gritted their teeth and held their breath.

I know how difficult it is to shoot the MV in one shot, and I don't know how long I have been practicing overtime if I make a mistake.

They have worked really hard and hard for this return.

At that time, it was also the siege on the Internet, all the black fans wanted them to disband on the spot, and the group was the most difficult, but they were still very energetic and motivated every day, and the four of them often cheered each other up because of the attacks from the outside world when they were in the dormitory at night, such as busy and Jiang Shiqi sometimes cried very sad because of the huge pressure and being scolded too ugly, but it still did not dispel their strength and firm heart in order to return to reverse the current situation.

Everyone put all their seriousness and energy into this time, and pinned their hopes on this return, hoping that it can change the countless scolding and extremely bad impressions of them on the Internet today.

It's a pity that these expectations and hopes came to an abrupt end a few days ago.

It's been more than half a month since Red Velvet's return to "Be Natural" on October 13, and it's basically a foregone conclusion.

This song has no splash in the results, and the sound source is out of the charts at the speed of light.

In terms of repercussions, there was a lot of scolding, and all kinds of foul language were flooded, which made Bae Joo-hyun and the others a little afraid to read comments about themselves on the Internet during the short time they could use their mobile phones after returning every night.

You won't be able to sleep again after watching it.

They have also been concentrating on preparing and performing on the singing stage since the 9th, but it can be said that all of them have been ineffective until now, and no one pays attention to their singing skills or the stage except for the few fans who really like them.

Not to mention one and one alternate, I haven't even entered the top ten of the singing show, every time I stand in the last row when I present an award, I look at the black pressure in front of me and press an idol group, and I work hard to pad my feet in the hope of being able to rub a few shots.

The company also arranged for them to participate in several variety shows in order to promote, but most of them also played the role of a vase background board, and there were no shots in the whole process, except for clapping and smiling to rea, there was no room for performance, even if there were more shots, such as "Idol of the Week" that was recorded and broadcast not long ago, after the broadcast, there was also a harvest......

In addition to scolding, it is still scolding.

"Ugly girl!"

"Disband!"

"Death to the parrots!"

"Seduce my Oba, do you really think that our Oba takes a fancy to you? Laughed at me. ”

"The girl group that relied on being Kim Youngmin's concubine to steal other people's resources was disgusting when she saw it."

"We want Girls' Generation! We want FX! ”

As long as you open the comments about Red Velvet, there must be all kinds of foul language like this, even Bae Joo-hyun, who rarely swears, is very angry when he is insulted like this: "Who seduced him?" I haven't been in a relationship before, why do you chase me and scold me every day? And do you look at it? ”

"If you want to go to see them in Girls' Generation, didn't TTS just return, it's a variety show and a song, why are you here to scold us? Sick! ”

"If you want FX, Cui Xueli's movie has also been released, and Zheng Xiujing's TV series was also broadcast last month, you go to see it, why are you chasing us?"

When she saw these comments, she really wanted to reply directly to them, say what was in her heart, and fight back fiercely.

But the idol profession does not allow her to do this.

And anger is followed by desolation and sadness, as well as grievances and confusion that pervade the whole body.

After so much sweat and hard work, the debut that was finally obtained is in such a situation now, and the return of doing his best not only has no return, but the only gain is more scolding.

All the expectations and good visions before the debut have now come to naught, leaving only a gray sky with no way forward.

And she thought that if she officially became an idol, she could get closer to Chi Jingyuan at the same level, but after she really debuted, she reluctantly found that she was farther away than before, and only when she really became an insider could she experience the difference in popularity like a dimensional wall.

It's like some black fans saying on the Internet, 'it's not a world at all'.

Originally, she used to text and chat with Chi Jingyuan to chat with each other and joke, but later because her debut mobile phone was regulated, she had a lot less contact.

And now, even when Bae Joo-hyun can get her mobile phone at night, a strong sense of disparity and only self-esteem make her reluctant to take the initiative to contact the other party.

Especially thinking of the high-spirited spirit in front of him before his debut, the confidence he showed before this return, and then looking at their tragic situation now, Bae Joo-hyun felt that he was embarrassed, as if he was a clown.

There has been no activity since the afternoon today, and Red Velvet has been staying in the practice room, and Bae Joo-hyun was angry because he saw some black fans saying ugly things to him at night, so he didn't go back early with the others, but practiced dancing alone in the practice room as if he was venting, until he was exhausted and stayed on the floor for a long time before packing up his things and preparing to go back.

As the captain and eldest sister, she doesn't like to cry or show vulnerability in front of the members, and even when she complains to each other in the dormitory at night recently, when others often wipe their tears, she really feels sad and wants to cry, but she endures it.

Crazy dance practice alone has now become a way for her to vent her feelings.

Just standing in front of the elevator, as soon as the door opened, her mood that had just calmed down was suddenly chaotic.

Ji Jingyeyuan didn't expect to see Bae Joo-hyun at this time, and she was only one person at this time.

It's already early in the morning, Red Velvet doesn't need to prepare to return, I heard that there hasn't been much activity recently, does she need to be busy until so late to go back?

A man and a woman outside the elevator door looked at each other, and both of them were stunned at the same time, obviously all of them were a little surprised.

Neither of them spoke, Bae Joo-hyun walked in silently after staring at each other for two seconds, and took two more steps into the elevator, standing diagonally behind Ji Jingyuan, so that he could not see him from behind.

Slowly, the elevator doors closed and began to fall.

"So coincidentally?"

Ji Jingyuan turned sideways slightly, glanced at Pei Zhuyun behind him, and said hello calmly.

Bae Joo-hyun was wearing a slightly long gray hooded sweatshirt at this time, and the logo on her chest was a cute bear figure, and her slightly childlike style didn't seem to match her age.

Underneath is a pair of black casual sweatpants that are slightly close to the line of the legs, and a pair of white sneakers on the feet look quite small.

She combed her hair back and tied a ball to completely expose her whole face, and scattered air bangs scattered on both sides of her forehead and cheeks, and some water stains on her forehead could still be seen at this time, and I don't know if it was sweat or left over from washing her face.

Maybe it's because I've washed my face, I have a lot of makeup on my face, dark circles and a somewhat dark complexion are all exposed, and I know that I've been in a bad mood and haven't rested well recently.

"......" Hearing Ji Jingyuan's voice, Pei Zhuhyun looked a little flustered, raised his head and looked at him, squeezed out a reluctant smile and nodded, but did not speak, and then seemed to realize something, quickly lowered his head again, and inadvertently took a step back.

Because there are no high heels and the blessing of inner height, Bae Joo-hyun, who is only wearing sneakers, shows her most real height, and at this time, she looks a little delicate and mini standing in front of Ji Jingyuan, and this step back is like Ji Jingyuan has done something bad.

Seeing her like this, and then thinking of the changes in Bae Joo-hyun's recent meeting and the current situation of Red Velvet, Ji Jingyuan sighed secretly in his heart, and roughly understood.

If it were him, it is estimated that he would not lick his face to talk to the other party, on the contrary, if his self-esteem and dedication were a little heavier, he would take the initiative to stay away.

Because Bae Joo-hyun didn't speak, there was silence in the elevator, and only the roaring sound of falling could be heard.

"Alone?"

After a few seconds, Chi Jingyuan asked again, but this time he didn't look back, but looked at the somewhat reflective ladder door in front of him.

“…… Inside. Bae Joo-hyun buried his head and raised his eyes to glance, seeing that he didn't look back, his heart froze, and he replied softly.

After that, the whole elevator entered silence, Ji Jingyuan didn't speak anymore and stood in front, and Bae Joo-hyun looked at his toes and stood silently behind.

'Ding' to the first floor, Ji Jingyuan took the lead and walked out, Bae Zhuhyun was dull for a moment and then followed, and the two walked towards the side door one after the other as if they were in the elevator.

At this time, most of the SM company employees had already left work, and even though the incandescent lights were very bright, they still could not hide the silent atmosphere in the corridor, and they could only hear two different but regular footsteps, one heavy and one light, gradually fading away.

When he was about to walk to the side door, Ji Jingyuan suddenly stopped, turned around, looked at Pei Zhuhyun and nodded: "Do you want to go out for a walk?"

The sudden braking in front of him startled Bae Joo-hyun and almost crashed into it without stopping.

She stopped moving forward and stood in place, a little surprised at first when she heard Chi Jingyuan's invitation, looked up at him twice, pursed her lips and didn't speak.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she seemed to remember something, looked at a poster of Girls' Generation Kim Taeyeon hanging on the wall next to her, and nodded slightly.

Walking to the door, Ji Jingyuan put on a hat and a mask, and saw Bae Joo-hyun take out a baseball cap from the bag he was carrying and put it on his head, he stared at the duck on it twice and then turned his gaze to her face: "Don't you wear a mask?" ”

Bae Joo-hyun shook her head, not knowing if it meant that she didn't bring it, or if it was not necessary.

In disguise, Ji Kyung-won sent a message to Park Jae-hyun and then took the lead in pushing open the door and walking outside, while Bae Joo-hyun gently followed.

In fact, Ji Jingyuan only saw that Bae Joo-hyun and Red Velvet were like this now, and he was in a hurry to go back to sleep before.

I didn't have a plan for where I was going or what I was going to say, but after stepping out of the SM building, I thought about it quickly and walked slowly in the direction of the Han River.

And Bae Joo-hyun, like before in the company, didn't raise his head much, just silently followed behind him silently, staring at the ground as if he was afraid that he would trip over something.

She walked all the way to Yanjiang Avenue and saw a familiar place, and when the memories of the past echoed in her mind, she glanced at Chi Jingyuan in surprise.

It's already past the early hours of the morning, and the temperature is a little cool in the middle of the night, and there are only one or two figures scattered along the riverside walkway.

Ji Jingyuan glanced back, and not far away, Park Jae-hyun drove his car and parked nearby.

Park Jae-hyun came here to wait to see him back, and at the same time to follow behind to see if there were any reporters secretly filming.

However, even if it is photographed, it will not have any impact on Chi Jingyuan, even if he doesn't say anything, the company will take the initiative to suppress it.

And it's so late, it's so empty around here, and there are no two people in sight.

After walking a few steps, Ji Jingyuan casually found a wooden chair and sat down, while Pei Zhuhyun hesitated a little next to him and sat down, but he didn't stick it very close, and there was a distance of nearly half a meter from Ji Jingyuan.

The two of them sat silently on their chairs, looking at the several bridges on the Han River in the distance, and listening to the constant sound of the river murmuring in front of them, and the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

The slightly cold evening breeze gently blew the ends of the hair, and the temperature was cold, but neither of them seemed to feel it, just sat there quietly or stunned, or looked ahead.

Ji Jingyuan didn't say anything since the two of them sat down, pursed his lips and kept looking at the moonlight and reflection refracted on the water surface of the Han River in front of him.

Tao just quit the group today, and when he saw so much about exo on the Internet, his mood was actually not very good, and he suddenly invited Bae Joo-hyun to come out for a walk, in addition to wanting to comfort her, he also had a lot of thoughts about his own distraction.

However, he felt a little depressed, and after sitting here and being blown by the wind, looking out at the bright night view of Seoul in the distance, he suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.

Gently exhaling a sullen breath, Ji Jingyuan turned his head sideways to look at Bae Joo-hyun.

After she sat down, she glanced at Jiang Jing for a short time, and then quickly lowered her head, her eyes were blank and empty, obviously her mind was heavy, and her attention was not here, her whole body showed a tightened posture, although she was older than Chi Jingyuan, but the little one sat there and looked a little pitiful.

Chi Jingyuan, who was sitting next to her, could also see it clearly.

Ji Jingyuan didn't take the initiative to say anything, although he could barely empathize with him because he had a similar experience of being hacked for his debut, but some simple comfort didn't make much sense, and Bae Joo-hyun probably didn't need these very much.

Looking at Bae Joo-hyun, who was sitting in a silent daze like a puppet, Ji Jingyuan blinked, took the shoulder bag behind him to him, opened the zipper and began to rummage.

Quickly pulled out a pack of peanut-flavored chocolate bars in light yellow packaging and held them in his hands. It's the one they did last time they shot an advertisement, and he bought a lot of it after he thought it was delicious, and he often took it out on his body to eat two bites, which can be regarded as fulfilling his obligation as a spokesperson.

He directly opened the package, squeezed out a chocolate bar from it, and then took the package and handed it to Bae Joo-hyun.

The sound of flipping through the bag or opening the package just now was actually quite loud, but Bae Joo-hyun was in a daze as if she hadn't heard it, until a pack of chocolate bars suddenly appeared in front of her, and she woke up reluctantly.

Then, when she came back to her senses, she was a little stunned after seeing the familiar chocolate in front of her, and the picture from the previous shooting of the advertisement reappeared in front of her.

Although they hadn't returned this time, the group's situation was not fundamentally different from what it is now.

At that time, she was also depressed and sad, and she didn't really want to communicate with people.

And what also appeared in front of me was the exact same chocolate bar.

Ji Jingyuan's hand kept holding the package and didn't feel tired, and Pei Zhuhyun looked at it in a daze for a long time, and then turned his head to look at Ji Jingyuan who raised his eyebrows lightly for the first time after she sat down, his eyes were shining and complicated.

After a few seconds, she reached out and snatched it, pulled the package away from Chi Jingyuan's hand, picked up a chocolate bar that came out and stuffed it directly into her mouth, chewing hard and biting hard, as if she was venting something.

However, as she chewed, she cried.

Tears fell quickly, like the vagaries of summer rainstorms, just now I was sluggish, and in an instant tears poured up like a broken embankment, and a poor face immediately brought rain.

Her emotions were obviously a little out of control, and while stuffing something in her mouth, she couldn't help but scold: "I...... I saw a lot of people scolding me on the Internet tonight...... I thought I'd get used to being scolded for so long...... I didn't expect it to be unbearable. ”

She was crying, her mouth was still eating, and she was sobbing and choking with a lake.

"I'm sick, I didn't mess with them, why do I have to do this? I've never been so sick with a cold and fever before......"

"Woo......"

"I've worked so hard, but it's useless...... I also comforted the members by saying that this was a test for us, and that with perseverance and patience, it would pass...... But I don't have much confidence anymore, as long as there are people on the Internet, they will scold us, and the result of my debut after so many years is like this, I feel that the sky is the same as the sky in front of me, and there are gray ...... everywhere"

Chi Jingyuan, who was listening, couldn't help but glance up at the sky, the dark night sky did seem to be dyed with a layer of gray screen, blocking all the starlight that should have been seen, leaving only the lonely moon hanging there alone.

Then he turned his gaze back to Bae Joo-hyun, who looked pitiful and funny with tears streaming down her face, her eyes and nose a little red, and the corners of her mouth stained with crumbs from a chocolate bar.

"Isn't it ugly?" Pei Zhuhyun, who is a little uncontrollable, doesn't pay as much attention to his image in front of Ji Jingyuan as he did before, and he feels that he is looking at him, and he doesn't shy away from asking angrily.

"It's a little." Chi Jingyuan nodded honestly and told the truth.

He actually restrained a bit, because he actually felt more than 'a little'.

'Ahh Bae Zhuhyun cried out, clenched his fist angrily and slapped Ji Jingyuan hard, looking at his face, he also felt a little angry in his heart: "Your fans say every day that I seduce you, did I seduce you?" Why do they keep chasing me and scolding when there is nothing at all? EXO is amazing, huh? ”

"It's a little." He smacked his lips, looked at the crying pitiful Pei Zhuxun who was staring at him with watery eyes, and hesitated to reply.

"Woo......"

Bae Joo-hyun seemed to be so angry by Ji Jingyuan's answer that she cried even more, holding a chocolate bar that had just been fed in her mouth, half of it was exposed outside, as if she was holding a pipe, and after slapping him hard, her buttocks moved back directly, she raised her legs and put her feet together on the chair, her hands covering her face and hugging her legs curled up, her body trembled and cried.

Looking at her like this, I don't know why a light smile suddenly appeared on Ji Jingyuan's face, he shook his head, reached out and turned the hat that came with Pei Zhuhyun's sweatshirt over and covered her head, the braid of the ball head made the top of the hat bulge at the back of his head and looked a little cute.

He himself sat quietly beside him, listening to the cry she had been accumulating for a long time, and at the same time looking at the broken moon in the sky without saying a word.

Similar scenes and exactly the same people, Ji Jingyuan couldn't help but think of the chance encounter that happened here when he and Bae Joo-hyun didn't know each other, and the other party couldn't help crying bitterly after seeing him like this at that time.

He remembered hearing Jiang Shiqi or Sun Shengwan say that Zhu Hyun Oni's feelings would be a little more restrained, especially if he didn't like to cry in front of them, he would usually try to hold back even if there were really tears.

It's really a coincidence, Bae Joo-hyun broke down and cried twice and Chi Jingyuan happened to be next to him.

Fate? It doesn't feel like it.

But in fact, he thinks it's good to come like this once in a while, at least he doesn't have to hold a lot of unspeakable things and grievances in his heart, not only is it not good for his body and mind for a long time, but it even affects a person's character to a certain extent over time.

Ji Jingyuan can quite understand Bae Joo-hyun's current mood, thinking that although EXO was not as miserable as Red Velvet was scolded in the first 12 years, he could be regarded as being ridiculed by the crazy group.

At that time, XO was still semi-refrigerated by the company, and all the members were in an extremely bad mood, in addition to worrying about the future, many people were very angry, and they had a small quarrel in the dormitory for three days and a big fight for five days.

If the first return of the regular series "Wolf" and "Roaring Filial Piety" hit the streets like "Be Natural", I don't know what the EXO team will be like.

Red Velvet didn't know how Ji Kyung-won was doing in the dormitory in private, but even if it was the younger sister of the members of the same group, Bae Joo-hyun should be a little unable to let go of venting like this in front of them.

Now that's fine.

A cool breeze blew through and made Chi Jingyuan feel a little cold, and he tightened the collar of his coat and moved his neck.

At the same time, the crying next to him began to gradually become smaller, from crying loudly just now to a low sob, Bae Joo-hyun was still curled up there holding her legs, and the funny thing was that she was still holding the bag of chocolate bars tightly in her right hand, and she didn't know if the snacks in her so much strength were crushed.

"Luhan left some time ago, Tao is gone again today, and it is estimated that Lay will also leave in two days, EXO has changed from 12 people to 9 people in the blink of an eye, and the remaining members of the peninsula are not expected to leave, but no one knows what they think now."

Chi Jingyuan felt that most of her suppressed emotions were vented, and after slowly calming down, he put his hands on both sides to support his body, looked at the Han River in the distance, and suddenly spoke, and his tone was naturally like a casual chat.

Bae Joo-hyun's crying suddenly became much quieter, probably because he heard Ji Jingyuan's voice, and knew that he was talking to himself.

Although her movements did not change, she was clearly listening attentively.

"I saw that many old fans in our fan club who were familiar with the faces before took off their meals and stepped on them because of these things, and they were more excited and crazy than black fans, and some of them directly quit angrily to chase other boy groups, and the Internet is also declining...... It didn't have a big impact on me, but sometimes I really didn't feel like it. ”

"I can also understand the few members who left, what I care about they don't necessarily like, but what I don't care about may be their pursuit."

Pouting, Chi Jingyuan looked around, and then said: "To put it romantically, everything now is a test, just like you just said, no matter what, it will pass." ”

"Or rather, it's gone."

As she spoke, Ji Jingyuan slanted her gaze and saw that Bae Joo-hyun, who had stopped crying, was gently rubbing her face on her pants, and it was estimated that she also knew that what she was crying just now was really ugly.

He was speechless in his heart, took out a pack of wet wipes in front of him, directly pulled away Pei Zhuhyun's left fingers and stuffed the wipes into her hand, pressed her hand to make her hold on, and then shouted with some disgust:

"Wipe it with this, don't rub it there, it's not dirty."

"I cry like this every time, Joo Hyun Xi, are you really a female idol?"